2 EVENTS OF
TRACK MEET
HELD TODAY
Hurdles and Pole Vault Pin
ished — Remaining Events
Postponed Account Rain
The 220-yard hurdles, High School,
and 'the pole vault, Element ar>
School, of the track meet, tv -re he: 1
this morning from 10 o'clock until
11:30, tvhen the track events tver ■
postponed until the weather clears,'
announcement for which wilt !>:•
made later. The result of the
hurdles was: First, Manning, Doug
las; Britt, Juneau; Vesoja. Douglas..
The result of the pole vault was:
First, George. Juneau; Inman, Ke; ,
chikan; Selntar, Skragway, clearing
seven feet.
In the High School Manning of
Douglas leads wOth individual points.;
having made 21 so far. Garn, of;
Douglas, is econil with 12’i, ind
■llritt of Juneau is third with II ;
points.
Inman Leads Elementary
In ’the Elementary School Inman
of Ketchikan is first with 25'4 point
'and Sully of Juneau Is second wit hi
25 points, and George of Juneau third
with 1) -points.
Manning is leading the Dougl.i
High School, making his points in
running and hurdling. Ho made thej
one-mile run easily, leading by about
20 feet, the time being 4.5 minute
and carried off the 50 yard dash in,
<1 3 4 seconds and the 220-yard hur-'
idles. Vesoja of Douglas made sec
ond In the one-mile run by outrun
ning Campon in the last few feet, i
crossing the line a*bou; two step;
ahead -Garn <Sf Ikmglas took first
place in the 100-vard dash, with Man
ning of Douglas second and Tilson of
lUtka thirl, tho time 'being 12 sec
tends. Garn also wen the high jumn
(running), (leafing five feet, J'anll:
sela making second with 4.11 feet an !
third place was divided he ween Rus
sell of Juneau and Tilson of S.tka..
each making 4.10 feet.
HoJmquJst of Juneau took first;
plaice in the shot put (12 pounds),
making 38.(1 feet, with Cun pen of!
•luneait second and Garn of Daugla
third. Craig of Ketchikan carrle i'
first place in the 440-yard run, with
Valeson and Graves of Douglas sot
and and third, respectively, th time
being 1.10 minutes.
Janiksela of Juneau made (first,
plate in the broad Jump (running),
with Britt of Juneau second and Til
son or Sitka third. Britt of Juneau,
lead, in the 100-yard hurdles with
Manning of Douglas second and Cam
pen of Juneau third, and took sot
oau -place in the 220-yard hurdle-.1
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I First place in the pole vault \v;
taken by ■’RttsiwW and Albert Whit
•for the preen foot vault and thin
place divided between Cas'aen a :
fJarn of Douglas. Inman : . Ketch'fc i
and Sarveis «tf Stlka.
Close Race
A close race is being run betweer
Inman of K.tchik in and Sully o
Jane an in the Elementary School, til
farmer le.ding by on c-fourth paint
Sully carried firs, plica in the »!>
yard. 100 yard and 440-yard dash -
and the high jump (running). Innnr
made first place in the shot put (J
pounds), and the llM)-y mi hurdles an
second pi. a in :he 100-yard and
440-yard d. hrs and the broad jump
(running), high jump (running) and
pole vatlil- George, Juneau, took firs'
place i:i the foie vault, seven feet;
sec::'!.’ pi ;; ■ ill th * ,'iO-yird dash, and
thirl i:i the 100 yard dish.
The remaining events will be runs
and • s. in which nearly all th •
entr “ili a in the meet so far will
take part.
The program for these events is:
One-ha!;' mile run. High and Element
ary Sell its; one-half mile relay race.
High and Elementary Schools; one
mile vviik. High School, and one half
mile walk. Elementary School.
The result of the track me >t in
points for ouch school so far is:
Douglas High School. 41 Is.
Juneau High School, 40*0.
Ketchikan High School, S>4.
Sitka High School, 2%.
Juneau Elementary School. 43.
Ketchikan Elementary school, 27.
Declamation Contest
Juneau took first 'place in the
Elementary School declaanation and
Douglas took first place in ih-> High
School declamation a>t the school this
afterr.orn. The winners were: Ele
mentary School -First, Edward Pow
er;'. Juneau; Killian Aalto, Douglas;
Inga Hansen, Ketchikan.
Higii School—First, Elsie Ed niston.
D.ugl.is; Edith Lingerfelt, Ketchi
kan; Curtis Shattuck, Juneau.
The winners c-f the High School
sewing event, also held this after
noon. had not been decid 'd at 3:30
o'clock today.
Changes in the morning session of
hr program for t miorr.-w morning
;vere necessary on account of th?
Skagway and Haines delegations leav
ng Juneau Thursday for their home,
Superintendent Lanz said today.
Woman Believed
To Be Hammer
Murderess, Arrested
WASHINGTON. April 21 -The
State Department has been advised
by tti-' Honduran government that
the wi man believed to be Clara Phil
lips, escaped "hammer murderess,”
Iras been nrre.'ted and will be held
pending receipt of format extradition
papers.
Old bunices m newspapers at tb«
simplre, 25 cents.
PROGRAM FOR MEET
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TONIGHT
7:30 i>. m,—High School ora
torical con! oat, High School
A ml; toiium
8:80 p. in. High School boy*’
b 1!. Jut) ui vs. Ketc-nlhan
W’EDN ESDA V
0 oo a .n ll.i: ! ealuulj.o.n
Ei meniary School, High School
Audit
10:30 a. m. -Onl EngliT Ele
mentary and High SehoaU, High.
School Auditorium.
1:00 ji. in. -Elementary School
spelling, High School Ami.tot
ium; High School written Eng
i h, room 13, Juneau II:gu
Si • h ool.
3:30 p. ni.—'Elementary boys'
basketball. Douglas vs. Ju
neap; High School girls' basket
ball. Juneau vs. Douglas.
7:30 p. in.—-High School de
bate, second round. Ketchikan
vs. Douglas, a1. Elks' Hall.
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CASE IS ENDED
Both High Officials to Retain
Positions—Compromise
Made in Court.
ATLANTA. April, 24.—The < mi
troversy between W Ham .1 Simmons
: Enrparor, and S. W. Evans. I nip-’ r L. 1
Wizard of the Ku Kltix Kian. on I I
i today by a com-promis.' of tli.■ mat
ter settled on motion of counsel of
both parts and the court dismiss 'd
the injunction whereby the aff.ih < o'
the Klan are placed under a com
mission.
Under the agreement Evans retains
hi* post as Immortal Wizard and Situ
tr.ons as Emperor.
BRITISH SCRAP 2.000.000
TONS or NAVAL VESSELS
LONDON. April 24 Great Rri
taln has scrapped 2,000,000 tons of
naval vessels if the 400,000 tons of
ships that were building and on
which work was stopped are includ
ed since I lie Washington Confer
ence. They include So battleships,
S3 cruisers. 2X3 destroyers. 95 t -
pedo boats and 101 submarines.
Willis E. Nowell, agent for the
Ala. ku Steamship Co., in .Tun an,
who went South to attend tho
launching of the new liner Alaska,
is returning homo on the Jefferson.
Old bundles of newspapers a the
Empire. 25 cents.
MANY GUESTS
ATTEND P.-T.
A. RECEPTION
200 People Attend Affair at
School — Association Will
Give Program Tomorrow
About 200 guests attended the
reception given last night by the
local Parent-Teacher Association at
, iite Scholo building, for the visitors
to the Meet and the general pub
lic. All echoed rooms were open for
inspection and excellent displays of
school work in the grades were in
! evidence.
The<»ervi(nj was in the domestic
science rooms. The table was beau
t if ill in a color scheme of yellow,
daffodils and yellow candles being I
used.
Following the re. option last night j
! at the school, a business meeting of 1
j the officers of the Territorial Branch
! of the Parent-Tea icr Association j
; was held. When :t nominating com
mittee to nominate officers for the
.Branch for next year, was named.]
i Tile members cf the committee were]
Me.sda.m0s Germain. Douglas; Palmer,
Wrangell; Manley, Tenakee; Bullock.
Ketchikan; Shepard, Haines, and]
Messrs. Henderson. Anchorage and]
1'ngt; McNaughton, Chichagof; Flint,]
Pc’ r.iburg, ,anl Whittier, Juneau.
Program Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock;
the t rogram for the Territorial Par-|
on;-Teacher Association will be given;
at the Northern Light Presbyterian j
Church. An informal business ses-s
Sion will 'be held from 10:15 to 10:30!
o’clock.
The program will be as follows;
Invocation Doan ('. 10. Rice.
Violin «nd piano duet—Edith and;
Mildred Lingerfelt o: Ke.ciiikan.
I’a;>er—“The Do’s and Ilon'ts of a
Parent-Teacher Ass , . i n."
Piano .olo Mary Pullen of Skag-1
way.
Paper “The Child's Welfare Maga
zine and Its Value," Mrs Nettie Lose
lie. Juneau.
Paper-“The National Loan Pap rs,|
th Or Sources and Their Scope,” .Mrs. '
Helen G. Johnson, ol' Wrangell.
Musical selection
chimney fire
A small blaze -In th<> chimney of the
Snow White Laundry at 11 o’clock
his morning was cause far tab.rig.
out the fire department, r.ir blaze
was ■quickly extinguished and no;
damage was caused.
For engraved or printed calling
‘ cards see The Empire.
Hand Painted China, Cut Glass, French
Ivory, Watches, Diamonds and Jewelry
WE MOVE TO OUR NEW STORE IN A FEW DAYS AND WISH TO CLOSE OUT ALL OF OUR
PRESENT STOCK.
Everything Must (30 to the Highest Bidder
THIS REMARKABLE SALE OPENS
Thursday, April 26 at 2:30 p. m.
AND WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY. THERE IS NO LIMIT ON THIS SALE. TOME
PICK OUT WHAT YOU WANT AND THEN MAKE YOUR OWN PRICE.
VALUABLE SOUVENIRS GIVEN AWAY AT EACH SALE. ALSO A DIAMOND RING FREE, (“the
opening day”)
SALE HOURS: 2:30 and 7:30 P. M. Daily
CHAIRS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THE LADIES
The Nugget Shop, Inc.
L. DASCOMB, Auctioneer Juneau, Alaska
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Legislators to Give
Ball Saturday
I Evening at A. B. Hall
| The Legislative Ball, at
which the m«ynbcrs of the Leg
islature will be hosts to the
public, will be held Saturday
evening at A. B Hull, accord
ing tc an announcement made |
today. Arrangements for the
|. lin11 have been made and plena
j for the music virtually com
pleted.
Committees from both Houser ;
are busily engaged in wrrk- '
ing out plans for the occasion. |
Th > members expect it to stir- j
pass all affairs of similar na
ture given by former Lerisla- I |
1 t tires.
SKAGWAY SCENE OF
ALLEGED SHOOTING
Word was received this morning j
by Halted States Marshal George D.
Beaumont of a shooting scrape which I
occurred at Sk'agway yesterday, in!
which Jake Secrest, it is charged,j
slr t twice at John Williams. Neither
tot tc; k effect Secrest was arrest l
■ it an I bound over to the grand jury,'
new in session at Juneau. Jam-os'
Gordon testified that he was an eye
witness to the shooting.
The information received from i
Skug’way is that the shooting was the;
result of a quarrel growing out of1
i charge by Williams that Socrest j
has ibeen stealing from him.
BARRON ON WAV TO CANNERY
James T Barron, president of the
ThMnget Parking Company, was a
passenger on the steamer Admiral!
Rogers for ’the company pi i,.it at j
Hunter Bay, where ha will reman f.*r>
,i time to supervise the prelim inure
op-rations -for the salmon packing
season. Mr. Barron hail a cars ) ot
.applies and several membots c.'
he cannery crew aboard the bat'.
Mrs. F. Brenner, wife of Saiv.
Brenner, of the Coliseum Orchestra
is ccming north on the Jefferson.
JITNEY DANCE
THURSDAY NIGHT
ELKS’ HALL
COLISEUM ORCHESTRA
immiif mi i
JUNEAU WINS
FIRST DEBATE
Given Unanimous Decision by
Judges in Debate Against
Douglas Last Night.
The Juneau High School debating
team / won the unanimous decision
of the judges in tlie- first prelimin
ary debate last night at Kiks’ Hail.
Juneau represented the negative and
Douglas tlio affirmative on the ques
tion: ‘'Resolved. That the United
States Should Subsidize its Mer
chant Marino Handling Foreign
Commerce.” '
Jacob Britt and John Dunn rep
resented Juneau and Miss Selma
Aalto and Tom Cashen represented
Douglas. Miss Virginia Metzgar was
an alternate for Juneau and Rang
uar Kronquist for Douglas, but they
were not called upon. All four of
the speakers handled the subject
with marked aibility, and marshalled
aibout all the arguments that would
be possible in so short a time. Tha
speaks were allowed ten minutes!
each with three minutes each for!
rebuttal. The unanimous decision
of the judges was, however, that
the Juneau team was Buperior.
Mrs. H. i,. Faulkner, John W.l
Troy and N .G. Gilkey were the!
judge", and Dr. G G. Bruce wc
t imekeeper.
The Kiks’ Hall was well filed and
it gave a very cordial reception to
all the debaters.
The second preliminary debate
will lie held Wednesday at 7:30!
|>. ill. when the Ketchikan High1
3cher 1 debating team will meet thei
Dougins team at Kiks' Hall. The
final debate Is scheduled to be held'
Friday at 7:30 p. m.
D. H. S.—Junior Prom—April 27.
—adv.
ARE YOU A GOOD
GUESSER?
With each roll of film
left with us to he devel
oped you have one free
guess on a oil colored
framed photograph.
Who will be the lucky
one?
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
96 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
ELKS LODGE WILL TAKE
UP IMPORTANT ISSUES
Vital issues to the Territory and
the totality tf Juneau at the present
time wiM he taken up in talks to be
given by members of B. P. O. Elks
at the reguf.ar lodge meeting tomor
row night in the lodge rooms at
EH*’ Hall. The issues to he dis
cussed will be of interest and b'.ne
fit to every member of the 'edge
and all members are urged to to
present. J. A. Davis, secretary, said
today, tl. E. Forrest is in si.go
of arranging the talks.
Programs of this nature were tagsu
up recently by the lodge and for a
long period each meeting nigh* tr,
teresting topics concerning thio Ter
ritory and Juneau were discussed hv
various members of the lodgt, ard
which were most successful.
MEANS WILL TAKE
OVER OFFICE MAY 1
A. G. Moans, recently appointei
Prohibition Enforcement Officer for
Alaska, being transferred from Port
land, Oregon, will assume his new
ditties May 1, according to a state
ment made by him today. Mr.
Means said he will not know defin
itely concerning the personnel of
his force until he takes over the
office. Mrs. Means and their two
sons, will arrive in Juneau about
June 1.
Mrs. Means spent some time in
Juneau last winter, when Mr. Means
was ill here while on a trip of in
spection, and has many friends on
the Channel.
J. B. Marshall, whom Mr. Means
succeeds, said today he has re
ceived orders to report at the legal
department of the prohibition en
forcement headquarters at Washing
ton. D. (’., and will leave Juneau
shortly after May 1 for that place.
016 papers ror safe at Empire.
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WATERMAN
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For all around use we
recommend Parker’s
Duofold.
BRITT’S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
PHONE 25
art Scftaifner 8 Marx
Goats for
Women
Another shipment just received.
When you buy one of these coats
you are making an investment in
STYLE, BEST OF MATERIALS
AND FIRST CLASS TAILORING.
The prices are a little higher but
the cost will be forgotten long be
fore the garment must be discarded.
For they are all v/ool and double
wear.
Sold Only at
Goldstein’s
Emporium
JUNEAU'S STYLE CENTER
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