STARTING TONIGHT
PATHE NEWS
WILLIAM FARNUM
IN
“A STAGE ROMANCE”
IN SEVEN PARTS—FROM THE PLAY BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS
A large cast surrounds the star with Holmes Herbeit, as the Prince
, of Wales, an outstanding- iigure. Myitle Eonillas, a
newcomer to the screen, plays effectively
opposite Faruum,
SNUB POLLARD
COMEDY
“SINK OR SWIM”
Coming—PETE MORRISON in
“DARING DANGER"
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Attractions
at Theaters \
ATTRACTIONS TONIGHT
COLISEUM—Bernice Ware in “Trc
Blue Mountain Mystery."
PALACE—William rarnu.n in "A
Stage Romance,”
COMING ATTRACTIONS
COLISEUM—Gloria Swanson in "Un
der the Lash," and Harold Lloyd in
"Captain Kidd's Kids"
PALACE—Pete Morrison In "Daring
Danger.”
WILLIAM FAHNUM «T
PALACE TONIGHT
. William Farninn will bo tli" i
tured star i lb Palace tonight in
”A Stage •Romance/’ Tli;■ plot oi tin*
story is as V. Mows:
r Edmund Kean, lha great actor, is
alt tlio height, of Ills popularity in
London. His inspiration is,the Coin
teas Kodfcld. Anion;; Ills devoted i ■
lowers is Anna Hamby, whose guar
dian is attempting to force her into
ebarriago with Lord MplvlMc, a roue.
Anna goes to Kean tor help, and Mel
Wllefs spy reports it a reception giv
en at tho KoefeJd home, where th ■
iPrlnco of Wsile-s is a guest, that Kean
lias eloped with Anna. Kean arrive.,
Shortly, refutes the rumor and hands
a noto to f'ounteas Konfeld asking
her to como to his dressing room. II1
oidvises Attna to forget her stage am
bitions. Kean then announces a ben
efit performs nr - for a erlppl >d child.
Meanwhile, .Melviille lures Anna to
en inn bv a decoy note, to which
Kean's name is signed, in-tending to
kidnap her. Kean happens to be in
the tun and thrashes the who! gang
(ft kidnappers, on the night -of th
benefit the Countess got*:, to Kean's
dressing room and makes violent luv ■
to him. Her husband and the l’rine.■?
*tt Wale® arrive, and Kcafeld pick-,
up u fan which liis wife has left be
hind in her hurry. Kean, believing
the iPrlnce is Ills rival for the aft e
tions of the Counters, beg r him nut
to appear in tlir Koefeid box after
the (performance begins. The Prince
accuses. Kean discovers tile fan is
gone ahd angered by th. Prince’s
refusal, refuses lo go on, until -lha
crippled child hobbles in. Then ha
relents- Kean seo3 the Prince in j
( the Koefeld box and a fit of furious |
madness seizes him. lip denounces j
| the Prim e from the stage and is,
parried fainting-to his dressing room.
His ear-'- r Is apparently ended. He
tells Anna his madness 'Was feigned.
Melville sends policemen to arrest
Kuan. The Prince and Koefeld ar
rive and the Prince shielding Kean,
explains that he has borrowed the
j fan from the Countess. Koefeld apol
’ i»gizes to til actor. Dismissing the
p.jilico, the Prince tells Kean he had
I better tak - a trip abroad. Anna and
Kean are married and go to America.
MYSTERY STORY AT
COLISEUM TONIGHT
One of tiie luosi. fascinating myr
| tc/ry stories ever put into motion pic-1
hires is presented in "The ldlu* !
Mountain Mystery," which will he the!
feature attraction -at the Coliseum to-|
night and l -morrow. Here is the |
situation-try your own solution:
Henry Tracey, a millionaire, is j
f ar.l murdered in his room in a big j
hotel, during ihe liulght of a thuu- j
de.r-storm. while a. brilliant hull is;
taking place on the floor below. Ii‘
'the rime corridor with Tracey are
tile rooms of .Mrs. Tracey, a second!
wife, married while his daughter j
[Paulino was away on a three-year;
| ton r; of the daughter, and of Hector'
Blunt, a rejected suitor of Pauline.
Pauline and her father have be n
hoard quarreling earlier ,in the even
ing. Later, when the shot is heard.)
- Blunt says he taw .Pauline walking. |
as if in a d ize, from the direction
i <if Iher father's room, a smoking re-j
[ votver in tier limp baud. The weapon |
disappears, but is liter dug up in
the fireplace in Blunt's room. Mrs
: Tracey says that she was in the ball-.
' room and he ird nothing.
Who killed Henry Tracey, and -
‘why? It is -a thrilling story, and
1 there is a startling twist to it that
l will fifnaze and fascinate.
i "DARING DANGER IS x
! COMING TO PALACE
"Dariug Daugi r,” the Western plio-j
| lodraura, starring Pete Morrison and
which v. ! l>e the feature attraction
at Hie Paine:’- Theater, starting Fri
day, for tw> d lys, introduces a m-jv
kind of Western thriller with many
new Western tlir',113 devised by Pete
Morrison, iltxiea Champ, and
"Bn wnio," Ills celebrated pony co
star.
A hand nine cowpuncher mounted)
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RADIO COMMITTEE MEETS IN WASHINGTON.
C. Francis Jenkins, inventor of transmission of photographs by radio; Hiram Percy Maxim,
i pxgsidcmt it the Amateur Relay League of America, and Major-General Squier, Chief of the Signal
' Corps of the Hnlted States Army, were pictured in Washington at thu conference of the Department
i of Commerce to discuss plans for radio control and broadcasting.
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POPE MAY LEAVE VATICAN TO VISIT GROTTO.
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P.i friendly have income the n 1 ations In i v ui the Holy See und the Italian Royal Govern
ment that Pope Pitt:’ XI in report el to he contemplating being tit a llrnt Pope to leave the Vatican
i'inco the sc.paration of tin1 Clinch from the State. li is believed if he dees his Ursa visit will he
paid to tiie lemons shrine in tit- Grotto of Lonnies, Prance, where thin amis of cripples make
animal pilgrimages in the hope o' gaining a miraculous cure. N » Pope lias visited Prance since
tiie visit of Pope Pius VII. who attended the coronation cf Napoleon.
SHOOTS MAN HE FINDS WITH HIS WIFE.
pMi - viol vtv vMrl*a t
When John McCarthy found hi* wife, Helen, mid (Veil ('.
Hopkins, am of a wealthy real estate dealer, of Moline, Illinois,
in the inner office of the real canto linn, he shot Hopkins, in
flicting wounds which arc believed lo be fatal.
on :i handsome st "l offers :i com
bination thill is hard u> beat fur the
edification of tile movie fans in
t'hajr serein entertainment. In “I)
ing Danger" Pete Morrison as t'.i!
Horton mil "Drownle" give a wonder
fui exhibition of ho/seinan-bip au.J
many new thrills are Inti educed.
GLORIA SWANSON
AT PALACE THURSDAY
Tiie admin s of beautiful LKorin
Swansea. tiie Dart: mount stir, win
will be -el n at Hi ■ Uoliseiim for three
nights starting Thursday, in her new
starring vehicle. ‘‘Under tiie l.a h.'
should and d nubble will, accord her
a cordial welcome. .Never has this
charming star t>e n ■ au
variUvgi in any screen p eduction and
her por rayal of th • role of wife of a
fanatical cruel I. v r f finer of the
South African veldt, u.I-prove an
artistic treat
Miss Sw insou i.. ;-ndidiy sup
ported ill I lids picture which is ha- d
on Hie novel, “The ShulamJte," by
Alice and t'l Hide Askew. M illion
Hamilton, a irony ami popular lead
ing man, plays opposite her, while
llusspH Simpson is tiie Boer husband.
The support font'rally is of tin- fine-t
grade, and the production as a whole
in.is-ivc and dmmaUc. 0
For engraved or printed calling
cards aee The Rmplra
MEMORIAL FROM
GRAND JURY IS
SENT LAWMAKERS
Approves Principle of Grad'
ualed Pack fax--Sug
gests Ne
Trap Tax.
Taxation of h traps accoriUnc
! n> the number [ydi ‘aught Is sag
I gi/sit'd by a ni antrial frnom the Ket
' ehdkau Grand Jury to the Legislature,
.vhich wa yesi ! iy tran- nitied to
! bo!it Ho: by I'liit. it States At
I arnoy A. (. Ss tup. TV' memorial
•Is.j mvk; I a graduated pack tax
system similar > th ■ one incorpor
! ited in tiie t.ilativa 1023 21 sched
nit-.-, ret- n;Iy .cm. ’.mewl by Chairman
lt.it.-- of tic Way > ami Means Com*
i :n:LU’e, but carrying much lighter
| ru.tes.
The- memorial suggests t lie follow
Sing r..tus on canned fish:
films, 2 cents per case.
Herring. 2 cents per case 20,000
ease ■ and under; over that amount
3 cents
Salmon: Reds, kings and sock
oyi s, 7 rents iter case baso, 1 cent
increase per case on each addili >nal
10.000 cases in excess of in.000 cases
packed. Medium reds ::'v c -hts per
case, one-half cent Increase on each
.",000 eases in excess of 5,000 or frac
tion thereof. (aunts, humpbacks,
pinks, etc.--3 cents per case, one
tjunrter of it cent per cn ;e Increase
on f.iclt additional JOjitoa in excess
cf la.otm.
ifitth trap, taking got lucre Ilian
100.000 fish, $150; taking from 100,000
to 150,000, $2t)0; ft tm 130,000 to
200,000, $250; $2 per thousand for ail
fish taken in < xc -s of 200,000.
Non-resident fi he mien's license,
$50.
I This mi monial was c t-t-i i --1 tv
I the House Ways all M tarts Comma
| i in a s tart se shot list nigh:. The
| fish trap prevision* apparent!), fa
j verabiy impressed set - - ? 1 members
jof the (stataia.:. The o-iti-r provi
| si-tns tv-'te no:, t tv ell received
j Several members expre -se i tit- opin
is a th ■ the grand jury had in mind
I the right pninelp’.e in approving tit
graduali I pack tax. but Us rates, ir
! tile main, were entirely too small
The sugg stel nun-jasident, * fisher
men's licer.o of $50 was generall;,
I considered too excessive.
Furniture moveo and stored
Heavy hauling done. Fhono 18. Ju
I oeau Transfer. —adv
CHINESE COIN
OF 1,232 YEARS
AGO AT MUSEUM
Identified as Belonging to
Great Chow Dynasty by
Council at San Francisco
Tlie Chinese <u'n found by Mr.
Flunky at Hulk River and presented
i > 1 he Alaska fl • leal nu am bj
Mr. V. ,(!. (*rt. 1? r of Anchorage is
idi 11 ‘fi■ ■ 1 as i kinging to 1 lio Great
t'hiiw Dyn , tty, 1.232 years ago, a
ciulira te K d: ring Vila. Chinese Con
sul Gem i nl a San Frtujci.- co. A
copy i f phologra ptl of the coin was
nt i > the Consul to he deotphered
by aim ly Rev. Father A. 1*. Kasha
vnroff, curat.or 'of the Museum.
\V!i a Father Kasiievarofl’ obtained
tile ahelent Chinese coin from Mr
Cwker ho began an invest ig.it ion
and -research about the meaning and
particularly the age to which this
i in belonged. Copies of the photo
graph of the coin were sent to the
Saiitln oeiau In»tituition, to Lieutenant
Knitnon-, to F. Riggs. former Gover
nor of Ainsl;a. and tile Chinese Can
aille of San Francisco with roquest i
to Ira-v.j the lettering and pictur: dc
tsphered. The uu.-wer tame from tlie
Smithsonian Institution first. II wa
evident from tiie prompt-mss of Ui.
an iwer that no c ire n s taken to ga
ii i the re..■aivli. The answer was
a flak iv -;
"Furnish, l by Or. Waller Hough
lie- I Curator of Anthropology.”
-Tat ■ tt mplo coins are not un
el anno i in Sr lit lie;, torn Alaska an
liait -li Coluni'liia. A ,| ir containin';
a mimlirr of coins inti ndeil as eiiarill
j against lightning was found thin mile
up the Stikine River in Itrltish Co
luuii>i.i. Oi. lit. F. Wix Holies, C. S
X.. describes a coin of tit is ediarae
; r used as tilt? eye of a wooden
mask luk< n from a grave near Cm
( liiiik.it village at the mouth of th
Chilku! Itiver, Alaska. Old skin nr
: mor in the museum i-s set with Obi
I nose, siash much more recent that
| the coin pktuted by Mr. Kusihovaroff
i ‘‘The -finding of the coin unit l tmi
together. I suggest, does not fix re.
latf. m.-hips. The kunp wan Iden-tifio
as Alaskan Peninsula on account o
lils chnr.tc t<*r.i:itlc form. Since two
I hava hern found wo can feel some
' what wife in making a class of carve
lamps ot tbo Alaska Peninsula.
' would not feel safe in identifying tin
figure us Buddha or Anuhia. I wouh
prefer a nearer origin.”
i Father Kuuheviirof!' «aya that Ih
! Alaska Historical Museum lias a mini
liter of Ohlneso coins which won
used as c harms on the Shaman',
clot tiling. Mr. Fiory had presented i
number of these coins, found in ai
old grave at Prince of Wales Island
They tire the regular size used b:
Chinese as money. These coins wer
sent to Sin Francisco and wer
identified ;.s coins between 200 an
300 years old,
The Chinese Consul of San Frai
oisco identifies the character;* on th
large coin, found by Mr. Clunky a
Kntik Itiver, as belonging to tin* Urea
("how l>yutility, 1.232 years ago.
The let' r from the Consul Get
oral is as -follows:
San Francisco, Mart’ll 21. 1D23.
1\ rritory of Alaska and Alaska Hi;
lorical Association:
Sir: As soon as 1 received you
|n‘ if and the photograph I aske
Mr. C. K. I.eong. editor in chief <
: the Chinese World, for assistance,
am glad that he made the der.iphc
, and expiki'inod It below 1 r< gret t
ny that I cannot trace the origi
of the stone lamp, l’lenr.o s ml in
a copy of this photfa for Mr. Leona
KORAIXG YIH,
Chinese 110:1001! Genera
The meaning of the lettering on tt:
. coin:
■ “Tbo 5 ChintMO ancient charactei
(look like 4) ia one aide of Hi
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TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
5 Who Killed Heniy Tracey? E
j§ Wlio Spoke Behind the Closed Door?
Wlio FiicJ the Shot in the Storm ' E
SEE 1
I “THE BLUE MOUNTAIN MYSTERY" [
Featuring Eunice and John Faulkner ~
1 THRILLE-CHILLS-SURPRISES |
A two reel comedy and a Weekly will open the show. —
I 30 CENTS—30 CENTS I
E Coming- Thursday—GLORIA SWANSON in "UNDET THE LASH" =
and HAROLD LLOYD nx "CAPTAIN KIDD S KIDS" §
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i* ;in pictured, meaning “Speoie of tJi.
! Tlc.i Shaw (lloc! given) period of !
i t'ao Cr, at Ca>w l>yna ty," 1,232 year
| ‘'S<>- j'
"On till' other side wo : nil lot
1 Items of the picture symbolized ot|
| cent tiiitu.-, birth of noble children
pin t enjoy in"’ both fortune anil long
| life, also welfare for obi ami young,
j “I hope you can obtain for nto !
i eno of thr.se cola photos.
"C. K. L."
The answer from former Governor
. Rlgg, tuul Ijieutcn.ini Kuni ms have l
‘not been re;. -i v e e|. “In my letter to
I ith I requested that they show the :
picture of iht coin to the various;
scientific bodies in the least fori
identification," saitl Father Kasha |
varoff. “I sh ,11 uive the mtblic I It • i
result of my Invcallg itlnu lit■ r. Iu|
the meantime I am inclined to lake it
the version of the Editor in Chief,
of the Chinese \V<,id. la 1, arne.l t
Doctor t'. K. Keong."
AMERICANS ARE
INVITED TO THE
NATION’S PARKS:;
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National Park Service Mak- ;
ing Big Preparations for
Season This Year.
; \
(Continued From •'ago One.l
lontablc accommodations in the mo
J distant ami inaccessible place a. I*'r f
i camp grounds have been provided
! lor those who wish lo bring their
own equipment and camp on: These t
unspoi! I bits in native America are ;•
for you. They are th-- playground ! .i
and Ilie recrem ion park; i f the pco ,,
i pie. To visit them anil -sc • them is J (
ito inspire pride anil mak more rival j
your love for Amorim. In I hi* mum
!of the Government I invite you lo be ,
i Us guest." 1 c
, The opening and closing dates of ,1
; tho park seasons are: | r
Crater Duke, Ore. .Inly 1 to Sep
teniber 30.
; General Grant, Gal. May 25 to f), !
I loiter 10. I
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<■!' ' icy. Mont. -.1 Hiir- 15 ;o Septora
icr 15. \
Clr.ind Canyon', Vr.z. -Opou all tho
ea r.
II wail. II. I.—Open all the year.
II >t Springs, Ark. Open all the
ear.
Lafayette, Me Op n all the year
La.s-.en Voleanie, Cal. Juno 1 tj
ioptenvher 15.
All i Verde. Cel May 15 to ,No
cmiber 1.
Ml. MeKInloy, Al July 1 to Sep
ember 15.
Alt. Kainier, Wash. .June 15 to
lopteinber 15.
'I’latt, Okla. -Open all the ^ear.
Hoeky Alt . Col. Open all th' year
Sequoia. Cal. -.May 24 to Oeto
i r 10.
Stilly's Hill, X D. -June I to Sep
mher ,'10.
Wind Cavo, S. D. -June 1 ty Sep
m her 30.
Yellowstone, Wyo. June 20 to Sop
smber 20.
Yoseinlte, Cal. -Open all the. year.
Zion. Utah May 15 to Ortoher 15.
Hunting and restocking of wale:a
a nation;,! parks promise one of the
ikee-t f: hint; y, trs on record, am
arJ.ng to departm. nt officials. Th ■
1 f 1 tit titid lak. are e.ypectoil to be
'titInn with trout and other gotno
a-i «,.eu th - season opens, and
a'ks are thrown open to anglers.
A bull":in issue,1 by the. Interior
mpurtiiicn! which is available for
i ■ a -kina, ili erihitirt the nature o:'
lie l.MlInu, the limitations on catch,
• , and oiler dat i, has recrntiji
ei i eompil f fur tho national park
laltor.
(ennecott Copper to
Increase Capitalization
XKW YORK. April 1(1.—■'Kennecott
'op|i: r stockholders have aula./rized
n inet'f in capital stock from
.mjn.uiHt to 5..u,ou,oou hares with no
a: value and of capital from $15,
IIIMlim lo $25,IH»O,(i00.
The sioekiloJdei's ,nave also ttHthor
: I an exeb ntf on the basis of one
nd tJsrei -fourths shares of Konno
., t for one of Utah Copper. The
ire, tors are authorized to sell shares
inclining after exchange for corpor
purposes.
Urine your coupons to the Elks'
lull te xt Thursday night. —adv
Commission
We charge shipper 4% on lots over
$1,000 and 5% on lots under $1,000,
which covers (ire and burglary insur
ance and all handling charges.
Seattle Fijr FXchAngk
fob MARION STREET VIADUCT
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Quick Returns
We are selling agents for
Alaska Fur Shippers, disposing
of your furs to the begj: advan
tage possible. Regular Sales
will be held about every two
months. Special sales held
whenever market justifies.
Advances made on shipments
when requested.
Good Service
Give us your support
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