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Illllll!llllin!!'’!!!!!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lllllllllll!l!lllllllllllllllllllll||||||||||!lllllllllllllllllllll!!nillllllllllllllllinilllllllllllll^ Ckoose Gifts From tke | * 3BS5 Garment Section j There is always something practical in a pretty dress, suit or coat; §| you ere certain of getting something that will certainly be appreciated. We §= feel sure you will be interested in the price reductions that are being made on == ^ the present lines of merchandise. ... • •* ; = fg GIFT THINGS IN TABLE LINENS j--T CHILDREN’S SILK HOSE g Everything in linen luncheon •: CHILDREN S COATS Silk hose for children who §= nd breakfast sets, plum and cm- Now is the time to select that wear sizes 7 to 9. They come m ss E? broidered. . t i-..i t » i . black, while and brown. H ; new coat tor little folks and nave = I $4.75 to $13.50 a set. it ready [or the deljght 0| Christ- _ $1.75 a pair._ g f. CREPE LUNCHEON CLOTHS mas m0!nin8- Toys will make ' WOMEN’S BATH ROBES 1 D • , T 1 l them happy but a new coat will IDEAL FOR GIFTS Printed Japanese luncheon 1 1J T == cloths make a practical gift for make them happier still. They With trimmings of satin, silk || gr one who likes sensible presents. too have been reduced. girdle cord. W $2.50 each. [_ $9.50 to $30.00. J jg DAINTY BOUDOIR CAPS ‘‘KAYSER’S” ITALIAN SILK WOOL HOSE MAKE H Always a pretty and appro- VEST A*® BLOOMERS A NICE GIFT I priate gift for milady. Many Vests come in bodice style. We are showing them in many I enay?* ■*-* ==-- cate shades. Vest*, $3.75., er mixtures. $1.35 to $5.50 each. Bloomers, $4.50. 85 cents to $3.50 a pair. |g IN THE MEN’S STORE THERE ARE MANY SPLENDID GIFTS > U r GIVE HIM A HAT > SILK SHIRTS COLLAR BAGS - I In new styles and shades. A 7*™* of slJ'JPe. P*1*™* ' Leather and nicely ^ed iE and plain colors. All sizes. •< CA . *c aa | $5.00 U $8.00. $9.00 and $9.50. ***** jg OR A PAIR OF SHOES HANDKERCHIEFS NECKTIES EE Wl . ij i l- „ Men’s handkerchiefs for ^en 8 neckties. All What would please him more Christmas. styles. M $7.50, $8.00 and $8.50. 25 to 75 certs. ‘ " 85 cento to $2.75. jg | DOLLS—Half Price-DOLLS 1 . i ■ mi • ————————————— z~ REED UPHOLDS WOMEN’S JURY ACT AND D1MOND ACT IN MEMO OPINION (Continued rrim, --aige on<u; j'lij annc-ling of jurors was not with Hie power of the Alaska Legii 1aji.ro, declared Judge Reed artcr ' v mining the contention that such not a rightful subject of legls 1 • • ui under Section nine of the Qr ■ <i lc Act. Citing an opinion of thp federal Supreme Court, Judge Reed raid: “The Court then, stating this has been the uniform construction by all Territorial Legislatures not disap proved by any action of Congress, confirms the opinion, warranted by ♦he plain language of the Organic Act itself, that the wohle suhjert matter of jurors Is committed to Territorial regulation. “This decision settles the matter as to the manner of selection, sum-j monlug and impaneling Jurors being a rightful subject of lelgjslatlon by! Territorial Legislature#.” Jude Reed went at some length In considering the power of the Legis lature to alter, amend or repeal Sec tions >119 and 2120 of the Compiled I-aws of Alaska enftted by Congress He declared that "the Legislative as sembly of Alaska for 10 years last past has bosk repealing, modifying end amending sections of the Code of Civil Procedure end of the Code df Criminal Procedure end the Clvl> and Orlml—I Cedes enacted by Con ftrcsgT* aad "no affirmative action has hemt taken hr Congress annul! isg «( NfMkMf tfch fthorHy thut^, [assumed" This view. It was stated, [has been taken by both the Appel j late Court and th" Federal Supreme I Court In eases riled. In conclusion, on this question, the Court said: “I am strongly of the opinion,: therefore, that there Is nothing that would Inhibit the Legislative assent* ! bly of Ihr Territory from amending! the Sections of the Compiled Laws t relating to tho manner of selection, and the qualifications of Jurors, in ] the Territory of Alaska, and further, that the Courts of the Territory must '•■cognise the local statutes of the Territory regulating the manner of selection and qualification of jurors." Women Qualified to Act The third and last contention, that women, by reason of their sex. were disqualified to sit on the grand jury, was also rejected by the Court 1 •'The content.lon Is," said the opinion. "that the grand Jury contemplated! by the Constitution of the TTnlted States was a common law grand Jury ns it existed at the time of the adop tion of the Constitution. That a -rand jury at that time waa composed nf men only and that, therefore, a! ?rand jury composed partly of wo men, not being a body such as eras ontemplated at the adoption of the "onstitutlon, any bill found by It vould be Invalid." Judge Hoed reviewed the history 1 >f common law custom and practice < md tba rdasona for requiring Jury < lervioa «C mm *bl7 «•*» **• Id 1 iiiiilllllUfUlllUiUllllluilUllllllltllllmliil I the light at history, be asserted '"the political and civil statute o | women at the time ot and prior t( > the adoption of the Constitution wa: . such that a Jury wholly or partly o j women could not be reasonably heli to be a Jury composed of the ac cused's peers, as guaranteed by th< Constitution.” Me added that tht Xlheteenth Amendment has altered their statute and women, therefore 'are the peer* of any persons In the United States. If the reason for the inhibition has railed, the Inhibition should also fall." Tt was pointed out that the Alaskan Legislature, by authority from Congress, "conferred on women who were citizens of the United States the elective franchise, thus making them qualified electors In the Territory. This grant of the Legislature carried with It all the rights, privileges and ’immunities of citlsens of the United States; and thns, under the Fourteenth Amend ment to the Constitution, carried with it the right of Jury aervlee, of not by the very act itself, certainly when the right was granted by competent authority." “I cannot concede that ta this day and ago. especially after the adop tion of tha Nineteenth Amendment, :hat there Is any rational basis for :he exclusion of women from Jury icrvlee on account of sex.” DIRCOVIftY OF COAL FIBLD DUt TO LIQHTNINt FLASH SMHNOFtBLS. «!., Bee. It.— A Inah of lightning, veil over a hnn Irad yean ago caused the Rlaeevery >f coal la the Maslsslppl Talley, iccerdtag to tha written word of htkri Latin HgtaoRfa, whoae roc 4 . | ords are on file on the shelves of the local historical society. The Monks of La Trappe located in Madison County in 1807 and Fa ther Louis was their historian. That year they found themselves short of fuel, his narrative shows. Their blacksmiths complained. of the lack. | On being infornnxL.that the earth. | near the foot of a tree which had j been struck by lighning, was afire, , the monks went to the spot. Dig glng a little below surface thryi discovered a vein of coal, the first in the Northwest Territory. -• WOMEN OF BERLIN AROUSED BY MUZZLE YOUR DOG ORDER — ! BERLIN, Dec. 18. — A war of worda Is r« 1 ( between! women who , on one | side and the n>e at c -owners' of dogs on tl o ’ started when the poi --e i t et. tt again an order re a 1 i to be muzzled and et ■ i i vhen in the stroets. Th. .■ i. jg fan ciers charge n . h mply a1 moans of pe soccft-.K th !or tak ing the mui 'os »h« tie pots | and letting : ;e /- run in the tlergart The pollc 1 h *der by charging th lor running, loose about r a--ve come a! nuiaance an < uaee public! health, and n*1 of dogs; are arguing a 1 tie un acesaaryi waste of fc 1 i c.ula'. ti.ag the!1 doge. ■The war •- I :'-»mg con-j ducted them < ■ n of com munlcatlona ‘.v-. -.--pete. - BjjjW • -•»•» * tl*ksn ,dM n» laplnb da 'tt-.y •«. ,-t «». CANN SUSPENDS i WORK AT MINES! I • _ i! Brings Crew Back to Town j —Satisfactory Progress j Is Made This Year. - ! Work for the Beason has beenj suspended at the ElNldo and Apex mines, properties of J. H. Cann and associate*, situated at Lisianski In let, according to Mr. Cann who ar -ived here Sunday night, accompan ied by Mrs. Cann. All of the crew except two men which had been em ployed there since early last. Spring ; "-as brought in to town by Mr. j Cann. Work during the past season pro rr ssed very satisfactorily and the| : ,-amp is in first class condition for the winter, said Mr. Cann, Con-! ■dderablo development work was done, a ten-stamp mill was installed,1 a road completed leading to the mill from the beach which will serve all! the properties in the basin, and other activities i arried forward. Mill operation is expected to start late, in the Spring next year. Some 30' days' additional work remains to l>e done before ore can he delivered] regularly to the mill. This will be undertaken as soon as the crews are] ‘put on next Spring and completed] ! as quickly ns possible. | Mr. and Mrs. Cann will remain here for several days. Sometime after! the holidays they expect to leave j f„r the South for a few weeks. He ! will return to be in readiness to re ! sume work at the camp about March _^ League Shows Interest in 50-50 Marriage i GENEVA, Dee. IS.—Everybody eon i nertnd with the League of Nations I is interested in a pretty little ro-i j mance between modest League work | ers which has joined together in mntrimony the Impoverished son of a former great Russian magnate and a beautiful young noblewoman, descendant of one of the oldest fam ilies of the former great Russian i empire, both of them exiles from , Russia as a result of the Soviet ' revolution. M. Pastouhoff, the bridegroom, 'whose father was the fabulously wealthy owner of the Donets coal | mines in Southern Russia, has an i humble position as interpreter at 'he League and there he met and , wooed Countess Ouvaroff, of a fam ily of ancient lineage, despoiled of title and fortune, who dons not : scorn to labor daily as typist and i Slavic secretary in the political sec tion. Wedded, both these young Rus sians will continue their League ■ work, for the countess must sup no rt her aged grandmother, now an exile in Jugoslavia. FINNEGAN GOES WESTWARD Capt. J. J. Finnegan principal own I er of the Kanatak townsite and in terested In the Cold Bay oil fields I with the Associated Oil Company, which is drilling for oil in that country, left for the Westward on the Alaska. He will visit Kanatak on business, and return to Juneau 1 before going South to spend the re-1 mainder of the winter. Lost something? Ton can get It1 back by using the "Lost and Found' column of The Bssnlrs. ___■__— -——— ; -- I! . S'' GOLDSTEIN’S EMPORIUM “THE OUT STORE” ———————- .... i HOWARD | Watches i - What equals the gift of a How and Watch! A van will priso a ^ fine watch like the Howard above any other possession. L J. SHAR1CK Jeweler and Optician ty s al Jnnean, Alaska j ar **» ,'llllHIIIIIIIIIIII|||imill||||llllllllllllllllllllllllll|llllllllimillllllllllllllllllllllllllllll'} GIVE A SET OF DISHES { ' FOR A LASTING AND USEFUL GIFT j i We have four dandy patterns to choose from. ~ See our window display for prices. § JUNEAD HARDWARE CO. | ‘‘GIVE IT WITH HARDWARE” __ | Open evenings unril after Christmas. 8 '.iiimiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiimiiiiiimiiimiimiimiMtumiiiiiMtiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiib? TAILORING The holiday season is near at hand when evening suits will be in demand. See if your dress suit it in order. If it is not in order, now is the time to prepare for it. We make them. - F. WOLLAND, Merchant Tailor. » Gifts for Men I mm s Choose from a full line of i HIGH GRADE CIGARS | IN CHRISTMAS BOXES | Shokers’ Articiles and Supplies of All Kinds | AT THE i ALASKAN HOTEL j AND THE | ARCTIC CIGAR STORE | DAVE HOUSE!, Proprietor. 1 We Mail and Deliver * ■ *25 iitiiiittiiniiiiiimiiiiiiiHMimtiiiiiiiiiimimuiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiicittiniiiimHinir miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiMiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiHti CORONA j For Christmas { WILL MAKE YOUR BOY OR GIRL HAPPY I IT COSTS NOTHING TO SEE THEM J J. B. BURFORD & CO. 1 liiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiimiiiiiiimiiHimmiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiii ...... -* iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimitt The Nation’s - 1 Finest Cigarsl niinnniiuinninnnnminnmiinniimniiiinminmmTniiimnnmnm'- | • ' i > 1 WEBSTERS 1 CARABANAS 1 SAY-SO 1 FLOR DE MOSS | MARK HOPKINS ] v The most acceptable Christmas present for hua- § band, brother or sweetheart. | All shades and styles of packages. ALL DEALERS] lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIHIINIHiniaiMIIHIIinilNr 1 . — . ; " ■■ FINE POULTRY ”SZ?2r DELIVERY HOUR aiSitSBt:. FRTE-BRUHN MARKET . , ... - .•'•"!■ f.;p|r «? ? ■; .' »■ jjjgfl • • ’•'* •' • ■ •' • / sv$; 216 Front Street. ^honet—Shop 426, lea. 13C 0 YOUR • DNUBBU- ASSETS—that VOTTR "UNUSED" ASSL. pewrlter, musical tnetrnment fur- iyrt»rlior. muetcal incimiert rur ture. otloe fixture or applla '«— niiure, • fffoe fixture or Appl’ancof * » marketable, for eaah, through are marketable. or throorch » elaaalfled oolurnns Of The ■tipira. be das;,;fled- column* of The Empire,