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| zoherfr'w: s Published every, evening #xcept Sunday by the EMPIRE heads any more about it. COMPANY ai Sefar and Main Streets, Juneau-|ovoctly by those few words from the mah who has the Alasks. hnuc SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Deltvered tn ca ter in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. the follo! One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; By mall. postage paid, at onme month, in advance, 5125 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Busimess Office of any failurs or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Thlephones MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE The Assoclated Press is_exciusively entitled to tue ase rm] republication of all news dispatehs credjtad to it onnok other- itime’s and™also ‘the tocar aews m:hn\hen‘ wise r.ue!sd in ‘this paper l.dl .um CIREUNATION (0 AT AN —r THAN THAT OF &NY OTHER BUBIACATION: Edifor and Man: Kews Office, 602; Business Officel 374. ;he ool ipt *Hi . fl!fh? Married men, | inside track. “pants rates: lot of fiy ;Leax ‘moose critter-who | One rthing ab THE FLOOD OF LAWYERS “There United States, infants included.” This was the astounding statement made in the recent report of ‘Dean Smith @ the Columbia School of Law in poimmg to the over-crowded: c¢ohdition of Ay earnings are 10w i W “But“that "annud aspiring to enter the the delegates,” the profession. fession in New York a§ pauper new crowd keeps coming up, legal calling. In an effort to stem this tide toward a nation American republics are determined in their de;lre!a“y in the United States? Columbia Law School that peace prevail among them, as well as beLween made up entirely of lawyers, has inaugurated a “selection” limited number of students upon the an extensive and in- Other law schools are fol- fitness to pursue successfully tensive course of study.” lowing suit. Under this process of selection, law students at Columbia fell from 815 in 1927 to 526 | headlines to see that a political and moral gulf, wlder last year, and even of this number thirty students in each class “who, because of tem- and the. old. perament or mediocre ability or defects in personality, an effective renunciation of war,” are not likely to find i t};e profesSion the opportuni-'in Asia. ties to which they as| While it probabiy fessions are over-crowded, when one pauses to reflect ™ that every 763rd person, including United States is a lawyer, it is small State and Territory has a mass of useless laws on its statute books which should have been dropped In | want to destroy certain ideologies which they know the waste basket in the first instan have clients, be protection against this and that with the result that every legislative body which assembles has thrust things which, for the most part, no League of Natians, { upon it a flood of proposals instigated by lawyers in no international conference, can supply. or, on occasion, behalf of their clients, themselves, until system, some Legislatures the larger States, have become virtually a convention Fary no session for members of the legal profession. Law, of course, is a necessity to organized society, but too much of it frustrates the cause of justice and while the selection system for law students which the | 4ntagonism, of unprecedented races in armaments, of schools. are now, icarrylng out is doubtless aimed at/ine worse extremes of militarism, and thus inevitably protecting the economic status of those who attempt, plunge many parts of the world either into a military to make a livelihopd in the profession, it is also a step | catastrophe or a crushing economic collapse?” toward protecting the other 762 of us in living without | will th having to ask that 763rd chap if there’s a law against twenty-one American republics? it, and if we can sue for how much. b ( N(-w ¥ No! pait [of t Yol day night. "The 6 basic principles lai world can—and I Aires the nations peaceful relations, this character—a agreements, Unrortunately “From’ the ver: at Buenos Aires, each of them and ere was n admitting “basis of, thi th of war ds a mean: the number of One has but it was shown that|than the Atlantic, Instead, are now working '(hu(- that many Gther pro-|an obvious intent to use them to obtain what they groch ant the babies, in the wonder that every ce. blishe- sets the worla, arlgh ,sald he to in Oakland: wt perfedtly gopd-season.” As Snuffy Sfatth would ny ‘it Strikes; us that a wastin’ to have )\;.tg k out of that bodacious o' 1bdve Washington and Tep the Boyy i ity .7 Now W«ifldfi’énd the Ol % York he w‘ur talistically to the indl ! Btaté Cordell Hull told a New York audlence ‘Thurs- republics at Buenos Aires, he said, and “the enure,emme a structure of enduring peace.” No truer words were ever spoken program of understanding and trust, of friendly and effort for the restoration of conditions of economic |well-being. And none more than eur-able Secretary is ‘onie lawyer for every 763 people in the Of State has contributed to a world understanding of | 4;cheg. recognition at the hands of Congress:whennit extended | for another three years his pmgmm ot melprocal trade he said, the l*ntv -one nations for an effectiyeé renunciation 'neath the skin of a whale called? | enthronement of peaceful means as the sole instru- |of light to travel from the sun to ment for the adjustment of differences.” There is no The altorneys (o pe hostile and believe to be dangerous to their owh HAPPY. - {(——BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tiony and best wishes today, Lheir birthday anniversary, to the Jollow- “She'warits to After all isn't PR particularly, will not bgther their They know the answer 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire ) bt ' ARCH 15, 1037 These stream-lined gadgets which partially cover T M. A up the wheels of airplanes are known to airmen as MARCH 15, After a three-day battle between You will note a pafr on Mrs. Putnam’s plane. 1 |troops ‘supporting the revolutionary RSN NOVY.- 2 " N OOAE Fadl By oy movement and those opposed to it, b b lution was successfully ef- ! The halibuters are off to the fish banks, and a Stella Young ;het :;‘;guk,ussia r she! al are going over their | »-Hecte 5 rod, HeRdniel it B The Overseas News Agency sald hat the revolution in Russia was 3 {due in. part to the disorganization {the population held the. soyemment treed #hé'chip up near Anictiorage.||. ETIQUETTE responsible for its-many sufferings s e e o “; -+ oty and privations. out 'the President oS, When “r "By Roberta Lee- This - Agency _said |further that ght. % T " ".:w', ey the Duma had refused to accept 4/ R ‘Would it be' ¢ood wry have one's telephone number en- raved on visiting cards? i N9, telepliofie numbers are tw«ved for business cards. . ! Q Should one refer to his mee as his “house,” “home,” or liESl' dence’ A. Ld)ssnlvmg it, and mnnnu;d to hold ‘meetings. An executive commit- tee of the Duma, presided over by L. Rodzianks, ~resident, declared itself tc be a provisional govern- ‘ment to take public order in its own hands. The president arrested all government ministers and sent them to jail. It was given out that the army was supporting the Executive Com- mittee. ile el sweury L ther nations' have but: to, follow the ! d down by the twehty~one American | “House” and “nemé" ase ’;kef- use “residence” only .when referring to some' pretentious ]‘191- ling. 8 Q. When there is no maid in the: home, is it better to have some{ The Senatorial deadlock was bro- member of the family wait' on thejken the previous day when Senator others at the table, or merely. pass Sundback, Republican of Nome, the different dishes? ,voted with Senators Heckman, A. It is preferable to pass the{Hubbard, Gaustad and Sutherland /for a slate which made Senator Hubbard, Wickershamite of Valdez, ~~-1 | president of the Senate; william | | |Eddy, Republican of Name, secre~ (mry: Joseph Baxter, Démocrat of Valdez, sergeant-at-arms; John |Heckey, Wickershamite of Anchor- Byt e |age, messenger. {The_remaindér of the positions were to be decided How many people are tempor- upon by a committee consisting of arily disabled by accidents xmm.'Senators Aldrigh, “Ronan,. Suthei- !land and Heckman. hope with all my heart will— build At Buenos of the Western World embraced a of fair dealing and cooperative fact .which Thursday received due RN T M S L :LOOK cnid LEARN there are-several y first interchange of views nmong; speaking of the conference 1 “it became manifest that all the | .\ 2. Is it safe to eat fish and, any| the rest of the d. ‘mllk products together? o il “China Jae wes seized with heart 0 mistaking thé certed williof [ 3 what is the layer of fat, be | trouble but was resting easily at St. Ann’s Hospital under the care of s of poliey and act\on. and for the| 4 How long does it take a beam Dr. L. O. Sloane. | Richard F. Lewis, owner of the| Juneau Water Company, arnved |from the south to spend several| | davs here on business. Eight traveling men who had been in Juneau at the Gastinean Hotel for the past week left for Skag- way. They were Fred J. Cox, J. J. Meherin, C. J. Atkinson, J. G. Low, 4 Frank Parrish, T. J. Mortell, Al Har- u‘a earth? 2 -~ ¢ 5. What city is known fi«he “Gate City of the West"? to glance at the daily newspaper stretches between the new world | “concerted. . will . . . for ! eitheér in Europe or | - i - 4 pproximately 9,000,000, it is evident that certain countries It is claimed that the com- day and night on armaments With yio4i0n is harmless if both are ANSWERS’ | 3. Blubber. i And what they want is still very vague. They' 4 apout eight minutes. {*1s and Charles Shatia. want territory. They want “a place in the sun.” The¥ | 5 Omaha. ; want trade, power, wealth, prestige. They want re-'g L Weather: highest, 32; lowest, 27; venge for ancient grievances, real or fancied. They , D}\ ILY LE 1| cloudy. SSONS i3 e e the clients want what they believe to political conceptions. particularly ahead,” asked Mr. in the direction o of destructive com: Like Secretary our heart and sou WHO WEARS 'E The natural question arising in of us is what Amelia Earhart hopes ing around the world in the best/ buy. Lieut. Massie Is Married Again Naval Officer Was Involved in Honolulu Assault and Manslaughter Case SEATTLE, Mar. 15.—Lieut. Thomas | Massie, naval officer involved in the famous assault and manslaughter case that rocked Hawaii five years ago, is home in his Seattle apart- ment today with his bride, formerly Miss Florence Storms, 29 years old, after a week-end honeymoon at Mount Baker. The marriage was disclosed by the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Storms, of Chewelah, where Mr. Storms is postmaster. They and Lieut. Massie refuse to say when or where the marriage was per- formed. The first Mrs. Massie, formerly Thalia Fortescue, obtained a Rel divorce not long after her_mot! and husband were releas charge of manslaughter in tH§¥ c: following her alleged attack i n- olulu. The present romance b&gan when Lieut. Massie wag H‘aus%frr the Puget SouRd Na find moved into the !»,ame t{mru‘nent house in which his bride lived. The bride and groom plan a visit to Lieut. Massie’s old home in Win- chester, Ky., soon. Lieut. Massie was in Juneau three years ago as executive officer on the U.S.S. Partridge. ——— In Oklahoma, the season in which chicks are hatched has a distinct influence on health and production of the pullets. —— - The . Empire_classifieds 1 But now her husband, George Palmer P M? case of sour grape: the minds of most | cinnati Enquirer. to achieve, by fly- plane rnonéy. can “In the portentous future which lies immediately row path). Lain (past participle of ; ie) ‘ * gL or Synonyms: Powerless, impateht‘] v take their cue from Buenos Aires and the u‘mompewm, Ihetieciens, : IneRaE ble, unable. 1 Wonder if the Socialists decided it was just a IN ENCGLIEH Compounaed All these things they want, and more. They are By W. exactly Hence the 4 = : as written in behalf of reliance on war as an instrument of national policy— G A2 ints - : in | the Kellogg Pact and other peace pledges to the con- . Words Often Misused: Do 0l sy by your twithstanding. He lit the lamp.” “He lighted the} lamp” is preferable. : | dactor. (giten Mispronounced: Exalt. Pronounce egg-zalt, a as in all, dc- cent last syllable, and not eks-alf. Often Misspelled: Lane (a . Hull, “will the nations move further f increasing distrust and suspicion, mercial policy, of growing economic Juneau Drug Co. ' Word Study: “Use a word -three times and it is yours.” Let us in~ crease our vocabulary by master~ ing one word each day. Today's word: Decorous; suitable to thé time, place, and occasion; propet: Hull, we hope the latter, with all 1. But will they? s to keep on holding Malaga.—Cin- B0V, MABTIN | - STILL-BUSY ~ABOUT BILLS {Many Imporlant Measures Passed by. Legislature Are Stilll Unsigned OLYMPIA, Wash,, Mar. 15.—Gov. Clarence D. Martin still must con- sider 129 of 254 bills passed by the Legislature. The Governor had signed 66 bills! on Saturday, creating Departments of Social Security and Child Wel- fare, aiding state forest lands, and changing the name of Prosecuting| Attorneys to District Attorneys. Among the unsigned bills are pro- posals to raise the gas tax from five to five and one-half cents, "odll'ymg the highway laws _aj X exempuons | WHO'.’ING UP #TS AL Final session of the Alaska Game Commission is being held this af- ternoon and most of the Commis- sioners expect to sail on the Al- aska Wednesday. The Commission has been in session for two weeks) attended by Frank P. Williams of St. Michaels, Andrew Simons of} Lakeview, Earl N. 'Ohmer of Pet- ersburg, Irving McK. Reed of Faxr-' banks, the four Commissioners; W. E. Crouch, Assistant Chief in the | Game Management Division of the U. S. Biological Survey, Washing- . . Produc, ‘7 tion of Transportation Shoe Cuph WASHINGTON, March 15. — The/ , BIG VAN : |Senate Railway Finance Committee| - “Smiling Service” PBGNE 3‘ told Congress today that giant ) Y transportation holding companies Bert’s Cash GI'OCCI'Y should be federally supervised or| PHONE 105 For very prompt forbidden altogether. Junesu law. TING | home port to pick up Dr. Ellis and “A decorous speech.” “Decorous dress.” “De ior.” The main idea is to make every one of these ram- - cnrolusl be. Harior pagmg rivers crestfallen.—Indianapolis Star. Oklahoma hatches 25,000,000 EBU! ST 7T annually. JARMAN'S Custom Built $6.50 FRIENDLY FIVE $5 Men’s FORTUNE Shoes $4.00 Nationally Advenhel Suggests End of | Giant Haldmgé f Gompanies Nm | Railway Fmance Commit-| tee Continues Investiga- | Pay’n 'l'aklt PHONES . 92.or 25 Free Delivery Fresh Meats, Groceries, Liquors, Wines and Beer We Sell for LESS Because We Sell for CASH Leader Dept. Store George: Brothers Free Delivery The committee suggested turther,L " v uQUOR Dwvm studies, however, before “a clearly. defined policy” should be made into In its preliminary report, the committee outlined the tangled hi;f 3 'tory of the nation’s greatest rn.\lwly empire, the Van Sweringen’s 23,000 stem, and asserted that fhe| ecent sale at auction of its consj - firolling securities may be illegal. ! . The Senate voted an additiohal $150,000 to allow the committee !.o contipue its investigation. 44 COMES HERE FOR DR, R. V. ELLIS The boat Mollusk, owned by Dr. R. V. Ellis, prominent Ketchikan physician, was in port here for an hour last Saturday night. The Mol- lusk, making a special trip from her Ji uneau,g ‘Alaska take him back to Ketchikan, ar- rived here about 11 o'clock and sailed south again shortly after mid- nlght, Dr. Ellis came to Juneau from Ketchikan the first of last wdel aboard the motorship Norco. { T 3 A’«m i Execuuve Officer. hmmw ‘,uf the transport service ‘and. thati-. Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” TUESDAY, March 16, 1937 Benefic aspects dominate today. It is auspicious for many branches of industry and presages good luck through journeys. According to as- trology the late hours will be most fortunate. ‘This is preeminently ‘a happy day for wo since it stimulates. them mentally and encourages their high- est’ ambitions. | Through this year a-general teé- adjustment willi be -evident in. the industry and mofessiansl wage- earning. jtalents success is promised. petition today requires. better train- well paid positions. cidents may be numerous. The in- |fluence of Mars is destructive. Our |ships are to gain added face on the |high seas. | The afternoon is a favorable time I for signing legal papers. Leases; and contracts should be profitable. In the evening banquets and re- |ceptions for foreign -visttors- should | |be fortunate. . Wew'¥ork and Wash- ington will welcome many disting- uxshed “Buropean diplomats this Spring. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year “of prosperity. Speculation mny bring lbrge re-| turn: Chxldren bom,on this day prob- |ably will ‘be aefive and resource-. {ful:, Subjects of;this sign usunlly coveted experiences, George Wharton Pepper, former | United States Senator, was born on| this day 1867. Others who have ,celebrated it as a birthday include R(‘ne Bache, 1861; William Byrd, \Amerlcan colonial lawyer, 1674. i (Copyright, 1937) | ——— . 4 o HARRY RACE, Druggist “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” | PR i Winter Rates || SITKA HOT SPRINGS | Mineral Hot Baths Accommodations to suit every taste. Reservations Alaska Air ‘Transport. L i [ - Work and Dress BIG VAN'S 228 Front St. "'l‘omonow s Styles For those with superior: Com-' |enjoy life iwhich .Hers them many| A [ ' DOUGLAS | NEWS EAGLES TO ESTABLISH IN LABOR UNION HALL; MEETING IS TONIGHT | | A regular meeting of Douglas Aerie 117, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Jthe first since the fire, will be held . in temporary Lodge quarters pro- vided by the city over the Cqliseum Theatre, this evening at the jusual :thour of 8 o'clock. Most important ,business of "::4 meeting will be consideration 'Jnhe Imperial - ukase of March. 11thirelation of women to the world or[plans for their new home which: 1they intend. to bufld o GUILD SEWING MEETING "The ladies of St. Luke's Gufld, will ing and greater skill amohg ‘girls|meet at the home of Mrs. J. R. than among men who contest for|Guerin Thursday afternoon for their | regular sewing meeting. All friends Under this planetary direction ac-|of the Guild are cordially invited. | ———eeo— SMITHS MOVE The Guy Smiths, who have had temporary quarters in the Govern- ment school building since the fire, are now making their home with Mr. and Mrs. Felix Gray while ~ awaiting conclusion - of . rebuilding plans for a new store and apart- ment, —— . | SUCCESSFUL DANCE | Mike Pusich's dance, given at the |Nat Saturday night in memory of |the Dreamland attracted a good crowd of Channel folks who pro- nounced the affair a success, which will most likely call for other simi- lar dances in the near future. e —————— BACON BUILDiNG { SOON READY FOR _GROCERY STORE +A. E. Goetz expects to have the Bncnn huilding ready for the re- thIahmem of his grocery store lmnefl lbout ‘Wednesday, provid- ing “the glass front for the building n.rHves ‘tomorrow as planned. .c_o{AL -‘For Every Purse i{ PACIFIC COAST ! COAL CO. 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