The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 28, 1934, Page 4

Fraternal Societies or ] Gastineau Channel '\ priations for training and equipment. I sincerely hope that any shortcomings of our Air Corps have been brought to the full knowledge of all concerned to the end that corrective steps may be taken by the proper authorities in providing a sufficient amount of modern equipment and & sufficient num- ber of personnel for future air defense programs. 1f this was not accomplished by the experiment| during the émergency, then the greatest good that | can come from it will have been lost. If the nation’s system of aerial defense is not going to be kept uptodate in every respect,.if the personnel| manning it is not to be given adequate training, we had better shut up shop. The recent announce- vinced. He erplains the matter to ment from Washington, however, that the Army| Mre Croyden sister of Mrs. Du- will buy 1,000 new planes within the next year ol or two clearly indicates that the lessons derived from the Army's mail carrying have not unheeded. PROFESSIONAL | F Helene W. L. Albrecht i FHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 307 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 Daily Alaska Empire GENERAL MANAGER Published evening except Sunday by the NP RINTING ‘COMPANT at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. e e e . Entered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class matter. 20 YEARS AGO ROBERT W. BENDER From The Empire MOCKING HOUSE BY WALTER C. BROWN B. P. 0. ELKS meets every Wednesday a$ 8 p.m. Visiting brothers welcome. L. W. Turoff, Exalt- - | ed Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secretary. —_—— ENIGATS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1768. Meetings second and lam Mondsy at 7:30 p. m. Transient brothers urg- ed to attend. Counctl s it S MAY 28, 1914 Juneauites and many visitors to the city showed their appreciation of the concert given by the Ju- neau High School band at the Ju- ncau Theatre the previous evening |by enthusiastic applause. Many compliments were paid the per- formers for the excellent entertain- ment. SYNOPSIS: “One other thing, O'Connell. When anybody comes in here for questioning, just quietly make your- self scarce. That uniform of yours i apt to make a witness rather nerv- ous, especially the servants.” O’Connell saluted, grinning. Harper left the room, intent on | jnvestigating more thoroughly his .most perishable clues—the foot- prints in the snow. The winter sun was shining brightly and it needed but a mild rise in temperature to Sergeant Harper nas_questioned the household of Pierre Dufresne. contractor amd political power. without obtaining any _vertinent nformation about the murder of two men in the Du- fresne Ureakfast room. It seems evident that one was the man who had threatened Dulresne in anonys mous lelters: the other was @ policeman. Yet Harper 9 not coms SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 1t p.ll’dmo:‘"l.ll; following rates mall, postage pald, at the f OnBe’yalr, lx? advance, $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 Buflnefumogfloe of any fallure or Irregularity In the delivery of their papers. i Teelf-p:onargor Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATEL, PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to tt use for republication of all news dispatches credited to % or not mnel{l?‘h“act:em}e‘ in this paper and also the wcal news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN TMAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. Rose A. Ardrews Graduate Nurse Electric Cabinet Baths—Mas sage, Colonic Irrigations Office hours 11 am. to 5 pm. | Evenings by Appointment | Second and Main Phone 259 ' — F. W. Bradley, President of the Treadwell Mining Company, and also of the Alaska Juneau, was Chapter 16 WORK BEGINS gone | This may turn out to be the year when shortage and not overproduction will get preferred position in the news. It's getting to be so that it is harder to keep men at jobs than it was to find jobs for them [ NLY the central fact is obvl ous,” Harper sald. “Two men were killed in this room ‘last night: The reason for that is anything but clear. Of course, | have some sort of a theory, but | won't eveh Ehink | about it until all the'facts are in my n. And that,” he addéd, | dissolve the marks left by the va- rious visitors on the previous night. He spent nearly half an hour in a careful study of these prints, and when he returned to the breakfast- room he found that Detective Laf- ferty had just arrived from Head- quarters. staying at the Alaskan Hotel dur- ing his visit to Juneau. Mrs. Harvey, wife of Frank Har: vey, of the firm of Pettit and Har- vey, accompanied by their children and Mrs. Jessie F. Robertson, moth- er of Mrs. Harvey and of Ralph E. Robertson, were southbound pas- 401 Goldstein Building PHOKE 496 JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. H. J. TURNER, Becretary ]! i MOUNT JUNEAT LODGE NO. 16 1 Second and fourth Mon- | day .of '~ wh month in ~11 Scottish, ‘e Temple, Beginning at 7:2° p. m. DES. KASER & FREEZBURGER DENTISTS i 1g grimly, “may blow my the- Someone has asked the question, “When do fish! fAigh ELLO, Steve, I've brought you all the stuff that Jackson and sengers on the Humboldt on their way to Ashland, Oregon, where L:: E. HENDRICKSON, Master; JAMES W. LEI'VIRS, Sev~ retar; THE GOVERNMENT MUST ACT. The tieup of shipping from Seattle to Alaska has long passed the acute stage. It is already having damaging effects that each day grow worse. Already labor in Alaska is being thrown into enforced idle- ness by its fellow laborers in Seattle and other Puget Sound ports. And daily more Alaskans who work with their hands, like the longshoremen, will lose their source of employment as ldng as the present situation is permitted to exist. Those who are being thrown out of work, who are denied what is their sole opportunity to earn money for the coming Winter, are naturally sympathetic with the purpose of the striking longshoremen. Yet they cannot be criticised for feeling that they are beihg unjustly treated. Last week, Ketchikan buyers notified ‘salmon trollers in that district they could handle no more fish. Other local markets either have done so, or will be shortly be forced to. Halibut fishermen are feel- ing the same effects. Construction work of all kind is having to be curtailed and men laid off because the contractors can get no materials. These are some of the damages that have occurred. The total to date, serious as it is, is but slight compared to what is threatened. An absolute par- alysis of all industry in the Territory is just ahead. What that means is beyond calculation. It entails economic ruin for many, disaster for all. And out of it, must inevitably follow social chaos, distress and suffering for the children whom the Territory now provides, their mothers, the aged whom it feeds and clothes and houses. Schools cannot be oper- ated as they now are. The entire child welfare and social welfare program as well as the educational activities of the Territory will have to be sus- pended. Without funds in its Treasury, Alaska can- not maintain any of these functions. It cannot issue bonds to obtain funds. It is forbidden by its Constitution from incurring indebtedness. It de- pends upon its taxes for money. Its tax system is based almost entirely upon production rather than property. If its industries cannot operate, there is nothing upon which to levy taxes. These facts have been set up forcefully and repeatedly by Gov. Troy and all of the organiza- tions and individuals who are co-operating with him in the effort to have a truce declared on Alaska shipping. They are known to the striking unions. Federal officers have been informed of them. The concessions granted by the Puget Sound strikers, while appreciated, as a matter of fact do not come near so meeting current needs. They do not give Alaska fishermen even a chance to ship his products to the States’s markets. They do not give our threatened industries any sort of provision for relief. Weeks have elapsed and the end of the tieup is apparently as far away as ever. Efforts at negotations have been miserable failures. We do not pretend to say that the unions are wholly responsible for that. But they, are absolutely re- sponsible for not exempting shipping to Alaska. And because they are, because we have no recourse left, because we are at the mercy of men over whom we have no check or restraint, we have the right to demand that the Government itself step in and force the opening of the ports upon which we depend for our very lives. } THE ARMY FLIERS AS MAIL CARRIERS. R Last week the United States Army fliers were returned to their regular stations after assignment as carriers of aerial mail for Uncle Sam, a detall that has kept them busy since February 19, last. It will be sometime before a complete history of how they performed this task is written. But, con- sidering handicaps of planes unsuited to the tasks, and some of the worst flying weather in history, their record is in keeping with the fine traditions of the Army Air Corps. A preliminary report issued from headquarters of the Western Zone at Salt Lake City, sets forth some of the achievements. More than 300,000 pounds of mail was carried during the 68 days in. which the Air Corps operated the mail service in the Western Zone. During this period of time approxi- mately 615000 miles were flown in actual mail carrying activities and a distance nearly equal to this was covered in administrative flights, ‘training fights, and the rapid transportation of supplies and persénnel throughoul the West in order to keep the organization running smoothly. These -combined distances, equal to more than 50 times around the world, were carried out through weather conditions varying from ideal to the worst in the history of ‘aviation. Not a life was lost in the Western Zone .while mail was being carried. That this service will be of greater benefit to | the nation than just in transporting the mails, is " indicated in a comment made by Lieut. Col. H. H.| Arncld, Zone Commander in charge of operations. © At the close of the assignment, he said: G We have learned a lot during the last two months from the standpoint of organization and efficiency of operations. Our pilots have been given a great amount of flying time which they have been unable to get at '+ their home stations because of lack of appro- sleep?” “And whoever it was, he couldn’t have been a fisherman, War on the Waterfront. (J. R. Justice in the Seattle Star.) The war on the waterfront. It is a true saying that everybody loses in a war, no matter who wins the war. It has also been said that there are two sides to every question. There are four sides to this waterfront strike: The employers, the work- ers, the city of Seattle and Alaska. . Net knowing all the facts it is not for this judge té say how much fault lies at the door of the employers. Most employers are out to make money from the enterprise in which they are engaged. It is equally true that many employers have but one eye when it comes to dividing the profits with their employees. That is human nature. And human nature is as undependable as March weather. Employers have succeeded by giving and taking, but they often take more than they give. They could not. have got to where they are otherwise. But they would have less gout and less insomnia and less indigestion if they played the game differently. And they would have less grief if they always played the game fairly. Most workers have not had the opportunities, social or financial, that their employers have had Long grinding hours have made them sour. Long stretches of unemployment have kept them poor. The display of the vulgar rich has made them bitter. But given a decent break and most of them are decent chaps. It is when one of them is given a little power that he often displays lordship and . becomes as one of the barons of business. He grows to be arrogant, unreasonable, dictatorial. is like the March wind. And here we have two unrelenting and irresist- able forces at war in our front yard. Through weary years Seattle has toiled morning and a sunset in the evening. There prosperity and peace in the valleys below. there no Seattle ships would not come and go, and laborers would be herding sheep or digging a ditch. fWe are all of ‘the same clay and we march to a common destiny. Why start a dust storm when the dawn of a better day is at hand? The way out is for employer and employee to get together and come to a fair agreement, wherein nobody is badly hurt and all are greatly benefitted. That is far better than blocking traffic or tear gas. » . . We owe this to ourselves, to our city, to our State, and we owe it to Alaska. Alaska has added much to our prosperity, as Seattle has added much to the prosperity of Alaska. Continuous bickering on our waterfront will spell disaster this year for Alaska. It is up to you, gentlemen, American Folk Pilgrimages. (New York Herald Tribune.) Hundreds of thousands of people would have to do without pleasure of vacation travel if there were no wayside cabin camps. The plain hospitality of these places enables the family with small income and inexpensive car to see something of the world in a two-weeks' vacation. New England and the Shenandoah can be toured at moderate cost because | of them. In fact, there are few tourist automobile routes nearby where cabin camps do not flourish. | The way to Florida is lavish with them, and it is! on the main-traveled routes to the West Coast, no | doubt, that they flourish most luxuriantly. i In parts of the Southwest they expand to the dimensions of small villages and take on the designa- tion “auto court.” In the desert country they un- consciously imitate the Asiatic caravanserai, the quadrangular inn with inner court, where rromv time immemorial caravans have put up. But instead of camels a picturesque variety of new and second- hand cars begins to crowd the sheds and courts of | this modern oasis toward nightfall. Tarpaulins are unroped; food, kitchen utensils and blankets un- loaded in the twilight; water botles, radiators, gas tanks replenished for an early start next dav.v If Goeffrey Chaucer were to have a reincarna- tion in our country and our time and had his Canterbury Pilgrims to do all over again in modern | terms, he could hardly find a better place for copy than the court of a wayside cabin camp when the pilgrims have eaten their supper and tilt back in chairs b:rore their cabins so gemuetlich; beginning conversation with the day's mileage and i it with' a short history of e . Gz annals of his State, town or city. rather than April, ou pilgrimages among the cabin camps. = R 4 0 In the good old days Heaven; then along came the automobile facturer and put in Ky., Herald,) But it is in May, manu- the rumble seat.—( Lexington, (1 e RS S Speaker says criticism of NRA shows prosperity. the woulds returning In other words, we are getting out ogr and into the wonts.—(Dallas News.) e Use discretion, says Cleveland’s i &, ¢ S park director, concerning bathing suits. That's about all e Is left to some of them.—(Cleveland Plain Dealer.) e R A e Another diverting feature of the situ: : ation is Mr, Heflin knows the Pope did it, but can't discover how.—(Macon Telegraph.) P bk S eV S Lucky Commander Byrd! All snug down there by the South Pole, with no garden lawn-mover to push., — Pl Chronicle.) That, too, | up to | the top of the hill where there is a sunrise in the | is | Were | ach other’s life plus the | that American folk begin to go | L marriages were made in | there | (Rochester Democrat and t \ 5. Croyden looked around at the various evidences of the police srarch and research and made a rimace of distaste when her eyes rested on the chair with the dead man's clothing. “1 am so sorry for at poor policeman,’ she remarked, ith a shudder. *Yes, that was too bad.” Harper's lips tightened. “Officer Hamill leaves a wife and three children. That is what happens to many po- licemen’s widows.” Aline made an eloquent gesture. “Stop, please,” she begged. “You make it sound so real. | can see that poor man walking up the steps, leav ing his footprints in the snow, not knowing that he was going to hii death.” She paused, then went on ear: nestly, “Of course, we shall do everything possible to assist you. Mr. Harper. 1 know there are lots of questions you want to ask about the house. and the servants, and all that sort of thing. Please feel free to call upon me at any time for such information. It is my sister’s home, | but 1 am perfectly familiar with all | the details.” | Harper bowed. “Thank you, Mrs. Croyden. 1 shall have lots of ques: tions, but first | have to chart my line of inquiry.” Aline smiled in her friendly maun ner. ‘There are many questions | would like to ark, too,” she replied, “but I'll restrain my curiosity until 1 more auspicious time. Meanwhile, all our facilities are at your disi posal. I suppose you will be in this room a great deal?” “Yes, this will be my office and headquarters while | am working on the case.” “I'll leave you to your labors, then,” she responded, “and 1 wish you success.” “Thank you again, Mrs. Croyden, ‘We'll have our talk later in the day.” Aline nodded, and, smiling gracious, ly, withdrew. | “'7rIS a fine, pleasant-spoken lady she is, Sergeant,” was the po: liceman-guard’s comment after she had gone. *Good-looking, too!"” { Harper had almost forgotten the | | man’s presence. “Yes, she 1s,” he | agreed, “a very charming lady, | | deed. If every one else in the house is as frank and cordial it will make of the others are going to be an, thing but helpful. By the way, what's your name?” “O'Connell, sir.” “You understand, ()'Connell, that no one is to disturb anything in this room. I'll be in and out of here all ihe time and I want you to keep an eye on things.” #You can trust me, Sergeant. An or’s gn order.” this job a lot easier. I'm afraid some| Doc Miller bad ready,” the lanky detective announced, tapping the briefcase he had been carrying. “You've got the boys at Headquar- ters stirred up. There's a rumor flying around that you've got on to something red-hot up here.” Harper nodded. “As I told you last night, Jack, when it comes to murders | have a natural distrust of | unusual and complicated layouts. 1 don't like some of the points about this affair, and after talking them “Stop, please—you make it sound so real.” over with Carlin I like them even less.” tully. too, when | looked in here last night, but I thought | was just getting too suspicious in my old age. are we going to epread out this stuff?” Harper looked around at the va rious pieces of furniture, but could Where | they were to spend the summer. First concrete was poured in the big Goldstein building during the day. Material was being assembled rapidly and great activity was ex- pected to mark the construction work until it was completed. The Enterprise group of mines at Limestone had passed into the control of a group of local mining men consisting of B. L. Thane, J. R. Whipple, W. A. Irwin and oth- ers. The Enterprise Gold Mining Company was immediately incor- porated with a capital stock of $200,000 with the following direc- tors: B. L. Thane, J. R. Whipple, W. A. Irwin and W. S. Bayless Weather for the previous 24 hours was cloudy with a maximum temperature of 50 degrees and a | minimum of 40 Mrs. Fries, wife of City Council- man C. W. Fries, accompanied by Miss L. Kron, left for the south on the Humboldt to visit in the States. MBS S 0 Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours § am. to 9 pm. !._ Dr. JBEMayne Rooms §-6 Triangle Bldg. Ofice nours, am. to 6 pm. &venings by appointment, Phone 321 - Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optometry and Opthalmology | Glasses Pitted, Lenses Ground ATTENTION Buciness and Professional Wom- «n’s Club will hold a banquet to- | night at Bailey’s Cafe, starting promptly at 7 o'clock. All mem- bers are urged te attend. adv. e WOOD FOR SALE Block wood and klindling. Phone 358. —adv. “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” W‘r’[ et “Juneau’s Qwn Store” Lafferty rubbed his chin thought- “You know, 1 feit that way, | see nothing that would serve as a | work desk. He did not want to use the center table tor fear of marring | its highly polished surface, for this was one of the rooms which had been completely refurnished while the Dufresnes had gone to the Aus terlitz, So the detective pushed the service button and In a few momente Andrews eppearcd. The old man looked tired and drawn, as though he bad spent a sleepless night. “Good morning, Andrews. I need a table to work on in here. Any or dinary table will do. Can you get one for me?” Andrews thought for a moment. “There is a table in the library, sir, which will be just the thing. I'll bring it in.” *“Perhaps you had better ask per mission first?” “Mrs. Croyden has already given orders that you rre to have anything you need, eir.” While speaking, the butler’s eyes were moving swiftly over all parts of the room. He seemed very much interested in the fingerprint markings which had blossomed out over the various ar. ticles. The heap of the dead man's clothing also drew his lingering at- tention, but his face retained its habitual maek of stolidity. “0O’Connell,” Harper directed, “gc with Andrews and help carry the table.” In a short time they returned, bearing a plain mahogany table “Put it against the windows,” Har per ordered, “the light is better there. Thank you, Andrews, that fg just what 1 wanted.” The butler nodded stifly and with another lin- gering glance around the room, made his exit. “I don’t think he likes you, Steve,” Lafferty sald, after he had gone. (Copyright, 1934. by Walter C. Brown,) The fociprints, tomorrow, tell their tragic tale. 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. | Harri Plumbing Machine S[\op' -5 Specializing in HOSIERY, LINGERIE, HOUSE DRESSES and accessories at moderate prices — LR S R B R RYAN TRANSFER. CO Transfer—Baggage—Coal PHONE 29 Opposite Coliseum Theatre 52 DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL Optometrist—Optician Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Room 7, Valentine Bldg. Office Phone 484; Residence Phone 238. Office Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE Gastineau Building Phone 481 Robert Simpson A . | | Dr. Richard Williams | Douglas Aerie 117 F. O. E. 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