The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 11, 1934, Page 4

FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1934 Daily Alaska Empire ¢ 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 in Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for .25 Balaler the followt tow mall, postage paid, at the following rates: Orzyyem. (4 nd{‘r{nca, $12.00; six months, In advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notity the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the del y of_their papers. i "f‘:l‘cp?(:tl‘r‘llgr;or Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATEL PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to tk use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not ullu‘rw(sedcrndl:ed in this paper and also the local news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION learned that a flock of unprofitable calls will be offset by a number of good calls. He realizes that he “gets” a very definite percentage of the pros- pects upon whom he calls. H ! The merchant who advertises should' know this truth if he expects to get the-most for his money. If he places his advertising before 500 readers, other things being equal, he will get but one-half of the that would be his if he contacted 1,000 There is no magic to it, the law of percent- ure mathematics. newspaper advertising there is an- that makes certain newspapers more valuable than others. A newspaper, through the years, may build up prestige and win the high regard of a buying class of readers. It may not have the numbers of another newspaper, when mere | subscribers are counted, but it will easily outpull its competitor in securing resuits. Whenever an advertiser can obtain a newspaper possessed of both the largest circulation as well a§ the class circulation, that is what sensible mer- | chants would call good fortune. That is the news- paper the good business man will choose to present his wares to the public. response readers age is However, other fa n MR. STIMSON AND THE TARIFF BILL. While not appearing before the Senate Com- | mittee as a witness, Mr. Henry L. Stimson has gone on record as approving heartily the tariff bill now facing a severe test in the Senate. Taking a position quite contrary to that of his party in Congress, the ' former Secretary of State welcomes the tariff meas- ANOTHER “PROHIBITION” VICTIM so demonstrates the force of habit as actions taken by the Ketchikan City Council, one of which has already added another to the long list of Prohibition victims. The law- givers of the First City by ordinance have decreed that no person within the corporate limits can sell liquors having an alcoholic content greater than 17 per cent True, they failed to provide for any penalty for violations which made it all the more pucrile. The sécond instance is found'in a Council- manic resolution which declared that no employee of the city could engage in the manufacture or sale 41 alcoholic liquors. The first of ‘these two products of the Prohibition complex harms no one. As was t0 have been ex- pected, those individuals and firms who hold regular retail liquor licenses are doing busiress without interruption. They have the authority of the Terri- tory to do so, and there no reason why they should fear prosecution from the municipal author- ities. That, persisted in, would inevitably lead to expensive damage suits. The second ukase of the Council had more un- fortunate results. Lawrence H. Kubley, for almost a decade and a half, had been Chief of the Volun- teer Fire Department. He was recently re-elected by the members of that organization for another year. He has devoted a great deal of time, study, hard work and sacrificed his own personal interests times to build up the department which has made an enviable record for efficiency. But because he holds a retail liquor license and conducts & retail liquor store in addition to his other businesses, Nothing two recent is ure giving wide powers to the Executive to make binding reciprocal tariff pacts for a period of years. This is a significant endorsement. Mr. Stimson has a familiarity with our foreign economic problems based on active direction of them for four years. He knows the issues involved. He is a Republican and is not moulding his views to support a party. Indeed, he is admirably candid in supporting the delegation of unprecedented powers to a Democratic President. His opinion is doubly valuable because of his affiliation with the G. O. P. The Stimson address, broadcast recently over a neiionwide hookup, ought to have its most important effects among the Republican members of the Senate. If, as is indicated in recent Washington press reports, in the face of Mr. Stimson's endorse- ment of the bill, they continue to wage violent warfare on it, they will inevitably create the presumption in the public mind that they are more concerned with party strategy than with the economic well-being of their country. Senator Reed, ,who apparently has succeeded to Senator Reed Smoot’s mantle as spokesman for the high protec- tionists, might well pause and consider his tactics before pressing them further. With his demonstrated capacity to survey prob- lems realistically and to rise above party partisan considerations, Mr. Stimson shows the potential value of an elder statesman of the party out of power. He was in no sense a strong partisan when he was in office, though his loyalty to the G. O. P. was never questioned in the slightest degree. Now that he is a private citizen, Mr. Stimson has an ever greater detachment and impartiality. These qualities are of the utmost value in establishing new governmental poli the City Council has dismissed him as Fire Chief. | That, too, just one week after the same Council | had formally partment, Such proceedings are as ridiculous as they are unjust to Mr. Kubley. He is not a criminal because he owns a retail liquor store. No charge of im- morality can lie against him on that score. He is only the victim of intolerance, the same intoler- ance and kept it there for so many years. approved his re-election by the De- ADVERTISING AND SELL: PERCENTAGE. G BY The law of percentage is what encourages all who solicit for the sale of merchandise. The average peddler, or subscription solicitor, has long ago that foisted Prohibition on the United States | So far about the only tangibie result from repeal is, while you can still buy liquor anywhere, you have to pay more for it. Long Beach, Calif, reports another earthquake. That ought to have been good for front page position in Florida newspapers. It hasn't been many months since Uncle Sam dug deep in his jeans to put a lot of people to work to keep them from starving. Now some of ‘Lhcm are indulging in the luxury of a longshore- men’s strike. | | Another thing, unless Federal aid is restored ‘and kept going, the Bar-B-Q stands and the pool halls are going to suffer—(Dallas News.) WHITMAN’S S In special wrapped 1, 2, REMEMBER HER i — > MOCKING HOUSE BY WALTER C. BROWN SYNOPSIS: Pierre Dufresne, contractor and political boss, has been recetving threatoning letters, He is ambushed on a lonely road in the absence of his bodyguard : Di- rector of Police Connors. when the ambush {3 reported. throws a cor- don of olice around Dufresne. and assigns Detective Sergeant Harper to the case. Chapter Four DINNER FOR TWO "ANDRPJ\\'S. we'll have the coffee and brandy in the living-room,” Pierre Dufresne turned to his guest, who had caught that faint pucker of disapproval on the butler's magk- like face, “If you are ready, Har- per—"" Detective-Sergeant Stephen Har. per rose, following his host’s exam- ple. The gray-haired servant was speaking. “Mr. Harris brought those papers from the office, sir, but the police made him wait outside.” “Your men take their orders very literally, Sergeant,” said Dufresne, smiling. Then, to the waiting An- drews, “Bring me the papers:” The dinner itself had been excel- lent, each succeeding course testi- fying anew to the soundness of the host’s choice. All during the meal Dufresne had deftly ignored the ob- ject of Harper's visit. Time and again the detective had brought up “My wife, Harper—a ing that afternoon and the matter of the anonymous letters Dufresne had received, only to have the talk adroitly steered into other channels, Harper chose a comfortable chair near the fireplace and Dufresne seated himself opposite. In a few mo ments Andrews appeared with the coffee and brandy. He served then silently, his footsteps inaudible on the deep rug. When everything was arranged, he produced a bulky en velope and handed it to his master “Here are the papers, sir.” ’ Dufresne slit the envelope and | The evidence of wealth that met the down on a charming photograph that | stood on the table. “My wife, Har- per—a very clever and beautiful | woman.” Sergeant Harper nodded at this | rather singular introduction. Rarely ' had he seen such appealing loveli- ness as was pictured here. The clear | features beautifully modeled, a soft | wistfulness about the eyes, curving lips haunted by the ghost of a smile, | remained vividly in his mem- i rre Dufresne stood with his | back to the fireplace. The slender | waster of this lofty sky-house, alert, | dark, immaculate in his well-cut din- ner ket, looked more than ever the true artist, the connoisseur of | Ith and power, as he stood arcly upon his hearth, cigarette in one hand, a balloon glass grace- fully balanced in the other. ERGEANT STEPHEN HARPER | was baffled by Dufresne’s strange attitude and besides being puzzled he was not entirely comfortable. . eye everywhere set a barrier to the appraisal of his host's character, made it hard to separate the man from his luxurious background. Of the fact that there was a real man there, a personality both vivid and complex, there could be no the auestion of the attempted shoot- | drew out some folded sheets, clipped in a binder of blue paper. “Will you pardon me while 1 look these over? It is a business matter that must be taken care of at once, as the papers must be filed by midnight. Help yourself to the cigarettes.” The room in which they sat was spacious, high-ceilinged, and even in the subdued lighting it was ap- parent that unerring good taste had tempered the richness of its furnish. ings. Outside, the snow whipped in flurries against the panes and the wind swished past with a mournful sound suggestive of open, desolate places. There was nothing to indi cate that they were twenty-eizit stories above the street level of a with a box of PLER CANDY 3. and 5 pound boxes Butler-Mauro Drug Co. “Express Money Orders ANYTIME” Special Saturday ! HOICE HATS S1. 00 OLEMAN’S teeming city. ‘ HEN Dufresne had finished his perusal of the new contract, An. drews stood ready with a pen. Du fresne signed the document and re- turned it to the butler. iive this to Mr. Harris and say that I'm much obliged to him.” “Is Andrews the only one of your staff here at the hotel, Mr. Du fresne?” Harper asked. “My chauffeur is quartered here, too,” was the reply. “The oth at my home. The house is not just now. Mrs. Dufresne has be using the opportunity to have some of the rooms done over. At present she is visiting some relatives.” “I suppose she was very much up set when she heard about your mis. hap.” “Naturally,” Dufresne answered shortly, and in what struck the de tective as a peculiar tone. His host rose and went to a table near the doubt. But cver since Harper had | P o very clever woman.” arrived, and no doubt before, Du fresne had been drinking, and drink ing with a somber intentness that | revealed a sullen purpose. Perhaps, thought Harper, that was the explanation of Andrews’ dour looks as he had hovered over the dinner table. First it had been highballs, and now brandy. Harper had grave doubts as to the wisdom of this mixture, but thus far the only apparent effect these potions had produced was a certain top- heavy dignity of speech and move- ment, a heightened glitter of those cynical eyes, The detective-officer suddenly be- came aware of his host’s counter- scrutiny. The latter's position, with his back to the fire, gave him a de- cided advantage in any exchange of glances. Harper could see little of his features save the glint of his rimless glasses. “You'll do, Harper, you'll do, very well indeed,” Dufresne pronounced gravely. “You've got the proper men- tality for handling a case of this kind. You showed that to me by your very first move—searching this place before assigning your men to their posts.” “That was nothing but the sim- plest routine procedure,” Harper deprecated. Dufresne twirled the goblet gently in his fingers, looking thoughtfully into its contents. “I'll wager both Markison and Barry would have ac- cepted my man’s word for it that no one could have got in here and hid. The fact that there was no one here makes the point no less important.” Harper nodded. Perhaps he should have felt more flattered by the good opinion of this man of power, but he could not shake off that uncom- fortable feeling that pricked the back of his mind. There was some- thing about this assignment that was incongruous, a feeling that des- tined events had already decided to take the course of perversity. Some- how, the power of the police mar- shaled against this anonymous threat seemed futile, a hollow pa- rade of force. Yet it could not be reckoned so by any practical stand- ard. (Copyright, 1934, by Walter C. Brown) hearth. A flood of soft light poured The W hite Ray Oil Burner FOR STOVES AND RANGES Will positively burn oil with a clean white Absolutely no soot. See This Burner In Operation Harri Machine Shop Heatips flame. Plumbing Tomctrow, Harper and his hosts have a passage at arms. Sheet Metal |Old Papers for Sale at Empire Office| s e e 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire —d MAY 11, 1914 Lieut. Mears and Thomas Riggs, Jr., of the Alaska Railroad Com- mission were on their way to Se- attle where they were to open an office before they came to Alaska. Mr. Riggs was well known through- out the Territory through his work on the boundary survey, and also through his half-brother, Prancis Rotch, who spent much time in the Territory. One hundred thousand dollars was paid out on monthly pay day at the Alaska Gastineau Mining ,Campany. the preceding day, to the employees of the three divisions. Therc were between 800 and 900 mn employed and the payroll for |May was to show a considerable | increase. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Guyot had taken temporary apartments at the Hotel Cain until they were to move into their own home on East Street. An enjoyable outing cruise had been enjoyed by a party of Juneau people on the launch Grubstake the previous Sunday. The was made to Admiralty Island and (return. Those enjoying the cruise were, Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Joy, Judge and Mrs. J. B. Mar- shall, Mr. and Mrs. George B. McCarthy, Mr. and Mrs. Walstein G. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Met- calf, Mrs. J. H. 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