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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE VOL. II , NO 168. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1913. PRICE TEN CENTS ? ~ " Judge Jennings Will Conduct Floating Court Judge Robert \V. Jennings will be I the presiding judge of the hunting court this year instead of Judge P. L>. Overfield as was formerly announced. He will sail with the other officers of the court from Valdez June 15th, and will be gone about two months. The change in the plan that had been made to have Judge Over field go with the fioating court was made so that he could come to Juneau and try some cases in which Judge Jen niugs is disqualified from trying on account of his previous connection with the litigation. Among the cases that Judge Overfleld will try is that of Joseph MacDonald, charged with murder. Judge Jennings was con nected with the early proceedings In this case. BASEBALL APLENTY EOR NEXT SUNDAY There is lots of baseball doings ou tap for Sunday. Besides the regular contest between the Douglas-Tread-1 well Wildcats and the Juneau Indians J there will be a contest between thej t\ W. Young Tigers and the Juneau 1 Construction Company's Squareheads., Charley guackenbush who is manager of the large biulding concern is also manager of the newest thing in base-1 ball organiation in Juneau. Tom Kadonich manager of the Ju-J neau regulars says that next Sunday's; game, will be a cracker-jack. He hasj ordered every man out to the grounds j for practice tonight. While he has every confidence of winning he wants ' to keep the boys on their toes by con-1 stunt practice. Tom says that he ex pects to have Zott back in the game next Sunday as the C. W. Young team' can spare him for this event. He was! not prepared to hand out the line-up; at this time, but said that he was well satisfied. A man has been secured to take Mc Bride's place. McBride is the new man who played second at the Doug las game last Sunday, and who has since then gone to Ketchikan. "Yes. we're going to win." said Tom. "and we've got a few dollars to bet on the game." Phylo Cleveland who started out to organize a mechanics baseball team seems to have been set on a siding around a water tank town?being placed on the executive board of the Juneau regulars has kept him from progressing very far with his fancy line-up. Charley Quackenbush wasn't slow to step in and take the field and he now claims to have about the best aggregation of ball tossers around plav any more till their new- clothes squareheads all right." said Charley, "but they've got the mechanical eye? just watch 'em swat the ball." Lawrence Reedy is very subdued: ; doesn't feel like talking baseball at all?said he wouldn't ask the boys to play any more till their new clohtes1 came. "What's the use of pulling off nice plays and all that when the fel lers with the fancy togs get all the glory?" o?o?o DEATH FINDS MINER ALONE AT HOME Samuel Copner died suddenly and alone some time yesterday evening at the home of Karl Milbach out on' the hill near Kennedy street. The de ceased was 47 years of age and single. He was a prospector and miner and came to Juneau from Cordova over a year ago and since last Christmas has been living with .Mr. Milbach. He had been ill for the past three or four days, but Mr. Milbach was shocked to find that death had ensued during his ab sence from home. He had been drink ing quite heavy for several weeks. The body was taken to the undertaking parlors of the C. W. Young company. Letters left among his effects would indicate that he had had certain remit tances from the Kast. A letter from William Carey, of Winchester, speaks of having forwarded money to him. Owen Patten, who works in the Louvre was very well acquainted with the deceased and had known him in Cordova. Mr. Patten speaks very highly of the dead man. He was a hard working prospector and miner.1 and usually had funds coming from the Kast. He was without relatives I in Alaska so far as Mr. Patten knows. No arrangements have as yet been made for the funeral. o?o?o KETCHIKAN IS TO HAVE A SKY SCRAPER Late arrivals from Ketchikan bring the news that that town Is to have a modern six-story, fire-proof building The structure will be 50 feet by 100 feet in size, and the lower floor will be devoted to business purposes while the upper floors will be used for of fices. Work on the biuldicg will be gin before long according to the re ports here. H. C. Strong, the well known steamship man and capitalist, will have the building erected. The Tongass Trading Company, of Ketchikan, is also erecting a three story concrete building that will have a frontage on one street of 50 feet and one of 100 feet on another street. The first story will be 20 feet high. It will he used by the company. In addition to these structures. J. P. Heckman & Company is building a 25-foot addition to the concrete building that it is occupying. When completed this will give that company a fire-proof structure that will be 75 feet by 100 feet in size. o?o?o HUNTERS AND TRAPPERS:? Highest cash price paid for all kinds of raw furs at Will's store. 4-7-t.f. o?o?o Clam chowder every day at "U and I" Lunch Room. 4-14-lm. o?o?o SCANDINAVIAN GROCERY?Opp. City dock: Just opened: fresh stock. o?0?o Forced out of business by owner of building. Sale to run only 10 more days. tf I. J. SHARRICK. 0?0?0 The Lovera Monarch is the popu lar bit size. *** MRS. J. C. McBRIDE RECITES BEN HUR Tonight at Elks' hall the great bene fit entertainment for the Juneau public library fund will be given and it is ex pected that there will be a capacity house in attendance. While the peo ple of Gastineau channel towns are well acquainted with the work of Mrs. J. (*. McBride as an interpreter of the . est quality of dramatic literature it will not be amiss to quote from publi cations at a distance a fair criticism of her efforts. A recital of Ben Hur was given by Mrs. McBride some years ago in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. The Chronicle of that city in commenting on the recital said: "The Ren Hur entertainment last evening, proved a big success; it was a big literary and musical triumph. "Mrs. McBride is possessed of rare elocutionary attainments. Her con ception of the characters she de scribes. keen perceptibility and emo tional effect, is magnificent. These traits were strongly brought out in her recital last evening. She re viewed Lew Wallace's great work of fiction from the estrangement which has grown up between the former bos om friends "Judah" or "Ben Hur" and "Messala." through to the cleansing of Ben Hur's mother and sister of the leprosy; the scenes attendant upon the latter feature of the work being brought out with splendid emotional tact and precision. The big audience followed the speaker closely, as she dramatically described the sea-light and rescue by Ben Hur. and the heroic climax of the piece, the "chariot race." "Mrs. McBride prefaced her de scription of the race with an illus trated talk relative to the amphithea tre, or circus, where Ben Hur with master hand sweeps his steeds to vic tory. "Mrs. McBride's work last evening forts which Pottsville audiences have was one of the finest elocutionary ef ever had the pelasure of listening to. and the conclusion of her recountal of the beautiful story of "Ben Hur" came all too soon, for the audience would not have tired had the recital lasted an hour longer." The entertainment tonight consists of the recital of Ben Hur by Mrs. Mc Bride. assisted by the Juneau Ladies' Musical Club, the Orpheus Club, and the Juneau High School band. Tick ets are for sale at Nelson's book store and at Barragar's postoffice store. Ad mission will be one dollar; children, fifty cents. o?o?o SIX STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM JUNEAU HIGH The exercises of the 1913 graduat ing class of the Juneau high school were held in Elks' hall last night and diplomas were handed to the class at the conclusion of the main features of the program. Members of the] Eighth grade graduating class who held their exercises in the afternoon wen also given diplomas. The high school graduates receiving diplomas were six in number?Mamie Morgan, Lessie George, Paul Carpenter, Charles Wortman, Chester Tripp. Those of the eight grade were Edward Wilson. Martin Price. Florence Lar son. Thomas McCartney, Harry Sabin, Henry Lund. Martin Joregenson, Fred erick Laughlin. Dora Irish, Clarence Ceddes and Eddie Carlson. The exercises were not extended. Mr. H. J. Fisher sang and Attorney John A. Hellenthal delivered an ad dress containing the right sort of ad vice to graduating students. Senator H. T. Tripp, who is president of the school board, presented the diplomas. There was a large and attentive aud ience present. ?a a r\ ( OME NORTH TO HUNT BIG GAME James Morris and Mrs. Morris, of Paris, France, yesterday morning ob tained each a hunting license at the governor's office. They are after big game, it is their intention to hunt on Admiralty Island for bear and they will try the vicinity of Chichagoff for a few weeks and then returning to Juneau make the journey over the White Pass and down the Yukon to the interior. In the fall they will come out over the trail and In October go to Kenai peninsula for the purpose of hunting moose. Mr. and Mrs. Morris have chartered Dr. Kaser's gas boat Santa Rita to carry them from place to place among the islands of the Alexander archipel igo. John Harris and Harry Dott are serving as guides. o?o?o BOB M'CHESNEY IS RECOVERING Bishop P. T. Rowe brought word from the Westward that Robert J. McOhesney. whose foot was crushed in an accident with a falling tree at Port Wells several weeks ago, is re covering and that his foot wiil be saved. Half a dozen or more bones were broken and crushed, but they were successfully set, and are heal ing. He is at the Episcopal hospital at Valdez. o?o?o LICENSED GUIDE. Gov. J. F. A. Strong yesterday ap ? pointed W. E. Dewitt a licensed guide for Kenai peninsula. MALE PRINCIPAL ! EOR HIGH SCHOOL The school board has decided to make some changes looking toward the advancement of the Juneau schools. There is to be a male super intendent who will also be principal of the high school department. The assistant principal will also be a man teacher. It is understood that both of these posts have been offered and that acceptances have been received so I that feature Is definitely settled. The | rapid growth of Juneau has made it incumbent that the schools be ad-j vanced in order to keep up with the demands of the increasing poulatlon. j With the uew building finished and the corpc of teachers reorganized it Is felt that Juneau will not lag behind in educational matters. Several of the old teachers have been offered and nearly all have ac-l cepted reappointment for the next) term beginning in September. Miss Gail Baker has been appointed to the second grade; others receiving ap pointment are: Miss Ethel Chambers. I Miss Ben Hero. Miss Harriet Case, Miss M'Gill and Miss Couture. o?o?o | l I I i I 1 I I I I I I I 1 I I I 1 I I I 1 1 I 11 League Base Ball ?MI 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 MM NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost Pet. Seattle 23 9 .719 Vancouver 16 13 .552 Tacoma 16 18 .4711 Victoria 14 18 .438 Portland 12 16 .428 Spokane 12 20 .375 Tuesday's Scores At Vancouver?Vancouver, 4; Seattle, 1. At Victoria?Victoria. 8; Spokane, 7. At Portland?Portland, 4; Tacoma. 3. Wednesday's Scores. At Vancouver?Vancouver, 1. Seattle, 0. At Portland?Portland, 3; Tacoma, 0. At Victoria?Victoria. 11: Spokane, 1. Yesterday's Scores. At Vancouver?Vancouver, 4; Seattle, 1. At Portland?Portland, 2; Tacoma, 1. At Victoria?Victoria, 4; Spokane, 1. ?o-o? PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost Pet. Los Angeles 28 17 .622 Oakland 24 21 .533 Venice 22 23 .489 San Francisco .'.. 23 25 .479 Portland 18 23 .469 Sacramento 17 23 .425 Tuesday's Scores At San Francisco?San Francisco. 2; Sacramento. 1. At Oakland?Oakland, 3; Los Angeles. 1. At Venice?Portland, 4; Venice, 3. Wednesday's Scores. At Los Angeles?Venice, 2; Portland, 1. n |||M ' ' ?? At Sacramento?Facramento, 4: San j Francisco, 3. At Oakland?Oakland, 7: Los Ange les, 6. Yesterday's Scores. At Sacramento ? San Francisco, 8; Sacramento, 2. At Los Angeles?Portland, 3; Venice, 2. At Oakland ? Los Angeles, 2; Oak land. 1. AMtKIUMry LCMVIUL. Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost Pet. Philadelphia .... 19 8 .704 | Cleveland 20 11 .645 Washington 17 10 .630 (Chicago 20 13 .606 St. Louis 14 20 .412 Boston 13 18 .419 Detroit 11 21 .344 New York 8 21 .276 Tuesday's Scores At St. Louis?New York. 6; St. Louis. 3. At Detroit?Detroit. 8; Philadelphia. 7. At Cleveland?Cleveland. 10; Wash ington, 9. At Chicago ? dhicago-Boston game postponed; rain. Wednesday's Scores. At St. Louis?St Louis. 5; New York, 0. At Cleveland?Washington, 5; Cleve land, 3. At Chicago?Boston, 10; Chicago. 9. At Detroit?Philadelphia-Detroit game postoned; rain. Yesterday's Scores. At Cleveland?Cleveland, 5; Washing ton, 0. At Detroit?Philadelphia. 7; Detroit, 0. At Chicago?Chicago, 2; Boston, 1. 0. At St. Louis?St. Louis, 7; New York, NATIONAL LEAGUE. Standing of the Clubs. Won Lost Pet. Philadelphia 17 7 .708 Broolyn 19 9 .679 New York 15 12 .556 Chicago 15 16 .484 SL Louis 14 15 .483 Boston 11 15 .423 Pittsburgh 12 18 .400 Cincinnati 9 20 .310 Tuesday's Scores At Chicago?Chicago, 7; Boston, 3. At New York?St. Louis, 8; New York, 0. At Brooklyn ? Pittsburgh, 4; Brook lyn, 1. At Philadelphia?Philadelphia, 5; Cin cinnati, 1. Wednesday's Scores. At Boston?Chicago, 6; Boston, 5. At New York ? St. Louis, 4; New York, 3. At Brooklyn ? Pittsburgh, 5; Brook lyn. 2. At Philadelphia ? Philadelphia, 12; Cincinnati. 0. Yesterday's Scores. At Brooklyn ? Pittsburgh, 1; Brook lyn, 0. Game called at end of the t 5th inning on account of rain, but i stands as a completed game. ' At Philadelphia ? Cincinnati-Philadel phia, no game; neither club had 1 scored at end of the second inninp when the game was called on ac count of rain. At New York ? St Louis-New Yort game called at the end of the first inning. St. Louis had made one rur to New York's none. ! At Boston?Chicago-Boston game post poned; rain. Government Engineer to ! Consult on Salmon Dam WASHINGTON, May 23.?It was an nounced today that Arthur P. Davis, chief enginer of the reclamation ser vice, might go to Juneau in the near future for a consultation regarding tho construction of the high concrete dam which is building at Salmon river for the development of power for mining purposes. At the Alaska-Gastineau Mining Company's ofllces it was learned that Mr. Davis is expected to arrive in Ju neau June 18. Mr. Davis while bet I ter known on account of his work for the government is also in great de ; raand by private enterprise. He comes j to Juneau as the representative of the F. G. Baum Co., consulting engineers, j of San Francisco, who have passed j upon the plans submitted by the Alas 1 ka-Gnstineau Company for the Salmon j creek dam construction. I,ast fall a ; member of the F. G. Baum staff woe on the ground and reported to the great engineering firm. Mr. Davis ! will probably remain here during the I construction of the great dam. LANE TO TAKE MONTHVVACATION WASHINGTON, May 23.?Secretary of the Interior Frankllh K. Lane has been granted a leave of absence from his duties ns the head of a cabinet de partment for a month. The affairs of the otilco will be In the keeping of the First Assitant Secretary of tho In terior during his absence from Wash ington. o?o?o^ DANISH EXPLORERS FIND PEARY RECORDS IN NORTH LONDON. May 23.?The Daily Mail's Copenhagen correspondent says: "Knud Aasmussen and Peter Freuchen, Danish explorers, returned to Copenhagen Saturday after their [expedition across Greonland. Freuch en married In Greenland an Eskimo girl and goes back to take up an offi cial appointment there. "The explorers found documents de posited twenty-one years ago by Peary when exploring North Greenland." o?o?o DEATH HAS NO TERROR FOR GEORGIA BANKER MACON, Ga., May 22. ? Sanders Walker, a banker of this city, who is dying of bichloride of 'mercury poison ing taken by mistake, was told last night that he cannot live. Today he said the "sensation of dying is not as it has been pictured. If thiB is dy ing none noed fear its suposed ter rors." o?o?o GOV. FIELDER REFUSES TO CALL OUT TROOPS TRENTON, N. J., May 22. ? Gov. Fielder has refused to send State troops to the Mount Hope mines where a strike is under way. He says a suffi cient showing^of- danger beyond the capacity of the local officers has not been made. o?o?o CALL OF THE MOOSE. Juneau Lodge No. 700 will hold their regular meeting tonight in I. O. O. F. hall at 8: p. ra. The smoker and so cial session has been postponed until next meeting night. C. F. CHEEK, Secy. o?o?o TACOMA INVENTOR COMMITS SUICIDE TACOMA, May 23. ? Edward St. Croix, an inventor of a compressed air pump, committed suicide here last night o?o?o WINDHAM BAY NOTES WINDHAM, May 21.?Mr. Huffman and Mr. Ketchman came down from Shuck, and are building a house on Silva creek, which they will use for their headquarters. Mr. Sutton killed a black bear this week. The Lulu P., with Capt. Lindsay, ran in for the Gambier bay mail last night. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Taylor were guests of Mrs. Yates Sunday. Robt. Durrer and Mr. Neiswender, of Seattle, arrived in Windham bay on the Fox last evening. o?o?o NEW STRIKE ON THE HOOTALINQUA Good pay has been discovered on Meander creek that empties into the Hootalinqua near Mason's landing 20 miles from the mouth of that river. J. J. Brown, who with his wife has lived at Mason's landing for several years, conducting a road house and prospecting in his neighborhood, made the Meander creek discovery. The Whitehorse Star says that he recently found gold to the value of $9.50 from a hole about eight feet deep before he reached bedrock. The news of the find caused a stampede, and much staking is in progress on Meander creek and its tributaries. o?0?o PARTY GOING AWAY MUST SELL $3,000?Well-built, furnished house six rooms and basement Situated or 6th street. Near Governor's; Residence. $3,250?Fine, new cottage?6 rooms and bath?beautiful view. . * Sawmill Men Investigate This $1,000 cash ? balance on time ? A great bargain for the right party. Con trolling interest in new sawmill ir good timbered section close to Juneau Water power all the year round. Fins ? harbor. > FOR SALE?Residence and business : lots in different parts of the city. Geo. M. Hill. Decker Bldg., Opp. First Nat. Bank o?o?o : HARBOR MINE EXPLODES, WRECKING STEAMSHII j SMYRNA, May 10.?The steamshi] Senegal was blown up by a harbo: mine which she struck yesterday Five men were killed. SENATOR SMOOT REPUTES DELEGATE WASHINGTON, May 23.?The state ment ut Delegate James Wickersham, oi Alaska, made uetore the senate comiuuiee 011 territories, that Sena tor George E. Chamberlain had intro duced a hill that would have given XJho Uuggeuiieimu a monopoly 01 the entrances to the Bering coal lieids was refuted by Senator Iteed Smoot, of Utah. He said that the bill referred to was introduced in the Senate by senator Clarence D. Clark, of Wyom .ng, and that it was not passed by the Senate. 0?0?0 DANIELS MAKES AN AEROPLANE FLIGHT ANNAPOLIS, Aid., May 23.?Secre tary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to- ; day mad areoplaue llight with Lieut. Towers for live minuteB. They as cended to a heighth of 500 ft., and ilew out over the harbor and back, making a successful lauding. o?0?0 NO MORE HEARINGS ON TARIFF RILL WASHINGTON, May 22. ? The United States Senate finance commit- , tee decided today that there will be 110 more hearings 011 the tariff bill, and that the committee will begin the actual revision of the tariff schedules Tuesday. WASHINGTON, May 22.?The Sen- ! ate finance committee agreed today ' that if cattle, sheep, hogs, wheat and oats are to remain on the dutiable list as classified by the Underwood bill ; then duty shall be placed on beef, : pork, mutton, wheatflour and oatmeal. 0?0?o CRAZY MAN KILLS FIVE IDAHO INSANE PATIENTS BOISE, Ida., May 22.?An inmate of the asylum for the insane ran amuck ' here last night and killed five of the 1 patients in the institution. The af- 1 fair will be investigated. 0?0?0 MRS. WEHR AT RAYMOND'S I Mrs. G. A. Wehr, demonstrator for the Northern Pickle Company, of Ta coma, who last week was at the gro cery department of Charles Goldstein's is holding forth this week at Raymond's She is explaining the merits of Pan-' dora pickles, Old Faithful pork and I beans and other foodstuffs put by her company. ' 0?0?0 MISSION AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH The attendance at the lectures of the Rev. Father Donnelly has been well maintained and is steadily in creasing at the Church of the Nativity. The sermon Wednesday evening was a scholarly exposition of the foundation of Faith. The rise of the early Chris tian Church and its development were briefly sketched. The commission given by Christ to His church to teach all nations was explained: likewise the | growth of heresies in opposition toi that church teaching was pointed out. Later on the divine characteristics of the Church of Christ were examined. The conclusion was an exhortation to base our Faith on the authority of the church and to live up to its teachings. The congregation sang the mission hymns with much fervor: and the ser-l vices concluded with benediction. o?o?o CITY OF SEATTLE TAKES CROWD SOUTH The City of Seattle departed for the South about 7 o'clock taking the fol lowing passengers from Juneau: for , Wrangell?H. P. Corser, Wm. Parker , and wife; for Ketchikan ? Ward T. Bower, S. G. Spring, J. Penglase; for Prince Rupert?L. W. Lovelace; for | Seattle?Peter Buchiero, L. J. Barber, , B. Bergler, Arthur D. Back and wife, ; C. Wyland, A. E. Body, A. G. Bruland, 1 B. Gastino, Pat McGonagle, Roy Scott, and Joseph Confer. o?o?o COURT NOTES. The decision of the circuit court ap appeals in the Dan Lott case, a sum ? mary of which was published in The 1 Empire, was received in the district attorney's office yesterday. John Stopgard, arrested at Skagway, 1 on a larceny charge and brought back to Juneau, was yesterday released and the charged dismissed on motion of . the complaining witness who paid the ? cost of the court. i Deputy Marshal T. Elsmore took an ? insane person from Shakan to Morn s ingside on the Jefferson. Thomas Nagel, sentenced to eight ? months, and Albert Jacobson, sen tenced to six months in the federal jail for selling liquor to Indians, were brought to Juneau from Ketchikan on the Mariposa. William Roberts and Jack Hopkins were each sentenced to one year for ? robbing the Point Ward Cannery: j George James got 14 months for bur j glary; Juan Adams got 14 months for r whiskey peddling. All were sentenc ed to McNeil's island from Ketchikan and taken out by Deputy Marshal Da vis on the Alameda. Japanese Emperor Thanks President Wilson WASHINGTON, May 23?President Woodrow Wilson today received a ca blegram from the Emperor of Japan thanking him for his efforts to pre vent the passage of legislation by Cali fornia that discriminated against Ja pan. Sisson Makes Mild Speech. WASHINGTON, May 23Represen tative Thomas U. Sisson, speaking on the California-Japanese question, made a speech that was much milder in tone than the one that he previously de livered. SENATOR KERN MAKES UGLY CHARGE WASHINGTON, May 23.? Senator John W. Kern, of Indiana, while dis cussing the West Virginia miners' strike before the Senate committee that is investigating it said this morn-, ing: J "It is charged that while the courts were open, men and women were ar rested, tried and sent to the peniten tiary, without having had the right of trial by jury, by drum head courts martial." GREEK AND BULGAR MAY HAVE WAR ATHENS, May 23.?King Constan tine has taken personal command of the Greek army that are fighting with the Bulgarians at Salonika. It 1b feared that the result will be war be tween Greece and Bulgaria. WASHINGTON EIGHT-OAR TEAM BEATS BERKELEY SEATTLE, May 23.?The University of Washington won the iuter-colleg inte eight-oar regatta contest against the University of California on Lake Washington yesterday afternoon by seven lengths. The three-mile course was covered in eighteen minutes Hat. o?o?o NATIONAL DRAINGAGE CONGRESS IN SESSION WASHINGTON, May 23?The Na tional Drainage Congress convened here this morning. Thirty-three States lire represented at the Congress. O?0?0 TWO RETIRED ARMY OFFICERS DIE IN EAST NEW YOKK. May 23. ? Brig-Gen. Joseph Cooke Jackson, a surviving general officer of the Civil War, died yesterday in this city. ?o-o? WEST POINT, N. Y? May 23.?Ma jor John H. Gifford, United States army, retired, died here last night. o?o?o MURPHY IS FIGHTING FOR LEADERSHIP NEW YORK, May 23.?Charles F. Murphy, for eleven years leader of Tammany, is engaged in a tight for his political life. The fight in Great er New York is particularly active in Brooklyn and Bronx where the var ious assembly district organizations are rallying to the support of Gov. Sul zer. Unrest and dissatisfaction with the Murphy leadership is manifesting itself in the Tammany organization itself. O?O?0 RAILROAD BILL TO BE REPORTED FAVORABLY -o-o- I WASHINGTON, May 23. ? The United States Senate committee on; territories has agreed to report favor-1 ably the Chamberlain bill next week.' The hearings will be continued a few | days longer. MRS. WOODROW WILSON TO ATTEND BALL TOMORROW WASHINGTON, May 23. ? Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and her daughters will attend a children's ball at the New Willard hotel tomorrow. The ball is being given as a benefit for the children that are in need as a result of the floods of the Middle West in the early spring. Tickets for the ball were on sale for more than two weeks, and sales have been large. o?o?o DOUGLAS ISLAND FERRY TO HAVE NEW SCHEDULE The Juneau Ferry and Navigation Company has announced a new sched ule for the ferry service between Ju neau, Douglas, Tread well and Sheep creek. The service will be materially increased. Instead of ten round trips daily between Juneau and Douglas isl and there will be twelve daily round trips, and instead of two daily trips to Sheep creek there will be three. The first ferry from Juneau for Doug las and Treadwell will leave this city at 6:30 a. m. instead of 8 a. m. as at present. The new schedule will go in to effect next Monday morning. The sailings from Juneau for the island ports will be at 6:30 a. m., 8 a. m., 9 a. m., 11a. m., 1 p. m., 2 p. m., 3 p. m., 5 p. m., 6:30 p. m., 8 p. m., 9:30 p. in., and 11 p. m. The sailings from Juneau to Sheep creek will be at 6:30 a. m., 9 a. m., and 5 p. m. The change in arranging the sail ing in the afternoon at 5 p. m. was made so that the evening newspa pers will have more time in which to get the late telegraphic news into type. Heretofore it has been found difficult to get all the late dispatches in type and in the papers in time to catch the ferry for the Island and Sheep creek. The complete schedule will appear next Monday. o?o?o NOTICE TO PUBLIC. The public will please take notice that the undersigned is not and will not become responsible for any in debtedness contracted by the Baranoff Lumber Company, of Warm Springs Bay. JOSEPH KAELIN Juneau, Alaska, May 23, 1913?5-23-3t 0?o?0 Job Printing at The Empire Office BIG COLLECTION OF PICTURES FOR SALE ?o-o? LONDON, May 23.?The Daily Ex press reports that the Duke of Suth erland is arranging to sell his collec tion of old masters now at Stafford House. The collection comprises over 300 pictures, including works by the most famous masters of the old Eng lish, Italian, Dutch, French, German and Spanish schools. O?0?o NAVAL OFFICER TO HE REINSTATED WASHINGTON, .May 23. ? After a four-year fight, Ensign Joseph E. Aus tin, formerly of Brooklyn, will likely he reinstated in the navy. He was re moved in December, 1909, at the or ders of the then President Roosevelt, for marrying, In violation of a regu lation prohibiting a midshipman from being wedded either while at Annapo lis or aboard ship. He will receive back pay for over three years if Congress approves the favorable report made by the House committee on naval affairs. Since bis dismissal Austin, who is related to Gen. Charles King and Sen ator LaFollette, has been conducting an athletic and social club at Gwinn, Mich. His marriage took place in Hon olulu. his wife being a daughter of the Rev. J. W. Wadman, M. E. Superin tendent of Missions in Hawaiian Isl ands. TODAY IS LAST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ?o-o? The school year is over and the long summer vacation begun. This was the last day. and it was not much of a day at that. Only those students that had to take all their final exam inations were required to be present at the school house this morning, and they were only retained there for a short time. Before noon the last of them had been dismissed, and the school year was a part of history. Some of the students, those whose standing for the year were sufficient ly high, escaped all or a part of their examinations, and have known what freedom means for a week or so. The next school year will begin in August. For three months?a long time when one looks forward?there is nothing but pleasure In store for the youth of Juneau. r? ,A. ANHUT GETS FOUR YEARS IN THE PENITENTIARY NEW YORK. May 23.?John Nicol son Anhut, who was found guilty of attempting to bribe the superintend ent of the Matteawan asylum for the criminal insane, was today sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. O?0?0 SEC. DANIELS SAYS DEPT. IS RESPONSIBLE WASHINGTON, May 23.?Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels in a statement made yesterday placed the responsibility for the agreement that ias been arrived at among the manu facturers of armor plate upon the Navy Department itself. He says it was made possible by the policy of the department in dividing the con tracts for the plate among the differ ent manufacturing companies. Propose Armor Plate Plant. WASHINGTON, May 23. ?Senator Henry F. Ashhuret, of Arizona, yester day introduced a bill in the United States Senate appropriating $1,500,000 for the construction of an aimor plate manufacturing plant for the United States government. SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 23.?Three men were killed in the engine room of the torpedo boat destroyer Stewart today when the cylinder head blew out. o?o?o TRANSPORTATION ATTORNEYS COMING W. H. Bogle, chief counsel for the Alaska Steamehip Company, W. B. Stratton, of the firm of Kane, Stratton and Farrell, attorneys for the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, and Bruce Shorts, of the firm of Ballinger, Bat tle, Hurlbert and Shorts, all of them associated with Judge R. A. Gun nison, J. B. Marshall, John G. Held and Winn & Burton, Juneau attor neys, as representatives of the defend ants in the transportation casro, are enroute to Juneau on the Spokane. Judge J. R. Winn is also a north bound passenger on the Spokane. These cases pome up before Judge R. W. Jennings June 2nd, when the date for the trial will be set