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DOUGLAS NEWS
UQLAS HIGH SCHOOL
WINS HIGHEST TOTAL
OF POINTS. SCHOOL MEET
The totals 'of the scholastic and
athletic points for High Schools in
the Meet of last week are as follows:
Douglas High School—First, with
34 points.
Ketchikan High School -Second,
with 32 points.
Juneau High School—Third wjth
31 points.
With ail enrollment at' only 30 in
the High School here, Douglas is
iproud that her school won first place.
LADIES’ ORGANIZATIONS
TO MEET THIS WEEK
The Ladles’ league will give a tea
on Thursday afternoon of this week
In 'the league rooms of the Congrega
tional Church.
The Douglas 'Island Women’s Club
'will biold its regular meeting Wed
nesdav evening at 'the home of Mrs.
O. Swanson.
SCHOOL MEET OVER;
SENIOR PLAY NEXT
, With the second annual Inter
iScltool Meet out of the way, Douglas
students isdttled down to regular work
again this morning after a week of
half htolhlays.
Nert important side issue of the
School Work will be the Senior play,
. Vhicfli is, to 'be givqn at the Liberty
Theater next Friday evening. For
those talcing ‘part in the “There Live
Cheats" this will be a busy week
of final practice.
QUEEN ARRIVE* FROM SOUTH
The S. S. Queen docked here at 3
o’clock jestenfay afternoon with
freight anil mad for the Island.
RENEWING FRIENDSHIPS
Colin Dlain, freight clork on the
Queen, was around town visiting a
number of his old friends while 'the
steamer was in port yesterday.
FROM TAKU CANNERY
Earl 'Manley, who is working with
the engineers ut'i'hc Taku cannery
Ithls spring, was visiting friends In
Douglas Satmxlay evening.
SNIP STRIKES
BOCK IN FOC
Panic Prevails Aboard Liner
—Lifeboat Is Upset—
Survivors Located.
•CAPETOWN, April 30.—Tlio Por
tuguese gunboat Salvador Correira
arrived at Me:0*aniedea, Portugiie.se'
Weit Afrk-a, yesterday with 110 sur
vivors of the steamship Messamodes,
wrecked on cope Flro last week,
i -Eighty•'four survivors have been I
landed at Port Alexander aaJ Ohe
Front h gunboat. Casslopee nas 33
kbfiiardi *
. The chlelf Officer of the Mess.'modes
said the steamer struck the rocks in
• fag laet Twesday-and a rau0h sea
•wept the' vessel closer to shore.
Passengers were put in the Ijjfo
boats iwfth difficulty on acciur.t, of
• panic.
5 , Waiter put the wireless out of com
mission.
One lifeboat upset apd seven per
■ sofas were drowned.
Rehcuens found lifeboat a 80 miles
from the' scene of the wreck. One
tooalt is still missing. .
; The passengers and crew numbered
• 348.
Three Thousand Are
Given Wage Increase
SAN FE^lNiOISGO, April 30.—Ap
proxtrrtately 3,OOQ-unton bollennakers
employed In conduct shops outside,
of shipyards have been granted $1 a
day Increase for all work done out
aide the shops.. .Union officials an
nounce that for work inside the
shape a wage increase .of 50 cents a
day bale been given.-V
iPhil Albrafiiafaaf, Ifvkmoer citisen of
Skagway, where he has resided since
1887, ««*Wed is Juneau this morning
w and will (be here sev
htUinesS in 1ho United
SENATE PASSES
ALASKA MUSEUM
BUILDING BILL
Prpvides Purchase Garside
Building—Employees’ Lia
bility Bill Passed.
The Polley bill for an Alaska Mu
seum and Historical Library Building,
which went from the House carrying
an appropriation oC $10,000 for a
concrete, fireproof building, complet
ed Its passage in thp Senate Satur
day, emerging there from so altered
that its author will have a hart! time
recognizing it. The solons in the
upper chamber struck out all refer
ence to a fireproof building and in
place Lherebl' substituted the Gar
side Building in which the Legisla
ture now meets. Tor which ft made
an appropriation of $45,000, with
$2,000 additional for certain altera
tions.
The bill produce that the building
shall be put into good condition, roof
newly tarred, foundations put in first
crass condition, etc. The $2,000 item
in the bill Is intended to pay ex
penses of remodeling the building for
tho Museum and Library, and for
malting over the rooms on the second
floor inito offices for Territorial offi
cials which are now housed else
where. It Is provided that the Board
of Management of the institution may
sell the sima 11 building ou the back
part of the lot and have it removed
as soon as possible 'in order that
the fire risk may be reduced.
Pass Liability Act
Senate Bill No. 120, by the Comni.t
tees on Judiciary and Mining, which
is known as the Workmen's -Com
pensation Act, pussed the Senate Sat
urday afternoon 'without a dissenting
vote. This measure repla-cs No
10#, by Mr. ^yer, amt is largely bis
own work, most of the amendments
adapted being submitted by hfm. He
was ailed mat ter fa My on the floor by
other Senators, particularly Senator
Dionond, who had charge of the com
mittee bill during its consideration
Saturday.
The bill as passed extends the 1915
mining compensation act to every in
dustry and business in the Territory
employing more than five persons,
except domestic service, agriculture
dairying anil -railroads operating a?
common carriers.
ity broadening the scope of the old
law. a number of. amendments were
made. One of these permits examin
ation of Injured workmen by duly
qualified physicians In any state or
territory where the workman may be
found. Under the,old law only such
physicians ns were vMrensed to prac
tice in Alaska could make such ex
aminations. Another amendment per
mits suits to be .filed outside of the
Territory when it is impossible to
obtain service within the Territory.
The old law permitted no actions to
be brought for compensation accru
ing under ‘it in courts other than
those located within Alaska. »
Defeat Decker Bill
peekeFs bill prohibiting book-mak
ing or belting In public places, ho
tels, card rooms, etc., on Territorial
elections whs lost in the Senate Sat
urday by a tie vote, four voting for
and Jour against it. on final passage.
Italy's memorial asking Congress
to extend the Federal Highway Act
to Alaska passed unanimously.
Senator Ayer’s bill for the protec
tion and encouragement of tho rein
deer industry, modeled somewhat
along the lines .of t>he bill recently
passed an the blue log farming Indus
try, Was considered at length by the
Senate and passed its second read
ing.
Other House Bill* Paas*d
■Before it recessed id noon today
the Senate had passed three House
Bills and one memorial and was con
sidering .Daly’s bill revising the gen
eral busilness laws of the Territory
f(he bills passed were: No. 6, ap
propriating $1,200 for construction o'
a school house at Bethel; No. 4l
regulating the operation of motor
vebfcles on public highways; No. 40
providing for compilation and sgjp
keeping of a correct list of all Al
askans entering active service during
the World War; House Joint Memo
rial No, 22, requesting that barren
areas suitable for sp»cb purposes he
stbOked with ga.mf and fur-bearing
animals by the Department of Agrl
culture land that sltch department and
the Department df Commerce start jf,
campaign Df extermination against
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CHICAGO'S MAYOR-ELECT AND HIS FAMILY.
Is the latest photograph of Mayor-elect William E. never,
of Chicago, and his family. In tno rear of the Mayor and Mrs.
never is their ran, Daniel while at the riffht is the second son,
George. Judge I)ever was elected on the Democratic ticket by an
unprecedented plurality.
DAYLIGHT SAVING BEGAN IN
EASTERN STATES YESTERDAY
wolves, other predatory animals, and
hair eebl
Fosters' (bill proVIdin's? tor a retun 1
by
the Territory of $30 to be made
Co every incorporated town tor each
pupil attending; school therein from
outside of It'he town limits.
The Sen'aite will begin holding even
ing sessions tonight. At 8 p. m. it
will take up for consideration House
Hill Xo. 54. fixing license fees for
both resident mud non-resident fish
ermen. Thf
reported hv
tfon, etc.
bill
the
was
.limit
unfavorably I
ec on taxa-;
OSAGE ORANGE
TOUGHEST WOOD
TUCSON. Aid*.. April 30
port on durability te*t of the
lions native woods of this c.> r
i received recently by ] -il P
jService officials, disel-o.- i the
| that Or ice Oran o, which is
! tcnrlveiy it . d in Arizona a
v ar
il ry
fact i
| hedge, holds fi’ ■ place in this r<
gard. while pine, fir and juniper,
found in qual ity in this elate. |
I made a creditable showing.
The experiments, made for th<
purpose of ii.-certainitig what native I
wtoods.without .special tn 'tmeni and I
in t!ieii- natural state, pos-r- d tin-!
greu'est durability, were conducted *
at the forest prpduc-s laboratory j
maintained by iv* Forest Service at
Madison, Wis., v. hef all kinds of j
experiments with forest timber arel
carried on.
On a basis of 100 per cent fo- ;
white oak, according to the report,j
Osage Orange wan found to rate at]
from 200 to 300 per cent, making
it especially valuable as" fence post
material, wdiero length of life is
desirable. Of the other woods found
In Arizona, yellow pine wus rated
at from 35 to 40 per cent and Doug
las fir at from 75 to 85 per cent,
while juniper showed a good degree
of durability.
Tho teste also showed that the
wood of the ubiquitous Mesquite
tree, when Immunized against a!
boring insect which attacks the nat-j
ural, unseasoned wood, makes a
fence-post of long-lasting quality,
ft is now utilized to a great extent
in this section for that purpose.
E. D. Calvin, cadastral engineer
with the General band Office, field]
division, left on the steamer Ad
miral Evans, for the Westward, en
route to the Interior, to do survey
work along tho Yukon River. He
was accompanied by the members
of his craw from Juneau who are
J. li. Sadller am] Utncc Hendrick
son, the latter having come north
from Seattle. Other members of the
crow -will ibe taken on at the West
ward and Interior.
(Continued ttrom rage One.)
l>ury and others in 4he manufacturing
districts olMfervetl daylight savin;
by dominion consent, or by earlier
working 'hours, without advancing
clocks.
in Delaware, where Wilmington and
'Newport, last year observe 1 day light
'saving time under local ordinances,
an anUi-dayllight ililll this year pissd
tile leglsl'a’ture and became law with
out the Governor’s signalm . Thor.*
was talk of- the possibility oi c , r
action against fne law, which coin
pels courts, public offices and bank
to operate on Histern standard time.
Tentative arrangements have been
made by the Merchants’ Association
of Mew York to (have Marcus M.
Marks, president of tile National Day
light Saving Association, who launch.
! ?d 'the movement in tit]!), broaden, t
[throughout th > United States by'radio
| an address on tl> * advantages of die
! now time, vvI h th1 yi.-w of augmen
iing the nmnt'-r of cities which hav:
! adopted it.
Em ’and a-.I I! igium are among
iic ot '.iic European countries
i t o' i v * five months of day
gift iving, b ning the latter pait
of April.
Advocates of the new time hare
d' cl.'ii ■ Hip p ni iip.il bhjectlons to
daylight . avlnc . originating mostly In
tli • rural distrft t ;. have been ex
ploded by results of tests at the
Ma acini..i ft a s'ate experiments
farm • and ,by , tfiy.se farmers trho do
advocate duyl-igh1; saving,
M.,ny fnmicn have contended that
c: .'i ' could not, be cultivated early
in t i • m1 li ning win n dew still is on
he plants, ire.', this .argument, day ,
Sight saving proponents say, was re-1
dared to the case of one plant— j
beans. Subsequently, it was added.!
me Massachusetts farmer, an advo i
cate of daylight saving, cultivated a
record crap of beans while still dew
laden, pillar to 0 a. m.
JOHN DELONG ILL
Walter Dalaong, manager of the
C. W Young Co. store, left Juneau
>n the steamer Queen for Seattle
in answer to a 'tel(“gram from M. V
Lattin, ad vising him of the Illness of
his son John. The bay underwent
an operation for appendicitis last'
week ait Seattle. The result of the I
operation will not 1>e known for three |
or four days, Mr. Daft In’s telegram j
stated.
John lias been attending school at!
Seattle, where wlt'h his brother Bobby '
he nfakes his home with tils aunt and j
artele, Mr. and Mrs. La'ttln, formerlyj
of Juneau.
C. W. Perello, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Perclle, of Juneau, arrived
m the Admiral Evans from Seuttle.
He expects to leave Thursday on the
Eetpbeth for Sitka, where he will
loin the Dahlqulst survey party,
folng work in that district for the,
Jencral Land Office.
Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S.
Weather Bureau.
)
i Forecast for Juneau and vicinity for 24 ilouxs beginning 8 p. m. tod.):
Generally fair tonitrlit and probably Tuesday; slightly cooler to
night; moderate winds, mostly easterly and northeasterly.
LOCAL u A I A
Barom. Temu. Humidity Wind
8 p. in. yest'y
8 a. m. today
12 noon today
29.72
29.43
29.38
39
46
49
85
41
37
S
E
SE
Telocity Weather
7 Oldy
9 Pt. Cldy
8 Cldy
Cable and radio repobts
j stations—
Noorvik ...
| Nqine .
I I'anana .
[Eagle* .
Parlbanks .
McKinley Park
Anchorage r.
St. Paul .
Dutch Harbor ..
Kodiak .
Cordova .
Juneau ..
Sitka .
Prince Rupert .
Eduionton .
Se^ttlo .
Portland .
Sau Francisco .
i iittii WHUA V
Highest
temp.
US
33
4d
44
48
42
48
38
40
4 2
48
40
44
48
48
G2
56
60
8 p.m.
temp
28
30
36
3 4
40
3 4
42
36
38
38
39
38
44
38
GO
66
58
| Lowest 8 a.m.
I temp. temp.
TODAi
8 a.m. Preelp. 8 a.m.
Velocity 24 lira Weather
20
8
24
20
42
30
84
36
30
35
30
36
34
42
44
48
24
M
22
24
32
24
38
34
40
42
36
46
44
42
34
42
44
48
Pt
3/
Cldy
Cldy
Clear
Cldy
Clear
Cldy
16
8
18
12
.0
0
0
Trace
0
0 Pt.„
Trace .Pt.Cldj
— Cldy
Rain
Cldy
Cldy
Cldy
Cldy
Cldy
Snow
Cldy
Cldy
Clear
Pt.
Pt.
.12
.16
.24
.04
.08
.04
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than so -miles
4<>TB Observation* at l-rmce Rupert, seatte, Portlana and Sau
t'ranclsoo ar* made at 4 a. m. and p. tu.. Jaoaau tlma.
Pnsettlcd weather, with light local rains, prevailed Saturday
night, Sunday and Sunday night, from Prince William Sound to British
Columbia, Washington and Oregon, under the Influence of a disturb
ance that developed over the Gulf of Alaska and that, is now central
south of Sitka, with a barometer of 29.38 inches at that station. Light
•now is reproted this morning from Alberta and rain from the south
ern Bering Sea region. No marked departures from normal tbmpera
Iture prevail today.
SENATOR KNUTE
NELSON PASSES
AWAY ON TRAIN
Well Known Minnesota Sena
tor Dies While on Way
from East to His Home.
(Contlnueo trout s-skm Onfe.l
;
! at a dinner Saturday nigh! given by
tile American Society of New s paper
Editor*. lie Immediately wrote a
statement saying that Senator Nel
son as "a stalwart American per
formed n most useful public service I
with n record of great work aCeom-l
pllshed "
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE
Knirto Nelson, llepublican, of Alex-1
rmlrla. was born in Norway February
I!, 1843; came to the United State* j
in .Inly, 184#, and resided in Chicago,!
III., until the fall of 1850, when he;
removed to the state of Wisconsin, i
and from Oicre he removed to Minne
sofa in July, JS71; was a private an I
neneammlasioned officer in the
Fourth Wisconsin Regiment rlurln;-. |
the War of tile Rebellion, and w.i.-j
wounded and 'taken prisoner at For' j
Hudson. Ha., June 11. 1863; was ad i
mltted to the bar in the spring ol I
1867: was a member ol' ill" assembly
in rite Wisconsin Legislature iD 1868
and ISO!); was county attorney o!
Douglas County, Minn., In 1872, 1873
and 1874; was State Senator in 187a
1876, 1877 and 1878; Was presidential
elector In 1880; was a member of
'lie boijrd of regents of the State
Culvers:v from February 1, 1882, h
January 1, 1893; was a member o j
ill ' 48th. 4!Hh and '.(Hit Congresse- '
for (lie fit’ll district of Minnesota; i
was elected Governor of 'Minnesota It.'
the fall of 1892 and reelected in tin 1
fall of 1894; was elected Unit >•
States Senator in Minnesota January j
23. 1895, for it lie term commencing i
March 4, 189 a; re-elected in 1901, i
1907 and 1913. Again re-elected, by
a majority of nearly 70,000, on the
fitli of 'November, 1918, for the term
c ommencing (March 4, 1919.
Flrischncr Mayer & Co., of Port-|
land, arrived lit Juneau cn the
steamer CJueeii from KotcliTlttinl
where ho lias been on a buslncn-s
trip.
13. B. CJreen, roiirenontativo for
i
WATCH FOR THE NEW
DEFOREST RADIO RECEIVER
at the Juneau Electric Co.'a store, Lower Front
Street. 1,000 miles on 18-in. Loop Ann tens.
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES AKD REPAIR WORK
JUNEAU ELECTRIC COMPANY
Phone 125 .... 210 Front St.
- i up i n
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WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE
and are prepared Ao execute your orders on Europe at the lowest
prevailing rates. Our New York facilities are second to nonq. If
you are contemplating sending money to Europe call Douglas 6B
and we wtil tie glad to give you our latest quotations.
Alsace>Ix>Praine .Per Hundred Francs 7.31
Great Britain . ’’ ” Pounds 370.00
Germany .:. ” ” Marks 1.25
German Austria . " " Krones .10
Belgium . 11 •> Francs 7.63
Czecho Slovakia . ” Kronen 1.26
Finland . '• " Flnmarks 1.01
Greece . ” ” Drachmae 5.72
Italy . -• ’■ I.ire 4.32
Norway .. ” » Kronen / 18.45
Sweden . ’’ ’’ Kroner 21.70
Jugo-Slavla . *• >• Kronen .02
FIRST TERRITORIAL BANK OF ALASKA,,
DOUGLAS .ALASKA !
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FIRE ALARM CALLS
1-3 i iiiivl and Franklin.
1-1 F ( at and Franklin.
1-5 —near Ferry Way.
1-5 I nt, opp. Filin Exchange.
1-7 1 rout, opp. City Wharf.
1- 8 ! i .it, near Saw Mill.
2- 1 Romo Grocery.
2-2 \\ . doughby, opp. Cole Rarn.
2-1 Front and Seward.
2-5 Front and Main.
2-S <ond and Main.
2-7 F i and Seward.
2-9 l ire Iiall.
.1-2 G i itlneatj and Hawn Way.
2- 1 ind and Gold.
3- 5 Fourth and Harris.
3 (' F th and Gold.
3-7 i and East.
' nth and Gold.
3- 9 i t h and Kennedy.
41 i; b, back of power bouses
4- 2 utioun, opp. Juneau Apt*.
4-3 Lin Ave., and Indian St.
4 5 Ninth and Calhoun.
4-0 . renth and italn.
4 7 Twelfth, at Northern L'drf
4-\ Twelfth and Willoughby,
BURN OIL
SAVE MONEY
Simp I Crude Oil Burner*
Rui1 Basel Oil Burners
Pacific Boilers
A.ruei . Radiator Co. Boilers
Dunh,. n Heating; Systems
Hone; will Heating Systems
Arco! Heating Systems
GEO. 6, RIGE
Forrset Building
Plumiiiig Heating
Phon* 314.
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Rifb* is Jonctn
CONFECTIONS
and ICE CREAM
Buy home products—in
Hu: a pleasure as well
ac
PROTECTED AGAINST
i cold of winter
| fire from outside sourcef
upitcep expense
Anil tire cost of concrete oon*
! construction is very little more
than .lame. ™
KRAUSE-JUDSON CO.
Conci'te, Masonry, Plastering
| Coi'ii ctors. Manufacturers of
| of .1 types of precast con*
er building units.
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l»ni|H>ll,lia
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MORE CREAM!
(H E7XBT BOTTLE OF OUB
MUX.
And w motto ia “Absolute
Cleanliness.”
JUNEAU DAIRY
PHOHE 145.
PALACE OF SWEETS
Eat a dish a day of our ico
cream. A healthful vitamins
food.
' Vanilla, Strawberry. Chocolate,
! Pineapple.
1 We also serve Seattle Velvet
I Ice Cream.
I Large room for dance or card
parties.
Ladies’ Rest Room
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