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Sale lime is Opportunity lime for those who have needs to supply.
All this time we have gathered together a number of items at savings
you could not hope to effect at any other time. •
PILLOW SLIPS
Good quality muslin
slips. Sizes 42x36.
$1.00 a pair.
Lace trimmed and
hemstitched.
$1.50 a pair.
SHEET BLANKETS
Cotton sheet blan
kets in regular sizes in
while, gray or tan,
colored borders. Regu
lar price $3.25.
$2.65.
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FIGURED SILKS
Just a few patterns m figured taf
feta. For the simple dresses so much
in vogue a satisfactory selection can
be made at very little cost.
$1.75 a yard.
APRONS
Percale aprons in several styles and
in a host of different patterns and
colors. All sizes.
$2.00 each.
I CHILDREN'S SWEATERS
=5 Sweaters to keep the tiny tots warm. Knit from softest yarn. Colors
H| —rose and blue trimmed with white.
Special Price $1.75.
1 REMNANTS — HALF PRICE REMNANTS — HALF PRICE
MEN'S TIES
Good assortment of ties,
values for
85 cents.
MEN’S HOSE
Regular 50 cent values
3 pairs for $1.00.
SI .25
WOOL SHIRTS
Men’s woolen shirts. $5.50 values
$4.45 each.
MEN’S BROWN SHOES
$7.00 men’s brown lace shoes for
$5.95 a pair.
ARCTICS
Odd lot of one buckle arctics for
$1.00 a pair.
BOYS’ OVERCOATS
One lot of boys* overcoats for quick
sale
$4.95 each.
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B. M. Behrends Co., Inc.
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The Oriole Terrace Orchestra from 'out west** visited Broadway recently and after they had
1 orkers with their new dance music the Metropclitan newspapers ass if ned photographer* to get a IMt •! thi
melody-makers 1 lus is one of the “stdls" made by one of the camera men.
CLERGYMEN ISSUE APPEAL WHICH ’
IS WARNING AGAINST WAR THAT
SEEMS POSSIBLE; PREPARATIONS:
(Continued from rage One. t
leruational Friendship through the1
Churches, follows:
"The* present siiuation in interna-1
ticr.al affairs, involving a it does
the imminent peril of war, niustj
• give concern to every thoughtful
Christian. After a devastating eon- i
fl let which has cost millions of
lives, created imthcasurable hatred I
and piled up a debt of 50 dollars tor
every minute of time since Christ
was born, the nations of the earth,
apparently having learned nothing1
and forgotten nothing, tire once
mere playing the old game of com
petitive armament. The Church of
Christ waa severely bluincd for the
occurrence of the last war. That |
the Gospel should have been so long
on earth and j et should not have |
I ,evented the great catastrophe with
all its hideous cruelty and sufferings!
war. a charge against the Church so
serious that all thoughtful ministers
felt its force and were driven de
fenwively to meet it. Even more
will another war bring down u|>on
the Church of Christ the charge of
moral cowardice and fatal ineffic-j
lency.
War Being- Prepared.
"Vet another -v.tr is being pre
[(..red in the vindictive hatreds, the
nationalistic ambitions, the schemes
>! racial and imperial self-aggrand
zement which mark the world’s in
i tnational relationships. The spirit
)f good-will and sincere co-operation
or the welfare of mankind as a
whole is so lamentably weak, is so
ipenly scoffed at in influential
planters, and expectations of warjc
V
uro so freely voiced and preparation
for it so frankly pushed, that an
other wur is inevitable unless a bet
ter mind can speedily prevail.
"There aro some among us, o
whom the signatories of this appeu
form a small group, who regard vva
us the most ruinous organized sit
which, mauklnd now faces; who an
sure that the war system and th
Christian Gospel cannot permancntl;
abido together on the same earth
w'bo see clearly that the spit It o
wur and the spirit of the Gospel an
antithetical, the one representing
what the other hates and would do
atroy; who recognizes that war ft
futile as a means of furthering
Christ’s Kingdom, even where thi
5111I sought is righteous and when
-he spirit of the combatants is sac
•I Meed.
Poiition la Stated.
"Our position in this appeal does
tot involve thooretical pacifism; we
ire not concerned to deny the neces
ity of using force, massed forco, it
nay be. In an emergency, nor of a
noderate military organization for
lefenalve purposes. But the war
ystem la not an .appeal to force In
n emergency—it is a long drawn
ut and deliberate preparation for
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Sarah Bernhardt, now 77, and ac-lins despite the loss of a leg,
suffered a heart attack while placing recently in Paris and was
forced to ring down the curtain. She declares, however, she will
continue her stage career until sh ■ die.--. The "Divine Sarah” re
i ccntly was reported preparing for her tenth "Farewell Appearance”
in America., in this photograph she appears in the title role of
! "Du Theatre au Champ d'llonneur.”
the use of every known means of I
cruel ami collective destruction. H
rests upon the assumption that the,j
welfare of one people involve- tho|
ruin of another and It plans fin
ahead of tho event to bo able to,
compass that ruin. It represents
the deliberate organization of Hu
world inio Isolated and armed poo-i
pies, suspicious of each oilier, hat
ing each other, watting to fall upon
each other, instead of sanely co-i
operating peoples finding the be.-i
interests of all fulfilled in a decent,i
peaceable and reasonable fellow:- liip. i
I
"We will not believe that man
kind is so deficient In character aiidj
Intelligence as to make tho rational'
I solution of our International prob-l
loins impossibe and to commit us to
11he continued rule of insane fear,
I hatred and collective destruction.
I And wo -are certain that unless the
! Church of Christ takes now a clear
and consistent*stand orf ihis matter
of life and death to our civilization
■ ml to the world, she will merit lhe|
contempt of men and the judgment I
of God,
Express - Convictions.
“Wo therefore urge all the people
of the churches, and ail minister , ini
particular, to an outspoken declara
tion that liie war system and the'
Gospel of Christ arc diametrically'
and irreconcilably opposed. We urge;
that without delay this crisis of
lecision between war and Christ be!
unmistakably recognized and stated.;
Wo would have every Christian!
| church tho center of a frank ami!
courageous antagonism to war and I
everything that makes war, until in
our own country and in al lands we
succeed in reinstating Chris! ian
loyalty where it belongs fur*;bove
all local prejudice, racia hatred, andj
divisive nationaism. We are con
vinced that no question faces the
people of God more crucial than this.1
and we have thought it worth while'
to make this appeal in the hope that;
our conviction might bo shared by]
the general body of the Church of j
Ch rlst.”
Bargain hunters always read The
rmpire’s classified columns.
I
GRAECO-RUSSIAN
CHRISTMAS NEXT
SUNDAY, JAN. 7
The Qraeoo-Russian Christmas,
which is celebrat'd according lo the
?ulian calendar, t ills on Sunday, the
7th of January.
This festival will be opened by a
special Christmas service on Satur
day evening at 7 o'clock at the St.
Nicholas Church on Fifth Street.
[)n Sunday at 10 a. m. the solemn
liturgy of St. .) tan Chrysostom will
be chanted.
Special invitation fs extended to
nli Serbians, Serians and Greeks re
siding at Juneau, Alaska. Juneau
mine. Douglas and Treadwell. In
former years services u. re conduct
ed at Douglas, but this year owing
'o tiie ferry schedule this is not pos
-ibife.
GRAVES TO ATTEND
FOX FARMERS’ MEETING
S. H. Craves, interested in the
Rukoi Island Fox Farming Company.
leP Juneau this morning on the
steamer Jefferson for Petersburg,
where lie will attend the meeting of
Hie fox farmers of Southeastern Al
iska, to be held January HI, to per
fect permanent organization of the
farmers. He expects to return on
one of the next boats.
C APT. NIELSEN TeAVES
FOR DUNDAS BAY; TO HAVE
.CHARGE CANNERY THERE
Cut. A.' Nielson, superintendent
of the Northwestern Fisheries can
nery at Dundas Ilay, left Juneau last
night on the Estebeth for Killisnoo
on his way to the cannery. He ar
rive.! hero on the Jefferson from the
States. Mr. Nielsen is a veteran
cannery man in Alaska and is well
known here.
DANCE IN MOOSE HALL
There will be a dance tonight in
the Moose Hail and the music w
start early, according to those in
.barge of the affair.
Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S,
Weather Bureau.
Forecast for Juneau and vicinity for 24 hours beeinnin? 8 p. m. today:
Snow flurrU^ ami somewhat colder tonight; Saturday fair and odder;
moderate variable winds.
LOCAL v A T A
Barom. Temp. Humidity Wind
Velocity
15
12
8
8 p. m. yest y ... 29.41 26 53 SE
8 a. m. today 19.15 26 68 SE
12 noon today . 29.09 27 63 SE
CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS
~ YESTERDAY |~- TODAY—
Highest 8 p.m. | Lowest 8 a.m. Prscip
tempt, tempt. | tempt, tempt. 20 lira
Weather
Cldy
Snow
Snow
Dutch Harbor
St. Paul
Kodiak
Nome .
Noorvlk .
Tanana ..
Eagle
Fairbanks
24
34
38
10
-14
-10
McKinley Park -8
Anchorage
Valdez .
Juneau
SI t ka
Prince Rupert
Seattle ....
Portland
Sau Francisco
14
14
29
40
36
44
44
36
3 8
36
16
0
14
26
24
-4
13
26
38
36
44
44
30
34
32
-6
-20
4 0
-30
-38
-8
10
24
38
36
38
44
48
32
-6
-14
-44
26
-38
16
20
40
40
40
48
48
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.03
0
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.20
.08
.02
8 a. m
Weather
Snow
Cldy
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear
Pt. Cldy
Clear
Clear
Clear
Cldy
Snow
Cldy
Rain
Cldy
Rain
Rain
NOTE: Observations at Prince Rupert, Seatle, Portland and Sau
Francisco are made at 4 a. m. and 4 p. m., Juneau time.
A vast, area of low pressure covers the North Pacific Ocean today,
with barometer readings of 28.92 at Sitka and 28.98 at Dutch Harbor
at 8 a. in. The pressure ban decreased throughout the Territory under
its influence, and It has occasioned a marked full in temperature during
the last 12 hours in the Interior val eys. The precipitation area has
been confined to tho Pacific Coast from California to Southeast
Alaska. *
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For Gasoline, Grease, Tars. Electrical, Wood or s
any other fire,
WE SELL THEM
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JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS
Manufacturers of high grade Sitka spruce and
hemlock lumber. Boat lumber a specialty. Inquiries
foir both local and foreign business given prompt
attention.
Mills and office at Juneau, Alaska.
Seattle Office: 506 Mutual Life Building.
FOUNDATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The cornerstone of a building is firm and
lasting1. But the comer stone of a savings ac
count in this bank—a dollar bill—is more than
that. It not only lasts, it grows!
Lay the cornerstone of your success today—
at this bank.
Interest at the rate of four per cent paid
on savings deposits.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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CALL OUR PLUMBING DEPARTMENT TO
YOUR AID WHEN THE TEMPERATURE
DROPS TOO LOW.
We have a complete line of hardware
for every use.
Sleds, Skates and Skiis for sports offered
by the present fin^ weather.
c. w. young ca
5 %
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