AMENDMENTS TO
ELECTION LAWS
ARE PRESENTED
* ——i
Earlier Filing for Candidates
Sought—House Pension
Bill Is Retarded.
Advancement of the date of filing
of candidacies for primary elections
from the last Tuesday to Lite first
Tuesday in February and consolida
tion of the printing: of supplies in
the hands of the Secretary of the i
Territory are proposed in two bills;
introduced in the House of Repre
sentatives this morning. The author!
of both measure is Representative
Johnston, of Fairbanks.
The inability of clerks of thej
court in the Fourth Division to get
official election supplies to remote
precincts in the district is given by,
Mr. Johnston as the reason for the
suggested change in the time now
allowed for filing. N’o reason was
advanced lor the change in the sys
lor.\ of furnishing blanks which art
now supplied directly hy the Clerks
of the district court in each di-,
vision.
Pension Bill Continued.
in Committee of the Whole this
morning the House took up the,
Shepard old age allowance bill and
adopted the stubs'itute presented to
the Committee on Territorial In-'
stltutlons by Mr. Shepard. The lat
ter measure is substantially the1
same as the pre-ent law except that
i! raises the maximum for men lo
$30 and for women to $35 p r
month.
The hill, said Mr. Shepard, has
the approval of (he Pioneers of
Alaska and of fraternal organlr.a
tiions. The Nome Igloo of the t u
rner organization, he said, objected
to the present provision that per
sons drawing pensions under C.ie
act, absenting themselves from the
Territory for more than a year,
lost the allowance. This clause, he
added ,is retained in the bill bring
considered.
Mr. Daly, quoting from rsnlu
tions adopted by (he Nome Igloo,
said It favored allowing pensions
to be continued where the reel,-I
ients desired to return to their old
homes or other places In the States
It Is possible to do this, he added,
under existing legislation provided
approval is obtained from the Hoard
cf Trustees administering the pen
sion act. The policy of the board,
he said, has been not to make such
payments. He asked that the bill
bo continued in its secrfnd reading
until later to give him an oppor
tunity to offer an amendment which
was not objected to by its support-!
ers.
land Bonus Continued.
When 'the Keys’ Soldiers' Bonus
Memorial was called up for second'
reading this morning, supporters'
of the measure asked that it also
be, allowed to go over until tomor-j
ndw in order that some necessaryi
amendments might be made.
The Keys' memorial asking for!
extension of the parcel post zone
system to Alaska was passed to its
third reading.
Nine Senate bills were given
tbeir first readings by the House
this morning. There were Nos 13,
21. 34 26. 37, 41. 57, 58 and fio,
all of w’hich were referred to the
Judiciary Committee. Moat of them
are amendments to the Compiled
Laws and of minor nature.
Senate Bill No. 38, repealing
Chapter 78, Session Laws of 1913,
was unanimously passed by the
House.
Senate Bill No. 39. An Act to de
fine prima facia evidence of Intent
1o burn building to injure insurer
was killed In the House when a
motion to Indefinitely postpone It
was unanimously passed.
Senate Bill No. 14, concerning
the proof of statutes of other juris
dictions; No. 25, amending section
1,302, Compiled Laws of Alaska,
relative to extending time for In
stituting divorce action on certain
grounds; No. 27, amending section
1,799, Compiled Laws of Alaska,
relative to postponement of trial;
No. 28, amending section 1,814.
Compiled Laws of Alaska by cor-1
reeling a clerical error, all passed
to their third readings.
New Chaplain hlected.
Rev. (}. Ci. Bruce, pastor of the
local Presbyterian Church, was yes
terday elected by the Senate as
Chaplain, succeeding Rev. S. Hall
young, resigned. Dr. Young was
called unexpectedly to Anchorage
and Cordova, leaving yesterday. He
asked that Dr. Bruce he named to
fill bis place.
The Senate yesterday afternoon
killed by indefinite postponement
Bill No. 68 relative 1o establish
ment of legal publication for news
papers. It was introduced by Mr.
Dlmond and supported to the end
by him and his colleague, Mr.
Chamberlin. It was designed, he
eaid, to protect established news
papers from fake enterprises. Bill
No. 63. amending section 2,159
Complied Daws of Alaska, relating
to indictments and for other pur
poses was also indefinitely post
poned by a unanimous vote. The
bill was designed to permit Dis
trict Attorneys to take official
stenographers into grand jury ln
veotlffctions for the purpose of mak
ing official copies of testimony giv
en there by witnesses. The measure
was described by members of the
Judiciary Committee as ‘'danger
ous.”
Two meantiree, bills No. 53 and
62, were yeoterday passed to their
Will Go to Work for
Littauer Heiress.
William I.' uoilier, former of
ficer of llie A. E. F.. a resident of
Oliit:, lii 1 returned from Europe.
Il is .id lie i:~ looking for a .hlr
to convince the multl-millionai:
family <»: .M: Catherine I. mi •
Litumer iha» be can support r
wife. Mi I.il; niter'* parent or
ated a genin'‘on in Paris by 'k
in ", for an injunction to pry. nt
the n:. rriast I he injunction wn
(lii .1, .1 recon ci la lion followed,
an.1 tUo vildill.T '.Vis postponed
for a t'.m.;
h!l ci re diner anil No. fiM WJ rn
tinued* <ai the daily file. So late
Jrlnt Memorial No. 1, by Mr.
Chamberlin relative to etc ding
the parcel pro one system n Al
aska. wav passed unanimous y.
He use .1 Int Memorial No. 2, by Mr.
Daly, re tat it to a survey of tiie
Vttk 'n-Kiisk ikwim portage drelf;ilii"
pr jeer, won p "on u minimus
Uaii'i' .Joint Memorial No. 3, a k
Ins for the estsibllahment of an
Indian training school at Wrange'l
by Mr. Grant; House .Joint Memor
ial No. 7, by Air. Keys, relative lo
replacement of antiquated couplers
on the narrow pnage section of the
Alaska Railroad; House Bill No. 2.
providing $3,000 for the entertain
ment of 1 lie President, and House
Bill No. 10, appropriating $4,500
for the Pioneers' Home to meet a
current deficiency, were read in the
Senate for the first time.
Morning- Sescicn Short
Tlie Senate session tIlls morning
was short. It prised Senate Bill No.
45, An Act to protect public records
again, t falsification, destruction or
lo*: ; No. 59, amending section
2,186, Compiled Laws of Alaska ro
tating to arrest and bail, and Senate
Bill No. 61, amending section 660,
Compiled I-aws of Alaska, relative
lo foreign corporations doing busi
ness in Alaska.
MILL MACHINERY IS
SHIPPED FROM THANE
A shipment of 1,150 Con.r of mill
machinery will be taken Sou'h from
Thane on the freighter Hat; niche,
scheduled ito s.uil at midnight tonight
from Thane. The .machinery la con
signed to the McGill Connoliidutcd
Mining Company at McGill, Nevada;
tb • Famaliftna tie Corporurion of Ar
gen tine, 'and the Northwest Stcd!
& IT.mIuc-: < Comi any of Seattle, the
bitter firm handling the shipment.
A shipment of 100 tons of machin
ery. the majority of which was pur
{Those 1 recently by the Consolidated
Afiaing & Smelting Company. Ltd.
of British Columbia, and the rest
consigned to the Premier mine at
Hvder, hats 'been sent out on the Can
adian 'freighter Princess Kim.
STANDARD OIL ADDS TO
REWARD IN SEARCH OF
ASSAILANTS M’CREADY
An additional $500 baa been add
ed to i lie reward of $1,000 offered
by the Standard Oil Company, for
the arrest and conviction of the
party or parties Involved in the
death of Howard .1. MoCready, who
Was shot February '.Mi last by ban
dits, at Seattle and died February
28, This is according .to advice re
ceived at tlie Standard Oil Company
station here. McCroady was a stu
dent ait tlie University of Washing
ton and a collector for tlie Standard
Oil Company. He was making hit
rounds for collecting, in an auto
mobile, acompnnied by Police Offi
cer Little of Seattle, when they
were held up by bandits and Me
Cready shot.
HARPER BROTHERS RETURN
NORTH: VISITED IN STATE:
A1 Harper and A. Ilarpor, wet
known Interior mining operators
are passengers on tlie Alameda fot
Seward returning to Iheir proper
ties. The two brothers have beei
visiting another brother tn South
ern Oregon whom they thud not sect
for 17 years.
RETURNS WITH BRIDE.
Harry Kawa'be. laundrymaii o
Seward, ts a pastvenger on the Ala
ineda returning from a trip ti
Japan. He is accompanied by hi
bride the marriage having beet
performed in Tokio.
Otd bundles of newspapers a' thi
Empire, 25 cent*.
COLONEL MEARS
WILL TRANSFER
TO COL. STEESE
Chairman of A.E.C., Goes to
Anchorage to Relinquish
Railroad Duties.
Col. Frederick Mears, Chairman of
lhe Aluskan Engineering Cominls
. Ion, passed through Juneau vester
day on the Alameda bound for An
chorage where be will shortly turn
>ver his office and duties to Col.
Janies O. Steese, of the Alaska Road
Commission. Col. Hteeee joined Col.
Mears here and both proceeded to
Anchorage. Col. Wears is accompan
ied by Mrs. Mears and three children
who will bid goodbye to the citizens
of Anchorage after residing there
since 1914.
I Col. Wears stated that he did not
j have anything definite in view I'ol
i lowing relinquishing of his duties
with the Alaskan Engineering Com
, niit. ion but would probably return
, to his dm its in the Engineer Corps
j of I !u I'liit d .S4ateH Army although
•he may l^e connected with some
’large cons; ruction company. Col.
j Mears said he expected the transfer
j of his office tc Col. Steos ' would
i be perfected wvflrin a few weeks
and then he would return south
with his family.
li la understood
i Mears was in the
I tions between the
■ -ring Commission
Pass relative to
Government and
that while Col. I
States nogoMu
Alaskan K Hain
an d the While
the operation of
White Pass boats
on the Yukon and Tanana rivers
dining the coming rummer, were
concluded. It is understood an
agreement has been reached be
tween the commission and the
.transportation company under the
, te rms of Which the Canadian hoals
will opera,!e between Dawson and
M r-mi and the Government boat
j will operate between Nomina and
St. Michael.
The Canadian boats will lake all
of the ore from Mayo to Nenana
for shipment to the coast by way
of lhe Government railroad and
! handle all the passenger traffic be
, tween the upper Yukon and Ne
jnuna. The Government bouts will
j supply the freight requirements
along the lower Yukon and St.
Milch, ael, including possibly large
shipmtnts of coal for the Nome dis
trict.
It is understood Erne Barteau
will have charge of the White Piss
offices at Nenana, and that the
White Pass boats operating on itlie
river will be the steamers Alaska j
and Yukon, formerly in service be
tween Nenana and Dawson.
WOULD HELP BOYS
TO LEARN TRADES
PHILADELPHIA, March 21—A
survey recently made by the Indus-j
trial Relations Committee of the!
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce'
f one thousand local industrial es
tablishments, representing twenty;
three different trades, showed aj
shortage of 8,000 apprentices. The
survey followed a meeting with
heads of educational institutions
and industrial leaders at which the
needs in the field of apprenticeship,
and the steps necessary for their
development, were discussed.
Tiie committee has compiled a list i
of public and private schools where|
boys who wish to leurn a mechanics!
trade may do so, and is now en
gaged In a canvass of five hundred
industrial establishments regarding j
their needs and requirements, with|
a view to supplying standardized;
training aceptable to these estab-'
lhhments.
‘The question of apprenticeship,”;
says the committee, “Is one of the
most important In industry, as the
need of adjustment and education
of our man-power to the needs of
present day methods is imperative
! if we are to keep pace with the
| progress of our city, and the unpre
cedented activity of its essential
Industries.”
DYERS RETURN
(Mr. and Airs. E. ,i. Dyer, farmer
i redden: i of Juneau, returned pn th.
I Alameda . nd expect io locate hero.
They have spent the ipujat seven',
months tin K etc hi lean and have rev
I ed iin Anchorage and in California
! •■since leaving Juneau several year
I 'ago.
Lost eometnti '. r 1fou can get It
hack by using the "\joat and Found”
I olurr.ii of The Ew.olre
|-/
Parliament of Ulster
Opens in Belfast.
T
jDt'iee- c-^/jbetvcr^v. | i
The Duke of Abercorn, new
Governor of Northern Ireland, of
ficially opened the se. ^lons of thp
Lister Parliament in Felfnrt. He
hinted In his opening address
that till pi rrons In Northern Ire
land would he compelled to take
the oath of allegiance to King
George.
SHRINE DANCE !
ON TOMORROW
The darv.e to be given tomorrow
night it Elk Ha l by the Sou!he‘st
ern Ala ta Sb.vg'o flub promise) t.i
bo one cf tha enjoyabrlo affairs of
the month. The committee is plan
ning appropriate deer:rations an t an-J
(tier committee in to be in the re-!
i iv.ag line for ah' ole purpose of!
eeing that all -who attend will be-,
como acquainted and then supplied i
with rartners for th ' d. nee program j
la ardor that Itho-o from the Island
;nny attend, a special ferry will j
leave Juneau at 1 o'clock.
INo invitations have been Issued
and the affair is informal and open i
to the l»tl>lk'. Music will be fur-1
Dished .by th; Coliseum Orchestra.
Auto Plunges Into
River in Dust Storm
■LEWISTON. Ida., March 21.—Hopei
has been abandoned of finding tin’
body of William Abel, taxicab driver.!
whose car plunged 'into the Snake!
River yesterday afternoon during »j
du ‘ storm.
TO EVERYBODY WHO EATS
Live chickens, geese, fresh ranch
oggs, shrimp, head lettuce, butter
milk, cream and fish of different
kind. Farmers’ Market. adv.
50 Cent
Dance
A. B. HALL
FRIDAY
NIGHT
PALACE ORCHESTRA
RADIO SUPPLIES
Our prices are right.
Out of town mail order
promptly filled.
JUNEAU ELECTRIC CO
P. 0. Box 517. 310 Front St
ALASKA HEAT COMPANY !
Wholesale and Retail Butchers
PHONE 39 SEWARD STREET
i MEN AND WOMEN'S TAILORING
Comet in Styles, Fabrics and Fashion.
Foreign and Domestic Woolens in Stock.
! F. WOLLAND
MERCHANT TAILOR
FIRST MONTH OF
CONTEST IS WON
BY SCOUT DAVIS
! _
jHas High bcore of 102
Credits in Merit Contest
For Field Glasses.
James Davis, son of Mr. and Mr.
Grover Davis, lias won the first
month, in the merit contest, for
which the Nugget Shop will award a
i air of field glasses to tha .'.sentbe.*
of the Juneau Bov Scouts winning
;.n highest score throe consecutive
a onths. His sdore was 103, w.rnlng
over Fred Bussey 'by one email.
The rood its are awarded a-. the" ;
ate, turned over to the scoiiniasiji
u lindivklual report. The winner of
ihc cttntr t fcr tho first mon*i. and
tlie c redit standing of the sc u s wa -
announced at scout mooting '.a9t
nlgSit at the public school g/i inasimr.
Reports were turned in by ail scouts
except two. far which one credit for
attendance at meetings, was given.
The meeting last night marked the
beginning df the second month.
There arc 34 scouts in the contest.
Credits allowed aro as follows:
One credit each for attendance, on
i ms. uniform, good turn, miles hiked
and hears community service. 1
Fi ve credit® each new recruit. |
church service, conduct, first and
second class tests.
Ten credits tenderfoot lest.
Five to 25 credits merit tests—
heroism, special good turns, craff
manship.
School grades—1 for each P, 2 for
each F, 3 for each 0, 4 for each VC.1
5 for cast E. j
During the Hirst month 952 credits]
were awarded They were as fol-t
io'.y : Attendance, 64. 10 scouts he I
I
BEEF, WINE
AND IRON
is the best Spring Tonic
Iron perform* a very import
ant office in the human body.
It improve* the quality of the
blood, the tissues are better
nourished and all functions are
performed with more vigor.
The combinaton of Beef, Iron
and Wine also promotes appetite
and invigorates and stimulates
the digestion and thus acts as the
very best stomach tonic.
BRITT’S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
PHONE 25
BOAT LOU WRECKED;
NOTORIOUS HISTORY
i -
The 38-fciot gasboat Lou. |
owned by the Sukoi Island Fox
Company, was dashed on. the !
rocks March 15 last, near Peters
burg, and lib a Cot id wreck, ac
cording to advices received there
by H. S. Craves from Grover
Oleary, both ofdicia’.s of the
company. Mr. Oleary gave no
details of the wreck.
The 'Lou is notorious in this
district, being the 'boat which
was formerly owned by Captain
| Plunkett, well known in the j
North, whose mysterious dis
appearance from the boat led to
the arrest and conviction of
Edward Krause, for his murder,
several years ago- Krause was
believed to have caused Hie
death of several other men in
this distnict. Ho was killed at j
Doty's Cove, Admiralty Island,
in 1917, -when he was a.ttempt
I ing to make a get-away after
■breaking jail here.
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ing 100 per cent; uniforms. 16; new
recruits, 10; good turns, 225, three
scouts .being 100 per cent, doing at
least one good turn each day, four
-emits reported no good .turns; miles
hike I, 215, five scouts hiked 20 or
more miles, five hiked 10 to 19 miles
and eight roported no hiking; nights
spent in the open. 5, reported by one
vcout only; community service, 1;
contests, 3; sch'clol grades. 23; church
and Sunday .school attendance, 390,
three scouts were 100 per cent and
lliree repaved none.
individual! scores were als follows:
James Davis, 103; Fred Bussey, 102;
Clayti n Pc'lley, 94; Winston Cheath
am, 62; Einor Jackson, 60; EaJi
Hunter, 57; Albert White, 51; Her
bert Whitfield, 46; Judson Whittier
52; Ed McIntyre, 43; Kenneth Mar
ha'l. 41; James Connors, 40; John
Randall, 38; William Sparks. 34;
William Kirklund, 30; Harc-ld Brown
JUST ARRIVED
WORLD'S 1923
ALMANACS
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
96 Front 9t. Juneau, Alaska
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29; Fred Gould. 22; Henry Pigg. 20;
Otto Wlcklaader, 9; Henry Florey, 9;
Curtis Shattuck, 7; Ed Garnick 1; P.
Peterson, X.
LEGION NAMES GOTWALS
CONVENTION DELEGATE;
AUXILIARY TO ELECT
Col. John C. Gotwals has 'been
elected iby Alirord John Bradford Poet
No. 4 as delegate to the convention
of lUhO American Legion posts In Al
aska, to bo held at Anchorage, April
5, 6 and 7. The Auxiliary to the
Legion will elect a delegate to tho
convention at a meeting -to be held
tomorrow night, it waa announced
today.
Delegai: ns will loave Juneau on the
steamer Northwestern, scheduled to
leave Seattle March 28, for Anchor
age. according to present plans.
Japanese Are Ordering
Much Whale Meat Now
VANCOUVER, March 21—The
whaling companies of Brltisfh Co
'lumbia are flooded with orders for
whale moat. Tho Japanese whaling
fleet will leave for the North next
week.
BOB TURNERS’ AUTO SERVICE.
Phone 257. New 7 passenger
J «tudehaker ear. Comfort and safety
Stand next to Boston Store. —adv.
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DAY BY DAY
In every way our
stock is becoming
more and more at
tractive.
New Coue Charms
25c and 35c.
Carved white ivory
earrings
$2.50 a pair.
Carved white ivory
pendants
$2.50 and up.
French lockets and
soutoirs in sterling sil
ver with colored
enamel designs.
The Nugget Shop
R. SIMPSON, Manager.
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Getting Your Spring
Wardrobe Ready?
If so, be sure to see our display of the very
latest in wash fabrics as well as woolen and silk
materials. j *
TRIMMINGS
We also have a good assortment of the new
braids, girdles, rufflings, collars and all kinds of
ornamental trimmings that are up to date.
Goldstein’s Emporium
JUNEAU'S STYLE CENTER