ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
JOHN W. TROY - - • EDITOR AND MANAGER
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CIRCULATION OITARANTEEP TO BE MORE THAN
aOUBLE THAT OF ANT OTHER ALASKA NEWSPAPER.
MUST ENFORCE THE LAW, OF COURSE.
Those who criticise ihe Administration for its
determinant:li to tnforct the Eighteenth Amendment
and the Volstead Act are criticising those who are
trying to comply with their oaths of office to support
the Constitution and laws of tlie country. Of course
President Harding will endeavor to enforce both of
them. The Eighteenth Amendment is a part of the
supreme law and the Volstead Act was regularly
peased under it and it has been held to be valid by
the Supreme Court. There is nothing else for the
President to do unlcs it shall, after an earnest effort
thall have been made, prove to he impossible to do
to. it is tine that in a large part of tlie country
the Fifteenth Amendment is a dead letter, and it Iia3
been to lor nearly a licit' century. However, it was;
ten years before the Government ceased its efforts to
enforce it, and it used the military branch of the
Government in the efforts to do so. It was finally!
abandoned when the* Force Hill was talked to death
during the Harrison Administration a quarter of a1
century after the end of the Civil War. It is to be
hoped that the Volstead Act will bo modified before
we shall have had a quarter of a century of turmoil j
and ccrtly experience under it, but while it is on the
ntatute hooks the President and his Administration |
can do nothing less than attempt its enforcement-—
and tc attempt it in earnest and good faith. That is
what it is doing. General Grant said the (test way
to 'bring about the repeal or amendment of an un
popular law was to enforce it. All, liberal and other
wise, should welcome the earnest efforts the President
Is putting forth.
• On the other hand, tint President’s statement,'
quoted in the Associated Press dispatches, that the
t cticn of New York in repealing Hie prohibition en
forcement act in that State is something new does not
fit in with history. It is by no means the first time a
State lias refused to. aid in tire enforcement of a Oon
itltutiohul amendment, nor is it the first time a
State has refused to bark up laws of Ci ngre.-v. Many I
Soul bent Stales not only did not aid in the enforce-!
mint of the Fifteenth Amendment but they passed'
lawn that practically nullified that Constitutional i
provision. Many Northern States passed laws that'
ft bade State peace officers from giving uid in the j
enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law. New Yoiki
hat not gone as far as that. The Governor in hisj
memorandum accompanying his signature of the re-j
■peal bill raid in so many words that the Eighteenth!
Amendment and the Volstead Act are in force ini
New \ork and that it is tile duty of every peace!
< flier r in that SSate to aid the Federal officers to en-'
force them. ills conclusion in this anil other legal
points Involved is backed up by many of the leading
lawyers and jurists of hit- State. The only differences
that have be;n brought about in New York is that
‘ho; s accused of violating the Volstead Act must |
now lie prosecuted ju the Federal courts and they
canntt he t wice placed in jeopardy Tor the same act. j
Thtrc is no reason why New York should be spend-;
lug many millions to enforce a Federal law that the
pc pie of that Stale are opposed to- and we must
if ume that the Legislature and Governor of the
State hav e correctly i 'presented the people, par
ticularly to when v,e consider that one branch of the
Legislature is Demeoratic and the other Republican.
We believe that both President Harding ami
Governor Smith are right In what they are doing.'
Ihe Presdient if right in endeavoring to support the
Constitution and laws of the country and Governor
Smith is light in his attitude as to the relations
between the separate States and the Federal Gov
ernment.
SECRETARY MELLON ON THRIFT.
■ pi iking of ilirift, me of the lust condensed j
flicks on lilt ct is the message to tlie American1
people written by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon I
as a foreword for the booklet on the subject published
tti general circulation .by the Treasury Department.
If) ponton in the country is hetlt) qualified to
wilts, on thrift. Mr. Mellon inherited a great for
tune because his father was thrifty and he added I
to It through practicing lDrift. Not only that but
throughout his whole Life he lias associated intimately
wltli wage-earners and salary-workers, and he has I
observed keenly.
Mr. Mellon's message follows:
tv try boy a :i tl every girl must have cer
tain m ets to achieve success—not material
assets alone, but assets of character, and
among the most Important of these are am
bition, 'industry, |>ereonaHty, and thrift.
Ambition is the will to attain somqfhinge
The desired object may be knowledge, or
honuc, or power, but whatever it is, the am
bition\u touch jt must be backed up by the
willingness to work for It. Mere wishes ac
complirh little without the aid of earnest ap
plication and industry. The asset of per
tduality i: more elusive and seems to he
born in feme people without uny effort on
their part, but on the other liand it may be
acquired by everyone who will eoncentrute
cn hi*; career and not Jet it be marred by
carelessness and indifference. To save part
o| Jfliat one earns is another vital element
, in*a aucceujful life. Savings are not only
Insurance against the turns of fortune, but
alto a means of seizing golden opportuni
ties, which are so often lost through the
lack of a small amount of capital. This
brief sketch of some of the necessary quali
ties should be enough to show that there
is no easy road or short cut to success. It
means constant hard work and saving, and
many sacrifices, but It is really worth them
all through the ultimate feeling of accom
plishment and the lasting happiness which
it brings to its possessor.
France is getting in line with ihe t'nited States,
Great Bid tain, Czechoslovak and a few other coun
tries. Site is living within her income. li is now
estimated that there will be a surplus this year of
900.000,000 francs as against a deficit lust year of
.1,750,000,000 francs. The Income will be 28,051,
000,000 francs and the expanses 22,154,000,000.
Jugo-Slavia lias announced her intention of trying
to borrow $00,000,000 in the United States. In order
to get it she promises to cut off ten per cent., of tile
Government employees and raise the taxes on the
farmers. She probably can show the need for the
money easily.
The dispatches say that France lias retained Rene
Vlviani to bring tile American prohibition ruling, that
ships entering American waters cannot carry liquor
oven if under seal, before the Hague Tribunal. Well,
that would bo futile. There is * no law compelling
Fr< nfh ships to call at American ports.
Communication in Alaska.
(Seattle Times.)
Misgivings expressed by g few pastern newspapers
n- to President Harding's Alaskan trip because at it.i|
most distant points lie might ibe unable to keep In
touch with the Government at Washington are not
justified by facts. The Chief Executive on his visit
to the Northern Territory this summer can maintain
connections with the Nation's capital us easily as ho
did during his sojourn in Florida last winter.
While at sea. he will have at his disposal the radio
facilities of the transport Henderson, and at every
port of call lie can make use of the marine cable.
On liis railroad and automobile trips into the interior
parts of the Territory, he always will have available
overland telegraph liner.
Means of communication are, afforded nearly all
parts of Alaska. The radio system extends over the
greatest uiea. Nine wireless stations alcng the coast
are maintained by the Navy. They are powerful, and j
arc in contact with large stations in the States. Four
teen radio stations, belli on Ihe coast and at interior
points, are under control of the Army. They are at
such Isolated but strategical places as Nome, on the'
liering Sea; St. Michael, on Norton Sound; Holy Cross,
Nulato, Fort Gibbon, Fort Yukon, whicli is within the
Arctic. Circle, and Fort Egbert on tlie American-Can
adian boundary, all on Yukon River, and McGrath,
oil tlie Kuskokwim River. Three wireless stations at
remote E.kiino villages are operated by the Bureau ;
of Education, and one station is maintained by the
Government Railroad at Anchorage.
With the exception of the telegraph system oper
ated by the Government Railroad, from Seward on
(lie coast to Fairbanks in the interior, all telegraph
lines are in charge of the Army. They reach from
Cordova and Valdez on the ocast, by way of the Cop
per River & Northwestern Railroad and the Richard
uon Highway to Fairbanks, thence to Fort Gibbon and
Nulato,
The cable system, also controlled by tlie Army,
extends from Seattle to Seward, touching at all the
principal towns in Southeastern and Southwestern
Alaska.
Most of the time, (he President will have Ihe
choice of all three systems—radio, telegraph and
cable. Infrequently lie will be limited to only two,
but never will lie be without any. Throughout Ills*
entire trip he will be in intimate touch with the
seat of government at Washington, I). C.
Short-Sighted Policy.
(New York World.)
When labor leaders in the building trades demand
exceptionally high wages at the peak of production
they are at least asking for no more than the pret
ail re of competition enables them in many cases to
get. Hut when they order or permit strikes to peg
such wages for two or more years to come they are
attempting the impossible and dealing their unions
what time may disclose as a heavy blow.
Those who make the demand and those who re
fuse it alike aecume that peak prices cannot last.
Moth wish to prepare for possible lean years. But
If stucli years come it is going to be mighty handy
to have come ot the building work that is now being
deferred to go on with, thus mitigating the an
ticipated evils of unemployment.
U liat reason is there to suppose that work which
Is abandoned now because it costs too much will be
undertaken later on if it still costs too much? That
is a purely economic problem. Indeed, it is reason
able to euppo.se that men wiio cannot finance costly
construction in flush times will be unable or un
willing to finance it in famine times.
It requires no great skill to grasp something that
is within reach. The future is'beyond roach, and the
attempt to .bind it to the channels of the present
is likley to prove disastrous lo the unions. A little
knowledge of economics would do no harm In the
building trades.
Speaking of Rewards.
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Secretary of War Weeks recently said: “I wish it
were possible for the War Department to promote
one, two or three officers each year for outstanding
conspicuous service, and i would like to sec the Sen
ators and Congressmen take the necessary action to
bring this about.”
The Secretary had particularly In mind the epochal
achievement or Lieutenants Mac-ready and Kelly.
There will be many who will lament with Sec
retary Weeks his impotence worthily to reward th*se
gallant pioneers in tho world’s newest field of sur
passing adventure. Hut they must be content with
the public's pat of approval and commcndntion.
Distinguished service by army officers in time of
peace should bring reward as greut as that which
comes to them in time of war. in any other land
such men would have been loaded with honors and
material benefits. England, Frhnce and Italy do
certain things in a bitter way. These nations, par
ticularly In England, honor adequately men who
achieve in work of conspicuous service which enhances
the national glory or contribute* to its material
advantage.
Chairman Adams, of tile Republican National
Committee, seems to have demonstrated his eminent
fit liras to resign from that position. — (San Francisco
Journal. 1
One of Die Chinese bandit chiefs, the news dis
patches inform us. is Tu Ising. However, with his
head chopped off lie ought to be about right.— (Spring
Held Union.)
Sborlty after Mah-jongg became popular .in ,thl*
China imported the American bandit game,
with Mexican variations.—(Kansas City Star.)
ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR]
By 8AU HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
It will be hard to convince the men
that the women have become Inde
pendent if they allow fashion to
hang the old-fashioned bustle on then)
again. , ■
Ananias Club
Brown never spends a penny on
anybody but himself, never gives a
nickel to charity nor a Up to a
waiter, yet everybody likes him.
Acid Test
Blinks- Jones can’t be a very pat
riotic American.
Jinks Never saw a more loyal
Yankee in my life.
Blinks—But he didn't stand while
tlje band was playing "America."
Jinks Maybe not. but he always
is the first one up at the ball park
when the “lucky seventh" rolls
around.
Ditto—In Prose
“I see where a scientist has invent
ed a lie detector," remarked Black.
“What was the use? Nobody can
beat a wife at that," remarked White.
The Man of the Hour, Too?
She married a minute man.
He was her second.
Lot of Truth in That, Too
When a man says lie distrusts the
CourtB, he always convinces us that
he is afraid they fwill Hive him what
is coming to him-—Sam Hill. The
disappointing thing is that he does
not often get it. H. Heed.
He’s Strong For It
Who is that fallow who just made
that ringing defense of prohibition?”
asked Smith.
“Oh, he’s a bootlegger who has be
come a millionaire since the dry law
was passed,” replieii Jenkins.
Things We Don't Like
There are times when nothing can
he quite so inconvenient or unwel
come as factb.--Sam Hill, Cincinnati
Enquirer.
They’re like detour signs — Jack
Warwith In Toledo Blade.
Friendly Philosophy
To be sure of succeeding be con
sistent in all things, but concentrate
on one until you master it.
J. E. F.
It It Fits—
One of the first things a June
bride learns after the honeymoon has
been laid away .With the wedding
gown is that given him cold coffee
means she will get hot words.
Many a man thinks a lot about
his wife—that he doesn't dare put
in words.
It has been our observation that
a woman can change her mind a
blamed sight quicker than she can
make it up.
Old names certainly do cling to
things. We will hear people refer
ing to the gentler sex as "petti
coats,” thougii we are willing to bet
a lot of the youngest women don't
even know what those things are—
or were, rather.
The short life of the short skirt—
so far as the styles are concerned—
has been explained. Some one de
clared it was common sense fashion,
and nothing that gets a fashion like
that can be fashionable long.
The old-fashioned way of bringing
up children was to take them down
a peg or two when they got too
uppish.
The man who is some pumpkins
as a boss at the office proves to be
pretty much of r a lemon when he
gets home and tries to boss his
wife.
If the photograph doesn't flatter
a woman any more than her husband
does the photographer is bound to
lose trade.
About the only tiling a woman
can't do with a hair pin is to keep
from growing old.
T W* In knowing HOW to do !
! first-class cleaning and dyeing. |
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
) C. Ifeldner, Profeaslonal Dyer
I and Clrtnac. Phono 177.
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Prompt Delivery
}*ADY8MI£H COAL
Phone 48.
We are expert in
“ORNAMENTAL CONSTRUC
TIVE WATER-PROOF
CONCRETE,”
1 and the common wet kind also.
I Willoughby Ave., near Ball
' grounds. Established Twenty
I years. Phone 32
| CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFG.
COMPANY
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
acki and Store* Freight
and Baggage.
12-Year-Old Girl Champion
Chicago Dishwater.
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Gladys Railn, only 1- years old,
of Bellowood, Illinois, a. suburb of
Chicago, i: the ch.iinpion dish
washer of Cook County, in which
the Windy City is located. She
bested 27 opponents in two min- j
titer- Hat in a contest just closed ;
in I ho county's schools. Her j
mother told the judges that
Gladys lias been doing hous work .
since she was three years old.
BEER DISPLACES SAKE IN
JAPAN
TOKIO, June 27 lie r is rapidly
replacing sak" an the national drink
of Japan. While there has been an
appreciable increase in the output
of the distilleries which produce sake,
the increase in the output of beer
brewed is very marked. Ten years
ago 21.2S8 koku of beer were- Oi ewed
last year the consumption w s 70S,
027 koku.
GTctaXyjC CeJvju
Daily Sentence Sermon
Doing all men good may make yon
rich, but it won’t make you many
friends.
AUTOS FOR HIRE
Blackie’s Taxi
ANY WHERE—ANY TIME
Stand Arctic Pool Room
PHONE 444
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Heller’s Taxi
“Anywhere. Anytime.”
DAY AND NIGHT
Hellei's Barber Shop. Phone 183
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Billy’s Taxi
Day and night service.
Stand at the Grill.
Phone 472.
T
U & I Taxi Service
Nick Lakich, Proprietor.
“We will take you anywhere,
anytime.’’
PHONE 64.
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WHEN IN NEED OF A TAXI |
Call Collins i
Seven passenger touring car.
Stand Trinagle Shoe Shine Par
lor. Phone 186. Res. Phone 281.
CALL
Berry’s Auto Service
for that seven-pasenger 1923
Cadillac touring car. Stand at
Gastincau Hotel. Popular
prlc»e. Phone. 10.
Also seven-passenger Sedan,
Day and Night Service
* Call 362.
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Miller’s Taxi Service
TWO CARS
Stand Alaskan Hotel
PHONE—SINGLE 0
ARCTIC BATHS
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I Without exception the best
Turkish Baths in Alaska.
| Give us a trial and you will be
| come a regular customer.
W. H. Lott,
j Proprietor. So. Front St. |
ALASKA COAL
FOR ALASKANS
—No soot
—Low in ash
—High in heat units
—Clean to handle
PHOMS 412
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
PROFESSIONAL
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Dri. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein lldf.
PHONE M
Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Dr. Charles P. Jenna
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentins Bldg.
Telephone 176.
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Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg.
Telephone 172.
GEO. L. BARTON, D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Messersehmtdt Apta.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 6;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
J'hone 269.
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Dr. H. Vance #
OSTEOPATH
201 Goldstein Building
Hour*: »-30 to 12; 1 to (;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1671.
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Dr. W. J. Pigg
PHYSICIAN
Office-—Second and Main
Telephone 18
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DR. R. N. DONAHEY
Siime Good Service as In the
Post
/iUTESON-DoNAKEf
OoticaKompap^
108 Pike Street, Seattle.
Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddani’a Sanitarium
Rates $3.00 Per Day sad Up
Every Comfort
WHERE
SUCCESS
BEGINS
The road to success begin* 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 Bank
TOHEAU, ALASKA. _ t vJV<
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Fraternal Societies
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Gaslineau Channel
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0 . SLKI
Meeting Wednesday
VvMlng* at 8:00
f u o’clock. Elks' Hall.
Charles P. Jenna,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN ▲. OAVI8,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemaaovy
Scottish Kite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7: SO p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B HE1SBL, Secretary,
i. o. o. r.
SILVER BOW
_ _ LODOE NO. 1 a.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. At.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perello, Noble Orand|
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
PERSEVERANCE REBEE-aw
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first and third
Tuesdays in I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON.
N. O. ALPHONSINE CARTER,
Secretary.
MOUNT JONEAO Loots
No. 147, F. a A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and fourth Mondays
I of each Month. In Odd Fellc~o
i H«H. heirlnnlne at 7:li o''Mock.
Homer O Nordllng. Muster.
Chan. E. Nnghel. Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tuo(
davo of each month.
At S o’clock. I. O. O. f. Halt
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NOUDL1NQ, Secretary.
Ah. KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
SEGHBRB COUNCIL, No.
Nr'i'SSiy 17 <0. Meeting* •«<;<)#, 4
xSrk§S^ and iaot Monday* at 7:M
\J P- m. Tranalont Broth
er* urged to attend. Council Chainl*urn
Fifth Street. John K. Mullen, Q. K.
i. L,. McCloekey, Secretary.
AMEEICAS LEG 10*
Alford John Bradfor*
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 9. m,
Klks' ix>age Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; O. ■.
Maun, Post Adjutant, Phone 19#.
LOYAL 0BDE1 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
Bight, 8 o’clock,
Mooee Hall. E. F.
Rodenlierg, Dictator; R. H. Stevens
Secretary.