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

§ - imm a seem to have gained a mistaken impression of their w Daily Alaska Empire | ROBERT W. BENDER - - GENERAL MANAGER blished every evening except Sunday by the EM?}RE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. | Tntered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Ratter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delvered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per_month. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: | e year, In advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, | $6.00, one month, in advance, $1.25, Stbscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telohone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. | MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. A ated Press is exclusively entitled to the ews dispatches credited to in this paper and also the iocal news published herein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION THE ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION PLAINLY STATED. | There has been much talk about the labor policies | of the Roosevélt Administration. Some labor unions | the meaning and purpose. This was evidenced in \nttitude of some of the locals of the Anmlgumuft‘d Xsociation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers which hys been one of the bars to arbitration of the difjculties now confronting the great steel industry. Thae sought to have the Administration force the indugry to solely recognize the Association in col- lective bargaining. Gen Johuson endeavored to reason with these leaders,\only in vain. Nothing would satisfy them but “cloged siop” with the Amalgamated in the saddle. This Gen. Johnson would not do. In com- menting the matter, after the unions had broken off gegotiations, Gen. Johnson said: They isconceived the rights and duties of this Administration. It is an umpire and has fy right to impose any particular form of labpr organization on any industry or any group of workers. These men sponsor & policy which forbids any local from reach- ing an agreement with any employers until all locals agrée with all employers. That is physically impossible—and yet that is one of the points upon which a strike is threatened. That, too, has begn one of the major difficuities in settlement of the Jpngshoremen’s union strike on the Pacific Coast. They have steadfastly refused to permit locals to treat with individual companies or separate ports. They still insist that it must be all or none. They are réported to have refused to permit the handling of commodities not manu- factured by union labor, and to have forced other workers to join unions or one kind or another before they would permit them to take passage to estab- Nshments to take jobs for the summer. In the language of Gen. Johnson, “they are rush- ing in where angels might well fear to tread.” Union labor is facing the greatest opportunity it has ever had. Public sentiment has favored it to & degrée never before lknown. Collective bargaining, but not the “closed shop,” has been written into law as an inalienable right for working men. If the rank and file of the lunions permit themselves to be misled, if they allow themselves to be used in such a manner as to forfeit public support that is already theirs, they will lose all they have galned heretofore and put back the cause of union labor by many, many years. A NEW EDUCATIONAL FAD. In some of the colleges there is a new course, Orientation. It has nothing to do with the original use of the word in architecture, regarding placing churches with the altars to the east. This modern study of orientation is concerned with teaching young people to find their proper position in the world. They may be better fitted for politics, or for a professional career, or social uplift work, or perbaps they have no special bent. If they have particular abilities of a definite kind the course is supposed to reveal this to them. It is all very interesting. Men of great genius usually show it when young, particularly in music. But most of the rest of us just happened—that is, vinced that many preachers, lawyers and doctors are misfits. They were hever intended for the careers they chose and in some other field would be more successful. However, it is hard to take this new idea seriously. Most men make a pretty good job of whatever they undertake. Occasionally there are square pegs in round holes, yet we sus- pect most of these men, if you put them in square holes, would not fit much bettef. The generality of men seem to be governed by a kind of gravitation which directs them to what is most congenial and what they can do best. Of course, the world is wider than it used to be. A century ago 80 per cent of all the men had to be farmers and 80 per cent of. the women had to be farmer's wives. There was no choice. That was the way in which society. was organized. It is different now, the boy and girls have more latitude. | Naturally, if a course of orientation will help them | to choose more wisely than if they left things to blind chance, then it is a fine thing. Yet it is so very new that we must see how its works out before venturing a final opinion. _—_— England proposes to meet Germany's default on her debts by impounding trade balances held Germans in British banks. That's an idea for Sam to look into in considering some defaults. by Uncle other When NRA gets around to it, how would it be for Gen. Johnson to devise some method of barter- | ing some of our rainfall for the surplus sunshine | that has raised so much havoc in the Midwest? Regulated Ultilities. (New York Times.) George Otis Smith will be recalled as the ex- Director of the Geological Survey, whose nomina- tion by President Hoover as Chairman of the Fed- eral Power Commission precipitated a controversy | which led the Supreme Court of the United States to lay down a rile sharply restricting the Senate in the exercise of the privilege of changing its mind. Last Fall he retired, at the request of President Roosevelt, who wanted a man of his own choosmg‘ as head of this strategic center in the control of— or war on—public utilities. In the current Public Utilities Fortnightly Mr. Smith summarizes some of the conclusions he has reached in the course of his dealings with the “Power Trust” over. many years. “More and better regulation” is his idea of instant need. He ascribes the popular distrust of the utilities largely to the policy of secrecy in which many of them indulged. “Private business” he holds, “brought the house down on its own head.” But there is need for discrimination. Companies ; whose exeecutives have an enlightened appreciation of their public responsibilities should not be made ; to suffer for the sins of the mossbacks, and “com- missions are not even quasi-judicial when their members permit a spirit of antagonism to corpora- tions to prevade the exercise of their official func- tions.” He has a suspicion that too many com- missions have substituted the “quasi-political” for the “quasi-judicial” lately. Under the New Deal in State and Nation muni- cipal power projects have been granted a prefer- ential status. Regulated monopoly is giving way in some fields to a new kind of competition, Federally subsidized. The yardstick has become the birch rod “The monopoly principle as expressed and enforced in the commonly accepted certificate of conven- ience and necessity” is in effect being scrapped as “obsolete.” In this connection, Mr. Smith does not mention the recent turnabout in New York State, but he doubtless had it in mind. He ends by asking | a question, the answer to which many others have vainly sought: If public ownership is imperative because public regulation has failed, it follows that there cannot be found to man the State and Federal power commissions the neces- sary 200 or so citizens who are intelligent and honest enough to make regulation ef- fective. Where, then, under any proposed Government-ownership scheme can the pub- lic look for the thousands who would be needed to officer the public utilities of the whole country? There are two kinds of citizens: Those who believe in hanging, and those the criminals haven't bothered yet.—(Akron Beacon-Journal.) Two Washington newspapermen have been sued for more than a milion dollars. Hod ziggety!—(Lex- ington, Ky., Herald) As we understand it, the economic situation has cut a number of double lives in half.—(Phila- delphia Inquirer.) And if we could have it our way we would drive the wolf from our door chiggers on the lawn.—(Dallas News.) Well, we see where a ten-year-old girl is going to have a baby out in California. unless we are lawyers, doctors or preachers. They definitely prepared, yet it may be they had no special aptitude for professional work. The theory of orientation is that a lot of men who are facing leave Florida speechless.—(Ohio State Journal.) One person in each six now gets Government money. The big job in the future will be to get rid of the debt and the habit—(Los Angeles Times.) o NOTICE TO All Carpenters of Ju EIGHT O’CLOCK. IMPORTA arpenters! - Channel are requested to meet at the City Council Chambers TONIGHT AT £ ? o and let him get full of | ‘This ought to | neau and Gastineau T — BE THERE! Q SYNOPSIS: Although Sergeant | Harper has prove that the !stranger and the policeman found dead in Pierre Dufresne’s house did not shoot each other, but were mur- dered, he cannot pin the crime on anyone until he can show how th murderer escaped, and who stranger {s. He is gquestioning M; Croyden, and has learned that s and her husband have an apparent- 1y airtight alibi. He notices partic- wlarly a handsome diamond ring ahe wears, Chapter 36 DUFRESNE AGAIN ARPER leaned forward. “Now, Mrs. Croyden, I would like to know more about the servants in this house. Has there been trouble with any of them {n the past, or any trouble between themselves? I don’t mean petty squabbles.” For the first time Aline Croyden hesitated, and Harper felt the low- ering of an imperceptible vell of aloofness. With her hands lying mo- tionless fn her lap she studied the detective’s face with cool gravity. In all the house there was not a sound at that moment. “1 am afraid there is nothing 1 can tell you that would be relevant to the ideas you hold,” she amswered at last, quietly. “What about Andrews? 1 gather that he is greatly in Mr. Dufresne’s confidence.” “Andrews has spent his whole adult life in the service of the Du- fresne family, starting with Mr. Du- fresne’s father. Naturally, he is treated almost as a member of the family.” Harper thought that over. “How long have the Whitmores been em- ployed?” “It must be about ten years. We wish we could find some one half so efficient and conscientious for our own house.” s “What about Donaghy, the chauf- feur?” Mrs. Croyden shot him a quick, penetrdting look, which the detec- tive did not miss, and as she thought over her reply, she kept turning that unusual ring around and around on her finger. “Joseph is considerably younger than any of the others,” she an- swered at last, “less settled in his habits and no doubt he has more Jutside interests. But he is courteous, prompt, and obliging, and I believe there has been no question at all as to his conduct etther on or off duty.” “Then there has been nothing in the nature of friction or bad feeling between Andrews, say, and the Whitmores? Or between Donaghy and Andrews?” o, indeed.” “What of the housemaid who was here last year, Ellen Becker? -Shey left rather suddenly, I believe. Was there an undeclared reason for her departure?” “I think not. Ellen never fitted In very well here. She was a reserved, rather melancholy girl, from what | saw of her. I'm sure she left of her own accord. My sister would have sald something to me had it becn otherwise.” “How old was this girl?” “Thirty, or perhaps a year or two older. Not an attractive girl at all,” she added, “and a rather sullen de- meanor that did not improve her any." Harper rubbed his chin reflective- ly. “In spite of what you say,” he remarked, “all Bas not been as tran- quil as the surface seems to Indi- cate. That much {s obvious, for, aside from the murders, Mrs. Croy- den, we know there have been re- peated secret meetings held in this room, a thing extremely unlikely without the help and connivance of some one In this house. I value your, opinion and judgment, Mrs. Croy- den, but last night’s occurrences will not let me accept them at face value in this particular matter.” “}/0U must do as you think best,” Aline Croyden answered, in a non-committal tone. She looked down at her relaxed hands and no- ticed Harper's eyes following the flashing glitter of the twin gems. “I see that my heirloom has been attracting your attention,” she said, extending her hand in a graceful gesture. “It came from Mr. Croy- den’s mother, and I can't bring my- self to separate the stones or mod- ernize the old setting.” “Gems are fascinating things, Harper replied. "1 certainly would not diminish their sentimental value for the sake of a modernized set- ting.” They were interrupted by the ap- pearance of Richard Croyden and Pierre Dufresne. The dapper mas- ter of the house had donned a per- | fectly tailored double-breasted suit, closely buttoned, so that his erect- ness and swagger gave him more than ever an air of aggressive vizor. Croyden looked somewhat tired and distraught and was smoking a cig arette with nervous haste. MOCKING HOUS 8Y WALTER C. BROW| .. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1934. }east should have faced west. Its teachers are con- “Richard, I have just been telling Mr. Harper about your concert last night,” Aline greeted him. Croyden laughed. “The police are going in for subtlety, Aline. What Harper really wanted was our alibi. Are you quite satisfied, Sergeant?” Harper smiled, “It's one of the best alibis I ever heard. I don’t see how we can do a thing withit,” he Jested in return. Pierre Dufresne faced the detec- tive suddenly, and asked bitterly, “Harper, how long are you going to keep up this business? You have brought a very serious charge against my household and I'm wait- ing for you to back it up with proof, sound, legal evidence. If it turns out | that you can’t I warn you that it's likely to cost you your stripe.” “Pierre, you mustn’'t talk like that!” Aline Croyden tried to smooth the rufiled waters. “Mr. Har. per is only doing his duty—" Without the slightest warning came the sudden crack ot a revolver, The report seemed to come from be- neath their very feet, sharp and un- usually loud in that silent house. They exchanged startled glances. | “Don’t be alarmed,” Harper urged. “Detective Lafferty is testing the real murder gun. Fortunately we have found it, hidden in the gutter of the roof. That answers your ques- tion, Mr. Dufresne, We now have ‘sound, legal evidence' that there was a double murder here. We'll be finished when we find out whose fin- ger pulled the trigger last night!” Richard Croyden’s hands had jerked so nervously at the sound ot the shot that he had to recapture his cigarette in midair. He stared at the detective with frowning inten: sity. Aline Croyden leaped up in her fright, her hands clasping each| other and her ring still flashing its multicolored sparks. But Pierre Dufresne went on quietly tapping his clgarette agalnst the platinum case. There was mock- ery and deflance in his glittering look, and Harper caught a faint reek| of brandy on his breath. | “Don’t let us stop you!" he| sneered, “but I'll be damned if we wish you any luck!” AFFERTY looked through the pocket lens at the crystal body of the goblet and then again at the sheet | of yellow letter paper Harper held out for his inspection, “It's a smeary | print,” he stated, “but there’s no doubt about it — that's Andrews’ thumbmark in both places. Well, let's have another round with the| model butler. We'll see if he can think fast enough tp get out of this ‘one.” 4l The lanky detective took the let-| ter and read it over. It was the third of the eight crank letters Dufresne kad turned over to the police when he had first placed the matter In their hands, about a week before. The thumbmark appeared about midway of the left margin. {1t was fust a fluke,” Harper ex- plained. “I was showing Mrs. Croy- den how a fingerprint is brought out for photographing and I happened to pick up this glass for the experi- ment.” “It would have come out long ago,” Lafferty grumbled, “it Du- fresne hadn't opposed the finger- printing of the staff. Come on, let’s put the screws to the old boy. I'm going to enjoy this.” “Not so fast, Jack, not so fast. There's no profit in going off half- cocked. Nobody's going to run away while we figure things out. It might be a help if some one did,” he added as an afterthought. Lafferty threw his superior a sar- donic look. “You're hard to com- ivince,” he protested. “What are you holding out for now, a hand-written contession from the murderer?” “No, but we're not a couple of rookies out after big game for the first time. If we made an arrest every time we struck a clue we'd Have Mrs. Dufresne locked up be- cause she went out last night and Dufresne because the gun disap peared from his room this morning. Before we tackle Andrews let's have a good look at these letters. We've been so busy .with other matters they haven't had the attention they deserve.” “The first thing that is apparent,” he went on, “is that each was mailed downtown. That gives us no help with everybody at the Austerlitz ex- cept the Whitmores. The first tour were exacgtly one week apart, then came a gap of eleven days with the last four somewhat frregular. Du- fresne placed them before Director Connors on the 4th of January, On the morning of the 7th came the last letter, at least up to the present.” *“At least? Do you think there are going to be any more of them?” Lat- ferty questioned. (Copyright. 1934, by Walter C. Brown) Tomorrow, the situation nears & crisis. MOOSE SMOKER July 3 @ Watch for Further Announcement 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire i it By June 22, 1914. The preceding day was Alaska's longest day of the year, and also at all points West of the Rocky Mountains. It was celebrated bv all night picnics. by many Juneau folks. Members and friends of the Presbyterian Sunday School were to hold their annual picnic at Marmion Island. The party was to leave from the ferry float on the Lone Fisherman, chartered for the occasion at 9 o'clock in the morning of June 23. All mem- bers of the Sunday school were to go free and others would be asked to pay 25 cents for the round trip. The Rev. J. B. Stevens, pastor of the Presbyterian Church was to be in charge, assisted by several teachers. According to the custom of the Scandinavians, Midsummer Day comes on June 24, and it was to be celebrated by a $ig dance on May- flower Island, the night of June 23 given by a number of Nor- wegians. Miss Mina Sowerby was a re- turning passenger aboard the steamer Alaska. The Very Rev. Father J. R. Crimont was an Alameda passen- ger returning from a trip to Mon- tana ard Puget Sound cities. William Britt, who had gone to Skagway the preceding week on business in connection. with his store at that place, wired that he had been caught on the jury and detained. M. A. Snow had succeeded Be;’t Howdeshell as manager of the Douglas branch of The Empire. The Pacific Coast Company’s City of Seattle, great favorite with travelers, arrived in the morn- ing making her maiden voyage of the year as an excursion steamer. 3 roundtrip tourists and many with She had 157 passengers including stop-over tickets. Weather for the previous 24 hours was clear with a maximum temperature of 69 degrees and a minimum of 54. . —ell e NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY A new telephone book will be issued by us about July 1 and all advertisers will please see that their ad copy is in our hands not later than June 25. Thank you. JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS TELEPHONE COMPANY. —————————— Shop w .uneaun adv. { Salmon Creek Roadhouse ANTON RIESS PROFESSIONAL Helene W. L. Albrecht YHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 807 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 Rose A. Ardrews Graduate Nurse Electric Cabinet Baths—Mas sage, Colonio Irrigations Office hours 11 am. to 5 pm. | Evenings by Appointment | Second and Main ' Phone 259 | [ E. B. WILSON | Chiropodist—Foot_Specialist | ! | 401 Goldsteln Building' || PHONE 496 i Bt e | DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER I DENTISTS | Blomgren Bullding { 1 PHONE 56 I | Hours 9 am. to § pm. Dr. C. 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