ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
«)HN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER
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CIROI’EATION GUARANTEED TO BE
piotlBI.E THAT OF ANT O rl IER ALASKA
MORE THAN
NEWSPAPER
WHAT AMERICA SHOULD 1)0?
The lnr!ituLG of American Business of New York
pas ; 'nl to 1,000 newspapers of America, The Empire
among them, a questionnaire, requesting answers to
four propositions:
1. Should the United States enter the
League of Nations us now organized and
share with the other members the full re
tpousiibilitic3 which Its covenant involves?
2. Should the t nited States enter the
League or Nations with such reservations
as will limit the League in its jurisdiction
as far a? we are concerned to appeals marie
to world public opinion in behalf of its de
cision ?
3. Should the United States give condi
tional adhesion to the permanent Court of
International Justice established at The
Hague under the auspices of the League
of Nations in accordance with the provisions
of the Harding-Mughea formula?
4. Should the United States give un
conditional adhesion to a Supreme Court of
the World, organized to outlaw war, in ac
cordance with the provisions of the formula
elaborated by Senator Borah.
To which The Empire answers:
To No. 1. Yes; that is first choice.
To No. 2. Yes, if the first proposition is impos
sible of accompli liment.
To No. 3. Yes, if tlie lirst and second proposi
tions ate impossible of accomplishment.
To Ne. 4 Yes, if the first, second and third
prepotitionr. arc Impossible of accomplishment.
The Empire believes the United States should take
l:cr place with the nations (f the world on an
equality of baric and assume all the responsibilities
end extrei: ' all ihe faith in humankind that involves,
it believes that If the United .Stalls would take into
the League of Nations her standing as a country and
all the traditions of her people for fair dealing and
sympathy for humanity, site would in a very short
time lead the world out of the maze of misunder
standings and intolerance that now seems over
whelming.
J! tlie peepie are not ready to assume the full
measure of American duty to civilization, the Gov
ernment should go as far in the right direction as
the people are ready to go.
INVESTMENTS AND ENGINEERING SKILL
HOLD LATIN MARKETS.
American capital, ingenuity, anil engineering skill
have broki n Europe's grip on the markets rtf Latin
America, I)r. Julius Klein, Director cf tlie Bureau of
.Foreign and Domestic Commerce of t lie Department
cf Commerce’ declared last week before the National
Foreign Trude Council in session In New Orleans.
Shortly after the Armistice the lowered cost of
production in Europe threatened seriously to regain
for European manufacturers the Latin American mar
kets to which the United States had naturally fallen
heir during the period of the war. Every weapon of I
commerce known to the centuries-i xperienced mer
chants of the old world was employed to support this j
advantage. Salesmen I palaver i f ttie "cultivated in I
Europe'" brand broaden;.ted from thousands of trained
tongues promts' ;1 prices, deliveries, and qualities
which turned certain to chare the American and his
goods from the southern avenues of trade.
The vigorous onslaught did for a time seriously
affect our trade relations. Some of the smallei Am
• "lean houses "were even forced to close their doors.
Now, however, the tide has turned.
Throughout Latin America, with the single ex
ception of Mexico, our exports for the last quarter
of 1922 showed an increase, and frequently a very
material Increase, over those of tile corresponding
year of 1921. Our exports to Mexico were larger
than for any other year than 1921.
The outlook for the near and distant future from
an American Bales standpoint is more than hopeful.
Latin America in Billing her staple products, cocoa,
coffee, cupper, liidi . meats, nitrates, sugar and other
commcditi. once more in Hie world's markets at
increasingly satisfactory prices, and the United States
la certain to enjoy more than a fair share of this
revival of trade, in Director Klein's opinion.
Tlie pari which American capital, engineering
ckili, and business ability have played in the develop
ment of the natural resources of Latin America Is not
ik) well ricognised a-’ it should he. according to Dr.
Klein. Credit tor a large share of our present suc
cess is overcoming European competition. Dr. Klein
dialared, is due the judicious investment of American
capital in that region and to the pioneer work of
American engineer. Long before the United Slates
Y.-us In a po iMon to export capital, its citizens were
applying their skill and ingenuity in building rail
road-. establi)hiiig steamship lines, in opening coal
and other mines and similar work in South America
William Wheelwright of Newburyport. Mass., sev
enty years age laid plain for the first railway jn
South America and eubsequintly projected the first
trans-Andine railroad anil established the lirst steam
chip line on the Watt Coast of South America. Just
twenty years later, Henry Meiggs performed the tre
mendous ftjjt of constructing the highest standard
gauge railway in the world, the marvelous Central
Railroad or Peru, and other lailruad lines. In more
recent times the construction of the Panama Canal
I has been the outstanding achievement of American
engineering enterprise. There have been many other
Striking evidences of our ability and our interest in
the development of the resources of Latin America.
“Trade does follow the investment," Director
Klein declared, pointing out that the truth of this
axiom is Illustrated by the heavy export of American
machinery to Chile, Peru and Bolivia where Ameri
can companies are in operation. Continuing on the
subject of the value of investments in foreign trade
promotion. Dr. Klein said that in forecasting our
Latin American trade the importance of these finan
cial transactions must be given special consideration
for they now amount to from $2,500,0(H),000 to
000,000,000. After the Armistice, as a natural con
sequence of its newly acquired position as a creditor
nation, the 1'nited States took fhe place of Great
Britain, France and other European countries us the
;chief market for Latin American loans. These flota
tions reached their height in tlie first half of last year
when a total of about $150,000,000 was issued.
Sound and profitable investments, which will re
sult in the increase of our trade in necessary equip
ment and especially in the development of tlie great
[natural resources of the southern republics, wfll mean
enhanced prospreity for Latin America and a rapidly
rising standard of living and purchasing power for
its 90,000,000 inhabitants. The world at large will
feel very directly the stimulation cf our efforts tn
judiciously satisfying the capital ^requirements of oui
friends to the South.
The Clean-up and Paint-up campaign should be
I accompanied or followed by a garden planting carn
ipaign. Juneau yards should bloom with flowers
j wherever possible when the distinguished cisitors
i begin to arrive here in the early summer. Nothing
cise adds quite so much as pretty yards and lawns
and flowers io the charms of a City of Homes—and
that is what Juneau is.
Teddy Roosevelt evidently does not believe light
ning often strikes twice in the same family. He
refuses to consider taking the Vice-Presidential nom
ination for, he says, it would be taking political
chloroform. Once upon a time the elder Teddy had
similar ideas but he chloroformed himself into the
Presidency.
Naval Survey of Alaska.
(Seattle Times.)
j Plans o! the Navy Department for a survey of
Alaskan waters for the purpose of determining the
, feasibility of either organizing the Territory into
[a naval district or selecting a strategic place for an
j advanced naval base emphasizes the importance oi
:the Northland as a factor in the peace of the Pacific.
■ Hy taking advantage of the opportunity offered for
I national defense in the northern possession, the
country will put itself in a hotter state of p’-epared
: ness, and^ in strengthening itself where it is ad
I mittedly weak, it will reduce its vulnerability to at
1 tack and thereby discourage efforts at aggression.
Tite thoroughness of the proposed quest for in
formation is evidenced by the fact that it will be
; undertaken by a party of officers under Hear Admiral
| John V. Chase, commander of the fleet base force;
that three naval vessels, which will have aboard
j several airplanes, will he detailed for the expedi
tion, and that ninety days will be spent in making
| the survey. The task will require all the energy
and time that can be devoted to it. The coastal
: line of Alaska Is greater than that cf any State or
! other Territory in the Union. Its extent along the
, mainland is 4,750 miles and, including islands, it
totals 26,364. \
The Rodman report on Navy requirements, is so
far as it affects Alaska, probably will serve as a guide
for Rear Admiral Chase in his work. The Rodman
findings recommend Alaska bo made a naval district,
stress the necssity for an air station and a base for
submaines and destroyers, and call attention to the
noed of information as to what harbor and anchorage
facilities would be available In the event any con
siderable number of warships should be compelled to
operate in northern waters.
W hile the Navy in the Immediate future may not
be in pc.itlon to put into effect its plans for Alaska
establishment", Rear Admiral Chase’s mission indi
cates an intention to defer no longpr the acquirement
of sites for shore stations. Without doubt the Navy
officer, after his voyage north, will be able to advise
as to the necessary and available sites, and as most,
if not all, of them may be reserved from land still
under the control of the government, the Federal
authorities may he expected to make selection without
delay.
Alaska s strategic positiort from a naval view
point is ol major importance because of her proximity
to both Siberia and the Far Fast. Site holds a
dominant position in the Pacifica
A I'olitical ( rime.
(Soward Gateway.)
The defeat of the Foster Literacy Bill was one
ot the crimes of the present legislative term. This
hill was one of the most vital and far-reaching ever
presented to the Legislature. It was a one hundred
per cent American hill, and should have been sup
ported to the limit by the American Legion and
every citizen in the Territory.
In brief the bill provided that none but persons
able to read and write the Knglish language should
have the privilege of voting at Territorial elections.
Ceitaln politicians who have heretofore profited by tlifc
Indian and illiterate vote lobbied against the bill and
it was killed.
I here ir. no Legislator in Alaska today who would
bale tlie temerity to taee an audience of American
citizens and tell them face to face that their vote
is no better than an Indian’s. That any buck from
the far reaches of the Alaska Peninsula has as much
voice in controlling Alaska affairs as you have. That
i':o believes that any man who could not talk or
| understand English or who could not tell the same
I of the Governor of the Territory or the President of
, LTiited States could kill vour vote by being manipu
lated by unscruplous politicians.
T lie Literacy Bill is applied to the voters of every
: -tate In the I'nlon from Flordia to Maine. It is
the test of Americanism and the bulwark of our in
stitutions. Its rejection has placed our Legislature
jin the midievnl ages and prostituted the rights of our
I citizens.
K(Torts to ridel rack Vice President Coolldgo from
the second term led an Ohio politician to suggest that
i perhaps he has struck the "cool-age” in Washington.
— Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Something wrong with that chap Henry Ford
Here's seven whole days gone by and he has not
brought up the natural resources of a single state._
(Cincinnati Enquirer.) %.
People who pray only when they are in trouble
may be pious, but more probably they are yellow._
(San Francisco Journal.) _
When a person Is lost in thought it is probably
due to his wandering mind.—(San Francisco Journal.) 1
ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Oh, You Girls!
Tli > orchard kind may suffer when
The mercury takes its spring dun;
JJu: no mere .frost oan ever hurt
Our greatest and best Peach Crop.
Obrervations of Oldect Inhabitant
it is getting so no man is content
ed with his tot unless there is a
garage on the back of it.
The Ananias Club
‘‘Coal was wo high ail winter that
we have decided > make it easier
for the poor consumer by cutting the
price in half this summer," is the
word sent out by the roe man.
That That
Blink's—What do you think of a
girl dressing well on $ld a month?
Jinks—1 tiiint^ >t must have been
a sated instead, of a girl.
‘ Everybody Works But Father”
(Gardensvj 1U> Co. Kalinoinh Outlook.)
Mr Poster Works, of Atwood, Is
visiting his ibrother, Karl Works, a
few days this week.
That Is the Question
"Yes,” boasted the President, “our
iblank is absolutely fire and burglar
iproof ”
"But,” inquired the timid depositor,
I "is it cashler-protof ?”
Constant Practice
Every (time we see a man making a
fool of Mmaetif wo can’t help think
ing tihat after all Darwin was right.
—iSarn Mill in Cincinnati Enquirer.
The follow who steps to think about
this every tiimo ho sees somebody
making a ’foci out of himself, doesn’t
havo much time ,tor anything but
Darwinian reflection . “Dusty” Mil
ler.
Fool Questions
R. F. asks: “Can surgeons perform
jia major operation on a minor?" A
I fellow who will ask a question like
that should be 'turned over to the
tender monies of Florida's “whipping
boss.”
Ever Think of It?
Tlie old treating habit is one thing
'that hasn't survived prohibition
There isn't any place for it these dry
Says, if you wore to ask a man tc
icome in and have an ice cream soda
i with you he ,probably would hav«
I you rushed to the Probate Court ami
I you’d be in the bughouse linstanter
Of course there are other things t
' man might treat to you, in his desire
to be sociable. For Instance, he
might be headed for I lie barber show
and shy, “Come o-n in and have a hail
cut, stove and shampoo with me.’
, And then ycu could treat him to one
jand then he'd buy again, etc Till
would enable more barbers to owr
swell cars.
So Are a Lot of the Guests
Frank Ryan sends us word th.i
i Pheory Dry is a bellboy at one o!
the local hotels. Huh! Wo always
! undemtood that lie!1 boy s knew bet
j ter than anyone else where to get it
An Up-to-Date Girl
! “Well, dearie, aro you going tc
| business college and learn stenogru
i phy ho you can support yourself?'
I inquired the country aunt, who hat
\ arrived if or a visit.
“Not on your tintype,” snapped he:
| flapper niece,, “I am going to do liki
jtuia did, marry a man who can affor.
! to pay mo enough alimony and live
In comfort without work.”
If It Fits—
When two or three super stouts
get together ail other subjects of con
ver/afron are laid aside while they
discuss ways to reduce
One reason why some girls have
HOTEL SEATTLE ”7
| “Home of Alaskans”
| Price* reasonable. European
plan Seattle, Waah.
I R. L. HODQDON, Manager
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It’e all in knowing HOW to do
first-class cleaning ar.d dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
? THE MAKINt/ OF CONCRETE
Is a matter of proper material*
together with englneorlng skill.
Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Year*
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFO.
COMPANY
Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Mom, Pack*
and
Treifkt
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
Phone 48.
had to become old maids is because
their fathers were not financially able
to support sons-in-law.
iNcfthing < an make a distant rola
tive out of a dose one any <iuicker
than asking him i > lend you money.
Veit will .find many .1 man who
'has the big h rid has to buy a size
six and a half hat.
.Most of the men who a. ■ tried in
our Criminal Courts are more inter
ested in igetfting an acquittal than
they are in getting justice.
Every man hus a right lo criticize
his wife, and he is free to exercise
his right if he doesn’t min.l ;lie Oder
of drugs in ia hospital.
We hope no one will suggest a long
distune talk stunt next. I; never
would end. for ithey can talk in their
sleep just as easily as they can
while they are awake.
We doubt if a failure ovei is roast
ed as long and hard at a successful
man.
Daily Sentence terrnon
It never pays to waste your time
tacking for a detour around duty.
Ncw3 of the Names Club
Oh veland weighs in with Eila All
red and (V:vian A Love as her < indi
cates for the Nantes Club ball of
flame.
The club members will keep Iva
Needle, of Kansas City, mighty busy
with t.'neir mending if she knows how
to use ft.
Kor engraved or printed calling
1 rsrds see The Empire.
EASY TO DARKEN
YOUR GRAY HAIR
You Can Bring Back Color and
Lustre With Sage Tea
and Sulphur
When you darken your hair with
Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can
tell, because it's done so naturally,
so evenly. Preparing this mixture,
though, at home is mussy and trou
blesome. At little cost you can buy
i at any drug store the ready-to-use
preparation, improved by the addi
tion of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound” You just dampen a
sponge or soft brush with it and
1 draw this through your hgir, taking
one small strand at a time. By
: morning all gray hair disappears,
and, after another application or
two, becomes beautifully darkened,
glossy and luxuriant.
Gray, faded hair, though no dis
grace, is a sign of old age, and as
we all desire a youthful and attrac.
I tlve appearance, get busy at once
| with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
; Compound and look years younger.
— (Advertisement. I
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT—$4.00 PER YEAR
Wm. D. Perkins & Co.
BANKERS—211 Cherry St., Seattle
I JAPANESE TOY SHOP |
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I. S. MARINO |
I Front Street I
| P. 0. Box 218 for Mail Orders ^
TRY OUR
Merchants Lunch
45 Cents
Arcade Cafe
MARY YOUNG, Proprietor.
USED FURNITURE
| Bought, Sold and Exchanged
! N. BOCOVICH
211 Seward St.
I I Telephone 441. P. O. Box SSI.
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
and Barber Shop
TURKISH, STEAM, SHOWER
AND TUB BATHS
Lower Front St. (Vac Atta’i old
stand) BILLY LOTT, Prop.
Phone 414.
BRIQUETS
Ideal
hid for
every
purpose
large stocks on hand
lady smith eoal.
Nanaimo ooal
PACIFIC COAST
COMPANY
Phene 41*.
COAL
PROFESSIONAL
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Dr*. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldsteia lldf.
PHONE $0
Hour* 9 a. m. t*> 9 b. m.
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Dr. Charles P. Jennt
DENTIST
Hoorn* 8 and 9 Yau-ntlne Bldg.
Telephone 170.
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bid*,
Telephone 172.
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Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Rates 13.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
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GEO. I. BARTON, D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Messerschwidt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 6;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 269.
Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
201 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to i;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
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All Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Famhazn and
Ted Taylor, PropB.
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DR. R. N. DONAHEY
Same Good Service as in the
Past
HuTESON-DoKAItttf
Ooti cal Company''
108 Pike Street, Seattle.
Fraternal Societies
-or
Gastineau Channel
0 . ILII
UMtlis Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o'clock, Elks' Hall.
Charles P. Jetme,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:80 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary.
i. o. o. r.
811,V HR BOW
_ _ LODGE NO. I A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.(
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Orandi
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
PERSEVERANCE RX1EKAM
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every flrst and third
I Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P.M. FRANCES OUSTAFSON,
N. O. ALPHONSINE CARTER,
Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAO LOOS*
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth Mondays
of «ach Month. In Odd Felices
Mall, beginning at 7:J« o'clock.
Homer C. Nordllng, Master,
('has. E. Nagtiel, Secretary.
A
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth T'
days of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O. F. Hail
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDL1NO, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
aHOHB RS COUNCIL NS.
17<U. Meetings aecoad
and last Mondays at 7:M
^ p. m. Transient Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chambers.
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, O. K.
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at I |. is,
Elks' i.oage Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; Q. B.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSX.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o'clock,
Moose Hall. E. F.
Rodenberg, Dictator; R. H. Stevena
Secretary.
WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Render, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA. Igloo No. 6.
1 Meets last Thursday of every
1 month. Social hour with mem
i hers of Pioneer Lodge to fol
low each meeting.
| Mrs. Lottie Splckett, President.
1 Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
WHERE
SUCCESS
BEGINS
The road to succees begins at the Savings Window.
How early you attain success 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. Behrends Bapk
JUHEAU, ALASKA. I3P