FIRST CANNERY
BOAT OF SEASON
IN FROM SOUTH
Vermont of Puget Sound Can
ning Company Here on
Way to hxcursion Inlet.
First of Hie cannery tenders to
come North this year, the Vermont,
Capt. A Iverson, arrived at Juneau
at 6 o'clock last night, front Be!
llnghant, on the way to the Puget
Sound Canning Company's plant in
li'v/'iircinn Inlnt TIip Vl'*riI10Ilt lpft
Juneau at 1:30 o’clock this after
noon for the cannery.
W. Tappen, outside foreman at thei
canney is aboard the Vermont, witli j
a crew of eight men. Four men
were taken on at Juneau. Supplies
are aboard the steamer Spokane and j
will reach the cannery next week,;
when the crew which is being taken
out on the Vermont will be put on;
to get the plant in shape for the:
season’s operations. The cannery
crew will come North about April |
1, Capt. Iverson said
Capt. Iverson sail! he was not, in-'
formed as to when the first boatsj
for the other canneries in this vi-j
i-inlty will start North except those!
of the Pacific American Fisheries, |
of Bellingham. The Redwood left
Bellingham February 20 for the]
plant at King Cove, on the Alaska
Peninsula. The Catherine It. will
leave Bellingham March 1 with the
crew and freight for the cannery in
Excursion Inlet.
FUEL GIVES OUT
ON SHIP DURING
RAGING STORM
Wood Fixtures Burned on
Carruthers—Caught in
Storm on North Coast.
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Held In the storm which raged
along tho coast last woek until the
entire coal supply gave out. when I
they were forced to burn ail the loose
wood available on the ship, being |
able to Just make Hoonah, without j
which port they would have beenj
hopelessly in distress, the crew of;
tho James Carruthers, Captain V»'
Parsons, big halibut fishing schooner
Hugh ft off and rail it a day. The
Carruthers, of the Canadian I’isn and j
CoJd Storage Company id’ Print
Rupert, catne in to Juneau tills we s 1
on the way to Prince Rupert with a
than but catch of 40,000 pounds, to:
take on g cargo of coal for the trip]
south.
According to the men on the lio.it.
the ship put in at .Seward early Iasi
week and took on a supply of coal,
whioit should have lasted until it
reached Prince Rupert. Caught in
the storm,'the boat was able to mik",
only about four miles an hour and I
-whta it reached Cape 'Spencer the en
tire coal supply had been used.
Carrying out the orders of a coo! j
beaded master, who joked of their j
plight, they said, the crew put to
work at keeping the engine room sup-.
piled With wood. Fish boxes, unne
cessary fixtures, and every possible j
scrap was used. When the boat put
in at Hoonah every hit of wood
availuible had been used and had the
trip been five or more hours longer'
the Bhip would have been hopelessly
in distress, Captain Parsons said
At Hoonah they secured five tons]
of coal front the cannery dock, lor
the trip to Juneau. At ibis port]
enough fuel was taken on to see the,
Carruthers safely to Prince Rupert
and with a somewhat shaken but un
daunted crew the ship lias left for
Its home port.
THIRTEEN HERD
IN FIRE EARLY
THIS MORNING
KANSAS CITY, Fob. 23. Thirteen
are dead and three others are missing
as the result of a fire which de
stroyed a large rooming house here
early this mronring.
Among the dead are six adults and
seven children.
Between 30 and 40 persons occu
pied rdc-ins on the second floor, many
escaping by jumping from the win
slows.
Rabbits on Hawaiian
Island to Be Wiped Out
WASHINGTON. Feb. 23.—Rabbits
have become so numerous on Lay son
Island of the Hawaiian group that
I he government today announced it
would send an expedition front San
Francisco next month to exterminate
them.
A navy gunboat will be furnished
at Honolulu for the expedition to be
conducted by the Biological Survey
ATTENTION NOBLES.
Regular monthly meeting ot the
Southeastern Alaska Shrine ("mb
•wtll be held thia Friday evening at
718 o’clock at Odd Fellows’ Hall.
D M. BOTHWELL, President
*dv. L. U HARDING, Secretary.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FLEE FR OM TURKS.
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More than 100,000 n • in in Kurtern Thrace filed across this old Homan bridge that spans
the Mari strut Hiver into Adrianople. leading the way to safety from tli■■ advancing Turks. Christian refu
gee front Asia Minor are transported in Hat cars to t lie interior of Greece, where it he Government is
making a desperate effort to tar- for them.
SHRINE DANCE
CLASSY EVENT
Enjoyable Time Had at Social
Affair Last, Night—Dec
orations Are Elaborate.
In as pretty a sotting c. ; a I! I
il'ocoraitlons, colorings bringing out
tlio softest of tints, the Southeastern
Alaska Shrine Club's dam last n -a;
at. Elks' Hall was one of the prettiest
and must enjoyable social affairs ol
months.
The executive coinntilte ‘ nearly
worn the limit in designing the dr >
ration; and the effect was most pleas
ing and caused many, many expres
sions of keenest delight.
The stage was set as a “Sheik's
tent'' and h mouth the colored canopy,
t.ho Coliseum Orchestra discoursed
the latest and best of music Many
times encores were demanded during
the evening and freely given, espe
cially on new selections and three
at the old but popular dances, “The
Sheik," “My Wild Irish K >- '' and
'•Horten
The ifozed Shriners were every
where and net one cf tlie guests of
iho evening .but report. I they had
one of the must pleasant evenings of
Iho dancing 'season. The affair was
strictly informal and the public en
joyed till i si.
The n'ext of the series of Shrine
i'iub stances will probably be held on
Thursday evening, March 22, in Elks’
Hall.
NEW GAME WARDEN IS
NAMED BY GOV. BONE
FOR KETCHIKAN JOB
The appointment cf James S.
Pitcher to be Territorial Game War
den for the Ketchikan district wa
announced this morning by Gov
Sentt C. Bone. Mr. Pitcher is a resi
dent of Hyder, an old time Alaskan
who has mined In the Nome section
and In tlie interior, and was highly
recommended for the position. Slid
l he Governor.»
Mr. Pitcher arrived hero severai
turn there in a short time prepara
tory to going to Ketchikan to es
tablish headquarter;. lie tills tin
vacancy left by the resignation o:
former warden Sam Bartholomew
who left the Territory to accept t
better position in Seattle.
NOTICE.
To Scottish Rite Masons:
Regular meeting Friday. Febrnar;
23, 7:30 1’. M. Full attendance <lc
sired. WALTER B. HEISEL,
ad\. Secretary
THAT SPARE ROOM is a casl
asset—if you use the Empire claSrl
lied. You can rent It to a doslrabl
tenant ut a good price, thus lessen
:ng your own Tent-burden
For good printing phone 371
Empire Printing Company.
JITNEY
DANCE
A. B. HALL
SATURDAY NIGHT
“KEEP A
SMILING”
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EN-TI-TY CLUB NAME
CHOSEN BY MOTHERS
The En-Tl-Ty i iuo i ti c* nan
which hus been chosen by the moth
rs who have organised to hold
parties for the students of tile Ninth,
Tri ll. Eleventh and Twelfth grades
ot i he Juneau Public School, miring
11 he school year. The name is form
id from the first letters of the
grades, being the Eleventh, Ninth,
Tenth and Twelfth, and carries out
the significance of the purpose of the
| club in its meaning, it was stated
by officers of the club.
The next party tr be given for the
students will be a masquerade party
March o. The evening will bo spent
in games and dancing, followed by
i supper. Prizes, probably four,
will be given for most appropriate
■urtumes, of various kinds, and will
be announced later.
BOBBY DE IONQ CELEBRATES
BIRTHDAY WITH PARTY
To celebrate the fifth birthday of I
|hir nephew Robert Louis "Hobby"!
ltd.eng, Mrs. N. V. Latttn, enter
tained a number if bis little friends
at a party this afternoon at her
I home on Sixth and Gold Streets.
|The party hours were .‘•pent in play
ling entertaining games anil folia we 1
by a luncheon just suited to the lit
tle people who attended.
The guents were Sarah Walker,
Annabelle Simpson, Corrine Jenne,
Carrol llobertson, Meribeth Young,
Beatrice Mullen, Kenneth Staik, Sid
ney Carter, Wallace Gei rgo, Jimmy
and Tommy Cole, Hobby Case, Hillie
Winn, Hillie Johnson, Buddy Brad
ford. Curtis Bradford, Fred Paul,
| Alvin Keher, Gunnar and Robert
HP mgren, Tom Kedlinghuler and
Frank Metzgar.
Headquarters for Ladysmith coal.
Juneau Transfer Co. Phone 48. adv.
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JITNEY DANCE
ELKS’ HALL
SATURDAY NIGHT
COLISEUM ORCHESTRA
6 pieces
You knew this is the place for
peppy music and a good crowd.
Only a few more dances and then
the awards.
SAVE YOUR COUPONS
Follow the Crowd
BEEF, WINE
AND IRON
is the best Spring Tonic
Iron performs a very import
ant office in the human body.
It improves the quality of the
blood, the tissues are better
nourished and all functions are
performed with more vigor.
The combinaton of Beef. Iron
and Wine also promotes appetite
and invigorates and stimulates
the digestion and thus acts as the
very best stomach tonic.
BRITTS PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
PHONE 25
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8 ARE KILLED
IN EXPLOSION
ALTON, 111., Kib. 23.—Six aro rc
p irted to have been killed In an ex
plosion at the Illinois Power Com
.uny's plant near Graften, lfi miles
irum here.
Fire started from the explosion
and it is reported this is endanger
ing the dynamite magazine.
TOWNS SHAKEN; EXPLOSION.
COLOMBUS, Kansas, Feb. 23.—
Five men wore injured, two prob
ably fatally, when the Hercules Pow
der Company's plant at Turok, Kan
ts, near here, was destroyed by two
xplosions early this morning.
Towns within a radius of 35 miles
were shaken by the explosion.
The cause of the explosions are
unknown.
Fourteen Thousand Protest
To Occupation of the Ruhr
NEW YORK, Feb. 23. — Among
14.000 who crowded Madison Square
Garden last night at a mass meet
ing of protest of the Committee of
loo against the Ruhr Valley in
i' t d m, there was not one champion
wilt appeared to plead for the cause
of the French.
Tilt meeting was wildly demon
-ti. ;ivc but no disorders resulted to
call for police action.
For engraved or printed calling
cards see The Empire
Right to Wear Moccasins
* * * * In Schools *****
Is Taken Into U. S. Court
Whether or n.»t Indin moci a «ins
! shall ihavo free and unrestricted on try
-Into tho publk; schools of the Tarri
; tary is a ma.icr which has been
brought to the Federal District Court
at Fairbanks far decision in a case
j entitled Tho mpson vs. Supt- A. B.
■ Phillips of :he Xanana schools and
! the Nenana school board. The case
resulted from attempts made by Mr.
' Phillips and the Board to enforce
i certain personal cleanliness measures
.n lie Nenana schools, according to
i reports received today at ihe office!
I of Commissioner of Education.
The Board and Superintendent Phil
lips have been ordered to appear tie |
fore Judi ■ Cecil 11 Clegg tomorrow i
and defend their action in denying
admission to sciiool of children of
Thumpsa’, who insists, it is claimed,
on sending them there shod in the ob
jectionable footwear
While the que-.tion put up to the
court by Thompson is whether thei
School Hoard and Superintendent
| Phillips have the 1 awer to exclude;
; fn an school students wearing mocea-}
i-dns a domestic nmnuf.icture, it is
[ i: it the moccasins themselves that
will be on trial but the odors which
emanate therefrom. In the Nenana
schools worn, or are, a number of
pupils of Indian or mixed iblood
wilt)..'.* standard of personal cleanli
ness is said to have ibecn below tlie
standard required by t.lio school. The
superinitondortt, supported by thej
Hoard, attempted to correct the de-j
if eels and was in a largo measure suc
cessful until moccasins were reached.
wear these in school, Thompson oh-j
jected s muon sly, doapite the fact |
that the Board’s order referred only
to wonting moccasins In the class
rooms and also tin offer of the Board
to furnish the necessary suitable foot
wear to anyone unable to provide it
for themselves. He refused to avail
himisolf otf the offer or to comply with
the order, witih the result, it Is re
ported, that his children were refused(
admission to the school.
Tho superintendent and .School i
Board baao thoir action on the ground
that the, odor which 'is given off by'
moccasins of Indian 'manufacture is
disagreeable and causes discomfort ;
to both teachers and to other students j
•n the school. The policy is upheld
by the Nenana City Council to which I
Thompson appealed for relief without
avail.
The action of the Nenana school
authorities, said Commissioner Hon
d tsou, is in accord with regulations:
issued by his office. The Attorney
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T FRESH CRAB MEAT | j
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday
Order day ahead.
! Grover Davis, Phone 101
m-■1
General. added the Commissioner,
holds that the School Board is well
w ,.ih n its righta in adopting and en
forcing regulations designed to pre
v T»t discomfort of either teachers or
pupils.
MISS DJUPE GOING TO
SOUTHERN DISTRICT
Mi: s I'bbn Djupe. Held represemta
ti\ for the American Red Cross,
Fifth Division, w 11 leave Juneau to
loi rrow night on the steamer North-j
western for Wrangell. She will1
• pend some time there in the inter-1
t of the Red Cross peace time pro-'
gram, in connection with public
health in the schools and homes.1
From Wrangell she will go to Kel-!
Chilean. M,iss Djupe said she does
not know when she will return to
net* headquarters here.
MINE LEADER’S j
CASE COMES TO
END SUDDENLY
BERKELEY iSPRINGS, W. Va..:
•Yb. 23.—Thetas© of Frank C. Keene,
[resident of It be West Virginia United1
Mine Workers, brought to trial as an I
u'cessorv in murders in Logan coun
y in the industrial disturbances,
anded today when Judge Wood threw
jut the rase on motion of the pro le
nt ion, alleging tampering of wit*
lesses.
Old papers tor bale si The Empire
KIRK'S
ROSORA
CREAM
Excellent for
all Kinds of
Rough or
Chapped Skin.
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
96 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
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WARRANT FOR
BANK ROBBER
Massachusetts Frenzied Fi
nancier May Be Captured
During Today.
SPRINGFIELD. Mas.’., Feb. 23.—
A warrant will probably be Issued
sometime today for Joseph B. Mar
rino. allied leading conspirator in
the ring tivH robbed the First Na
tional Bana of Warren of $213,uno
worth of securities on February 6.
Mardno during his career of fren
zi.d finance. fleeced investors of be
'ween $500,000 to $ 1,1*00,000
Viie Mexican border is being
t .< f-ely watd'i-. for Vfarcino’s Rppro
(tension.
Aged Man Confesses
To Having Slain Four
BALTIMORE, Fob'23. — Charles
F. McCandles, aged 62 years, of,
Hurst, Texas, who confessed having
killed four men between 1900 and
1910, today surrendered himself to
the police.
McCnndless claimed he was tired
of living under assumed names and
wanted to visit his aged mother.
JUST ARRIVED TODAY
A shipment of the latest
goods from which we are
going to offer you some
special bargains.
Cuff Links
from
50c to $1.50.
Very latest Parisian hair
bands—in Rhine stones
and colored stones — just
the thing for evening dress.
More new beads
and neck chains
$1.00 each.
Mary Pickford
Dracelets
$1.00 each.
The Nugget Shop
R. SIMPSON, Manager.
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SPORT HATS
We Have Just Received a Smart Lot of Street and Sport Hats
Prices $3.95 to $7.50
Among these you will find the NEWEST creations in felts, straws
—also felt and straw combinations.
Colors and Styles to suit everyone.
Some good things on the way. WATCH FOR THEM.
Betty Wales Dresses Shuerman Dresses, Wooltex Coats
and Suits.
Goldstein’s Emporium
JUNEAU'S STYLE CENTER
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