The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 3, 1934, Page 4

e TGN e B R i L T 1 L an ] S S S PO, 3 THE THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1934. Alaska Empire GENERAL MANAGER Daily Published _every _evening except Sunday by the PIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Btreets, Juneau, Alaska. Fntersd In the Post Office in Juneau as Sccond Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, Dellvered by carrler In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per_month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: e vear, In advance, $12.00; six months, In advance, #6.00; one month, in advance, $1.25. Sul ribers will ronfer a favor if they promptly motify the Business Office of any failure or ecularity in the delivery of th: 'ir papers. Teleplione for El 1 and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Arsociiied Press is exclusively entitled to the wee for reputlication of all news cispatches crelited to # or ot otherwize credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. ALASKA CIFCULATION GUARANTEED TO Bt LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION INDEPENDENCE DAY. The United States tomorrow can observe Inde- pendence Day with reasons for a higher degree of confidence in its Democracy, in the endurance and| efficiency of its institutions, in the soundness of| the principles proclaimed in its Declaration of Independence and written into organic law in its Constitution than ever before. Just a year ago, our skies were dark, our faith had been shaken by the stress of three years of blows of industrial and economic chaos. There was but a faint streak of light on the horizon—and. that was the decisiveness of action and speed both in planning and execution that our new President was showing. What was then but a promise has been at least partly translated into achievement. Within the Constitution that accompanied the birth of this nation in the trevall of armed strife, was found the inspiration of a recovery program on which is being based a new social order for the benefit of the great mass of the American people who, in the development of our great industrial structure and its resultant financial and economic system, had) wot received in full measure those gifts promised to them by the founders of the Republic. So today as we celebrate their great work in establishing a system of government for and by the people we can do so all the more joyously because the machinery they devised has proved to be workable if it is properly directed; that it will function in times of grave national stress uncon- nected with war, as well as in eras of prosperity. The record during the past twelve-month ought to be one of comfort and satisfaction to all Americans. It certainly ought to furnish the motive for a unted front in support of President Roosevelt in his drive to create a new order of things under which the people of the Nation will have security against unemployment, unrest, economic and indus- trial stagnation, and under which every citizen will be assured of work for wages under conditions which will give to all a comfortable living, leisure to rest and play, and without the dang': of being dependent upon public or private charity in ‘his old age. If this can be accomplished, even though the Zroce:s will not be rapid, each succeeding Independ- ence Day Anniversary celebration will ( on new and more significant meaning. And it cio he done ¥ as a people we do not permit cuarselves to he fJead astray by fulse prophets, who, secing their old order, fecing destruction, and already fighting the “New Deal” with every weapon at their command. THE ALASKA FISHERMAN AND “THE NEW DEAL.” “What,” csk: the Republican Territorial Com- mittee of Alaska, “has the fisherman of Alaska gained by the New Deal?” In his interview that appeared in The Empire on Wednesday last, Frank T. Bell, United States Commissioner of Pisheries, who probably had no knowledge of any such question having been raised, gave a most convincing and to unprcjudiced minds a most satisfactory answer. The Commissioner cited specifically twenty modifications of regulations which were in existence at the time the “New Deal” was ushered into power by an overwhelming vote of the American electors. Every single one of these changes have tended to promote the well-being of resident Alaska fishermen and, therefore the welfare of tne entire Territory. . . . . Mr. Bell is the first to hold office as Commis- sioner of Fisheries who has given due consideration to the human element involved in the fisheries industries of the Territory. He is the first to hold public hearings throughout those sections of Alaska in which fishing is the paramount industry. He is the first to give resident fishermen an unrestricted opportunity to present their case, to air their griev- ances and to invite from them suggestions as to changes in established policies or for the inaugura- tion of new policies. Figures that cannot be disputed show that in 1933 the catch of salmon by seines, almost entirely operated by Alaskan fishermen, was 56 per cent greater than it was in 1932, and that the catch by traps was 12 per cent less in 1933 than it was in 1932, Since the close of the fishing season of 1933 there has been a net reduction of 79 fish traps, all of which were potential producers of salmon. In addition, more than forty bays and other waters heretofore closed to commercial fishing have been opened to fishing by seines and gill nets. There liberalization of regulations on the type purse seines, gill nets, set nets, only used by local fisher- they may be more efficient. the prediction made here by the figures for the season of there will be shown a further salmon caught by traps and y seines.” § -4 . : 1933 has been the opening of white and Indian, living along those streams. This had been prohibited since the enactment of the present Alaska Fishery Law by a Republican Congress in 1925. Every Alaska Legislature' meeting since that year has urgently memorialized Congress and the Departrhent of Commerce to remove these restric- tions against local residents in the two districts. relieve the situation until successful in inducing the Democratic Congress this year to amend the existing Act by permitting com- mercial fishing in both rivers. The Delegate’s bill “recvived cordial support from Commissioner Bell and the Department of Commerce. - . . . In summarizing the objective of the numerous changes made by himself in the regulations 1n effect when he took office, Commisioner Bell saia that his thought had been ! to spread employment, in accordance with | the President’s policy, and thus give the small operators, as well as the big ones, a chance. The big operator can usually look out for himself, but the small operator needs the proection of the Government. My understanding of the purpose of government is for the protection of the weak against the strong. I shall always keep this thought uppermost in my mind as long as I am privileged to serve the people as a public official. In Alaska as well as in every other part of the | country the “New Deal” has accomplished a great deal not only for industry and capital, reviving the one and saving the other, it has done equally as much for the ordinary man who is dependent upon the fruits of toil for his livelihood and the support of his dependents. If the Republican Territorial Committee of Alaska was satisfied with the con- ditions that existed under the Republican regimes from 1925 to 1933 and the administration of Com- missioner O'Malley it surely ought to be even more deeply contented with the progress made under the “New Deal” and Commissioner Bell since Marcir 1933. — Tomorrow, in keeping with its long-established custom, there will be no issue of The Empire. Its employees will join in celebrating Independence Day anniversary. oSG, o AR S P The more a motorist drinks, says a Milwaukee doctor, the worse the accident he gets into, and the less he feels it. It May Not Be So Hard. (Daily Journal of Commerce, Seattle.) A young news réporter was assigned to inter- view a visiting industrial leader on an important issue. The reporter was flustered; the leader was a “big shot.” He phoned the hotel and asked for the secretary of the great man. He was fluttery and when a pleasant voice replied that the secre- tary was not in, the reporter sensed that he was speaking to the object of his assignment and hesi- tatingly explained that he would like to ask a few questions. He was invited to “shoot,” and the answers were promptly given. Soon the reporter's typewriter was clicking and the story was on his “chief's” desk. The dubious task was accomplished. As you looked forward to the four years in high school and the four more in college, with all their tests and examinations looming before you, graduation seemed impossible. Now, as you look back, you smile at your youthful fears. If the ordinary man were confronted with the task of clearing a twenty-acre graveyard of wrecked cars and trucks, the size of the task would seem appalling. And yet it would simply be a case of removing one car after another. Many times in life difficulties too great to master loom before all of us. But when we get right up to those tasks they either seem smaller |than we first visioned them, or our ideas and powers grew to meet the issue. Analyze the thing you are dreading today. Take it -apart and examine it bit by bit. It isn't so terrible. You can only live one minute at a time, and can only do a small part of the total task each minute. You can accomplish that which is before you if worry and fear do not prevent your getting going and continuing until you have done the thing that appeared impossible. The building of the Grand Coulee dam is a gigantic task, but the head of the contracting firm that handles the job knows that it is not impossible because it is merely the completing of a great number of small and easily accomplished feats. His experience has taught him not to build an imaginary barrier before his vision, but rather to keep the far horizon in view as he goes ahead step by step to his ultimate objective—the com- pleted job. The satisfaction that great men enjoy in the sunset years of constructive lives must be in large part made up of pleasant little laughs at their early doubts and fears—doubts and fears that vanished as their indomitable wills drove them on and over each small obstacle until their goals were, in the end, attained. War Claims. (New York "Times.) Discussion of Germany's moratorium has drawn attention to the qyestion of Germany’s debt to the Government of the United States. This is, of course, a matter entirely separate from the very large amounts owed by the Reich, by various political subdivisions of it and by German corporations to individual American investors Wwho have either bought long-term German bonds or advanced short- term credits to private borrowers. Our Government's claims against Germany fall under two heads: those due on account of military costs and those arising from the settlement of war claims. The cost of the American army of occupation was originally assessed at $202,000,000, but early payments made by Germany, partly in cash and partly in goods used by our army, reduced this to $194,000,000. In a treaty dated June 23, 1830, Ger- many agreed to liquidate this indebtedness by mak- ing average payments of principal and interest amounting to about $6,000,000 annually, over 2 period of thirty-seven years. These payments were interrupted in 1931 by the Hoover moratorium, which applied to all “intergovermental obligations.” Subsequently they have not been resumed in full. The total amount still due to be paid ultimately is in the neighborhood of $180,000,000. In addition to these army costs, Germany agreed in the same treaty to pay the United States about $10,000,000 annually for fifty-two years, to settle claims for damage done to property, rights and interests of American citizens in consequence. of the war. These payments have also been interrupted. Recently Senator Harrison raised the question whether, in these circumstances, the United States should continue to make offsetting payments due to German nationals (under the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928) on account of ships, patents, change made in theleic taken over during the war, and other claims. He proposed to withhold such payments until Ger- It is significant that no action was ever taken t0| Delegate Dimond Wwas | { e ——————————————— e, ’MOCKI SYNOPSIS: Reduced almost to desperation by hia inability to aolve the mystery of the murderer who shot a policeman and a stranger in Pierre_Dufresne’s house, Sergeant Harper suddenly finds the trail of Ellen Becker, the maid who left the Dufresnes about the time the series of mysterious events bepan which preceded the tragedy. Harper and hiis assistant. Lafferty. are talking to Ellen's aunt. Chapter 42 BECKER TALKS V 'RE from Police Headquar- ters,” said Harper. “Are you Mrs. Sutton? Well, Mrs. Sutton, we happen to know that Miss Becker is at home. It wculd be much wiser it she saw us. Much wiser.” To assist Mrs. Sutton make the correct decision Lafferty casually put a sturdy foot across the sill. “Oh, all right, come in. She's upstairs. I thought you were bill collectors. There’s some mistake, though, Ellen has been home for months, looking after me.” “If there has been a mistake, we can soon put it straight. Will you ask her to come down, please?” The detectives were ushered into a dark, stuffy parlor that probably had its twilight atmosphere even on the brightest days. They heard the elderly woman's slow tread as she mounted the stairs. “There’s something fn it,” Lat- ferty whispered. “Did you notice her face when she found out who we were?” Harper nodded. A Wghter step was coming down the staircase. Then the curtains rustled and Miss Ellen Becker faced them. “Miss Becker?” “Yes. What do you want, please?” “We are from Police Headquar- ters. 1am Sergeant Harper of the Homicide Bureau. [ am in charge ot the murder case at Mr. Plerre Dufresne’s house. You've heard about that?” “Yes,” echoed Miss Becker. “l read about it in the papers today.” “We came to ask you.some ques- tions about your period of service there. Why did you leave Mr. Du- fresne’s employment last Novem- ber?” “My aunt was very sick and need- ed constant looking after, so I gave notice and came home. I haven't been near Mr. Dufresne’s house since.” Harper looked at her. “Still tak- ing care of your aunt?" Ellen’s face darkened. “She’s well now, but jobs are hard to get.” “It you left Mr. Dufresne’s of your own accord, why don’t you ap- ply for your old job? They haven't hired any one in your place.” “I'd rather get a job where I can live at home.” “Miss Becker,” Harper continued, “you deny, then, that you have been advised to go into hiding for &' while?” The detective's chance shot, based on Harris’ report of the telephone meseages, certainly struck home. “Why, er—of course,” she stam mered, with apparent effort. “You were not, by any chance, packing to go away when we ar- rived?” “No! Where would I be going? 1 live here.” But her voice was still unsteady. “In that case, you won't mind if we just take a quick look at your room. Jack, see to it!" AFFERTY was off like a shot. ‘ In a moment there issued loud voices from upstairs and Lafferty came hurrying down again. “She was packed to go, all right,” he accused. “When I rushed up the old lady was stuffing things back in the bureaus and closets as fast as she could.” “Ha!" exclaimed Harper, “now the cat’s out of the bag. I give you your choice of two things. You can talk to us, or you can come along to Headquarters. There's a car waliting on the corner.” Ellen broke down, quick, fright- ened sobs shaking her body. “I didn’t do anything wrong,” she wailed. Harper answered stonily, “but you are holding back Information. Why did you leave the Dufresnes? Because some one found it worth while to get you out of the house?” Ellen Becker resigned herself to the inevitable and nodded. Harper leaned forward, tense and eager. “Who has been paying you the hush-money?” “Mrs. Dufresne!” Harper leaned back. actly what happened.” Ellen Becker clenched her fin- gers. “It was right after the house was opened last autumn,” she be- gan. “The family were at the apart- ment while we got things ready. | was cleaning the hearth In the breakfast-room. There was & brass urn standing by the firepiace, filled with white sand. “Tell us ex- BY WALTER C. BROWN. NG HOUSE “I saw a bit of paper sticking up ¢ and when I picked at it I saw that it was part of a cigarette stub. I pushed the sand around and found a lot of them buried there. I thought that was strange, because we'd only opened the house a few days before and hadn’t used the breakfast-room at all. “l poked a little deeper in the sand and found a slip of paper, buried down one side. I read it." “Was the writing that of a man or a woman?” Lafferty asked. “l couldn’t tell. All the words were printed and there was no date and no signature. It said: ‘Will ex- pect you at the usual time.' That was all. I took it upstairs and showed it to Mrs. Dufresne. She turned white when she read it. She kept me there nearly an hour, while she walked up and down the room. Fi- nally she suggested that if my aunt was in need of nursing I could go home for a while and she would continue to send me my wages. I did, and she has,” was Ellen Becker’s terse conclusion. “Do you realize that was prac- tically blackmail?” Mrs. Dufresne’s idea. 1 didn’t ask her for anything. Why shouldn’t I accept it? It was the first time in my life I ever got something tor nothing. Nobody's going to die and leave me a million,” she sald bit- terly. Harper stirred himself. “I think you'd better come along with us to Dufresne’s house. We'll have to get to the bottom of this story.” “No—no—please! I can’t go back there!” “So there’s more to the story? Out with ft—all of it this time!” Ellen's next statement came only after a visible struggle. “Two days later,” ghe continued, “I found an- other note in the same place. It was printed, just like the other. It said: ‘The same place, and you'd better come this time.’ The last part was underlined. While I was looking at this note, with the sand spread out on a paper, Mr. Dufresne walked in. “He wanted to know what 1 was doing there and I had to show him the note. He earried on worse than Mrs. Dufresne. He asked me all kinds of questions and talked so wild I was afraid of him. “I told him I was leaving to take care of my aunt. Then he calmed down all at once, but he made me swear to say nothing about the note to any one. He promised that I wouldn’t lose by it.” Harper leaped up. “Well, I'll be damned,” he cried, “you’'ve got the nerve to sit there and calmly admit you've been taking money from both hem ?” Eilen turned sullen before his an- ger. “But what could I do? Hand back his money and tell him I was already being paid to keep quiet? What good would that have done? Besides, I was afraid of him. I was afrald to tell him anything.” “Can’t you see that you weroe spreading dynamite around in that house?” Harper burst out. “For a few paltry dollars you were willing to see a whole household broken up. No wonder you're afraid to go back there and repeat your story. Who warned you to run away—Mr. Du- fresne or Mrs. Dufresne?” “I won't tell, I'm not going to say another word.” Ellen’s voice grew shrill. “I want to see a lawyer.” “Come on,” said Lafferty, “let's trot her down to Headquarters. She’ll talk there, whether she wants to or not. By that time she'll need a lawyer!” 2 ‘The sinister tone pried the girl loose from the last hold on her ret- icence. “Neither one,” she admit- ted sullenly. “It was Joe Donaghy who called me.” Harper’'s eyes glittered with re- newed interest. “So Joe was in on this? He knows all about these deals?” “Only about Mrs. Dufresne,” Ellen confessed. “] guess you call yourselves sweet- hearts,” Lafferty sneered. “A fine palr of lovers you are.” “Never mind that now, Jack,” Harper interrupted, then, turning to the girl, “What did he tell you over the ‘phone?” “He e&aid it looked like things might break wide open up there at the house, and that it they did, it be a good idea for me to be missing.” i “You're holding out on us again. You two have been working this game together. We know Donaghy's been bleeding these people, too, be- cause he’s sporting a big roli of bills.” (Coburie®+ 1088, Yur ™olter 1. Rrowm) But where, asks Harper, Thursday, does Ellen’s evidence lead? 1 LEN shook her head, “It was IDEAL PAINT SHOP If IY's Paint PHONE 549 We Have It! "* Wendt & Garster FOR INSURANCE See H. R. SHEPARD & SON ‘ Telephone 409 B. M. Behrends Bank Bldg. Old Papers for Sale at Empire Office P e eaaaas 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire it B D JULY 3, 1914 Juneau was all dressed up for the Independence Day Celebration with practically every business house in the city elaborately dec- orated, .some at a great expense. Among the business houses which had attractive window displays and were hung with bunting Were the , C. W. Young Company, the Juneau Liquor Company, the Alaska Sup- ply Company and the Occidental Hotel. Due to the uncertainty of the weather, a few were waiting for the following day before put- ting up the national colors. Among the firms and organiza- tions which were to have floats in the parade the following day were Marshal J. T. Martin and the parade committee, Juneau High School Band, Juneau Com- mercial Club, plantation show float, C. W. Young Company, Pio- neers, Juneau Fire Department, in uniform, hook and ladder com- pany, caged wild animals, clown band, Goddess of Liberty, steam calliope, With clouds and rainy weather | &% prevailing for several days, every- one was urgently hoping for a braek in the weather for the Fourth. Interest was keen in the big cele- bration planned and all houses announced they would be closed for the day. Weather for the preceding 24 hours was cloudy with rain. The maximum tempera- ture was 50 degrees and the mini- mum was 44. Precipitation was .31 inches. HUGE VARIETY of FIRE CRACKERS SKY ROCKETY ROMAN CANDLES SPINNERS, etc. ° JUNEAU Drug Co. “THE CORNER DRUG STORE"| P O. Substation No. 1 FREE DELIVERY FINE | Watch and Jewelry Repairing i at very reasonable rates ' | . | PAUL BLOEDHORN | FRONT STREET 1 [ PR AN R S Wi AR ¥ GOODRICH | MEN'S SHOE PACS $4.50 \ | | I cir See BIG VAN ! Draper Club and others.| business | 2| pire oftice. PROFESSIONAL Helene W. L. 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