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! DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
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PREMIER BASKETBALL CAME
SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY NIGHT,
What is promised to ho tho host
basketball game scheduled for here!
tlilS season, one that will keep the i
entire crowd of onlookers standing;
during the entire game, is to be j
played in tho Douglas Nat Friday!
evening.
The local High School squad is
matched to play the crack Metlakatla
team, which so fur has won three
games on the Channel, and are ex
pecting to leave the Channel winner
of all games played.
Standing alone between the°e
clever Moil a Italian players and a
■completely victorious trip is the
Douglas High School team. When
tho whistle start* the game off be
tween these two teams Friday night,
there will certainly he some excite
ment, for a while.
8CHOOL PLAYS BE STAGED
ONE WEEK FROM FRIDAY
Two school plays." one entitled
“Box of Monkeys,” by tho freshmen
class and the other '‘Proxy's Proxy,”
by the senior class, arc in a state
of preparation to he given by those
classes Friday evening, January 26,
at tho Liberty Theater.
LEAGUE TEA THURSDAY
The Ladies’ League will entertain
i's members and visitors with a
silver tea tomorrow afternoon in the
League rooms. A large attendance
is expected.
SOCIAL IS POSTPONED BY
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
The social which was to have
been given next Friday evening hv
the C. R. Society of the Congrega
tional Church, has been postponed
indefinitely.
TRAPPER IN TOWN
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Tom Shca/ly, who iis spending the
winter trapping on Shelter Island,
arrived in town (he first of the week
on a business trip. He expects to 1
return to his camp in a few days.
READY FOR FISHING AGAIN
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After a month's lay-off from fish
ing, Tom Ness of the halibut boat j
Rmiua expects to leave for the fish-1
ing grounds tomorrow, weather per-!
mi t ting.
LAST NIGHT OF
‘•SEALED HEARTS”
The feature attraction at tho Lib
erty Theater for tho last time to
night is Eugene O'Brien in “Sealed
Hearts,” tho second Selznick picture
in which this popular star has ap
peared.
The 'Selznick star, who recently
triumphed in “The Perfect Lover,” is
at his best in "Sealed Hearts," which i
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Librarian of League
of Nation1; Sails.
f ’Mis's'FIoreiice Wilson. ^
Mil's Florence Wilson, Librarian
for the League of Nations, has
sailed from New York for Geneva,
Switzerland, to resume her du
ties. after two months’ vacation
with her family and friends in
Philadelphia
tells a tense and novel story of his
eternal triangle. Mr. O'Brien is his
usual gallant, manly self and is ably
supported by a notable cast headed
by Robe: ‘ Edeson.
“Sealed Hearts” is a story of an
adopted son’s love for his father's
preyy young wife whose heart lias
grown hungry far the boyish leva
her aged husband cannot give her.
Site returns f'ne young man's love
and when they ran no longer bi le
their mutual devotion, the father be
comes the pitiable prey of a jealous
rage.
Tho complications that grow out
of Ibis unusual situation form the
nucleus rtf a play bo'h sensational
and startling and the crucial mo
ments, as they occur, f airly leap from
the screen.
Declares Prohibition
Has Failed to Prohibit
WASHINGTON. Jaa. 17 I) lar
ng prohihiticn has "utterly failed to
irolilbit,” Representative Bounce
“nekran, of Nc,v York, told tho
douse that if the President had
’ailed into he enforcement s : vico i
ill forces used after the Civil War lo j
mfcrce the 14th and 15th amend
ments, the result would b the ante
is a dead letter tn many states.’’ |
YOUR "UNUSED” ASSETS— that J
ypewriter, musical instrument, fur- j
liture, office fixture or appliance—j
iro marketable, for cash, through I
he classified columns of The Empire.
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READY FOR THE TAKU
Oregon Wcolen Mills blankets and comforters, and cotton
sheets, wliill help keep you comfortable these cold winter nights.
We have a complete stock.
F. A. J. GALL WAS, Douglas.
PHONE 17
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New Polish Minister
Reaches London,
Count Skirmunt. the new Pol
ish Minister to tlie British Em
pire, has taken up his duties in
London.
Troops for Coal Mines
During Strike Cost Money
BALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Jan. 17.
—'National Guard troops stationed in
the Carbon county, Ut h, coal region
during the nation-wide coal strlk
last year, cost the stale $71,372, ac
cording to a report made public hero
by Governor Charles R. M.ibey. Th?
guard, ordered to patrol the coal dis
triid, after numerous shooting af
frays between mine guards and al
leged striking miners, was mobilized
June 14. 1!>22, end demobilized Sep
tember 15.
There was no cessation of coal
mining in Carbon county during the
strike and operators attributed this
to the presence of the troops.
Man Held Nearly One
Year Given Liberty
SEATTLE, Jin. 17. Edmond
Jt'iisla, held by inniigm: !on authori
ties here frr nearly a year, awaiting
deportation, has been ordered re
leased because no country will claim
him f ir a citizen.
llusia was ordered deported after
serving a term in the si ite peniten
tiary ;jrt Walla Walla for assaulting
a Hoquiam. Wash., frith k • dor. H.
claimed France as his birthplace, but
French authorities r. ftt-cd : > honor
his passport because he could no'
substantiate his claim. Then lie ad
mitted *he bad lived in c, most
of his life, but G"f k authorities also
refused to accept h'm.
He was release i i htt.b • -s corpus
proceed tags.
If' it's advertised it's of TIMELY
INTEREST. That’s something to rc
rnentber—to your profit.
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SlOt’X KAU.S, S I)., Jan. 17.
A verdict of guilty returned
av.ir.it G 3Pge W l-lgan, three
'hue candidate tar Governor of
c null Dakota, < a . charge ot !
having made false return* to I
-airailH-e camrtni' ■ oil i -suiting j
In .1 sonlerce la tv.- > yc.trtj in I
the <: t.* pr'.-.m, w ob nined j
tli ' -h cuttirg a t! k of play- |
in;. t-Ji-tis, -aceonlin-.' to affidv ;
Vits filed in Citv i (’ >,;r by |
t'wt) of the jurors. The rfida- |
vi-- w to Ifled in ,t; xrt of a
nii.,!- n r a r. vv trial. j
Ac. ording lo th. a tf’davits .
'flie Jury li 1 been d ilkiciud, 1
v ii h to members t . con ?lc-: inu |
I and two for requitrtnl.
A3 r a number c‘ hoar.;, 'he *
*.b.i l.ivi's say, thirirvo objecting !
' jurors decided to < for high 1
j card tv> see whether ;hey should |
retain their not guilty stood or j
The * cards solid goiity, wis I
agree with the e li r 4 ..tiro, j
alleged, and a verb t <a that j
| eot'utit war returned.
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And Hard Worker
ROM 13, Jan. 17. -Liealto Mussolini,
the man who at 38 years of ace has
b 'i onic vitally the legal dictator of
li dy. has a great capacity lor work,
i Sinte lie assumed >chg,rge of the Min
, ries of Foreign Affairs and the In
i t.' -ior, Mus.'iriint has averaged over
: IS hours of hard work every day. A;
i ills desk promptly at the stroke of j
S, h-> is s'Mil busy at midnight at-1
1 tending to ilie business of the two
| most important ministries in hir
i government.
j During the 18 i >rrth-s in which he
j was engaged in the organization of
the Fascists movement culminating;
In the 'peaceful entrance of a hun-j
i dred thousand of his followers into!
I Rome Oeto'ber 31. Mussolini worked;
] an average of 12 hours every day, in
cluding Sundays.
, Mussolini eats liltlo and drinks
: less. He sleeps about fiv<-* or six I
I hours out of the iii. His beverage is!
a light Italian wine with about 50!
, per cant of water added.
His fa vorite r "'Pit-ions ar° fenc-1
I ing and walking, >nd he is said to be
I a chess player of no mean ability.
Italy's man of the hour wa ; an
| e: ' husia.stle advo ate of his coun
try's entrance inti the World War .1)
■ tlie .- ie of tlie Allias. He served j
: a '■ a corporal un i! wounded so ee
veroly that ho had to be sent to lit ■
r ir-as unfit for further active duty,
it is said that ; ibody bears the
-cars of 120 won ids, caused by shell
splinters an 1 shrapnel.
One tiling t in kid with “such
pretty curls” <■:■ under, (and about
tli" b bled hair i d is why it was all
• igh: for hbs ii her to ha-v - her
i . r ' r: when >a won't allow his to
- >t n.titr the scl ora.
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back by using the "lg>st and Found
i ninn of Tae Empire.
THIS MODERN “EVE” QUITS “ADAM.’
Mr: ajidMes*.
Carl A.
gutter*
Mrs. Curl A, Sutter, the mod' > n “Kve," who vvruua existence ■
y-cm the bioak Maine woods with her lnwband, "Adam.” last Spring, I1
hits loft him. They had quit their Horton home to au barnutorminR j'
with a theatrical company in Maine.
CHINESE GAME MAKES GREAT HIT IN AMERICA.
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Confucius, the Chinese philos plior, ha« I era brought to Ameri
ca in a game, ccrdited to hi: fertile train. Hi-, ir fulling scoielv hy
storm. The game is Mali Jon Kg, played rc:n what similarly lo dom
inoes. The players hero are Mis» Marie Tiffany, operatic star, and
Mario Cham lee, who has succeeded to many of Caruso's roles in
the Metropolitan Opera Co.
TENAKEE AFFAIRS
DURING PAST WEEK
' (Special Correspondence.)
TENAKEE, Jan. 10. The m nth-;
ly meeting of the Parent-Teacher As
sociation was held at the Tenakee
School Tuesday evening, January !).
Mr. 51. Hudson addressed the meet
ing on the subject of radio. After
the address a discussion was held as
in the advisability of securing u
radio set for the school.
The following program was pre
sented : Song — "Sailing.' Sell ol
Children; Reading -Edythe Murphy;
"The Silver Path," Kathryn Nelsen:
Song—"Jingle Bells," School Chil
dren; Playlet Dialogue — Francis
Murphy and Theodore Orava; "Sup
pore." Ailie Orava; Song - "Alaska,
My Alaska,” School.
Refreshments were served after
he meeting and a social time en
joyed.
Deputy Marshal Leaves.
Culled States Deputy Marshal E.
II. Sherman, left today on the Kste
b"th for Juneau on a business trip,
tlu will return next week.
A. N. B. Orchestra Here.
A traveling orchestra from the
\ N. B. of Hoon&h flopped here on
heir way from Sitka. On Wcdnes
luy evening a dance wa given at
Self,on's Hall at which the orchestra
ulayed. Thursday evening they
eve a dance at the Brunswick Pool
Hall. There are seven membeia of
the orchestra and their music is ex
cellent.
Barber Arrives.
Mr. and Mrs. Haikka arrived hist
week from Cordova. Mr. Haikka
will open a barber shop at the
Brunswick Pool Hall.
Younj? Boy Dies.
Charles James, a native hoy, age
1!', died suddently of heart failure
lait week while at Fresh Water Bay.
Funeral services were held on Mon
day afternoon at the Native Con, -
tery at Tenukee.
Sad Accident.
While the boat .owned by James
f'a,co was in Hawk Inlet last week
the dolphin to which the boat was
tied fell on the boat. A kettle of
water on the stove tipped over and
severely scalded hi? three children.
Mery Casco, age 3. died almost im
mediately. The other two children
are recovering slowly. The funeral
services for Mary Caaco were held ut
Tenakce last Monday afternoon.
_. „ leavs.
Tile Piggy left Tenakee for Jti
neau las!. Thursday loaded to c
parity'with herring. The boat will
return as soon aa it dispose* of n ■
fit h.
RADIO WILL BE USED
TO TRACK CRIMINALS
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 17.—fso
d radio as a means of combatting
!io uproar! of crime and hastening
he arrest: of criminals, will he in-.tl-1
iil -d in Spokane county this spring
■i cording to Sher'-f clir-me k!
or
In explaining h ■ l.eir'on to ado
lie use of radio Siirrftf |Jt>ng sta'-l
aa; h" belfevod (t would prove of
articular value in blocking the ac
ivity of criminals who move rapid)v •
ri,Ri city to city, leaving a long li« j
,f ' rimp< in their wake. The plan
till la? worked out in conjunction|
First Woman Associate
in Royal Academy.
■-.k zmm f
. $wyn '
Mi" Smysnerton, at 78 years of
;"!c, enjoys the distinction of he- [
itir, ilie tint Yvi.tiisn to be made 1
on A oelato of tile Royal Asad- ;
omy in London.
wit!' the VorUuv s’ A ni i.ttion of!
Sheriffs ami Police.
A'cording to tlio plan mapped on: j
by lh ' Northwest A-soviation, ever) i
day i uup'ete accounts of new primes;
ctu mmi" • I in any zone, with tlescrlp
1 >'■ - "r criminals, topects, finger
print classification?, history and in
dent'fit ations will lie broadcast in
n '• >n code. The association
i male formal petition to the gov
ernaient radio control board for :•
flirtd'cNve was r length far exclusive
urc of tlio a ; social Ion.
A the system io perfected, smaller
s* a tions throughout the N'orthweat
wiil If .•■tided to the chain of police!
biv- dci"iiig bur'-aus, as will station:-'
in M "‘‘ana and Brit.isii Columbia.
Old papers for sale at Kznpire
office.
BCR fY
LAST TIME TONIGHT
TO SEE
EUGENE O'BRIEN
in
'SEALED HEARTS’
1 'vo reel Lehrman Comedy
A Game Lady and a Par
amount hducational will open
the show.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTEBIOB
United States Land Office
Juneau, Alaska, Nov. 16. 1922.
NOTICE IS HEltBBY OIVEN that
William D. Bancy, cf .Juneau, Al
T’ka, ins submitted final three-year
proof in support of his homestead
• i try serial 04141, for lands In U.
.4 Survey Nh 12 85, situated on the
E ' ore of Admiralty Island, Alaska,
n laiitude 58' 15’ N., longitude
1 11 44' Vi", and more particularly
d. scribed nr, follows:
I'niuMuiclti - at corner No. 1, M.
0. on Hie lire of ordinary high tide
i Step ,• n Par ige, whence U.S.L.
M. No. 1285 ■nears S. 51* 02’ R.
11.11 chs : running thence W. 18.10
■ is. to 'ornor No 2; thence S. 4 0.00
> hs. to corner No. 3; thence E. 22.00
ehs. t i" rner No. 4 M.C. on the line
or ordinary high tide of Stephen’s
Passage; thence meandering
(11 N. 26*00’ W. 6.50 chs.; <2)
X 2M0’ W. 4 40 chs.; (31 N. 23*
50’ \Y. 4.80 chs.; (4) N. 34* 30’. W.
3 80 chs.; (5) N 40*00' W. 9.30
cli.'.; (61 S. 88°15’ W. 1.60 chs.;
(7) N. 45 0(1' W. 1.40 chs.: (8) N.
3*00' W. 5.00 chs.; (9) N. 00*15'
10 7.30 chs.: (10) N. 51*15' E.
0. 72 chs.; (11) S. 49 52' E. 12.50
clis.; (12) S. 33*47' E. 3.87 chs.;
(13) S. 0*43' E. 3.00 chs.; (14) S.
34 30' E. 3.95 chs.; (15) N. 89*08*
E. 3.55 chs.; (16) S. 52*36' E. 0.65
clis.; (17) S. 12*09' E. 5 56 chs.;
(18) S. 2 9*15’ E. 2.62 chs.; (19)
H, 57 15' E. 4.20 chs.; (20) S. 2*30'
VV. 5.00 chs.: (21) N. 83*30' W.
S.oO clis.; (22) S. 71 °30' W. 2.10
clis; (23) S. 24*00' E. 2.00 chs.;
(.4) S. 86*00' E. 6.30 chs.; (26) S.
56*00’ E. 14.60 chs.; (2(6) 78*15'
E. 2.20 chs.; (27) N. 6*00' W.
12.15 chs.; (28) N. 33*00' W. 3.20
chs.; (29) N. 87*30' W. 2.95 chs.;;
(30) N. 66*14' W. 6.45 chs.; (31)
N. 44 20' IV. 4.00 chs.; (32) 17*02'
\Y 6.34 clis.; (33) N. 6*45' E. 7.72
clis.; (34) N. 6*37’ W. 3.84 chs.;
'351 N. 24*24' W. 2.42 cns.; (30)
N. 5fc 35' W. 6.73 chs.; (37) N.
13 43' W. 2.60 chs.; to corner No.
1. the place of beginning, contain
ing 90.625 acres; variation 31*15' B.
Any and ull persons claiming ad
versely any of the above land are
required to tile their adverse claim
in ibis office within the period of
publication or thirty days thereafter,
or they will be barred by the pro
visions of the statutes.
TRANK A. BOYLE,
Register.
First publication Dec. 6, 1922.
Last publication Feb. 6. 1923.
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