The Empress
__ TONIGHT AT 8:00 SHARP_
I’M A KOOTEN, TOOTEN, siiX iiFAGI'X FROM
ARIZONA and MY NAME IS
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
In tli«* Five-Act. Drama
“THE GOOD BAD
MAN”
IT’S A CORKER, WILD & WOOLY, COME EARLY
A real Western Drama of thrills, gun play, laughter
and love. Wild and Wooly
MACK SENNET KEYSTONE COMEDY
“HIS LAST LAUGH”
IT’S A KNOCK!inr
Mrs. Nina Nicholls at the Piano Admission 30c
MAJ. KENDALL BANNING
Major pg, vvno io uomg goo:. )
work in organizing the photographic j
division of the United States army 1
signal cor'."»
NOBLE ITU OFFICER
SERVED WITH CHIU
ROME, March 12.—The oldest offi
cer in the Italian army is Count Fran
cesco Pais-Sarra, who, on the celebra
tion fo his eightieth birthday recently,
was by royal decree promoted to the
rank of colonel. Count Pais-Sarra
served as a volunteer with Garibaldi
in 1866-67, during the first war for a
greater Italy, and later in 1870,-71
when he was a colonel. He joined the
present war as a volunteer lieutenant.
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Your eyes fitted. Compound and
astigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
borne.
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It is an absolute sin to waste food.
Food has become sacred
LOCAL DOINGS
There was a regular old-fashioned
j snowstorm during the night
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Mrs. O. E. Jones of Mile 89 is spend
ing a few days in Cordova.
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There promises to be a big time at
fMcCarthy on Friday evening, when
the Arctic Brotherhood pulls off its
big ’98 dance.
Captain Johnnie O’Brien, formerly
in command of the steamship Victoria,
has taken a 9,000-ton ship from Seattle
to France with a cargo of flour.
On Saturday evening the Ladies’ Al
tar Society will hold its annual St.
Patrick’s day dance at Eagles’ hall, the
proceeds to be donated to the Red
Cross.
Bobby Sheldon, who operates a line
of autos between Chitina and Fair
banks, has filed for the Democratic
nomination for road commissioner in
the Fourth division.
Pat Lynch of Juneau, the diamond
drill contractor, and his wife, arrived
in town on the Northwestern and left
for Kennecott, where Mr. Lynch ex
pects to remain for two months, look
ing after the diamond drill contracts
he and his brother have in that sec
tion.
The steamship Northwestern sailed
for the westward at an early hour
this morning with the following pas
sengers from here: C H. Darnell,
Privates Meredith, Maline and Huff,
for Fort Liscum; Mrs. Vivian Ross,
Valdez: Harry Bunk, Seward; J C.
Johnson, Latouche.
The Woman’s Guild will meet
Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. at the Red
-tUL"1
Dragon. Members are all requested'
to be present and bring needle and
thimble for work on Red Cross gar !
meats. After the sewing there will
be a social hour. Mrs. S. R. Hedges,
president.
Despite the inclement weather, col-1
lectors for the Knights of Columbus j
war fund are out canvassing their re- j
spective districts. The generous re-!
sponse met everywhere is most grati-1
tying. That, it is for the welfare of j
the boys is all-sufficient to reach the!
hearts and open the pocketbooks of!
the most reluctant. The masterly ad-1
dress of George C. Hazelett at the'
Empress theater Saturday night has
done much to dispel all question as:
j to the worthiness of the cause. There ^
I
s no creed or sect where strong men |
j oppose a common enemy.
Superintendent McConaghy. of the
Pioneer Packing Company, has re
ceived a quantity of blanks for fisher
men to fill out in their application foi
st license, which he will be glad to
give any one desiring them.
The Ladies Aid Society gave a fare
well party at the Presbyterian church
last night to Mrs. B. W. Elliott, who
will leave for the states on the steam
er Alameda. Light refreshments "were
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j Served and a pleasant evening spent. |
I Mrs. Elliott is a charter member of j
the church, and in appreciation of her 1
services she was presented with a
substantial purse.
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JULIUS KAHN_
One of the strongest advocates ot
military preparedness of the present
Sixty-fifth congress is a fighting Cali
fornian, Representative Julius Kahn,
ranking Republican member of the
military affairs committee of the hou*«.
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