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LAUGH AND BE MERRY
at the
PLAYGROUND MINSTREL SHOW
Coliseum Theatre, January 23 and 24
Admission, 50c and 75c.
B. M. BEHRENDS Co., Inc.
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RECORDS EMOTION PRODUCED BY MUSIC.
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ah in;’ rt. thi- experiment w.i- conducted in l<ondcn by .lack
llyltcn. prominent English comp ru r. A little instrument he has
invenied r< ■■ .nls anil records the changes of human emotion caused
by the . 'rain of music., The test proved that those persons who
outwardly are serene and unmoved by the most inspiring music
In reality ave deeply moved and i •'.•rally influenced by both classic
and popular airs.
SWEDEN GETS CATALOGUE OF
CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY AT
WASHINGTON; IS 0. S, GIFT
STOCKHOLM, .Tan. 22.- One mil
lion library cards, bring a cata
logue of books in the Library of
Congress at Washington, will arrive
in Stockholm before the end of the
year us an American gift to Sweden,
according to tin ntmouneetnent made
by the librarian of the Technical
College in Stockholm. This gif: is
look 'd upon as it special distinction.
Inasmuch as there are only three
other countries outside of the United
States and Canada whore this card
catalogue has been placed.
The gift carries with it the ona
condition that the cards must be
properly filed, and preserved for
public u ,» by scholars, investigators
and reader in general. Since the
cards require more than a thousand
filing drawers, each a foot and a
half long, this Is no small Item of
work and exper-e To defray It
20.000 crowns have boon provided
by tho Academy of Kttgineering
Science at Stockholm. The cards
Mill be distributed, according to the
subject matter of the books listed,!
to five different libraries in Stock-!
holm, namely, the Royal Library,
the Library of :he Riksdag, and the
Libraries of the Technical College,
the Academy of Science and the
Caroline Institute. lit is estimated
that further additions to the cata
logue will be made at the rate of
40.000 cards a year.
The Library of the American Con
gress, tho third largest in the world,!
contains about three million books
tre eing every known subject of lit
erary discussion. “It wll tie an in
valuable privilege to Swedish stud .
ertts and writer®,” says Miss H. Lind
stodt, who will have charge of this '
catalogue, and through whose influ
etwe the gift was obtained, “to be j
able to consult this huge classified'
Inrdet when making out lists of au
thorities on tho particular subjects
in which they aro interested, and
the catalogue will be preserved here
as a unique monument to the gener
osity of the American library toward
educational Institutions In a small
country.”
WISE BIRDS—ROOSTERS!
MADSOfC, N J., Jan. 22.—Did you
ever try to fool a rooster? Well,
It can't be done. Joseph Sodano,
proprietor of a poultry shop, tried
I ho stunt and it turned out to be a
fizzle.
Sodano owned a flock of hall and
leather-lunged crowers. The keeper
of a rooming house adjacent to the
store complained to the Board of
Health that neither she nor her
roomers could sleep after the break
of'day. The noise, she said, sound
ed like a parade of calliopes gone on
a tear.
Sodano received an official Ulti
matum that the roosterian chorus
must stop. It was thpn that Sodano
thought he'd fool the roosters. The
trick was to put black shades on the
wire cages and tints the roopters
would lose two hours of daylight by
the two hours of darkness caused 'by
the shades.
But the next morning at the regu
lar time the roosters let forth a
torrent of crowing fiercer than ever.
Sodano. after he received a second
eill from the health officials, shook
his head and with a determined move
started sharpening the ax.
Samara Region Faces
Most Gloomy Winter
I.oxmyc. Jan 22- The Oe'rmon
region, an area about the size of
N'ew > ork state, which for two years
has leaned heavily on relief Work
rs and food from America, will be I
ible to stand on its own feet after '
next aunrmer, unless unforseen cir
in instances upset present prospects.
Tikis hopeful ward was brought here
recently from the stricken area by
Ronald Alien of Fulton, New York,
district supervisor at Samara for the
American Relief Administration.
Though the prospects^ for next
summer are hopeful. Che outlook for
the witlTer already at hand is gloomy,
he said. Out of a child population
of 700,000 in the region, not a single
one has new clothing to wear. About
250,000 have garments of one sort or
another supplied from America last
year, but others are clothed In rags.
The Russian winter is hard and long,
and those who have few clothes ami
little to eat fall ready victims.
America is now feeding 125,000
children in the Samara area, Mr.
Alien said, and this number will be
increased to almost 200,000 by
spring.
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Japanese Eat About
One Tenth of Income
TOKIO, Jan. 22.—Professional men
in Japan spend nine per cent of their
income on food while it takes 11
per cent of the manual laborer's in
come to feed him, according to statis
tics gathered by the Kyocho-kal, an
organization which aims at betier
ing relations between capital and la
bor. On the other hand, the of
clothes of the brain worker is 11
per cent, while those of the manual
worker take 9 per cent of his earn
ings. The former 3pends nearly 2
per cent of his income for books and
magazines against the latter's one
per cent.
Tlie statistics also show that the
savings of a brain worker is 8 per
cent of his income, that of a manual
laborer, 7 per cent, and that of a
brain worker Rpends 12 per cent
for his house rent and a manual la
borer 11 per cent.
I WHO’S HERE *
I AND WHERE I
•-;—•
Mr and Mrs. F. L. Snipes, teach
es at Afognak, are aboard the
steamer Admiral Watson, en route to
that place.
Capt. F. S, Haynes, oldtlmer In
the Yukon district, is a passenger
on the Admiral Watson for Kodiak,
from which port he operates boats.
Frank O'Shea, passenger conductor
on the Government Railroad, is
aboard the Admiral Wataon en route
to Seward, after spending some time
in the States.
D. E. Armstrong, brother of the
Deputy U. S, Marshal at Upward, 1»
a passenger on the Admiral Wataon
for Setvard, returning from the
States where he recently took a num
ber of prisoners.
J- B Sad Her returned to Juneau
ou the Admiral Watson, after apend
ing several weka in thS States.
0. F. Boyle, special agent for the
Department of Lhe Interior, on offi
cial business in Alaska, returned to
Juneau on the Admiral Watson,
from a trip to the southern dis
trict.
At the Gastineau.
1 M. Sharp, C. J. McClannahan,
G W Danger, J. M Wattles, George
Boyle, Miss F. Jewett. H. F. Preston,
B B Green, Mrs Green and thro
children.
At the Zynda.
Mrs. Samuel C. Leonhardt.
At tha Alaskan.
Ed Hanson.
I-oat something? Ton can get It
tack by using the "Lost egg Found"
“oiumn of The Empire.
Northdiffe’s Widow May
Marry His Comrade.
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According to report in London,
Lady Northcliffe, widow of the fa
mous publisher, 1? to marry Sir
Robert A. Hudson, her husband's
closest friend. The rumor adds
that when Northcliffe realized he
was dying he expressed a hope
that Sir Robert would wed Lady
Northcliffe.
Philippines Recommend
For Subsidy on Coal
MANILA, Jan. 22.—The board of
directors of the National Coal coni
parry In the annual report to the
government, which is the chief stock
holder, recommends that a higher
tariff on imported coal be imposed
and that the additional revenue thui
derived be used in paying a sub3ld\
to companies producing coal in tin
(Philippines and for further develop
ment of coal fields in the Island of
Mindanao.
The report of the board says:
“We do not believe it possible foi
any company, either government 01
private, to mine coal in the Philip
pones with 'commercial success nn
less the industry is given a protec
five tariff."
The report also declares that tin
less the coal .properties can be leasei
to provite parties, the National Coa!
company should cease operations am
liquidation proceedings be inaugu
rated.
Bifocal Eyeglasses
Should Be Cheapei
BUFFALO. Jan. 22.—Th- price o!
eyeglasses, especially of t'lie bifocal
type, will be mialterially lower nexi
year, it is asserted by Dr. D. E
Sharp, an executive of one of thi
largest concern's in America engage!
| in the m'anut’actture of magnify ini
glass. Patents which now cover thii
tyipe of eyeglass will expire and with
the resulting com pettit ion amonj
maniifaCtmurera and the elinrinatioi
of royalties, material reductions
should come, ne said.
Rapid progress has been made It
Anneriea sintee 'the Industry, formerlj
cxmti’olled by Germany, was vlrtuallj
forced upon American manufacturers
by the great war. Telescope lenses
of aJl sizes are now successful!)
made in American plants.
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House Against Restoring
Alien Property at Present
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. — The
House commerce committee toda>
rejected the proposed legislator
authorizing immediate return to own
er3 of all trusts held by the alien
property custodian.
For good printing phone 374
Empire Printing Company.
TO SPAN OCEAN
2 DAYS IS
HOPE OF NAVY
New Navy Airship Will Be
Launched Next June—De
sign of Very Latest.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Motive
i tests have just been completed b?
1 government expens which havi con
vinced them that the fiSO foot air
ship /.It 1. to be launched next June
by the navy, can be driven across
the Atlantic Ocean in two days,
carrying a crew of 30, and a load of
borrtbs.
Tiie motive power for the big ship
will be supplied by six airship mo
tors, totaling 1.800 horsepower, at a
sustained speed of more th in a mile
a minute for .10 hours. Aeronautic
engineers declare the tests show this
newly developed motor to be supe
rior to the famous German Maybach,
used in the groat Zeppelins.
Twelve of these engines are being
bufit to navy specifications in De
troit. Six will be installed in the
ZRT and six held in reserve. Bach
motor develops 230 brake horse
power at 1,400 revolutions a minute
,ut, an a lit It ml e of 0.000 feet.
Engineers of the Naval Bureau of
Aeronautics report that in test,* the
engines, tried out over a 300-hour
period, have given at times more
power than tihe specifications called
for. Roar Admiral Moffett has pro
nounced It to be the best airship
motor so far developed by any
country.
The ZR-1 is being built at Lake
hurst. N. J. Its design follows close
ly lb,tit of the latest Zejrpelins, with]
refinements developed by American j
| engineers. Its gas capacity Is to be;
i 2.100.000 cubic feet, and helium, a j
nor.-eXplostve gas. is to be used,1
! making it the safest ligfcer than air j
ship that Iras been produced.
Parts of the ship are being fabrl-l
rated in Philadelphia, and as soon
as they are completed are shipped to
the LatcPhurst station for assembly i
and erekttion.
The hangar at I/ikehurst is the
! nine of the ZR-1. if ship3 of such
' magnitude ever are tirade.
<rA mooring mast 165 feet high is’
being erected at Uakehurst. To the
■ top of this ma-it the ZR 1 will be i
moored when it does not hare to1
be housed for repairs or overhaul
ing. Experience with suih masts in
England has shown that big dir-'
' i glides can ride out winds of from!
i 40 to 50 miles an hour anehored to:
; their tops.'
I Through the center of the mast
will run ghsoline and oil pipes, so t
! that it will not be necessary to haul
■, the ship down for refueling. There
] will he an elevator in which the crew
i can ascend and descend.
;! Mooring the ship to mast will rel I
: quire the Work of only 10 or 12 men. !
, To land a large dirigible and warp
It into the hangar, particularly in a
■ wind, requires as inhny as 500 men.
TOUGH YOUTH, THIS!
\ LOS ANCJBL.ES, Cal.. Jan. 22— ■
-Oliver Maipes, 14 years old, ' 1
fell SO feek from a cliff in Ely- !
sian Park, then walked to a [
downtown hospital to see wh Hh- I
1 er or not he had been injured I
| Police surgeons told him lie i
| was bruised and scratche i a i
I little. !
The boy was sent home wi'h i
! a warning, to be more caieful i
! I where he .played.
I.atest styles of engraving for i
visiting cards at The Empire.
Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S.
Weather Bureau.
Forecut for June*a end vicinity for 24 houri beginning 8 p. m. today:
Fair and continued cold tonight, with lowest temperature a,bout 20 de
grees; Tuesday increasing cloudiness with rising temperature and prob
ably snow; gentle variable winds tonight, becoming moderate to brisk
southeasterly Tuesday.
LOCAL uATA
Barom. Temp. Humidity Wind
Velocity
18
20
6
8 p. m. yest'y .29.99 29 73 NW
8 a. m. today .30.37 25 13 E
12 noon today .30.42 25 56 E
. CABLE AMI) RADIO REPORTS
YBSTBUEDAY- "f TODAY
Highest 8 p.m. | Lowest 8 a.m.
tempt, tempt. | tempt, tempt.
Prsclp.
20 bn.
Dutch Harbor
St. Pan.
Kodiak
Nome
Tanana
Eagle
Fairbanks
McKinley Park
Anchorage .
Valdez
Juneau
Sitka .
Prince Rupert
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
40
38
34
10
14
14
8
8
30
37
38
36
34
40
50
38
38
32~
- 8
14
-14
6
6
24
29
36
34
34
38
48
40
36
18
-14
6
- 2
4
21
26
30
30
32
46
42
36
36
- 6
8
18
6
12
25
28
30
30
32
46
0
.10
.50
0
0
.14
0
.16
0
0
0
Weather
Pt. Cldy
Clear
Clear
8 a. m.
Weather
Rai n
C'ldy
Cldy
Cldy
Clear
Cldy
Cldy
Clear
Clear
Clear
Cldy
Peggy
Cldy
NOTE: ObearratlonB at Prince Rupert, Seatla, Portland and San
Francisco are made at 4 a. m. and 4 p. m., Junsau time.
Increasing pressure over Southeast Alaska during the last 18 hours
has been attended by ft decre-Te in temperature, while in the Interior a
decided rise in temperature to -eadlngs considerably above zero lias ac
companied decreasing pressure that advanced eastward from Seward
Peninsula. Snow occurred yesteiday over the last named district and
last night in the Tanana Valley.
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Admission, 50c and 75c. f
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Admission, 50c and 75c.
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PHONE 6
JUNEAU, ALASKA.
The Home of Radio Phone Supplies and EDISON Maada Lamps.
JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS
Manufacturers of high grade Sitka spruce and
hemlock lumber. Boat lumber a specialty. Inquiries
for both local and foreign business given prompt
attention. ' .
Mills and office at Juneau, Alaska.
Seattle Office: 506 Mutual Life Building.
LATEST VICTOR DANCE HITS
FOX TROTS: ‘Tomorrow Morning"—"The World Is Waiting for
the Suniise."
“True Blue Sam"—“All Muddled Up.”
‘Sweetheart Lane”—"Yankee Princess."
WALTZES: "The Waltz Is Made for Love”—"A Kiss in the Dark.”
RED SEAL RECORD: ‘ Waltz and Elfin Dance (Grieg)"—Sergei
Rachmaninoff.
JUNEAU MUSIC HOUSE
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The cornerstone of a building is firm and
lasting. But the corner stone of a savings ac
count in this Sank—a dollar bill—is more than
that. It not only lasts, it grows!
Lay the cornerstone of your success .today—
at this bank.
Interest at the rate of four per cent paid
on savings deposits.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
JUNEAlf, ALASKA
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LAUGH AND BE MERRY
AT THE
PLAYGROUND MINSTREL SHOW
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Admission, 50c and 75c.
C. W. YOUNG CO.
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FOR THIS YEAR— 1S2J
TRY TRADING WITH US. OUR GROCERY LINE IS KEPT RIGHT
UP IN STANDARD AND CHOICEST BRANDS OF ALL GOODS.
Everything in our bakery line is electrically baked and that
means the best way.
BrAd—3 loaves for 25 cents.
THE AMERICAN BAKERY AND GROCERY '
We Deliver _t Pheae SSI I
“THE BAKER WHO BAKES” ‘ j