The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 9, 1934, Page 4

T T T PR RSN A e s tant of pearls; surrounding mountains, Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER - - GENERAL MANAGER o T Ve yeni except Sunday by the e INTING COMPANTY at Second and Main ts, Juneau, Alasks. snow-covered sentinels as Mt. Foraker, claim seaport and civic site in America. Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class ter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. jer in,Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 Butivered by carrier in Juncau 1l, postage paid, at the fcllowing rates: e year, I advance, $12.00; six months, In advance, m‘#“m ‘month, in advance, $1.25. abscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly ify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity ot e elivery of their papers. ¥ and Anchorage. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. to sample some of that summer sun which must be Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the | Gk ¥ My wsor i Popablication of all news dispatches credited to|just as invigoraling and inspiring as its winter's i or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the [~ focal news published herein. Aus:: ©IRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. In New York City is the Hall of Fame. one of the show places of the metropolis. in bronze and marble. Yet there are other not show places and which visitors. These are the halls of fame that are | treasured in the heart. They are the secret per- | sonal possession of the individual. And the people ‘ | which adorn them may be humble and incon- spicuous. There is the man who extended the helping 1‘1 career of success. COUNTRY SUPPURTS “NEW DEAL.” Digest’s poll on public sentiment regarding the emergency recovery program, it is fair to conclude that the “New Deal” has the backing of a great majority of the people of the United States. The fact that three out of every five persons who voted in the poll endorsed the President’s acts and policies is indisputable evidence that the widespread propa- ganda of recent weeks, seeking to show that there is wide and growing dissatisfaction with them, has 3 falled to achieve its purpose of destroying public, confidence in him and his administration. | Only one State, Vermont, registered a majority carrying thousands of tons of freight and against the President and his policies. That con- It is to be mark in the world, yet who in the lives of became great. They are in of fame. ,in the Hall of Fame. and by thoughtfulness, by thinking of others halls of fame cherished in human hearts. to capacity with passengers. for Hoover in 1932. Comparing the returns from the { the ‘first one was. current poll with the popular vote cast in that year,| the magazine finds that Mr. Roosevelt's popularity has increased since that time by 3.82 per cent. It algo showed an average gain of 539 per cent for | the President in all the States. { i There will be, we think, no disposition on any 5 side to question the impartiality of the Digest or the Impartial Labor Boards. (New York World-Telegram.) § socuracy of its poll. Both have been demonstrated extent, jurisdicition over other labor disputes, the § on too many occasions for them to be doubted in most important question is the personnel of those g this instance. It sought to test public sentiment beards. ; and evidently it has succeeded in so doing. Of Something more is required than that the mem- bers of these boards In this emergency, when feeling is running high 3 course, the poll will be attacked. Republican strate- i gists will scoff at it and undertake to belittle its i significance. Democrats naturally will make the i most of it. But the impartial observer will find in i it a landmark by which to check progress in the New Deal and its reception in the public mind. nerves in the steel and boards. be above reproach. b THE PALM TO ANCHORAGE. { Pditor Settlemeir of the Anchorage Times seems to have caught something of the California spirit in his panegyrics anent the wonders of his home town. He lets no occasion pass to sing its charms and virthes. And that is as it should be. His latest surpasses all that has gone before, and ought to clear up any lingering doubts (which we never had) as to what Anchorage is or has. Commenting upon the beauty of Alaskan summers and particularly on that portion of it which blesses the Cook Inlet metropolis, he said: ; 4 Anchorage, fairest and most beautiful llt tends to divide between two groups of city of all Alaska, and gaining fame far and near as the years roll by, for the wondrous charm of her setting, is particularly fortun- ate. With only 17 inches of precipitation per annum, including waters from the snow and rain falls; with a winter temperature never lower than the thirties and seldom that, and with the average near zero; with & #ummer temperature more like a San Diego or Miami winter; is indeéd blest. Anchorage, with her broad plateau town- site, large enough for the building of an- other Los Angeles; with her chain of dis- these boards bi-partisan—that resentation for captial and labor under the manship of a neutral. Labor. ful industrial groups boards under the temporary National Labor zation should be abandoned on the other side. And that leaves only the impartial |who thereby becomes in effect a one-man One-man boards are dangerous these. The risk of picking that one man great. of that one man is too great. and impartiality. with imperial Mt. McKinley the front yard; and close beside such other Mt. Spurr and Redoubt Mountain—and before all the emerald waters of Cook Inlet, well may the honor of the most picturesque | Lovely indeed are the summers here and fortunate indeed those who dwell here and are privileged to enjoy the blessing of these summer days midst such lovely surroundings. Almost are we persuaded a mistake was made in not combining Anchorage and Juneau, or Juneau It's too late to remedy that now. But if we had the price we'd make a trip hhere! THE SECRET HALLS OF FAME. the great ones of the earth have their memorials It is grandly impressive. halls of fame which are are not thronged by |hand of sympathy to the boy and started him on That boy, now an old man, |in his hall of fame honors the memory of his |early friend. There are teachers who were inspira- On the strength of final returns of the LIterary |jons to their pupils, teachers who, themselves, trod the obscure paths of duty and never made a great these hidden halls It is not given to all of us to stand on pedestals Happily, we may by kindness we think of ourselves, find places in these other Once again Alaska ships are moving northward trasts with five States which returned majorities . o econt settlement will prove more lasting than Now that Congress has given the President un- questioned power to appoint boards to handle dis- putes over collective bargaining and, to a limited should be merely good men. are tense and industries, there will be inevitable suspicion of these If they are to have the prestige required to gain co-operation of the disputants and to make i the boards’ decisions stick the board members must The President will be under pressure to make with equal rep- In the past this has been | the policy usually of the American Federation of | It also has been the policy of several power- On the basis of the experience of bi-partisan set-up and the experience with the special auto- mobile labor board, we believe that type of organi- in the new boards. Experience shows that the bi-partisan type of board does not function dispassionately and judicially. cates, for capital on the one side and for labor chairman, in times like The risk of one side or of both sides or of the public doubting the wisdom or the motives So we hope that the President will reject the pressure for bi-partisan boards and appoint the members solely on the basis of their intelligence like strings in It is There othergy! beforé loaded hoped other chair- Board advo- board. is too H’RAY! We feel TWO YEARS YOUNGER DON'T be surprised if you dance with joy yourself when you see how our Zoric dry cleaning rejuvenates those drab suits and ; droopy dresses. Brings a new-like luster to silks and satins. Brightens the color. Gives a new-like softness to woolens and worsteds. And never leaves a tiny trace of odor. The price? That’s another pleasant surprise. YOUR ALASKA A LAUNDRY <amEnEa e Ut : 3 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1934. = e T A L 'NOPSIS: Sergeant Harper's tion ‘of the two murders Picrre Dufresne’s house, has involved Mrs, Dufresne, her huse band, a maid and a chauffenr in a serious tangle, for it has devel- oped that muysterious notes con- cerning equally mysterious rendez= vous have been found by the maid, and that both Dufresnes have paid her to keep silent, Harper just has failed to persuade Mrs. Dufresne to talk. and has left her under strict surveillance in her room. Chapter 45 CROYDEN'S PLEA HE house seemed as deserted as before, but as Harper came down the stairs he realized that the dinner must be over, for he heard music from the drawing-room, in: dicating Richard Croyden at the piano. Harper was passing the doorway when the playing stopped, and Croy- den, looking over his shoulder, hailed the detective. “Come in,” he called, “if you can spare a minute. I've been watching for you.” Harper was somewhat surprised by this invitation. He eyed the pianist sharply as he crossed the floor. “Have a cigarette?” The de- tective declined the offer, while Croyden turned back to the plano, his fingers moving softly over the keys. “There are some passages in this I need to brush up,” he ex- plained. “Recognize it? Chopin. Polonaise in B Flat Minor.” The detective sat down in the chair by the piano bench. Croyden's whole manner was feverish and ex- cited and though his fingers con- tinued through rippling passages his mental abstraction showed that he was casting about for an opening for whatever he had on his mind. Then, preceded by a nervous ex- halation of cigarette smoke, he struck out boldly. “Harper, can’t you call off the dogs? Must this thing go on, boring deeper and deeper into the private life of this house? You cin't ease the dead by an autopsy on the living.” “A detective on a murder case has no friends, Mr. Croyden. We cannot call this case closed until we have found the killer who is hiding among you.” The fingers slipped into a jangling discord and stopped. The pianist turned to face the detective. *1 think you exaggerate when you call it a ‘case,’” he challenged. I really don’t see it, Harper. You've built up a scarecrow of shreds and patches. When you tear it apart you won't find your murderer, but you will expose all the poor bare bones of our family skeleton to the pub- lic gaze. The public is always roaring for that sort of stuff, but I felt that you were above that kind of show, Harper.” He drew a long breath. “Don't think I'm talking wildly, or trying to hide some deep, dark secret. Dig below the surface anywhere in so called Society and you'll find deceit, treachery, disillusionment. And. God knows, if you're going to take those things for clues to motive. yow'll finish by putting all of us in the dock. Does this make sense to you or do you think I'm being merely rhetorical?” Through a haze of smoke the de- tective lcoked straight into the glittering, excited eyes. There was no mistaking the genuine fervor of that plea. “I think I understand, Mr, Croyden,” Harper responded gravely. “Yesterday, perhaps 1 should not have, but today a great many things have become clear to me.” ROYDEN turned again to the keyboard, softly fingering the treble keys with muted sound. “Are you a married man, Harper?” he asked, suddenly, without turning hi$ head. No." “Then take my advice—and think well first!” he counselled. “It can do things .0 you, bring about condi- tions that no lover can survive. One's birthright ot spirit can be sold out MOCKING H 8Y WALTER C. ?“ - ous ROW| I'm not at all interested in private scandal unless it touches on the case itself.” | Ah, that's what you think, Har- beggars conscious of their tatters. That public loss of dignity can never be repaired. Affairs in this social world move in a gomplicated rhythm on their own. The unfortu-, nate death of two strangers in this house threatens to visit injustices, on those who had nothing to do with the case.” “It's not so easy to say just who those may be,” was Harper’s dry comment. ! “Don’t let gossip run away with your good judgment,” Croyden re- plied quickly, “If you take that line, you'll find us all in your net, accus- ing and accused. No doubt you've heard that Dufresne and I were rivals once and not very friendly ones, either. You could make some interesting deductions from that.” Harper was silent, puzzled by some repressed force underlying the words. Croyden paused to light a tresh cigarette. “That’s the root of plenty of trouble, Harper, when ing role. Take my wife, for examp!le. I love her dearly, but she has al” ways had more money than I can ever hope to earn. Besides, what chance has the masculine ego with a girl who can outdistance you at any sport you name—swimming, golf, riding, bridge? There is only one field left in which I can exercise my masculine conceit and that is this—" resting his fingers on the keyboard. The detective was at a loss to ac- count for this deliberate exposure of Richard Croyden's. “[ ARPER,” Croyden remarked after a short silence, “would it ease your mind If you knew that | Officer Hamill's family would be | provided for? Don't misunderstand me,” he added quickly, seeing the le- | tective’s look, “this is not in any sense a bribe. The fact is the man was killed in this house, presumably | in defense of the property and If I | offer aid to the family, my motives will be less open to misinterpreta- tion.” “Mr. Dufresne has already made such an offer,” the detective replied. 1 “I understand your motive. Mr, Croyden. I'm sorry | can't separate the wheat from the chaff. I'll make no secret of the fact that certain recent developments have touched Mrs. Dufresne. By refusing to de- fend hersell against very damaging evidence, she has forced me to place her under virtual arrest. “And now | have some equally serious matters to put before an- other member ,f this*household. If | the same =attitude is adopted, the ¢onsequences will be unfortunate.” i Richard Croyden leaped from the benci. “Sylvia?” ue cried, aghast. “Good God! No! Harper, no! You've got it all wrong. Let me talk to her!” “Sorry, but I'll have to ask you to defer that until later. The nurse has orders to admit no one.” Croyden sat down again, shaken. The hand that held his cigarette trembled. His face was the prey of conflicting emotions that choked his tongue and in the stunned silence Harper left the room. The detective returned the slip- pers to the breakfastroom and rang for Andrews. When the butler came he inquired as to the whereabouts of the master of the house. “Mr. Dufresne is having his coffee in the library, upstairs, sir.” “Thank you, Andrews. Once more the detective locked the room and went up the stairs. Dufresne’s voice bade him enter and it he was surprised to see Sergeant Harper he gave no sign of it. “Oh, it’s you, Harper. Make your- self comfortable. You're too late for coffee, but 1 can offer you a spot of this.” He reached down to the lower shelf of the serving-table and brought up a square black decanter for a compromise,” he added darkly. “Today, we seem to cling only to the Thirteenth Commandment — ‘thou shalt not be found out. Many things can be borne in silence, indig- nities to the spirit as well as acts of the flesh, so long as these are kept discreetly hidden from our neigh- bors’ eyes. But flaunt them across the horizon and then conies the end. That is why 1 ask you to take no fur- ther steps in that direction.” He stopped to snub out the clg- arette end. “I suppose you'v: heard about Mr. Dufresne and Joyce Roh- mer, to give the lady her more fa. miliar name? And, possibly other de- talls of the sort?" Harper shrugged. “Servants will talk, tabloids thrive on scandal,” he remarked, “and there's precious lit- tle escapes them. As I understand it, there have been dissensions and sus piclons on both sides of the fence. and two small glasses. The detec- tive saw a similar glass with the cof- fee service. “What is it —brandy?” he fin- quired. Dufresne cocked a jocular eye at him. “Never ask that question, Har- per, it’s damned bad manners.” He splasted a white liqueur into the glasses to the very brim. “Coin- treau,” he explained solemnly. “Colntreau, my boy, is like the flaw- less blue-white diamond — Nature can do no more.” He li**ed the glass. “Your health!” The pontifical tone, the gleaming eye, the dull flush, were not over looked by the detective. Dufresne had been drinking agair Harper re- membered his steady application to the brandy bottle the night before. (Copyright. 1984, by Walter C. Brown) ‘Tomorrow, Harper jolts Pierre Dutresne out of his caim. | IDEAL PA If Is Paint PHONE 549 INT SHOP We Have It! Wendt & Garster FOR INS URANCE See H. R. SHEPARD & SON Telephone 409 B. M. Old Papers for Sale at Empire Office Behrends Bank Bldg. women can take over the dominat- ! —~——— 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire JULY 9, 1914 Supt. J. C. 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