The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 19, 1934, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, 'SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1934, Daily Alaska Empire e ROBERT W. BENDER - - GENERAL MANAGER blished every evening except Sunday by the EMPINE PRINTING COMEANT &t Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class matter. UBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by ul‘rrler in Junea(uh and Douglas for §$1.2% er month. By mall, postage ;lld, at the following rates: One year, In advance, $12.00; six months, In advance, | 3 $1.25, O bancibera will confer & favor if they will promptly potifythe Business Office of any failure or irregularity 11 of elr papers. e one Tor BAltorial and Business Offices, 374. ER OF ASSOCIATEL PRESS. The Ar.i“a"flea Press is exclusively entitled to tk use for republication of all news dispatches credited to ="or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the mcal news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO Bl THAN THMAT OF ANY OT! PUBLICATIO! one month, in advance, s A A B 1 W 4 o ot sy T PPt e e i} P SENATOR WALKER SERVES KETCHIKAN. No one can accuse Senator N. R. Walker of Ketchikan with being disloyal to his home city. For almost a quarter of a century he has made his home there. He is widely known as one of its most consistent and. intelligent boosters. He has served it as Mayor and in other capacities. He has been engaged there in business for a whole gereration. His family resides there. The Senalor does not condone the hysterical and silly attacks made on the Board of Liquor Control by certain Ketchikan interests. In a letter to Gov. John W. Troy, which the latter made public with permission of the auths he terms them “senseless, unwarranted and unfai The campaign he characterizes as a “tirade of abuse.” The Board, of course, has not been unmindful of the fulminations emanating from Ketchikan. Wisely it has refrained from comment on them or any cther acknowledgement either direct or iidirect. Possibly the membership was of the same opinion as Senator Walker, that is, it had hoped “the present movement would fall of its own weight.” Of course, it will do just that in the end. When the good peopie of Kelchikan find they have been misled and betrayed into a movement that has done nothing but besmirch the deservedly good name, and reputa- tion for sincerity and fair-mindedness of their city, they will turn against those who have led them into that false position. Senator Walker goes deeply into the motives behind the attacks on the Board when he said: 1 believe no other conclusion can be drawn except that there is a deliberate attempt on the part of certain people with selfish political interests to discredit the Administration by raising a false issue in an effort to stampede wellmeanng people against the policies of the Democratic regime. He is not alone in this belief. Other Ketchikan leaders have expressed this same view and privately have not hesitated to mention names. These men are in position to know whereof they speak. They have no axes, personal or political, to grind. They merely are actuated by their regard for the good name and best interests of their home town. They are hurt and grieved more than angered. We agree ° with them that the whole thing has been deliberately manufactured. It is a procedure to be regretted. It can only react upon those behind the movement and the community itself. In exposing it, Senator Walker has never served Ketchikan more loyally or with greater courage. . FEWER FAILURES INDICATE SOUND IMPROVEMENT. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., report only 1,052 business failures for $25,786,975 for the month of April. This is unquestionably syptomatic. As recorded by that service, they meant the fewest business failures, with the single exception of the short month of last February, for any month since January 1920, and, with two exceptions, the smallest liabilities similarly for any month since January of 1920. At the recent monthly rates for such business mortality, it would strongly appear that 1934 will write a failure record far under such years as 1932 and 1931 when there were somewhat more than 30,000 failures for the iwelvemonth, with liabilities of $736,060,000 for 1931 and $928.000,000 in 1932. . Two factors probably are at work to lessen busi- ness failur Clearly the law of “the survival of the fitte: is working. In the past three years, the weakest units have succumbed to depression and deflation. Yet that cannot wholly account for the new low records. Just a year ago, all business trembled under the impact of successive blows. None of them knew what was ahead of it. That so few of them have gone under is clear and convincing proof that so far in 1934, the conditions for remain- ing in a solvent state have averaged better than in the past three years. Business has a better chance to operate at a profit. It is on a sounder basis. There are more available recourses for assist- ance in avoiding failures. And that is another sign of advancing economic recovery. WARNING FROM THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY. Halibut fishermen making their living from the banks in the North Pacific Ocean will do well to % heed and act on the notice just issued by the International Fisheries Commission regarding the heavy takes being made and its warning that it will ~ be necessary for an even earlier closure this year than last if the present rate of landings continue. The Commission minced no words when it said: Due to conditions that have developed since the opneing of the season, the land- ings . . from Area 2 and Area 3 have been at a rate that, if continued, will result in closure even earlier than in 1933. At pres- ent the rate of landings is about three- quarters of a million pounds greater per month from each area than in 1933 More intensified operations by the fleet and the of shorter trips make it Ammediately that” curtailment -~ - LARGER | N. to care for this situation is necessary if it is_desired to prevent such early closure. As in former years, the Commission has . fixed definite limits for the total take from each area. When -these have been exhausted it need not be | expected ‘that oprations will be permitted to con- |tinue. Its original limit on the take represents its view of what can be taken safely without depletion of the stock. It demonstrated last season it would not be swayed from that view. It closed Area 2 on August 25, when the total fixed by it vas reached. And on October 26 it closed down fishing Area 3. Its authority in this matter is unlimited and final. There is no appeal from its decisions. If the halibut fishermen of the North Pacific waters desire to extend the season until the end of next Fall, they will do well to agree upon | some equitable method of curtailment as the Com- sion has suggested. { A French vessel loaded with wines and brandy is soon to tour the Pacific Coast and invite the populace to visit and haye a drink on French wine and brandy manufacturers. Here is a case where the Chamber of Commerce ought to use every effort to induce the vessel to include Juneau on itinerary. its “Fool’s Paradise.” (New York World-Telegram.) Joseph H. Choate, Jr., Director of the Federal Alcohol Control Administration, issues an astound- ing warning that the American people are buying twice as much liquor from illicit distilleries as from legal sources. He declared: These stiils are not all “trifling moon- shiners’ tea-kettle makeshifts,” but in many cases large plants of the most modern de- scription with stills tall enough to extend through three or four stories of well-equipped buildings. Two thousand stills were seized in the first three months of this year, having a total capacity of 67,000,000 gallons a year, a third of all the legitimate output. \ Declares Mr. Choate: The drinking habits of the people have increased more than has been imagined even by the pessimists . . The Government is losing more taxes than it gets and a colossal criminal industry, necessarily highly organ- ized, still exists, and still exerts its de- bauching tendencies on every Government agency. The average citizen has known little of this condition. He has assumed that bootlegging went out with the knee-length skirt. Mr. Choate's proposed remedies conform to pro- posals of this newspaper at the outset and with the experience of other countries which renounced Prohibition. Cut taxes and duties to permit legal producers and importers to compete with the bootleggers. Relax forms of sales control which turn buyers to bootleggers. Adopt ‘“every immediate means of cheapening and improving the legal product.” The American people fought to free themselves of Prohibition. They won. Chiselers, void of sport- ing spirit, are out to wreck the benefits of repeal in continued debauchery of the law agencies and debasment of the liquor supply. Every American should make it his pleasur: to fight this prostitution of a great victory. Cut taxes. Cut prices. But make war on repeal- ichiselers. ; General Hugh L. Scott. (New York Times.) When General Hugh L. Scott was appointed Superintendent of the Military Academy there was a single objection: his graduating number had been well down toward the bottom of the class of 1876. Judging from his services to the army and the country in a career of forty-three years, his standing should have been near the top. In his case, as in that of Grant, his rank as a student had no signifi- cance. But there was never a manlier cadet at West Point than young Scott, or one more devoted to duty or more faithful to the standards of an institution that makes men as well as soldiers. His physical courage was shown on many occasions. The saving of his classmate King from drowning in the Hudson was so remarkable that it was record- ed in the Adjutant General office as “an act of heroism.” Lord Kitchener came to West Point during General Scott's superintendency, and they were photographed together, standing side by side, two soldierly figures born to command. There have been politicians in the United States Army, but Hugh L. Scott was never of that type. He was always outspoken, fearless in his opinions, and generous in his estimates of brother officers. Favoritism was foreign to his nature. When Chief of Staff, he was asked by the Secretary of War whom he would recommend to command an army to invade Mexico. “General Woo&™ he" replied, “is the ranking Major General and the best we have.” General Scott was the greatest authority on the Indians of the plains, not only because he was an |adept in their sign language but because his rela- | tions with them had been intimate and they trusted him. There is no doubt that he averted war with Mexico more than once by his influence | cver Obregon, Villa and other chiefs, with whom he | dealt as man to man, gaining their confidence. The great disappointment of his life came when he was too old to take a field command in the World ‘War. He was, nevertheless, an example of what a soldier should be when he cheerfully trained troops at Camp Dix. He gave the last years of his life to the State of New Jersey, working with vigor and enthusiasm as Chairman of the Highway Com- mission. | Well, we see the sixty-four-year-old exponent of monkey glands rejuvenation has taken to himself a twenty-year-old bride, so maybe there’s something to the treatment after all—(Ohio State Journal.) Whiskey valued at $5,000,000 was destroyed by fire in Kentucky. It is understood that all Ken- tucky Colonels are expected to wear mourning for 30 days.—(Indianapolis News.) A new profession for young women, a household note informs us, is testing bathing suits. It must be pretty difficult, we should imagine, with so little on.—(Boston Herald.) Perhaps that women in Italy from whose breasi a mysterious light flashes is the physical personi- fication of the modern hot mamma.—(Philadelphia Inquirer.) Are we startled! The Salina Journal—yes, a Kansas newspaper—recently published a recipe for wine and beer soup.—(Atchison Globe.) When Marconi says he has a surprise in store | for radio listeners it ism't going to be a new tooth- paste.—(Toledo Blade.) Japan may set forth the philosophy that China enjoys being stepped -on-~(Toledo ‘Blade.) SYNOPSIS: series of threatening letters Pierre Dufresne is ambushed on a lonely After receiving a road. Sergeant Harper has left Dufresne drunk tn his swite at the Austerlitz afler deciding to open the latter's house on Powhatan Terrace as bait for the woud-be™ killer. But before that can be done it ts found that Oficer Hamill and another man are lying dead i the Lreakfast room of Dufresne's house. Harper Doyle. a newspaper reporter, and some others are in- vestigating the crime, Chapter Nine THREE SHOTS HE scene of the crime was & cozily-furnished breakfast-room. resplendent with polished wood, gleaming silver, sparkling glass, against a background of dark- stained wainscoting and richly em- bossed wallpaper, nung here and there with the bright colors of hunt- ing scenes. In the center of the room stood a refectory table, with eight chairs ranged around it—three at/| each side, one at the foot, and ‘a more formal armchair at the host's place. : On this table six slender wax tapers had burned down to gutter- ing stubs. There was an open tile fireplace, its wide hearth protected by a finely meshed copper screen, and a massive log was still burning. Its heat was sufficient to give the room a comfortable temperature, Unfortunately, there were two dead men to turn the scene into a mockery. There was the friendly light of hearth-log and candle—with the acrid fumes of gunfire still lin- gering on the air. Officer Hamill lay just inside the door. He was sprawled at nearly full length, his legs drawn up just a trifle, the weight of his body resting on his right side. The cause of death was fully ap- parent without moving the body— two bullets had been fired into his left breast, one directly into the heart, the other slightly higher and closer to the sternum. So much for young James Michael Hamill—Offi- cer 1645, At the head of the table, seated limply in the host’s chair, but in a very natural position, was the other man. His body had posed in such a lite-like position that the jagged black hole drilled through the fron- tal bone seemed an incongruous mark. This man was faultlessly at- tired in evening clothes, and the bul- let's impact had not even jarred loose his gold-rimmed nose-glasses, with their thin black silk cord. His features, adorned by a well- trimmed moustache and goatee, was tilted slightly, as if he were bored or abstracted in thought. Both his arms rested on the table. His right hand still clutched an automatic gum, his left held a cigarette, which had burned fitself out, searing the flesh of two 1ngers. A number of things stood at his place. There was a packet of ciga- rettes of a popular brand, with an open paper of matches beside it Both were about half used. There were two small carafes, each hold- ing a different liquor. A used, but now empty whiskey glass stood near his hand. Harper was inwardly amazed at this tragic scene, but his astonish- ment was self-contained. Not so Of- ficer Clymer’'s, on whom a great light had dawned. “Say, that must be Pierre Dufresne himself,” he blurted. ARPER had ordered the others to keep their posts by the door while he went forward to get a bet ter view of the bodies and to exam- ine the wounds at close range. He had leaned over the man in the chair, looking long and thoughtfully at his face. Then, without disturb ing the position of the body, he had gone through all the pockets. Noth ing of importance came to light Harper turned and herded them all out of the room. “l1 want every one to stay out of this room until the photographers have been here,” the detective or dered, “and keep your hands off any thing that looks as if it might have a fingerprint on it.” . The reporter, Doyle, buttonholed him as he was closing the door on that grim scene. “1 thought Du tresne was under guard for the night?” he said. *How the devil did he get up here—alone?” Sergeant Harper’s reply was eryptic. “You'll want to know a great deal more than that before the night's over!” The reporter pricked up his ears at this mysterious prediction. He looked longingly at that closed and locked door, but he had covered Ser- geant Harper's cases before and knew that his statements were nev er flim-flam. Harper stood in the center of the spacious hall, the key to the room of tragedy In his hand. Doyle won- dered why the detective had so MOCKING HOUSE BY WALTER C. BROWN. " promptly locked up the scene of the shooting after his first scrutiny had shown him that both victims were beyond medical attention. The candle flames reared high Jand cold, their flutterings casting weird shadows of the six men up the walls and obliquely across the siling. “Have you tried all the G‘qht:’t‘” Harper demanded. “Are you sure ndne of them is working?” Connally spoke up. “Yes, sir. The juice must be cut off.” A “It must be cut off at the meter. Suppose you go down in the cellar and see if you can find out about it. And while you're there, take a look at the heating arrangements. We're going to be here the ‘rest of the night, by the look of things, and we can’t work without light or heat.” Officer Connally went to the cel- lar door, drew the bolts after some tugging, and descended the stairs. In a very short time he called up to say that he had pulled the lever on the electric meter. The candles were blown out. Harper turned to Hilleary. “You and Connally were first on the scene, werer't you?” b 4 sir. We followed Officer Hamill's footprints from the call- box to this house.” “What did you do while you were waiting? Were you here in the hall the whole time?” “We had a look around, carrying those candles, but we didn’t leave this floor. It was dark everywhere and we couldn’t see much, but found all the doors locked—except the front door, of course. Everything seemed to be in order.” Harper nodded and turned to his men. “l1 want this house searched from top to bottom. And keep your eyes opén for any signs of recent oc- cupancy. For instance, there must be a hat and overcoat somewhere about.” Officers Clymer, Smith and Hil- leary scattered for their search. Harper picked up the telephone and dialed the Homicide Bureau. He made a very lecws 4&geel <t the dou- ble killing. giving only the address of the house and the telephone num- ber. To the listening Doyle’'s sur- prise, he suppressed any mention of names. ARPER put in a requisition for the police @mbulance to be sent up at once, with a Coroner’s deputy, the official photographer, and the usual technical experts whose duty it was to make the basic survey in homicide cases. He also requested that Detective John Lafferty be noti- fied of assignment to the case and told to report at once to Headquar- ters. By the time the detective had fin- ished telephoning, Connally had come up from the cellar. “Every- thing will be 0.K., Sergeant,” he re- ported. “There’s one of those new- fangled oil heaters down there. It was going all right, but the gauge was set very low. 1 moved it to sev- enty-five.” “That’s fine. How are the arrange- niénts down there?” “Very neat. sir. Bverything clean and wide open. You can see ail around it from the foot of the stairs. 1 spotted the meter right away.” “Is there a shovel down there?” “Yes, sir. There’s a carpenter’s bench in one corner with a whole stack of tools lying around.” “All right, Connally, here is a job for you. Get a shovel and clear a narrow path from the front door to the sidewalk. But do not disturb or cover over an) of the footprints that are already out there in the snow. That s most important. Then go on duty at the front door and see to it that every one who enters or leaves the house walks in that path.” One by one the men returned from their search upstairs. All had the same report to make—every- thing spick and span, with no sign of recent occupancy. Harper glanced at his watch. “I've got to make a flying trip down town,” he declared, then turning to Smith and Hilleary, of the Bandit Chaser Squad, “you two had better stay here until the Headquarters men ar- rive. Then you can check out.” He gave the key to the locked room to Officer Clymer. “If they get here before I return. get them start- ed in there. Tell the photographer that 1| want an extra set of prints. And warn everybody that that room is to be left exactly as it is. Nothing is to be disturbed. Tell the doctor to wait for me. ['ll be back soon.” Connally appeared as Harper was buttoning his overcoat. “Just sit tight while I'm gone. Don't go pok- | ing around for clues until we have a better idea of what to look for. And don’t go outside the house on nny| account, or you will be confusing! the tracks in the snow.” (Copyright. 1934, by Walter C. Brown) Harper makes, Monday, an important call at the Austerlitz. A Miles Automatic Air Conditioner is operating in the new Jensen Apartments. SEE IT. Miles Air Conditioner can be in- stalled on any hot air furnace job. Machine 'Shop‘ Heating Harri Plumbing Sheet Metal 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire — MAY 19, 1914 A wedding which was of great in- terest to Channel residents took place a few days previously when Miss Ann Enzy McCormick and Edmund Culter Hurlbutt were unit- ed in marriage, at the Catholic rec- tory in Douglas. The Rev. J. Bruk- ert, pastor of St. Ann's Catholic Church officiated and attendants were Charles Bruff, of Thane, a close personal friend of the groom and Miss Mae Elinor McCormick, sister of the bride. Following the ceremony, which was attended only by a few intimate friends and the immediate relatives of the bride, a wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride's parents, Mr.' and Mrs. Richard MecCormick. Mr.| and Mrs. Hurlbutt left on the Spo-| kane for Seattle for a short wed- ding trip. They were to be at home to their friends at Thane after! Jupe 1. ¥ P. E. Jackson, manager of thei Juneau-Gastineau baseball team,! announced that the second game! of the Douglas-Juneau series would | be played on the Douglas grounds | on Wednesday of the week. It had been postponed from its scheduled date because of rain. | John Dotson, a rancher from! Eagle River, met with a painful ac- | cident when he fell a distance of | ght feet while making his boat| fast to the piling on the beach. He | suffered a fractured rib and several bad lacerations about the head and | face. Weather for the previous 24| hours was cloudy with a maximum temperature of 54 degrees and a| minimum of 42. Tacoma business men who were; making the trip north aboard the! Admiral Sampson were L. F. Gault, | of Ariss, Campbell and Gault; J. L. Carman, Carman Manufacturing company, Dr. Grant S. Hicks, Hen- ry A. Rhoades, of Rhoades Broth- ers; W. H. Pringle, Scandinavian- American Bank; Richard E. Hayes, Tacoma Ledger; P. W. Dempsey, Dempsey Lumber Company; John S. 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