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mtCTTLATION OUAR ANTEET) TO Tl^ MORE THAN
DOUBT.E THAT OF ANY OTHER ALASKn T'^WSPAPER
BARUCH DEFENDS FRANCE AND LOOKS
FOR FAVORABLE OUTCOME OF
RUHR INVASION.
Bernard M. Barueli, one of tlie leading linanoiert
and public fats of America, economic adviser of lire
American peace commission at Paris, author of "The
Making of the Reparations and Economic Sections ol
the Treaty.’’ and regarded as one of the foremost
experts of the world on t lie reparations and the
economic situation in Europe, is quoted by the Wash
ington Port as justifying France's invasion of the
Ruhr and a1 not alarmed over the outcome. "Wh-uii
Use, under the circumstances, could France do?” tic
tsks. lie believes that the action of France will
hasten file r partitions and the adjustment of French
and German relations.
Mr. Barueli did not make a formal fa,foment and
asked not to be directly quoted, though, the Wash
ington Post says:, he talked freely. The Post sum
marizes his positicn as follows:
til The repartition problem must neces
sarily lie considered on the basis of facts,
and on the basis of Germany's actual ability
to pay, and must tie taken out of the realm
of polities and human emotions.
(2) On account of the natural and eas
ily underrtamlaible emotions of the time. It
wap Impc: dble to dial with facts alone at
the Paris Peace Conference, and it was for
this reman that the Reparations Commis
sion was appointed to pass judgment coolly
I ^'VflsHi the’ farfts t.lTor prevailing human emo
tions had subsided.
(:i) French seizure of the Ruhr may be
an net c.f war and a ilear violation of the
Treaty of Versailles, but the question must
lie asked: "What, under the circumstances,
could France do? She saw her allies slip
ping away flam her; she saw her prospective
collection of reparations and her promised
security fading away, unless she acted alone
to safeguard them.”
It I It Is now evident that Germany
lias In n taking advantage of the dissen
sii ns among the Allies; that the depressing
of tlie mark was part of a scheme to lessen
Germany’s ability to pay in the eyes of the
world; that the burden upon Germany is
not pa groat as her industrialists have tried
to maktj it appear; that Germany's an
nounced Inability to deliver the coal sched
ules is open to question, especially, in view
of the fact tlvut she lias been able to get
coal from • inewhere after the Ruhr sup
plies to her stopped.
(5, It Is becoming clear that Germany
can pay a rum oi approximately $12,500,
ooo.ooo in i pufuliona, or $15,000,000,00,
minor the amount she lias already paid.
(6) German should not be asked to pay
gore than 2per cent for tlie lirrt five
years cn $15,000,000,000, minus what she
lias already paid. Outside of coal deliveries,
and perhaps a few other things of that
kind, Germany should not be forced to pay
anything of a considerable amount for two
, years. After that, commencing at 2'j per
ceilt., it should he increased ei-.i.l.iallv s
iper ceu".. with 1 per cent, amortization
The arrant mont will have to bo such thtit
Germany's creditors will bo assured by Ger
many h actions and such kturantoes as slie
can give that she is using to try to pay
this ..mount.
17) It should by all means be provided
that no interference lie made with the Ger
mans In tiie conduct of their business or
their taxr.ition schemes. They should be per
* mi tiled to work that out for themselves
rather 'than through interference of outside
authorities.
(8) France must be given a guarantee
of security, and Germany must also receivo
a guarantee against her surrounding neigh
bets, and an opportunity. If she so wills
t carry out any agreement she undertakes.
A mutual u trail!ee between the ^Continental
lJowerr, worked out on the lines of -the
Pacific four-Pewer pact, might well be se
riously considered as a means of acComplisii
lng these objects.
-Mr. Baruch's analysis ol the situation is being
much disem ed <n belli ..Ido* of the Atlantic, and,
i* is raid, has gro.itly .Interested President Harding
f*nd Secretary Hughes, who are believed to have
belt), vk.vfs that were net at all in llfte whit the atti
tude of France.
A CONDITION, NOT A THEORY,
Two years ago The Kmpire called attention to the
fact .that the fisheries situation in Alaska presents a
eondMicu and not a theory. It said then that for a
dozen years prc.ple had sought to got legislation that
■would slop the depletion cf the salmon supply, and
that every mearure looking toward that end which had
been presented had been promptly attacked. Usually
M> alernative proposition had been offered The
situation is the rime today There has been no
■regress toward a final olution. The only progress
<ff any .sort has been the tjreation of the fish reserves
iy the President to exist pending legislation, and the
Adoption of regulations by the Uepartnunt of Com
| rnerce This, like all tho proposals that have been
loffered, was promptly attacked
I Snniu or the propositions' that have been offered
have provided for real solutions. The Sulzer Bill that
was introduced in 191k, if it had been promptly acted
upon, would have given ithe present legislature
i authority to act in the premises, because it gave the
i Territory jurisdiction after four years, and recognized
| the right to trap sites for five years. At 1 hat time
| representtalves of the tanners said they would agree
to that plan. It was a compromise proposition, it is
) true, but ithe uolution when it is arrived at will be a
compromise if history repeats It sal f.
j Two years ago The hint pi re’ also said the time had
come when people were losing patience with this sort
J of thing, it said tlie time was here whelt there should
j be a presentation of the case in such a manner as
1 wi uld commit tho Territory of Alaska to a definite
rprogrum. That was true then. It hag been empha
- sized by the addition of two more years to a pro
tracted do-nothing policy.
In considering this question people must hear in
mind that any legislation on this subject must be
secured from Congress. Again there is a condition
and not a theory. The investments in the salmon
canning industry in Alaska amount to about $75,
000,000. Most of this is outside money. The con
stituents <jif Senators and Representatives in Con
gross who are interested in the Alaska fisheries arc
tlie interested shareholders in these investments. it
is almost impossible to conceive of Congress passing
a law that would abolish fish traps no matter what
the peopldof Alaska might think of the subject. Cer
tainly Congress will not do so as long as so many of the
thinking people of Alaska believe It would not bo
tlie riglpt thing to do.
Therefore, the situation would seem to require
those interested to compromise their differences pro-!
vided they could get a provision in the law permitting
the Alaska Legislature to assume jurisdiction over
the question ait an early date.
Every registered voter t.uould go to tiie polls to
jnftnrow and vote foi a Mayor, City Councilmen and
members of tlie School Board.
Those Juneauites who <lo not vote tomorrow will
I have no right ,to complain of tlie Administration.
Farmers Want Rehabilitation of Europe.
(New York Post.)
Farmers of- (lie Middle West and Northwest are
slowly hot surely arriving at the conclusion that
their own prosperity is largely dependent upon that
of Europe. The Evening Post publishes reports of|
reverai observers in close touch with opinion in the
"Farmer States." Former antagonism among agrlcul-'
tur.il interests to closer relationship between America 1
and foreign nations has yielded to a widespread be
lief that the United States should take a decisive stop'
! toward the rehabilitation of the people across the
I teas, for until crippled Europe gets on her feet and
'is able to enter the markets for American farm crops |
and manufactured goods, it is felt throughout the i
great grain and livestock region tltut the return of I
pre-war prosperity in this country cannot be attained.
Reports from various States to the Evening Post |
indicate that tho farmer is hoginning to see many
tilings that lie did not understand before. He now,
sets that he was deceived on the tariff issue. High
prices for the products lie sells did not materialize,
but higli prices for the manufactured tilings he buys
: did .materialize.
| A policy of isolation lias not brought prosperity:
I to tlie farmers, who pretty well understand Ihatl
I there is- a close relationship between a prostrate
! Europe and low prices for the products of American j
! farms.
As yet there lias not been developed in the Middle
West and Northwest any definite suggestions as to I
| just what the United States should do in order to
ll’.elp Europe. Senator Borah's proposal for a world!
(tconcniic conference is generally indorsed; in fact,1
the conference idea lias taken hold strongly among
the Western agricultural interests.
intelligent leadership appears to he the chief need
among tlie farmers. Hitherto, reports from a wide
area indicate t hey have accepted as facts many as-!
txrlions an to our toreign relatione that they now'
see have been unfounded. They understand now, for
iii:-toncc. that appeals for a policy of closer relation-;
ship with Europe are not mere emanations from I
Wall Street, as they were once tcld.
The flintier- are doing a let of thinking and they,
are awaiting some definite move at Washington |
ti wards international trade co-operation, with a
growing Realization of what it means to their own
interacts and the welfare of America.
Governments Payroll.
, (Phlla delpliia Ledger. I
More than 100,000 persons have been sepaiatcd'
{from the Government pay rolls In tlie two years
: ending March 4. 1923. The exact figures of tlie net'
ilcci cane as given out 'by the White House are 102,
101. Great as that reduction is, the taxpayer con
tinues to support more than a Half million Federal I
t mployeea.
Me it of those who have gone, more than 88.000, j
were in tlie war and uavy offices. About 20,000 {
went out cf tlie Treasury and more than 6.000
nient. Th Fed oral jobholder eticketh closer than i
n brother. Me hangs like a burr In the fleece of the!
Gcvenimient. Try ousting him, and always lie has!
friends in Congress or elsewhere. When the first
■wo. ping reductions' wore ordered, two years ago,
there were mighty squawking? and clamoring*. Tele
graph wires hummed. Other wires wore pulled. I'on
groo.tneii raced to and fro, bent on saving appointees
and constituents front the ax. The Federul employee
feels ho has a vested interest in his job and holds Mb
I Congressman responsible.
[ The next two years will hardly mutch the record
I of the last two. A great part of the wartime in
crease in employees will remain. When the present.
! drive against the clerical urmy lessens the tide will
: tight to turn. The Post Office personnel will Increase
! because It must. In a lesser degree this will hold
good for some other departments. Them, also, newt
bureau? and departments threaten to climb over the1
national horizon. They must be manned.
la w-water mark in Federal employment cannot I
lie very far away. There is no sign of that real I
revolt against bureaucracy that is necessary to dc-'
crease lastingly the number of those who feed on i
taxes. No help si to be expected from the so-called I
'inruntfuit" bloc. Wliut they want Is more, not less,'
goverffimnt lit business, which being freely Inter-!
preted means more soft, oleaginous and luscious jobs I
for somebody.
Presidential booms are beginning to bud. and
many of them will be nipped iby frosts and be utterly
forgotten long before harvest time.—(Philadelphia
Kecord.)
The value of n German mark and tbe diameter
of an atom defy -measurement.— (Louisville Courier
Journal.) \
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ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR |
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
A girl used to want to know if he
had enough to start up housekeeping
with; now she wants to know if he
lias enough to pay alimony.
The Ananias Club
"I always like the spring because
I enjoy helping my wife clean house,"
the married man said.
Up-to-Gate
‘‘Hell! What nre you fellows doing -
there?” shouted the cemetery guard.
"We're archaeologists unearthing
buried treasure,” replied the grave
robbers as they continued their ex
pi. rations.
Nature Note
Now and then you'find a man who
thinks he is a fox, bill who really is
an ostrich.
’Nuff Sed
Says Jack Warwick: “Few people
ever get slick by taking the doctor's
advice.”
No, it's paying the bill for the ud
v.k-e that makes ’em sick, Jack.
That’s Ours, Too
“What's your birth stone. Mr.
Grouch?” asked the gushing girl.
“The grindstone," he snapped.
Better Avoid Both
Liberality Is ail right la its place,
but it never puvs to give yourself
away.—Sam Hill. That is not very
much worse than being sold.—J H.
Reed.
Fool Questions
G. X, It. asks: “Is a rootpad good
t\ r footi" Well we. don t mind
aiinrittlng that the mere sight of one!
would put a lot of action in our
feet.
Just as True
Hob Quillen says: “When a man
gt:s tight his morals are loose."
And yet some men we know are too
tight to have loose morals.
Gems From Guide Book to Success
Whatever the task, give to it the!
best that’s in you—in Thought, Kti-J
ergy and Skill--or the outcome will i
be discrediting to you. J. F. F- i
That Always Brings Them
Blinks: “Tilings sure are coming
his way."
Jinks: “Well, it's no wonder. He
always was a go-getter.”
If It Fits—
A photographer never turns down'
anybody, hut it must be pretty hardj
for him to understand why some
people want thelg pictures taken.
A "Homo HHttet Home" motto,
would look as out of place on the
walls of some homes as a “No Smok j
ing” sign would .in a cigar store.
A wife often "asks tier husband’s j
advice so she will know what not [
to do.
And now and then you run across |
a husband who wouldn't mini spend
ing more evenings at home if hlsi
wife would go to the movies on;
those nights.
Th. v tell us l he young men of to-l
day are not embracing their oppor
tunities, but from what we can hear;
they are not slighting the girls. !
Some people aro good because they
believe it pays, and some aro just
good for nothing.
Wo don't class ourself as a pes
simist. but we do think a Jot of peo
ple who claim to be optimists are
just plain crazy.
Most every home has a pet of some
kind around, but father never is mis
taken for it, you bet.
.Many a young man does a lot of
useless worrying because he seems \
to lose the power of speech when liej
gets wiith his sweetie. Hut that j
never worries tier as long as be,
doesn’t lose his power of listening.
Most every one has his weak
spot, and it is located ubove the
neck.
A wife’s idea of a brute is a hus
band who cannot bo melted by a
woman's tears.
No man can make an ideal hus
band if he refuses to let his wife
buy the kind of clothes he can’t
afford.
Daily Sentence Sermon J
There’s a heap of difference be
tween "giving yourself" and giv
ing yourself away.
News of the Names Club
Will B. Boss, of Jeffersonville, who
has just been married, is gonna the
Missus Will U.
Headquarters tor Ladysmith coal.1
Juneau Transfer Co. Phone 48. adv
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Furnished Rooms for |
R^it I
! ANCHORAGE ROOMS j
LILLIAN FOOTE
Telephone 431
BEST EVER
MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
Now offer* additional attracts
Disability Benefit features.
NONE OTHE1 SO LIBERAL
ALLEN SHATTUCK
INSURANCE BEAL ESTATE
ESTABLISHED 1BS8
BOOZE PROFIT !
$1,020 BARREL1
SAN FUANCISCO, April 2. \ net
profit of $1,020 is made on each 48
gallon barrel of bonded whisky when
sold by authorised dealers, through a
a physician's subscription, ai the .
present rale of $2 a pint, act or ling |
to prohibition officers .here.
A much greater profit is made by
bootleggers dealing in illegal sales of
moonshine. ,;ho prohibition authori
ties stated- .
Bonded liquor, including the tax, .
is .-old to licensed dealers at app.oxi- 1
mately $300 per barrel. Each barrel,
allowing for shrinkage, contains
about 330 pints, and brings $1,320
when sold at the rale of $4 a pint,
or a not profit of $1,020.
The wholesale price for a pint of .
liquor, exclusive of tax, is 78 cents, '
aSccordlng to prohibition agents, din |
costs 98 cents a pint wholesale, and
retails for $4.80; brandy coats $1.42
a pint who’.' ale and ret ills for .$.">.50
a pint.
CLASSIFIED AD3 nnd desirable
hoarders. If you are prepared to keep
boarders it Is important that you
should know how and when to use ;
the classified ads—for they afford .
you the means for making the bust* |
ness PAY. Try the Empire
OUCH! lumbago:
HUB FAINS FROM
SORE, LAME BACK
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Back hurts you? Can't straighten
up without sudden pain, sharp aches j.
and twinges? Now listen! That’s, j
lumbago, sciatica, or maybe from a •
strain, and you’y get relief the mo-1
nient you rub your back with sooth-j
lug, pene! rating St Jacobs Oil.
Nothing else takes cut soreness,!
lameness and stiffness sc. quickly, j
You simply rub it on your back, and 1
out comes the pain. It is harmless, |
and doesn'f burn the skin. '
Limber up! Don’t suffer! Get a I
small trial bottle of old, honest St. j
Jacobs Oil from any drug store, and j
after using it just once you'll forget j
that you ever had backache, him-1
bago or snr.iica, because your back!
will never hurt, or cause any more)
misery. It never disappoints, and I
has been recommended for fiO years |
(advertisement 1
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT—$4.00 PER YEAR
Wm. D. Perkins & Co. <
BANKERS— 211 Cherry St., Seattle
USED FURNTTURI
Bought, Sold and Exchanged
21. 20C0VICH
211 Seward St.
Telephone 441. P. 0. Box 111.
Wm. D. Perkins & Co.
Bankers
211 Cherry St. Alaska Bldg
Seattle.
DEALERS IN
Municipal Bonds
County Warrants
First Mortgages
Safe Deposit Vanlts
8 per cent to 8 per cent Interest
I
ARCADE CAFE
MARY YOUKG, Proprietor.
Chinese Noodles after theatre
and parties.
JAPANESE TOY SHOP I
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H. 8. HAKINO
Front Street
P. 0. Box 818 for Mail Orden
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BRIQUETS
Idea]
fuel (or
every
purpose
Luge itocki on hand
Ladyimitk coal.
Nanaimo ooa’.
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
fkoas
41*. ‘ -
PROFESSIONAL
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Dr«. Kaser & Freebuiger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Gold*rj» Bldg.
PHONE W
Hours 9 a. m. t* 9 d. K.
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Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg. !
Telephone 172.
I-1
Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famou*
Dr. F. L. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Kates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
GEO. L. BARTON, D. C. i
Chiropractor
2nd floor Messerschmidt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 6;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 269.
Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
437 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 ,to 12; 1 to 5;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
All Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Farnham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
HOTEL SEATTLE
"Home of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. Li. HODGDON, Manager
It's all in knowing HOW to do
first-class cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
f THE MAKING OF CONCRETE
I I* a matter of proper materials
1 together with engineering skill.
Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Years
I CONCRETE PRODUCTS MF'G.
I COMPANY
I Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE SUCCESS AND
PROSPERITY OF THE TERRITORY.
The sixth session of the Territorial Legislature it now
laying the foundation of the success of the Territory.
By prudent and broad statesmansliip it will have an
important influence on the future prosperity and hap
piness of our people.
Your financial success also depends upon a good foun
dation. Wasteful experiments and speculations must
be avoided. By careful husbanding and saving of your
earnings you will build the broad foundation of a
future competence and success. In preparing for the
future we invite you to open an account in our Sav
ings Department. Accounts of one dollar or more may
bo opened and you may add to your account at any
time in any amount. __ .
The B. M. Behrends Bank
# JUNEAU, ALASKA. ...
Fraternal Societies
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Gastineau Channel
0 . ILKS
UMtli; Wednesday
Evening* at 8:00
o’clock, Elk*' Hall.
ARTHUR B. COLE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemaaonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meeting*
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:30 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Han.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary.
i. o. a r.
SILVER BOW
_ _ LODGE NO. I A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M ,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Grand;
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
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PERSEVERANCE REBEKAK
LODGE R0. 2A.
Meets every flrat and third
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON,
N. G ALPHONSINE CARTER,
Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAO LOOK
No. 1«7, F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Beccnd and Fourth' Monday*
I of each Month. In Odd Felicia
i Hall, Winning »t 7.JS o'clock.
Homer G. Nordling, Maetor.
C'lms. E. Naghel. Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tu«»
day* of each month.
At 8 o’clock, I. O. O. F. Hall
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NOKDLING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
hbohb rs council no.
17 'U. Meeting* second
and lost Monday* at 7 :ll
,, ,, p. m. Tran»lent Broth*
er* urged to attend. Council Chambers
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 8 9. m.
Elks’ Ix>dge Room. John P. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; O. B.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 19#.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. ThoA.
B. judBon, Dictator| H. H. Stereaa,
Secretary.
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| WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
I Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuosday of each month, 8
i o’clock. Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
; Bender, Senior Regent; Mra. A.
] F. McKinnon, Secretary.
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