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30 CENTS—PATHE NEWS—30 CENTS
HERBERT BRENON PRODUCTION
PEARL WHITE
IN
“ANY WIFE”
The romance of a discontented woman
Story by Julia Tolsva
SUNSHINE COMEDY—Two Reels
“PARDON ME”
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
HAROLD LLOYD
IN
“GRANDMA’S BOY”
His First 5 Part Picture
STARTING WITH SUNDAY MATINEE. WE WILL PRESENT THE
HIGHEST PRICED ATTRACTION EVER BROUGHT TO JUNEAU
D. W. GRIFFITH’S
“ORPHANS OF THE STORM”
(By arrangement with Kate Claxton)—(In 12 Reels)
ONE SHOW EACH NIGHT
Attractions
at Theaters \
, ATTRACTIONS TONIGHT
COP SEUM—Return engagement of
"Ovfcr the Hill.”
PALACE—Pearl White In “Any
Wife.”
COMING ATTRACTIONS
COLISEUM—Mary Pickford in “The
Love Light.”
PALACE—Harold Lloyd in "Grand
rrwi’a Boy.”
“OVER THE HILL”
AT COLISEUM TONIGHT
The William Fox photo-production,
“Over tho Hill," which is heralded us
ono of the most fascinating film
dramas released in tho last decade,
■will be shown at the Coliseum The
ater tonight and Wednesday. This is
a return engagement and there is but
one show each night.
Tha success of “Over the Hill’’
during a year's run in Now York, re
peals a significant psychological
angle of the showinanshop of its pro
ducer, William Fox For Mr. Fox.
with the unerring instinct of a good
^bowman, has In the case of this pic
ture reached back into tho dim and
misty past and brought forth a story
that is exceedingfly tiracl? in its mes
sage, and appeals to every known
typo and grade of theatergoers. There
Is so much laughter, wholesome senti
Biont and genuine amusement value
in “Over the Hill” that it stands out
as embodying all that is finest and
motet attractive in theatrical enter
tainment.
The film story was mado from Will
Carleton’s ,fFarm Ballads,” by Paul
H. iSloane, and was directed with
superb skill by Harry Milarde. The
part Of Ma Benton,\ the principal
character, is played by Mary Carr,
who has made of it a masterpiece of
dramatic art.
PEARL WHITE BEEN IN
SUPER'S PARIS GOWNS
'* Pearl White, the famous star of
William Tax photoplays, spent sev
eral weeks In 'Paris during her va
cation In Europe last summer When i
ahe returned she brought with herl
a number of superb gowns fash-’
Honed by the celebrated makers. Pa
quin and Poiret. These gowns were
creations made In advance of the
season—foreshadowing what later
were to be placed on the market.
Two of these gowns—one of them
for evening toilet—are worn by Miss
White In “Any Wife,” 'her latest Fox
picture, which is now being shown
at the Palace Theater tonight and
tomorrow. Tho evening gown, of
black, with an abundance of lace and
head ornamentation, is sufficiently
'striking to arrest the admiration of
anj( spectator, man or woman—but
especially woman.
MARY PICKFORD AT
COLISEUM THURSDAY
The announcement that Mary Pick
ford will be seen at the Coliseum
Theater Thursday and Friday in “The
iLove Light,” a gripping emotional
drama, is one that is bound to prove i
of great Interest to her thousands
<& admirers, since the “World’s
Sweetheart" announced her policy of
auoijllhg the conventional and hack
jyeyed forma Of PfrSPPtay. and try
not only to advance herself but th<
motion picture industry as well, he:
productions have aroused new anc
unusual Interest aimong the fans.
"The Love Light” is the story o
a little Italian girl in an Italian fish
lng village among the cliffs border
ing on the Mediterranean in North
ern Italy. How the ltitle girl pre
sides over the family of her or
phaned brothers, how a great trag
©Jy comes into her life, the fi'na
realization 'with tts accompanying sac
rilfice, makes nett only an ususua
story for the screen, but Is a start.,.u
innovation for Mary Pi^kford ha. self
Frances Marion, the famous seen
arto writer, who is not only authoi
of the story, but through Miss Pick
ford's insistence, is the director at
well. »
HAROLD LLOYD AT
PALACE THURSDAY
Harold Lloyd s^s that it took font
months to dope out thei ending ol
"Grandma’s Boy”—that final laugl
that made its first audience, when it
.was previewed in Long Beach, Gal.
laugh so hard that it held up the nexl
act for 10 minutes. The hardest part
of a comedy, contonds Lloyd and his
producer, Hail Roach, is the "gag’
for the final fade-out.
“Grandma's Boy” is hailed as Har
old Lloyd’s most pretentious corned)
in a lineup of laughjprodueing photo
plays that have not had one marl
against them.
It is in five reel3 and its laughs
thri 113 and suspense are built around
a thomo as serious as the psyeholog)
of fear. Lloyd is seen as the bash
fill small town boy, afraid of his owt
shadow.
“Grandma’s Boy’* is front the storj
by Producer Hal Roach, and Sair
Tayilor and Jean Havez. The casi
includes Mildred Davi^, Anna Town
send, Dick ‘Sutherland, Charles Sfcev
ennon and Noah Young. It is an As
sociated Exhibitors’ feature corned)
and will be shown at the Palace The
ater Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
D. H. S.—Junior Prom—April 27
Important to all Women
Readers of this Paper
Thousands upon thousands o
women have kidney or bladdei
trouble and never suspect It.
Women’s complaints often provi
to be nothing else but kidnej
trouble, or the result of kidney 01
bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not In <
healthy condition, they may causi
the other organs to become diseased
You may suffer pain In the back
headache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous
Irritable and may be despondent
It makes any one se.
But hundreds of women claln
that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, b;
restoring health to the kidneys
proved to be just the remedy needet
to overcome such conditions.
Many send for a Bample botfle t<
see what Swamp-Root, the ' grea
kidney, liver and bladder mediclm
will do for them. By>nclosing tei
cents to Dr. Kilmer Ik Co., Bing
hamton, N. Y., yo/ may receivi
sample size bottle fy Parcel Post
You can purchase nAdfum and largi
size bottles at all jfrug stores.
(advertisement.)
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The I)uko of York, and Lady Elizabeth-Bowes Lyon are to be married before this llish Altar,
Westminster Abbey, London, on April 26.
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HOUSE TO TAKE
UP SYNDICALIST
BILL TOMORROW
Nine House Bills ancf Three
Memorials Taken Up To
day in Busy Session.
The Decker bill for tho repeal of
the Territorial syndicalist law,
House Hill No. 40, passed its second
reading in the House this morning
''without incident, or comment. At
j Mr. Decker’s resuost it was set for
;a special order of business tomorrow
at 1:30 p. m. when it will come
I up for final passage.
Tho substitute bill of the Com
i mlttee on Mines and Mining for
i Staser’s b::l creating a Territorial
Minnig Development Board was
i adopted by the House on second
reading this morning, it carries an
appropriation of $40,000.
The Daly bill proposing the re
I peal of all pelt taxes was replaced
] on second reading today by a sub
stitute offered -ay the Committee on
| Ways and Means. The substitute
j retains pelt taxes but lowers the
j scale about’ 50 per cent from the
existing one. Mr. Ross explains!
that an average value per skin was
determined by comparison with
prices prevailing over the past ton
years. The proposed taxes are baaed
on these averager, and amount to
about one per cent of the value.
The House waded through nine
House bills on second reading and
' three House memorials in its morn
ing session.
With the vote standing 8 to 7 for
passage of the Foster memorial ask
ing Congress to divide the Territory,
i 3i»eaker Cole, after taking two min
| utes recess to commune with h'lm
| self, cast his vote against, the me
morial and it was lost by a tie vote,
i Mr. Price, who 'had voted against it.
! immediately gave mdtlee that he
j would move today for a reconsidera
tion of the vote.
In announcing his intention of mov
ing for a reconsideration, Mr Price
said he had lived In Juneau for
years and had been coming back heie
often since and he had not thought
It necessary ft) vote for division, but
inasmuch as the matter had turned
the way it did. h^ was forced to ask
for reconsideration. "1 thought I
1 would smoke you out,1' remarked the
Speaker.
The House in a busy afternoon
i session yesterday passed three House
bills, two Senate memorials and killed
j one House memorial. It passed
House Bidl No. 4by Mr. Foster, for
a non-intervention will; No. SO, pro
viding for the revision, codification
and annotation of the Laws of A1
aska; No*" 43, by Mr. Poster, provid
1 ing that district courts may suspend
captain sentences; Senate Joint Me
morial No. 8. by Mr. Brown, asking
fot the abrogation of th^ contract
between the Department of C miuierce
i and the Fottke Pur Company, of St.
I Louis, iby which the latter gets the
handling of Alaska fur seal; Senate
Joint Memorial No. 9. bv Mr. Ayer,
I asking for the repeal of the Federal
j Alining Act of August 1. 1912, relative
. to locating placer (mining claims in
Alaska. Poster. Who characterized
, tlie first of these two memorials as
1 political bunk, was th only member
to oppose itn passage; Wilson, de
claring that tho Act of August 1.
1912, had worked efficiently sinc> its
passage, voted against tiie latter
membrial.
Keys' Memorial Killed
Mr Keys’ memorial asking for the
removal of the agricultural experi
ment station from Sitka to some
other more suitable locality in the
Territory, was defeated by a vote of
12 to 4.
House Bill No. 42, providing for the
establishment of a branch bank at
Sitka, was passed to its till'd read
ing w’ith the* understanding that it
would be referred to the Attorney
General for an expression of opinior
as to its legality before it came up
for final passage. Mr. Poster ob
jected to -It being referred, saying
he objected to anything he was con
nected with being referred to the At
tirney General for an opin/in.
House Bill No. 47, by Mr. Polley
by request, making the Territorial
Treasurer ex-officio treasurer of tlie
Alaska College and establishing a now
system of college disbursements, was
taken from tho calendar and recom
mitted for revision Objection was
expressed to the provision requiring
payments to be made by the Treas
urer from Juneau on warrants drawn
by the College authorities on the
ground such a proci lure would entail
numerous delays and greatly incon
venience persons performing labor or
services for the coll 'go.
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' Old papers foi sale at Empire
BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY AT CHRISTENING.
£1
1 V* "i^ksyaX Clvf i i £•>**- ^
Here is the first picture to reach America of tiio christening
! of George Henry Hubert, baby sou of Princess Mary and Viscount
Lascellep, which took place at Goldsborough Hail, in Yorkshire,
i The royal group posed immediately after the event. Sitting, Lady
Hartwood and Queen Mary, holding the. infant. Standing, King
George, Princess Mary and Vlacount Lance 1 lea.
THIRD ANNUAL i
MEET BE HELD ;
AT KETCHIKAN
Board of Control Sets Place
—Date and Program to
Be Decided at Institute
The third annual Southeastern
Alaska Inter-School Meet, will be
held at Ketchikan it was decided |
at a meeting'of the Board of Con-1
trol yesterday. The date and pro-|
grain for the Meet will be decided j
by the Board at the Institute next (
fall.
After considerable discussion it
was decided the value of events
will remain fairly permanent as
they are. It had been suggested
hat tlie value of events bo changed
somewhat for the next lyjeet.
.1. 10. Lana, superintendent of the
Juneau Schools und Mabel Patel
Stone, superintendent of the Skag
wuy Schools, is secretary, of the]
Board of Control. Those present at j
-.he meeting cf the Board, besides j
the officers were Mrs. M. O. John-1
son, representing W. K. Gross of;
Wrangell, Miss Anna Muir, repre-j
mnting Mr. Johnson of Ketchikan; j
G. C. Mitchell superintendent of the!
Douglas Schools.
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BY-PRODUCTS PLANT
AT HAWK INLET TO BE
OPERATED THIS YEAR
The plant of the Alaska By
Products Company, of Tacoma, at
Hawk Inlet will bo operated this!
season, according to Willis It. Lebo,'
manager. Mr. Lebo arrived here
Sunday night on the steadier Ad
miral Rogers. He spent a short '
time in Petersourg where he closed
a deal, selling the company plant at
that placo to the Stock & Plant
Food Company of Tacoma.
Mr. Lebo will be in direct charge
of the operations of the Hawk Inlet
plant and will remain at that place
the entire season. Mr. Lebo expects
to leave this week for Hawk Inlet
when preliminary operations will be
started.
MAY DAY DANCE.
To b(^ given at Elks' Hall May'
1st by the American begion Aux
iliary. —adv.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals for constructing
the Glacier Highway-Eagle River
Section National Forest Road pro-1
ject located within or partly within
be Tongass National Forest, Terri
tory of Alaska, will be received by
v.' District Engineer, Bureau of
Public Roads, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, at Juneau, Alaska until
n o'clock A. M. on the 25th day of
April, 1923, gt which time and
■cc they will bo publicly opened
and read. The right is reserved tc
reject any and all bids, and none
will bo considered except those from
contractors ascertained to be ex-;
perienced and responsible. The
length of project to be constructed
or improved is approximately 8.1
miles ,and the principal Items of
work are approximately as follows;
25.82 acres clearing. 14.01 acres
"rubbing, 12,190 cu. yds. rock oxca
Ivatlon, 48,239 cu. yds. common ex
cavation, 1,242 lln. ft. piling, 2,014
> I in. ft. culverts, 9.461 cu. yds. sur
facing. 817 lln ft. trestle decking.
iTho work ombraced in this contract
shall be completed within 150
weather working days, following
the execution of the contract by the
Secretary of Agriculture. The con
'■t. form and the maps, plans
:pecifications, and estimates of
quantities may be examined by re
iponsible contractors at the follow
•rg addresses: Room 318, Post Of
flee Building, Portland, Oregon, and
1 't the office of the Bureau of Public
j Ronds, Juneau, Alaska All pro
! posals must be made on forms, and
in accordance with instructions,
! forming a part of the specification*
1 above referred to, and must be ac
\ cnipanied by a proposal guaranty
: in an amount at least equal to five
1(5) per cent of the total amount of
j the proposal C. W. CHEATHAM,
. Acting District Engineer.
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
WILLIAM FOX PRESENTS
“Over
ill
V
The greatest human story of all times
From the poem by Will Carleton
Only One show each night—starts at 8 o’clock.
This is a return engagement of this great play.
OUR ADMISSION
30 CENTS
COMING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
MARY PICKFORD
IN
“THE LOVE LIGHT"
\ NOSE CLOGGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
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struggling for breath at night, your
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Don’t stay stuffed up! Get a small
bottle of Ely's Cream llalm from
your druggist now. Apply a little
of this fragrant, antiseptic cream in'
your nostrils, let it penetrate
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Inflamed mucous membrane, giving
you instant relief. Ely's Cream Halm
is just what every rold and catarrh
sufferer has been seeking. It's just
splendd. (advertisement.)
B00TLEGGEB5 TO CONVENE.
LOUrSVIULE. Ky„ April 24.—A j
convention hero of bootleggers from
four states is expected within the
next few days by P. Green Miller,
Division Chief Prohibition Agent.
Mr. Miller says bootleggers of im
portance have come here from Cin
cinnati, Imlianapolts, Rt. lamls and
Kentucky towns. I
VITAMINES
essential, health-building g
factors, have always been in |
cod-liver oil and account for I
its helpfulness in over- I
coming malnutrition. I
ScoiFs Emulsion
I should be taken for a reason
ytj$> able length of time
daily, to enable its
tin r*f'h. vitamine-nour
II ishing virtues to help
refresh, energize
and build up the body,
Scott A Idwm, BloocnPold, N. J. B-M
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