The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 12, 1935, Page 4

R Daily Alaska Empu; ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE_ PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Btreets, Juneau, Alaska. st Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class wnatter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier In Junea& and Douglas for $1.25 r_month. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: Ome year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.25 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly the Business Office of any failure or irregularity In the delivery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the wee for republication of all news dispatches credited to or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. LINCOLN AND ROOSEVELT. Today millions are observing the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emanci- pator. Appropos of this we are reprinting a recent edi- | torial in the New York World-Telegram, which in| turn reprints the comments of James Russell Lowell, | a contemporary of Lincoln, which would strikingly apply to President Roosevelt. The World-Telegram tditorial observes that: The problems of the depression are frequently likened to those of war. Now Donald Richberg, Executive Emergency Di- | rector, quotes James Russell Lowell in likening the | leader in this depression to the leader in the Civil| ‘War. His tribute to Franklin Roosevelt is the more| striking because it is not merely the opinion of a| subordinate about his superior but because it finds in the language of another the words which, Rich- berg believes, draw the parallel. Speaking in Washington, Richberg points out that seventy years ago, as now, many voices clam- | ored for a fixed policy and a rigid program. Then quoting Lowell: Mr. Lincoln's policy was a tentative one and rightly so. He laid down no program which must compel him to be inconsistent or unwise, no cast-iron theorem to which circumstances must be fitted as they rose, or else be useless to his ends. Mr. Lincoln, as it seems to us in reviewing his career, though we have sometimes in our impatience thought otherwise, has always waited, as a wise man should, till the right moment brought up all his reserves. One would be apt to think, from some of the criticisms made on Mr. Lincoln's course, . . « that the chief object of a states- man should be rather to proclaim his ad- hesion to certain doctrines than to achieve their triumph by quietly accomplishing his ends. In our opinion there is no more unsafe politician than a conscientiously rigid doctrinaire, nothing more sure to end in dis- aster than a theoretic scheme of policy that admits of no pliability for contingencies. Mr. Lincoln’s perilous task has been to carry a rather shaky raft through the rapids, making fast the unrulier logs as he could snatch opportunity, and the country is to be congratulated that he did not think it his duty to run straight at all hazards, but cautiously to assure himself with his set- ting-pole where the main current was, and keep steadily to that. ‘Whatever were his wishes, it was no less duty than policy to mark out for himself & line of action that would not further dis- tract the country, by raising before their time questions which plainly would soon enough compel attention, and for which every day was making the answer more easy. . . . While every day was bringing the people nearer to the conclusion which all thinking men saw to be inevitable, it was wise in Mr. Lincoln to leave the shaping of his policy to events. In this country, where the rough and ready understanding of the people is sure at last to be the controlling power, a pro- found common sense is the best genius for statesmanship. A VOTE AGAINST SECTIONALISM. Defeat by the Territorial House of Representatives of the six-hour day underground bill gives indica- tion that the Legislators are going to consider Alaska as a unit and not as section against section. Legislation that might be effective in the Southeast might well be equally as detrimental in the Second or Fourth Division, or Third Division. Conditions of employment and industry are as varied in the broad expanses of the Territory as they are the length and breadth of the States. Speaker J. S. Hofman voiced the sentiment very |with a comparatively small investment, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, FEB. 12, 1935. clearly yesterday when he told the House members, “We must consider the whole Territory and the benefits of the whole people.” “If we could pass sectional legislation it would be a fine thing,” he said, “but we cannot and this is abroad country and I think we should take that into consideration in any sort of legislation.” The presiding officer of the House spoke from | experience and with judgment based on actual con- ditions as he found them in his district. He ex- plained the situation of the small coal mine oper-i |ators, who, working on small margin, would be| | bankrupted or forced out of business by increased overhead. The same holds true of scores of smaller :mimng operators throughout the Interior. | Perhaps the six-hour day is coming in industry; perhaps there are places in Alaska it could be put into effect successfully, but as Speaker Hofman sug- gested it would hardly seem the part of logic to | crucify those men who are valiantly battling to keep |their heads above water and meet their payrolls just to keep in step with a movement born of the great industrial centers in the States where spread iof employment is an entirely different matter. The |little operator in Alaska today may be the big oper- ator of tomorrow and the Territory can do well to offer him every encouragement, for, after all, what every true Alaskan has in his heart is the hope of a greater Alaska; a united front toward progress, development and better things for all. The Holding Company on Trial. (Kansas City Times.) The holding company is a modern device for building up gigantic empires of operating companies controlled from the top by a little group of men It is de- fended by its promoters as performing economically and efficiently various services for the operating companies. But the State public utility commissions and the public itself have become increasingly incredulous as to the ,jvalue of these services, Experience has| forced the conclusion that in many cases, at least,| the holding company is chiefly a device for divertmg} a part of the earnings of the operating companies to the top group, with the consumers paying the’ bill. 1 There has been a growing suspicion that the| gossip in financial circles a few years ago was a t,ruei bill. “All the big buffaloes have been lassoed,” a| promoter was reported to have said, referring to| the financing of big corporations. “If we are to continue to do profitable financing we must develop | a new breed.” | The holding company was the new breed he! refered to. It gave wonderful opportunities for new financing at public expense. | Now comes the Federal Trade Commission, after | a T-year investigation with a report that jusmies“ the general suspicion. “The evils of the holding | company,” the report says, “may be so inherent that they can be eradicated only by eradicating the system itself.” It adds: “There appears to be no plausible justification of the super-holding com- | |pany.” i On the basis of this report Congress may be ex- |pected to deal with holding company abuses, which | |in the words of the commission “have taken sums| beyond calculation from the rate paying and in- vesting public.” | 1 Japan Promotes Peace. | (Kansas City Times.) It is the cardinal principle of our foreign policy to promote Japan’s peaceful and | friendly relations with every country of the world . . . Our Government is planning to accelerate the peaceful development of So- | viet-Japanese relations by redoubling its ef- | forts for the solution of other pending prob- lems (aside from the sale of the Russian | interest in the Chinese Eastern Railway). | To that end, hearty co-operation on the part of the Soviet Union is, of course, essen- | tial. Thus spoke Foreign Minister Koki Hirota of | Japan in his annual address before the imperial | Japanese Diet on January 22, 1935. On January 31| Japanese military headquarters in Manchukuo an- nounced that their troops had been engaged in heavy fighting on the borders of Outer Mongolia, a country in their opinion dominated by the Soviet Government, although no Russian soldiers actually were involved. Moscow, according to Japanese mili- tary headquarters, had been spreading “sinister pro- paganda,” to the effect that the territory which the Japanese have just seized belonged to the un- fortunate Mongols. Surely no one can deny that |the Japanese have redoubled their efforts to solve this pending problem in Soviet-Japanese relations, as Minister Hirota promised; whether the devel- opment is peaceful is another question. A young wife should be willing to make sacrifices for her husband, remarks a worthy divine in his “Hints to Brides” sermon, but these, my dears, shouldn’t take the‘form of burnt offerings.—(Boston Herald.) Golfer—What's the idea- of borrowing ma shilling and laying it near th’ wee ball? Pro—I must do something to keep your head down.—(Vancouver Province.) That about a better mousetrap may be O. K., but the fact remains, having quintuplets is better.— (Kansas City Star.) An ocean is that large, wet, restless expanse, with a jingo on either side.—(Detroit News.) Men will discuss issues calmly and carefully until politics get mixed into the debate; then they take sides with their party. 20 YEARS AGO Prom The Empire FEBRUARY 12, 1915 The magnificent performances of the Russian armies in the east was challenging the admiration of her western allies. Single-handed Rus- sia “was following up battle after| battle on the eastern front against the armies of Germany, Austria- Hungary and Turkey. Friends of Miss C. C. Heid, of Fairbanks, formerly of Juneau, pe- titioned Judge C. E. Bunnell to ap- point her to an office in his court. | Councilman C. W. Fries was bound for St. Louis on a business trip.- Tom Knudson, the Bar rancher, returned to Juneau from Seattle. The trial of H. Yamashita, ac-| cused with K. Yamaguchi, already sentenced for manslaughter, on thé | murder of Kajiti at Sitkoh Bay, all cannery employes, was the chief local news. 8. Hellenthall was principal attorney for the defense. The prosecution was conducted by United States Attorney J. J. Rea- gan and Assistant Prosecutor H. H. Folsom, Fish Commissioner Henry O. Smith left for Washington on of- ficial business. Mrs. William Geddes and two sons returned to Juneau from the States. J. W. Spaulding, mining man | from Port Wells, was in Juneau it enroute to the States. Lena Morrow Lewis, Juneau so- cialist, discussed the unemployed problem at the party’s hall. P. Fox ahd J. Fox of Douglas| deeded to the Alaska Juneau Min- ing company a strip of property commencing at the northeast cor- ner of the Worthen mill. Weather: Maximum 35; mum, 20; snow. —R JOE BADGER COMING Joe Badger, of the VanGilder Hotel in Seward, is a passenger aboard the Northwestern bound for Juneau, mini- .- Trappers say the fur of musk- rats and minks usually is in the best condition for marketing dur- ing December. Our Responsibility We are responsible for every ton of coal we sell. Your satisfaction is our objective. The purchase of your fuel from us will convince you on a cost-and-comfort basis of the advantage a responsible coal merchant offers you. Pacific Coast Coal Co. PHONE 412 FIRE ALARM CALLS Third and Franklin. Front and Franklin, Pront, near Ferry Way. Front, near Gross Apts. Front, opp. City Whart. Front, near Sawmill, Front at A. J. Office. ‘Willoughby at Totem Grocery. HAPPY———| ——BIRTHDAY The Empire extends mwatu«la-: tions and best wishes today, their | birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: FEBRUARY 12 Cash Cole John T. Foster Alf Lund Etta Schwam Mrs. N. Bavard MAYOR OF SKAGWAY | ENDS HIS VACATION W. J. Mulvihill, Mayor of Skag- way and Chief Train Dispatcher of the White Pass and Yukon Route, accompanied by Mrs. Mul-| | vihill, passed through Juneau yes- | terday afternoon on the Princess Norah for their home in the Gate-| way City. They have been visiting | in Seattle and San Francisco dur-| r"UMBING BUSY BUT BETTER RICE & AHLERS CO. HEATING “We tell you in advance what job will cost” PROFESSIONAL |ing Mr. Mulvihill's vacation. — el Ko o o 008 mellitiie wis o |® HOSPITAL NOTES . ‘-oocoo.i..o..t Svend Thorpe left for his home from St. Ann's Hospital this morn- ing after receiving brief influenza treatment. Mike Kitoff was discharged from St. Ann's Hospital this morning [ — Parlors SHORT ORDERS | Fountain Candy ) SR ) | PAINTS—OILS | | Builders’ and She.f | HARDW _RT Thomas Hardwa_rf Co. | y McCAUL MOTOR ; COMPANY | | Dodge and Plymouth Dealers - | — || LUDWIG NELSON JEWELER Watch Repairing Philco—General Electric Agency | FRONT STREET THE |i MARKET BASKET | Tuiovisions, Fruits, Vegetables | | Phone 342 Free Delivery SABIN’S Everything in Furnishings for Men Juneau Ice Cream | l | + o r—————d || TYPEWRITERS RENTED i $5.00 per month J. B. Burford & Co. | “Our doorstep s worn by satis- | fied customers | pree e § | { | | | | | | HOTEL ZYNDA Large S8ample Room ELEVATOR SERVICF | 8., ZYNDA, Prop 7 IBOWLIN |\ CONTESTS Vhy not organize a team | pmong your friends, and get in on the fun? Teams | from all parts of the city and representing many or- ganizations have already en- tered this first series, | | ' Brunswick Alleys Rheinlander Beer on Draught POOL BILLIARDS BARBER SHOP | - | Yorr e e FORD { AGENCY | (Authorized Dealers) | GREASES | WARRACK ll Construction Co. Juneau Phone 487 JUNEAU Drug Co. “THE CORNER DRUG STORE” P. O. Substation No. 1 FREE DELIVERY THE JuNEau LAUNDRY Franklin Street between Front and Second Streets PHONE 358 JUNEAU-YOUNG Funeral Parlors Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers Night Phone 1851 Day Phone 12 GAS OILS 5 Juneau * Motors FOOT OF MAIN BT. PHONE 36 For very prompt LIQUOR DELIVERY JUNEAU FROCK SHOPPE “Exclusive but not Expensive Lingerie, prapes Helene W.L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics, 307 Goldstein Building i | Phone Office, 216 | o —T ¥ —_— | E.R. WILSON || | Chirapodis—Foot Specialist 401 Goldstein Building | PHONE 496 | THRPTREADYIS§ PR YR o (R ST | DRR. KASER & FREFBURGER || { DENTISTS Bloimgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 am. to 9 pm. Rocms 8 and 9 Valentine 8 Building ‘Telepnone 176 1 Dr. Geo. L. Barton | CHIROPRACTCR | 201 Goldstein Bldg. Phone 214 Office hours—9-12, 1-5. Even- ings by appointment { PN RIS S INEYT Dr. Richard Williams | i DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE | Gastineau Building | Phone 481 DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL !5'] Optometrist—Optician i Eyes Examined—Classes Fitted | | Room 17, Valentine Bldg. | Office Phone 484; Residence | | Phone 238, Office Hours: 9:30 | | to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 T G AR T RS AT i‘; Dr. A. W. Stewart | DENTIST | Hours 9 am. tc 6 p.m. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 409, Res. | | | Phone 276 | g s oL [ Robert Simpson Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optometry and | Opthalinology Glasses Pitted. “enses Ground | DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH || Consultation and examination Free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:30 and by appointment. Office Grand Apts, near Gas- tineau Hotel. Phone 177 Office hours, 9 am. to 5 pm. Evenings by appointmant PHONE 321 | | | | | Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. | | | GARBAGE HAULED Reasonable Monthly Rates E. 0. DAVIS TELEPHONE 584 Phone 4753 | “The Clothing Man Home of Hart Schaffner and H. S. GRAVES ’ | Marx Clothing i ! | Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates | | | OLD NEWSPAPERS In bundles for sale at The Em- pire office, 25c. . Fine for starting your fires these chilly mornings. ANOTHER NEW DEAL COUNCIL HELPING OUT Roper's Board Extends ' Field of Operations for Cooperation (Continued from Page One) trial leaders at Warm Springs last year. Closer Cooperation Seen Many believe that the selection of Secretary Roper’s committee of 52, which heretofore had con- fined its activity only to the De- partment of Commerce, for en- larged service means that efforts for closer cooperation between gov- ernment and business are to be ac- tual from now ong Some vision the Business Plan- ning and Advisory Council as a sort of super “brain trust” with members of the Council actually sitting in at the drafting of ad- ministration bills which affect bus- iness. Permanent quarters have been established and every effort will be made to help smooth the way of the business official. As described by one member of the Council it is the purpose of the set-up to afford the business man an opportunity to give his views on legislation at its source rather than at hearings before committees on Capitol Hill. Problems Importani The question of the best meth- ods of operating the President'’s proposed four billion dollar “work relief” plan probably will be one of the most important tests of the new alignment. It is essential that this plan be so operated as to promote recovery but at the same | time not interfere with private re- employment of the idle. Decentralization of industry in connection with the Administra- tion’s long range planning and pro- gram for utilization of land is an- other important question where the government and the council could cooperate with mutual bene- fit. And of vital concern to the Ad- ministration is the fact that the council, composed of the highest moguls of industry, can be used as a means of creating support among industrialists and business men of the nation for the admin- istration’s plans. ————— Gross returns from Florida’s 1933 and 1934 fruit and vegetable crops were $83,497,164. Has Started Well | choice of “the right time.” also. develop.ment‘ It is ready to serve enterprise helpfully. JUNEAU, ALASKA . THE NEW YEAR Through its service to its business patrons, The B. M: Behrends Bank, has greatly aided the Territory’s industrial and commercial -’ The B. M. Behrends Ban for the world’s business—but always busi- ness success depends upon more than a The right banking connection is important, your | and last Monday at Worshipful : Fraternal Societies Oty ] Gastineau Channel | B. P. 0. ELKS meets every Wednesday at 8 pm. ' Visiting brothers welcome. John H. Walmer, Ex- alted Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secretary KENIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. Al 1760. Meetings second brothers urged to at- \\/ tend. Countil Cham- sers, Fifth St. JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K, H. J. TURNER, Secretary — MOUNT JUNFAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Mon- 7:30 p. m. Transient day ‘of éach month in Scottish = Rite Temple, beginning at 7:30 p.m. HOWARD D. STABLER, Master; JAMES W LEIVERS, Secretary. DOUGLAS AERIE 117 F. 0. E. e Meews first and third Mondays, & 2m., Eagles’ Hall, Dou,!s. Visiting orothers welcome. Sante Degar. W. P, T. W. Cashen, Secretary, | Our tra.™s go .y place nn_vl time. A t{ank for Diesel O | and a tank for crude oil save | | burner trouble. | | PHONE 149; NIGHT 148 H RELIABLE TI!ANSFERJ Commercial Adjust- T ment & Rating Bureau Cooperating with White Sery- ice Bureau Rown 1--Shattuck Rldg. , We have 5,006 local ratings | on Jile | — e Alaska Transfer Co. GENERAL HAULING ED JEWELL, Proprietor PHONES 269—1134 [ SEE BIG VAN | { Guns, and Ammunition LOWER FRONT STREET | Next to Midget Lunch /a Drucs anp Sunpries or LIQUORS IN A HURRY! PHONE 97 Fast Free Delivery Guy L. Smith Drug Store Next to Coliseura THolIywood Style Shop Formerly COLEMAN'S Pay Less—Much Less Front at Main Street BEULAH HICKEY T For Quick RADIO REPAIR Telephone HENRY PIGG N - Harry Race DRUGGIST The Squibb Store SOOI IDEAL PAINT SHOP | If Is Paint We Have It! | | P } WENDT & GARSTER PHONE 549 TAP BEER IN TOWN! CON i | THE MINERS’ Recreation Parlors and Liquor Store BILL DOUGLAS 3 ) %