Summer
Fabrics
These new fabrics offer colorings
and patterns including new texture
effects for materialing every manner
of summer wear, and priced so you
can make the prettiest of frocks for
very little cost. M
VOILES
Light, medium and dark color
ings; of fine texture for blouses and
dresses. 36 inches wide.
60 cents to $1.75 a yard.
ORGANDY
Fine, transparent, permanent fin
ish imported organdy will make the
sweetest of frocks. Colors pink,
ceil, orchid and jade.
$1.00 a yard. /
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'f3. Sport wools in plain colors and
H plaid patterns that will inspire some
H of the smartest skirts.
H $3.25 and $3.75 a yard.
1 PUMPS AND OXFORDS
Women and big girls will styles
fg from black satin pumps to sport ox
§jf fords, in lasts and leathers suitable for
||f both s'reet and dressy occasions.
== $7.50 to $10.00 pair.
GINGHAMS
French and pretty silk striped
tissue ginghams in patterns that are
different.
75 and 85 cents a yard.
STEIN-BLOCH SUITS
For Men and Young Men
Stein-Bloch suits are hand-tailored
which means three things — Expres
sion in style; Elegance in finish; En
durance in service.
$48.50 to $55.00.
Other makes $30 to $45.00.
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Bit FLIGHT f
IS AT END
Aviators Make Non - stop
Flight Across Continent
from Coast to Coast.
SAN DIEGO, May 3.—Lieutenants
John MacRoady and Oakley Kelly
arrived at Rockwell Field at 12:2(1
o’clock this afternon in a non-stop
aeroplane flight from Roosevelt
Field, Now York.
The flight was completed in ap
proximately 26 hours. 50 minutes,
unofficial time. The distance is
nearly 2,800 miles.
Huge throngs greeted the aviators
as tly>y landed and wild cheers were '
echoed by siren and whistles.
The airmen flaw directly over the
heart of the city . A fleet of aero- '
planes met them on the outskirts
and escorted them to the field. The
flight traversed the continent over
the Alleghenies to Dayton, thence to
Indianapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City
and Ei Centro.
There is some difficulty in flgur-:
ing the exact time but the unoffl-:1
rial time is figured at 26 hours, 60.'
minutes and 3g seconds.
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CONGRATULATED. ,
WASHINGTON, May 3. — Gen.
John J. Pershing received the first ,
word of the transcontinental flight j j
from The Associated Press. He im- ,
mediately wired the aviators con
gratulations.
Former Congressman
Herrick Under Arrest
WASHINGTON, May 3.—Former I
Congressman Manuel Herrick, of
oitlaNtoma, known as "the aerial
ddnitfevfl of Congress’’ was arrested f
and charged with disorderly con- i
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hict after a woman told a poliee
nan Herrick annoyed her. When
he ease was called in the police
purl today several other women
LKked the privilege of testifying
igainst him but the case was con
inued to tomorrow. He was re
eased on $5 bail. He gave 'his oc
cupation as a Government detective.
ELKS PLAN TO
GIVE SMOKER;
At the lodge session of the Elks
last night, plans were announced for
a smoker to Ibe given during 'the first
week of nextt month. A committee
;o have full charge was named, con
fisting of Willi aim 'Prank. Joe Snow
iml M. L. Stepp The members of
he committee intend to get busy at
nice on a card which will be an
loumced as fast as contestants are
inch up ami .matched.
MRS. KNUD8QN BETTER.
Mrs. Thomas Knudson. who under
went u major operation ^t St An-n
iospital last week is somewhat im
troved today, according to a atate
nent made at the hospital.
CHIEF KEEGAN OUT SOON.
Chief of Police T. E. P. Keegan
rill be able to leave St. Ann Hos
dtal in a few days, it was stated
here today. Chief Keegan has '
ieen at the hospital for treatment
or an injured toe.
J. W. Woodford, operator at the
innex Creek power plant, is in
uneau today.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Nye, of Skag
vay, arrived in Juneau yesterday on
he Estebeth.
W. T. Gill is aboard the Victoria
or Seward, en route to Unm. an bus- «
toss in connection with oil. I
Sending Wild Rabbits
To Alaska lor
Food for Foxes
OLYMPIA, May 3.—Wild rabbits
In Western Washington are being
trapped and protected to be trans
planted to the islands of the Alaska
ooast, where they will furnish live
food for the foxes on those Islands.
More than fifty new fox farms have
been established on the Island dur
ing the last year, and the Bureau of
Biological Survey is conducting the
rabbit trapping campaign to aid that
Industry. Theo. H. Scheffer of the
Biological Survey is conducting the
campaign from his headquarters at
the Western Washington Experi
ment Station at Puyallup. It is
planned to ship the rabbits north as
soon as the Alaska navigation sea
son opens. The rabits are being tak
en wset of the mountains because
they will be better acclimated than
those which might be taken on the
east side.
Man Facing Death on
Gallows Attempts Life
MARSHFIELD, Ore., May 3 —L. W.
Pea re, under sonttem-e'' to be h a nged
June for unirder of .his wife and a
heighlbor, eift his throat in the county
jail this afternoon and is believed toj
be dying.
ANY KKAttUIMABLT - PRICBDi
house or apartment may be rented_
through an inexpensive classified ad
vertisement in The Empire. Test the
matter. The "rial” Involved la ao
small that tew people would dlgaliv
YOUR “UNTJBEiT- ASSETS—that;
typewriter, tnueicaj instrument, fur
niture, office fixture or appUance-^-l
ere marketable, for eaeh, threach I
the classified columns of The Umpire.
'HOUSE SETS UP
RECORIT; PASSES
MANY MEASURES
Disposes of 19 in Afternoon
Session Yesterday—Cal
endar Almost Clear.
Tho House high record for
work yesterday jwternoon when it
parsed a 'toltlal titT9 bills and resolu
tions and Willed ‘tiwo other measures
Out of tile 'total passed l5\were Sen
ate bills and two Senate partitions
With itho revenue and taxation and
general appropriations out of the
way. It lie paith"for the pilod-np miass
of 'legislation was '.smoothed consid
erably. .Many of those passed were
oif some tm porta nec, including one
or two carrying mnad appropriations.
Road Amendment Passed
The Aldrich .bill amending the pres
ent Territorial road act to give the
Territorial Board of Road Commis
sion er.s amthortty to take necessary
action 'to roceivo Federal cooperation
under the 'provisions of the Federal
Highway Act. if it 13 extended to
Alaiskla, 'paislsod unamended and with
out (apposition. It docs not call for
■any change in the present system un
losls tho F'cdcral Hirliwuv Act is ex
tended.
The Snodgrass bill providing for
Territorial cdoperat.ion in holding
'annual Ifair3 In each of tho four divi
sions, carrying an appropriation of
$8,000 for 'the biennium to be equally
ditvtldted, was passed. Mr. Chamber
liin’s bill tor stocking certain islands
in prince Wi ill ami Sound with deer
amended to include stocking Buranof
ajyj. Chichagof Islands with mountain
gtoats, wont through on greased skids.
Tho Dhnonjl jury bill, revising the
methods of choosing jurore in both
(flstridt land eoinmisstoncirs’ courts,
'aimed alt 'profedsior.il juryiam, w- is
; among the importanit bills parsed,
i In ipassing 'Senate Bill No. 80, the
: House made it possible tor the town
! oif Halnos 'to secure Territorial aid
; to the extent of $3,500 in the erection
! Of a. slcbooll house. This measure was
i fostered by Senator Hunt. It re
■ quires cooperation from tho town of
i Hainos.
More Indigent Relief
i Additional rolled fluid,.! tor the in
! digent during the next two years was
i assured whon the House acted fa
i voTably on Chamberlin's bill carrying
i! an appropriation of $12,000 tor that
I! purpose. Of 'that sum, $6,000 is to be
!! avtatlulblo annually for the biennium
;! to bo expended in 'the tour division.?
i in proportion 'to itho 'population ol
: each.
5 ISenato Bill No 83. establishing new
Ij'flHlng 'foes for bcAli domestic and for
;,p.ign corporaltions. was passed. II
establishes a $25 fee tor corporations
Si having a capital stock teauc not ex
:joooding $100,000 and an add it Ilona
Si25 'cants for each additional $1,000 ir
I excess of $100,000.
: Other Senate ihfll3 passed includ
E eJ: No. 92, providing that no costs
S shall lie itaxod against defendant
[ in criminal cases in the Courts ol
i Alaska; No. 76, establishing a Terri
; torrial Board of Accountancy; No 98
; establishing a Territorial Board o!
■ chiropractic examiners and providing
: tor tho 'regulation of chlropraotars;
• No. 119, authorizing the substitutior
5 of defendants in certain suits against
■ public officers, and four priv.ite re
: lira 'inns.
5 Mr. Dunn's resolution Instructing
* ,t1m Attorney General 'to continue his
■ transport etion investignBticmr, ami fil«
* COmipHaimta with tho U. S. Shipping
Board on the subject of rates if lit
believed (in action could be sustained
and Senate Resolution No. 10, an
thorizlng tho printing of the reporl
of Itho trainmportation hearings, wert
all so ipatssod.
House Bill No. 42, amending thr
gonoral banking not of the Territory
by provldiug for a restoration of the
i system of branch banks, was passed
; lin the Houso by a vote of 10 to 6.
■ No 52, providing for a survey of the
. Unala.klec<t-Galt.ag portage and carry
ing an appropriation of $3,000, also
passed f
When the Houso adjourned last
night it had but one Senate bill in
; lito hands on which dt was believed
i action would bo taken. There were
remaining one or two Houso bills in
the .Senate with amendments adciptcd
which were yet to .bo agreed on and
the two troublesome billa, taxation
and bevoaue and general appropria
tion's yet to 'be disposed of.
Opera Is Community
Asset, Says Healy
SAN FIRANOISOO. May 3 —Ex
plaining why the city needs opera
as ia drawing Card to complete de
velopment of the community, Tim
othy Healy, chairman of the general
Committee of the Sain Francisco
Opera Association for 1323, appeared
'before the Forum of the San Fran
cisco Chamber Ct Commerce.
HeaHy was the principal speaker
iat the Forum luncheon in tub Palace
Hdtei. John D. McKee presided and
United States Senator Samuel M.
Short ridge a 1-no was a speaker.
The opera season for 1323 is bo
be held Ohi-s fall, according to plans,
with .metropolitan stars and the San
Francisleo .Symphony Orchestra.
Gaetano Morale. will be conductor
The San Francisco Opera Assorla
tion was formed in order to satis!}
the OMMlcul hunger of the West and
to dee-el op the unlimited r ip '!>' of
wmihrtious and talented singers in
the state.
Bargain hunters aiwayi rand Th#
Umpire’s clsMlOed column*.
BRYSON CASE j
GOES TO JURY
DURING P. M.
Arguments Are Made to Jury
During Today — Evi
dence Is Reviewed.
After being out less than 30 min
utes. the jury in the case of Ernest
Bryson, charged with killing Robert
H. Ferry, at Haines, November 14,
returned a verdict of ‘’not guilty":
this afternoon. j
Arguments Made
The ease of the United States
against. Krnest Bryson, indicted by
the grand jury for murder in the
first degree, charged with the kill
ing of Robert H. Ferry by shooting
him with a pistol. November 14 last,
at Haines, went to the Jury at 3
■o’clock .this after noon. Final argu
ments were closed at 2:30 o’clock,
when .lodge T M. Reed gave, his in
structions ito itih<} Jury.
The final arguments were opened
this morning Dry the ■prosecution, As
sistant United .States District Attor
ney U. O. Gore making the delivery.
Arguments for the defense were
started ‘before the close of the morn
ing (session and Concluded a.t 1:43
o'clock this afternoon, when A. G.
Shoup. United States District Attor- t
ney, made the closing argument for I
■tho prosecution.
Court Room Filled
The court room was filled to seat
'ins OalpaWity (by spectators (luring the
afternoon session.
Attorney Faulkner made a strong |
argument (for the defense, based on i
justifiable homicide for the honor of j
the defendant's wife, and self-defense. .
In eloquent and convincing manner I
be spoke of She love and affection 1
and biigb regard of the defendant for
hia wife, of that love and regard
which took him to Haines, where his
-Wife had preceded him shortly be
fore, to effect a reconciliation of the
(differences Which had separated
them. Putting the case to the judg
ment of any man, he told or Bryson's
visit to the Jones’ residence on the :
(might of the (shooting. Of his finding
: t.he doors locked and .seeing, through
| a crack (between a window and the
| shade, iris wife walking through the
| rooms, in tears. Ferry following her
(Of his climbing through a bedroom
j window and hearing Ferry pleading;
I with her to leave with him that night
I'(or Junea u, premising her luxuries
his money would buy; of his seeing
j Ferry put his hands on his wife’s
knee a.nd of going into the room,
•when as he entered Ferry quickly
rpult his hand to his hip, Bryson then
'Shooting.
Attorney Faulkner said that Bry
son was armed, at the advice of sev
| oral reputable citizens of Haines,
j who had told him Ferry always
was armed and was a quarrelsome
and dangerous man.
Attorney Faulkner then reviewed
the fact of Bryson going lmm«l-(
lately to give himself up to thoi
officials and called to the jury’s!
consideration the testimony of re-i
putable and prominent citizens of j
this and the westward districts, as1
to the good character, honesty and.
high standing of Bryson, as given |
ion tile witness stand. On the other!
hand of the testimony of witnesses!
who are reputable citizens of this
district as to the bad character of
Ferry.
He spoke of Bryson's old mother,
who “awaits at the family homo ati
'Pendleton, Oregon, with anxious
(heart the verdict of 'the jury which j
will mean life or death to her,’’
and, lie said, the casting of a high
character brough t about by her
years of Christian training to her
son into oblivion or the upholding!
of such a character.
The prosecution put up a strong
'case and demanded conviction. At
j torney Gore made a good case in
opening the final argument und At
torney Shoup made a strong argu
ment in closing. He went over the
case of the defense in detali making
strong points in refuting those i
made by the defense. In refuting
tho arguments put up by the at
torney for the defendant. Attorney
Shoup said that the main Issue was
the state of mind of tho defendant
preceding the shooting and said that
' Bryson’s motive for shooting was re
venge for the breaking up of his
home.
The case has been on trial since
Monday morning. —
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I Solve Chinese
| Murder Mystery
SHANGHAI, May 4.—Why two!
Chinese policemen wivre murdered un
der 'Singular clroumistanioes recently
in whuit is called the Klangwan dis
trict, Shanghai, remained a puzzle!]
until, iby chance, two days after the' |
crime, it 'Was ascertained that the j
oyos Of ‘hath victims had l>een gouged
out. This discovery cleared up the
mystery far the Chinese authorltiqg,
who recognized an ancient criminal
practice.
The two prtlice had 'been bludgeon
od tio death at different times in the
naighit and 'their bodies, one a half
mile from the other, had been left
near Ithe iShianghai-Woosung railway
line. They had not been robbed and
■tlieir carbines were found with the
bodies. A foreign inquirer, questlon
ing a Chinose police official about
Una murders, was answered briefly
•’Police see too much,’’-the official
aald.
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