The Alaska daily empire. [volume], December 21, 1918, Image 2

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Only Two More Shopping Days Before Christmas ■
-Decorate V'itli Holly
Special Price, $1.25 Pound
. Select Branches
S
,-Stetson Hats —
These make a most desirable gift f&r any man.
There arc few men who have enough hats. Whether.
he is young or old ice have models suitable tor all. I
GIVE SOMETHING USEFUL! i
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-Men’s Furnishings->
This department is full of practical, sensible and
desirable gifts for men—ties, socks, shirts, collar
boxes, military brushes, everything that, appeals to
man. Come in and see what we have.
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t\oes
Givi a Pair of
SNAPPY BOOTS
From $7.00 to $12.00
FOR WOMEN
Slices as a gift have be
come more and more desirable
each year. Women have come
to realize the absolute neces
sity of nice footwear.
To give the costume that
touch of completeness and sat
isfactory appearance that all
women want to have, they
must have nice shoes.
LISTEN. MEN!
If you want to give some
thing to your wife, sister or
daughter, that will give real
pleasure and make her glad
that Xmas is here, just give
her one of our dress boots and
watelr the smile. Then you
will be glad of what you give.
MEN’S SHOES
For our best grade of shoes
for men we carry the old re
liable Hunan; can give you
eillier wide, medium or nar
row'toe, lace or button, gun
metal, kid or patent leather.
We carry shoes for men from
$6.00 to $12.00. We. stand
back of every shoe we sell. If
the meVchcn^dise we selMs not
right we make it right.
j
and Tuesday—Last Shopping Days Before Christmas \
JAPANESE CREPE KIMONOS
These kimonos are embroidered with mercerized
floss in beautiful designs of flowers or birds; come in
•shades of Copenhagen blue, pale blue, rose, pink or
lavender.
Price $2.75 to $4.75
BLOOMERS AND VESTS
PINK MERCERIZED CRE'PE BLOOMERS, trimmed
v th white embroidery.Price $1 50
PIN v OR WHITE BLOOMERS, made of glove
silk. Price $2.50 to $4.00
PINK OR WHITE VESTS made of glove silk, em
broidered or plain, to match bloomers.
.Price $2.00 to $3.00
WOMEN’S BATH ROBES
These famous Pendleton hath robes arc indeed beau
tiful. The color combinations are indeed striking:
Pink, blue, red, tan or brown, beautifully bound with
satin, and heavy satin cords. The very best wool is
used in these garments.
Price $30.00
WOMEN’S FURS
Red Fox, Black Fox, Jap Mink atid Squirrel.
.Price $25.00 and Up
C1BI.D REN’S FUR SETS . $4.75 to $10.00
EIDERDOWN BATH ROBES
If you want something in an inexpensive bath
robe, you would not be able to find anything better
for the price than these which we have to show;
many different shades.
Price $6.50 and Up
WOMEN’S COATS
V e have a very large line of coats of most do
sirable materials, such as silvertone, wool velour,
pom pom, Kissel cloth, velvets or plush; some are
trimmed with fur, others plain. We have these
coats in gray, navy, purple, brown, tan, green or
black.
WOMEN'S SWEATERS
ANOORA, JERSEY or KNIT WOOL SWEATERS,
in colors Copenhagen blue, navy, rose, tan, lavender,
white or green, all of splendid quality.
Price from $25.00 to $100.00
WOMEN’S DRESSES
Those dresses are made of serge and silk or serge
and satin combinations, in navy, brown, tan or
bla< k, plain or plaited skirts, some arc made with
over-skirt or Russian blouse.
Price $5.75 and Up
Price from $24.50 Up
JEIIM. BEHRENDS CO., Inc. JE
' Slippsrs
Give a Pair of Nice
HOUSE SLIPPERS
From $2.00 to $3.50
HOME COMFORT
That is what every one
wants,—the comforts of home.
Nothing nicer than a pair of
good comfortable slippers and
we have them made of felt or
leather for men, "'Gnomon and
children.
Leather Boudoir Slippers
Red, black, pink or blue
lined with heavy sateen with
pom poms, low heel, good
quality with a turn sole; sizes
from 2 to 7's.
Price $2.50
Felt Slippers
The genuine Comfy slipper,
mule skin sole, padded with
wool, good quality felt; in
rose, pink, blue, lavender, red
and gray.
Price $2.00 and $2.50
Children’s Felt Slippers
Red Bootees . . $1.75 and $1.85
Red, trimmed with
fur .$1.25 and $1.35
Red, low cut. .$1.35 and $1 50
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A New Collection of Waists
We are ^offering new and exceedingly attractive models of
Georgette blouses at very special prices for a few days only.
Beautifully biaided and embroidered models, in white, flesh, apri
cot and all suit shades.
See our silk underwear whether for Holiday gifts or per
sonal wear. Go to
THE FASHION ,
Special Xmas Cakes f
Now is the time to p!a r> your order lor fruit cakes and P
fancy p -tries for the holidays. Inquire about them at the
Peerless Bakery f
THE ELITE STUDIO
Only a few days left for Christmas Photos; don't wait till the last
day. We have just received a fine line of new mountings. Come
and look. (Opposite Dispatch Office)
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I Holiday Season
Will Follow I
Christmas
—and we have everything here*
tor Father, Mother, Sister and
Brother. This store wishes all
persons a Merry Christmas and
Happy Mew Tear.
ALASKA FLIERS
WANT TO TRY OUT
AIR MAIL PLAN
Lieut. Tolman and Lieut.
Finnegan, Alaska Army
Officers, Say Air Serv
ice Is Feasible.
EXPEFIENCED AIRMEN
— -—
Both Fliers Have Made
Good in Army and Both
Are Familiar with all
Alaska Conditions.
1 Lieut. Crit. Tolman anti Lieut.]
Thomas Finnegan of Seward, are.
anxious to be given an apportunity j
to demonstrate the feasibility cf an
airplane mail service throughout A1 - j
aska. Both are in the aviation ser
vice, and both made good at tho
training camps. Lieut. Tolmau was'
among the first to join the aviation
service after the war, and ho quickly I
became so efficient that lie was re
j tained throughout the war as a train
] or at American aviation training
I fields.
I Both Lieut. Tolman and Lieut.
Finnegan feel certain that airplanes
would be practicable as mail carriers
in Alaska. Both of them have •
years of experience in various parts
of Alaska, and speak with experience.
Lieut. Tolman spent a number of
yoars at Nome with his parents, ami
jthen moved to Seward where his fa
' ther was game warden for many
| years. He has been all over the Ter
| ritory and is familiar with it under
, both Summer and Winter conditions.
Lieut. Finnegan is a brother of
iCapt. J. Finnegan of Juneau, and
| has spent years along the coast of
j the Third Division and in the Inter
j ior. He has been with the aviation
j service for some time, anil won his
I commission in the Army some
| months ago by his work on the train
! ing fields.
Lieut. Finnegan writing to Capt.
i Finnegan about the plans of Lieut,
i Tolrnan and himself, says:
“From now on there will be little
'training done at the various aviation
j fields, and some fields will be dis
| continued entirely. The Government
| has more training planes than it can
'“possibly use and many of them are
equipped wi.h Uespann-Sulza motors,
just the thing for an experimental
tryout. These planes will travel 90
miles per hour and can be easily
constructed with runners for landing
on snow and also with an auxiliary
gas tank, so as to be in the air for
at least six hours. \\> figure the
train will take mail to Anchorage
and- from there, or any place where
there is a frozen lake so as to make
i a ‘take-off we could go to Fairbanks
j in three and a half or four hours.
“If this could be put through and
the affair started as soon as possi
ble, Crit and I would like to be rec
ommended for the experimental work.
We think we are fitted for this
more than any other flyers on ac
count of our knoweldge of the coun
try and its conditions.
"The machines could be shipped
this Winter and we could make sev
eral trial trips in March end April
and then, after proving it to be a
success, we would apply for the Lib
erty motor, vwhich would carry COD
pounds of mail. The Hespano will
I carry 200 pounds without in the
j least overloading it.
i “As an experimental requirement
I we would need not less than five
machines, but would prefer ten.
“1 think if action was taken im
mediately we could make our trial
trip on the 18th of March and I also
think we are the logical one^ for
the job. It would be but a small
matter to extend the route to Nome
[ and other interior points after once
established.
“Do not think this Is a pipe dream
1 because it would lie the easiest thing
imaginable if Washington would sanc
' lion it and give us the opportunity
| or proving our contention."
BELIEVES AUSTRIA
WILL BE SPLIT UP
SOME YEARS YET
LONDON, Dee. 2tl.—Councillor Ju
lius Meinl, probably the wealthiest
man in Austria, in discussing the
present and future of the Dual Mon
archy, said: “Austria-Hungary will
itself be a future League of NationsJ
and I would i)ot be surprised to sea;
the organization of this league es
poused by President Wilson.” Dr.
Me'nl expressed the fear that for
some years Austria Hungary will be
so split up by the “false idea of self
domination” that ail economic ties
will be broken and each new nation
will rear an economic wall against
every other nation, which will be dis
asterous because every section is de
pendent o* every other.
REAL CHAMPAGNE
IS SECURED FOR
LAUNCHING BOATS
PORTLAND. Ore , Dec. 17.—Al
though official christenings of car
go carriers which slide from Port
land ways from time to time are
made with apple juice, loganberry
juice or ginger ale, due to the diffi
culty of getting the “real article”
in dry territory, it has been learned i
that none of the ships launched by
the Northwest Steel Company has
been water-borm- without having
an additional, although unofficial i
christening with t ‘ ampagne.
TESTING MATERIAL
FOR CONCRETE BOATS
FOR JAPAN NATION
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17. —
Testing Bilico-concrete as a mate
rial for shipbuilding, the Japanese
government has supervised, the con
struction of a boat at Fukuyawa,
near Tokio, according to an official
of a Japanese steamship company
here.
If the experiment is successful a
number of 100-ton vessels for Jap
anese coast trade will be built of
the concrete mixture it was said,
"s lumber is expensive in Japan.
The silico-concrete boat is said to
he 40 per cent lighter than she
would have been under ordinary
concrete construction and 25 per
cent, lighter than if steel had been
used. *
WOODROW WILSON
IS BOULEVARD IN
LOS ANGELES CITY
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17.—“Wood
row Wilson Boulevard’’ is the name
i he road connecting Laurel Can
yon with the Boy- Scouts Camp, in
I the Hollywood section, will be
! known by in the future.
Land for a sixty-foot boulevard
was recently granted the city by
Mrs. Harry T. Smith, providing the
i highway was named in honor of the
President. The donation with the
stipulation was accepted.
WE SAVE YOU MONEY
on Xmas gifts, cut glass, silver,
clocks and numerous other articles
on our "Uargafn Counter,” at half
price.
OSTROM & SIMPSON,
Jewelers and Opticians.
LET US DO YOUR
CHRISTMAS BAKING
THIS YEAR
We are taking order* from
housewives daily for cakes.
“A good housewife knows
good cake."
Fruit and pound cakes
now ready.
San Francisco Bakery
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GATHERING WITNESSES
FOR INVESTIGATION OF
PRINCESS SOPHIA WRECK
Witnesses to appear at the Inves
tigation of the Princess Sophia dis
aster, are beinig secured in Juneau.
The witnesses will leave on the:
Princess Mary, sailing January 2, I
and their expenses will be paid by |
the Canadian Government through!
the Wreck Commission.
The hearings will take place at
Victoria early In January.
FORD BRANCHES OUT.
DETROIT, Dec. 17.—Henry Ford
lias purchased 154 acres of land on
Green Island on Hudson river di
rectly opposite Troy, where he will
erect great factory, employing 25,
000 men, for making farm tractors. 1
If satisfactory arrangements can be:
made with the Government for wa-!
ter power smelter plants will be
added.
TO ASSIST RUSSIA.
LONDON Pec. 17.—Great Brit
ain, to assist provisional govern
ment of Russia lias established a
new rouble basis at fixed rate of
exchange of 40 roubles to 1 pound
sterling. Money thus received will
be deposited in the Bank of Eng
land as a reserve to insure convert
ibility of Russia's notes into Sterl
ing at the above rate.
CHOICE EATING APPLES.
Extra fine, at the California Gro
cery, $3.00 per box. Phone1 478.
GOLDSTEIN'S EMPORIUM will
be open Saturday, Monday and
Tuesday evenings.
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Xmas presents — Moccasins, Bas
kets, furs and curios. W. H. Case.
NEW CARDS AT CARTWRIGHT’S
We can furnish blank Christmas
cards \rith designs ready to print or
write on. Cartwright’s Stationery,
Store, next to Postoffice.
OTHER POWERS
ARE LOOKING '
TO AMERICA
(Continued from Page One.)
poned until after the peace Congress
convenes in Versailles.
The five principles referred to
concern the demand for the freedom
of the seas, opposition to secret di
plomacy, the stand against interna
tional economic barriers, the proposal
for a reduction of armaments and
that for a League of Nations.
Senator Lodge is said to have de
clared that no treaty can he made
binding upon America without the
consent of the Senate. He declared
that untoward events could be avoid
ed if the Senate expressed itself
frankly in advance. He said the
President erred in ignoring the Sen
ate.
Lodge said “we no longer need a
Navy on the Atlantic; but we need
a powerful fleet in the Pacific."
MEETING POSTPONED
PARIS, Dec. 21.—The preliminary
peace meeting has been postponed
until February, on account of Pros!
■ dent Wilson’s visit to England, and
time needed to develop the recon
struction program resulting from tho
British elections, which will keep Pre
mier Lloyd George busy until that
time.
OPEN DIPLOMACY BEST
PARIS, Dec. 21.—Lord Northcllffe
believes that open diplomacy and dis
cussion are needed at the Peace
Congress. He declared that secrecy
qnd half truths are bad for any pub
lic conference; that the days of sec
ret conclaves have gone with the old'
order of things. With the business
of the conference done in the open,
he . thinks, the chance to get an
equitable and lasting peace settlement
will be greatly enhanced.
MUCH TIMBER FOR
AEROPLANES WAS
CUT ALONG COAST
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PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 14.—More
than 152,066,2/18 feet of first class
airplane lumber was produced in the
Pacific Coast Northwest during the
war" through the efforts of the Spruce
Division of the United States Army
Signal Corps, it was announced here.
In addition fourteen million feet Of
lower grade lumber was shipped for
use in less important wooden parts
of airplanes.
Xmas flowers, holly wreaths and
baskets; leave orders; Juneau Flor
ists.
NEW CARDS AT CARTWRIGHT’S
We can furnish blank Christmas
cards with designs ready to print 6r
write on. Cartwright's Stationery,
Store, next to Postoffice.
Useful Xmas Gifts.
' Percolators "Universal,” all sises
and shapes at Goldstein's Emporium.
Make Yourself an Useful
Xmas Present!
We have a good line of
used heaters, different styles
and sizes, for wood and coal.
Ranges in best condition:
Majestic $35, Banquet $32.50,
Wonder $25 and $35 and
many more.
Cook stoves $10 and up.
stove pipe, chimney tops made
to order, best materials.
Sanitary Plumbing Co.
(Master Plumbers)
Phone 493 - Willoughby Ave.
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Lots of ’Em
We have loti of latiified
CUSTOMERS,
But we want YOU!
(Start the month right)
GOLD BELT LAUNDRY
Phone 299, lee A. Bicker
Weather Conditions as Recorded by the U. S. Weather
Bureau.
£OCA£ DATA
BAROMETER TEMP. * TIMIDITY WIND TEL. W1AT1XB
8:00 a. m. . 30.17 33 86 S E. 10 Snow
12:00 Noon . .. 30.18 35 93 • S.E. 8
CABLE REPORTS FOR J4 HOURS ENDING AT 8 A. M. TODAY
__YESTERDAY |
_ TODAY
Highest Ip. m.
Temp. Temp. |
Preep.
' Lowest 8 a. m. Last 24 t a. m.
Temp. Temp. Hours Waathe
Nome . 6 6
Tanana .-20 -20
Eagle .-6 -20
Valdez . 30 30
Juneau . 32 32
Sitka . 34 32
Prince Rupert . 36 32
Seattle . 44 42
Portland . 46 46
San Francisco . 56 50
« 10 .08 Cldy
-20 -10 .20 Cldy
-20 14 Cldy
8 30 .28 Snow
31 33 .38 Sno^r
40 42 .01 Cldy
38 38 0 Cldy
42 60 .20 dr