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MEMORIAL DAY BE OBSERVED TOMORROW: STORES TO CLOSE Tomorrow in commemoration of Memorial Day, a number of 111 stores will be closed and a g n ral holiday spirit will prevail on tint Island throughout the entire day. Special exercises in honor of the occasion will be held in the Liberty Theatre starting at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. The program will cbnsist of several musical numbers, a reading and an address by Ii<• v. O. A. Stillman. At the close of the exorcist , tin children will all form in line for the march to ‘he wharf where flow ers will he thrown on the. water. From there the march will ice con tinued to the cemetery and tin mem ory of those lying burled there will be honored with flowers. SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS - IS ENTERTAINED A party and luncheon were given on Tuesday afternoon of this week by Rev. and Mrs. Stillman for the Junior Girls' Sunday School class and teacher, Miss Mamie Feusi. in the social rooms of the church. An enjoyable time was reported by the young people. -♦ ENROUTE SOUTH E. E. Weschonfeider representing the Douglas Masonic Lodge No. 124, and Miss Mary Garn, represent ing the Northern Light Rebekah Lodge No. 1, of tills city were amongst the passengers leaving on the Admiral Rogers yesterday after noon. LEAVES FOR FISHING BANKS Mr. and Mrs. William Miller left on their boat this morning for Tenakee where they will complete their outfitting preparatory to start fishing for the summer. DANCING GLASS TONIGHT. Miss Ruth Mitchell announces that the last dancing class of the season will be given in Douglas tonight. -+■■*■+ Famous Polo Player De clared Insane. , *... _ . jjfcftA.DEVEREAUy ] j. Antelo Devereaux, of Phila delphia, world famous polo player and socially prominent, has been adjudged Insane and sent to an asylum. His mental condition was declared by physicians to be due to falls he suffered in polo matches ■ ml in the hunting field. ' Women Need Swamp-Root . Thousands or women have kidney and bladder trouble and never sus pect It. Women’s complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys are not in a healthy condition, they may ca^se the other organs to become diseased. Pain in the back, headache, loss of ambition, nervousness, are often times symptoms of kidney trouble Don’t delay starting treatment. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, a physi cian’s prescription, obtained at any drug store, may be Just tho remedy needed to overcome such conditions. Get a medium or large size bottle Immediately from any drug store. However, If you wish firBt to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing hamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle When writing be sure and mention: this paper. (advertisement.) j Madison Square Garden Will Afford Ample Facilities to Small Army. (Continued trots 'Page One.) going into facilities for transmitting the news of the sessions throughout the world without delay. When completed the accommodations, in point of size and completeness, will exceed anything heretofore installed under ono roof for a single event. There will he desks for 850 work ing repcrte,rs in flic main auditor- j iuni, on platforms encircling and only three feet below the speakers'] platform, which in itself will seat] 300 persons. Each desk will com mand a good view of the speakers' platform and of the entire auditor ium as well. Each will be readily accessible to telegraph, telephone and wireless stations in the Garden basement, and to die battalions of messengers who will shuttle between tho news writers and the news send ers. Two wide runways, which the an!-! mala are wont to tread from the j underground tnuiageiies to the street level ar-'iia when the circus is in town, will lead from the rear of the press section to the senders’ sta tions. Down there, replacing the animal quarters, tiie Garden swim ming tank, the property rooms, and tiie portable cloak rooms, will be the heart of tiie news broadcasting sys tem. Facilities For 1,000 There will be facilities for 1,000 editors and telegraph operators. Eight hundred telephones will be installed for the special use of news paper men. Thirty-six workrooms will he set up for news associations, domestic and foreign, and for indi vidual representatives of the out-of town press. Cable and wireless companies will maintain substations, and radio ap ! YEA BO—LET S GO TO TAKU HARBOR ON THE MOTOR VESSEL ALMA SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1924. ATTRACTIONS Fishing — Cut Throat, Rainbow and Salmon Trout. Hiking — Fine beach for the kiddies. Sc2 one of the biggest salmon canneries in Alaska. Bring your lunch—The ship will supply free coffee. Fare for the round trip—$1.50 Adults; Fare fcr the round trip, | 75 cents, children under 12. Cheaper than staying at home. Euy your tickets of Hotels Grs tineau and Zynda, Guy Smith’s, Dcuglar, and office of the Junaau Ferry & Navigation Co., 35 Front Street, Juneau. Alma leaves Juneau 7:30 A. M. —Returns before 8 P. M. I I ! SHIRTS—SHIRTS—SHIRTS Men’s Dress Shirts Men’s Wool Shirts Men’s Working Shirts A new lot at a reasonable price. F. A. J. GALLWAS DEY GOODS NOTIONS Phone Douglas 17 DOUGLAS paratus will ba centered there for such convention high lights as are to bo broadcast. In remote places, away from the din of the instru ments of communication, will be several loud-speakers leading from the auditorium overhead. A taxi stand for newspapermen will he maintained at the nearest entrance; a restaurant will serve them light refreshments without charge. Good lights, a specially installed ventilat ing system costing $S,000, and com fortable furniture will he innovations at which veteran convention news handlers will he entitled to rub their eyes. The New' York Newspaper Club has undertaken to establish a lei-1 lowship with visiting members of! the profession, through Charles G. j Hambrldgc, its former President and j one of its founders. Two floors have been taken over in addition to the club's established headquarters for th convention per iod. Dining room fa< llities and ac commodations for the preparation of: news will be greatly enlarged, and; lounges, libraries and amusement; rooms will be extended. The club will have a program of! convention entertainments all itsj own, which will include Indoor as well as outdoor diversion. The faa-1 ture of the latter promises to be u j midnight frolic at Coney Island, in ■ which it is expected upwards of 2,-| 000 of the journalistic craft, local! and out-of-town, will particinate. -.zrT: l__. Paint Service for you When y. a want paint or varnish, usually you want it quick! That’s where the Fuller deal ers come in! t They will furnish any kind of paint or varnish you need. If temporarily out of stock it will be obtain ed for you from a nearby Fuller Branch within 1 'twenty-four hours. —there’s a Fuller Wholesale Branch close to every Fuller I dealer. There’s no delay—and ! the stock is fresh. That’3 ■ Fuller Service. 1 Consult a Fuller Dealer about your painting problem. He will be glad to serve you. Send for our free book “Home i Painting.” i FOR ANY FULLER PRODUCT CONSULT THE NEAREST FULLER DEALER: C. W. Young Co. W. P. ^FULLER & CO. 301 Mission Street, San Francisco 21 Crunches in Pacific Coast Cities I j PIONEER WHITE LEAD 2425 historian Now Heads Swedish Academy. Svbjst HE,IW I ...- ..«<y-r Sven Hadin, of Stockholm, dis tinguished historian, has been elected president of the National Academy of Science of Sweden. As such he will play a prominent part it the selection of the Nobel prize winners in the world of science. m-————————S I II Visit I SITKA HOT SPRINGS I Ra*03 $3.00 Per Day and Dp | Dr. F. L. Goddard, Prop. ! Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S. Weather Bureau. — - - Forecast for Juneau and vicinity tor 24 hours betonninp 8 p m. today: | Kuiu tonight anil Friday; modeate southeasterly .winds. LOCAL DATA Barora. Temn. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 8 p. in. yest'y.30.20 47 82 S 10 Rain ! 8 a. m. today.30.11 49 88 SE 5 Rain 12 noon Uday 30.03 53 79 S 4 Cldy CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS I I'JO A rj IVA/A 1 Highest 8 p.rn 4tnt1o»m— temp. temp. | ; Yukon . 66 66 Ncorvik . 68 68 Xomg . 54 4 8 Bethel . 58 52 Tanana .—.. 68 62 Sagii . 70 60 Fairbanks . 72 60 McKinley Park... 54 52 Anchorage . 60 52 St. Paul i.. 4 0 3 4 Dutch Harbor .... 4 2 40 Kodiak . 44 4 2 Cordova . IS 4 6 Juneau . 55 47 SHlta .. 52 4 8 Prince Rupert .... 56 52 Edmonton . 66 64 Seattle . 64 64 Portland . 68 68 San Francisco .... 88 76 I I \PXJA. I liOWeit la.M. « a.in. r'recip, 8 a.in. temp. teuip. Velocity 24 hr*. WeAthw %% :>8 — o Ft. Cl !> 34 36 — .06 Cl(ly 38 42 8 .01 Rain 38 46 * 0 Cldy 36 54 — 0 Clear 4 8 54 — 0 Cldy 40 58 •—• 0 Clear, 4 0 46 24 0 Cldy 44 48 ♦ 0 Cldy 34) 3 2 — 0 Cldy 40 40 — -i Cldy 40 42 — — Cldy 42 46 • 1.28 Cldy. 46 49 5 .53 Rain 46 56 — .56 Pt. Cldy s 5 0 50 * 0 Clear 48 48 * 0 Cloar 62 72 12 0 Clear *—Less than 10 miles. Ntrt'D: e/bservationa at Prime Rupert, Edmonton Seattle, Portland ■ nd San Francisco are made at « a.m and 4 p. m., Juneau time. An offshoot from the Aleutian low pressure area moved north ward to the Arctic Ocean yesterday and produced light showers In the vicinity of Seward Pcnnsula last night. Another moderate dis 1 uibailee is off the Southeastern coest this morning, and the pressure i- rising rapidly in the Interior and slowly in the north Pacific States. Light to moderate precipitation has fallen on the coast from Aleutian Islands to Puget Soi»l. Temperatures were higher near Seward Peninsula yesterday and are considerably lower in that victn I tty this morning. --_____________ Let’s all get together and Boost Juneau. Boost every institution and undertaking in Juneau. Every time you patronize home trade you are showing both faith and loyalty to our city. If its quantities and qualities you want, don’t send your money away from home. Let your home mer chants figure with you. When you patronize home industry you boost your home town as well as yourself. In the long run it is economy to buy at home and more satisfactory. Empire Printing Go. PHONE 374 THE NEWLYWEDS r \ nr-5 r i r-y - " w ■. / 1 ■ —r By CHARLES McMANUS "I if ]—II 1.1-"' P ' ... - i # ■ 7 1 . 1 1 —"■'I mi ^ r I . i , • •• , ■ ■ v i . I i : . , i. ' i * JUST ARRIVED j . 500 APRONS, HOUSE DRESSES, CHILDREN’S CREEPERS and SPRING SUITS Best full line in the city. Wonderful bargains. I', will pay you to see thenr* land learn our prices. HOME GROCERY j Phone 138. | No Waiting j Two chairs are for your use at the | ^ 0. K. Barber Shop *----IZi USED FURNITURE Bought. Sold and Exduuun4 N. ROCOVICH 211 Seward Street. Teles hone 441. P. 0. Box III. - ^ r Designer i AFTER NOON AND EVENING GOWNS A SPECIALTY. | Mrs. Judith Miller Phone 2651 10th ft B. St. t --« j - ^RELIABLE TRANSFER f ! Phone 149. Rea. 148 J Courtesy and Good Servioa i ^_Oar Motto. _| '-— JAMES T. CUNLIFFE Plumbing and Heating Job Work Neatly Dona Alaskan Hotel Bldg. Phone Single 8 Let’s Go to “Bingo’*” for a real hair cat and shave at Mm 0. K. Barber Shop «-— .--y RUSSIAN STEAM BATHS i Open Wednesday* and Saturday* I 1 P. M. to 12 Midnight : GASTINEAU AVENUE j '■- -1 Dr. M. P. Stanley f | | Physician and Sorgaaa | | 308-10 Haight Building, 8s* Or.d Aveuue and Pin* Street, Seattle, Wash. Electronic Reaction! of Dr. Albert Abram*. Diagnosis Treatment 0 ■■■■■■ ■ - " " ■■ ■ ■» ENLARGEMENTS We have just installed one of the latest machines for making enlargement*. Bring in your favorite negative. We will demon* strate the machine to you. Enlargements now receive the same daily service Wf give on Kodak finishing Your inspection invited •-*-- —if All Alaskan Trails End at | HOTEL ATWOOD First Are. and Pins St., Ssattls 1 Popular Prless—Nearest ] to Everythin*. i TED TAYLOR, Pro*. * '■-■■■ - — ■' “ 1 '»«li Old bundles or newspapers at lYk* Empire, 26 cents. .