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ROBERT W. BENDER Edi Publis ne - except EMPIRE IMPANY at Streets, Entered in the Post Office in June maticr SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier In Juneau and wDaily Alaska Empire | { Englan ¥ ( o Publishing last the ' Britain’s foreign t tor and Mananr S sunday hy ond” and” Main | manth the B 193¢ a Cceficit cr au as Second Class | “vigible debts,” and silver imports Douglas for s1.25 anced by the ot meaning Balance of Trade. New York Times.) week its yearly estimdte on Great rade, during the precedihg twelve- Board of Trade computed for 1 all accounts of £1,000,000. The the execess of merchandise over exports, were almost bal- “invisible credits"—meaning imated per month. {income from short loans and investments abroad i L AL, the following rates: nee |Plus revenue from abroad earned by British ship- $6.00; one m dvance, $1.25 ¢ = '|ping and other servic The small excess for last| Subscribe r a favor if they will promptly te Enels je eigners. notify the Busincss Office of any failure or \rregularity |YERT, in. payments to England made by foreigners, in the delivery . is from one viewpoint reassuring. The net debit SNchime £ {balance of £1000000 contrasts with a deficit of Th MEVBE,R IOF ASSOC‘?;"EDI PRE i ¥ £51,000,000 in 1932 and £104,000,000 in 1931. In thos e ociated Press is exclusively entitled to the % “vig i aier iy " o use for republication of all news dispatches credited to|tWO Years the “invisible cr were greatly o it or not otherwise c; iocal news published ein. :d in this paper and also the ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED -TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION the maifi cause During four credits were so ital. Even in payments on mer balance speedily |chandise imports. RIGHT STILL PREVAILS. Cloaked with the proper authority the Treasury | to do just what the] Department is starting out people of this country have been p: the last decade—clean up crime or glamor the Federal agents accuracy the dope peddler, liquor and others of like ilk. al Crime, usually aided and abetted by local politics, has the past few years risen to such heights that it threatened to throttle the nation and send civili- down the cl s admitted zation itself sriddi It was pretty gene larger cities that | dominated the local lice morale in some law enforceme: rowful levels that officers said there wasn't much' nfl’idends and commissions, | “Net shipping revenue” Trade’s return for 1934 was they could do zbout it. Their ha petty politics. and efficiency throughout the' mnation at law evader, | A further note |investments. The raying for during Without cheers re striking with to “partial offset; “thie" Board counterfeiter land other “invisibi British income hute to oblivion.'eoy5 600000, Taki in some of the| nt agencies. PO- jts estimates for places had fallen to such sor- but for 1933 the item, receipts from foreign int nds were tied by The manner in which the Federal Government to $340,000,000. is moving in on the was wanton lack of local law enfor agencies had been clothed for year: powers which now have been Department. It is no compliment communities that they were unable own conditions but it giving that as a nation our is cccasion mora not sullied and that aroused to acti along the ru;h!. road. Moral letha t yet set in, and ¢ se it will not BENEFITS OVERS HAI)E I } An tAlaska’ exitibif, at. r.hw San :Diego with summer is now a certainty ready to expend $3,000, appropriat Legis!ature, may ng worthy of A fair fund of $350,000 has been Government building at the ernor Secretary Ickes to take cognizance construction. The separate building but if a portion of in co-operate structure can be set aside for a Territorial display it will go a great way toward giving Alaska adequate representation. There are those who feel an Alaska display at/| the San Diego exposition will have a tendency to| flood the Territory with job hunters who may be- come a burden on public funds ai is a degree of truth in the contention that some undesirables may be attracted this way. it can not be overlooked that the right kind of a display in San Diego can just as kind of people Alaska wants and toward bringing capital and solid citizens to the country. Governor Troy already has set the motion by naming A. F. Raynor to take charge of| preliminary work of arranging exhibits and it understood several prospective disp! been promised. With the co-operation of the Fed- eral Government on the housin good can come from an Alaska hoped the officials way clear to lend the INFORMATION WANTED ABOUT MISSING ONES Inquiries have been received, by | the Office of the Governor re- garding the following persons sup-i posed to be in Alaska: Charles Flinn—Last heard of in Alaska in November, 1907; daugh- ter, Ethel M. Austin, Route 2, St. Maries, Idaho, desires information relative to him. Anastacio Gutieres Ubas—Last | heard from in 1932 at which time | he was working in some cannery in Alaska; parents very anxious to bhear from him. John Scottestad—Born in Nor- way; about 50 years old; 5 feet 7 inches tall; light complexion, good looking and carries himself well. Mr. Conrad Scottestad, 105 E. Lup Street, Duluth, Minnesota last heard from his brother four cr five years ago when he was liv- ing in Tacoma, Washinzton during the winter and working in Alaska in the summers. He is very anxious to contact his brother. Andrew Fedge—Norwegian Con- sul at San Francisco trying to lo- is job demonstrates clearly therc | given the Treas: eand a prospect that the Federal Gov- making the display its northern treasure house. exposition and Gov- | Legislature memorialized in Washington will necessary co- make it truly represem.auv(‘ of the ;.mn Nort] | Ccal Company. cement, for tho: | V€ $49,000,000, s with the sam to some of o to clean up thei. for real thanki 1 stamina is sti'! The abiiity of n we yet move hundreds cof mil rgy which means of interest, de:pite ontinuing on the and the increasing is an outstanding treasu offers an )I‘ TRIMENTS. yeqring per cer n dollars of fair rthis the Territory ed by the recent for the new issup premium. At the issue of 5-year, 528 million dollar: set aside for a saction. of Alaska in the for f the Government a another reduction for the deliberate {duced by.the depression of interr reduction, after 1932, during the two preceding years, able to the period’s much smaller excess of mer- il934 with recently preceding years has been the substantial rise in England’s income from ovcr&eas\ |year over 1933 is . resumption of interest payments” |numerous foreign enough incident of financial recovery; it more than sterling~ income- from dollar bonds.” |structive to compare with our own yearly showing the current figures of England’s receipts from these | foreign payment for “freight and shipping n the same account to foreigners Federal I | The most recent financing is an illustration. of all securities with The reason for this situation is that practically no new corporation securities are available to absorb | but was tional trade; debit balance™ forfthe huge ‘v.hn\‘.- all. but unprecedentedly great excess of Eng-! {land’s merchandise imports over as 1923 this excess (ineluding silver) was £170,000,000. | In 1931 it was £408,00,000. years -after the exports. As lately | debits and in Great war, adjusted as to leave ]Br.talns favor a yearly eredit balance, on account| of foreign payments, 252,000,000—which meant rapidly accumulating cap- the *period 1927-29, shipping services and from foreign investments were s0 great as far to overtop the mounting balance of running from £153,000,000 to receipts from chandise account. After 1929, the swung the other way. The large in the debit balance incurred is chiefly attribut- worthy fact in the comparisons of estimated £15,000,000 increase las ascribed by the Board of Trade in | countries. This was a plain “the decline in It is still in- quietly remarks, le credits.” from foreign investments during 11934; plus revenue from short loans, is figured at| ng the present value of the pound | sterling in dollars, this works out $1,047,000,000. Ou entirely out of hand and! jown Commerce Department has not yet published the 193¢ American trade ba nee was only $389,000,000 in the British Board of £70,000,000; equivalent Our own receipts in 1933, from service against which we paid $65,000,000 man g at Low Rates. (Kansas City Star.) the Federal treasury to borrow ons of dollars at diminishing rat the ever-growing public debt g deficit in Government reven financial paradox. issue of 20 to 25-year bonds, ent interest in exchange for 1,850] Liberty 4% per cent bonds, called| demption April 15; and there is such a demand that'it is immediately quoted at a | sZzme time the treasury offers an| Per cent notes in exchange fo s of maturing 2% per cent notes, without any doubts as to the success of the iran-; These low interest Government obligations find | Troy is hopeful of winning the support of & ready market in the face of the fact that there| lis an impressive effort in Congress and out to effect| in the gold content of the dollar| purpose of depreciating the value fixed interest payments. /the growing ‘savings available for investment. The banks hol {cent per annum. rying upward of tions of various to 3 per cent per nd perhaps there However, “well interest the do a great deal Evidently it is ernment to exter |and 4% interest. There wheels in is ays of merit mn-‘nmn 3 per cent, g problem mucia exhibit and it A nudist colon; a small merry and ¢ to hland. cate Andrew Fedge last heard from while at Bering, Alaska; worked as civil engineer in Alaska; was a member of firm of Herendeen Bay Karl Edvard Bjerke—Born Feb. 27, 1886; heard from Decem- | ber 1930, when his address was P. O. Box 105, Juneau, Alaska; old| mother in Norway is very anxious to hear from him. John Campbell Johnson—Some- times called Campbell Johnson; last letter received from him was writ-: ten April 22, 1916 from Chitina, Alaska in which he said he was leaving for interior of Alaska the first of May with a Government surveying party and would be gone about six months; he had been working with government, surveyors for a number of years, John W. Comer—Supposed to have been killed in a snowslide at| Chilkoot, Alaska, about 1898 or 1899, William Wepner—About 48 years) old, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weight, about 150 pounds, has blue eyes and brown hair. Mrs. Della Wyckoft' very anxious to communicate with' him. Wepner is supposed to have| come to Alaska last June in search | of employment. Andreas (Andrew) Brensdal—Last heard from February, 1934; at that time was planning to return to' Norway and communicating with' relatives in regard to. important matters, but did not return there; ‘desirable borrowers for their surplus funds. per cent bonds, at a lower rate, to save lions of these bonds, out of original issues totaling about 10 billion dollars. il.here is no reason for the Government to pay more lentire public debt may be finahced ultimately on a 2 per cent basis. | -go-round. to toast evenly.—(Detroit News.) | fice~in Juneau. ‘ Ar'eili)ixhop Hanna d about 2 billion dollars of treas- | |ury obligations on which the Government is paying interest at the rate of a small fraction of 1 p In addition, the banks are ¢ 8 billions of Government obliza- | maturities, and bearing mostly 2/ annum, because they cannot find | an opportune time for the Gov- nd the process of refunding its 4| are still outstanding about 4 bil-| Under existing conditions, and there is, a possibility ‘that the y in the Middle West has installed | It will enable the boys he is a fisierman and believed to| be a man of some financial means.| Ferid Simaika — Well-known/ Egyptian swimmer; reported to be| somewhere in America; may be! somewhere within the Alaska bor-| ders. | Anyone having any mformanonj about these people is asked to com- | mun:cate with the Governor's of-| | | | -~ i Quits Due to Agei SAN FRANCISCO March 19— Edward J. Hanna, 74, Roman Cath-l olic archbishop of San Francisco| since June 1, 1915, has announced his resignation because of advanc- ing age. John Joseph Mm.y, coud]uwr‘ archbishop of the diocese and for-| {mer bishop of Salt Lake, will be| ' Archbishop Hanna's successor, was generally understood. - e TWO ARRESTED ON BURGLARY (‘HARGE Thomas Long and Joe Peterson !were .arrested Saturday night by the city police on a charge of burglary and have been transferred from the city jail to the Federal jail to await arraignment. - - SHGP IN JUNEAU FIRST! it | king, | mother, | Bodding < | llam Baltuff. mum, 3 1 ‘ | HARDW _EI ! 20 YEARS AGO | From The Empire ——— e e | MARCH 19, 1915 this afternoon that the Russian army had crossed the East Pms-‘ sian frontier and that they were cnce more on German territory, reaching the outskirts of Memel. Gen. vonHindenburg's army was overmatched and defeated after a| ries of brilliant victories about | the Mazurian lakes and a forced fopen. ——BIRTHDAY; BUSY The Empire extends congratula-| tions nnd best wishes today, their | The German war office admitted birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: MARCH 19 Chester K. Tripp Joe Bavanda — e ———— HAVE YOU REGISTERED | Registration books for the muni-| cipal election, April 2, are now Last day for registration is| forward movement that carried the March 30, bul voters are urged enemy well into his own country. David A. Epsteyn, promingnt res- ident of Juneéav Ior sévertecn years, died in San Francisco the previous day, according- to word re- | ceived by Charles E. Naghel, wor-! shipful master of the Mlmnk:, lodge. He was survived by his wid- {ow, a son, Victor, and daughter,| | Regina. ‘ Numerous lode claims between : |Last Chance basin and the mill e back of Juneau were named |in an application to the local land | |office for final patent made by the‘ | Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- | pany through F. R. Bradley, gen- eral manager at Treadwell. Col. whose interest in the Alaska Gastineau mines and mills was measured by seven figures; H. F.| Alexander, president of the Ad-. miral Line; Sherwood Aldrich, pres- ident of the Ray Consolidated Cop- per Company and a director of the Gastineau, and Frank G. Janne; manager of the mills in the Jack- {ling mining syndicate, made the, trip through the new Gastineau| mill which had been operating for three weeks. John T. Reed, of the Nome Camp, was named Grand Arctic Chief by the Grand Camp in ses- sion in Juneau. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Coward and son returned +to Juneau after vis- iting in the South. Miss Maria Gustafson became the bride of Carl E. Newman at a (wedding in the parlors of the Cain Guests at the wedding and ipper that followed, were Mrs. Matilda Gustafson, the bride's Miss Anna Nelson, Olaf; and Mr. and Mrs, Wil-| Weather: Maximum 42; cloudy. mini- S R AR Butler Mauro ! Dru ¥ Co. “Express Moncy Urders Anytime” Phone 134 1 { { { ? ( { { ¢ { ‘ Free Delivery —F oS ————— {i KRAFFT’S | General Cabinet angd Millwork | Contractors B Estimates furnished. | Glass—Plyboard f Phone 62 | 2nd and Franklin 0= . f—— ————5 The Florence Sho Permanent Waving a Specialty Florence Holmquist, Prop. PHONE 427 Behrends Bank Building } R R | | i THE = MARKET BASKET Provisions, Fruits, Vegetables Phone 342 Free Delivery i SABIN’S lvc,thlnl in anhhlnn | [ | 1 { | | . s | WARRACK Construction Co. Phone 487 = “THE CORNER DRUG STORE” P. O. Substation No. 1 | FREE DELIVERY | ¢ | PAINTS—OILS [ Builders’ and She.t | H T s | | { ‘Thomas Hardware Co. il o COMPANY Dodge and Plymouth Dealers | McCAUL MOTOR | — 2 D. C. Jackling, the mining| ~ | minute rush. A. W. HENNING, 2dy City Clerk. RN DA L s 8 NEW CHICHAGOF MINING SYNDICALE |0 register early and avoid the last! i Important Unit Holders meeting | iv. BOARD OF DXRECTORS. |\l. dnestlay, March 20, 7:30 -p. m< Legion Dugout. Important mau-‘ J AND Helene WL Albreekit i PHVRIOTHERAPY Massave tricity. Infra Red | Ray 1] Gymnastics. in Building Prone Otfice. 1P Not Because We Are Cheaper BUT BETTER RICE & AHLERS CO. 7" UMBING HEATING “We tell you in advance what job will cost” | BETTY MAC —e BEAUTY SHOP || In New Location at ! 12th and B Streets i PHONE 547 | Our . tesponsibility We are responsible for every ton of coal we sell. Your satisfaction is our objective. The purchase of your fuel from us will convince vou on a cost-and-comfort basis of the advantage a responsible coal merchant fiers you. Pacific Coast Coal Co. PHONE 412 N — i N »~~——¥»!A Tue Juneau Launpry | Fraoklin Street hetween | Front and Second Streets PHONE 35§ ' JUNEAU-YOUNG | | Funeral Pariors |} Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers [ Night Phone 1851 Day Phone 12 | e — iy Pay’nTakit LOWER LIQUOR PRICES ALW AYS | i TYPEWRITERS E. B. WILSON Chircpodin—Fout Specialist 401 Goldstein Building PHONE 496 Dr. C. P. Jenne ! DENTIST Rocms 8 and 9 Valentine Buildine Telepaone 176 S50 per I 5 Borford & Co. | Our doorsien & worn by satls- | i+0 ecustomers | HOTEL ZYNDA Large Sample Room ELEVATOR SFRVICE S. ZYNDA, Prop. : Barton OPRACTGR 201 Goldsivin Blde. Phone 214 Gen. [RITES Office hours--9-12. 1-5. Even- | ings by appointment Fraternal Societics | o K Gastineau Channel ! o B. P. 0. ELKS meers every Wednesday at [ n.m. Visiting brothers welcome. John H. Walmer, E: 'lted Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secretary KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ‘eghers Council No. 1 \ 760. Meetings sccond -t/‘&-e%— b nd last Monday at<ofyinsis :30 p. m. Transient /7 rrothers urged to at- \\/p end. Council Cham- ers, Fifth St. JOHN F. MULLEN, 3. K, H. J. TURNER, Secretary MOUNT JUN¥AU LCDGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Mor.- day of ‘eich month in Scottish Rite Temple, beginning at 7:30 p.ra. HOWARD D. STABLE!?, Vorshipful Master; JAMES W EIVERS, Secretary. DOUGLAS AERIE - -7 F. 0. E. wg,, (YN feeis first and thid Monda, s +m., Eagles’ Hall, Dou.'as. Visiug rcthers welcome. Sanwe Degar W. P, T. W. Cashen, Sci & R a4 , Our tinl™s go .y place L()NTF STS Vhy wuot organize a team imong your friends, ond get in on (e jun? Teams from all parts of fthe city and representing many or- ganizations have already en- tered this first series. Drunsiwick Alleys | Glasses Vitted Hours 9 am. to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING , | ce Phone 469 | o i w0y ——— ®||tme. A {ank for Diesel O2 Dl'. RthJl‘d Wllh.ams La"d a tank for ¢/ ude vil save burner tre ible. A | DENTIST | PHONE 9; n-Gur us | OFFICE AND RESIDENCE | ‘ kP ekl iy RELIABLE Transren | Phone 481 | K R T ¢! | Commercial Adjust- | E. SOUTHWE » t H Optometrist—Optician { I’ cToe.:tn& R? i 'Lurmu ! Eyes Examined—Classes Fitted | | | o x:g with White -.cy- Roum 17, Valentine Bldg. | |1 . e Burew Office Phone 484; Residence | | | v}e;m 's'oo’m"’“ Zidg | Phone 238, Office Hours: 9:30 | | | BTN e el Tatinas to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 | Gilil | & —i Alas e | Dr. A. W. Stewart | ka Tran:fer Co. DENTIST GENERAL 1 AULING ED JEWELL, Proorietor PHONES 265—1121 Robert Slm ps(m Opt. D. Graduite Lm Aungeles Col- ‘oge of Optometry and Opthalinology “gnses Ground — Rheinlander Beer on Dramght PUOL BILLIARDS g BARBER SHO?P DR !l VA CE FORD | AGENCY = (Aathorized Dealers; GREASES GAS OILS Junea Motors i FOOT OF MAIN ST. ! PHONE 36 For very prompt = OSTEOPATI1 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 Di. J. W. Bayne DENTIST Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. Office hours, § am. to 5 p.m. Evenings by appointment PHONE 321 GARBAGE HAULED Reasonable Monthly Rates E. 0. DAVIS TELEPHONE 584 Phone 4753 H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man Home of Hart Schaffner and Marx Clothing o LIQUOR DELIVERY - = g = FINE Pay’fl Taklt JUNEAU FROCK ||| waieh ant vy mopairtns George Bros SHOPPE &t very reasonable rates % . “Exclusive but not Expensive” PAUL BLOEDHORN Phone Your Orders! - g PRONT STREET I S e e e e e | e ——————————— 3 Store apen umfl OLD NEWSPAPERS - midnight In bundies for sale at The Em- ire offi 25¢. or s ng . ,0IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIllllllllllllllllllll_mllllll 53_"_:1:3’ these chilly mornings. ! Cigars . . eoses c“cm"d;““ New Times Bring New Needs l o i ° "~ The The continuous progress of this bank, ever since Il its establishment in 1891, has proved its ability I to meet the changing requu'ements of the Ter- | ew ritory as the years pass. 4 o A ti ith a bank that is at I | per?le):::dc ixor:]d v;:tagr:sssl; h;sa:’)e?era beoellllcinzfe Arctlc u;:aportant than in these times of world-wide ] st it ; Pabst Famous A cordial welcome for old friends and new. | DHII(M Beer * () [ O Tap ' | “HIMMY"™ CARLSON The B. M. Behrends Bank §{ ™ Juneau, Alaska . : ’ Old newspapers for sale at The || SEE BIG VAN Guns, and Ammunition | | LOWER FRONT sTreET | Next to Midge: Lunch — Drucs anp SUNr.mu—;s- or LIQUORS IN A MURRY! PHONE Fast Free Delivery Gny L. Smith Drug Store Next to Coliseara ] Hollywood Style Sal-wp . Formerly COLEMAN'S Pay Less—Much Less Front at Main Street BEULAH HICKEY ——ty I { For Quick I Tor Quick. gy RADIO REPAIR 65| Telephone % HENRY PIGG M---......,.‘ H arry Race DRUGGIST The Squibh Store FIEETLTA[NT SHOP | If It's Paint We Have 1t! | | WENDT & GARSTER | PHONE 549 Recreation Parlors and Liquor Store