The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 8, 1934, Page 4

s * End Game Refuge. ‘5 - g% T i 1 T WS SR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE. TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1934. Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER - - GENERAL MANAGER ! produced more than a hundred mallard ducklings, | and last year when she laid only abnorma eggs she was given a set of pintail eg by Keller, and, hatched these. Though she herself has Published every evenl except .Sunday by Streets, Juneau, Alasl 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 paid, at the following rates: One $6.00; one month, in advance, Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the 'Rul‘"lelll hoffloe of any failure or irregularity In the delivery of their papers. " Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATEL, PRESS. The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to tt mme for republication of all news dispatches credited to | I%r Dot otherwise creditea in this baper and also the iocal news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER TMAN TMAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. JITTERS ALL AROUND. Conspiracies seem to be the order of the day. It is going to the point where the avid reader of the news will not feel safe when he goes to sleep unless he first looks under the bed for Communists, Naz British agents, Dillinger, the Japanese fleet or Rexford G. Tugwell. Dr. Tugwell, recently appointed Under Secretary of Agriculture, seems to be the worst bugaboo some people have. Even the con- servative Seattle Business Chronicle gravely fears the worst from his recent promotion and warns against the impending revolution. Not long ago we were seriously told that our monetary policy was part of a British plot. Then came Dr. Wirt and his curiously thin case against the brain trust. New Jersey is enacting an anti-Nazi law reminiscent of the anti-red statutes of the post- war years, and Representative Fred Britten is de- manding the recall of the Bri Consul General for propaganda against our naval construction, and dij ng up a “little red house” in Georgetown from which the Government is run. It looks like a case of jitters all around Investigations play a useful part in democratic government. Without them, persons in positions of power might readily use that power contrary to the public interest. But investigations are quite as susceptible to abuse as are the positions of the men under investigation. When they are exploited for partisan purpeses, as was attempted but blockedl in the Wirt inquiry, they cease to be useful and become the leaven of discontent. Taken too serious- ly, they give rise to a suspicious frame of mind inimical to orderly progress. Human nature being what it is, we must accept the fact that office holders and other persons are everlastingly pitted against one another, sometimes | sincerely and sometimes with tongue in cheek. The fact of disagreement, the fact of disparate waims, is not proof of conspiracy. It is rather the normal difference of views that obtains in any demo- cratically governed state. Now Mr. Britten wants a bigger navy. That does not convict him of being a propagandist for aggres- | sive war. Major Gerald Campbell, the British Con- sul General in New York, believes in armament reduction and has said so. That does not make him a propagandist striking at the foundations of our national defense. Both are entitled to their opinions. It is our privilege to look over the gamut of opinions and choose which of them we will share. It should not be our policy to choose one point of view and then contend that the holders of other views are conspirators. There are plenty of real problems to deal with in this momentous time without wasting our energies stalking imaginary goblins in the dark. After all, as Dr. Tugwell said in a recent speech to the Society of American Newspaper Editors in Washington, “We will not do what we de not want to do, and coercion cannot make us.” EXIT SLOT MACHIN In banishing slot machines from Juneau, Mayor Goldstein has acted with commendable decisiveness end good judgment. He took the action for the City administration that United States Marshal ‘William T. Mahoney took for Ketchikan a few days ago. If the City had not banned them, there is nb doubt that Federal authority would have done so. It 15 much better for it to come from local authorities. However, that is not the sole reason for pro- hibiting the use of slot machines. They are one of ‘the worst enemies that business, in fact that society, has to compete with. Insidiously they appeal to the gambling instinct that is present in almost every human being. All of us like to take a chance. Where there are monetary prizes at stake the lure is strong. Yet it is common knowledge that the slot machine is a money maker only for the one who owns and operates it. Where it is allowed to run wide open, it absorbs, spongelike, much of the loose money in a community. It hurts individuals, hemes and business. It does no one any good. Of all the methods of chance, it is the most indefensible. The Mayor was absolutely right in ordering the few placed in town shut down. . FAMOUS MALLARD BACK. Since 1927 the ending of winter has been heralded by the arrival of this female duck at the, Rainbow's This year F. J. Keller, proprietor of the refuge, reported to the Bureau of Biological Survey that the bird returned on February 4 and the Bureau's files show that this is the bird's earliest return on record. In November 1927 Mr. Keller placed a Biological Burvey band on one of the bird's legs. Carrying the number 555414, this band identified the bird on its subsequent returns, and as 555414 the bird is known from “the Pacific Coast and Texas, clear “mcross the continent”—according to inquiries received at the Rainbow’s End Refuge. Last year the orig- on the bird’s other leg, giving the mallard a second &k £ E;u-ba A604109. Each season since 1927 this bird has nested in 8 box on the roof of Mr. Kellers barn. She has the EMPIRE_PRINTING ‘(‘3.0 '’ANY at Second and Main year, in advance, $12. (IO; six months, In advance, 'each year escaped the hunter's gun, the Blological Surve, records show that’ her banded offspring | ‘lhm'(‘ been killed north to Canada, west to Arizona, and south to Louisiana and Texas. “If Mallard 555414, or AG04109, finally falls be- | fore a hunter's gun, it would be most appropriate | if she could be mounted and preserved,” says | Frederick C Lincoln, Director of the Biological !Survey's bird banding. Mr. Lincoln also suggests that the mounted bird be presented to Mr. Keller, whose “interest and successful management of the { game refuge has made this history possible.” | It seems to us that the Dillinger gang is literally forced to rob banks. Where else would it get the money with which to buy guns and ammunition, tickets. for their lady friends when the officers break up a party, and new cars when the gang is forced to take French leave? Archaeologists announce that they have found | the ancient ity of Troy. But what is Troy if there | is no Helen on the scene? It can be said for the free silver boys that never know when they are licked ! Japan’s Trial Balloon. (New Yoork Times.) Among the things which the world is recov must be listed the “spokesman” for the Jap: {Foreign Office. He was very active and vocal and three years ago when some one had to explain {what the Japanese A was doin; wur what the attitude was of the Japanese Governme: |toward the Wash toward the Leag of Nations, and about which the | public was mystif t “spokesman” seem- jed to have disappeared s | La we had apparently entered upon a series of direct |statements by r sible Japanese statesmen. Only |a little while ago we had the f\\'hich the Japanese Foreign Minister 2 iperson sent to Secretary Hull. So it will seem to | ’some that there is special significance in the | irevival of the unidentified spokesman. ! It is undoubtedly serious, but not necessarily | ominous. The anonymous interpreter of Japenese | |policy may be repudiated by the real authorities | when they find it convenient. That has occurred | before. But there seems to be no doubt that this | time something like an international diplom. | “feeler” has been put out. The Japanese Govern- | ment would seemingly like to know what other countries will say or do when this new explanation ‘ul‘ the “Monroe Doctrine of the Orient” is tenta- | tively put before them. According to it, Japan becomes the guardian of the peace and assumes jrights or duties in China which are plainly in |conflict not only with international law but with treaties which bear the signature of Japan. All this is tacitly admitted by the spokesman, who yet insists that the Japanese must be the final judges of any emergency requiring military action, as they are also the authoritative interpreters of the treaties. It is obvious that if such a claim were formally and officially put forward by the Japanese Govern- {ment it would be rejected by all the other signers of the Nine-Power Treaty, and in fact by every nation having a real and large interest in China. The most extreme assumption made by the | tspokesman is' that Japan is -entitled to “object” when other nations sell to China goods and com- | modities and machines that might be put to war- like purposes. The specific reference is to air- planes, as well as to the loan of technical experts and instructors in aviation. If the prophetic soul of Japan, brooding on things to come, perceives this to be really a threat of war, then a solmen protest, with a threat of force behind it, may be addressed to the countries which make such sales in China. But what their reply would be, so long as they are clearly within their treaty rights and in accord with the law of nations, cannot for a moment be doubted. The Japanese Government must be fully aware of this. For its own dignity and for the peace of mind abroad, it ought promptly to instruct the resurrected spokesman to quit talking nonsense. Court Philosopher. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) The address of Rexford F. Tugwell before the American Society of Newspaper Editors at Wash- ington is a document of considerable interest. This is not because Dr. Tugwell is the youthful father of the New Deal, as he is sometimes pictured, but because he is the interpreter of the New Deal, rather than its author, or even a co-author of first rank. Any careful analysis of the long series of inno- vations made by the Administration in the year past winds up with the conclusion that these measures are strictly empirical. They seem to have no com- mon origin in a theory or a dogma. Each is a concrete policy, good or bad, to meet a certain problem. One may run directly counted to another, 50 Tar as their abstract theoretical justification is concerned. The essential concreteness of the Ad- | ministation’s program is a reflection of the ex-| tremely practical nature of the mind of Franklin | Roosevelt. Assuming more or less automatically the role of court philosophef, the Assistant Secretary of Agri- culture is supplying Woodrow Wilson's intellectuality to his highly practical chief. It is probably a useful role. Many among us want to find a pattern in the New Deal, want to give a meaning to the multitude of individual steps taken in concrete situations. To meet this need, Dr. Tugwell has become the synthesizer of the New Deal. One may with propriety find fault with many items in the Administration’s program, and par- ticularly with some steps taken in the Department of Agriculture. But none will deny Dr. Tugwell's talent for phrase-making, nor his sincerity, though many doubt validly that he is as sound as sincere. -:hhou‘h President Roosevelt is said to work from 8:30 a.m. antil midnight, he doesn't seem to have laid the usual number of corner stones.— (Newark Advocate.) Pat and Mike stories are now out at Wash- ington dinners, as they can be construed to suggesi | possible revolution in Ireland.—(Detroit News.) If that was a brain trust old Doc Wirt took tiffin with what would a brainless trust look like? —(Macon Telegraph.) Fear makes armament; armament makes sus- picion; suspicion makes war; war makes fear.—(Los Angeles Times.) Somehow we have a feeling that the popularity of dandelion wine is going to fall off.—(Detroit Free Press.) : 3 s 3 % ! SYNOPSIS: person of fmp officer who ke on a lonely ra gunner : Dufresne is repor S0, Chapter Two s BIG BUSINESS “I\ID you hiding Robinson. “There wasn beast, or mach The police ch sorry this happened* wick,” be declared, * t myselt and see possible 18 d Pierre Dufr arette case and garette. He son a shrewd eneory, and 1 ap my perves a that. I 4 The operator was car. The mid-afternoon sky was al- ready like. twilight, and out of the yellowish gray density eame the first fluttering messengers of the hover ing storm. The breath of theg two men rose steaming, and the Captain, missing his overcoat, slapped his hands briskly together as Dufresne slid into che driving seat. “Shall I get one of the boys to ride along with you, Mr. Dutresne?” Pierre Dufresne turned over this suggestion in his mind, then shook his head. “I'll be safe for the next tew hours, anyway,” he replied. S SOON as he was clear of the town, Dufresne put on gome: thing of his former speed and it was just a little after half-past three when he reached the Municipa! Building. He drove into the court yard reserved for the cars of rank ing city officials. The policeman on guard came up with a semi-formal salute. Several men whom he passed greeted him deferentially. It was evident that Pierre Dufresne was not an unfamiliar figure in this nerve-centei of the city's official life Holding no public office, his po tion was anomalous but reputedly all-powerful behind the scenes. Once a highly successful archi tect, he had dropped that for the more lucrative, if less artistic, gen eral construction business. spreading of that business to State wide proportions had inevitably torced him into politics, and, it may be added, politics of a very practi cal nature. There were few official quarters in which he could not bring pressure to bear when necessary. When Dutresne left the elevator at the third floor he was bution holed at once by a puffy man who had been talking with some men in the corridor. “I've been trying to reach you all afternoon, P.D.” the man wheezed. He dropped his voice to a hoarse whisper. ‘You've gol to see the Mayor They're trying to give us the run around on that Bridge Boulevard contract. Hallahan has pulled back his original bid and he's cutting §90, 000 ander our figure.” Dufresne shook himself free. He looked with impatience at the pufy maun. “Don’t bother me with that The | en at G HOUSE v T've got real troubles to look Seo me tomorrow, and keep it's no money out of @ dea ine for filing bids fs to - isht,” the other per- 1@ halted, forcing his mind his personal problems oalt witl this tresh mat- he was speaking ay at that gawe. back our original it. Cut the figure that re-paving section 9. We'll let ir fun. And tell Har- papers to me at the stood back, nod- iling siyly at this Dat e went on of the Depart- ic Safety. of the room was a bicle with one ordinary hdoard ded over by an. Dufresne beside him na od. He had a doubdle s head and he ov listening intently. {can sec me now,” the latter request ed. “Tell him it's important.” | “There's a conference of Police |Capta {the operator volunteered. He plugged in the connection and spoke ia few words in a low tone into the transmitter, “Five minutes—private corridor ~glad to cut it short.” he said. Dufresne nodded, lit a cigarette, and kept his eye patiently on the clock until the uesignated time had elapsed. Then he went through a small door and along a short, nar row corridor which ended at a door whose frosted panel bore black let- tering in a semi-circular arch: “Di rector of Police,” and below, in a straight line: *“James J. Connors.” smiled and pushed aside the welter to defer an uncongenial task, then, |seeing the eerious look on Du- fresne’s face, dropped the pen and wheeled around in his chair. “What's the trouble, P. D.?" “Jim,” Dufresne stated with de- liberation, “‘somebody’s trying to ‘get’ me! I was put ‘on the spot’ to- day!™ Connors’ eyes began to gleam. The frosty blue, contracted to tiny points. Beneath Dufresne’s habit- ual polished calm he could discern signs of the strain and panic that £he man would permit neither word nor movement to reveal. “Who could it be?’ Connors demanded. “Don’t tell me it was that crank letter-writer?” P Mechanically the Irishman reached for one of the long, fat, tmahogany-rolored cigars which were never far from his hand. Dufresne shook his head. *1 wish I could tell you,” he said quiet- ly. “When 1 came to you last week with those crank letters, Jim, it was only because they had kept coming long beyond the usual time. I've had such stuff before—even more violent in tone. But this afternoon it became a question of bullets! Some one went sniping at me be tween Waterdale and Edge Hill" (Copyright. 1934, by Walter C. Brown) Elaborate plans are made, tomaor- row, to protect Dufresne. but it must be about over,” | As his visitor entered, Connors | of papers, as if welcoming an excuse | pupils, centered in their discs ot ! 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire ———3 MAY 8, 1914 Juneau was to furnish a mascot for the Chicago National League team, familiarly known as the “Cubs.” W. F. Brandenburg, of the firm of J. B. Caro and Company, had purchased one of the young black bear cubs from W. H. Case and was to ship it to President C. F. Thomas, of the team. There was to be a series of re- vival meetings, beginning the fol- Jowing Sunday, in Juneau, with Miss Wright, of Douglas conduct- ing them. They were to be conduct- ed in a gospel tent on Third be- tween Main and Seward Streets. | Col. dent of the Board of Alaska Road Commissioners, was to take pas- sage on the Alameda, leaving Se- attle May 12. He was going through to Valdez. | J. H. Irving, of the J. H. Irving {Co., a large tailoring firm of Se- attle; announced that his company | would open 2 branch in Juneau to | be located in the Occidental Annex | building. | | Invitations had been out for sev- |eral days for a private dancing | party to be held in the Gross hall | by seven gentlemen of the younger et in Juneau. Mrs. Hazel G. Kirmse was a pas- senger aboard the Jefferson on her way to Skagway. | August Buschmann, superinten- ‘;dcnt of the Deep Sea Cannery, ar- }rived from Sitka on the Georgia. Weather for the previous 24 hours was clear with a maximum | | temperature of 64 degrees and a | minimum of 36. Advices received from Ketchi- | kan where there was a term of court in session, stated that the work was dragging out and that there were six cases to try on the | calendar. It was not expected to | be through for another week. e ATTENTION The De Molay Dance which was | scheduled for the 11th has been Wilds P. Richardson, presi-|. PROFESSIONAL Hepne W. L. Albrecht HYSIOTHERAPY e, Electricity, Infra Red , Medical Gymnastics. Goldstein Bullding Phone Office, 216 ose A. Ardrews Graduate Nurse Cabinet Baths—Mas Colonic Irrigations nings by Appointment and Main Phone 259 | I Goldstein Building C. P. Jenne DENTIST 8 and 9 Valentine Building Telephone 176 aduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optometry and Opthalmology s Fitted, Lenses Ground PHONE 496 i TR IR R e Fraternal Societies | — 0 Gastineau Channel - B. P. 0. ELKS meets every Wednesday ab 8 p.m Visiting brothers welcome, L. W. Turoff, xalt- ed Ruler. M. H. 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