New Plaids 1
the Thing in |
Clothing |
Top Coats are dashing affairs here, with
clever color combinations, large sleeves and
collars that are very stylish. They are in polo
and camel-wool, plain or with various colors
for their plaids. >■
$25.00 to $40.00.
NEW KNIT PAISLEY—$5.00.
Knit crepe in lovely harmonies of
browns. The most popular blouse
material. 36 inches wide.
BREAKFAST SETS
•Breakfast sets of lmen or mercer
ized finish, hemstitched and with dain
ty colored borders in blue and yellow.
$7.50 and $13.50.
MEN’S AND BOYS’ SUMMER CAPS
A large line of summer caps in light
tweeds and checks.
$2.50, $2.75 and $3.00.
Boys’ Caps $1.75 each.
LOVELY NEW FILIPINO GOWNS
AND CHEMISE
Garments made by hand of fine
materials and finished in the pat
terns that have made lingerie from
the Philippines so popular with
women of discriminating tastes.
Gowns $5.50.
Chemise $4.00 to $5.00.
BOYS’ SUITS—Two Pants
In mixtures and plain materials of
good wools. Suits that fit well and
look well. Sizes 6 to 18 years.
$11.50 to $16.50.
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NEW OFFICERS
P.-I, A. TREE
OVER OFFICE
Meeting Last Night Closes
Year’s Business—Execu
tive Committee Meet.
The new officer* el: te I recently
for the local Partot-Teaeliar \
lion for itlio next j ir, it. >k offi a la
night at t he las! regular in ’( Mag of
the Ashot ration this y u• the High •
■School .Auditorium. The h . -i. 1 o~ o '
the mi ting was the tr.ia-.ler o,
the books and bn-incs.-, of the relit
fng officer®,' to the new m *• i-.'r:
Tlio Assoclfftlon Will ho:1! . • :-vI '
regular meeting the fir t Tm-sJ
in September nex .
The officers tor the r xt ye ir iv
M. 'S. Whittier, ,pr -id. :ir; K. F It
llngshater, vice-president; Mrs. li
Dunn, secretary. Members of
executive committee are: Site tm-i
londent Keller, Mrs. A. I’. K i he j
varctff, Miss V. Iimirgette and W. S
Pullen.
A met ting of the exocutIvo eoiiuui
tee will ho called within a short tiin.
by the president to arrange the pro
gram for (the Association through the
etunmer.
ISLAND RACE
IS VANISHING
PAPEETE, Tahiti, May 2 Th '
native race in l-’ronc li Oceania
doomed. Today it is rare to find .
pure blooded Polynesian on Tahiti.
The Marquemaa native Is in the late
twilight of his existence, accordin'
to 'the French authorities here.
Chinese are crowding the natives j
off the island, and besides constant I
addition to the present Chinese popu j
latiou 'by now arrivals, the birthrate
among the Chinese on the islands
la steadily increasing. While some
of tihe Chinese marry native women '
the majority are bringing in Chines,
wives and are raising a new genera i
tton of pure Chinese.
The expedition of the New York
Museum of Natural History, which
Jias recently returned from the other
dslands of Tahiti, where they have
'been collecting fAjteehnens or bird
life, report a deplorable state of af
fairs as far a« the Marquessuns are
(concerned. There are. scarcely any
Marquepsans left and they ur» in a
wretched condition from disease and i
underfeeding, the Now Yorkers state. I
Speaker Gillette’s Daughter
to Wed.
fjMdiv* T/bii^Pa. Koar^
The engagement has bom as
mimic I ni .Alina Ionian Hoar,
daughter of Mrs. Frederick II. G1!
lett. wife of the Speaker of the
House of Representatives,' ami
('hrlsTotpUer I-a Pargp, of New York.
Mi a Hoar is the daughter of the
late Rotkwood Hoar, former Rep
resdO'Lativo from Mussacliuse<tds,
her mk>t!ier later marrying Mr. Gil
left. Miss Hoar lias been formally
'presented to society in Washington
and Boston.
NOTICE TO MARINERS
01. rem Slr.tM—Key Reef light
reported extinguished A_i*ri 1 30, 1023
aid he roi 1 girted as soon as prac
Heebie.
'eril Strait Point Craven light
T«r‘ 1 extinguished April 29, 1923
will be relighted as 'oon as prac
tieable.
Peril Strait—AI cOlclIen Ro« k light,
reported extinguished April 29, 1923.
will be relighted as soon as prac
tie title.
By direction of the OommisMoner
rtf ’Lighthouse*, W. C. Dibroll. Sup. •
rttcmdeift.
Cl. A SSI FI P1I> ADS find deslrabl*
no: rt’ers. If you are prepared to keep
hoarders it Is important that you
should know how and when to ns*
he elraslRed ads for they afford
rcu the means for "liking the busk
teas PAY. Try the empire
THAI sPARr KUOM Is « cash
itmel if you use the Umpire dand
led. Yon can rout It to a desirable
enant at a good price thus Isesru j
ms your own rent-burdau.
Present Session
Of Legislature
Ends Tomorrow
Thu Rosaion of the Territorial
LfOgtsls'Jture will offficiaflly end at
midnight tomorrow night, no
'innltiter what time Friday the
work In completed, as the docks
are slapped at midnight regard
loss, As in former years, the
! galleries in the House and the '
Rtpeetaitors' chairs in the Sen
ato Chambers 'pnomJ.se 'to be well
| filled tomorrow night. !
MOB sfORMS
HOLT ROLLERS
BOITNRBROOK, N. J„ May 2.—The
| police are 'today seeking lcadora of a
j mob which last night caused 100 Holy
i Hollers to barricade themselves wi ,h
I in the “Pillar of Fire'' church after
ia 'inctco in which many men and
woman wero injured. The imob oon
Islatod of more than 600. The fight
started 'when the speaker at the
diunch 'meeting said It was under
isbood ithe meeting was to bo for the
purpose of organizing a movement
and scicur.fng a Ku K.liut Klan char
ter.
COMINGNORTH
SEATTUE, May 2.—Hugh Chiiborg,
son of J. E- Clfilborg, former presl
dont Of the Scandlna v lan-Aine riem
Bank, is ottpaeited to arrive here late
this afternoon en route from Warsaw,
Poland, 'to Ketchikan. Ho has *spont!
tho last sown months In Europe. i
ROBBERY
KAN9AS OITY, May 2.-Throe
| m'askod bandits wurprkKxi I. W. Adel
-An, a jeweler, in hts apartment in
I i fashSoneibio hotel this afternoon
and eneapcul with Jewels valued at
i *10.000.
WHERE IS ANDREW 8KAVDAL?
—
Postmaster 7.. R. Bradford has re
eelved a Jotter (mm Mrs. R. V.
Porter. 310 Pine Street, Dokidder.
UMitobra. asking for Information con
I sg her brother. Andrew Sk ivd il
Mr Skavdal and hie slater, Mrs. R.
V Ptrter fcrno-ly nesfdod In C!a!-j
lam county, Washington.
I
TAXATION BILL
GETS BY HOUSE;
NEWSGHEDULF.S
Second and Fourth Divisions
Win Out in Taxation
Measure Struggle.
(Continued from >“age One 1
nation, offered 'by Mr. Jofonston, to]
plaice a 1 per cent tax on incomes,
from *5.000 to *1.000,000, and abu j
; the latter sum. IVj por cent, this j
! carried by ono vole, Mr. Shepard
; voting for 'it with llh'i delegations j
j front the uSecond and Fourth. the en- j
j tine Third delegation and Speaker!
; Cole, Policy and Grant voting no. 1
S An effort made .by Mr. Murray to
i permit deductions to be made on ac-'
■ ■count of depreciation of machinery,!
| interest on bonds or money borrowed.'
i or other taxes paid, was defeated o:i
i a rising vote, 10 to 6.
Other Changes Slight
| K<> other material amendments
; were made to the Ways and Means
i Committee's iblll, 'by Mr. Foster, Im
ilipoeod a tax on undet't ikens, doing a
11 business of $1,000 to $5,000 per year,
11 $50, and $10 for each additional $1,000
jj worth rtf bus!nets done in excess ot
: $5.ooo.
■ Tho present tax of $25 on soft
| drink stores -was reduced to $10
£ and Who $2 head lax on dairy cows
| entirely eliminated.
I Fisheries Debate Hot
\ Tlilo schedule of salmon pack taxes
■ was offered by -Ur. I toss and Mr.
» Daly and was uuirtpteil only after a
; heated de'baitc in nhii h the courtesies
1 rtf the floor were extended to A.
•j F. Zlpf, to explain a schedule, sljglit
■! ly 'lower than itttrt one adopted, which
■'was offered 'by Mr. Price. Tito tilt'
■: was started when Mr. Daly and Mr.
■ | Ross .rtbjrteted to Mr. Zipf appearing
jjon the floor. A motion granting
•'such privileges cam -d by a big ma
jjjority. _ ,
■ Before ho could begin bis sta.ta
■ merit, Mr. Daly demanded to knew
E whom lie was representing and wli.it
E right lie had to appear. “Uncle Joe’’
E Cannon, ,in his palmiest days, hail
E nothing on Mr. Shepard, who was in
* the Chair, in ruling. He ordered Mr.
■ Daly tto rostnno liis seat anil not in
Eiiterrupt the witness until lie had fin
s' tshed his statement, when questions
El would the In order.
E, Tile Price schedule called for a 10
E cent tax on ixtcks under 20,0u0 cases
E of reds, kings and sockeyes; 15
E cents on 20,000 to 55.000 cases; 20
E cents on packs of 35,000 to 50,000;
|.22 cents, 50.000 to 60.000, and 25
5 cents on pack* 1 excess of 60,000
: cases, on medium reds, etc., 5 cents,
E 7to cellits, 10 cents, 11 Vi cants, and
F 12M. cents in similar cfanlities, and
on chums a 4-cont flat rate.
I This schedule, said Mr. Zfpt. basa l
on the packs of 1922, would bring to
the Territory in 102.1 a total pack
tax .revenue of $425,430, an increase
of $245,654 over 'the same Lax last
year. Ho said that the eanners
would mot objedt to paying their
share of the expenses of govern
ment but did not believe they should
llie 'forced to aland all of the in
crease. He said that tho#Hotfs-Daly
swhodule would bring in more reve
nue 'than Is required to conduct the
Territory’s business in t lie next
biennium and declared that the sal
mon fanning industry was not finan
cially in such condition :.s would
Justify high taxes in order to build
up a 'large surplus in the Territory's
treasury.
* Mr- Zlpf said he spoke not only
as a representative of 60 per cent of
Alaska eamnorymen. the Association
of Pacific Fisheries, but as an in
dividual eanneryman and a tax nyer
| of Hie Territory who claim d 'll.
I right to be heard or such m ; :■ rs
' He denied s'a.tetwsuts 'h ut h. had
“admitted” a former com pi l alt Han of
figures submitted by him to be la
3 correct a claimed by Mr. D.ty and
1 Mr. Ross, and asserted hat he h 1
r pointed out the Inaccuracies in tha
sltaltement 'to l>oth members men
^ tioned before either haul discovered
* them.
Threaten Mining Raise
1 He was questioned at considerable
e length Iby botli Mr. Daly and Mr.
Ross. Bath of those members argued
B that 'the passage of any schedule of
1 rates lower than those advocated by
(tliom would not bring in sufficient
revenue to file Territory to efficient
ly run the government. Figures sub
mitted by them showed an estimated
pack Lax revenue for 1923 of $507,323.
ibasod on tho packs of 1922. They
warned that lower rates on salmon
. 'packs would result in even higher
■ 'mining schedules than those eon
i Itoni'platcd.
s Tho effort to substitute the Price
, schedule for the Daly-Ross rates was
defeated on a tic vote, the Second
and Four'll delegations voting solidly
against, and tho Firkt and Thirl
'members for 'the former. On the
vote on the second schedule, Mr
Murray voted with the Second and
Fourth, the amendment carrying nine
to seven.
attention'"odd fellows.
There will be a regular meeting
of Silver Bow Lodge No. 2-A Thurs-i
day evening at eight o'clock. Vis
iting members welcome.
MERLE P. MORGAN,
—adv. Secretary.
Now Is the timo to order your
lawn gras need. Seo D. B.'Femmer.
—adv.
Lost sometnu-u.' Tou can get It
back by tultig the “fjost and Found'
loluEit of The Empire.
Woman Heads Penn.
Grand Jury.
f'%:
3^z’tCrJ.\
Mrs. .1. Willi* Mnrtin, wife of
the President of, the Cunuiion Pic is
Court of Philadelphia, was appoint
ed foreman of the April Grand Jury.
The chief business of this jury
will be 'D linvorfligaitp Charges that
nawotics arc ibeing sold to the
uinriy.es of 'the stato and city in
stitutions there.
BRYSON GIVES
TESTIMONY IN i
MURDER TRIAL
_
Defendant and Wife lell of
Incidents of Shooting at
Haines Last November.
Tho Itetettawmy of Krnc.vt Bryson, |
defend unit, <uml Mrs. Bryson, wife of i
lihe dL.fomia.nt, and of a number of:
charsleter witnesses, has boon before
the court today in. tbo case of tiio
United iSfa'fea again** Ernes; Bryson,
Indicted for murder in tiio first de
gree and who is charged with killing
Robert H. Kerry, by shooting him
with a pistol, November 14, last, at
Haines.
Tiio ease for the defense was » aid
ed yesterday nll'terno.m a1; 2:30
o'clock When Attorney Faulkner
culled Mrs. Brysdn to the witness
■stand. Mrs. Bryson was on the fund
until 4: la toVstock, when Mr. Bryson
was called, his itoi-vimouy being con
tinued through tlie morning session
until noon (today.
Bryson to1 Pfl< 1 lie had gone to
(the Jones homo al Haines, wli 're ills
wife had made lur residence, on the
night of the shooting, and finding the
doors locked, locked through a crack
'between a window and the curtain
and isttw his wife end Ferry in tho
room, walking about, and talking
Furry, he icsafied, took ins wine by
tbo arm at one time and slio was ia
tears.
Bryson said he saw them take j
something to drink from a bottle. He:
[then went from the window to a
bid room window. Which he entered ]
[He hoard (thorn talking, ho said, and!
Ferry was pi Aiding with Mrs. Bryson
to go to Juneau. He stopped into
the room where they w’ere, Ferry
eda'sping Mrs. Bryson's knee, still
pleading with her. Ferry, he said,
mado a miove with his hand txi liis
hip pocket ami, haying boen toid
proviou !y that Ferry was carrying a
gun, Bryson pulled his gun and shot.
A gun, alleged to have been
Ferry’s, was said to have been found |
in tiio place, bull its position when j
found w.is not remembered definitely j
by witnesses. v
Mrs. Bryson’s testimony of the
evonlts preceding 'the shooting and the
shooting, Was similar to that given
by her husband.
This afternoon the defense is ex
amining witnesses called to testify lo
tho character of the defendant. The
witnesses to 3 o’clock this after
noon were: Deputy United Spates
MawAval Steve Sheldon, and R. J
Shepard elf Haines; Representatives
c:f the House, Territorial Legislature,
J. A- Murray of McCarthy, Frank H.
Foster of Cordova and 11. 1. Staler
of Anchorage, and Deputy United
Shakes Marshal Handy of Ketchikan,
all Itosittrying? (that Bryson's character
and ropu'Jation Was good during the
titmo It hey knew him.
Judge \V. B. Stout of Haines is ns
SOifcltcd with H. L. Faulkner in the
defense Of BiWuon.
FLIERS OFF
HEMP.9THAJ), X Y„ May 2.—Ucu
tonanits John Mac Ready and O. 0
Kelly took oft ifrom ithe Koosovolt
Field in 'the army monoplane T-2 tills
afternoon to make a triascontinental
nou of op flight to San Diego, Cal.
WEDDING AT KETCHIKAN
Miss fiersio IVacon and L. T. Stoph
emson of Ketchikan wort* married alt
that place hint week. Doth parties
have resided at Ketchikan 'for some
time.
NOTICE WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART |
LEGION.
A special meeting will be held at I
Moose Hall Thursday at 8 o'clock
o make arrangements for the fun
;ral services of Sister Lela 'Stokes.
MRS. NVAU^STKDT,
—adv. Past Regent.
Old papers ior sate at Empire.
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Articles for sprucing up your house and |
grounds are on display in our windows. !
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They want our electrically cooked
bread and pastry. You will all like
It. Try !t. Three loaves 25 cents.
Also groceries at cheapest price.
Phone 393. We Deliver
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Grocery
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