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Gloues are being
worn again by
the weu dressed
WOmen

You will be delighted with the style, the
beauty and the quality Of the gloves you get
here Come see these fashionable gloves
and consider their low prices, some mighty
good Christmas Gift Suggestions among these
gloves, too.
Full length brown strap wrist gloves,
only sl.95 pair.
Full P. K. strap wrist Gloves in tans and
brown for $3.50 a pair are noticeable Tor
their good value.
French kid strap wrist Gloves in all colors,
at $3.50 pair.
Full pique 12-button length Gloves in
beaver, tans and browns, formerly 50 pair,
Saturday, only s3.75 a pair.
Fownes' first quality two-clasp French Kid
Gloves. all the fashionable cOlOrs ere ex
ceptionally good values, at s2.G0 a pair:
Two-clasp Lamb Gloves, IN brown, black
and black with white embroidery, special
Saturday for sl.00 pair.
Ladies Auto Gloves, in grey or brown,
regularly $500 a pair; Saturday, $3.50
pair.
Fabric Gloves, in all colors. at 5sc, 6se
and 75c a pair.
Strap Wrist Gloves, fabric, regularly s1.oo,
special for 75c.
Very pretty novelty cuff embroidered
Gloves, fabric, beaver, brown and mode. $500
a pair. Glove Dept, First Floor.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
FEDERAL INTERVENTION.

WASHINGTON, March 3l.--Fed-
eral intervention in industrial con-
fficts like he impending coal strike
must necessarily be based on the
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
AMERICAN LEGION
Department IS
RETAINED HERE
Effort to Remove Department
Headquarters from Here
Easily Defeated.

BY a decisive y.6 scg-.cs to the
American L@g:p1 convention now in
session &, X @...kln. yesterday re
fused to move Alaska department
headquarters from this city. where i,
has been maintained since the organ
ization Of the department. This ac-
tion settles the question of removal
Tor ano ther wear. at least, and pos.
sibly for longer than that,
Information of the above action
was received n Telegram received
yesterday afternoon by Walter b.
King from A. G. Fishc- Commander
or tho local American Legion Post,
who is attending ne convention as a
delegate. The motion 70 . remove
headquarters was defeated by a vsee
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
Gun CLUB Will Il.
Give BIG SHOW
This EVENING
Splendid Vaudeville and Con-
cert Is Prepared Event
at Coliseum.

Tonight at the Coliseum Theater
the juneau Shotgun & Rifle Club will
rive q vaudeville and concert to raise
funds for the Junior Club and other
essentials. The program to be given
is a splendid one and the advance
sale OF tickets Indicates that the
Coliseum VIII have the standing
room only" sign out long before s
o'clock whom the program is adver.
''sfd to start. The complete program
to,lisht is as follows:
Concert .........-.-.... BRAKES Orchestra
irish JieS ...-.,.. ,..-.... Sailors Hornpipe'
Grace Nashel. Elizabeth pullen, Made.
line RossGl1e.
Vocal IEIet ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-..-......,..,.. ''The Garden of My Heart"
Miss Irene Nelson. Mr.. George Os.
we'll. accompanied by Mrs L.
p. Dawes.
lfH'no@e Fan Dance Gladys Naghel
ecal> D,nce ..,.,.. Mary lAlyce Graves
Vocal olo-'Parted" (rostt)
......-.....-...-.......... Mrs. L. p. Dawes
OGigato. Mrs Lester Gore. Accom-
PANIED by Mrs. Geo. Simpkins.
Waltz Clog-Buck and Wing -.
). -..-,-.-..,.....-.-....---... Dorothy Stearns
Character Dance-"Alice Blue
Gown --,---..-.-..-... Elizabeth Pullen
Hula Hula --...-.....--..- Maxine Rosselle
Reading -'Grandmother's Minuet'
....,.--.-....-.........,... Mrs. J. c.. Mcbride
Assisted by Elizabeth PuIlen and
Grace Naghel.
Spanish Toe Dance. Dorothy Stearns
Dragon Fly Dance Frances Harland
Vocal Solo-"From the Land OF the
Sky Blue Water (Catrnan) ........
...-.....-.~-...--..-.... Miss Connie Martin
Accompanied by Miss Lovice
Bostwick
Sword Dance ...-.........A... Grace Naghel
Greeting ............
.....a-.--......--...-...-. Madeline Rosselle
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
REGISTER! REGISTER /.
REGISTER!.!

Every resident of Juneau
who is a citizen owes it to Ju-
neau and himself to register
this week and vote next
week
Juneau belongs 10 the people
who live in it. and it is their
best hope for the future. 1t
is their duty to take care of
the city.
DO your duty, REGISTER
NOW, and VOTE NEXT TUES
DAY.
The registration books will
close Saturday, April /, at 5
p. m.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
HOUSE DOES NOTHING.

WASHINGTON. March 81. go The
wisdom of asking President Harding
to invite representatives OF the min
ers and operators to meet here today
at the eleventh hour IN an effort to
call off the coal strike WAS con-
sidered yesterday afternoon by the
House Labor Committee without any
act ION
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
WOOD TO THAW GROUND

The Yukon Gold Company has 1000
cords of wood assembled at its dfedse
on Gold Ran Creek. Klondike district,
with which to thaw the ground in
which che dredge will operate this
summer. The wood came from In
dian RWer Rob Roy Crock. Washing
ton Creek, Burnham Creek and one
OF the pups of upper Gold Run, and
most CT It was delivered by Andy
Taddie
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
B. N. Behrends Co., Inc.

OF 1G to Z. The names of the dele
gates vol .nG for removal were not
given.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31

existence of a public emergency af-
tocting the public which apparently
does net exist at present. This was
the statement made at the White
House this afternoon on the high
est authority. 1t is understood the
President feels while he cannot tell,
what may happen he sees no reason
at the present for use Of troops to
maintain peace in the coal fields or
10 take other measures in anticipa-
ton CT disorders.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
ONLY A FAIRY TALE.

W ANfII.NU V4N, II. ., NdIOII d J.
Andrew Furuseth, President of
the international Seamen's Union
characterized as only a fairy tale the
reports that Seattle seamen were
preparing for a sympathetic strike
with the miners,
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
NO COAL SHORTAGE.

rotary of Labor Davis, in state
ment last night. declared the coal
miners strike situation leaves no
excuse for an advance in coal
prices" and there was no prospect
OF coal shortage for the public
when the strike does come.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
NOT AFFECT STRIKE

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 80.
The Kansas State Industrial
Courts action extending the present
agreement between the miners and
operators will not affect the strike
which begins a midnight. This was
the statement made this afternoon
by President Lewis, of the United
Mine Workers
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
COAL. EQR. 81 DAYS.

this afternoon the coal stocks on
hand will hold out for 81 days if
the consumption is at the same
rate maintained during January and
February. This is according 10 es-
Inmates of the United Sttaes Geo
logical survey.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
SPARKS RETURNS NORTH

Victor l.. Sparks, Skagway boy
who earned local fame as a cartoonist
and left Skasway several years ago
and became an artist and cartoonist
in California. has returned to Skag-
way to visit relatives. He may re-
main at that place. He is a gradu-
ate Of the California School OF Arts
and Crafts. ~
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
SkAGWAY coy WEEDS

Fred F3nzo. Jr., whose father was
Deputy Marshal at Skagway under
The administration of II. l.. Faulk-
ner. and who is now connected with
Marshal George ID. Beaumont's force
at that place. WIS recently married
1T Seattle 70 Miss Coda c. Currler
of Seattle
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
KANSAS COURT ORDER.

TOPEKA, Kansas. March 81
The Kansas State Court of Industrial
Relations issued an order this morn
ing extending the present wage
agreement between gle miners and
operators for a period OF 80 days
after midnight toPisht
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
SPECIAL FERRY TONIGHT.

There VIII be special Terry 10
night to Douglas leaving Juneau al
.7:I5 O'Clock This is for the put
pose of taking those to Douglas to
attend the basketball game and then
later the F'iremcn's smoker.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31

Albert Vile, with NJ. Seller & Co,
visited in Juneau yesterday while the
Victoria was in port He has been
to the Interior and is now on his way
70 X etchikan.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-03-31
COAL MINES IN
TWENTY STATES
CLOSE | 5 TONIGHT
Half a Million Coal Miners
Are Slated to Quit Work
at Midnight.
Continued from Page One.)

dliated with the miners union and
the strike order has no effect.
Union miners. in the Crows \ 81
Pass fields are reported ready to quit
at midnight.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
M|NERS:PICkET'
=. n, Y. MANSION
Coal Strikers Use Novel Meth.
odt to Shame Mine Owner. F.

Striking miners employed by the
Rerwind-White coal mining COM
pany Of Somerset county,, Pa, are
picketing the palatial :. New York
residence of E.. J. Berwind@ while
other strikers and their wives picket
the coal company'sA offices in the
heart of the financial district. The
pickets, in front of-the Berwind man
sion carry, placards reading: -. - :,
lust Looking at E.. J. Berwind's
Home. We. !. His ~.Evicted Miners,
Have to Live in Tents: and Chicken
Coops." =
The company furnishes coal for
the city's subway system. and the
miners are urging the city to make
a thorough probe. of the mine
producing situation. James Marks,
vice president Of district No. q, Unit
ed Mine Workers, said average earn
ings at union mines in district No. 2
in 1921 were $14.60 a. week for. 31,-
929< miners paid on a tonnage basis.
And yet, just t6 get> the present
union scale. guaranteed by a union
contract would satisfy the strikers
IN the former non-union fields" said
Vice President Marks. ITO keep from
paying union rates under union con-
ditions have been : waging- six
months campaign of sevictions, as.
saults and jailings." 49,, 1x.4s'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11

| ame D uc k Congressman
Vaats Subsidy BIZ Enacted.

= -
Congressman Campbell chairman
of the powerful. rules committee Of
the house. wants congress to pass
the ship subsidy bill before March 4
next. r." - -. III Z
Congressman Campbell was de-
feated for renominationan and will re-
tire when this congress adjourns sine
die, March r.. Scores of other con-
gressmen- and several senator's Will
follow Mr.. Campbell, though they
will assist in making laws during the
short session Of congress. which con.
venes the first Monday in December
next and adjournss son March. :.
4 After election these ''lame ducks
will not be responsible to the public,
and tits. expected that then the ship
subsidy will be jammed through. a
large number OF federal jobssare to
be filled blythe President. who has
his heart set or the ship subsidy.
Among the, jobs are q score OF ap-
pointments'as as federal judges. These
positions have just been;
created, BY congress. Many sqfr the
''lame ducks have their. eyes OH.
these jobs, and IS not expected they
will stray from the party reservation;
when the ship subsidy bill Is under
3
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AS have been requested to do
so by parties, interested, now per-
nit me to: deal further, with these
officials figures as we find. them. =.
Divided by the number Of days
III the four-year period K 1863 they
show the average annual profit to
be 1920, I'll ,094 which. is very
substantially different from Senator
kellogg's declaration made public
on the floor Of the United States
Senate February II, 1920, that. ..sthe
railroads, are going back into pri-
vate ownership. not earning money
enough now to pay their operating
expenses and the; interest on their
bonds, lacking $50, 000,oo0 = year.
. This profit Of $5,682,844,376 in
four years indicates the minimum
profit. It, is, the very least that any
candid honest critic mustsgnecess-
arily. concede of,net profit, being the
amount actually distributed iii cash:
to the owners Of the stock and bonds:
plus the actual amount set aside
for such further distrib ibution.
On, page SO OF the interstate Com +
merce Commission report already
referred to- (191s) we read that
$l6, ,939, ,515,522 lis the net /, sum
which would be necessary to- pur-
chase these roads (alls railroads Of
the United statesSin ali classes and
In all sections together with their
investments, on the basis OF the par
value Of their stocks and bonds not 4
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11

.Furuseth Tells: Plslsildsllt id They ]
!: Afe Driving Out Americans.

!. A letter to President Harding from
Andrew F'uruseth, president of the
International Seamen's union, sug-
gesting' that the administration
should attempt to solve the problem
Of, Asiatic b workerS on American
ships. was made public in San Fran
cisco by Mr.. Furuseth.* He: charges
that American sailors were being
driven off the seas ''because they had
refused. to work, eay:and sleep with
Chinese coolies" The letter said, in
part: s.| 80 :. .a:"4sS.. - ....;~..
We feel that ypu scarcely realize
the present .deplora BILE position of
American seamen@a lin this respect.
The workers ashoEs are protected BY
the federal -contract#:labor law and
the Chinese exc1usipn act. not to
mention recent inmisration. restric-
ton laws. American seamen enjoy
mo- such projections. Ar the present
time, American vessels oWped by the
United States xoysfnm gnt are. to a
large extent Inan1ed By. Chinese, al
though comp stsii!l ss B. ssand qualified
Alnericans are availsble.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
By LEVI STEVENS LEWIS

In a former article made. public
the figures which I . had, complied
from publications Of the highest
railway authority. in the land to
wit, the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, which. official figures show
the net profits Of American; raal-
ways for the fouracalendar years
1s16-l919: to be not 1 less than
$5,6s2,S44,s76. #g 4, I r.. r, r !,
The figures may be verified by
all people capable, Of reading the
English language and making use
Of the simplest rudiments :*of
arithmetic : E;~ *: t s.@ i.
They were compiled from The
Statistic : Of the Railways Of the
United States" published annually
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission Tor Just such purposes. as
I have made use OF, namely, Tor
the purpose of making public the
income, expense and profit :fof the
public highways OF the United:
States; at least nominally for this
purpose. 81 xs
The data includes. all the railway
lines IN the United States ..as 81
system" Of all classes and III kall
sections as designated, arranged and
published by the Interstate L Com
merce Commission. t, E. :.
The statistics, referred to may be
foundson pages SO. IS, rs and ~
Of the .1s1ssreport;9psses "a ard
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
So for 1917; pages 4s-4e and, II for
1913 and paees 4sS4s and Is for
1919. a.7.-. s. ';-2 49,. "a :,

1919. = s.:... II. .....s e p ~ d:
E: As 81 have repeatedly stated on
former occasions these figures can
not be accepted as final, that Is to
say as full, accurate, complete and
reliable. On the other hand I7have
prepared (and published in part)
data from unfmpeaciable sources
which no competent railway .au-
Tthority will dispute; evidence which
stands 'unshakenl and unshakable''
that these official reports have been
made "notoriously incorrect" not re-
vea1ings the adlual profits by: many
thousands of millions of dollars.
have challenger the trained
railway experts'' to show cause, If
Any such causes exist, why my con-
'clusions are not substantially cor
sreGt. Thus far the experts have
not seen fit: to question my con-
clusions, at least publicly. How-
ever, ! expect the data : have made,
and will make public, will be ans-
pected very closely; that 1t will all
be subject to the most rigid scru-
tiny and adverse public criticism
ultimately. And I expect, further,
that ultimately q disinterested ..fact
finding commission will find the.
facts suff fficiently definite at least to
cause people to sit up and take.
notice. ''S s. (. ss 1ss . 80
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
!. SUBSIDY | ' SHARKS
PUT J / [ CHM ! On !.
AMERICAN SHIPS
Talk High Il! Cost Of. Labor and
Employ Cheapest Sailors.

: Ship subsidy advocates ; continue
talking about the high cost OF man
ming American ships" while: they
ibrazenly semploy Chinese crews to
man. ships owned by the United
States government. .'<>... : >
9 Zone would think. - says the Sea-
mems Journal, that, for the time
being, at least. ordinary prudence
would. discourage the. further i'm
portation Of Chinese crews. But no
such luck. The Pacific Mail liner,
President Lincoln, arrived at san
FRANCISCO from: the Orient jduring
the month with 40 Chinese, who
will. form part of the crew of the
new Pacific Mail liner, President
Pierce. These Chinese seamen signed
shipping. articles before ;:the Ameri-
can eoVhsul at Hongkong. Their
length, fof service is six months,
wages beginning upon departure
from China as passengers bound for
San Francisco. 49,. r..
/, while Chinese. are thus flagrantly
imported for service on: American
ships, thousands of American sea-
men, who were considered good
enough. seamen when the submarine
was q nenacesto shipping, have
been deliberately driven into; other
occupations. The San Francisco
agency. Of the United States ship
ping. boards sea service bureau ad-
mits that the percentage OF Ameri-
cans signing or. shipping board ves-
sells is constantly decreasing. The
pretense. Is still made that .Ameri-
cans have the: prefer ence' e'-that is,
after the imported ::Chinamen have
been assigned to congenial jobs. "
I What & brazen Hypocrisy there is
behind it ALL. The buccaneers who
sailed the. Epanish Main never at
tempted anything half as bold as
these Jolly landsmen who are about
to- raid the United States treasury.
For, whatever else may be- said
about these gentlemen, it must be
admttted;st that they have magnifi-
cent nerve. Making spectacular
drive Tor a. ship subsidy ON. the
strength Of non-existing high priced
american srreWs and. 8 .lortinE, shtp
loads Of tescheapest available labor
ali at the. same time and in the
same breath by the shades OF
ehristop phsr G Columbus that requires
-. -, ! .t,t = ~
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.DlsGHAReE | ! ! !. WHITE J [! 1 men; / J ).
HIRE CHINESE INSTEAD

Seattle. Get. 2e.-"The Admiral
line has again given evidence Of It's
100 per cent .'Americanism' by dis
charging 4427Sswhite members s:of its
crew a1d!replacing them with, ASH
atics." says the: Seattle Union Record.
The purpose lis to reduce wages.
In this connection It should be re-
membereds that most of the vessels
operated by. the Admiral line are
owned by he*United States: Thus It
is seen that the property Of the
United States is being used. as an
instrumental forcing down wages Of
seamen. = ~. .-,-- -"
The Admiral line is a part of the
crowd crow that would sink: it's paws into
the public treasury by way of a
ship. subsidy; H. n a..~ y
How would you like to have your
tax mloneysused to build up a steam
ship line which gives preference to
:<AoAe1l1CS .st.G,te%4 - - -
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held q under railway ownership" !"
me ne ~. words eelss. in parenthesis are my

11eAu * uu1er railway - ownership -
: The he words In parenthesis are my
own >s'%.'5 w - ..s.t~y =
So the average annual net profit
over and above operating expenses,
=taxes, Il repairs, s.. s.: ID deterioration" and
sretireTnehts'' is a. decimal in excess
fof 8. 1886 per cent per annum Of the
sfull par value Of Z all. stocks and
I bonds; all capital invested, and
millions and millions never invested.
In this capital invested and not In.
vestsd, IS included millions Of bonds
on which the carriers have received
Interest amount ting TO two and ia
GONE instances three times the full.
iface value sof the bonds Many Of
! these q! bondb in the aggregate thou:
sands of millions Of dollars. have
been underwritten'', funded and re-
funded into bonds a1culated to.
draw usury otherwise called inter-
est for hundreds of years: for ms
stdance s1S9k years; 475 years; 500
years and even go years and for.
similar periods;; always subject ac-Z
cord .firIa cial custom z to
have date OF sInatnrity deferred for
an indeAhlte number of decades In
the future m other gwordss accord
Ing to5 the doctrtaeS OF Jay Cooke
proclainied in 1866. these bonds are
never tQs beAs snaid but made per-
manents draw usury ,perpetu4lly
- e nsfed On { page 80
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
BURNS, GREAT DETECTIVE,
WANTS Aliens REGISTERED

In a speech: before business men
of Washington William J. Burns. the
r great; detective" urged the passage
Of = bill requiring that; all aliens sbe
registered. The bill is favored by
Secretary Of Labor: Davis. :,
Under the provisions Of this bill,
said the great detective" registra-
ton would drive esundesirables out of
our country r. The aliens would be
examined and every radical agitator
who would sow seeds of dissension
would be ousted. .
The great detective LETT it to
the imagination Of the business men
to, sense the value Of this legislation
when the steel trust, or meat barons,
for instance, are facing an effective
strike. Then, the aliens they import
to- break down living standards will
themselves be deported because they
have awakened to what real Ameri:
canizatiOn means.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
STEEL FIRMS ALARMED
over SHORTAGE OF LABOR

In the financial columnszof q Phil
adelphia newspaper 1t IS stated that
'steel men areialarmed at the grow
ing scarcity Of labor due to fimmi-
grafton. restrictions" ,~....:r~~ -, -
Long hours adm a.: wage rate Of
from 26 cents to 81 cents an hour
is not attracting men who have been
the victims Of a, campaign or, abuse
the past three years because they
happen, to be born in q foreign coun-
try. d,
The newspaper: quotes Presiden
Grace, Of the Bethlehem Steel COM
pany, as strongly favoring "a selec-
tive system Of immigration designed
to admit effective workmen, the type
best adapted to the rough pick and
shovel work Of the mills and mines."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11

The United States supreme court
has refused the plea OF mine owners
that the decision In the Coronado
case be- reviewed. II the court
granted the request, the case would.
be reopel,sd and the court would.
have toSprActicAlly reverse its de-
cisions that We United Mine Workers
of america had mo part In the Ar
kansas strike. and thit that portion
OF tho lower court = decision, which
held the United Mine workers rs-s
;spondb1e . for three e-quarters Of s
s;uAillion dollars, should be get asid6s
The court held that trade unions
could 30 sued. but In this Instance
the party TO be sued is the Arkansass
sinlners and not the internatiorals
snnion. S. ssssS
IA rendering thatS decision Chisfs
Justice Taft expressed regret thAt
,thes Evidence. was insuffic ficient TO hold
The internatipnal.
Thit decisbnr Il distaste1uI. to the
mine owners and their Gttorneya.
because the mfners strict union q
Arkansas has prec cticaliy 40 fanliI
.Thsts .:hss wanted ths dedts
feyis