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3 & B o e e ) THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, FEB. 15, 1934. s 7 r;o m"“: exhaust lh(‘msol\";s in expensive but B 7. ruinous habits, struggle too strenuously for socal, I PROFESSIONAL_{L Fraternaloi?ocien'es | Dally Alaska Emplrefl ROBERT W. BENDER - - blished every evening except I\H"i}u‘ PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ’ Dellvered by carrler In Juneau and Douglas for $1.2¢ per month. the following rates: six months, By mn\l postage paid, at One year, in advance, $12.00 $5.00; one month, dv in advance promptly egularity ress is exclusively ent =3 s~ I news dispatches credited e credited in this paper and also the ed herein The use for T it or nc local news | IRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER ALASK"{ACP’J THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION PRESIDENT MOVES AHEAD. The agreement reached between the Senate and House over the new fund for CWA and Federal relief activities, though delayed, was reached as was inevitable. The pressure from all sides, from every section of the country, was too great for either branch of Congress to shelve the $950,000,000 appro- priation indefinitely. It had to be available by February 15 or millions would again go on the unemployed list. The most significant development in the matter, however, is not the continuatiori of the work, but in the announcement that some 200,000 workers on Civil Works projects in the East and South will be discharged within a few days. This is in accord with President Roosevelt’s known plans for tapering off CWA work gradually and bringing it to a def- inite close by May 1, or shortly afterward. At first he studied the possibility of dropping 500,000 such workers in the South about February 15, or a little the extreme southern sections of the country, early work has started in the truck-farm- ing regions and will increase from now on. This will make it possible for a large number of workers to be absorbed in private industry there. As Spring advances and the frost leaves the ground farther north, the President’s intention has been to release more and more CWA workers so that by the end of Spring, that agency of the Government in ad- vancing its recovery program would be discontinued. There has been widespread protest against this step, largely from Governors, mayors of large cities and other State and local officials who feared it would dump too big & burden on State and local author- ities. 1If ‘the 200,000 or more discharges dre made shortly in the South as indicated by the Civil Works Administration, it will surely indicate that the President is following out his original plans, even though at a slightly modified rate. later. In SPEED, OR INDULGENCE? Anyone who reads has been cognizant for a long while that deaths due to disease of the heart or arteries form a steadily increasing percentage of the total death rate. It has been explained that we live at too fast a pace, that our environment is a sort of industrial madhouse in which the nerves are shattered its, capacities by exterior excitement. Perhaps this element, along with competitive striving for a place in the world is a contributing But in a report made lately by Dr. William | factor. Muhlberg, Vice-President and Medical Director of cne of the larger life insurance companies, the real causes of heart and arterial diseases are re- vealed. vl It is found in the report that to a great extent the failure to cut down heart discase is due to lho r.possibility of teaching persons predisposed to these ! ailments that moderation is, for them, the keynote of health. The heart and arteries break down par- ticularly in persons who live well—too well; eat| and the heart driven beyond professional or financial prestige, worry too much. Excessive drinking, excessive eating, high blood pressure, soft living, conditions of overweight—these | are at the bottom of the great increase in cardiac troubles. And they are causes that can be controlled only by the individual himself. It would seem that it is the speed or the environment that is esponsible for the rising plague, but largely per- onal indulgence, immoderation. | not Delegate Dimond’s bill advai:cing Alaska's gen- oral elections to September has been favorably re- ported by the House Committee on Territories. This ught to be welcomed by the politicians since it uts the campaign period by two whole months. A banker remarks that trading on the floor »f the Stock Exchange is like plain crap shooting. it is more e fancy craps with all the dice in the house loaded. Wants That Will Be Met. (Daily Journal of Commerce, Seattle.) History records many serious economic slumps and as many recoveries The history of America | tells us several business-paralyzing depressions, but | the long line in the graph depicting the trend of business the last century in this country rises to a greater height following each depression than the decline reached during hard times. There is a logical reason for such gain, follow- ing the lulls. Wants are multiplying. Bveryone | you know would supply wants if he had the means or—more important—the confidence in the future that assured recovery is sure to stimulate. Produce the raw materials. | are just as anxious to supply All down the line everyone is waiting—waiting for what? One of the most puzzling questions of the future with respect to the depression will be “What brought it about?” It will be answered in hun- | dreds, in thousands of ways. Money that flows so | sluggishly now will again flow freely. The freeze will thaw. As these times recede into retrospect | and we find ourselves again experiencing vastly | improved business conditions, it is to be hoped | that an effective serum against economic sickness | will have been discovered—that the lessons of the depression will have been learned so thoroughly | that they will not slip from memory as they have in the past. The important thing now is to lift our chins and raise our vision above the worries and doubts that circumscribe us now. When all is said and done, our reasonable wants can be fulfilled just as soon as enough of us become instilled with con- fidence—the loss of which, insofar as we can see s the thing more than all else that has prolonged the most stunning depression in the history of | ur country for so many years. Our Real American Dishe: (Cincinnati Enquirer.) he produced Main Street Lewis has posed as the real American novelist. In his latest book Lewis discusses the American hotel, comparing it with the European hotel. His general idea is that we have the best and largest variety of food products in the world, |but that we lack the art of cooking in the superla- lative degree possessed by the Europeans. Since Sinclair and Babbitt, He “lists as distinctly American dishes clam chpwder, shad with roe, crab flakes, canvas-back duck, rdisin pie, corn pones, pepper pot, doughnuts, waffles and buckwheat cakes. The last is decidedly New England. When Mat- | thew Arnold visited America he and his wife were entertained by one of the leading citizens of Buf- falo. Buckwheat cakes were served for breakfast. Mr., Arnold gingerly tried one, his wife hesitated to make the attempt. “Do eat one,” said Mr. Arnold, “they are not half so nasty as they look.” But, why did Lewis stop with this list? He might have added maple and sorghum sirups, sweet potatoes, succotash, cod-fish balls, the new cereals —oats excepted—together with a good many pies (in addition to raisin pie, which are unknown on the |other side of the Atlantic. Then we have the grape- fruit and our oranges are superior to most of those sold in Europe. Why did he invidiously mention only corn pone and neglect our hot biscuits, spoon bread, johnny-cakes, corn cakes and mush, all of which though humble are the most distinctly na- [tional of all our dishes? As for our cooking—that is a matter ‘of taste. | /One thing is sure, most of us are pleased with |what is put on our tables. And i is evident we | jreceive proper nourishment, for physically we com- |pare with any people in the world. | Mars has no human population, according to a | scientist. Well, that's encouraging—Mars will never \attempb to secure a loan from Uncle Sam.—(Atlanta | OIL, GASOLINE AGREEMENT IS PAULI PLANS ALASKA TRIP. OF FRANGE 1S “INEW PREMIER | first you don’t succeed,” he said lin his (for the better. APPROVED NOW Manufacturing, Marketing' for Pacific Coast, Al- aska, Given O.K. WASHINGTON. reo. 15.—Secre- tary Ickes has approved the cartel| agreement of oil companies opel- ating in the Pacific Coast States and adjacent States, covering man- ufacturing and marketing of gaso- line and other oil products. The agreement, which includes Alaska, allocates gasoline gallonage on the existing basis of all com- panies operating in the territory mentioned, and rep: nts 95 per cent of the gallonage sold, Secretary Ickes reserved the right to modify or cancel the agreement if it is found operations are con-) trary to the public interest“and| injurious to small companies. — e A. VAN MAVEEN BACK FROM BUSINE A. Van Mavern, Juneau resident and well known merchandise brok- er, returned from a two weeks ‘business trip to the Alaskan com- S TRIP| F. E. Pauli, Manager of the Alas-) |ka Division of the Washington Creamery Company, wholesale deal- ers in dairy and poultry products, is contemplating a trip covering the entire Territory in the near future, according to information received here. The company feels that owing to Ithe great interest being taken in Alaska owing to the increased price of gold, their business, as well as that of other lines, will be | multiplied when gold mines, closed ‘fm several years owing to high |commodity prices, are opened again. - e | 4. 3. MEHERIN RETURNS | ON MOTORSHIP ZAPORA J. J. Meherin, Alaska representa- tive of Hills' Brothers' Coffee and | other well known mercantile lines, |returned to his Juneau home on the motorship Zapora, after a two weeks' trip to Ketchikan and other | points in Southeast Alaska. » e~ r‘BABY BOY BORN TO | MR. AND MRS. E. HILL | AT ST. A seven pound baby boy was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Hill, at St. Ann's Hospital, Both ANN'S HOSPITAL! GIVEN SUPPORT Overwh efi:ing Vote of| Confidence Gained from Chamber of Deputies PARIS, Fep. 15—The Chamber of Deputies backed the new Gov- ernment today by an overwhelming first vote of confidence, on shut— ting off debate until the budget is | voted. Communists shouted “assassins” repeatedly as Premier Doumergue urged a Government which would be respected at home and abroad. e R. D. BAKER, STANDARD OIL OFFICIAL, HERE ON BUSINESS TRIP R. D. Baker, Alaska sub-station Manager Company, of California, who ar- rived from the south on the Vic- toria this week, is on a busifiess trip over his district. He expects to {remain north about & week at this | time. e <+ 3 ROY COX RETURNS FROM BUSINESS TRIP SOUTH Roy Cox, fur farmer of this dis- trict, returned on the steamer Vic- for the Standard Oilf! A New Serial SYNOPSIS: Frank Grahame, in the Yucatan jungle on a hunt for Bill Langton, his missing aviator pal, rescues instead Janice Kent, the movie star, and Greene. her wpress agent. They were held pris- oner by the sublevados. at the ton of an ancient Mayan pyramid. But almost immediately. the natives re- capture the party, and severely wound Frank into the bargain. He awakes. a prisoner. with Greene by his side, They exvlore their cell. Chapter 30 THE MESSAGE IGH above them were two win- dows, one on each adjacent wall. Frank guessed that this was either a corner room, or that the cell abutted upon & courtyard. The window-openings were barred, as| was square orifice in the studded door. > He approached the door and stud- fed it. He lifted his fist and struck it. “What are you trying to do?” asked Greene. “Get somebody here, and tell ‘em we want water.” 0 good. I tried that while you were ‘bye bye.”” Grahame unlaced a boot. the “If at tugging at the heel, “make some more noise.” He pounded the door with h|s} boot-heel. After a period he heard a voice outside the door ask him in Spanish what he wanted. “Water!” The voice spat some reply, and | they heard the man’s soft footsteps retreating. Grahame redoubled his pound ing. Soon the voice spoke again and | Grahame replied in voluble Span | ish. “What are you telling Greene asked curfously. “Telling 'im we'll die without | food and water, and that he'll cateh the devil if he lets us.” him?" { you do the climbing.” "GODDESS He hoped so fervently, for eer- tainly a boy who had volunteered against his own interest to aid a white mar, one who had saved his| life, in fact, deserved safety at the least. One more consequence of a girl's sudden action in Hollywood weeks ‘before. That slap had precipitated a train of death—like the string of dominoes when the end one had been pushed over by the casual fin- ger of a child. It would not seem so utterly tragic, Frank decided, if there were anything he could do to right mat- ters. Once again, and with the ut- most weariness, he surveyed the “field.” There was the window, there was the door. He thought sud- denly of the observation of the chicle buyer he had met in New York. Once, a generation ago, Yucatan had been the exile of central Mexi- can criminals, sent there for their various crimes. It seemed more than probable that these people, appropriating this ancient city, had established this jungle-hidden community. They would have mingled with the na- tives they found there. Also there would have been a scarcity of women. . .. “Greene,” he said suddenly. “If you stand against that wall, under the window, I'd like to use your back for a ladder.” Obediently the smaller man braced himself against the wall. At the fourth try, Grahame gave it up. at, frem the heat and pain, treamed down his face. The room's walls weaved slowly about. “NJO USE” he gasped. “I'm too b for you, and I can’t get high enough to drag up with my left arm. Let me stand there and s going to hurt you,” doubtfully. me wiped the perspiration replied The man without seemed to hesi tate before replying, then, mutter ing, shufiled aw: Grahame smiled. | “Bet you a dime water.” | The minutes sped away. An hour | passed. The heat within the closed | room was stifling. While the p(lm‘ head diminished, Grahame | doubted if he were capable of any | great effort. His right arm and! shoulder were vorse than useless. he knew. There seemed scant chance of making a break for freedom from | this situation. It would take a miracle to alter their circumstance He wondered how long they would keep them bere, and for what ultimate purpose. They seemed, these savage peo | ple, utterly ruthless about the lives {of their male vic ‘ms. His thoughts instinctively refused to dwell on Janice’s fate. He knew too well what might happen to her. Many of the warriors had white ' skins, sun-bronzed to be sure, but| undoubtedly white. The eyes of some of them were blue, and their | hair yellow. He thought, too, of Hollywood, which by now had. assumed the status almost of a heavenly abode to him. E WONDERED just why he had walked out of Janice’s house that night after she had so curtly | refused him. He even wondered whether she had refused him, or whether the slap she had dealt him | was rather the result of over-strung nerves. In any case, it was obvious that his action had been responsible for most of what had come since. For evidently if he had talked it out with Janice that night they might at least have come to some agreement that would have made it possible for him to continue with Myberg. And had he continued with My berg he would have been a member of the company that had been sent to Mexico, and thus would have been able to protect Janice at every step. Or at least to try to protect her. He would certainly never have permitted the company to advance blind into the most dangerous part of Mexico. He might very well have brought it ‘nto the wilds, it is true, but certainly not under the “pro- tection” of Ortega. “Hindsight is better than fore. sight,” he quated grimly to himself as he looked about his cell. The whole debacle had been the result of a girl’s slap—and a man's stunned pride. The rancor of the one had gone, but the consequences of the other remained. He wondered again at the fidelity | ot Juan, the chance that had brought the boy to him, and whether the youth was by now safely out of the territory of the we get the ° | G from his eyes. You should have been a dentist,” he grinned, and placed himself gainst the wall. The smailer man put his foot in Grahame's belt and struggled, 80 m-u he had both feet upon ames left shoulder. To me, the pain in his torn back muscles was exquisi ‘It's open country.” Greene spoke swiftly. “We could get through this window if we could cut the bars. 1 can see the base of the great pyra- mid off to the left about a quarter of a mile. There’s a lot of buildings i this one, some larger, some ler. ay . .."” His tone was incred- wious. “Here is a funug one. Some- ae has scratched a lot of words on the sill, I guess you'd call it ugder the bars here. It says— “Never mind,” muttered Grahame hoarsely. “Can’t hold you up much longer.” | *Just a minute more,” pleaded | Greene. “It's dated ounly a few months ago. December 18th. It's signed . it’s signed . . . by all that's holy, its signed by Langton, who fell in the ocean last year! Grahame, . . ." The blood left Grahame’s head. He felt new strength flowing into him. The pain even, seemed to abate as he heard the little man’s voice cry out that there was a mes- sage scratched on the stone sill of the barred opening, by Langton. “What does it say?” * ‘December 18. Log covering trip until mid-dJay December 15 will be found in map case on ship. Storm passed and visibility became good about four P. M. Gas almost ex- hausted, when sighted ruins. Ship undamaged in landing. Taken here by armed natives three days ago. My guard tells me | am to be sacri- ficed by the ahkin—the high-priest —on the central pyramid and thrown into the cenote. “ ‘December 19. Ahkin here today. Was taken to ship. Am to teach them to fly. They are sending run- ners for gasoline. For good-be- havior they let me take some food from the ship — chocolate bars, chewing gum and pop back here. “‘December 20. No use. Guard says tomorrow some festival begins and [ am te die. It would not be so bad if these people were ignorant In- dfans, but some are as white as | am. I will copy a message and put it in a bottle. Perhaps goodbye!” “That’s all,” said Mr. Greene. He slid down to the flonr. “I found this up there.” He extended his hand. Within it was a fragment of glass. “Probably Langton scratched his message With this. Busted a bottle and used the pieces. They said his mesage was written in blood, and he used another glass splinter for that I guess.” Grahame frowned. (Copyright, 1934, by Uerbers lensen) Grahame meets an old enemy, ‘tomorrow. bloodthirsty sublevados. A AR N | l Our Services to You 20 YEARS AGO Prom The Empirs ! 4 e ) FEBRUARY 15, 1914 During the year 1913, the Alaska-! Gastineau Mining Company had disbursed for construction, develop- Helene W. L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY ) | Massage, Electricity, Infra Red i Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 307 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 1 ment and equipment the sum of' 32,500000. Of this immense sum the gross payroll paid in Alaska lmounte'i to $1,079,000. Materials and su s were purchased from the me ants of Juneau during the same period amounting to more i than $500.000. The average number of men employed each month throughout the year on construc- tion and development was 762, & while the greatest number em- ployed during any one month was 960. : Weather for the previous twenty- gz R SR T E. B. WILSON Chiropodist—Foot_Speclalist 401 Goldstein Building PHONE 496 Rose A. Andrews Graduate Nurse Electric Cabinet Baths—Mas- sage, Colonic Irrigations Oftice hours 11 am. to 5 p.m. Evenings bv Appointment Second and Mamn rPhone 2589 — four hours had been cloudy with a ys had made a material change the better as regards mining for operations in the vieinity of Ju- | neau. All of the operators had & been handicapped for several weeks for lack of power and in several L . | maximum temperature of 40 de- grees and a minimum of 3¢ with | ppg KASER & FREEBURGER .65 inches precipitation. | DENTISTS = Blomgren Buildin Heavy rains during the last few 1 i PHONE 56 s Hours § am. to 9 pm. Gastineau Channel e . ELKS meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting > 03 brothers welcome, 3 L. W. Turoff, Exalt- ed Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secretary. KENICHTS OF COLUMBUR Seghers Council No. 1760, Meetings second and lasy Monday at 7:30 p. m. Transient brothers urg- s ed to attend. Council Chambers, Fifth Streel, JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. H. J. TURNER, Secretary R Our itrutks go any place amy time. A tank for Diesel Off , | and a tank for crude oll save ' burner trouble. PHONE 149, NIGHT 48 | RELIABLE TRANSYER L MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Mon- day of each month in Scottish Rite Temple, ——53 | beginning at 7:30 p. m. i Dr. C. P. Jenne | DENTIST Heidelberg Billiard Parlors, arrived |on the Georgia. All of the tables and fixtures for the new branch of the Heidelberg establishment | had arrived and installation was be- gun. It was expecwd to have a big meeting to get action on the mat- | ter of an adequate appropriation to have Alaska properly represent- | ed at the great Panama-Pacific Ex- | position to be held in San Francis- instances, portions of crews and Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine | even whole crews had been laid Building | off. Telephone 176 4 Grant A. Baldwin, for many = years a prominent resident of Haines who had recently bought in Dr. J. W. Bayne with George Burford in fhe new DENTIST Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. OfZice nours, 9 am. to 5 pm. venings by appointment, Phone 321 | opening soon. . | g ‘ Robert Simpson | President John Reck, of the Ju- | * . D. neau Commercial Club, called a | Greduate Angeles Ool-~ lege of Optomstry and Opthalmols Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground S N 7 e, | co. Everyone interested in the wel- fare of Alaska was urged to be | present. Daily Empire Want Ads Pay | 1- 2 - i ! PIONEER CAFE | J. K. Paul Nick Novak | “THE HOME OF GOOD EATS” i —— -t FIRE ALARM CALLS S 2 i Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Room 7, Valentine Bldg. Office Pnone 484; Phone 296. Office Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 Residence —_—_—— g Dr. Richard Williams [ s St DENTIST B - e OFFICE AND RESIDENCE Gastineau Building, Phone 481 Front and Pranklin. T | 15 Front, near Ferry Way. Dr. A. W. Stewart || 1-6 Pront, near @ross Apta. DENTIST | }:z l’ron:' opp. Cét.y ‘Whart, Houss 9 am. to 6 pm. | Front, near Saw Mill SEWARD BUILDING | o pmar i, || S e 1 » y Otem 216 2 wmo\lzhby. 000 Oan. . [ Bt —ae e .y Cole’s ) 34 Front and Seward. -5 Pront and Main, 246 Second and Main. JUNEAU SAMPLE i3 Sevent and Main SHOP 2.9 Fire Hall The Little Store with the *.2 Home Boarding House. BIG VALUES 3-4 Gastineau and Rawn 3-4 Second and Gold. 7 || 3% Fourth and Harra C. L. FENTON 34 Fifth and Goid. CHIROPRACTOR i East. South Front St., next to | 38 seventi and Goia Brownle's Barber Shop )< 4 R . annedy. orfice Hours: 10-13; 3-8 | house. pow Evenings by Appointment | 4-2 Caiboun, opp. Beaview o e s hi = | 45 Ninth and Calhoun. | HI-LINE SYSTEM | { 4-6 Tenth and O, Groceries—Produce—Fresh 1 I &7 Twelfth, BPR. garage. and Smoked Meats | | :—: 'g'emhmdwflmlm Front Street, opposite Harris | 81 ome Grocery. | Hardware Co. | | Senter (Yeam | CASH AND CARRY | THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS The Gastineau Begin and End at the Gang Plank of Every Passenger-Carrying Boat the mother and son are reported to be doing nicely toria from a short business trip south, - TELEPHONE 22 ALASKA AIR EXPRESS | FOR CHARTER Lockheed 6-Passenger Seaplane J. V. HICKEY Juneau Will Profit Largely ® by the upward trend of business in the States, for the mining, lumbering and fish- ery interests of the district will not fail to respond to improved conditions there. This bank has developed its facilities and shaped its varied services to meet the stead- ily expanding requirements of these indus- tries, working alike with management and with employees. Conservative management, adequate re- sources and an experience whlch covers four of the five decades of Juneau’s history make this institution a dependable depository and business friend. The B. M. Behrends Bank JUNEAU, ALASKA L. E. HENDRICKSON, Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, S retary. | Genuine Swedish i i Massage | | Mrs. J. M. Malila | | GASTINEAU HOTEL 4 | Phone 10 for appointment : “For that Millicn Dollar Feeling” i ——— Konnerup’s JUNEAU-YOUNG | 1} | ! TPuneral Parlors | Livensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers 1 Night Phone 1851 Day Phone 13 | [ — e THE Juneau Launpry Frankiin Strect between ' Front an? Second Streets ' PHONE 350 H b ARBAGE HAULED Reasonable Monthly Rates TELEPHONE 584 Day Phone 371 I | ‘! E. 0. DAVIS | 4 fl & : : £ B! | W e g ' J. B. 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