BOARD IS ASKED
TO PUTMEENOGH
BACK IN SCHOOL
Twenty-eight Parents Attend
Mass Meeting and (in
dorse Resolution.
Twenty nigh: par-nts of students in
the Junior and Senior High Schools
Saturday evening adopted i r -solu
tion deploring the dism ssal of Prof.
Harrison W .Meenoch from in staff
of High School instructors and ask
ing for his reinstatement. Features
of the meeting. called by the Senior
Student Assembly, were the admis
sions of students of misconduct in
Professor Meenoch's class.-* and
charges made by them that the latter
was the “goat" of short comings of
others.
No attempt ws made by the stud
ents to gloss over the fact that they
had made light of discipline in the*
classes of the d - nisse l leat her an I
Virtually every student speaking ad
mitted both Junior and Senior High
School students had taken advantage
of Professor Meenoch h-ing “easy."
Barragar Introduces Resolution
After considerable discussion, in
which both stn louts an I parents par
I lInrrar intni In *• i
a resolution deploring the “Injustice"
done the teacher and r-'qu -tint; the
School Board to reinstate him for
the remainder of the term. An amend !
meat was offered by Allen Shatluck
changing the requ ;t for reinstate
ment for 1 he balam • of the term to
one for his reinstatement until a
competent instructor could be em
ployed to fill the position. A second
amendment was offered hv Mrs. .1 din
H. Dunn omitting from the resolution
any referem e to the. period for which,
reinstatement should he requested,
simply requesting reinstatement. In
this form the resolution finally
passed.
Tell of Petition
The object of the mee.ing w i- stal
ed when Hie meriting was called to
order by Jacob Britt, who ai l tli ■
Senior Assembly took that me:hod of
acquainting parents of st admits of
its action in petitioning the School
Board to reconsider its dismissal of
Professor Meenooli. Aliss Daisy Oja
and Miss Teel a Jorgenson told of a
student committee's confrrenc • with
the School Board. Miss Jorgenson
saying iliul an impression was gam ■ 1
at the conference that Aleonneh wool I
l>e re employed and allow 1 to finish
lula term. Hurry Ellengen. John
Janikselu, William Clark. W.ivn
Summers and Jacob Britt said Coat
the senior studi n: body bad pi-I- I
itself to sup| ort the teacher if Hr
Board would reinstate li ... Clark
declared Meensoch had seven clas >s
under his instruction, while other
atructors liud but lour and live, tl
admitted insubordination of the
students in -nine of Coe classes j|..
had under Mcfenoch. Bind ants -to I
around .in the class room and paid no
attention, others were defiant, while
some, he said, conducted themselves
properly ami go; real benefit.
He absolved Al enoch entirely from
responsibility for the conditions Coo!
prevailed in ltis da-a a, saying th e
the fault was evenly divided betw i
the students and Supt. .1 15. Boo/.;
the former because they took .clvan
tag'e of the fact that Professor M
OOCh was “easy" and the litter he
cause he roftiserl to support the i icli
er un ler fire when he attempted to
disci] 'inc refractory students.
Janikaela declared a “bribe" of $SU
had 'boon offered Mcenoch to leave
town quietly and when h ivnis:-1 i'
had been increased to sfltiii 11
said Superintendent lain/, had no;
supported Meenoch in his efforts to
handle 'insubordination. Wayne Sum
iners said that the students believe!
they liacl done Meenoch an injustice
and in an effort to right it had
pledged future good behavior If h
warn restored to duty.
Dunn Makes Talk
John H. Dunn criticised sharply
tile conduct of students that had lei
to the dismissal of Mounoch. “When
we do things wo ought not to do,
we always repent of them -miner t.
later," he declared. “In petitioning
the School Board lor the reinstate
men' of the teacher you have done
no more th in your duty in Irvin?
to remedy an Injustice dime him."
He doubted whether anything:
could be don- to remedy the situa
tion but later voted for the resolu
tion.
Mrs. George Naud. president of
the P.-T A., rapped the School Hoard,
which she saitl had utterly failed in
iui duty. Site aid he was opposed
to the reiiwtau'inent VI null,
who, she < laimeJ, wa - utterly tin
qualified for teaching Things hav
tr-inspire 1 in his clns<M which n>
teadher would permit, she said, an i
mdtert instances She sail sev r.il
students are now paying private tu
tor* because they urc not aide t
make heatlway under him. md crit
cised the Keiiool Hoard for not di
iniKHing him earlier in tli - a-.rn
She also attacked the school min
agement generally.
Frank Garnick also obj fled to iii
reinstatement of Moenoch. lit* ha
a boy in some of the dismissal i i h
er’a classes. Rev. K. R.ce said “1
seems to me Meenoch is being mad
the goat for tihe whole school."
Others B|ieaking were: Mrs. d M
McKanna. Mrs. W. H. t'a-f. Inay
HUI anti J Is. Gray.
•Ttte rote on the resolution wa
overwhelming!' in favor of passage
Oo pegafivr vote was called I ir
Btfdaurten for Lody»mith coni
jaJmVnuufer Co. Phone 48. odv
SLIGHT OBSERVANCE
OF HOLIDAY TODAY
.Aside fi ;n I’: i buka fc ing r!.i* li
.il l mi ■ T
ci-il riCi I. .'n - birthday an
verst ry - ( illy -l.j-'.itly Ik ns <’ •' ■
fcoL't. 1 a l.i: i'i taJay. Tilt* s; •.
are open as usual »ad ci'.iv-r bu ■.
jv. i is u i ill i.ins.
T . V.i Ih > big time will In at ,
the Fire.’ii n't 1 11. the annual al'lair. ;
Tli h ive good prog na for1
Ihclr -now The A. N. 11. bird will j
also gire a dunce, a 1 an ;ii. ..i tli * ‘
A. N. I! Hull tonight.
Owing to the big mail iv 'ived i
on the Spokane, no hoMd.iy hours |
were observed a; the post office and!
all window.- wore open as usual. The
Cable Office is also open the usual
8 a. ni. to midnight hours.
14 VICTIMS OF
MINE DISASTER |
BURIED AS ONE!
Public Funeral Is Held at
Cumberland, B. C. for
Explosion Dead.
tr.MB Kit LAND. II C„ K h. 12. A
public funeral for 14 white miners,
victf ins < : the local mine disaa ter,,
was held y. ' rd.iy.
net v'pt h*v*n .
of
l!lj ,
c ran pi ' I ' th'j Inner:
19 Chin • ■ niinrrs.
A coroner's jury, which was calif .1
Satitrd iv morning, viewed the bodies
began tak'ttg -v id wide, then ad
journ I until February 16.
Many -•■ir'.es of narrow escape*,
fr. n death were tall by the Chinese
miners « n - lied particularly for
tunate in finding al'r currents follow
ing Mi.- exv is'on of fir? damp, which
enable 1 th >:n to reach safety.
Sever:: 1 Chines- told of passing
lx lies of white m'iners who had been
asphyxiated.
The death toll his now been defi
nitely placid at 33 with possibly one
more body yet to b-e recovered.
SEARCH WRECKED MINE
DAWSON. New Mexico. Feb. 12.
K in v. nkeri continue to search
the Avi.'il.cd mine workings hole for
b( lii s i f lead, victims of the ex
plosion of It at Friday.
Five more bodies have b in re
r. vel, bringing the total of known)
dead to 41.
It is believed tiioro are 71 in the j
mine. Hope !.s abandoned that any
o hers will b' found alive.
NEWS MINER ISSUES SPECIAL
EDITION FOR THE ELKS
sup I a
Tin Fair bank - News Min
.-1 rial Elks' i ditioi on til a o.-i isi.ui.
of til’ initiation of a clu-< of Elks j
>1 tii : | l ice for An .imago Lodge
No. 1.351. It was printed with purple
ink. the Elks' color, and contain.'I j
a groat d. i.i.l of reading matter of in-j
te; - a to Elks, tlncluding a history
of the Anchorage Lodg • The illus
trations inelud 1 a .picture of the
ivw Elks' I. a I g" and dub building at
Anchorage and portra ’s of the offi
cers and santa of tii • pa-t cfflcrrj
of No. 1,351.
Mystery House
In Hamburg Is
Raided by Police
HAMHl'KO. Ell 12. Police bo
i vc th y have u ■ ivc. I here a
"iVin " for the di -p > al of large
quantities of valuable articles stolon
■a Mexico."
Th ■> wore ndvl I .recently t-htfi:
jewelry, gold noVolt . s. i t.i- . wore bo
ng HurroptltUmslv sold at a certain
prh.it • dwelling In Hamburg Fro
vlding thciiuKdvc- w tii $11,000 In
V n Med States batik not - and posing
a i foreigners, several officials visited
i the place. The ui dio! was an lu
i-.uii'-amn rcvoalinv \ ■ a hies worth
50,0011.000 mark- .Ml lore the im
prints >t Mexico firm
Narcotic Conditions Are
Magnified Claims Agent
WASHINGTON, 1-V \:. Narcotic
t eonditii us in I. Ant'des and the
i movie i olony at li.iHj w i ■ I have been
“magnified an 1 : w . , iii> sensation*
al . it -aieuts circa’, i;■ il are hated
un fact,” according : i a supplemen
tal! report mad t>> Narcotic Chief
Harry 1). Smith, m Pacific Coast
division.
Snowplow Hits Stalled
Train; Three Men Dead
RBGIiNA. Sask.. F,d>. 12.- Three
tra inn n w • kill I a ii -n a snow
I ,w eras heal in • -a -t U-.l snowplow
ar t a private car < >nta ndig official*
do: in* a blizzard \ -t lay Two
< the dead arc (! I; Mastin and F.
B. Purvis. conduct ■ S veral offi
( i lls and cmplcy, w: slightly
injur • I.
A -istant t . S Hi tri I Attorney
II 1). Stabler returned home on the
Spc kuim yesterday morning.
ATTENTION MASONS.
A staled comniunicatioii of Mt.
hint all Ledge No It? K A A. M.,
will h<> held Monday evening in Odd
Felloe ' Hall at 7:50 o'clock. All
inemln re are requested to tie present
I Visiting brethren welcome. My ordci
jof the W. M (’HAS. H NAHIIKL.
'•—Uij\ Secretary
FIRE BOYS ARE ,
ALL READY FOR -
ANNUAL AFFAIR;
Annual Ball of J. F. D. to Be
Record Breaker—Is for
Playgrounds Benefit.
‘■net's go! is the slogan of • Dolly" I '*
Cray, chairman of the publicity com
mittee of the Firemen's annual ball. j.
‘Where? Of course, to the annual j ^
hall tonight at A. B. Hall,” tie ex-!
Claine I in detail.
“Why?" “Dolly” has reasons liy i |
:he yard. ton. and duv. “Because,"
ue said. |
"When it comes to community wei- 1
are. where will you fin 1 an organiza
tion to ,equal the Juneau F;r • Dc *
iiarlment? During the pis: r>>tr the l1
:i 1 e boyg were called to all parts >
jf the city and to several i ! ices out
town to extinguish house fires and 1
lores; fires. Prop tty owners in I
1 (stress always look to them tor
i“f. and they have never shirk ■ 1 a:1
lltty uiten it came to saving tile tax '
I aver « dollar. They started the
movrt.i n: lor the City Playgrounds, j t
ind will never stop working until,
they aro temple: ■ 1. Baseball is I
: :rt< I nn.l kept going in the . ittnni [
by them. 8
"Now is the time tor the people
of Juneau to show their appr.-ei iti >:: •'
af '.he efforts of the Fire Depart- 1
in cut by 'turning at tonight an la'-?
lending thrfr annual ball. Ti; • c
will lie good music, unique prog.-: : .
beautiful decorations, swell evening t
gowns, pretty girls and warn “i an! v
liti i. imjiim i ii v 11 |iu.i i »» . i
be st.-il bv l\ S. Marshal <T org; 1'
It. Beaumont. bis deputies, and then
passed on to Prohibition lair. . : i v
,J :n li. .Marshall an.I Ills under.-tud f
it .• tor inspection. The rruinUt-'
lias selected Mr Vo!,stead to seav • t
the punch." ■
The committees in charge of tin a
dance are:
F nance—Cleveland, Helgeson,
Casey. Brown.
(Vagram and floor Sparling, Sides, 1
King. Metcalf. I
rtc.reshmen'ts—Sweeney, Fremming. 1
Heal a a. McCloskey. I
Ha'.l and music- Fry, E. V. Ii ■ m
din. Wocdard, .McKinnon.
Beci rat lor s—Schombi-l. Lavenik, \V. I
H itid'n, Melsnes, Hughes, Colburn.
Publicity and tickets Gray, Adam-., -
G a ergo. t
Executive committee Bradford,
I. c.is. Olson.
Adequate police protection for all
g i t was assured by .Mr. Gray, who
: iid: ‘Chief of Police T. K. P.
K -g n and City Patrolman Tlbb :;
v, 11 be there to sac i;mt nobody rur.s
awiy with year wife or girl, so bring
th m along."
SPERLING PROMOTED
TO HIGHER POSITION
Announcement was mad' tod.n 1:>
I)' '::ct Forester Charles H. Flory
: ■ • prr-nvjtfon of Harry Sperling1
in l: > District Chief of M.Un-tenincai
•ard office manager of the local For
t : t rvice headquarters Ho t-ik
r iiis new iluties at one
M . Sperling has been conn • 1
w k district headquarter-, since it
was firs: establish*d In • in 1MJ1
He h is been district audit! r and
g a; ml accounting clerk sim - that
| time. That position will be till,ad1
i temporarily by Earl S. N.uul, it was
| stated.
The office of Chief of Maintenance
j mill office manager is a n w one in)
I the district. Its creation, raid Mr. J
i Flory, was made n «--*«iwry by the.
I growing volume <if w, rk in Alaskan!
lNattion.il Forests. Mr. Sprl ing will
! haivo general stuporvi Ion <-i pur-;
. chases, eii-.. routine correspondence
amd othc ■ activit.ies.
WHO’S HERE 1
AND WHERE i
Deputy 1’. S. Maiv- ml Stanley; Cl. 1
homas, who has been here for rov
ral days on official business, left
esterday on the Spokane for his
eadquartens at Sitka.
M. C. Hugs, representing Cudahy
ai king Company in Alaska, arrived
osterday from the s >uth on the
pokane.
A. Van Mavern. local merchandise
roker. left yesterday on the Spokane
n a business trip to Sitka.
Miss lOblra Djupe, field representa
ve for the •American Red Cross, and
!iss Marie Falldine. Red Cross nurse
ho will be stationed here, arrived
eterdny on the Spokane. Miss
jupe will continue to the West-:
aid on the next trip of the North
cstern.
John K. Chamberlain, representa
ve of the Whlton Hardware Com-'
any, S 1111 e, arrived from the South
osterday on the Spokane.
J W. dicker. A. A. Humphrey,
(). Martin and C. R. Hanchette,'
cycling salesmen, will : rrive here ,
n the steamer Jeffer n. They came |
■out Ketchikan to Wrangell on the
pokane and will come from there
> Petersburg on a gasboat w here
hey will board the Jefferson.
Mrs. C. 11. Help en, wife of the I
r>“kkeeper at C. W. Votings, return-:
d homo Sunday, arriving on the
pokane.
W. W. Hatcheller, II. D. Morris j
ltd M. S. Wilson, well known
nights of the griti arrived on the
pokane lrorn tripe in (lie lower part
f Southeastern Alaska.
lidward B. Barbee, veteran with |
he U. S. Signal Co: ps, who lias been 1
I ling lil uie I'll p::-seii Iiiiini.,,1
uneati on the Spokane en route to
is station at Sitka.
Mrs. II. I>. Bahrt, rt' Sitka, after
isitinsr in the State: , is a passenger!
>r home on the Spokane.
Mrs. H. A. Sanford, wife of one
f the Signal Corps men at Sitka,
a passenger on the Spokane after I
\ isit Outside.
At the Gastineau
F. I!. O: U’iei 1, M. C. Hugg. Miss
5W»a Djupe, Miss Marie Fahline. ii
: MeQue :t, John F. Chamberlain,
'rank F. \Vheeh r. i. lleizelle, C arl
,ogan.'
At the Alaskan
George M MU n, , James Btv.inl. ('
hnrich, Kr,at/e H.m an, William SI a
r . J vok 1, Tin. Mia. (!. 1, mg.
GRAND
MASQUE
BALL
At A. B. Hall
WEDNESDAY
February 21.
Dancing will start at 10 o'clock
and will continue until 2 A. M.
WATCH
ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR
PRIZES
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Benefit Dance
Regular HARD TIMES Dance
TONIGHT
Given by the Alaska Native Brotherhood Band
as a benefit for the music fund.
Music will be furnished by the EN l IRE BAND.
Good time promised all. A Peppy Time
TONIGHT
At the A. N. B. Hall
Admission $1.00. Ladies Free.
Wc need the nrney to secure new bind music.
Give us a lift and have a gcod time.
THE MOOSEHEART ENDOWMENT FUND BALL
for the benefit of the
Home for older Moose
will be given February 15. at Moose Hall.
Best of music and other features. .
GENTLEMEN $1.00. LADIES TREE i
_ ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE.
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JACK M'CONNELL [
SERIOUSLY HURT
Suffers Fractured Hip When
Struck by Ore 1 ram
in Mine Tunnel.
Jack McConnell, well known inin
'r anti prospector of this dhtrict,
teas seriously injured when struck
jy an ore Irain in the Alaska Ju
ieau tunnel yesterday afternoon, lie
van caught in the tunnel umi suf
ered a fractured hip.
McConnell was removed at once
o St. Ann Hospital and given
>t ompt medical attention. Dr. W. J.
3igg, who attended the Injured man,
aid today he is progressing favor-'
ibly and i . virtually certain of rc
■overy.
McConnell has been in this dis
rlct for many years. He was om
)loycd in the construction of the
'altr.on Creek dam. Later lie was
tmpleyed a r.-lUft boss at I’er.-ever
ince and after that transferred t()|
rhane for a long period. He is well
mown locally and has many friends;
n the district. I
E EN EriT DANCE TONIGHT
A "h ml dance will bo glvan i
(M p’r by tv. • Alaska Native Broth: r
u: > I band. Tho darn.; is a benefit
' t i-'ie m '!c fur I an.I will be given
n the A. N. B. hall.
MASQUERADE NEXT WEEK I
Thu niaequt'.r.idr i xt week it tin
V R Hr II will be Riven on Wednos-1
lay night, February 21, and will con
inue to 2 o'clock on the moruitig
if Wa-hingtan’s birth lay.
Latest 6tyies of engraving for
Isiting cards at The Empire.
BEEF, WINE
AND IRON
is the best Spring Tonic
Iron performs a very import
ant office in the human body.
It improves the quality of the
blood, the tissues are better
nourished and ali 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
Seaplane Arrives for
Dr. DeVighne; Will
Operate Next Summer
Tin* first aircraft to be pur
flia il by a local man arrived
l i " yesterday on the Spokane.
I i- owned by Dr. II. De
Yighne.
The craft is a seaplane in
typ It is a Hoeing machine
eiiuippcd with lon-horaepower
motor, having a 4M-foot wing
spread. It has a carrying ca
pacity of two passengers. I)r,
DeVighne plans its operation
out of here during the coming
son.
Lenten Pasiorai Issued
3y Primate of Irelanc
Bill,FAST. Fob. 12.— Cardinal
Ulg'i". Primate i f all Ireland, in a
Lent il pastoral, discussing conditions
in Ireland. says:
“X, \ r bofor ‘ in the world’s ihi.etor.v
lid such a wild destructive hurri
spring from such thin, 1n
unaibin vapor in differ uk-os betweer
eiiuivoc.il woi(1 > in the oath aa<
hi. iiue 1: :w. 'ii external and in
rnal r nit tina with the Britisi
Pen:.mm wealth."
ARRIVES FROM PORTLAND.
Mi.-- I. H. Hart, whose hnabant
is law clerk in the office of H. L
Faulkner, arrived here yesterday ot
lln ,-i micr Spokane from Portland
Mr. Hurt lias been located here rev
nal months. They will make the!
heme here in the future and hav
taken quarters in Hie Reck Apart
meats on Calhoun Avenue.
Engraved .visiting cards, late
■ityles. at The Empire.
VALENTINES
ALL KINDS
AND PRICES
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
9G Front St. Juneau, Alaska
JUDGE KNAPP
PASSES AWAY
Circuit Judge Dies Following
An Operation at Home
in Washington.
WASHINGTON. Fob. 12.—Judge
M.i '::i A. Knapp, aged T9 years, of
Hr.' Circuit C irt of Appeals, Fourtii
.Aif 1:c;_il di -trict, died Saturday, after
an operation.
The other judges of the Fourth
Judicial district are Edmund Wuddill.
.1 r.. and Charles A. Woods. The dis
trict includes Maryland, Northern
We t Virginia, Southern West Vir
i ginia. Eastern Virginia. Western Vir
| ginia, Ha-.tern North Carolina, West
ern North Carolina and Eastern and
Western South Carolina.
DOMESTIC DEMAND TAKES
ALL AMERICAN STEEL
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—The New
York American quotes E. II. Gary
as saying the domestic demand for
steel in the last six months has left
practically nothing for export. Hence
the smallness of American export
figures in comparison with British.
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Olh papers lor sale at Empire.
SPECIAL
PRICES
ON ALL OUR
FRAMED
AND
COLORED
PICTURES
I 5-Jewel Elgin and
Waltham Watches
$15.00.
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THE NUGGET SHOP
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
"A man. he termed, of cheerful
yesterday's and conliili lit tomorrows.”
Lincoln had hi? yesterdays of mistakes, failures, defeat, as
well as triumph; so have all of us.
The source of his confidence in tomerrew was a cheerfulness
abcut yestetday. We iriy have to correct its errors today or
tomorrow; but we don't have to repeat them.
We may be in seme uncertainty as to the future of the
world, or our country, or state cr city cr curselves. but uncer
tainty of events to come need not produce uncertainty of our own
courage.
We re soins ahead in confidence for tomorow:
We’re going to' make our business as helpful to
the community as possible.
Goldstein’s Emporium
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