The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 28, 1935, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY DEC. 28, 1935. Daily Alaska Em };ire WOBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager Published over g _except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMDANY at Second and Main Streets, eaw, Alaska. Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class | matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per, month. By mail, postage paid the following ra‘es: One year, in advance, 3 x months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance 25 scribers will confer a favor if they will promptly ne the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press s exclusiv use for republication it or not otherwise also the | local news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION, NEW WAR THREATS ABROAD. With peace plan after peace plan falling by the wayside in the Italian-Ethiopian dispute, the Euro- pean situation daily becomes more ominous to the rest of the world. The extent to which nervous tension has gone abroad was indicated the other day when dispatches revealed soundings being made by diplomats as to the possibility of forming a League of Nations military force to enforce its decisions. While no especial decision or cause was mentioned, it plainly referred to but one thing, and that, the enforcement of sanctions against Italy. It was truly a startling revelatian for it could mean| only the invitation for an alliance of armed forces against Mussolini Following this significant report came Great Britain’s query to nations bordering on the Medi- terranean with the replies from Yugoslavia, Turkey, Greece and France that they stood ready to enforce sanctions. That, of course, could be expected for) there is little more that any of the 52 nations which | voted the sanctions can do but back them up if| called upon. However, a standing military force for the League of Nations would be something entirely different. It probably would blast the good intentions of the League all over the map. An alliance in time of war is one thing, while anj armed force under many flags as a constant threat,| like the initial proposal suggested, would be nothing | more than an invitation to those countries not in the League to get together quickly against the inevitable—war. Even England’s ,move, toward, an alliance in the| Mediterranean is sufficient cause to give the world a bad case of “nerves,” for it is out of just such things that conflict invariably emanates. But with the Franco-British péfice suggestion in the waste| basket it is to be expected. The British apparently | never have had any idea of letting Mussolini get too great a foothold in Africa, and when their plan of turning part of Ethiopia over to Italy as a| compromise failed a more serious move was sure| to follow. That Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia has gained confidence in his own strength, or, which is more likely, gained assurance that certain of the bigger League nations will come to his support is| reflected in the Emperor's sudden bristling peace plan. He will make peace with Italy, he says, if the| latter will withdraw her troops clear out of his| country, recognize Ethiopia as a sovereign State, and pay indemnity for the damage done. There isn't any indication of submission of compromise there, Rather, coupled with the maneuvering of France, England and several of the other League nations, it is more than ever a threat of another European war. We in America can do well to regard is as just that and strengthen in every way possible our strict neutrality program. OLD GUARD INCON ENCIES | ‘While the reactionary critics of President Roose- velt’s recovery program usually manage to keep Lhe‘ discussion exceedingly non-specific, they seldom fail| to illustrate the striking contrast between the philosophies of the New Deal and Old Guard. Recently at Harrisburg, Justice George W. Maxey, | Republican member of the Pennsylvania high court, said of the Roosevelt Administration: 1 Charlatans mislead the people by promises of an “abundant life” obtained through the magic of legislation. They talk as though the puny laws of man could nullify the laws of Creation, which ordain that life is a trial and a struggle. The struggle for existence is not a mere rhetorical phrase, but a bio- logical fact; the Creator meant it so to be. Why try to legislate against the Almighty's purpose? This was an attack not only upon the methods but the purpose of President Roosevelt to provide more security, less hardship and less suffering in the life of the average American human being. And Justice Maxey's frank invocation of the law of the jungle was heartily applauded by National Repub- | lican Chairman Fletcher, who was present, as a| “true interpretation” of the Old Guard ecredo. | A few days later the Hon. Chester C. Bolton, Chairman of the Republican National Congressional Campaign Committee, issued a 15-page bookiet en- titled “Roosevelt the Waster,” which undertook to| ridicule the unemployment relief efforts of the Ad- ministration, particularly its Works Progress program. Buch projects as hospitalization of the indigent unemployed, school repair and sewage disposal were | held up as comical. For sheer coarseness and stupid- ity, the pamphlet has rarely been equaled, until this year, in political “literature.” “Hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars,” it asserted, “have been frittered way. The rights of every civic sub-division from State down to the smallest hamlet have been infringed upon in the wild orgy of spending. Daily for months President Rocsevelt has approved sqandering in way that a | documents that nobody read. |tion of reciprocal trade. | to resign. |as a great Friend of the Farmer. !to cut and thresh it. shames efforts related in ‘Brewster'’s Millions. These useless things dot every town and hamlet and show just how much reliance can be placed upon the President’s word.” As newly appointed Chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Senator Joseph F. Guffey promptly issued a blistering denunciation of the G. O. P.s intellectual dishonesty, distortion, inhumanity and vulgarity. “This astonishing diatribe,” said the Pennsylvania Senator, “simmers down to a listing of items of a thousand or more dollars each, such as the con- struction of roads ‘between hamlets,’ but ignores the fact that such new highways in reality extend great distances and provide outlets for commerce and agriculture. I excoriates as criminal extrava- gance an item of $8000 which provided badly needed work for destitute nurses to administer to the more deplorable cases of sick families on relief. The draining of disease-breeding swamps within the limits of cities, in which there was no legal provision for increasing the local tax burden, is described as indefensible extravagance of public funds. Expenditure of sums of a few hundred dollars each to render country schools habitable is in the eyes of the Republican Congressional Com- mittee worthy only of condemnation and scorn.” Considering that practically all of the aspirants for the G. O. P. Presidential nomination also have discussed the work relief program with derision and scorn, it pertinent for the people to inquire: What solution have Messrs. Mills and Fletcher and Maxey and Hoover and the Liberty League to offer? is In their largest city—Philadelphia—which they re-|. tained on November 5 by a decimated majority— the Old Guard object as strenuously to the city footing the bills as they contend it is not the business of the State and as vociferously—no more so — they concentrate their attack upon Federal spending. Thus they have abundant arguments against Federal relief, against State relief and against local relief. But is there any argument HAPPY— — BIR THDAY‘ The Empire extends congretula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the IcUo b= ing: DECEMBER 28 Mrs. C. F. Vassar Midge Hildinger William Rudolph Harvey Wildenradt John H. (Bud) Dimond Mrs. J. M. Sharples Jennie Johnson DECEMBER 29 George F. Sheeper Elmer J. Jacobsen e e P \ From The Empire 20 YEARS AGO s ro— DECEMBER 28, 1915 Commenting on yesterday's acci- dent, when two horses went over the cliff on the Perseverance mine road, Harry Smith, owner of the Persever- ance Auto Stage Line, said the ac- dent “was due to the fact that six horses on a road like the Persever- verance road after dark — especially when some of them were colts—with 1 low seat like that on the sleigh without a headlight to permit the “eamster to see the road is too much for one man to handle.” Manager Ed Wflbster of the Juneau against all three which isn't an argument ngamsthnd Douglas Telephone Company any relief at all? The question seems to be, if Dr. Townsend raised $200 a month for every one over 60 by a tax on transactions, would there be any transactions left to tax? Our idea of a typical politician was the Liberty Leaguer, who, at the committee meeting, raved long and loud against the New Deal, and, on the street outside, told a reporter business was fine. Only three days left to make New Year's reso- lutions which can be quickly broken January 2, 1936. Strange Case of Mr. Peek (New York Times.) Concerning resignations, as concerning personal taste, there can be no real dispute. Jefferson said that few Federal officials die and none resign. Bul |apparently Mr. George Peek has resolved to be the Some may wonder that he did not resign before. He had sufficient provocation. At first, as Administrator of the Agricultural Act, he came into sharp differences with Secretary Wal- lace. He had to leave the department, but did not quit office. He was appointed financial adviser to the President on foreign trade, and gave advice which nobody took, besides publishing statistical Still the President asked Mr. Peek not to desert the Administration, and made him head of the Export Bank, which did no business. Meanwhile, Mr. Peek had carried on a sort of running warfare with Secretary Hull on the ques- The Secretary had his way, but all the same Mr. Peek continued to place his services at the disposal of President Roosevelt. Seemingly the Canadian trade treaty, so repugnant to Mr. Peek’s convictions, has had something to ao with bringing him to the parting of the ways. | Even the President’s bland request that he prepare a detailed report on the agreement with Canada appears not to have been able to break his purpose Perhaps he thought that his comments on a treaty already concluded would not be very effective in modifying or defeating it. Mr. Peek has been a long-standing anomaly in the Administration. He seemed to be always at loggerheads with his superiors, except the President, to whom he is no doubt sincerely devoted, and to make impossible teamwork or due subordination in any Government department with which he was connected. Why, then, did Mr. Roosevelt hold on to him so tenaciously? Partly, it may be, out of per- sonal foundness, but far more, it is to be presumed, out of a desire to retain one who was long known Mr. Peek was sup- posed to be a tremendous vote-compeller in the Corn Belt. Nobody was thought to know the mind and intent of the farmers better than he. He was an expert on wheat as well as machines with which Such a man could not be an Administration which lives and But his friends report that great exception. spared by breathes Agriculture. the has determined to go. If he does, will he go quietly? Or will he feel compelled to go out to his Western friends in blue jeans and tell them all about the monstrosities of the Canadian tariff agreement? Being the man he is, he could make out something of a case. One hopes that he would not read to the farmers those portentous tables which he drew up about |the need of our having an exact balance of trade |with each country where our products are sold. But he might protest that the Administration had sacrificed American farmers to Canadiap, all for the sake of getting a better market in Canada for the goods of our protected manufacturers. Indeed, Mr. Peek's intimates hint that he will go out as General Johnson did, to prove his love for the Administra- tion by stabbing it under the fifth rib. But some kind and prudent friend ought to draw him aside and warn him not to undertake attacks, like those of General Johnson, which do not do any particular harm except to the man who makes them. In the Kentucky referendum the vote for old- age pensions was virtually unanimous. This proves that every voter expects to be old some day— (Wichita Eagle.) ‘Member way back a long time ago when a guy would drive 30 miles to a circus to see the gals 1n tights?—(Florida Times-Union.) Europe doesn't want war. this time.—(Toledo Blade.) “What is to be found on the menu of practically every inn advocate. in this country?” asks a temperance Thumb-prints, perhaps.—(Punch.) Republicans quiz potential Presidential candidate to find out how dry he is. All we have to do is turn the dial.—(Providence News-Tribune.) She knows doggoned, well she cant get the United States to pay for it; stated today that the service of that :ompany will be greatly improved by the middle of January, when instal- lation of new equipment converting the system from the old bell type to the modern electric drop is complet- ed. Over two hundred children were ziven candy, fruit, and a pesp al Santa Claus (characterized by Wil- liam Sundstrom) at the Elks’ Christ- mas party, held in the Elks Lodge. Dispatches from Berlin said Kaiser Wilhelm is suffering from a non- malignant boil. Strong denials were made that the Emperor has cancer of the throat, as was previously re- ported Juneau was s to possess the oldest drug store in the Territory— hat founded by Doran's Pharmacy and at present owned by Milton Winn. J. J. Connors, for seven years in the mercantile and hotel business at Candle, Alaska, and for more than two years agent there for the Miners’ and Merchants’ Bank, but who has been a resident of Juneau for the past several months, announced that he will establish an automobile agen- cy, garage and accessory store in Juneau. B. M. Behrenas will erect a building to contain Mr. Connors’ es- tablishment. Weather: Maximum, 34; minimum, 27; snow. - e Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee — Q. When the groom is wealthy, and the bride’s family is not, wouldn’t it be all right for the groom to pay the wedding expenses? A. Noj; the bride's family should pay this expense, even if it must be a very simple wedding. Q. Ts it proper for two women to shake hands when being introduced? A. This is entirely optional; many women do, particularly business women. Q. What does maitre dhotel mean? A. “Steward.” B Chlorine, deadly gas, in combina- tion with other chemicals is an effi- cient antiseptic. —mmm HOTEL ZYNDA Large Sample Room ELEVATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA, Prop. | Horoscope “The stars “acline but do not compel” —_ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1935 According to astrology this is a day of conflicting planetary influ- ences with benefic aspects dominat- ing. It is a time most auspicious for church ceremonies and for philan- thropic efforts. Under this rule of the stars the mind is susceptible to uplifting in- fluences which should encourage clear vision regarding the spiritual side of human experience. Churches and the clergy should benefit at this time which is to in- troduce many important interests into the routine of religious institu- tions. While this configuration prevails concentration on. the mind and its relations to world progress will be cially beneficial, because many wrong ideas must be eliminated with the beginning of the new year. This is not a sway favorable to love making. Romance should be kept in the background for logic must rule as the year closes. Heavy storms may distinguish January when much relief work will be imperative in many parts of the United States especially in the larger cities. Florida and California are to have an increase in the num- ber of indigents who seek milder cli- mates. The stock market is to be subject to sudden fluctuations and early: January, after Congress convenes, may furnish a real sensation. London seers have prognosticated | the end of airplanes as an implement | L6 of war because an invention or dis- | i covery will make them quite unneces- sary the augury of a year of gcod luck that brings a great deal of pleasure. ld friends will be best, although many new contacts are made. Children born on this day prob- ably will be intelligent and practi- cal. Subjects of this sign may be exceptionally intellectual and’ studi- ous. William E. Gladstore, statesman, was born on this day 1809. Cthers who have celebrated it as a birthday include Andrew 17th President cf the United States, 1808; Charles Goodyear, inventor, 1800; Laurens Perseus Hickok, Amer- ican clergyman and metaphysician, 1798. MONDAY, DE(‘E'VIBFR 20,1935 Adverse aspects rule today, ac-| cording to astrology. Under this plantary government the wise will loock ahead and forget the past. Bad news of national concern may b2 received from Europe and Asia. As the year closes fears will multiply and Werld peace may appear im- probable in the new year, but the scers foretell prosperity and good fortune for the United States. A new form of influenza may be prevalent in this country as well as abroad. Italian soldiers are to suf- fer from many diseases, among which are strange symptoms not formerly observed in their native land. Heads of large industries are sub- ject to good influences that appear to presage success and fortune, al- though in some places workers suf- fer greatly and cause much trouble. Strikes and riots are prognosticated for both the Atlantic and the Pa,cmc Coasts. The Department of Labor is | to have an exacting winter that may | involve changes in personnel. Confusing and disconcerting pro. paganda will be disseminated at this time. Uraus and Neptune seem to en- courage wrong thinking and danger« ous preaching. Japan, Australia, Ethiopia, Turkey, | Arabia, Rumania and Poland are all | under the destructive rays of Mars | and Uranus in conjunction next April. Tt will be a period of great anxiety. San Francisco is subject to ad- verse influences that may be felt not only in strikes but in convulsions of nature. Persons whose birthdate it is have | the augury of a year of diverse ex- | periences. It is wise to safeguard money and to avoid love affairs. Children born on this day probably ' will be versatile and, with an interest in humanity, will assume leadership in many fields. Subjects of this sign usually have engaging personalities | and make friends easily. Rudyard Kipling, writer and poet, was born on this day 1865. Oth- i Persons whose birthdate it is have incus; brilliant; bright. “A luminous English!plishments.” Johnson, | ers who have celebrated it as a birth- | #—— day include William R. Alger, clergy- man and writer, 1822; General Fran- PROFESSIONAL is Marion Drake, founder of Drake University, 1830. v ol (Copyright, 1935) He]e;r:& SWI:).TI;I.EAR}}:’;echt - e, Massage, Electricity, Infra R=d | Look and Learn || By A. C. Gordon v & ! Ray, Medical Gymnastics 1 307 GOLDSTRIN BLDG. l Phone Office, 216 —E 1. What is the legal name for in- terest higher than the legal rate? 2. Who was the first woman U. 8. minister? 3. How many blind people ar2 there in the U. S.? 4. In what mountains is the Simp- lon Tunnel, and how long is it? 5. Which weighs more, a gallon of I water or a gallon of milk? | ANSWERS ¢ | 1. Usury. | 2. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, Min- | | ister to Denmark. | | | | | | e S I | DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER | DENTISTS Blomgren Building | PHONE 56 | Hours 9 a.m to 3 pm. | Dr. C. P. Jenne . DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Building | Telephone 176 | i ‘Words Often Misuzed: Do not say. ‘“‘Here are my new pair of stockings.” i Say, “Here is my new pair,” or, 'Herc are my new stockings.” Olten Mispronounced: Tacit. Pro- || nounce tas-it, a as in at. | Often Misspelled: Zephyr. Observe E the consonants, and pronounce zef-| i i God, Lord, Jehovah, Synonyms: | The Supreme Being, The Almighty. Word Study: “Use a word thr e | Robert Simpson Glasses Fitted 3. 64,000. 4. The Alps of Switzerland; 13% |¥——-————=——0"—1% miles, o STimerent 1% Th . "Richard Williams 5. A gallon of milk is heavier. 1 DENTIST ST TN T || OFFICE AND RESIDENCE f 3 ti Gastineau Building | Daily Lessons {. 35 Danb il J in Englis — % L5 an“ ish Dr. A. W. Stewart [ By W. L. Gordon | DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 p.m. | YEWARD PUILDING | Office Pone 469 { - —h em ~ Upt. D. Graduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optumetry and Opthalmo’ogy ! Lenses Ground { ! & times and it is yours.” Let us increas: our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: Lum- cloud glowed against the dark."— Stedman. ——-———— \ Geisha is a Sino-Japanese word meaning “person of pleasing accom- | DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consuitation a nd examination Free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; | 7 to .30 and by appointment. Office Grand Apts., i.ear Tas- tineau Hotcl. Phone 177 | NOTICE OF HEARING OF H FINAL ACCOUNT In the Commissioner’s Court for the Juneau Precinct, Division Number One, Territory of Alaska. 1 | Before- John F. Mullen, Commis-, sioner and ex-officio Probate Judge, Juneau Precinct. | In the Matter of the Estate of WILLIAM J. CHILDS, Deceased. Now, on this day, on petition of Johanna R. Childs, the duly ap-| pointed, qualified and acting ad- ministrator of the above-entitled | | | ) & LADIES' — MISSES’ i READY-TO-WEAR | Seward Street Near Thu'd estate, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a hearing be had before the above- entitled court at Juneau, Alaska, on the 18th day of January, 1936 at the hour of eleven a.m. on her final account as administrator of the Estate of WILLIAM J. CHILDS, deceased, which said final account has this day been filed herein, and that all persons then and there 'appear and present their - objec- tions, if any, to said final account and the settlment thereof, and that ,notice of said hearing be given as provided by law. | DATED at Juneau, Alaska, 21st day of December, 1935. M. E. MONAGLE, U. S. Commissioner and Ex- Officio Probate Judge. rst publication, Dec. 21, 1935. | Last publication, Jan. 11, 1936. this ll' W2 f//\\\\ If you enjoy indoor sports— Here’s one of the best—TRY BOWLING! 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Transient | Jrothers urged to at- end. Council Cham- pers, Fifth St. JOHN F. MULLEN, H. J. TURNER, Secretary, [+] JIOUNT !l NEAU LODGE NO. 147 jecond and fourth Mon= da) of each month in Scottish Rite Temple, beginning at 7:30 p. m. HOWARD D. STABLER, Worshipful Master; JAMES W “EIVERS, Secretary. DOUGLAS AERIE 117, F. O. E. Meets first and third Mondays & ».m., Eagles’ Hall, Douglas. 7"isiting srothers welcome. J. B. Martin, W. 2, T. N. Cashen, Secretary. Our trucks go any place lny“f time. A tank for Diesel Oil and a ‘ank for Crude Oil save burner treable. 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