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DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
ARED HEINONEN IS
COMMITTED TO ASYLUM
BY COMMISSIONER GRAY
Arcd Heinonen, native ot Finland,
43 years o'f ago, was yesterday com
mitted to the insane asylum :it Morn
Ingside by United States Commis
sioner Felix Grtvy, following (the ar
rest and trial rtf Heinonen on a ]
charge of being mentally unsound.
At a preliminary hearing at the
■ease last .week (following complaint
of severtl who were more or less
ocquia'lTOted with (the man, it Was de
cided to continue the ilifteWng tor a
(few days to 'allow close observation
hf his case in tho jail in Juneau-^
As a result of (his examination of
tio case. Dr. ill. O. DeVighno repodt
od to tho court yeftorday that in his
(pinion Heinonen was suffering from
chronic melancholia dementia. The
jury trying (tho case brought in a
verdict Of insanity against the prison
er. lie will tx> taken South by
TJhputy U. E. iMarshal Getchell on
'tho HogeTs.
GOES Tp KETCHIKAN
<!eorgo ValeSson left on the Joffer
<ton lbst night for Ketchikan, where
he expects to ho employed in the
California. Grocery Store as clerk and
deliveryman.
HEADED FOR DENMARK
Julius Jensen left for the South on
tho Jetfersbn last evening with the
avowed intention Of starting on a
Journey to his old home in Denmark.
Mr. Jensen lias brothers and sisters
In (the old country whom he hasn't
seen for about 13 years- Ho will
spend mbst of the summer on this
visit.
•RETURNS TO HOME
IN ANCHORAGE
Goorgo iti. Johnson, who has been
visiting on the Channel fer some time
in tho interest of suime mining claims
tvp the Tu.ku 'River, in which he has
an equity, left on the Victoria last
night (for bis home in Anchorage.
TO TEACH SEWING
Mists Grace Chapman lias under
Consideration to sltart a sewing class
flyr the 'summer months and will meet
•With (any who de'sire to take a course
otf tliht kind Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock in the Douglas school house.
Miss Chapman had charge o.f the
domOat'te science department in the
(High 'School and made quite (a record
in her sewing class.
Old paper* foi sale at Empire
Empire Printing Company.
| LIBERTY
I Jonight and Thursday
I A BIGGER HIT THAN “HUMORESQUE"
Appealing as a Mother’s Kiss
If you want to weep a little, smile a lot, and
have your heart filled with happiness, see this picture
u The Good Provider v j
'• “V * £ i
With Vera Gordon, Dore Davidson and Vivienne
' Osborne j
A Burton Holmes Traveloue will open the show. ]
As said before—Vera 'Gordon and Dore David- ]
son, the father and mother in ‘‘Humoresque" make j
this feature a bigger hit than "Humoresque."
A picture you can’t afford to miss.
Prices—10c, 20c, 40c.
"THE GOOD PROVIDER"
AT LIBERTY TONIGHT
Vera Gordon and I hire Davidson,
■prominent characters in the weil-r >•
mc-rabered “I fimioTtsque," play the
two prominent partr in “The Good
Provider," which comes to the Lib
erty t'onight. This 1s a mighty Rood
play, thrills aplenty, bat ©1 the kind
no niKhtinbres Will result from. It
Is n homey play, gotxl, simple, tench
ing. but in -soots anlghty fine comedy.
Father conies Into his own in “The
Good Provider,” tout nearly too late;
then nil comes out happily.
SUCHOW BANDITS
DO NOT MURDER
CAPTIVES HELD
Messengers from B a n d i I
Stronghold Report to Re
lief Workers Near Scene.
(Continued trrom **&ge one.)
ministry unconditional support tc
obtain a solution definitely strong
enough In order to avert a catas
tropho with loss of national am
foreign prestige.”
MAY USE AHMED FORCE.
WASHINGTON, May 23.—Acting
Secretary of War Davis has con
ferred with Secretary of Stati
Hughes regarding the Chinese situa
tion and it is understood Hughe?
desired information relative to pas
sitole use of military forces should
all other relief measures fail.
Should military action lie decided
upon, it is believed additional troops
will be sent lo China from the Phil
ippines. The 800 American soldiers
now in China will probably be in
sufficient for the required move.
; NO WORD FROM SCHURMAN.
WASHINGTON, May 23. — Th<
j government lias been without Vorc
from U. S. Minister Schurman foi
more than 24 hours.
The desperate plight of the Am
jericans held as hostages by tin
i Chinese bandits warrant quick at
Itontion but it is agreed to wait fui
special recommendations from Schur
| man before deciding upon a course
CAFTFVES REMOVED.
I TIENTSIN. May 23.—In a lettc
| to bis wife, Major Poland Pinger
United Slates Army officer hell
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BIGGESTBANK STRUCTURE IN WOULD
LATEST TRIUMPH OF BUILDING BOOM
$ % tu\t\ t\i lA
ViJt Ui IliO IH> UCIHJ
made in the Indian*. limestone
quarries marks where material was
quarried for what will Hi the larg
est bank building in the world, the
Union Trust Building now nearing
completion at Cleveland, O. It will
occupy the better part of a whole
block at Euclid avenue and E?st
Ninth St. It will be twenty-three
stories high and house e Popula
tion of 6,000 persons. Twenty
eight elevators will bo used to carry
tenants and the estimated 60 000
daily visitors. The structure will
contain 18,000 tons of steel, 88,000
cubic feet of limestone, receive
light through 3,600 windows, and
square feet.
There is probably no better inde*
to the building materia) situation
in the United States than the re
ports of the Indiana Limestone
Quarrymen’s association with
headquarters at Bedford, Ind. The
first three months of 1023 inJIuta
that the situation is most excellent
In that period 830 constructive en
terprises specifying limestone were
reported to the association from all
over the country. This marks a
20 per cent gain over the corre
sponding period a year ago. The
20 per cent decrease in price of the
stone in 1922, it was officially
stated, still obtains.
Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S.
Weather Bureau.
Forecast fci Juneau and vicinity for 24 hours beginning 8 p. ffl. toO.j:
touinl)t und Xtiurarluy; pentle variable winds.
LGCAu xi A T A
Barom. Temp. Humidity Wind Telocity Wonther
8 p. m. yest'y .29.96 47 69 SE 9 Pt. Cldy
:8 n. m, today ... 30.12 46 80 S 6 Cldy
12 noon today ... 30.14 52 58 S 10 Cldy
Cable and kadju reports
\ hirf l'lSHiJAY
: Stations- -
Xoorvik .
1 .NfllllO .
i Tamtma .
| iCaxle. .
! I'atnbiinks
1 McKinley Park
Anchorage .
St. Paul
i Dutch Harbor
Kodiak .
.Cordova .
!Juneau .
':?l1ka .
; Prlnco R u [jert
| Kdmonton .
.Seattle .
Portland .
San Krunclwo
ulghMt
temp.
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.. :i8
. 54
. 58
50
. 52
. 42
*46
60
52
52
54
64
78
60
62
70
8 p.m.
temp
52
52
44
50
28
44
44
48
47
44 .
50
74
56
58
60
Lowiat
temp.
30
26
26
42
36
34
36
36
36
26
40
39
40
40
48
48
48
8 a.ru.
temp.
36
30
44
46
DO
44
48
38
44
54
48
46
DO
42
48
48
48
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8 am
Velocitr
4
6
12
10
Free Ip. lam.
24 hr*. Weather
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.06
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Pt.
0
Trace
.12
.02
0
0
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fitly
fitly
f Itwr
Haiti
Clear
fitly
fitly
fitly
fitly
fitly
Clear
Cldy
Clear
fitly
Cldy
fitly
Cldy
-Less than 10 miles
NOTE: Obierrttion* at prince Rupttri, seati*. fortune aqo »*"
Tanclsoo ara mada at 4 a. m. and 4 p m., Juneau time
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The weather has cleared In Southeastern Alsaka and tho Interior,
1 but is still somewhat unsettled on tho North Pacific ('oast and in the
I Betting Sea region. In the last named district a disturbance Is rap- 1
I Idly developing, wtih a barometer reading of 29.48 inches at Dutch
' llnnbof at 8 a. m. today. It is somewhat warmer.In tho Tanana Val
I Icy this morning, but in other parts of the Territory there has been
j but little change In temperature rIuco yesterday.
REINDEER MEAT MAY BECOME NATIONAL DISH.
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One of the largest reindeer farms in tlio world and certainly the largest on the Western |
Hemisphere, is owned and operated by the Loman Brothers, of Nome, Alaska. Tlipy believe lack of !
grazing space is destined to wipe rut the cattle Industry of America and that Hits reindeer is to
become the principal source of meal. Those who have lasted reindeer meat: teatify to its good
! flavor and tenderness. The reindeer farm in Alaska comprises 600,000 acres, (he doer grazing on
vegetation that grows under the ice and anew. Note the sprinkling of white und spotted animals.
They are a great help to tile herders ill Summer In spotting the herd.
l,,. ♦Q.ir.H/Yt', i.m.wIUj a1 T1 zrr?1 \lf\ DITItPAnTlC . mans. nlans. snneiflcn I Inns and pstt-'
. scribes the removal of three Am
erican pKisumrr, including: himself,
j to tJie summit ot Poatzuki where
escape or rescue is iinpoc.-ible.
DRASTIC ACTION SUGGESTED.
SHANGHAI, May 23.—In a tele
gram addressed to the diplomatic
corps at Peking and Shanghai, Hie
: General Chamber of Commerce rep
I resenting all foreign commercial in
terests charged that China had cora
Ipletely disregarded the liheral tivut
jinent accorded at Hie Washington^
Arms Conference and ask^ that nil
j Washington agreements We suspend
led until a satisfactory settlement in
;the chaotic conditions in China have
been reached.
GERMANY PRIHIBITS ABSINTHE
j 'BERLIN, May 23.—Two important
| developments in Germany have
brought joy (to the ■,dry” 'worker*'
camp- The Reichstag has adopted a
low prohibiting the .production and
i sale ct absinthe, and measures have
| been inaugurate^ to restrict the puh-;
* lie advertisement of alcoholic bever
[ ages.
[ The «talte railways have announced
j they will receive no more such adver
* Using after May 1, and Berlin's mu
I nicipa! railways have been directed
£: hereafter to accept advertisements
• j for liquor Unit crests only on the
• same terms and tio the shme extent
| as 'tliey itiako them for other 'firms.
[ MARTHA-SOCIETY LUNCHEON.
» Members oT •‘Ctrrh* J” of the
Martha Society, will hold a luncheon
and goody sale Saturday next, May
26, at the Alaska Electric Light and
l Power Company display rooms, be
■ ginning at 11:30 o'clock in the
I morning. —adv,
| L. Stottler, of the Willow Creek
[ 'Minting Company, is on board tthe Vle
£ torta for Seward cip route jto the in
' fterior.
VULTL1\ /“111 L* UUI\I vut/u
DELIGHT AT SOCIAL AT
EASTERN STAR SESSION
FViJluwing the rdguIi.-H’ sctsion of;
the K.iiierii Smr hkSt night, a social j
and entcrt lin.mont was given. Wil |
bur Hanford a:rJ Mrs. W. J. Har-'
fiord delighted with a saxophone a id
ipl.mo duct. \V. (I. Culver, who ro-j
eently mail.' such « h.'t In “The
tianUri of the S'h.ih'' nnulcnl c in ly.
gave sons hits. His first number was
"Jean'! and to i\ .demand Par an en
core p,j.vo'"Absen't,” The brier .st-Io<
iton also calh/l tor an encore and
.Mr- Culver ropemud “Absont” to thej
delight of Ills audience. Mrs. Howe(
Vance accompanied Culver.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals tor constructing
tha Sitka Power Station National
Forest Road project located within
or partly within the Tongasa Na
tional Forest, Territory of Alaska,
will be rceeivod by the District En
gineer, Buraeu of Public Roads, 11.
3. Department of Agriculture, at
Juneau, Alaska until 10 o'clock A.
M. on the Sth day .of June, 1323, at
which time and place they will be
publicly opened-«nd reed. The right
is reserved to reject any and all
bide, and none will be considered
except those from contractors ascer
tained to be experienced and re
sponsible. The length of project to
be constructed or improved is ap
proximately 4.33 uiilea and the prin
cipal Items of wor* are approxi
mately as follows: 17.02 acres
clearing, 200 st|. ft. log cribbing,
8.5 acres grubbing, 2340 cu. yds.
band laid rock fill, 21681 cu. yds.
pock excavation, 3155 cu. yds. sur
facing, 17682 cu. y<n. common exca
vation, 57 lin. ft. bridge decking,
766 lin. ft. culverts. The work em
braced in this contract shall be com
pleted within 100 weather working
days following the execution of the
contract by th»_fiacretary of Agri
culture. The contract form and the
mates of quantities may ho examined;
by responsible contractors at the
following addresses: Room 310 Post,
Office Building, Portland, Oregon
and at the office of the Bureau of I
Public Hoads at Juneau, Alaska. All i
proposals must be made on norms, I
and in accordance with instructions,
forming n part of the speculationsj
above referred to, and must Do ac
companied by a proposal guaranty
In au amount at least, equal to five
(5) per cent of the total amount1
of t he proposal. C. W.-CHEATHAM,;
Acting Tiistrict Engineer.
PATENTS
Total fees, $75; first payment $15.
ir you have a good Idea send lor
a free Conception Blank, which will
protect it temporarily and explain 1
how to get a patent.
HABIT BOWUT,
Registered Patent Atty., Mech. Ea- •
gineer. Pantages Bldg.. Seattle.
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WE vm A SPECIALTY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE
and are prepared to execute your orders on Europe at the lowest
prevailing rates. Our Now York facilities are second to none. If
you are contemplating sending money to Europe call Douglas St
and wo will be glad to give you our latest quotations.
Alsace-Lorraine .....Per Hundred France
Great Britain ....
Germany ..
German Austria
UejBltun .
Czecho Slovakia
Finland ..
Greece .
Italy ..
Norway ...
Sweden ....
Jugo-Slavia .....
Pounds
Marks
Kronen
Francs
Kronen
Finmarks
Drachmas
Lire
Kronen
Kroner
Kronen
7.31
370.00
1.31
.16
7.63
1.26
1.61
5.72
4.32
13 45
21.70
.63
FIRST TERRITORIAL BANK OF ALASKA,
DOVOUS JLLA5IA
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OI-ASSIPIBD ADS flpd desirable
loariers. If you arc prepared to fceep
warders It la Important that 704
hould know how and whan to p#g
.he citertflpd ad»—for they afford
rou the meane tor making the bus*
eee PAT. Try the Bmptre
MADE FOR
HARD WEAR
You will use our “handy
tools around the house"
long after you have for
gotten what you paid for
them.
You will always be satis
fled with their sturdy effi
ciency.
You will realize what a
pleasure it is to work with
implements and material 1
purchased at— !
c. w. young a co.
FIRE ALARM CALLS
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Third and Franklin.
Front and Franklin.
Front, near Ferry Way.
Front, opp. Film EXOhaagO
'Toot, opp. City Wharf.
Front, near Saw Mill,
lioine Grocery.
Willoughby, opp. Cole Ban.
Front and Seward.
Front and Main.
Second and Main.
Fifth and Seward,
l ire Hall.
(.aatlneau and Rawn Way.
Sotvnd and Gold.
Fourth and ITarrle.
Fifth and Gold.
Filth and East.
Seventh and Gold.
Fifth and Kennedy.
Ni'nth, back of power houao
Faiboun. opp. Juneau Apt*.
OMtln Ave., and Indian It.
Ninth and Calhoun,
seventh and Main.
Twelfth, at Northern L’dry
Twelfth and Willoughby.
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“LET GEO. DO IF
He knows his business.
He does (food work.
He dot neat work.
He do?s it cheaper.
He saves you money.
He wants your trade.
He v ill treat you right.
He THA1XB you.
GEO. B. RICE
Forrest Buildinf
Phone 34.
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PlnirMit*
Heating
MADE RIGHT,
Kight s Jmwa
CONFECTIONS
and ICE CREAM
Buy home product*—in
(hit case a pleasure as web
a? duty.
PROTECTED AGAINST
cold of winter
fire from outside sources
upkeep expense
And the cost of concrete eoa.
construction is very little moif
than frame.
KRAUSE-JUDSON CO.
j Concrete, Masonry, Plus Wring
I Cou true tors. Manufacturer* qf
of all types of precast eoa
| crete building unite.
Juneau Public Lfcr*ry
tad Free Reading RfjMQ
Cii
I Rea
a a. m. to 10 p Eh.
Clr latlon Room OMNI f
l to S:S0 p. at.—7:44 f.
So »- m
Cuiat ¥sgiri»w, li
MORE CREAM!
CT I VOLT BOTTLE Of OBI
And oar motto io “Abootat*
JUNEAU
raon
PAUCE OF SWEETS
Eat a dish a day of oar lot
ilthfnl vitamfco
food.
cream. A healthful
Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate
Pineapple.
We also serve Seattle Yd«f£
Ice Cream.
Larce room for doaeo n -
Ladies
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