ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
JOHN W. TROY - - • EDITOR AND MANAGER
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NOT STRANGE.
It is net strange that tlie Senators anil Represen
tutivir who vi: tt.i Alaska told he people in Seattle
that the greatest need in Alaska 13 self-government.
They dincovercd after a visit to the Territory that we
have a many problems that are local to this country
us they have in the separate States, 'that are local
there, and familiar as they are, with the processes
of government they realize of cour.-e, that the only
people who are caipaible arid have the itime necessary
to t live the problems are these on the ground.
The growth and development of the United States
and the endurance of the Constitution are due to the
fact that self-government is provided for in the
Stater.. It is through the saparate State organizations
that government has been kopt close to the people
and it lr became government has been kept close
to the people that the Constitution and the govern
ment ha. successfully functioned so long.
Alar.ka is not different in that reepoet from the
ether sections of the country. As Bryan said once
upon a time, Alaskans have a right to make their
own mistakes, because if they make mistakes they
will knew it >ner and apply the remedy quicker
than if the mistakes ure made by non-residents.
COLBY SUPPORTS THE PRESIDENT.
Bnimbridgo Colby, Secretary of State In tho Wilson
Administration, says President Harding Is our leader
just now In the fight to get the United States to take
het place and assume her responsibility among the
Nation of the world in the interest of permanent
peace. The fight for the World Court, lie says, has
I'Mn carrtlkd ibeytftd party lines tiy the President and
placed upon the broad plane of a National duty, and,
under the circumstance -, there can be no opposition
to him oocauee he, the principal champion of the
World Court, is the leader of one of the great political
parties of hte country, while he, himself, is an adher
ent of the other major party,
The leading Democratic papers of the Nation are
alto supporting the President. In fact, about tlie
strongest new&papei support the President is getting
for the World Court comes from the Post, Times and
World of New York Cily, the Springfield Republican
and other nominally independent Democratic papers.
Tlie Hcarst and idunsey papers, which supported the
President for election in 1920, are opposing him on
this proposition. Nothing better Illustrates the puint
mode by Mr Colby, that tho President has placed
ills campaign for the World Court on h higher plane
than partisan politic::.
SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN TO RETIRE
Allter serving 'the public for thirty years former
Senator Chamberlain Days he must retire and earn
aomc money. The Oregon statesman la getting along
In years and haF been poor all his life on account
of his constant attention to public matters. He now
feels that it is time to get enough ahead to provide
against old age.
Senator ChnmlberUvin has rendered eminent serv
ice to his State and Nation during his long official
career. As Prosecuting Attorney of Multnomah Coun
ty. Oregon. Attorney-General of Oregon. Governor of
the State and United States Senator he won for him
self a place second to no Pact tic Coast public man.
He has earned tho right to retire to private life If
that Is his choice.
Early this month the floods wero destroying
Eastern hanoeo. This week tho heat wave is de
stroying the Easterners themselves. A few weeks
ag.'i blizzards were, fairing havoc throughout the same
country. That colonization Fx’homo may work after
ait. for Alaska certainly has her advantages.
WHAT PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY THINKS.
I)r. Nicholas Murray Boiler, President of Colum
bia University, rays the issue presented by the Vol
stead Act in the United States will not down, and, he
declare any political party that favors keeping the
Act on the statute books iti Its present form will he
defeated. He heartily approves of the action of the
Now York Legislature and Governor in repealing the
Now York Stute prohibition enforcement law.
Dr. Buitler wa seriously considered in connection
with the Republican Presidential nomination both in
liUC and 1920. He Is regarded as one of the most
important ligttres in the councils of that party.
In a recent interview he said:
The Voletead Act is a He, and a lie which
flatly emuradio tp the Eighteenth Amendment
■it it If. Any political party which proposes
to keep tt on the statute book, tmrevised
and unamended, will find itseir defeated
tit the poll' In many Stales overwhelmingly.
* • * There is deep resentment at the double
jeopardy in which violators of the prohibi
tion law are placed by rRation of both na
tional and state legislation. • • The pro
hibition mania is the most violent and ob
noxious form of intemperance that I have
ever known. Itr. eplrit and its methods are
lho$£ erf the Salem witch-burners of the eev
entetjaMi ceutury. * * * Jt calls for prohlbi
ition of alcoholic liquors today. But It may
ibe directed against free speech, free press,
and free religious worship tomorrow. The
antl-OatholIc and anti-Jewish bigotry now to
manifest ia but anohtcr dorm of this mania.
If it continues unchecked it will destroy both
our national character and our national in
stitutions.
The Volstead Act is operating to keep Yukon Ter
ritory dry because it does not permit the transporta
tion of liquor across American Territory from one
Canadian point to another even in bond. If the Vol
stead Act had been in force before the Canadian
boundary dispute was settled there might have been
more of a dispute.
A French aviator is planning an airplane flight]
I to tho North Polo. He should wait and have a con-|
vcreation with Amundsen.
Tho outlook for peace in the Near East would not
I lie so good if either Orcece or Turkey were cure she
! could whip the other.
The Saloon Will Not “Come Hack.”
(Now York World.)
Gov. Smith docs well in the memorandum ac
companying his signature of the bill to state tiiat
tlie Mullan-Gage repeal act does not mean that "the
saloon is coming iback.” It maens, of course, noth
ing of tlie sort. If it meant that, Gov. Smith would
not have rigned tho 'bill.
Both the Eighteenth Amendment and the Vol
stead act are still the law of the land; aa *tnuoh
in Now York State as in any other State, whether
cr not it has taken up the option of "concurrent
leg!'iait'ion.” A great deal of bunk has barn uttered
upon that point, whether In ignorance or by design.
V.’liat tho repeal moans is simply that infractionr
of the law in New York will hereafter be tiled in
Federal Courts, relieving defendant? of the menace
of a double penalty and ending much graft and
confusion.
Passengers Will “Fly.”
(New York Herald.)
The destruction of an airplane on the Paris-Lon
don line, with the loss of nix lives, is a horrifying
incident. Yet such tragedies rausft be expected in
aviation for sonic years fo come, until the gradual
growth toward perfection In aerial machines has
overcome the present weaknesses. With all the tine
performances of the plane in peace and war, with all
jits remarkable feats In hopping oceans and continents,
jit is not yet safe in the sense that ether means of
travel are safe.
The airplane as an everyday agent of passenger
I transportation will arrive in time, and that time may
\ not be far off. It will arrive because it is a neces
1 isity. Men want it because ft cuts out much of the
j time wasted in travel. The world to in a hurry.
It will have what it wants. Science to constantly
at work trying to make one hour do what two hours
have been doing.
The Now York Herald is confident that the air
to some day going to be for passenger traffic what
the sea to for both passenger and freight. Our planes
j already have speed. The element lacking is the safety
! which will make flying no more dangerous than trav
eling on an express traiin. That security is approached
! year by year. Considering the great number of air*
! pianos now In use the fatalities have been cut down
j in a most encouraging way.
Twenty yoars ago it was the general belief that
j the lighter than air machines would be the future
| passenger trains of the sky. The rapid Improvement
of the plane has diissiipated this idea. The gas bag
' devices, whether Zeppelins, blItmips or plain balloons,
are lacking In the vital quality of power. The wind
j Is their master. Several of them were blown away
1 from the Tulleries Gardens on Sunday and sent kiting
j In the general direction of Russia. And thon there
j is the fire hazard, which has caused the most shock
I ing of all aviation tragedies.
j For peace or war the airplane Is the thing, be it
j monoplane, tnplane or something not yet invented.
Marriage a Commercial Institution.
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
i Rev. Dr. Joseph Silverman, in a recent sermon
on “The Scandal of Divore.e,'’ held up a mirror in
which those of us who are honest enough to admit it
must recognize a certain ugly truth.
It is Dr. Silverman’s contention that the divorce
scandal largely la a result of iinarriages for merce
nary reasons. He is old-fash'ioned enough to believe
Hi at marriage again should become what it always
should be—an affair of romance. It may sound strange
to modern, sophisticated ears, but he holds that the
only real basis for marriage Is love.
Hut the marriage market goes on. The offerings
are plentiful, the Wilders aipparenlty inexhaustible
In point of numbers. No more a sacrament in the
eyes of milling social adventurers, marriage is pros
tituted for commercial ends. It well may be true
that In many inrtances parents abet this sacrilege
unconsciously. But It is true that civilization has
created a desire for the three things pointed out by
the ruinieter as almost Irresistible lures to weak
human nature -wealth, power and pleasure. Must we
accept it as true, as he rccins to beleive, that the end
of all human effort Is wealth, power and pleasure?
Wo hesitate to -admit the aibsolute validity of this
sad Gomel union. Yet there stands the marriage mar
ket. It in not listed on the stock exchange, but the
man in the street is aware cf Its existence, as much
so as was the citizen of old Babylon who viowed the
disposal of human wares from a public block.
In such situation we cannot be surprised a.t the
numerous divorce tragedies. And when we add to
these marriages of convenience, marriages for mere
mercenary ends, all the hasty, unhygenic, erotic, ill
advised and unspiritual unions, whose unsavory reve
lations continuously clog the administrations of the
Divorce Courts, we tremble for the ruture of society
Marriage is not a business. If lit nothing more
limn a mere conlract it is no more respectable than
the promiscuity of tree love. It must continue to be
regarded as a spiritual convenant. a real union of
hearts and souls, a copartnership of comradeship
mutual sympathy and unselfish afTection which flow
ers to complete perfection In the home where Eros
smiles and sings, where pallor baby feet and lisping
voices pray (o the Creator of love and happiness
l nleae so revered and regarded, it he institution of
marriage becomes a menace to the well-being of the
race, and the noblest relationship in human exper
iince must pass to submergence in that darkness
which shrouds the old evil gods.
Eight or the ten cars finishing in the money fo
the Indianapolis 500-mile auto raeo, and includin
the first seven in order, were of American make The
may have started building them in Europe ,but w
perfected .them In America—(Sau Francisco Bui
Ifipubliran leaders are said to fear that tl
may lose a Senator in Minnesota by failure to el
a successor to the lake Knute Nelson Thev wo
he reconciled to this loss If they could also lose
certain .Senator from Wisconsin.—(New York Po*
We hope the minority never gets hold of one
th«o things scientists say can magnify the him
voice 12,000 time*.—(Toledo Blade.)
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ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
i
Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
One good thing about the old-fash
ioned way of piercing the ears to
hold the ear-rings was the fact that
there was a limit to the amount of
weight the girls could hang on them.
The Ananias Club
Once upon a time there was a
woman who cleaned house and had
the furniture all put back in the
same place because her husband ob
jected to having it changed around.
They’re Non-Stop Records, Eh?
minks—Had any desire to get in
those record-breaking contests?
Jinks—Yes, I’m just crazy to break i
every record my neighbor has.
Oh, Ladies, Ladies! I
If the tinB, each measuring four
Inches in length, necessary to hold
the 1U.000 tons of talcum powder
used by women in America last year
were placed end to end they would
extend 2,147 miles, or from New
York to Sante Fe, N. M.
It’s a Hard Life
“Pa," said Clarence, “what does
the wedding ring signify?”
“Son," sighed his dad. “IPs just
a symbol of the circles the husband
is gonna have to keep running around
’em after the woman gets it on her
finger.”
Fool Questions
n. O. G. asks: “Why do they call
it a running account.” Because we
suppose, It keeps the hill collectors
busy running after you to get it
paid up.
Friendly Philosophy
The trees on the sleeping hillside
point Just as perpendicular toward
the heavans as those on the plateau.
They have overcome environment!
Why should not we mortals do equal
ly as well?—J. E. F.
Gosh, How Big Do Potatoes Grow?|
Down There, Anyway?
(Apple Tree, Ky. Cor. McCreary
County Record.)
William Crabtree is working on his
potatoes at this time.
Evidently Wasn’t a Hardy Ideal
(Divorce note in Houston Post.)
Arch Hardy vs. Ideal Hardy, di
vorce. (Eightieth.)
Another Marvelous Invention
Only three buttons are needed for!
suspenders invented by an English
tailor, waist hands of trousers being!
cut to form points upon which th" j
buttons are attached.
If It Fits—
The divorce court records show j
! that though women may not cling |
to their husbands the way they used J
to they still cling to their money
with a death grip.
We guess a wpman might still live
very comfortably on a salary of
$2,500 a year if they didn't have to
buy gas for the car, keep up with
the styles and pay rent.
The best Insurance against an un
happy married life Is for the hus
band and wife to adopt a common
sense policy. This means, of course,
to let the wife be the uncontosted
boss.
Maybe one reason why husbands
quit kissing their wives after they
have been married awhile is because
Friend Wife doesn't keep herself
looking as kissable as she used to
when she was angling for him. •
No matter whfct their walk in life
is nobody thesdb'days wants to walk
—not even if they have to pay $5
down and $5 a week to get a car.
These long, lpose skirts the girls
are wearing certainly don't look as
neat and trim as the dear, old, well
filled silk stockings used to.
The Europeans charge the Amer
icans with being great wasters, but
they at htast ought to give our
i It's all In knowing HOW to do
| Orst-clase cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
1 C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
I and Cleaner. Phono 177.
*
We arc expert in
I “ORNAMENTAL CONSTRUC
TIVE WATER-PROOF
CONCRETE,”
I and the common wet kind also.
| Willoughby Ave., near Ball- |
1 grounds. Established Twenty |
| years. Phone 3 2 j
| OONCRETK PRODUCTS MFG. |
I COMPANY ' 1
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JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Moves, Packs and Stores Freight
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADY8MITH COAL
Phone 48/
Buperstouts credit for doing all they
can to reduce the waist.
Probably the reason they object to
a woman teaching in the schools af
ler she is married is because they
think she will have her hands full
teaching her husband his place.
Making themselves agreeable Is
what makes it possible for the con
men to make themselves rich. Find
your own moral.
We know a lot of mighty pretty
girls who, if they only had brains
would be world beaters.
The pride of the family is the son
who has the largest bank account
and can afford to help finance the
rent of the tribe.
Some mysteries don't interest us.
We never cared a rap about under
standing the Einstein theory. Hut we
wish we could understand a woman.
Daily Sentence Sermon
There’s a lot of Inspiration in a
fat pay envelope.
News of the Names Club
If any of yon have anything on
tlie hip S. W. Samples of Dallas,
nays that's his name.
If anybody needs one, we'd like
to say A. Bath, of Houston. Texas,
has just joined the club.
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ROBERT LOWE SPEAKER AGAIN
Robert I.owe of Whitehorse has
been elected Speaker of the new Yu
kon Council. He occupied the samel
position in the previous Council.
RED PEPPER HEAT
ENDS RHEUMATISM
Red Pepper Rub takes the "ouch”
from sore, stiff, aching joints. It
cannot hint yon, and It certainly
stops that old rheumatism torture at
onco.
When you are suffering so you
can hardly got around, just try Red
Pepper Rub and you will have the
quickest relief know. Nothing has
such concentrated, penetrating heat
as red peppers. Just as soon as you'
apply Red Pepper Rub you will feel!
the tingling heat. In three minuttes!
It warms the sore spot through andj
through. Pain and Boreness are!
gone.
Ask any good druggist for a Jar,
ol Rowles Red Pepper Rub. I3o sure
tc get the genuine, with the name
Rowles on each package.
(advertisement.)
AUTOS FOR HIRE
1 WHEN IN NEED OF A TAXI i
Call Collins j
, Seven passenger touring car.
j Stand Trinaglo Shoe Shine Par
l lor. Phone 186. Res. Phone 281.
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CALL
Berry’s Auto Service
j for that seven-pasenger 1923
j Cadillac touring car. Stand at
j Gastineau Hotel. Popular
| pricse. Phone 10.
j Also seven-passenger Sedan, ;
Day and Night Service
Call 362. I
Miller’s Taxi Service
TWO CARS
Stand Alaskan Hotel
PHONE—SINGLE 0
I
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Blackie’s Taxi
ANY WHERE- ANY TIME
Stand Arctic Pool Room
PHONE 444
Billy’s Taxi
Day and night service.
Stand at the Grill.
Phone 472.
m-a
Auk Bay Stage
Leaves U. & I. Cafe for Auk
Bay 5 P. M., Saturday only,
returning 6:30. Special trip at
any time. Round trip $2.60
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T ARCTIC BATHS "
Without exception the best
Turkish Baths In Alaska.
Give us a trial and you will be
come a regular customer.
W. H. Lott,
Proprietor. So. Front St.
ALASKA COAL
FOR ALASKANS
—No soot
—Low in ash
—High in heat units
—Clean to handle
PHOHE 412
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Dr. W. J. Pigg
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office—-Second and Main
Telephone 18
DM. n. N. UONAHEY
Same Good Service us In the
Post
HutesonDokaiot
Oo t ical (o,wip«57
108 Pike Street, Seattle:
Sitka Hot Springs
Viiit the F&mona
Dr. F. L. Goddard’* Sanitarium
Rates 13.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
fraternal Societies
-OP
Gastineau Channel
O . ILEI
Meeting Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o'clock. Elks' Halt
Charles P. Jenna,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVI8,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodiea
of freemasonry
Scottish Site
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Frida ye each month
at 7:80 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HBUBAL, Secretary.
I. O. O. F.
BILVBR BOW
XX) DO® NO. I 4
Meeeta every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perejle, Noble Orandt
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
MOUNT JONEAO LODI*
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Stated CommurHpatlon
Secr.nd and Fourth Hondari
of each Month. In Odd Fnllc—a
Mall, beginning at 7:je o'clock.
Itnmnr 0. Nordling, Master.
C'haa. E. Naghel. Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Bccond and Fourth Tim
dnya of each month.
At 8 o'clock, i. o. o. F. Hal
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDUNU, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBOS
MEOhBRB COUNCIL We.
17 «U. Meeting* aacoat
and iaat Mondaya at 7:M
^ K p. m. Tranalent Broth
era urged to attend. Council Chamber*.
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, Q. K.
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at I ). ■<
Elks' ixxige Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; O. ■.
Maim, Poet Adjutant, Phone 198.
LOYAL ORDER 01
M00SX.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o'clock.
Moose Hall. E. F.
Rodenberg, Dictator; R. II. Stovena
Secretary.
WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Bender, Senior Regent; Mn. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
* AUXILIARY, FIONEERI 0V
ALASKA. Igloo No. 6.
Meets last Thursday of overy |
| month. Social hour with metn
I bers of Pioneer Lodge to fol- |
low each meeting.
I Mrs. Lottie Splckett, President.
JMre. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
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WHERE
SUCCESS
BEGINS
The road to luccete begin* at the Saving* Window.
How early you attain »ucces» depends on how
often you deposit. Many of our captains of industry
owe their success in a large part to the habit of
thrift acquired in youth. Have you started your boy
in the right direction?
The B. M. Behrcnds Bank
7UHXAU, ALAS7JL