The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 21, 1936, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, SEPT. 21, 1936. Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER - - Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. 2N SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered in carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: . One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00 one month, in advance, §1.25 Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify | the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of thelr papers Telephones. News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRI The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for | republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and the local news published THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER THE LATEST INNEUNDO Saturday the White House issued a statement inj which a “notorious newspaper owner” was named in| connection with the charge of giving the impression | that President Roosevelt ‘“passively accepts suppurt‘ of alien organizations hostile to the American form of government.” Of course, the President, an American of gen- erations standing, has no such idea, and ‘“notorious newspaper owner” or not, most of the people in this| country know it. But the fact is that the inneundo | is not particularly new. For weeks Colonel Knox and Governor Landon have repeatedly touched on the same note with such language as “freedom from the coercive hand of government has always been | a distinctive feature of America life. Discussing the much discussed “American Way"” | which has become sort of a theme song of the present | campaign, the New York World Telegram draws this interesting word picture: Being as strongly in favor as anyone could be of the philosophy that the nation is gov- erned best which is governed least, and as resentful of unnecessary interference by bu- reaucratic agents into the affairs of the in- dividual, nevertheless we feel that much too much generalization is going on in this mat- ter and much too little facing of the reality of government's rapidly growing relationship to the increasingly complex life of our people. As that life has become more complicated, government, by sheer necessity, has entered into it more and more. For the sake of clari- fication let's leave the Roosevelt administra- tion out of the picture entirely, and the pr ent Presidential campaign, and look back over the years that preceded March 1933. There was a time, for example, when a man could build a house as he saw fit. down on him that was his funeral, came to pass that building codes injected themselves into the communities, and thereby set their limitations on the freedom of the individual. “Regimentation.” " Then, too, keeping a cow in the back yard was a common family custom in the early days, but health departments appeared, and the cow was out. More restrictions on “the American way.” Once a man could travel, as Governor Lan- don puts it, from cradle to the grave, with a pack on his back, and never feel the “directing hand of government.” But that era passed too when licenses were required and the itin- i erant merchant’s full freedom of opportunity was restricted by the amount of the fee. And what about the meddlesome customs inspector, child of the Republican tariff, who goes through your socks and shirts and things in the full gaze of your fellow passengers as { you shift embarrassedly from foot to foot on the dock of a port in the land of the free? And what kind of business is it in terms ot ! complete freedom that you can’t be borne, or | die, or.be married without having a lot of family history spread on the public record? And just how did the high-handed get that way, who search your car at a State line for 1 the corn borer? And how come that the in- '\ come tax collector should be empowered to inspect the innermost workings of your private business affairs, with a peep at your teeth and a squint at your tonsils if he thinks the exi- gencies require? | Why, in the name of independence, should taxicab and railway and bus and electric light and such rates be regulated by a lot of the politically appointed, and, if we are going to have liberty what's the idea of meat and milk inspection and why shouldn't druggists and patent medicine makers and food companies use whatever they jolly well please in the prep- aration of their products? It is not required that we labor the point | with more examples—all the pre-Roosevelt variety and many local, not federal, in scope— to show that limitation on personal liberty has | been growing at a geometric rate, and that the | efforts of Republican campaign orators to pic- ture such limitations as something peculiar to one administration are, as the saying goes, | the bunk. The so-called “notorious newspaper owner” inci-| dent is just some more of the same thing on perhaps a more vicious scale, Ever since the Liberty League's| initial banquet, it has been a part of the political| attack to attempt to tie the present administration | up with things which hint of not being American. It may be good political strategy, but such a personal attack on the President is likely to disgust a great| many sound Americans who are conversant with the | Jfact that the Roosevelt lineage runs back to the Mayflower. ; THE KANE INCIDENT Americans were startled recently when word came ‘that shells had been fired at the U. 8. S. Kane, Ameri- | warship, in the Spanish war zone. We visioned | s drawn in another conflict over seas, and,| the task of another war with Spain. But 8 ntly it was a mistake. Both sides in the Span- | ’M ‘War has expressed themselves sorry for the { Editor and Manager | lon one If it fell | But it | | officials. in respect to the unfortunate conflict in Spain | is well known. The American Government has stressed the complete impartiality of its attitude and has publicly stated that, in con- | formity with its well-established policy. of non-interference with internal affairs in other | countries, either in time of peace, or in the } event of civil strife, it will, of course, scrupu- lously refrain from any interference whatso- ever in the unfortunate Spanish situation. Since both the government forces and the opposing forces in Spain in the friendliest spirit have made every possible effort to avoid injury to American nationals and American | property, it can only be assumed that the attack on the United States destroyer Kane was due to its identisy having been mistaken by a plane of one faction for a wessel of the other g Because of this friendly attitude and the absence of any motive whatsoeyer to attack an American vessel, it is not c¢onceivable that either a Spanish Government plane or an in- surgent plane would knowingly make attack upon an American naval vessel. There is the kind of neutrality which retains na- tional honor and at the same time keeps aloof from foreign entanglements. It begins to appear that Mr. fortunate thing when the entire world it tottering on \1he bring of open warfare. the class tell what for? dent is an old-fashioned idea. fature lies in being a labor leader. work six hours. want to work at all. overtime while we're fishing. The Great Feud (New York Times) Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky are in agreement point at least. Sixteen men were found guilty in the treason trial at Moscow and shot, but the real defendant was Trotsky in absentia. When the sentence was carried out Trotsky called it one of the greatest crimes in history, but went on to declare proudly that he, Trotsky, still lives. He would avenge |the death of Stalin’s victims. Now comes the news that Trotsky has given a pledge to the Norwegian Government that he will abstain from revolutionary activities. So the question arises whether Stalin may not have his way with his great rival after all. He has failed to bring Trotsky before an Ogpu firing squad, but he may have crippled Trotsky. If the great advocate of world revolution abandons his life mission in. the present tense state of ‘European affairs, it would be the end of a career. It would be surrender. It is a situation rich in ironic possibilities. Trot- sky's specific offense, as cited by the Norwegian authorities, was interference in French affairs. The official French Communist party is denounced by Trotsky for betraying the cause of the proletariat in deference to the Stalinite policy of the United Front. ifle has urged the French workers to boycott the Blum (government and to prepare for street demonstration and the organization of Soviets. Norway now tells him he must stop all that or get out. Does Soviet Russia come under the head of for- eign countries against which Trotsky must not pursue revolutionary activities? If yes, then we have a new picture. For years the capitalist nations were demand- ing of Soviet Russia that she give up Communist propaganda on their territory. It is now Stalin look- ing to a bourgeois Norwegian Government for guar- antees against Trotsky's anti-Soviet propaganda. But if Soviet Russia !s not among the foreign countries which the Norwegian Government has in mind, Trotsky may be well content. He may want to take time off from the world revolution outside of Russia to concentrate against his arch enemy at Moscow. He may be in earnest about the mission of vengeance to which he publicly dedicated himself. The duel between Stalin and Trotsky will go down in history as one of the great personal contests of all time. In its ultimate effects their struggle for control of the Bolshevist revolution may well compare with the bitter feuds that preceded the fall of the Roman Republic. But there is ohe feature peculiar to the Stalin-Trotsky clash. It is hard to think of any other contestant in a race coming from so far behind to win, as Stalin did to make himself master of Soviet Russia. 2 There was no New York Times Index in existence when Marius and Sulla were matching their strength, toniuses. But in the year 1917 The New York Times Index was already being published in quarterly vol- umes. In the four volumes covering this fateful year in Russia's history the entries under Trotsky are very nearly three colums of small print. Stalin’s name does not occur. It is not mentioned in the Index volume for the last quarter of 1917 covering the November revoiution, where Trotsky figures to the extent of two and one-fourth columns. A Political Racket (Cincinnati Enquirer ) As Michigan authorities slowly but persistentl, dig deeper into the ugly record of the Black Legion, it is becoming evident that the organization really has been a political racket. At the bottom of it are (hoodlums of various sorts — ignorant men whose meanness has made them convenient tools for shrewd- er men above them. But the character of the or- ganization is formed by the political adventurers who have used it to build their political fences. A grand jury at Pontiac has named 86 men as belonging to this organization of night-riders. Many of them, significantly, are state, country, ‘and city For them, the Black Legion was not a de- vice to preserve the “supremacy of white protestants” or a stheme to suppress labor unions, or anything of the sort. It was a way to get and keep political jobs. It was a form of blackmail which they could use in politics. . Nevertheless, it is notable that to serVe their pur- poses in politics, the Black Legion had to be anti- Jewish, anti-Negro, anti-Communist, and in general opposed to most minority groups. The cowards in politics, whether they call themselves Nazis or the Black Legion or something else, find their best way to win support at the very bottom of- the social scale is to urge violence against defenseless minorities. The Black Legion investigation should not be al- lowed to die until a complete picture is provided. It is a reincarnation of the Ku Klux Klan, with some new gangster tricks added. As suth, it is the enemy of everything good in American life. We need to know all the facts, so that the great majority of honest, fair-minded people may be able to defend their institutions against this tawdry outcropping of the Fascist spiri. f R , A man was charged with rustling cattle 10 miles from New York City, a lesson to Wall Street to keep its bulls and bears in the corral.—Boston Transcript. =" “The person who is content to have the Env;mmehc feed and clothe him is on a par with a satisfied slave, Hull is rather an expert in that particular variety; a! A total of around 55000 are reported killed in' the Spanish Civil War, and can any bright boy in! Sometimes we suspect raising Johnny to be Presi- It looks as if a better| Report is that coast longshoremen only want to!word: Aw, heck, that’s nothing, we don’t, And we'd like double time for| or their successors, the Caesars, Pompeys and An- HAPPY BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, «v the follow- ing: SEPTEMBER 21. J. L. Gray Mrs. Alfred Zenger Sigard L. Olsen Mrs. George Jorgensen J. F. Hogins Elst Johnson o+ 3 DAILY LESSONS | IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gerdon {l - Words Often Misused: Do not say, hall try and see you next ay, “We shall try to see you next week Often Mispronounced: qua. Pronounce sha-to-kwa, both a’s as in ask unstressed, o as in orb accent second syllable, Often Misspelled: Truly, not ‘Itrucly. Synonyms : Intention, motive, | purpose, design. Word Study: “Use a word three |times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by master- ing one word cach day. Today's Implicit; based on unreserv- ed belief. “I have implieit confi- dence in your promises.’ .o (e T | LOOK and LEARN | | By A.C. Gordon o RIS S C , 1. What President more than !doubled the area of the United States? | 2. What proportion of the entire |surface of the earth does water |cover? | 8. What is meant by dry ginger lale? { 4. What is the narrowest point rof America? | 5. How many colonists came to Jamestown on the first voyage? | ANSWERS | 1. Thomas Jefferson, by the pur- chase of the Louisiana country. 2. Three-fourths, 3. Dry signifies unsweetened. 4. Isthmus of Panama, 28 miles 5. 105 colonists, y - > | MOLERN | i ETIQUETIE | By Roberta Lee ‘ } Q. Should a man refer to his wife as “the wife,” or, “the little woman’’ Never. A well-bred man will jrefer to her as “Mrs. Brown.” Q. When guests are staying in one’s home for a few days, who should defray the incidental ex- penses, such as streetcar and taxi fare? A. The host should Jpay these expenses whenever possible and | convenient. | Q When a person is late in ar- iriving for dinner, should he offer an apology? A. Yes, by all means. He should apologize to his hosess, and also {to the person who was to be his dinner partner. ———.—— i { SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday, Oct. 14, for the Mar- i tha Society dinner. ——e-— &elp beds act as natural break- waters and partly protect beaches from erosion. —adv. 2.95 $4.00 i Men’s Dress : Oxfords | BIG VAN Phone 479 South Franklin St Chautau- | | Horoscope “The stars incline 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire —_— but do not compel” SEPTEMBER 21, 1916 | RGNS 1~ The jurors to hear the case|*" against Edward Krause .charged| TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER with the killing of Capt. James O. Plunkett had finaily been chosen after nearly a week of questioning i‘ rscope r today, according to as- and exhausting venires. Ninety-|tyoopy. It is a day read as rar nine men had been examined in the ¢ . nate for all forms of adver- | effort to find twelve impartial Jur-|yicine and publicity. ors knowing nothing about the case.| " pojevelopment of adverti Jurymen selected were: S. ZeNger. | oino4s that bring about Louis Karsten, Harry Mathews, c":mpormm bene is' forec W. Spear, Thomas O'Neill, Charles taithent” of ahd ad Sella, James Fitzgerald, Walter " i . Johnson, A. F. Sipes, Norman Worth, “"};I" v'f""’)’m John Peterson and C. P. Osterberg, |PUP1cations Sr. Kazis Kraczunas was the at-| The stars torney for the defense. It was|D°SS In busincs not known whether Krause would ing in testify or not as in former cases | comme the defendant had never made a|bBeW international pacis are statement from the stand. jcast. Sudden death Pat Scott, former manager of the head is A. B. Club, planned to leave for the|where war cl south with Mrs. Scott on the Prin-|threaten worl tess Alice the following day. He|the autumn was to be replaced temporarily by Under this direction Clifford Kennard. |opinions regarding person: Benefic and adverse plan | pects appear to balance in the hc spac be expected leading encourage and manufs s. Sudden expar e is prognosticated or a prophesied will cor all uds 1 peace thre the stars lities and | new management. Mrs. M. D. Berry tary aspects. and M A. Anderson, who had| Opinions now may be variable purchased the place from John as the wi for Neptune has pow- Wagner, were in charge. er to cause much deception. R > sponse to suggestio 1t carry Elks from both Treadwell and|ipnnuendo and evil will be Douglas had turned out for the in- widespread. i itiation services in Juneau the pre-| gaturn centinues to frown upon vious evening. the labor situation which will not the previous evening. According to Mr. Henderson the enroliment was iarger than expected. Arrangements had been made, ac- cording to announcement from the Juneau school, for the use by the hool students of the B. tank any gymnsium from 3:15 to 5 o'clock every afternoon and on Saturday mornings. i in the S until future Aged per ingly cautious sudden ilin ontinues | i will do no harm | ssts for power. | hould be exceed- avoid falls and while this rule Many ho have exer- nfluence in business will end their » close of to and before Person: po rthdate it is have augu of good for- Co helpful p foreshadowed and spiendid the tune Juneau’s new Glee Club, the Or- pheus, composed of 28 of the best|SONS 16 male voices in the city, was to give 5 and business opportunities its initial concert at the Elks' Hall are indicated he following evening. Children born on this day prob ably will be extremely fearness end A report from Seattle stated that Perhaps bold in many ways. Sub- Melvin B. Summers, of Philadelphia, jects of this sign usually win out Weather Bureau, was to sail for opposed with Juneau to establish a central cli- cess matological station for Alasl in Lord Ches eld, statesman, writ- this city. er and gentleman of fashion, was | — born on this day 1694. Others who London reported that torrential have celebrated it as a birthday rains continued to pour 3omme front. The tense on the include Henry Finck, music ecritic tuation 1854; William North Belknap, one- there had undergone no change, the time Secretary of War, 1829; John report declared. Brown, Scottish physician and au- | thor, 1810. The recently organized school or- chestra had held its first rehearsal s ind was to meet twice a week. (Copy - ATTENTION O. E. S. Ex-Governor John G. Brady, who| Covered Dish Dinner” Tuesday, had made one trip to Alaska, in the Sept. 22, at 6:30 p.m. Regular meet- servious six years was returning to ing of Juneau Chapter No. 7 at be the guest of B. M. Behrends for|{8 pm. Visiting members welcome. several days before continuing to| LILLIAN G .WATSON, Sitka. Mrs. Brady and Miss Mary —adv. Secretary. Brady were to accompany the Ex- - > Sovernor. i GENERAL MOTORS [ and | | J. A. Hellenthal and Mrs. Hel- enthal had left the previous even- ng on the Humboldt for San Fran- zisco. | MAYTAG PRODUCTS | W. P. JOHNSON Weather: Maximum, 54; Mini- num, 46; Partly cloudy; Precipita- fion, .21 in. | ————— g [ Try The Empire classifieds for juick results. s Rice & Ahlers Co. HEATING PLUMBING SHEET METAL WORK PHONE 34 i Empire classifieds pay. | = A | | | | e HOTEL ZYNDA ELEVATOR SERVICE “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” S. ZYNDA, Prop. Watches, Clocks ana Jewerry | |Juneau’s Own Store EYE GLASSES SOLD + AND REPAIRED 127 SEWARD STREET. Opposite Goldstein Bldg. P.O. Box 1648, Juneau, Alaska ! \; i: The B. M. Behrends Bank : Juneau, Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One- Half Million Dollars ] the BEST! If you're out to please the man of the family . . . let us help jou! A grand selection of good food vegetables and || all the - things that men like best. | PHONE 83 or 85 Sanitary Grocery “The Store That Pleases” many | 3 M i g e polis may change suddenly. Both | Wagner’s Ranch House was (o be|Hitler and Mussolini are likely to | opened two days following under|benefit because of certain plane- L K o KB | Seward Street Helene W. L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY | Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics 307 GOLDSTEIN BLDG. Phone Office, 216 DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 am. to 9 p.m. Dr. C. Rooms 8 and § Valeptine Building TELEPHONE 176 DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE GOLDSTEIN BUILDING DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 " *Fraternal Societies | of Gastineau ) Channel K v k=B G B. P. 0. E. ELKS meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visitmg brothers welcome. WALTER P, SCOTT, Exalted Ruler, M. H. SIDES, Secretary. KNIGHTS or COLUMBU® || Seghers Council No. - 111760. Meetings second |land last Monday at ;' (7:30 p. m. Transient brothers urged tc at- tend. Council Cham- bers, Fifth St. JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K, H. J. TURNER, Secretary MOUNT JUINEAU LODGE NO. 14 Second and fourth Monday of each month & in Scottish Rite Temple, ¥ beginning at 7:30 p. m. MARTIN S. JORGEN- SEN, worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. REBEKAHS Perseverance Lodge No. 2 A meets every second and fourth Wednes- day, I. O. O. F. Hall. EDNA M. BUTTS, Noble Grand; MILDRED CASHEN, Secretary. TELEPHONE 563 Office Hours—9-13; 1-6 Dr. W. A. Rystrom DENTIST Over First Nationsl Bank' Ker ¥ Office in Ludwig Nelson's Jewelry Store Rebert Simpson, Opt: D. Graduate Los Angeles Col. lege of Optometry and Opthalmology Cilasses ritted Lenst Jenes-Stevens Shop LADIES—MISSES' ADY-TO-WEAR DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 9:30 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex Phone 177 RIVERS $5.00 per month J. B. Burford & Co. “Our doorstep is worn by satisfied customers” | Stratton & Beers | MUNICIPAL ENGINEERS | SURVEYORS l VALENTINE BLDG. Telephone 502 Ludwig Nelson WATCHMAKER and JEWELER Juneau, Alaska A I S I WARRACK CGiround Near Third The Juneau Laundry ‘ranklin Street between Front and Second Streets PHONE 358 | | Construction Ce. be thoroughly harmonized before PO - Prof. L. D. Henderson stated that eicotion day PR LILLIAN CARLSON ||| Juneau Phone 487 thirteen persons had entolled for| wwiile cnemies multiply for Onfuineiriyt & | Instruction in night school classes’ o ons who occupy coveted places | Examined, Glasses Fitted || o ————————— R\ AN = o p,,\ If you enjoy indoor sports— Here's one of the best—TRY ROWLING! : BRUNSWICK | BOWLING ALLEYS Rhieinlander and Alt Heidelberg BEER ON TAP 1' [ SSSSUSSSSSSS USRS SeS Guy Smith DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED |} Front Street Next Coliseum PHONE 97—Free Delivery - rrreeed —T1 McCAUL MOTOR COMPANY I | Dodge and Plymouth Dealers | — el | PAINTS — OILS Builders' and Shelf HARDWARE ‘ Lode’ ard placer location notices for sale at The Empire office, | e Thomas Hardware Co. S T R B S SPECIALIZING in French | When in Need of DIESEL OIL—UTAH COAL GENERAL HAULING and Italian STORAGE and CRATING Dioners CALL US Gastneau Cafe {1} 0o rn muor R, Short Orders at All Hours | e I T BT Empire classifieds pay. Juneau Ice Cream ' GARLAND BOGGAN | Hardwood Floors i Waxing Polishing ! Sanding PHONE 562 Parlors Ice Cream, Soft Drinks, Candy COFFEE SHOP Percy Reynolds, Manager ki T it "RELIABLE TRANSFER Our trucks go any place any ] 4 | - FORD AGENCY (Al.xnwrized Dealers) GREASES GAS — OILS JUNEAU MOTORS Foot of Main Street time. A tank for Diesel Oil | and a tank for Crude Oil save burner trouble. | PHONE 149; NIGHT 148 It WHEN IN A HURRY CALL COLE FOR OIL! 34 plus or 27 gravity, in any amount . . . QUICK! | COLE TRANSFER Phone 3441 or Night 1803 LIQUOR STORE PHONE 655 If It’s Paint We Have It! IDEAL PAINT SHOP FRED W. WENDT PHONE 549 Watch and Jewelry PAUL BLOEDHORN L\ d