The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 18, 1936, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JAN. 18, 1936. . . ‘and nuts of others, scented and spicy, as souvenirs of Dally AlaSka Emplre an interesting visit. lies in a valley, rcled by hills WOBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and M: er| Kandy lies in a beautiful valley, encircle Yy hills R O R Fraternal Societies OF —— —— Gastineau Channel have celebrated it as a birthday |= include David Wilmot, jurist and solitical leader, 1814; Richard Le Gallienne, poet, 1866; Josef Hof- nann, pianist, 1876. (Copyright, 1936.) PROFESSIONAL HAPPY——— " i » cal foliage. b & e o e s e e o] = IR THGIRY ain | along the Kelani river looms impressive with towering s \ | odd-shaped peaks of the central mountain range of | The Empire extends congratula-| Horoscope “The stars 7acline but do not compel” 4 Helene W. L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY | Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Sunday by Second and M. Published _every evening e EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Strects, Juneau, Alaska. —mmm———— Envered in the Post Office in Juneau as Swcond Class wmatter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. | Delivered by carrler In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 | per month. { By mall, postage paid, at the following ra‘es: | One year, in edvance, $12.00; six wonths, in advance, | $6.00; onc month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor if_they will promptly notify the Busincas Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers | Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office £xc MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot otherwise credited in this paper and also the Jocal news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. PENSIONS AND THE BONUS Payment of the so-called veterans bonus appears virtually assured at this session of Congress, judging from sentiment emanating from both houses. Whether or not the President should use his veto apparently will not make much difference. Democrats and Re- | publicans alike are paying attention to the “pressure” | being put on by veteran organizations, and a great many other than lawmakers are convinced the bonus | might as well be paid and have it over with, and let} such benefits as will flow forth to needy ex-service | men. ( Doubtless it will help many thousands, but will it} be over with? That is one of the sticklers back of | the whole thing. The President, himself a veteran, | having served as assistant Secretary of the Navy during the World War, may not have been so outspoken | against immediate payment before had it not been for the now openly admitted fact that a movement already | is under way to urge on Congress a pension plan for veterans. ‘When the present bonus act was passed in 1924, one of the agreements was that no pension would be asked for. Rather than pension soldiers as in previous wars, the bonus insurance plan was adopted then with the unanimous approval of the veterans. Is there any wonder then thal President Roosevelt, who is familiar with the plan, and the veterans’ needs from the outset, is a bit chary about making payment now when the rumble is getting louder and louder for a pension? Such a movement by veterans would be a direct con- tradiction of their position in 1924. No one for a moment questions the giving of govern- ment aid—call it pensions if you will—to.the disabled, or the widows and orphans left by men who gave their lives for their country. But to pension hundreds of thousands of able bodied men because they did a duty for their country that the pursuit of life and happiness might be theirs is an entirely different matter. That is the obvious story back of the bonus payment at this time, and veterans—all of them now in mature life— can well do a little serious thinking before they jump recklessly in support of a pension plan, following probaple payment of the bonus.* THE ISLE OF SPICE Emil Hurja, former Alaska newspaper man and now assistant to James A. Farley, Chairman of the Democratic National Com- mittee, was one of those making the recent Interesting trip to the Philippines for the Inaugural ceremonies of the new Philip- pine Commonwealth. On the journey, Mr. Hurja, an able writer, prepared exclusively for The Empire a series of articles covering the voyage, the ceremonies and the inter- esting places enroute. He and Mrs. Hurja con- tinued on around the world from the Philip- pines and he tells granhically of the colorful places they visited. The eleventh of the inter- esting articles is presented herewith: By EMIL HURJA COLOMBO, Ceylon.—They call Ceylon the “Pearl of the Orient,” and justly so. Entering the man-made harbor of Colombo this morning, we were impressed by the beauty of the scene, and in order to utilize our all-too-few hours to the best advantage, we hired an automobile for the trip into the central part of the island, to Kandy, ancient hill capital of Ceylon. Thus we were able, during a short stay, to get a hurried kaleidoscopic view of the scenic beauty, the town and country life, the temples, the industries, and all of the vivid and strange existence of another world. Thirty miles an hour by automobile over good surfaced roads would have been possible on the 72-mile trip to Kandy, but there were too many slow-moving bullock carts, too frequent ceremonial processions of the rice-planting season, too many natives thronging the streets of the tiny native villages, too many times that we had to slow down to pass an elephant or two off to work with its mahout, to make better than a twenty-mile average. Past tea fields—more luxuriant as we climbed into the hilly country—past rubber plantations and cocoa- nut groves, past rice fields terraced much in the same fashion as those we saw in the Philippines, we couldn’t escape the serenity and charm of the Ceylonese coun- tryside. And the ruins of temples and broken and tattered walls bespoke a civilization that flowered and disappeared, and today is virtually forgotten except in the researchs of archaeologists and perhaps in the spirit and traditions of the people themselves. Approaching Kandy, we stop at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya, noted all over the world for the abundance and variety of the plant life on display there. It has been operated by the English for more than a hundred years, and it is said that every known variety of spice, flavoring extract, perfume or medical ingredient flourishes here. We see the traveller palms fan like, and the sealing-wax fans, with their reddish color; the balsa trees, whose wood is so light that _ one person can lift a log of it; the shrubs and trees that ~ yield pepper, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves ‘Attendants give us leaves of this, bark of that, kernels | traction, however, is the Temple of the Tooth, a Bud- | self. | despite accounts of its having been destroyed by the Ceylon. Castle Rock is particularly dominant, Lion Rock and Adam’s Peak also are to be seen. At the top of this peak is a huge footprint in the rock, which Hindus claim is the footstep of Siva, their god; which the Buddhists claim is the footstep of their own | Buddha on a visit to Ceylon, and which Mohamme- dans and the Portuguese say is the footstep of Adam. Hundreds of pligrims of all faiths climb the peak annually to pay their homage to it. In Kandy, a busy city of some forty thousand people, are many modern English hotels, all catering to the tourists of all seasons and officialdom anxious to find a cool, dry spot in the terrific summer season of Colombo and other lowland places. The chief at- dhist shrine where a priceless relic is maintained in the shape of a fragment of a canine tooth of Buddha him- It was supposed to have been rescued from his funeral pyre twenty-five hundred years ago, and Portuguese in 1560, the temple at Kandy is believed | to have been its repository for over three hundred | vyears. We climbd the stone stairway to the temple, | each step infested with a beggar, and walked around | the barred and decorated vault wherein the relic is | kept in safety. It is only exhibited once a year at a| great religious festival held during August. In the | church ritual, and in the pageantry of these occasions | of pomp, the elephant has a large part. Elephami Buddhas are seen in some of the temples; elephant | decorations are in the stone work and the tile work, in the friezes and in bas-reliefs. The elephant is a sacred animal, and so we drove out a few miles Irum} the city to a nearby river, to see the bathing of llw} temple's sacred elephants. Senator Burton K. Wheeler, of Montana; and Senator Reynolds, of North Carolina, members of the party, had their pictures taken astride | the big pachyderms. | Ceylon is 270 miles long and its maximum width is 140 miles. It has an area of 25,332 square miles, about half as big as Michigan, more nearly in area of Lhe[ state of West Virginia, with a population of over | 5,000,000 people. It has an export trade of nearly two hundred and fifty million rupees, or the equivalent in our currency, of something over sixty-tive million dollars. Of this, 40 million dollars is represented by the tea production; fifteen million by rubber produc- tion and ten million by cocoanut oil, copra and Spm“'i and precious stones, | For although the export of gems and semrprecmu&“ stones is represented by less than $600,000 annually, the | tourist knows Colombo as the city of gems. Every- where are Hindu hawkers, with their packets of stones, of star sapphires, rubies, garnets, moonstones, o;)als‘; zircons, aquamarines—selling them wherever and Lo} whomever they can. In temples, in hotels, on the streets, they peddle their wares. Marlew Pew, editor of Editor snd Publisher, newspaperman’s trade jour- | nal of Nw York, a member of our party, was ap-| | proached by a gem salesman. The special offering was | cashier, Ray H. Stevens; directors, a pair of white sapphires, perhaps zircons, or maybe just a finely cut piece of glass. The first price was twenty-five rupees for the pair; he got them for one rupee, or less than forty cents for the two of them. Now he doesn’t know whether he was stung after ail. The gem merchants, in finely appointed and lavishly | sumptuous salesrooms, do a land office business when a tourist ship lands. Gems running into the tens of | the thousands of dollars are often sold to wealthy | travelers. The chief racial component of the population of the island is the Singhalese, comprising about thres and "‘ a half million out of the approximately five mlllion: people inhabiting the' island. The Singhalese are de-] scendants of the Singhs and are of Aryan stock, now | mixed with Arabs, Portuguese and Tamils. The Tamils | can be distinguished by their very black color andl their shaven heads, while the Singhalese wear their oy hair long and men have a sort of Psyche knot at the back of the head. We saw men frequently combing their long hair, as vain-appearing as any woman ever | was. The language used by most of the Singhalese in| the islands is something akin to Sanskrit. Our ship took on a quantity of rubber for American manufacturers, the revival of the automobile trade back home accounting for a new impetus to the rubber plantations here as in Malaya. Our incidental cargo included some fifty tons of cashew nuts, to be put up in five cent packages and retailed in the East. We're glad to be on our way, and the Captain asks us to the bridge to see the lights of Colombo fade | away as we pass out beyond the twin breakwaters and head for the southern tip of India, enroute for Bombay, our next stop, where we are due three days | hence. Flight Valuable Demonstration (Fairbanks News Miner) The speedy airplane flight from Fairbanks to Ju- neau and return, covering some 1400 miles, made Saturday by Pilot Joe Crosson and Co-Pilot Murray Stuart of the Pacific Alaska Airways on the trip to rush scarlet fever serum to the city, was a splendid demonstration of what can be accomplished in this region with the plane in mid-winter and under the cold weather conditions common in the region at this time of the year. The route has been covered many a time by planes flying this commercial route, but the round trip time | was reduced on this emergency flight. Unusual circumstances draw particular attention ‘o this flight and will gain recognition in distant points n a way which otherwise would not come to the attention of outsiders. It is to be hoped this particular feat will come to the notice of government authorities in ‘Washington and elsewhere who have to deal with the matter of granting an airplane mail service in Alaska. With such 3 service over main routes of Alaska not only emer- gency supplies will be delivered to Alaskans in all seasons with speed and great saving of time, but mails likewise receive the same dispatch and Alaskans no longer will be forced to wait long periods for trans- mission of their important correspondence over the vast stretches of the Northland. Had the serum brought here vy Crosson and Stuart come by mail it would not be here for a week or ten days hence. Why not a constant mail service for the builders of the Northland commensurate with the smergency service. Once such a mail service is established it will be not only a matter of great advantage in a business way but in guarding the public health and giving the sountry that forward impetus such a productive and 1ationally important country as Alaska deserves. Too many good aviators die young—Boston Tran- seript. tions and best wishes today, their| birthday anniversary, to the follori- 3 ing: | JANUARY 18, | Sheila MacSpadden 1 Nellie Kirkpatrick Allan A. McMurchie | JANUARY 20 Goldie M. Heyworth Angelina Savovich | ——————— | i From The Empire | 20 YEARS AGO il | s el | JANUARY 18, 1936. William A. Holzheimer was ap- pointed United States Commis- sioner pro tempore, by Judge Rob- ert W. Jennings, to preside in Judge Marshal’s court during the latter's vacation trip to Sitka. The Arctic Brotherhood swim- ming pool was opened to members and families promptly at 7:30. A large number of members enjoyed a plunge. An invitation sent by the Juneau Arctic Brotherhood Team asking the White Pass Athletic Club of Skagway to come to Juneau for a baskbetball game was accepted by mail. The game was scheduled for early in February. John McLoughlin left for the Sitka Hot Springs to spend a well- | earned vacation. The ferry Alma dropped her wheel and broke her tail shaft at Thane and was taken to the beach where she was repaired at low tide. A wheel will be taken from the Lone Fisherman to repair the Alma. The Arctic Brotherhood announc- ed that hereafter, on Tuesday even- ings, which are the regular meet- ing nights of the camp, the club rooms and swimming tank will be turned over to the use of the la- dies. John Reck formally was made president of the First National Bank of Juneau. Other officers and directors were chosen as fol- lows: Vice-President, P. R. Brad- ley; cashier, H. H. Post; assistant F. W. Bradley, George Miller, P. H. Fox. Weather: Maxmium 31; minimuni| ‘ 16; partly cloudy. e The Juneau Laundry I Franklin Street between | | Front and Second Streets b PHONE 308 ey | WINTER COATS AT | HALF PRICE Juneau Frock Shoppe | “Exclusive But Not Expensive” IDEAL PAINT SHOP If It's Paint We Have It! FRED W. WENDT [ PHONE 549 S —— ] e e SPECIALIZING in French and Italian Dinners Gastineau Cafe Short Orders at All Hours sy | GARLAND BOGGAN | Hardwood Floors " Waxing Polishing Saniing SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1936. _This is a fairly fortunate plane- tafy’ government, encouraging to serious reflections and wise resolu- tions. Bishops and heads of uni- versities are well directed under this sway. All the signs appear to indicate exercise supreme authority, but many changes are probable among their appointees or employees. Religious interest will be mani- fested in many ways through this new year. Efforts to harmonize theory and practice will enlist lib- eral thinkers. Warning is given that destruct- ive thinking will have serious re- sults in coming months. The wise will look for what is best in modern ‘ evolution as seen in lawmaking, edu- cation and business. Jupiter placed most fortunately will benefit the British Empire bringing closer relationship with the United States. Canada will benefit greatly under the new Gov- ernor General. Winds and earthquakes are to be dreaded by Japan which may be visited by another calamity. Trou- ble with China may be of far-reach- ing results. Saturn and Neptune presage loss- es in food supplies and in many places serious shortages. Prices will continue to rise as the seers predicted months ago. Women who desire to reach suc- cess must stress the feminine traits and must abandon agressive and strong-minded manners, astrologers declare. Daintiness and charm are now at a premium. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of op- portunities that are promising, but impetuous action should be avoid- ed. Children born on this day prob-| ably will be able to gain high place through careful education and thor- ough training. Subjects of this sign, who are on the cusp, partake of Capricorn and Aquarious traits. Robert E. Lee, Confederate Gen- eral, was born on this day 1807. Others who have celebrated it as a birthday include David Starr Jor- dan, educator and writer, 1851; Edgar Allan Poe, poet, 1809; James Watt, inventor, 1736 MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1936. Conflicting planetary influences are active today, according to as- trology. It is a time when many plans will be considered with inde- cision. Contests between capital and la- bor may reach crises in the East and the West. Subversive forces will work secretly among the work- ers. Jupiter today smiles upon enter-, food, upwards when conveying it/ | prise and especially upon manu- facturers who produce iron and steel implements. Machinery is subject to influences read as indi- cating improvements that are cost- | ly. Lawyers are under the most stim- ulating influences and they may expect to engage in public affairs even beyond their usual custom. Members of Congress are to gain sensational notice This is an auspicious day for signing legal papers of many sorts. Contracts are well directed, partic- | i ularly if they have any connection | with important news from Europe or the Orient. College girls should cultivate beauty as well as brains, because there is to be increased demand for women who combine the two. Again sensational divorce suits will command the attention of Washington and New York resi- dents. Gossip and scandal will be widespread in the next few weeks,} Health should be safeguarded, for the stars presage much illness among leaders in government af- fairs as well as in business and the professionals. Death will remove a brilliant figure from national life. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of much profit. Losses may follow unless investments are made cautiously. Children born on this day prob- ably will be methodical in their ways and clever at mathematics. Subjects of this sign may have many talents in scientific lines. Robert Morris, Superintendent of Finance during the Revolution, was born on this day 1734. Others who The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, 'Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One Half Million Dollars Look and Learn By A. C. Gordon | 1. What is the population of the | | DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER U. 8. to the square mile? 2. What was the name of the { continuance of service for men who | steamboat built by Robert Fulton? 3. Which city of the U. S. has seen under five different flags in its history? 4. What is German silver? 5. What is the estimated num- ber of people who attend the movies each week, in the U. S.? ANSWERS. 1. Forty-one. 2. “Clarmont.” 3. Mobile, Ala.; F °nch, British. Spanish, Confederate, and U. S. 4. An alloy of copper, zinc and | | ! nickel, 5. About 65,000,000. - eee P e Daily Lessons in English By W. L. Gordon Words Often Misused: Do not say, “If anyone wants their mon- ey, please come forward.” Say, “If | anyone wants his money.” Often Mispronounced: Apricot. Preferred pronunciation of the a is as in ape. Often Misspelled: Pompeii. Ob- | serve the eii, pronounced pay-ye. Synonym: Zealous, earnest, eag- er, enthusiastic, ready, willing, ar- dent. | Word Study : “Use a word three | | times and it is yours.” Let us! | increase our vocabulary by master- | ing one word each day. Today’s word: Lucrative; gainful, profit- , able. “He owns lucrative busi- a B. P. 0. ELKS meets every Wednesday at 8 P, M. Visiting brothers wels Ray, Medical Gymnastics 307 GOLDSTEIN BLDG. Phone Office, 216 1 | come M. E. MONAGLR, Exalted Ruler. M. R SIDES, Secretary. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1760. Meetings second and last Monday at 7:30 p. m. Transient DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 a.n to 3 pm. brothers urged to at- tend. Council Chnm-v vers, Fifth St. JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K, H. J. TURNER, Sccretary. Dr. C. P. Jenne DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bnilding Telephone 176 JIOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Gecond and fourth Mon- day of each month in & Scottish Rite Temple, = = o beginning at 7:30 p. m, Dr. Richard Williams i AT, 5 JHCHEN . % g Worshipful Master; JAMES DENTIST LEIVERS, Secretary. OJFICE AND RESIDENCE PR 435 551 Gastineau Building Phone 431 w. DOUGT °S fOE AERIE X 17, F. 9. E. FEoEy iy Meets first and third Mondays § p.m., Eagles’ Hall, Douglas. ?"isiting Yrothers welcome. J. B. Martin, W, P, T. N. Cashen, Secretary. _ Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 pm. SEWARD PUILDING Otfice Pcne 469 TELEPHONE 543 Office Hours—9-12; 1-6 Dr. W. A. Rystrom DENTIST Over First National Bank X-RAY | | | | | | Robert Simpson Gpe. D. Graduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optumetry and Opthalmo’agy Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground | PRECEDENCE Certain things come, with the Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee D ) Q When one has recently been introduced to a person, and is leav- ! ing, is it proper to say, “I am| pleased to have met you?” A. No; this phrase is obsolete. “Good-da; is really all necessary.! Q. What is the correct way to! point the prongs of a fork when wutuing food and when eating it? | A. The prongs of the fork should * | point downwards when cutting the; to the mouth. Q Is it customary for one to| give a wedding gift to a woman who is being married for the second time? A. Not unless the bride very close friend. ———— - SHOP IN JUNEAU, FIRST! | | is a SHOP IN JUNEAU: : LGB TR | H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man* | | Home of Hart Sehatfner and | Marx el S0 RN | | | J. B. Burford & Co. || “Our doorstep is worn by watisfied customers” SABIN’S 1 “Everything in Furnishings for Men” L. 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