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DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
StREET IMPROVEMENTS
STARTED ON ST. ANN'S AVE.
'Under bhe direction of Councilman
DeMyltt of tlio Street Committee,
tlio work of repairing St. Ann's Arc
nne was begun yesterday ni nning
ami will continue until finished or
until the sum of $1,000, which w.c
appropriated for fh 1 joib, is expendci.
The improvements will begin u,i
the Douglas end of the avenue, the
old planks to he taken up anti a
graivel HU 'madw The best planks
will be preserved 'to ropluuk a por
tion of the rfxid.
A jplank walk will be laid along
the new dint road to uecommodat >
pedestrian travel.
DANCE TO FOLLOW
SENIOR PLAY TONIGHT
Everything Is in readiness for the
curtain-rise on (bo "Three Live
ICJboats,” which will, bo given this
droning at the Liberty Theater by
tfee Senior class of the Dimglas High
, School. "
A ni'aitinee for the dill (Iren was
gfvon this afternoon which was also
attended by quite a few adults who
would lio un'aible u> go this evening,
sad much praise of tlie performance
Was heard.
A danice tin the Labor Union Hall
■will follow the play tonight.
' LEAGUE TEA WELL ATTENDED
: About 25 Jladies attended the tea
fclven by the. Ladies' League yester
day afternoon. A very pleasant time
Was enjoyed.
Mesdames A. Kilon, G. Kirkham
and C. C. Mitch ell acted as hostesses
for the afternoon.
Civil marriage "laws'
URGED FOR AUSTRALIANS
SYDNEY, N. S. W., May 4.—
The government is being urged tc
aibloish tbo present system of mar
rlage laws and 'to compel the par
ties to enter a dHil conrtaet before
a registrar, regardless of any re
ligious ceremony. Proponents of the
idea also are urging that it bo made
aa offcfbe, punishable by line and
Imprisonment, for any person tc
impugn the legality of such a civil
contract.
The precedents of France, Italy
and other countries are quoted in
support of the scheme, which em
phasises the completeness ef the
marriage contract as made by tb(
state and not by tlie church.
Youth Has Won 54
Scout Medals.
Thomas VV. Mct'onviile, of Wash
ington, D. 0., is tli(> gi-oatest all
around "American Boy Scout, wear
ling on. his sleeve 54 of the merit
badges awarded by the. organizu
'tfon. The 17-.vear-oltl youth joined
Tralmp 100 in 1917 and won his
tflret merit badge, for handicraft, in
1919. In 1920 he became a Life
and Star Scout and Immediately
(started working far the highest
iScfcdt honor, that of Eagle Scout,
which he a-Ji-ained 'in Septeanber,
1920.
TOY IS CAUSE OF DEATH.
BALTIMORE, Md„ May 4.—Com
pressed air contained in a toy bal
loon caused the death of three-year
old Bernard Silverman.
When walking with his mothei
down a busy''street Bernard rai
away from her. After overtakinf
him she slapped him on his face foi
disobeying her.
The toy balloon, which Bernari
i held in his mouth, burst, and tin
I sudden foree cf air down Ilia throat
I according to physicians, causct
death by strangulation.
Furniture moved and stored
Heavy hauling done. Phone 48. Ju
nean Transfer. —ads
RIVALRY IS KEEN AS SELECTION OP '
SITE FOR YEOMEN’S HOME DRAWS NEAR
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OftPl-lANS
made strong bids are: Iowa, Illi
nois, Missouri. Indiana, Minnesota*'
Wisconsin and Ohio. 1
Among the cities In these states
that have offered sites are: Ceila*
Rapids, Davenport, Council Bluffs*
Dubuque, Peoria, Moline, Rock
Island, Kansas City, St. Loots,
Minneapolis, St Paul, Indianapolis,
Fort Wayne, Milwaukee, Toledo
and Akron. j
An outstanding offer was mads
by Edward H. Witte, a wealthy!
manufacturer, who tendered hie
farm of 817 acrea near Kansas
City, for the h me. The property
Is valued at 1600,00® and Mr. Witt®
agreed to deed it over to the Yep
mer. for a legal consideration of f*
and on a guarantee of a life an
nuity for nlmself and wife. A
* Yeoman has inar
and declared it
... _of tha Yeomen*
said that 60<f sites la thirty-threat
a?j3,
selection would be made . from
the beat flea.
location, ha declared, would
chosen tw tha directors of the so
ciety only on consideration of Ha
BIG MERGER
IS ATTACKED
KANSAS CITY, May 4.—Tltc pur
chase of Morris & Company by Ar
mour & Company constitutes the
“biggest attack ever marie in this
country on the anti-trust laws,”
Judge I!. T. tlaner, Chief Counsel
for Secretary Wallace declared today
following receipt of a telegram front
Wallace. The telegram instructed
ifancr to leave nothing undone in
the prosecution of the Department's
complaint that the eoiifbl nation vio
lates tho stockyards and packers
IttlV.'S,
NEWliSooo
VETS' HOSPITAL
IS NOW OPENED
PALO ALTO, Cal., May 4.—Erect
ed at a cost of $l,25(yu)0 and do
dared to be the most modern hos
pital for neuropsy-chiatricH in the
United States, the new unit of the
United States Veterans’ Hospital N’o.
24 has just been opened here. More
I than 100 nervous cases from the
Mendocino State Hospital for the in
sane were brought here March 15 and
additional nervous cases will be
added from time to time. The ca
pacity of the new group is 300 bods.
The obi wooden buildings of the
hospital, which now' house 423 pa
tients, Will ho used for tubercular
cases until the completion of the new
government hospital at Livermore.
They will then be torn down and an
other 500-bed unit built, if recom
inundations made to the government
by Col. Frank K. Leslie, commanding
officer, are adopted. Colonel Leslie
lias advised tho purchase of addition
al land to enlarge the (present tract
of 88 acres.
This ‘is the seventh government
hospital that Colonel Leslie hat
opened and is asserted by him to b<
; tho best he has ever soon. It rep
• resents, he declares, the most mod
ern ideas in hospital constnictioi
for the care of patients who an
nervously or mentally ill. There art
22 buildings In all in the new group
nine of which arc to be used strictlj
!for hospital purposes. In addition
J there are a well-arranged mess hal
,! and kitchen, a nurses’ home. n,ln(
■ officers’ quarters and an admiufstra
timiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiTniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimii
steam heated.
These building* nr tieing furnish
ed at a cost of |$&OtUM>0, ni:ikfnsr the I
total value of the completed plant !
?1,750,000. The operating expenses;
will approximate JIM.OOO monthly.
iA personnel of 538 doctors, nurses)
and attaches will conduct the iust.1
the new unit. They ni\> in tominainl j
of Colonel Leslie, who was recently j
transferred to Palo Alto from Fori |
Sheridan, Wvo. He is a specialist;
in the treatment of neuropsychlatrli
cases. There tiro already 12.') ot
these cases in th • hospital. The
other 83"* eases are tubercular on I
gen1—a*l medical or surgical. These,
however, will ev(vntiially be elimlnat
ed and tho entire space given over to
ncuropsy elwatries.
i Veterans’ Hospital \To. 24 Is ait
! iiotcd about out* mile front Palo Alto
'near tho fnshio-nabl • residence com
l :utinity rf Menlo Pa k. It .is a nt<
j cpssor to the Camp Fremont base1
hospital, conducted during the World1
War.
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BRADLEY RETURNING
P. R. Bradley, general manager of
tho Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com
I pony, is etjbdard the steamer Princess
Mary, due. hero tomorrow morning
early, for Juneau. Mr. Bradley has
spent the ipaeit several months In the
| Slates on company tmsinese.
visiting cards at TUo Umpire.
NOTICE OF HEARING UPON AD
MINISTRATOR'S FINAL ACCOUNT.
In the Commissioner's Court for the
Juneau Precinct, Territory of Al
aska, Division Number One.
In the Matter of ihe Estate of Peter
O. Holslboe, Deceased.
Tho administrator of the above
Estate having rendered and tiled bis
f.nal account before tills court,
IT IS ORDERED that Thursday,
July 5th, 1923, be and the tame Is
hereby fixed as tho day for hearing
upon said account before this Court.
All persons interested in said Es
tate are hereby required to appeal
at said time and place to offer ob
jections if any they -have why said
!account should not (be approved and
idled.
| Given under my band and official
jeeal this the 4th day of May, 1923
(Court Seal) V. A. PAINE,
Commissioner and Ex-Officio Pro
bate Judge, Juneau Precinct. Di
vision Number One, Alaska,
j First publication, May 4, 1923.
lijist publication, Jubc 1, 1923.
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Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S.
Weather Bureau.
! orecait for Juneau and vicinity for 24 hours beginning 8 p. m. tod.): ,
Generally cloudy tonight and Saturday; moderate variable winds.
LOCAl DATA
Barom. Temp.
Wind Telocity Weather
8 p. m. yest'y .
8 a. m. tdoay
12 noon otday
30.27
30.34
30.34
4G
44
52
CAJJLE AND
YESTERDAY " — f
Humidity
74
82
56
HAD10 REPORTS
“TOD A V
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SW
Cldy
Clear
Cldy
Stations
Highest 8 p.ra.
temp. temp
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Park
Noopvlk
Nome ....
Tan amt
Ragle . .
lair banks
McKinley
Anchorage .
St. Pan! .
Mutch Harbor
Kodiak .
(Vtrdov a.
Juneau .
Sitk.i .
Prince Rupert
Rd men ton .
Seattle ..
Portland .
San Francisco
liowcat 8 n tn.
t«mp. temp.
20
8 am
Velocity
Preolp. 8 a.in.
21 hra. Weather
20
34
36
38
36
30
30
30
48
4 0
r>2
48
64
54
68
6 4
62
68
4 0
36
42
44
46
46
44
66
32
30
20
28
38
32
34
38
35
32
42
34
62
66
60
34
38
38
30
44
36
34
42
4 2
44
26
42
34
62
68
60
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6
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0
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.17
.18
.46
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10
than
0
.01
0
.16
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ft
Cldy
Snow
Pt. Cldy
Clear
Clear
Snow
Cldy
Cldy
Oleav
Cldy
Cldy
Clear
01 on r
Pt. Cldy
Pt. Cldy
Pt. Cldy
Cldy
Cldy
10 miles
VOTE: Observations at prince Rupert, seatie, Portland and Sen
F ran cisco are made at 4 a. m. and 4 p. m., Juneau time.
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Ttio dlciji^ftttco, noted yesterday as being over fho Arctic Oi'ean
west of Kotzebue Sound, lias moved northeastward over Arctic Alaska
•Mid has occasioned rain or enow throughout the Yukuti and Tatianu
Valleys. Although there has been considerable cloudiness, no precipi
tation has been reported from the remainder of the filed of observa
tion. Temperatures have riser. In the interior, with the lowest read
ings last, night, near the freezing pcint.
TOO HARD BOILED!
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! | WASHJ.NIGTOX, May 4—Wed
! (ling ixirtles, in ithe opinion of j
ithe District <tf Columbia Police
('miirn'Mi-iioiiiT, fAmuld not b"'
i hold to 'the decorous sandards
of street itraBi'h', regulMthms.
1 j The Oommns-sion-er ordered ill1
, roloaee "in tlnio to citeh their
: train,” Of Edward Doan and Ills
bride after they had falllen into
t tho clutches of an unromuntu:
! j 'truifi’ie ipbllteenmin, who took ex
1 ooptlitnis to the it'lmnn din and
| j exci.'gslvo Horn Wowing, and es
corted Itlheir entire wedding
i ipHrly to the police station,
i j "That s’ Ju.A. fnbttslli nests,” the
CoinunlssEoner told the .police
. iprcctnet. "Mos'l pOPple only get
! married once, «nd they ought to
t>« free ItO cHobrote it. They
can Mow 40 horns if they want
1 to.”
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PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE TO
HAVE NEW HOME NEXT YEAR
MANILA, May 4.—'Tho Philippine
Legislature will have a n<vw homo
in 1924, according to the Director
of Public Works. At present the
Senate meets iu an old building in
the Walled City while the lions ■
session uro held in the Ayimtamlcn
Jto building one. block away, which Is
owned by ttio City of Manila.
The new building on Taft Ave
ntle, which will ho used by both
I houses of the Legislature, was or
! iginally intended for the lMiilippInt
! library, but It was decided the leg
i islativo bodies wore in greater met
| of new quarters than the library.
The new structure, which !s mor<
than half completed, will lie foui
stories high. The second lloor will
he. occupied by the House of Hep
resen tat ives, the third by tho Sen
ate, the fourth by offices and com
mittee rooms and the lirst hy olerkp.
The building when completed will
have cost approximately $1,800,000.
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I “THREE LIVE GHOSTS” 1
Friday, May 4th I
LIBERTY THEATRE
| Curtain Rises 8:15 P.M. 1
§ Matinee 2:30 p. m.—for school children—25 cents I
= General admission, 50c. Reserved seats, 75 c |
= Tickets on sale at Ciuy’s Drug Store. !
i No children admitted in the evemngmnless with §
= (parents. 1
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