MINING BUREAU
ADDS TO FORCE
AND EQUIPMENT
Gets Coal Testing Laboratory
and Analyst, and lem- |
porary Rescue Car.
Enlargement of the personnel and
equipment of the Bureau of .Min
to facilitate coal mining operation'
nnd put into shape to combat po
sible mining disaster' will tak • pi i
during the present year, according
to announcement made today b' B. 1)
Stewart. Alaska Mining Supervisor1
for the Bureau. Some steps liav.
already been taken to this end ami
Others will follow if the plan- ap
proved by Director H. ('. Bain are
put into effect.
Tests of coal for relative heat
ing value, etc., will be made in tin
future by the Bureau of Mines' force !
in the Territory. In the past onlj
the Alaskan Engineering Comtnisj
sion has made such tests in its own !
laboratory and its work has been 1
confined largely to commission uses |
and to coals from the Matanuska I
field. Much of the commercial test-j
ing has been done at the Bureau of
Alines' laboratory at Pittsburgh.
"The Alaskan Engineering Com
mission has transferred Analyst ; (
fiharpe to the Bureau of Mines and.
its laboratory equipment at Anchor |
age has been turned ’ over to thej
Bureau.” said Mr. Stewart. In .the (
future this service will be opqti t .
all private companies as well as to
the government, he added.
A temporary mine rescue service
has been provided by in* Alask
Railroad which has turned over a
maintenance of way car to th> ,
Bureau. This Is fitted up to meet1
emergency requirements and i- kept |
standing on a switch in the Anchor-'
age yards ready for instant use. T i'
sets of oxygen breathing apparatus 1
have been requisitioned and will be!
stored, at least for the present, it.
the apparatus room of the Com mi-I
slon's fire department at Anchorage i
A crew from that department will!'
be trained in the use and car ■ of th ■
equipment and will b<> ready for s-cr-'
▼ Ice whenever and where needed a: j
Any point on the railroa I. It I. ; i
Joped, said Mr. Stewart, that the 1
Bureau will be able to provide , ,
Standard mine rescue car with com
plete modern equipment snm.Mi.n
during the present year.
MINERS’ STRIKE j
NOW HINGING ON
NEW AGREEMENT
Sub-committee of Miners and
Operators Put Matter Up
to Big Conference.
NTBYV YORK. Jan. 23.—The sub
committee of coal operators uni!
miners considering a new wage scale I
agreement effective on April 1 reach-1:
ed an agreement this afternoon which I i
will he submitted 1o the conference!
of the whole tomorrow. It' the i
agreement is ratified the possibility! i
of a strike will have !»een definitely
removed.
WHO S WHO
AND WHERE
i
H. Arthur Rust, son of one of tin
owners, and president of the Chi*
chagolf Gold Mining Company, ar
rived here today on the Ambassador
from the mine and will leave on
the Alameda for the State , return
ing to his home in Tacoma, lie has
1-een here the past ten days on
business
E. Scataglini will be a passenger
on the Alameda for the States.
Miss Iguira McLeod will leave on
Ihe Alameda for Ketchikan.
M K McDonnell, representative
of the American Paper Company,
will leave on the Alameda for Ket
chikan on a business trip
J. A. Kron will he a passenger on
(he Alameda for tlie States.
Glen C. Bartlett, manager of the
llusch Hotel In Seattle, and formerly
of the Gastineau Hotel here, will
leave on the Alameda for Seattle
He has been here on a short busi
ness trip.
SKAGWAY WILL TAKE
MACHINERY FROM THANE;
The freighter Skagway is due to
arrive In Thane about tomorrow
night from the Westward, according
to advice received at the local office
of the Alaska Steamship Company
The boat will take on between lOu!
and 125 tons of mill equipment eon !
signed to the Northwest Steel
Products Company of Seattle.
From Thane the Skagway will go
lo Speel River where il will take
«u a cargo of pulp from the Alaska
Pulp & Paper Company mill there.
It Ik not probable the boat will
come into Juneau.
7" POTATOES. RUTABAGAS. 1
APPLES, CABBAGES.
In our all-concrete fire-proof
storage
Concrete Products Mfg. Co.
Willoughby Ave. Phone .52.
HERO'S DAUGHTER WEDS BELGIAN OFFICER.
I
jfyt.frf A.udt'ey v^ds' ,y*t.
m
—
,vi i Aud i'(*y Tow nshend, onl u ugntor ol Major-General Sir C in rowuitnena. utra tile
eve f Kiil-el-Aniara, in .Mesopotamia, when his gallant army was turrounded and forced to surren
der |(I ihe Turks, was married by t civil ceremony in Paris to Count Haitdoin de Borehcrave d'Alten-,
<: the Belgian Army The photo rapli shows the bridal party. On ihe right of the bride are General
and Lady Towushend.
RUBBER PRICES
SHOW INCREASE
British Colonial Legislation Is
Tending to Restrict
Production Now.
NKW YORK. Jun. 23. Represen
ntices of the British Rubber (!; >«
r's Association and American Rub
ier Association a'ra conferring as ih
esult or prllis'.j Colonial l-a-i.i
ion restricting production t) tin
ent of that of 1920. This caused
lie price of crude rubber l i i -
rout 13 canu in the fall to <• ms
t present.
It is howa that (Ire.i' it ui
ontrols S'p per cent of t. pr ■ i.t
inn and th<w i'nited States hi- 7u
ler cent of the world's can- cup
ion.
‘JIM S PLACE 7 RAIDED
BY DRY AGENTS TODAY
In a raid on what is known as
'Jim’s Place" on lower Won* -tree
oday, Federal Prohibition atp-n- a
ested Jitu I.loyd, said to be the
iroprietor on a charge of violating
he dry laws A small qiiantl o.
'.noon hlne" is reported to hat
teen seized.
Lloyd’s bon I was fixed at $'it)
chlclt had not been posted la thi
itternoon. He will probably be nr
'.signed bel'or ■ 1'. S. Commies.or.
'. A Paine tomorrow. To- ral '
cm made by George .\a :d and J
d. Sii irpl
HRS. SCATAGLINI GETS
FINE IN UPPER COURT
Entering a ] le.i of guilty to vio
liim of tile Alaska Hone Dry law,
ill's. E. Scatugllni was tin a $500
nil costs by .In •„<> T M. Real in
ho U. S. District Court yesterday
iftornoon. Tin* ca- was originall
rioil in the C S. Commissioner's
Jourt and resulted in conviction o.
ho defendant.
An appeal was tak n hy the tie
ense. The plea of guilty was mad
ester day and sentence was passed
it once. The fine has been paid.
In the U. S. District Court today
he suit of the Union Oil Company
igainst C. W. Young Co. was still
a progress. J. C. McBride, head oi
he’defendant company, concluded
iis testimony today after being on
he witness stand since last Friday,
t was expected tiiat the case woulj
sy completed by tomorrow evening.
silvering Theory Work
Tricky Aid to Scienc<
TOKIO. Jan 2h -I’olice author!
ies in Kawnguchi-tnachi, in Saitama
irefecture, are confronted with the
olit:ion of ti problem that baffled
dentists. About a year and a hall
igo, a well-to-do country specUUla
>n metallurgy. Tatsuzo llatori, livinj
n Hie suburbs of Kawagucbl-niacbi
tear Tokio, claimed to have sue
•coded in converting anything inti
lilver.
Dr. Tsun-Marusa wa. professor o
he My us hit Imperial University, pro
•eeded to Karwuguchi-machi to make
i personal study oi the'subject. The
•esuit was a complete disappoint
nont. according to his latest pub
ication.
The professor said that he ills
■overed that the apparent success o
he claimed theory was entirely dm
o tricks played by an assistant, whe
vottld sec retly pour spec ial cheniica
hiuids containing silver upon the ma
erials taken for experiment. Dr
Marxian wa spent eighteen months ti
his work and ha- put die matter ti
Lhe hands if the police.
Prince to Adopt Plain
Living After His Weddini
1 OKU). Jan. 23. - -Tilt1 Prince lle
u' nt. after hia marriage, will adop
the plain foreign style of living ii
order to so’ an example of economy
Japanese of the better class hav<
up to now organized their house
holds on a double ba^fs, the foreigi
anti Japanese living, which is deem
ed expensive. It is also expoctOc
Ibat everything in the lmparial house
h dd before long will be completed
modernized.
For engraved or printed eallln;
cards see The Empire.
Soprano Who Slapped
Jealous Admirer.
-..
pMis^ (SrAc'e Holsir
iiflt: Is Miss tjliiCl1 llOlSI, SO
prano of tlu* Chicago Optra Co.,
where ringing ro pleased Feodor
(i a pi n. liussian basso, that lie
met anted her with an autograph
: I photograph. Cesare Formichi
leading Italian baritone of the
■ nipany, her long-time admirer,
objected to her accepting the pic
ture and had his face slapped by
the husky soprano for his com
ments.
AUSTRIAN CROWN
NOW STABILIZED
- . "
Will Remain at Present Valua
tion for Some I true
Financiers Claim.
i _
! VIENNA, .Ian, 23.—That the Aus-.
trial! crown will remain indefinitely!
a1 about the precent exchange value!
of seventy thousand to the dollar is
thi> opinion of Austrian financiers.
The League of Nations plan for’
i motoring Austrian finances provides1
I that there he no further increase In:
.Co* quantity of paper money in eir-'
;.••uletion, but it makes n< provi ionj
for t duction. The quantity of paper
1 i rued is tegarded as absolutely ne
cc: ■ iry for the normal working of
I business, since its purchasing value
I is something like 14,00u times lees,,
than before the war.
Eventually all bills of dennmina
j lions lower titan a hundred will be
s'iminated. Even a hundred crowd!
I note is of little use; it is scorned'
| even as a tip.
Austrian business is in such a1
| sen: Hive condition that any sudden
lire in the exchange value of the
j crown would be a disaster almost
i equal lo a sudden fall. Interior af
! fairs, as well as foreign business re-'
lations, have gradually been ad
I Jutted to the abnormal relation of
! th crown to other momn and it i,J
I considered best that it remain un
i changed for the present.
As there is nothing left in Aus-:
I tria so insignificant as to lie reck
| oned in single crowns, lens of
crowns, or hundreds, bills of those
! denominations will gradually disap
pear to he replaced by five hundreds
' and thousands.
When merchants lirst commenced
, lo advertise the doom of the two
price store was sounded. It' adver
tising had never accomplished uny-j
thing else than Ibis it would have
Justified itself.
MISS A. HAMILTON
Furrier
Designer and Maker of
Ladies' fur coats,
wraps, h^ts,
etc.
Inquire at Gastineau Hotel
i
PLEAD GUILTY
TO SAVE NECKS
Two Harrison Strikers Mak*
Strange Statements to
Investigators.
LITTLE "KOOK. Ark.. Jan. 23.
mther Wire and Hod Orr. strikini
■mployees of the Missouro & North
■vest era Arkansas K ill way. testifiei
ii'fore the joint legislative committc
nv Migating disturbances at Harrl
ion, that they pleaded guilty to a.r
on to "save their necks.”
Each are under sentence from
o 10 years.
T ic men t ‘stifled that Judge Shint
old them they could have a .ria
nit h • could not guarantee tlvi
afety.
AMBASSADOR IN PORT.
Tho ChiehagofT Gold Mining Com
jany's tender Ambassador, Capt. An
lerson, arrived at 2:15 o'clock till
ifternoon. The boat will remain ii
xjit until after the Northwester
trrives from the south, brlngin
applies and mail for Chichagof.
Among the passengers aboard th
Ambassador for Juneau were: II. A
lu t. 11. .1. Wood. J. E. Andersoi
ml Mrs. Anderson
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MISS COBB FIRST
WOMAN ADVOCATE
j IN ENGLISH COURT
LONDON, .Inn. 23. For the
I first time in the history of Eng
land. a woman advocate has ap
peared in c uiH to plead. This
memorable occasion was at
Birmingham assizes and the
honor of being tile first English
women to “address the court"
being to Miss Oobb.
She prosecuted a man for
bigamy and won her case. The
' man was sentenced to six
I months hard labor. .Miss M. 0.
Cobb was called to the bar at
Mi .Milt-town on November 17.
| Slie had been qualified exactly
a fortnight, therefore, when she
' received her Unit brief.
Old bundles of newspapers a’
Empire, 25 cents.
JITNEY DANCE
AT
ELKS’ HALL
Thursday Night
COLISEUM ORCHESTRA
BENZO
WITCH HAZEL
CREAM
An elegant preparation for the
prevention and relief of chapped
hands and face, roughness of the
slcin, sunburn, freckles, etc. For
use after shaving it is uequaled.
Prepared only at
BRITT’S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
PHONE 25
PACK PREDICTS
DEVELOPMENT OF
j ALASKA FORESTS
President of Tree Association
Gives Prominence to
* Tongass Forest.
The Alaska National Forests are
given cosiderable prominence and
favorable mention in “The School
Book of Forestry,” published last
month by the American Tree Asso
ciation, a national forest conserva
tion organization. Development of
these forests both for timber and
for the manufacture of pulp and
paper was pointed out as logical
and desirable.
The book is written by Charles
Lathrop Pack, president of the As
s >ciatlon. He is author of many !
other books and articles on forestry
and forest conservation and known
notionally as a student of forestry
.Mr. Pack refers to the Tongass
National Forest as the “Alaskan
forest that will some day be ship
ping large amounts of timber to the
states. It has over 12,000 miles of
shoreline and 90 per cent of the'
usable timber is within two miles
of tidewater. This makes it easy to|
log-the timber and load the lumber!
directly from the forests to the i
steamers. This forest Is 1.550 miles I
closer to mainland than is the other!
Alaskan National Forest (the Chu
gach.)
Alaska will probably develop into
ono of the principal paper sources
,1 of the United States .... About
0,000,000 tons of pulpwood annually
are required to keep us supplied
with enough paper. The Tong iss
National Forest could easily supply
one-third of this amount indefinitely.
"This forest is also rich in water
power. It would take more than
250.000 horses to produce as much
power as that which the streams
land rivers of Southeastern Alaska
supply."
The kind and quantity of timber.
1 average and record stands, growth
1 ind other matters are covered by
: Mr. Pack In the chapter on Alaskan
for. ts. The first publication of the
1 book was issued is November and
was soon exhausted. A Hecond pub
1 k-ation was issued in December.
I MANILA, P. I . Jan. 23.—Frank W.
Carpenter, after twenty-four years of
service in the Philippine Islands in
various departments of the United
States government and the Philip-;
pine guv rnment has resigned on ac
count of ill health. He served sue
Icessfully as chief clerk to Brigadier]
General Henry W. Lawton, who was
killed in the Philippine insurrection,
executive secretary of the govern-'
ment. governor of the department of
Mindanao and Sulu. chief of the bu
reau of Non-Christian tribes and fin
ally chairman of the finance and re-1
j organization committee of the Philip j
I nine government.
Should Have Spanked Her,
Judge Declares.
/ I
7
. V.V:
!"^rtH
_ 1
“You should have spanked
her!" was the comment of Judge
Burnell, of Los Angeles, in the di
vorce suit of Dr. Charles E. Burt.
Mi;. Hurt, shown her, is the for
me- wife of \V. K. Timken, mil
lionaire hall-boaring manufacturer.
[)DD FELLOWS WILL
ENTERTAIN THURSDAY
Tie members of the local Odd
•"ellmv- lodge will entertain with
i splendid program, following the
■cgular meeting Thursday evening
iex:. Their guests will be the
nembers of the Perseverance Ite
jekah Iatdge here and the members
>f the Odd Fellows and Kebekah
odges of Douglas.
c ids and dancing will he the
ihief forms of entertainment and a
in ■ supper will be served.
DON’T FORGET
to see the
MINSTREL SHOW
AT
COLISEUM THEATRE
Jan. 23-24
Benefit Playground Fund
Reserved seats on sale
here.
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
96 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
MUST PREVENT
SMUGGLING OF
LIQUOR;ORDERS
Coast Guard Stations Receive
Formal Orders to En
force U. S. Laws. 1
NEW YORK. Jan. 23.—All Coast
guard stations received orders today
that as representatives of the United
{States government they must assist
in prevention of smuggling.
This is the first general order
issued since the rum fleet appeared
off the Jersey Coast two week*
ago.
Oregon Bank Robbed
During Last Night
SHERIDAN, Ore., Jan. 23.—Rob
! hors entered the First National Bank
during the night and escaped with
an undetermined amount in securi
ties and currency from 35 safety de
posit boxes.
If it’s advertised ifs of TIMELY
INTEREST. That’B something to re
member—to your profit.
HOW ABOUT YOUR
FAMILY CLOCK?
Does it keep good time?
If not we can put
it in good order
for you at a rea
sonable cost or
sell you a new
one if the old is
worn too badly.
Phone and we
will call for it.
THE NUGGET SHOP
LEND A HAND
LAUGH AND BE MERRY |
at the
PLAYGROUND MINSTREL SHOW
Coliseum Theatre, January 23 and 24
Admission, 50c and 75c.
After you have enjoyed the Minstrel Show, give
yourself a treat by letting us show you Hart Schaffner
& Marx Clothes at
Goldstein’s Emporium
| Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes
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