GREETING SENT
PARTY BY BONE;
LAND TOMORROW
Governor Wirelesses Greeting!
to Delegation—-Reaches
Seward Tuesday.
Official and personal greetings to
the Congressional party aboard the
transport Cambrai were sent by
wireless by Uov. Scott C. Bone Sat
urday afternoon and transmitted to
the ship as soon as It entered Alas
kan watars. Acknowledgement of the
greetings were received last night
by the Governor.
In greeting the party, Governor
Bone said:
"Heartiest official and personal
greetings upon reaching Alaskan
waters. Knowledge gained by your |
visit will bo of groat and enduring j
benefit to the Territory. A cordial j
welcome is assured you everywhere, j
Juneau eagerly awaits your coming".
In reply to the Governor, It was j
stated that the schedule as an
nounced last Saturday remains un
changed The party Iby leaving Se-I
atile ono day ahead of the original j
sailing date will have an additional j
day on the Alaska 'Railroad which
will he spent in extending its tour to
Fairbanks, the interior terminus of
the road. It will arrive at Seward
tomerrow and spend four days along
the railroad, leaving Seward south- j
bound noxt Saturday. Time allowed.
Is insufficient far a otap at Cordova i
and a trip over the Copper River & |
Northwestern Hnllroad. The Cambrai;
is scheduled to arrive at Chitko |
Barracks on Juno 11. The ,party w 11,;
go to Skagway on small boats and i
make a trip over the White Pass and j
come here June 13, remaining until j
the following day.
Plans for local ontortainment of,
the parly arc well under way. Ar j
rungomenits for the banquet arc t ing i
hold in abeyance until advices are
received as to the exact time o.f the]
Caarbrat’s arrival here.
BIDS UNSATISFACTORY
COVERING ALTERATION
OF GARSIDE BUILDING
Bids for alterations on the Garside
Building, opened Saturday afternoon j
by the Territorial Historical Library
juid Museum Commission, were all re
jected as unsatisfactory, according to
a statement made today at the Gov
ernor’s office. The smallest of the
bids entataed the expenditure of
more money than is available for the
work.
The Commission held another nmet
ling today, at which time new plans j
* were adopted for alterations, less ex-i
tensive than had been proposed in
the original draft. Calls for new bids
fwll^ be Issued at once, it W3s said.
The bids for wiring the building
and Installation of now plumbing
were accepted and the successful
bidders wlU start work at once.
Four-Year-Old Boy Starts
Fire Doing Much Damage
OTTAWA, June 4.—Fire which
destroyed forty-two buildings at
Cauiian Saturday causing two deaths
and a property Loss estimated at
*600,000 was started by a four-year
old boy playing With matches in a
barn. This is the announcement
made today by the authorities.
PETERSBURG MEN ARE
SENTENCED BY PAINE
Eniek Social and Maruis Strand.1,
iboth of Petersburg, today entered j
plea* of guilty in the local l). S.!
f 'irnmissloner’s Court to charges of
violating the prohibition laws. They
were charged on two counts each,
selling and possessing Intoxicating
liquor. Judge Paine sentenced each
to paty a fine of *100 and 30 days'
Imprisonment on the first and $100
on the second count.
L. T. Molnnis, master of the gas
iboat Dauntles*, was arrested today
by .Federal officers, charged with
violating the "dry" laws. This is a
.sequel to the case tried in the U. S
Commissioner's Court last weak, aris
ing out of the seizure of five bottles
at beer on the Dauntless. George
Alexander being charged with pos
session of it, and acquitted hy the
Jury’s verdict.
Release of Captives
Of Chinese Bandits
Is Expected Soon
PEKING, June 4.—Enrollment of i
the Chinese bandits into the army |
is proceeding at Tsao Chwang
Members of the American Legation j
nit days until the remaining foreign i
believe it will be only a quest!
captives wild be released, barring un
foreseen complications.
Mrs. Ray Stevens and her daugh
ter, Rae, are expected to arrive here
this month from San Francisco,
where Miss Rae ha3 been attending I
school. Mr. Stevens has obtained,
the home of Mrs. Grace Davis for the
summer. Mrs. Davis and her d.iugh j
ter, Grace Vivian, plan to spend the:
summer in the States.
YOUR "UWTJBfca;' ASSETS—that
typewriter, musical instrument, fur
Biture, office Datura or appliance—!
pre marketable, for cash, through;
(be elaeelfled columns of The Empire.1
EX-EMPRESS ZITA FACES STARVATION.
A despatch from Paris declares ex-Bmpress Zita, of Austria, is living almost like an outcast near
Vienna, where she went from Spain, where she had accepted for a time the hospitality of King Al
lonso, the only one of her royal rrelatives to come to her assistance. Zita's entire resources are less
than $5,000, and that was obtained by selling the remainder of the imperial wing cellars In Hungary.
When that is exhausted she will have to turn to dressmaking for a living.
BOY SCOUTS ARE
OFF FOR CAMP
GLACIER GLEN
12 Scouts Will Spend Two
Weeks of Outdoor Life—
Sunday Visitors Day.
Ofi in a <'louil of dust, Juneau
Bey Scouts left town this morning
for their camp, Glacier Glen, at the
end of the Auk Lake road, near Men
den ha,11 Glacier, on a two weeks
Ciieping trip. Two trucks donatei
by the U. S. Bureau of Public Roadt
were used to transport the Scout,
and their dunnage.
A clouds ess day and a slight breezi
makes the start off of the catnpin!
trip 5effect, the day to be spent it
arranging the camp. Mountain trip;
ind camp and wood lore will occup;
the camping days.
Visitors may visit the camp at an;
time and the official day for visitor
is Sunday. Visitors are requestei
to bring lunch and to refrain fron
making gifts of goodies to the Scouts
Thoso leaving for the camp were
Assistant Scoutmasters R- F. Rec
lingshafer and M. S. Whittier an
Scouts Ed Garnick, John Rundal
Olayton Policy, .'Clarence Dunn, Jud
son Whittier, Winston Cheatham
Henry Pigg, Curtis Shattuck, Davit
Ramsey, Harold Brown and Janie
Connors.
MOUNTAIN PEAK NAMED
AFTER EUGENE OWEN!
That one of the high peaks c
the Coast Range in Southeastern A
ask a has heen officially named afte
Eugene Owens, known locally as th
“Mayor of Sumdum," is the Informs
tion received here. Mr. Owens ha
resided in this district considerabl
more 'than a quarter century, pros
pecting and mining, mostly in th
Sumdum region, and Is widely knowr
He Is a nativo of Illinois, and
numtber of his relatives reside I
Chicago. A recent issue of the Oh
cago Tribune, carrying a photograpl
of Mr. Owens, contained Lhe follow
ing story of the naming of the peak
“ ‘Owens’ Peak,' the highest poin
in tUp Tracy Arm ohain of moun
tains, which mark the boundary 1 in<
between Alaska and British Columbia
has ji^,t been named after Eugeni
Owens, formerly of Morris, Hi., tin
first Illinois man to have such ai
honor ipaid to him. Mr. Owens, win
is a iproBpeotor, mine operator an;
widely known mining expert, wen
io Alaska 35 years ago. Mr. Owen
is a (brother of Mrs. Lillian Felt o
the Plaza Hotel and Mrs. Charle
Hynds, 54 Division Street.”
At the Gastineau
C. M. Stanley. A. E. Acland, T. R
Brice, C. R. Bell. Mrs. S- W. Jenkins
K. M. Nelson. J H. Cann, C. J
Alexander, F. R. Townsend, E. Sven
son, W. J. Hewitt, D. E. Lewis, J
Kriken, G W. Cox, F. H. Soderborn
SOMETHING NEW IN
NURSING
BOTTLES
Made from the famous
Pyrex ware. All regular
nipples fit Pyrex nursers.
No danger of breaking
these bottles by boiling
them.
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
86 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
Substation Post Office No. 1.
Phone 134. We deliver
! STEAMER MOVEMENTS j
Northbound
PRINCESS LOUIS 1C tiu3 to ar
rive at 5:30 o'clock this
j afternoon.
J EPPERSON scheduled to ar- j
I rive at 7 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
NORTHWESTERN due to ar
rive tomorrow afternoon.
Scheduled Sailings ,
I ESTEBETH will leave for 1
Skagway 11 o'clock tonight.
| MAIL BOAT GEORGE, JR , aalla (
| for Petewburg and way porta
next Saturday noon.
QUEEN scheduled to sail from
Seattle June 6, 9 a. m.
ADMIRAL WATSON scheduled j
| to sail from Seattle Juno 7.
j ALASKA scheduled to sail from
! Seattle June 9, 9 a. m.
PRINCESS ALICE scheduled to
sail from Vancouver June 9
at 9 p. m.
Southbound
ALAMEDA due southbound
about June 7.
ADMIRAL ROGERS southbound
8 o’clock Thursday night.
ADMIRAL EVANS due south
bound about June 10.
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! SUNDAY SCHOOLS HOLD
UNION PICNIC TOMORROW
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ji Tomorrow will be a big day for the
i members of the Presbyterian anil
’| Methodist Sunday schools, when a
union picnic will be .held, beginning
1 at it o'clock in the morning, at
Salmon Creek. Cars will leave be
| tween 9 and 10 o'clock n the morn
i ing from the two churches to carry
! the picnickers.
| For those not able to spend the
i! entire day at the picnic grounds, cars
*1 will leave at noon (from the Goldstein
building, returning at 1 o'clock,
i Those desiring this transportation
'iare asked to call Mr. I... D. Henderson
lor Wallis George.
Lemonade, ice cream and coffee
will .be served and picnickers are re
5 quested to bring other lunch they
' may desire.
? Deputy U. S. Marshal G. A. Ge.tch
■ ell returned to Juneau on the Ad
1 mtrail .Regers from a trip to Seattle
> on official business, if MUD
MEN WANTED
'i »
For out of town work.
> $4.00 per day and board.
i
Teamsters, $125.00 a
month and board.
Inquire Manager
Gastineaff Hotel.
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THE LATEST AND BEST FOR
BEAUTIFYING THE SKIN IS
“TERRA - DERMA
LAX”
The English Beauty Clay
It dealt the skin and pro
duces a complexion at fresh and
pure and beautiful at nature
intended.
11.00 PER JAR.
BRITT’S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
PEONE 88
BODY FOUND
CUT IN TWO
KANSAS CITY, June 4. — The
body of Guy A. Moore, of the Law
less Grain Company, former Presi
dent of the Hoard of Trude, was
found on the tracks of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad to
day, cut in two by a train.
The police are of the opinion that
Moore was murdered before the
body was placed on the tracks.
The theory of suicide has been
raised by the fact that the pocket?,
of his trousers and coat were turned
inside out and valuables were hid
den in the weeds nearby.
J. H. Cann is in Juneau on busi
ness in connection with the El Nieto
and Apex mines at Lisianski Inlet.
Bargain hunters always read The
Empire’s classified columns.
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FRANK A. BOYLE
IS REAPPOINTED
IN LAND OFFICE
President Signs Appointment
Effective July I—Trans
fer Notice Here.
His reappointment as Register ot
the U. S. Land Office for the Juneau
i land district with headquarters at
| Anchorage, effective July 1. was of
ficially communicated today to Frank
I A. Boyle. On the recommendation
j of Secretary Hubert Work, of the
i Interior Department. Mr. Boyle's re
I appointment was formally signed by
| President Harding on May 2-ti.
j As Receiver of the ilocal land office,
, Mr. Boyle took office hete on Feb
1 ruarv 9, 1912, under appointment
from President Taft. He was re
appointed (by President Wilson four
years later. In August, 1919, the
positions of Register and Receiver of
the Land Office were consolidated
|and Mr Boyle was appointed lo fill
j the office at that time. His fourth
j term in that capacity would have
expired next August. The discon
tinuance of the Land Office and its
removal to Anchorage, it is under
stood. made it advisable to make the
reappointment at the time the change
la to be made.
iMafl confirmation of telegraphic
advices relative to the transfer of
the office front Juneau to Anchorage
were received today by Mr. Boyle.
The official notice states:
‘'Notice is hereby given that the
President of the United States has,
by Executive Order of May 17, 1923,
in accordance with the provisions
of section 2,251 of the .Revised Sta
tutes of the United States an-J by
virtue of the authority therein given,
directed that:
"The location of the Land Of
fice for the Juneau land district
in the Territory of Alaska, be
changed from Juneau to Anchor
age.
“In pursuance of said Executive
Order the Land Office at Juneau,
[Alaska, will ibo permanently discon
tinued at the close of official busi
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ness hours on June 30, 1933, and its
business and archives transferred to
Anchorage, Alaska, on July 1, 1923."
The order is signed by William
1 Spry Commissioner jot the General
j Rand Oftfici*, ami approved by Sec'
Iretary 'Hubert Work
ROE HILE IMPROVES
Roe Hile Is resting easily today and
j is out of danger from an injured eye,
| the sight of which was almost taken
j when he ran a rusty nail through it
I several days ago. 'Mr. Hile is at S-i.
: Ann Hospital. He has been delitious
i the past three days, but is rational
| now and has no fever, according to
I his physician, Dr. L. P. Dawjps. it
its 'believed partial sight of the eye
will be restored.
RELATIVES OF A. SHATTUCK
ARE ABOARD ADMIRAL ROGERS
Mrs- J. W. Shattuck, Anna Sally
and Falconer A. Short, mother, cousin
and nephew of Allen .Shattuck of this
city, are making the round trip to
Southeastern Alaska on the steamer
Admiral Rogers. They visited with
Mr. .Shattuck und his family while
the Rogers was in port yesterday.
They will return south on the
steamer.
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HAIL AND RAIN
STORM;DAMAGE
REGfXA, Sask., June 4.—One per
son Jias been killed, several cottages
destroyed and tiOU miles of farm land
covered wfth hail and torrential rains
last night In this Province.
MRS MEANS AND SONS
HERE TO MAKE HOME
A. G. Means, Federal Prohibition
Enforcement Director for Alaska, (re
turned to Junetiu on the Admiral
Rogers, accompanied by Mrs. Means
and their sons, Donald and Arthur,
Jr-. who will make their future home
here- Mr. Means went from Juneau
on the Queen to meet his family at
Ketchikan. Mr. Means recently pur
chased the Marshall residence on
Sixth and Main Streets and the fam
ily will reside there. Mrs. Means
spent several weeks in Juneau last
winter and haa many friends here.
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Just Received
A SHIPMENT OF ALARM CLOCKS
AT $2.00 EACH
5 These clocks have detachable mainsprings and all steel it
r extra bard and highly polished. We consider them the best value
for the money.
THE NUGGET SHOP
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CONTINUES
FOR THE
WEEK ENDING
FRIDAY, JUNE 8TH
CONTINUES
FOR THE
WEEK ENDING
FRIDAY, JUNE 8TH
Wooltex Coats and Suits Reduced 20 Per Gent
Due to the fact that our WOOLTEX
GARMENTS came late this Spring our
stocks are loo large, so we are offer
ing this
Special Discount
of 20 Per Cent -j
to clear our racks.
We still have a good selection.
Get yours early.
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25 Women’s Dresses 25% Oil Regular Price
THESE CONSIST OF STREET, PARTY AND EVENING GOWNS.
IT WILL PAY YOU TO LQOK THEM OVER AND MAKE YOUR SELECTION
early. __ tdiiartm
Goldstein’s Emporium
JUNEAU STYLE CENTER