ACTION STARTED
TO CLOSE SHOP
OF BILLY LOTT
Abatement Suit Started by U.
S. Attorney as Result
of Finding Cache.
Steps to close the barber shop oi
William Lott, slayer of Billy Pren
tice, were taken this week follow
ing the raid which resulted In {he
discovery of 20 cases of liquor in a
concealed cache at the rear of the
building. An abatement action has
been filed by the United States At
torney against Lott as proprietor of
the shop and others owning the
building.
Lott has maintained silence since
his first statement to the United
States Attorney, made shortly after
the shooting, in which he claimed
to have shot Prentice after the lat
ter had struck him in the face.
He was questioned after the raid
and is said to have denied all
knowledge of the presence of the
liquor seised. Officials sadi Lott de
clared that the cache was a "frame
up" to make his case blacker
It will be several months before
•ny trial of Lott can be 'had. The
shooting charge will be brought be
fore the next Federal grand jury
to meet here, which will probably
bo sometime in October or Novem
ber when tho regular Fall term
cf the District Court is convened by
Judge Reed. In the interim, I-ott
will be held in the local Federal
jail without ball.
HARDING NOW
ON RAILROAD
GOING INSIDE
Terms Scenes Along Govern
ment Railroad as ‘‘Am
erica’s Wonderland’’
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paper knife by the press of An
chorage.
The President in an informal ad
dress referred lo the fact. that An
chorage was founded in 1915 and
satd: “It is the best nine-year-old
town I have ever seen."
President Harding said he and
the Cabinet officers with him had
learned from the visit that If the
present generation failed to see the
dreams for Alaska materialize they
were certain the younger generation
of children would have their aspira
tions fulfilled.
The President referred to his new
experience of addressing an open air
daylight meeting at 10:30 p. m.
At Tunnel last night one of the
finest dinners served on the trip
Was had. The dinner was served
{n a railroad construction camp and
mnsisted of many delicacies found
even In the States including grape
fruit, fried chicken, custard pie and
Ice cream.
The President let It be known
that he plans to Btop at St. Thomas.
Virgin Islands, enroute from Panama
to New York.
REACH SEWARD
SEWARD. July 14.—After having
•klrted the Southwestern Alaskan
coast of Alaska for hundreds of miles.
President Harding, Mrs. Harding and
the Presidential party landed here
at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon to
take the train over the Government
railroad to Fairbanks, nearly 500
miles into the Interior.
Two days will be spent on the
rail trip North.
PlanB on arriving at Fairbanks
are still indefinite, but it is generally
believed some members of the Presi
dential party will go over the Rich
ardson trail to Chltina.
A hearty welcome was given the
President at this seaport town.
MRS. HILLERY IN NORTH
Mrs. M J. Hillery, pioneer resi
dent of Skagway and Fairbanks,
but now a resident of Dos Angeles.
California, is visiting her son A.
R. (Tadt Hillery of Skagway. Mrs.
Hillery came to Skagway more than
a quarter of a century ago with
her three boos, Sherman. ‘‘Tad,” and
Horace, now Rev. Horace Hillery.
pastor of a California church. Mrs.
Hillery will return south in the Fall.
| STRIKE OIL NEAR SURFACE j
Oeorge C. Hazelet and Falcon Jos
lin, who recently returned to Cordova
after a visit of a week to the prop
erty of their Chilkat Oil Company ]
at Kata.Ha. report having struck oil I
in a new well being riven at a i
depth of twelve feet.
WED AT SEWARD
Miss Anna Fritsch of Seward and
Lon Sepp of Tanana were married j
recently at the latter place. They I
will reside at Tanana.
RUBY COURT TERM ENDS
Judge Cecil H. Clegg and the other
Officers of the United States District
Court for the Foutrh Division have
returned to Fairbanks, haring dosed
the court term at Ruby.
FIVE OF AMERICA’S BEST SELLERS
JlETavierSt»meraisfex 'Mtuslffem, HOT'^V'•Mld^80iviill
"We'll Sell the World!" Is the slogan of these five men, Directors and Assistant Directors
of the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. They have completed
!heir preliminary work for direct .ng the 1923-1924 program outlined by Secretary Hoover for making
the world America's market place. Left to right, they are: Thomas R. Taylor, Louis Domcratsky, Di
rector Julius Klein, O. P. Hopkins and Robert A. Jackson.
TOURNAMENT OF
LOCAL CLUB TO
START MONDAY
Second Annual Tennis Tour
nament Drawings Are An
nounced—Singles Only.
The second annual tournament ol
the Juneau Tennis Club -wlfcL begii
I Monday and run through several
days of play, according to an an
nounccment made today by the Ex
ecutive Committee of the organ!/.a
jtion. It will include singles for hot!;
women and men members of th<
j club.
i Drawings for the tournament wm
made from members only. Entrant
! will be given ample notice of flic
dates of their matches. The announce
ment said: "In order to add to flit
interest in the tournument, it it
necessary to have ns many players
as possible and the committee 1r
charge, therefore, makes a specia
request that every member whose
name has been drawn be sure tc
show up for play at the time speci
fied.
I "It Is the plan of the committee
j as far as possible all matches will
j be played off during the day anil
not to oecii'p.v the court later than
5:30 p. m. This will leave the court
open for general play each evening.
All matches will be played on the
club's Gold Creek court in the Casey
Shat tuck addition. There will be no
Sunday matches.
both men's and women's singles will
be played off during the same period,
that is, the women's tournament
will not have to wait until the
termination of the men’s matches.”
A small tournament fee will he
charged to cover necessary expenses,
including halls which will be pro
vided to all players, and to provide
prizes for the winners. The prizes
will be announced later.
The Executive Committee handling
the matches Is composed of: W. S.
Pullen, James Sauls, U. VauderDeest
and Charles E. Harland.
In the men's tournament the fol
lowing matches have been arranged
for the first round of play:
\V. P. Lass and Dan Russell; M.
L. Merritt and R. E. Robertson;
H. C. Nordllng and H. F. Morton;
J. P. Mullen and E. Sutton; L. D.
Henderson and H. Sperling; P. A.
Metcalf and E.d Beaudin; H. J.
Pisher and E. Jacobson; It. H. Stev
ens and a bye; H. VaiiderLeest and
W. Summers. J. T. Petrich and J.
B. Bernhofer; O. E. Iverson and a
bye; J. C. Sauls and J. H. Kline;
A. J. Rocratt and J. Barragar J.;
Jaeoh Britt and N. O. Ilerdy; T. L.
Allen and W. B. Hclsel; P. W. M
Colburn and Everett Nowell.
Byes to play in second round aro:
Fred Henning, P. A. Agnew, James
Barragar Sr., W. S. Pullen, Chas.
E. Harland and John P. Starr.
Drawing for women's singles in
the first round are:
Mrs. Jacobson and Miss Summers;
Mrs. Barragar and Mrs. Petrich; Mrs.
Allen and Miss Harriett Barragar;
Mrs. Harland and a bye; Miss Bone
and Mrs. Morton: Mrs. Lass and a
bye; Miss Cook and Miss Celia Mc
Luughliu; Mrs .Polta and a bye;
Mrs. Kaser and Mise Madge Case;
Mrs. Fisher and a bye; Mrs. Higgins
and Mrs. Robertson; Mrs. H. G,
Nordling and a bye; Mrs. Million
and Mrs Metcalf; Miss Alice Case
and a bye; Mrs. Henderson and
Miss Virginia Shattuck; Mrs. Ed.
Beaudin and a bye.
Byes are: Mrs. White. Mrs. Faulk
ner, Mrs. Pullen and Mrs. Starr.
FATHER GALLANT HOME
Rev. Kilgar Gallant of the Catho
lic Church of Skagway is home
again after an absence of five
months. He spent most of his vaca
tion in Oregon. He returned to Rkag
way on the Princess Alice.
Old papers roi sale at Bmptrt
Empire Printing Company.
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To Try and Stop
Activities of
Wobblies in Cal.
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SAN FRANCISCO. July 14.—
j j Attorney General Webb has con
I | ferred with District Attorney Co
| ! wan at Sacramento on prepare
i tion of an injunction application
| to Biop all activities of Wob
blies in the State of California.
SURATT TAKES ONLY
PICTURES FROM AIR IN
ALASKA OF PRESIDENT
! The first motion pictures taken;
i from the air in Alaska, were filmed
of the Presidential party when it
was at Metlakatla and Ketchikan, j
by R. J. Suratt. cinematographer, j
with headquarters at Wrangell. The
films were sent to Prince Rupert;
by the seaplane Northbird and were
sent from there to New York. Inj
| advices sont to Juneau, Mr. Suratt (
sta 'CR the pictures taken of the |
(Presidential party by him will prob-j
! ably be the first to reach the East.
Mr. Suratt also secured the only ■
' pictures of President and Mrs. Hard-,
ling leaving the church at Metla-1
katla last Sunday morning, when j
the President and wife halted a]
few- moments by the grave of Father!
Duncan and stood at the headstone i
with uncovered head, in respect to;
| the missionary.
jCy Williams Swats
Out His 23rd Homer
PHILADELPHIA. July 14. — Cy j
Williams hoinered his 23rd time of,
the season this afternoon in the see-j
ond inning in the game against St. j
Louis with McKan on base and Bar
foot pitching.
Governor Hunt Endorses
Candidacy of W. G. McAdoo
PHOENIX, Ariz., July 14.—Gover
nor Hunt in a a telegram sent to
Joseph H. Myers. Texas labor com
missioner, who is one of the leaders
in the movement for “McAdoo for
President Clubs" has endorsed Me- i
Adoo for the Presidency. I
LITTLE JEANETTE STEWART
IS TO MAKE TOURIST TRIP!
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Miss Augustus Stockton, of Port-j
land, who has been visiting Mrs. i
B. I). Stewart, will leave on the Ad
: tniral Rogers tomorrow for Skagway
land Sitka, and return to Juneau,
I then continuing South. Little Miss
I Jeanette Stewart will accompany Miss
i Stockton on the “tourist round trip.”
LOGGER WEDS
Allan MacDonald, of the MacDon
ald Logging Company of Ketchikan,
and Miss Grace E. Franck of Seattle,
were married in Ketchikan recently.
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JOHN POLOK IS
KILLED IN MINE
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Falls 500 Feet Down Chute in
Alaska Juneau Mine— j
Well Known Here.
J'hn Polrek, (PH",iuk), 30 years;
of age, was killed instantly when ho;
fell 500 feet down a cute at the
Alaska Juneau mine at 8:30 o'cleok
lart night. Ho was u native of
Austria and is survived by relatives
in that country.
Polok had been employed at the
Alaska Juneau mine about a year.!
He has been In Alaska several years;
and Is well known in this vicinity.!
Recently he stocked Lincoln Island I
with blue foxes and planned to go.
Into the fox farming business.
Polok was not associated with any
fraternal organisations here.
No arrangements have been made1
for the funeral as yet The body is
at the C. \V. Young Undertaking
Parlors.
LITTLE RED FOX IS
PET OF MISS MARSHALL
Probably the only person in Al-j
aska to boast a little fox pup as a
pet Is Miss Elizabeth Marshall,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Marshall of Juneau. Miss Marshall
war recently presented with a baby
red fox by J. Combs, who brought
it in from Glacier Bay.
The little fellow is quite docile
and follows Miss Marshal about and
as well behaved as a domesticated
animal. However, \yhlie Miss Mar
shall's commands are his law and
lie solicits her caresses he Is on the
alert for strangers and allows no
one near him until he is assured of
friendship.
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Your perfume should reflect your
personality.
Domestic and imported perfumes.
Butler-Mauro Drug Co.
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NOW SHOWING
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S HIKING SUITS
Norfolk coat style and lace leg breeches, also
caps to match in corduroy materials of charming
patterns.
THE
JUNCTION STORE
J. M. SALOUM
Front and Franklin. Phone 292
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ELKS TO STAGE
BARBECUE SOON
Salmon Creek to Be Scene of
Annual Picnic Given
by Local Elks.
i A real, oTO-fashloned barbecue
Jis the treat promised to Elks, their
j ladies and children for Sunday, July
129th, according to an announcement
made this morning. The arrange
ments for it are now being made
by commitees from the local Elks
lodgo.
This will be the usual summer
picnic given by the local lodge. It
will include all of the customary
amusements and, in addition, several
features aro assured which will come
as surprise'.. There will be all kinds
or games and races for the youna
s’ors ns well as for the older Bills
of both sexes, sporting events galore
and top it off, a barbecued beef]
that is guaranteed to make any old-1
timber from Texas want to take the
first boat for the old range.
The barbecue will be held at Sal
mon Creek. Harry Sperling is chair-!
man of the committee In charge of j
arrangements.
ROOMING HOUSE RAIDED.
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The De Luxe rooming house wasj
the scene of a raid by Federal1
prohibition officers yesterday after-]
noon in which one arrest was made'
and two bottles of homebrew beer'
seized. Quesnie Kirschner entered j
a plea of guilty of possession of in
toxicating liquor when arraigned
before Judge Paine in the U. 8.!
Commissioner's Court and was fined
$100 which was paid.
SECRET SERVICE MAN LEAVING.1
H. K. Teater. secret service man
with the Presidential party, will
leave Juneau tomorrow on the steam
er Admiral Rogers for Sitka and
will meet the party there. He re
mained in Juneau when the Presi
dential party left here, In order to
precede it to Sitka. ,
Old papers tor sair at Bin pi is.
JITNEY DANCE
TONIGHT
AT THE
A. B. HALL
MUSIC BY THE
COLISEUM
ORCHESTRA
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Wet Leader in Congress
Fights for Beer.
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Congressman Dyer, of Missouri,
wet leader In Congress, will lead a
determined effort in the next Con
gress to modify the Volstead act
to admit of the sale of light wines
and beer.
lost wmettusii rou can get It
:>ack by using the "hott and Found"
■olums of The Hegira.
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MRS. SORRI RETURNS.
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Mrs. John Sorrl returned to flji
neau on one of the last boats aft£r
spending the past three months ^at
Vancouver and Seattle, where ehs
j visited with relatives and friends. A (
SISTERS OF MRS. SHARPLES ”
ARRIVE TONIGHT ON VISIT
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Mrs. H. W. Burgess, Rock HJH.
S. C., and Mies S. White, Washing
ton, D. C., will arrive on .the Prfiy
eers Ixxiise this evening to visit Mr
and Mrs. J. M. Sharpies They are
sisters of Mrs. Sharpies. They wjy
prooably remain here until soihe
time in August.
Mbs D. Shraples, a sitter of M*.
Snarples is now the guest of Mr,
and Mrs. Sharpies.
ON PLEASURE TRIP. '
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Mrs. Charles rereue, accompanied
by her daughter MIsb Emma Perejie.
and Miss Marian Summers, wiiU
leave Juneau tomorrow on the
steamer Admiral Rogers to make the
round trip to Skagway and Sitkfa,
returning to Juneau the latter part
of next week. 4 <.
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Mrs. Hal Bailey and daughter Miss
Ethel are passenger* on the Alaska
enroute to California where the hit
ter will enter the University of Cali
fornia at Berkeley at the beginning
of the Fall term. Mrs. Bailey ex
pects to visit in the South fojhr
months. . *, ;
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Back to Normalcy
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We are displaying a re
cent shipment of men s Belt
Buckles and Belts in the new
styles and prices.
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