The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 22, 1934, Page 4

- ; A THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1934 . 3 E L3 cities, “wherf we shall divide our business history Daily Alaska Empire | pus e coies sna sice: As Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Robert C. Brinkley is quoted in an Associated Press dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio, as expressing the view of this group of historians that “changes are now occurring in business control and management which will make the records of pre-code days of con- | siderable value to business and to those who are studying business conditions.” The reason assigned for members of the research committee occuping themselves with the minimum of delay is that “many corporations customarily destroy records after a few years, thus losing many items which particularly at the present time have considerable historical importance.” The committee explained that they are not desirous of preserving large quantities of records; samples of summaries of representative organizations in industry will suffice. These, it was added, will be vital “as history.” And the work of preservation has already started. That commercial transactions and relationships in:this country of only last year are the subject of scrutiny for purely historical purposes may seem astonishing to some people, but hardly to anyone who has read the recent reports to stock- holders of any representative American industrial concern. ROBERT W. BENDER - - GENERAL MANAGER| Published every evening except Sunday by the fl\dPlRF: PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. e e Fntered 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. Sibscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity {n the delivery of thelr papers. Telephone for Editorfil and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATEL PRESS. The Assoclated 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 ocal news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. We have no brief for either the longshoremen or the operators in this darn strike. But we are lconvinced that every day the lockout continues adds that much peril to the future of our insti- tutions and our people. Byron Price, Associated Press political writer, writes that the Republicans are looking for a Moses g |to lead them any old place. How about turning to While it is undoubtedly true that Vice-Presidentiine one that New Hampshire once: sent to the Wilson of the Alaska Steamship Company is hghz.\ng Senate to coin the phrase “sons of wild jackasses?” the company’s battles in his vigorous and unceasing efforts to reach some sort of a settlem nt or under-: standing to release Alaska shipping from the general | i L lengshoremen's strike on the Pacific Coast, he is at| (New York Herald Tribune) the same time waging a fight on behalf of the| The evils of high liquor taxes, so often stressed Territory. The company’s revenues are most cer-|in these columns, were forcefully presented by Mr. tainly being reduced by the strike and it stands to Joseph H. Choate, Jr., in an article printed last Jose many thousands of dollars through it. Butisundfl}fl In this he made the assertion that despite Alaska stands to lose even more if it is“not seLLled{{;hE Iabaqdonment_ of Prohibition the amount of or some agreement is not made which will permit:cgz"fg liquor still being made and sold in this the supplies, materials and equipment needed for| = ntry is as great as the amount of legal liquor 5 3 % S Aucts]| anufactured or imported. our industries to move northward af1d the pro« u ! The reason is simple and obvious—the high cost of our fishermen to be discharged in Seattle with-|,¢ out further delay. Without knowledge of all thelang beers because of excessive taxes. Bootleggers factors in the dispute we cannot say which side is thrive only because of the margin of their profits. in the right on the strike. We are not concerned !When all alcoholic drinks legally sold are excessively with the terms of settlement.® But as innocent by- expensive the consumer, if he wants reasonably standers, whose most vital interests are endangered, decent liquor, must pay “through the nose.” The bootlegger offers him the kind of stuff he was d to during the Prohibition era, for a low 0. FIGHTING OUR BATTLE, ALS Bootlegging vs. Low Liquor Taxes. we have a right to protection. R Mr. Wilson has pointed out with a clear vision nardene rence in Alaska sition and that of other Price » the difference in Alaska’s posi g The tragedy of this lies in the setback which 5 Gistrist triat his but one mode of WREEnee: (oo G 0. toin tamperance i¥Ae polley would munication. All of our commerce is waterborne, s, low as to facilitate their sale at minimum prices With the markets of the States and their store- and taxes on liquor low enough to destroy the houses closed to maritime shipping, all of our profits of the bootlegger. - Strict enforcement against industries will inevitably dry up. The trolling in- bootleggers would have been maintained with an dustry, for instance, which has itself just emerged enlarged rather than a diminished force of agents. from a strike of several weeks, is deprived of a Instead, the taxes on wines and beers and the dif- chance to fish through lack of markets if their fares ficulties in the way of selling them chcaply and cannot be unloaded from the holds of steamers Uhe high taxes on liquor have put a premium on Shivhe in ‘Beathle tvom L Alkskn. “rus, the’ offects o OB 10C booHegsed supplss s, 4 g X Mr. Choate calls not only for drastic enforce- have not been widely felt as yet since local buyers yeng of the laws against illielt distillers but are¢ mildeuring,“and in“some -instancesveanning; the pgtvt to the ‘need of Towering taxes. This is par- fish. But this market cannot continue to do that ticularly essential when it comes to foreign wines indefintely. and beers. Cheap French wines, for example, laid There isn’'t a single large Alaskan industry which down in New York, pay a tax of about 150 per cent will not feel the effects in the same manner. Our of their value. This certainly is excessive. Even greatest industry, salmon canning, must complete California wines, because of the taxes and the its preparations for fishing and canning as quickly YeéBulation against retailing them by casks, sell 2s possible. In fact, fishing and canning is already for such high prices that the average buyer feels y ; b , that he gets more for his money by buying hard on in one or two localities. A few more days' yguor No wonder, under the circumstances, that delay will reduce operations very largely, adding ipe liquor store proprietors report that several to unemployment, reducing Territorial revenues and pottles of whiskey or gin are sold for every bottle generally playing havoc with all business and in- of wine. The solution lies in drastic tax reductions dustry and society in general. There is danger to all along the line. the schools, old age pensions, mothers’ pensions, in | fact to every eleemosynary function of the Terri- Breaking in consists in driving at 25 miles per torial Government in a continuation of present hour for 500 miles the new car that some squirt conditions. drove 600 miles from the assembly plant in 10 Gov. Troy has done everything in his power tc‘hours,—1Georgemwn, Ky., News.) assist Mr. Wilson and others who are on the| ground. He has wired Secretary Ickes, Gov. Martin and others, forcefully depicting the situation and its direful potentialities. We believe that the time has about come when a direct appeal to President Roose- | velt is entirely justified. That seems to be the only recourse left to him. BEFORE CODES AND SINCE. sections affected by the strike The Bolshevik Government’s representatives in this country are said to be living lavishly. The poor gentlemen were so tired of cabbage soup!— (Dallas News.) Lotta people not otherwise colorblind are always |seeing red.—(Philadelphia Bulletin.) Genuine pre-war stuff: France's prejudice against lGermuny.—‘Burfan Courier-Express.) “There is likely to come a time” said a report| .gnoulder Straps Lacking on Women's New Style prepared by the Joint Committee on Materials for Dresses for Summer."—Headline. May 1 live till Research of the American Council of Learned S0- June!—(Chicago Tribune.) g ® No Argument! ® No Statement! Can stand against the testimony of our many satisfied customers AS AUTHORIZED DEALERS of the RAY HART BRADER OIL BURNERS @ We are in a position to give you the best to be had at any price! RICE & AHLERS (CO. PLUMBING . HEATING SHEET METAL “We tell in advance what job will cost” ’ PHONE 34 SVNOPSIS: Sergeant Harper has .eft Picrre Dufresne drunk im ' his apartment at the Austerlite, and Itas driven out to Dufresne’s subnrban home, only to find @ po- liceman and a_man, apparently Dujresne, shot dead in the breaks fast room of the handsome house, The snow about the house is undis= turbed except for the tracks of the | oliceman who had entered the House only to meet death. Harper has been helping Dufresne, 1who was ambushed earlier in the day, after having received a_ set o threatening letters. The Sergeant tries to enter Dufresne’s locked bedroom at the Austerlita Chapter 11 OPEN AND SHUT EFORE the discomfited servant could reply, the Supérintendent of Service arrived with a bunch of keys on a heavy ring. The third key he tried did the trick. Harper and Andrews entered the bedroom, and the detective, after one look, closed the door on the others, A disheveled figure lay across the bed, fully clothed except for coat and shoes. The coat was flung care- lessly across a chair, the shoes kicked or thrown under the bed. Harper lifted the lolling head. The eyes were closed and puffy, the fa- cial flesh flabby and loose, but there was the meticulous beard, the fine, clearcut features of the real Pierre Dufresne. P Who, then, was the dead man sit- ting at the head of the table in that mansion on Powhatan Terrace, with a gun in his hand and a neat round hole through his brain? At first glance Harper had been deceived by that corpse in the arm- chair, but a closer view had revealed differences in the hair, the facial structure, the ears, the age lines of his features, while a still closer scru- tiny had shown him the fact that the dead man’s beard was artificial. imported or legally manufactured spirits, wines{ So he had turned the key on that room of death and followed the sud- den, overwhelming urge to go back and make certain that Dufresne himself was still in safety. The behavior of Andrews had been very peculiar and Harper had not been too absorbed to notice it. When the bedroom door had yielded under the master-key, the old butler had stumbled into the room like one in a daze, and now he stood use- lessly around, with his eyes staring at his master’s inert figure with a peculiar fascination. The detective saw that his hands were trembling and that he grasped at things for support. This was the more notable when contrasted with Andrews' unspoken truculence he fore the door had been opened, for at ofe point Harper had felt that the gray-haired butler was considgfi ing forcible resistance, The detective heaved the sagging figure around so that the lolling head rested on the pillow of the bed. He picked up the brandy bottle which stood on the night table be side the bed. It was empty. Some of the liquor had been spilled on the rug by the bed. The detective's lips curled as hé shook Dufresne brusquely by the shoulders. Harper soon realized that more heroic measures would be needed to restore this inert mass to reason and consciousness. He turned to Andrews. “We've got to get him sobered up,” he declared. “You get on that 'phone and order up a bowl of cracked ice and a couple of quarts of the blackest coffee they can | make.” HILE Andrews was carrying out this order, Harper admitted the two guarding detectivgs into the bedroom. He gave a brief but ade- quate account of the situation in | the house on Powhatan Terrace. “Markison,” he went on, “we've got to get Dufresne sober. I'm leaving that to you. They're send ing up some cracked ice and black coffee. Open those windows and get him over to the cold air. Rub the back of his neck with the ice. Then fill him with as much of the coffee as he can swallow. Walk him up and down. If that doesn’t work, give him an emetic and start over again. Let him growl all he wants, but get him on hie feet.” Harper looked at his watch. “I've got to get back on the job. Ihaven't even started the work up there When you get him fixed up, Marki- son, bring him up to Powhatan Ter race. You two will ride with him, of course. We've got to try to get some sense out of this queer busi- ness and I want Dufresne to see that room and the bodies in it as hey were found.” « . Andrews had been listening, aghast, to the detective's descrip- tien of the grisly scene in his mas ter o Douse. “Mr. Dufresne's car is bere in the garage, sir,” he re- ma $ue, on hearing Harper’s plan, “Wheie s the chauffeur?” in the building. He MOCKING HOUSE BY WALTER C. BROWN. is on duty until midnight. He ean be ready on a few minutes’ notice.” “How long has he been in Mr. Dufresne’s employ?” “Six or seven years, sir. He's quite reliable.” “That's all right, then, Come along with them, too, Andrews. By the way, do you know where Mrs. ! Dufresne is staying?” “Yes, sir. She is visiting Mrs. Creighton Morlock.” “Then get Mrs. Dufresne on the ’phone for me, Will you? TI'll talk with her before I leave.” Andrews went to the outside tele- phone and gave the number from’ memory. Presently he was expostu- lating to the pperator, “But. that’s quite impossible, Miss. There's & dinner party at that house, You must be ringing the wrong number.” He turned and spoke to the detec- tive over his shoulder. *“She says there is no answer. Mrs. Morlock is entertaining this evening. There must he some one to answer the telephone.” "Andrews finally called for the chief operator and told his trouble to her, but she confirmed the opera- tor's story. They were ringing the right number and there was no re- sponse. Harper was impatient to be on his way. “All right, Andrews. Try them a little later. Tell Mrs. Du- fresne that there has been some trouble at Powhatan Terrace and that I've sent Mr. Dufresne to come up there and give us his assistance. Assure her that he will not be incur- ring the sjightest risk. .. .” “Yes, sir. She knows about the attempt to shoot Mr. Dufresne this afternoon. He called her up as soon as he got back here.” “Then you may tell her that we | believe the crank letter writer has (been killed. That will ease her mind.” ARPER left the Austerlitz. His car was waiting outside and he directed the chauffeur to drive to | Headquarters, where he found De- | tective John Lafferty waiting in the Homicide Bureau. They returned to Powhatan Terrace and Harper filled in the time by giving his assist- ant a full account of what had trans- pired. | When they drew up before Du- fresne’s house, the detective saw | that the police ambulance and an- other official car stood outside. When Lafferty was warned to keep to the neatly made path he asked, “What's the idea, Steve?” *I'm keeping the place from get- ti all tracked up by the coming ing here. That snow started tHT¥ afternoon and if we ean pre- serve the tracks made in it up to the time the murders were discovered it should tell a pretty clear story. But we'll have to wait for daylight to do | | that properly.” Lafferty gave his superior a keen look. “I thought this was an open- higt case? It sounded like it.” | hefé are some very peculiar | features. Not knowing what may turn up, I'm going to be prepared.” “Everything will be covered deep by morning,” Lafferty suggested. 1 don’t think so. The snow’s be. gi'nnlug to ease up already.” All the lights in the house seemed to be on and all the doors open, but the.only person in sight was a plain- clothesman who wag arguing an- grily over the telephone. It seemed that the insuffator powders in the fingerprinting kit had been sent up imperfectly packed. : ;Harper found the experts from Headquarters gathered around the two bodies, vehemyjtly arguing the | case, Sergeant Harper ran his eye over the group. “Where's Jackson?” was his first question. Jackson was chief photographer of the Bureau of Identification. “He left just a little while ago. He said he’d develop the prints him- | self‘and have 'em up here by morn- ing,” Clymer reported. “Did he take any ‘shots’ with the | beard and moustache off?” Harper | continued, nodding toward the dead man in the*armchair. “Yes, sir. We tumbled to the make- up as soon as we got a good look at | him.” “All right, men. Clear out now and give us a liitle breathing space in here, I want to hear what Doc Miller has to tell us.” Dr. Miller, a police surgeon of many years’ tenure, looked as if he would have a great deal to say. Ray- mond Carlin, the ballistics expert, | was at the far end of the room, busy with magnifying lens and flashlight, “Where'd Doyle get to?" Harper asked, suddenly missing the report- er's face in the midst of a!l this ac. tivity., 2 (Copyright, 1934, by Walter 0, Brown) ‘Tomorrow, frightened woman antara the e B2 = 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. Plumbing Heating, ‘Harri Machine Shop | tion. Stock had already been order- P AR aae 20 YEARS AGO Efforts were being made by W. E. Nowell, President of the Juneau Steamship company, to arrange 307 Goldstein Building Ph PROFESSIONAL A ————— [ | From The Empire Helene W. L. Albrecht YyHYSIOTHERAPY o e Massage, Electricity, Infra Red MAY 22, 1914 Ray, Medical Gymnastics. | one Office, 216 | with the postal authorities for a horse of $11. It was the annual celebration of the King's birthday| | on May 30. | Vice President and managing di- rector of the Jualin Mines; com- I pany, Jean Vanephen, was tg leave Paris the following day aecompan-) neau high school were to bé guests at the home of Rev. Owen Um-| stead at Douglas on the following night. Miss Ruth Umstead, student of the Juneau High School, and| ! Prof. R. R. Bell, of the teaching staff, who made his home at the % Evenin Second an‘ Main e i ———— E. Chiropodist—Foot Spu_:l-llu 401 Goldstein Building | ted by a pa:by‘ of stockholders, PHONE 496 bound for Juneau. i S ' p—"1 Students and teachers of ‘the n-|lp— DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER Blomgren Building Hours gs by Appointment | Phone 259 B. WILSON DENTISTS T T Rt — Fraternal Societies | OF —_ Gastineau Channel | e P ) B. P. 0. ELKS meets | | every Wednesday at 8 p.m. Visiting brothers welcome. ez| L. W. Turoff, Exalt~ ed Ruler. M. H. Sides, o one-day delay in the mail service T'_’Rm Ardrews Setreuz‘ ;\ in order to stop over in Skagway @ urse - a day with Whitehorse excursion- Graduate Nu6 as || KNICHTS OF CoLUMBUS ists. If he was successful an excur- Electrie Cabine! ‘Irrigations Seghers Council No. 1768, sion was to be run on the Georgia "'")" C:’!M;;"g m.gto 5 pm. | Meetings Abonci i JE68 with a round trip fare to White- || Office hour 3 Monday st 7:30 p. m. . Transient brothers urg- ed to attend. Counell Chambers, Fifth Stresd, JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. H. J. TURNER, Becretary —————y R ' MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 14 ! Second and fourth Mon- day of ~wh month in Scottish f'“e Temple, beginning at 7:2" p. m. L. E. HENDRICKSON, Master; JAMES W. LEIVIRS, Seo retary. PHONE 56 | 9 am. to 8 pm. resigned, pleading a press of pri- Umstead residence, had invited |z —=2 their schoolmates and eo-workers| | Ne, C. P. Jenne to be their guests for the evening. DENTIST ! Rooms ‘alentine ‘Weather for the previous 24 hours| ! !;unlfd‘:'V ! | was clear. The maximum tempera- Telephone 16 ture was 66 degrees and the mini- “ iy mum was 41. = . e rmicietomitoni Bl R. W. Wulzen had succeeded P. Dr. J. W. Bayne E. Jackson as manager of the Ju- DENTIST neau baseball team. Mr. Jackson Rooms Of:ice aours, 9 am. to § pm. | 5-6 Triangle Bldg. i | ! as thé first home of the institu- ed from the south and a working force was also being organized. It was expected to be started by June 15. Optor Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Room Office Phone 484; Residence Phone 238. 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