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THE DAIL ' ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 22, 1927. By GEORGE McMANUS WHERE 1D if THAT COME FROM ? T SHOVLDON'T © 17 by 1orl Feature Geest Britam vights reseyve I'LL BE BACK:-, JIGGS- | WONT B LONL‘ " FRENCH AGAIN s L) TRY FIXING OF PARIS, Dec oftici fixing for butchers is again | ittempted here to bring down th t of living. Shortly v boom of 1620 there was t meat price many p of official . | war-time Jlations pr iists Bakers all over France have had bread prices fixed for them by official commissions, with wheat quotations as the basis Hutchers have proved moro ficult to handle. Their re or istance to argument by a special city Frank (Pancho) Snyder, former Giant backstop, has been signed to pilot the Houston team in the Texas League. He will neceive what is | ®evorted te be & record-breakjng salary for & minor league manager. (Intersational Newsreel) I\Ow is no doubt the thought ldko form. in bronze. It is fitting thap come to. pass, (ever wore a Giant uniform gave FROM cflcHRAN himself so unsparingly to the/ | Giant cause as the great outfiald- {er who died several weeks ago i y will this should NEW Schaefer balkline defeating Cochran, 1,304, Although he won the title, Schaefer was outplayed by Coch- ran in the final block, the cham- pion scoring 551 points while the} challenger ran out in the final block with 300. Cochran staged a uphill battle in the final showing a complete reversal the poor form he had shown inj the first four blocks. | ———t———— . MEMORIAL T0 YOUNG NEW '-'C:’.! Dec. 22—The prc~ posal to place a memorial to Ross Young on the right-field wall of the grand stand at the Polo Grounds has been cordially sec- onded by .luhn McGraw and there LPHUR SOO’I'HES w AN rrcnmc SKIN The First Apphcatlon Makes Skin Cool and Comfortable _ 1f you are suffering from ecze- ‘ma or some other torturing, em- barrassing skin trouble you may ickly be rid of it by using entho-Sulphur, declares a noted ’II specialist. This sulphur preparation, be- use of its germ destroying prop- ies. seldom fails to quickly ibdue itching, even of flercy The first application ‘ifi dkos the skin cool and comfort- pable, Rash and Dblotches are his home in San Antonio. McGraw always is careful never to express a personal preference YORK, Dec. 22—Jake for any of his players. Yet his won the world’s 182 |unbounded admiration for Young billiard crown last night |was unmistakable. He admired the champion, Welker ihim not only for his unusual skill by a score of 1500 tolas a batter, fielder and base run- ner, but even more so for the se- his work. e CHRISTMAS WASHING We win ne 2 i 26. Early laundry will preciated. All laundry courageons block o in i Christmas. SNOW WIHITE LAUNDRY CO. |—adv. Phone 299 i g g i XMAS TREES DELIVERED to your door, Phone 683. JUNEAU 1 "A. B. ' FRIDAY—8 P. M. . Admission for no player \\'hv)' riousness with which he regarded | Dec. | ap-| 26 by preciated. ct{Dee. 22 will be finished before| Dec. Basketball VS. JUNEAU HI HORNSBY IS | RELIEVED OF RACE CLAIMS ]uw Blmgs in Verdict Fav- orable to Ball Player | 8T. LOUIS, Dec. Hornsby is freed of all horse debt claims in the suit |by Frank L. Moore, former ) cinnati betting Commissioner, $36 A broug the hall allege h Th race brough Cin- for the Circuit Court decision relieving of paying mone in horse race bets. completely remove on the of the accumulation in a player lost dict hility for 1 part Hornsh the debts Upon learning the ing, Moove said that Jury’ nd as f - - FRESNELL STAR GROUND GAINER LINCOLN, Neb,, l)m As q iground gainer, Glenn Presnell of {the University of Nebraska this| | season out-Granged the peerles irod head in his best days. | In ecizht games, Presnell, who 3 as high scorer of the Mis-| Valley conference, ran up “of 1446 ~yards; and -tha could do in any 1,260 ya 1923 and he games. Briante, fullbac! total ¥ ved in ten games, 22 ! souri "1 mm) onn That also playet New York exceeded Pre but Briante | He gained Uni- | fve | I nell’s Presnell with 15714 for Briante, glory of the | ecord goes to Blue” Howell, \vhn 28 to Presnell what Britton and| ‘lel.~.|1|| W ange. .He mmw- the opening wedges for his give game and 148 Some of the | braska star's "mmnm- mat a Grange to Prssvety ok Wikt Wnat fuil four| quariers in the Missouri game,| {when he gained 259 yards, and [the Pittsburgh game when he {reeted off 162 yards. In two and| three-fourths quarters in the b CHRISTMAS WASHING ‘We will be closed Monday, Dec. Early laundry will be ap-| All laundry in by will be finished before| istmas, | SNOW WHITE LAUNDRY CO.! —adv, Phone 299 —_———.ee We make men’s sults for $55. F. WOLLAND, —adv. 22 Ch FIREMEN {ing | York, tAn |GER HALL and 50 cents |ELKS’ BOWLERS TO PRACTICE TONiGHT FOR COMING MEET ¢! SKATERS OUT FOR OLYMPICS " | ing matches which will chorage and of the pr for the angle Ketchikan — outfi carly In January will be held to | night on the Elk's Alleys From the following men, will be chosen to bowl against the pickup team this cvening: | °f for| Metcaif, Barragar, Darby, Hend-| b5 m, Radde and Lavenik. Tho | ck-Ups will he composed of H.1"¢ schmidt, Bavard, Guy Pullen, br | NEW YORK, Dec Ameri- | ca’s first bid for 1928 Olympic | in'the winter sports to be St. Moritz, Switzerland, pruary, will include the of four speed skaters (e svents list of 14 itions on the dosed by a honors. held next five !y candidates skating team, the Interna ting Union, ncludes seve veterans of the 1924 Olympic but does not include Charles Jew Placid flash, who "Amprica’s ‘only., individua) | n the 400-meter event at Switzerland, three mal | al| M s, | Howard and that ha Junes glve been che in the tournament w imes every night e H. R. Vanderlec innounced today. R be victory Ch | Wed | mana active cor - but N uny s on the Dono o of out more his tear last trvip abroad of Binghamton, Joe w York and Val ine ranac Lake, M to gain positions 8 ‘team Other likely contender; Jat a4 Lew Mo O'Neil Farrell, phy, Wallace Mitchell, son and Herbert cago, H. Perlherg m. Duke Moore | |Shorter Skirts !Solve Rat Problem {0f Nurs S !of! D. Bialis on the ! LONDON, Dec Nurses at o xl.“!lll\' Entield lIsolation Hospital of Fddie Mur.| WOUds - End have been granted | i 6 ipv doni to wear shorter skirts Knudten of Chi.| Pecause of the plague ot mice. of Cleveland,| The mice for months have cen- Ilnxml their attentions on the John Deni of Pittsburgh, Lloyd “ i g oY Inurses’ quarters, until the dweil- re Irv i he ot 4 land, visible, | vigiano in one ' bursts Angelo and broke his nose. MRS. SKELTON WEDS | o' by both | of 3 014 papers ror sure at The Rmpirs. [a tremendous on caused the which shares largely in g Paris, to approve methods. Premier Poincars the cabinet adopted a plan make obligatory a scale of pric to be drafted weekly by the city These prices are required fo posted, just as every restauran must post its menu with prices Much of the expense of Fre | butchers is attributed to was having proper the disproportionate rhead expense b o of + number of small butch shops comm ment, erning govern v when in ronation of preparation for the « IV of Eng- wio ordered them to be giid all over. For some time ds they looked like veritabie tes of gold The cleaning inging to 1t have century orge and to now going on is light patches of’ gilt withstood the wear of but the old bronze, now outshines it The tes are of priceless value hey are one of the best example the work of Pietro Torrigiano llow pupil of Michael Angelo man of most tempestuous tem rament, it is recorded that Tor of his frequent our- el at Michaol n not and or - Persian Black Rats Now Thlck in London| LONDON, Dec. 22—Rat week London was highly successful CARL CHRISTENSEN oniy « fow ocalled P Iata wera captured. The Pa rodents are black and experts they @ icularly fond of afternoon in th= | climbing ven or eight story 8. Commis \buildings and prowling, like cats, Boyle. Theirabout the roofs avd jumping fr Mr Naue one to another Lemieux Jack Jarvis, rat catcher, says Christensen have (the black rats came to London in lived in Juneau number | ships. T at catchers and have many friends|'‘snake rats” because of the un Christensen is captain |eanny way in which they entev 1 |lhuilrlings. Jarvis says he killed hurled a ch [ -~ - of Mrs _\lhw-:‘ Skelton iistensen were lock veSterday fice of the U. Judge Frank tendants were Bell and L. C Mr. and Mr and married fones a d re. the idgeon. - more than 5,000 of them this year, but that they are multiplying at rate, Guenther of Detroit and Johu o of Minneapolis. ers therein were rons_mmly - > e }Ihv verge 1;! z)]rostll'ul'jnn. i "I;;\-\ mice got into the beds of the JACK OF ALL TRADE | in; women, chased about thoir . The Shop of 0dd Jobs | bed rooms, got into the Datu bla s s cciia, Tspno SH et rooms, reared families under the oA 006 _l ots toa floors and made themselves at. oy L A TR home generally. - The mice simpl» | Fas i defied all effor to exterminate | lhum and made the professional; mice catchers wish they were en- ;lgc@ In another professfon. ! At'a meeting of the hospital| hoard was suggested that the y hulhunxs in which the nurses "'-“. should be handed over to the mic and mew accommodations sougl for the young ladies. As a last vesort, however, the board asked! gurveyor to recommend a rém-| and he suggested shorte i ts as a measure of temporary on your holi-| Holler,| —advi| - ALASKA DRY unquestionable choice \»lwn chos to drink ALASKA (Red Top) PALE GIN- ALF. N you DRY — o ATTLNHON It you need a good carpentes phone 498, Handy Andy's Shop‘l A. P. LAGERGREN,, Prop. aqv.! | relief. |Abbey Gates Cleaned | i First Time in Century! ' TLONDON, Dec 22--‘]“(“ the first | |time in. more than 100 years tha! great bronze gates of Heury \'Il's! chapel in Westminster Abbey aca being cleaned. The mearvelous fashioning of oo |f MAKE LIFE EASIER FOR MOTHER GIVE HER A THOR ELECTRIC MANGLE A Lasting, Useful, Labor Saving Christmas Gift ‘Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. Phone No. 6 Juneau, Alaska P. 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