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Dresses
The most successful styles
for afternoon wear of the
silks most in demand; in the
fashionable high colors, navy
and black.
The smartest points of
fashion and exceptional qual
ity are combined in these
dresses.
$24.50 to $47.50.
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WHERE WELL GROOMED MEN
ASSEMBLE
ihe name Stein Bloch means hand
tailoring equal to the best custom
work, in a variety of patterns, and at
prices that few custom tailors could
possibly equal.
We invite your inspection of our
Stein Bloch models, in a diversity of
patterns that a gentleman can wear.
$48.50 to $55.00.
A GIFT FOR MOTHER
Mothers’ Day May 13th
A few suggestions that may be of
interest to those planning to observe
Mothers’ Day by giving some little
token of affection that they bear to
ward their mother.
Silk Umbrellas in black and colors,
$6.25 to $22.50.
Gloves in plain and gauntlet styles,
$1.25 to $4.50.
Silk Hosiery, $2.00 to $5.00 a pair.
A string of beads is sure to please,
$1.25 and up.
Dainty handkerchiefs priced from
15 cents to 90 cents.
B. ML Behrends Co., Inc
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BELGIUM’S GREAT CARDINAL BLESSES NEW SHIP.
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Cardinal Merc lei', the heroic Cardinal of Belgium, is shown hero pronouncing the benediction on
the new Rod Star liner Belgenland before she sailed from Antwerp on ,her maiden voyage to New York.
The Cardinal was accompanied ly a large number of church dignitaries.
MANY MILLIONS
FOR GOOD ROADS
CENTRAL STATES
CHICA.GO, May 7. — More than
>180,000,000 will he spent on mak
ing new public highways or Im
proving old ones tills year in eight
of the Cenoral states, according to
a survey of figures furnished by
Etate officials in Illinois, Indiana,
Kansas. Kentucky, Michigan, Miss
ouri, Oklahoma and Texas.
The mileage of new and improved
highways that are now being built
or for which contracts have been
let or will be let amount to 9,404.
These states and the counties com
prising them will furnish $149.755,-j
000 while the gvoernment will con-1
tribute $31,385,000 making_the'
actual figure to be expended on this
work $181,160,000.
In the matter of actual ea‘h now (
being "expended and alloted to be
expended, Missouri leads with $46,
600,000. Missouri now has 1.377,
miles of good roads *tnd expects to
iMresse this to the extent of 1,341,
m/W by December 31, 1923.
t 'Texas leads in milaafe of n»wj
and improved roads to be laid this
year with an even 6,000 miles:. This
seate will expend 136,600,000 of
'State and county money and $4,
' 500,000 of government funds, mak
ing'the grand total $40,000,000 for
improved road work.
Illirrt'3 ranks third among those
states in ‘both mileage to 'be laid and
money to the expended One thousand
and twelve miles are to be laid and
$28,000,000 is 'to bo spent in laying
them before ithe end of .the year.
Of the other five states, the Kansas
program calls for 300 miles of im
proved highways and $19,085,000 has
boon allotted for the work.
Kentucky proposes to build 300
miles of now roads, to coat $25,500,
000. Michigan's highway building
program calls for 933 miles with the
cost at $14,600,000. Oklahoma in
tends ito build 428 miles a^, a cost of
$4,075,000, and Indiana proposes to
Lay 150 miles of new and Improved
roads at a coat of $6,000,000.
WARNING TO PARENTS.
Vse of streets by children for
coasting Is strictly prohibited by or
dinance and notice is hereby given
that violations of the ordinance will
be punished. Coasting on East Street
is permitted to children under ten
years old, but nowhere else.
T. E. P. KEEGAN.
Chief of Police.
National Forest Timber f<
Sale
Sealed bids will be received t
the Ftarest Supervisor, Ketcliika:
Alaska, up to and including Apr
14. 1023. for nil the merchantab
dead timber standing or down, ar
all the live timber marked or de
ignated for cutting on an area ee
bracing about 50 acres, located I
three units near the mouth of Sh
been Creek, Tuxekan Passage, Toi
‘•taes National Forest, Alaska, est
mated to be 800,000 feet H. M., i
Spruce and Hemlock sawtlmber. b
bid of less than $2i00 per M f*
B. M.. for Spruce, and $1.00 pi
M feet B. M„ for Hemlock, will 1
considered. $200.00 must, be di
posited with each bid to be applic
on the purchase price, refunded, c
retained in part as liquidated dan
aged, according to conditions <
sale. The right to reject any an
all bids reserved. Before bids at
submitted, full information concert
ing the timber, the conditions <
sale, and the submission of blc
should be obtained from the Forw
Supervisor, Ketchikan, Alaska.
ATTENTION EASTERN STARS.
Regular meeting Juneau Cbaptc
No. 7, O. E. S.. Tuesday evening
May 8th, Odd Fellows' Hall. Bust
ness Meeting. Visiting member
welcome. I XU* NOR J> LINO,
—adv. Secretary,
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BANDITS MAKE
DARING RAID;
KIDNAP MANY
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; pre*8 train, indicate that a British
i subject named Rothman was killed
Probably all pien are in peril
and at the mercy of the bandits.
AMERICANS HELD.
| Americans reported held are Rob
ert Scripps, newspaper publisher;
j Major Pinger and four others whose
'names are given as Henry, Levy,
| Lee, Solomon.
Passengers included thirty for
! eigners of whom ten escaped or were
released.
Miss Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law
of John D. Rockefeller. Jr., cap
tured is reported released. She said
she will be ill as a result of her
experience.
At last accounts the troops were
pressing the bandits on two sides.
The bandits have warned they
: would kill all captives unless the
troops are withdrawn.
1 The kidnapping plot was hatched
in Shanghai when it was knowr
sja large number of tourists planned
{'making the trip.
Major Pingei's two sens were als:
: I captured, but Mrs. Pinger escaped,
s' 6. D. Musso. a prominent attor
E ney is among those taken.
§ JAPANESE CAPTURED.
= SHANGHAI, May 7 —An uncon
firmed report says K Nagai. Gover
smor General of tfie Japanese colony
5 on the Island of Sakhalien and an
5 other prominent Japanese were cap
; tured in the bandit train raid.
ij JOHN B. POWELL CAPTURED.
: QUINCY, 111., May 7—John B
: Powell, Shanghai newspaper pub
Elisher and former Illinois-Missonr:
: | journalist, is among those captured
: in the bandit raid according tc
E | advices received here.
S' FORMER EDITOR IS PRISONER.
E| TOLEDO. May 7.—Mrs. N. D
E Cochran, wife 'of the former editoi
E of the Toledo ,News-Bee, has re
E ceived word from the hedaquarteri
E; of the Scripp**McRae Newspape:
E Syndicate that'Mr. Cochran and hi;
E: daughter Dorothy are among thosi
I captured.
The communication said othci
E members of the party with E. W
s Scripps. who set out recently for i
s tour of the Orient On Scripps’ pri
5 vate yacht, have also been taken b;
= the bandits.
*, TWO WOMEN ESCAPE.
£' TIENTSIN, May 7. — A relie
s train has arrived with a party o
5 foreigners who escaped from th
5 j hold-up including Mrs. Robert Alle;
= and Mrs. Pinger.
E They told graphically of their ej
5 periences.
r! The bandits started firing befor
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the train stopped and smashed the I*
; windows with hatchets. 1:
Some of the foreigners escaped
| ty hiding in the long grass but
ether* were carried off including six
women.
BE PRETTY! TURN
BRAY HAIR DARK
Try Grandmother's Old Favorite
Recipe of Sage Tea and
Sulphur
Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly com
pounded, brings back the natural
color and lustre to the hair when
faded, streaked or gray. Years ago
the only way to get this mixture
was to make It at home, which Is
i in ussy and troublesome. Nowa
i lays, by asking at any drug store
. for “Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound,” you will get a large
■ bottle of this famous old recipe,
i improved by the addition of other
ingreients, at a small cost.
Don’t stay gray Try It No ]
j one can possibly tell that you dark
j ened your hair, as It does It so na
; turally and evenly. You dampen a
‘sponge or soft brush with it and
j iraw this through your hair, tak
i ng one small strand at a time; by
j morning' the gray hair disappears,
: ind after another application or
|fwo, your hair becomes beautifully
I dark, glossy and attractive.
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| aouse or apartment may be rented—
through an inexpensive classified ad
| vertisement In The Empire. Test the
i matter. The “risk’’ involved is sot
Ismail that tew people would ilUalt*
YOUR "UNT!*.*,* ASSETS—thatj
I typewriter, musical Instrument, fur-j
| niture, office fixture or appliance—
are marketable, for cash, through
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The Star you know about.
He will be at the Coliseum
Tuesday and Wednesday in
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Music Master Designs
Chic Tune Trousseaux
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Ross Gorman Explains
Intricacies of Dressing
t Melodic Themes
A phonographic record success is
..ude tw- the nun.\ber of styles a
debutante theme tray wear beconv
ingly.
So says Rom Gorman, director of
the Virginians, an orchestra which
has had ntimjjers played in many
countries.
i “Apple Sauce", sue of the sea*
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son's most popular I'ox-trot bud:
for which Mr. Gorman selected tht
entire Spring outtit, fas many ad
vanced gowns.
"At her coming out party,” ex
plains Mr. Gorman, “she wore a
chorus of clarinet trills and runs,
but made her biggest hit with her
startling and becoming saxaphonc
and piano obligato. The stop
chorus of two cornets and a saxa
I’hone featuring hep melody is. opf
colorful creation which aroused
much envious comment among thr
other disc debs.''
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SHORT TALKS OF INTEREST
WHAT DOES AN ELECTRIC WASHING
MACHINE SAVE IN TIME?
It has been proven that a washing machine
used by an average family of four people will
save in time alone 156 hours or an equivalent
of twenty, eight-hour days during a period of
one year. Talk No .3 will appear in this space
tomorrow, be sure and read it.
ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO.
PHONE 6 JUNEAU, ALASKA.
Home of Radio Phone Supplies and Edison Madza Lamps.
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Articles for sprucing up your house and
i grounds are on display in our windows.
Brooms, Mops, Cleaning Liquids, Gar
§ den Implements, Calsomine, Paints.
I C. W. YOUNG CO.
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FOUNDATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The cornerstone of a building is firm and
lasting. But the corner stone of a savings ac
count in this bank—a dollar bill—is more than
that. It uot only lasts, it grows!
Lay the cornerstone of your sucoess today—
•t this bank.
Interest at the rate of four per cent paid
on savings deposits.
FIRST NATIONAL RANK
JUNEAU, ALASKA
CHILDREN CRY FOR IT!
They want out electrically cooked
broad and pastry. You will all like
it. Try It. Three loaves 25 cent*.
Also groceries at cheapest price.
Phone 393. We Deliver
American Bakery and
Grocery ♦
“The Baker Who Bakes.”
UNION MACHINE WORKS
MINING AND MARINE
MACHINISTS
0. W. SINCLAIR 0. E. CARPENTER
Telephone 227. Teleohrfe tit
WATCH FOR THE NEW
' DEFOREST RADIO RECEIVER
at the Juneau Electric Co.’s store, Lower Trent
Street. 1,000 miles on 18-in. Loop Anntena.
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES AND REPAIR WORK
JUNEAU ELECTRIC COMPANY
Phone 125 .... 210 Front St.
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Correct in Style*, fabric* and Faikion.
Foreign and Domeitic Woolen* in Stock.
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