Attractions I
at Theatres \
attractions tonight
COLISEUM—Minstrel show by Ju
neau Fire Department.
PALACE—Jane Novak in "The Belle
of Alaska."
COMING ATTRACTIONS
COLISEUM—Mary Miles Minter in
"Sweet Lavender."
PALACE—"Way Down East."
MINSTREL SHOW ON
LAST TIME TONIGHT
The minstrel show by the Juneau
Fire Department will be Riven tor
the last time tonight. The review
of this local hit is in another column
in today's Empire.
“BELLE OF ALASKA" AT
PALACE LAST TIME
Chester liennett, noted motion pic
ture director, stars beautiful Jan
Novak, favorite of millions of pic
turn fans, in “Belle of Alaska,” (lis
tribated by American Releasing C or
paratlon, which is the main attrac
tion at the Palace Theater for the
last time tonight. “Belle of Alaska
is a heart and action drama of tin
roaring Yukon in which Jane No
yak. ably supported by such wel
known players as Noah Beery and .!
Frank Glendon, portrays the title role
in the most powerfully acted drama
of the Klondike stampede ever pro
ducted. l
A Path? News, Scenic and Snub
Pollard comedy. "On Location," fill
the bill which will have its Iasi
showing.
MARY MILES MINTER
IN “8WEET LAVENDER''
With 'Mary Miles .Minter as the
star, supported by a really excep
tional east, ltcalurt will present i
film version of “Sweet Lavender,'
'by 'Sir Arthur Wing Pinero for twe
days, beginning tomorrow, at the
'Coliseum Theater.
'Beyond all doubt the best work o
the famous English writer, “Swee
Lavender,” scored a greater financla
success than any other play of ii.
period. It has played in every coun
try in the civilized world and mil
lions of dollars have been paid it
at the box offices by those drawn t<
the theater because of the swee
and gentle humanity of this play.
A really remarkable cast has beet
chosen to interpret the piece. Mts
Mlnter plays Lavender; Theodor
Roberts. Phenyl; Harold Goodwin
Ciem Hale, and Milton Sills. Horan
Wcatlierburn. Other well knowt
players are Sylvia Ashton. J. M. Dn
mont, Starke Patteson, Jane Keckle;
and Flora Hollister.
a _
‘•Way down east” at
PALACE THREE DAYS
‘“Way Down East" is just a simp!
siory of plain, every-day people. T<
day woman, brought up from chili:
hood to, expect one constant matt
possibly suffers mere than at on
time In the history of mankind, b>
'cause not yet has the man-anims
reached this high standard—excep
perhaps, in theory. Since the begii
ning of time Man has been polygc
mous—even the saints of biblical hi:
tory—but the Son of Man gave a nei
thought, and. the world Is growia
: nearer to tli t true ideal lie save of
| "one man for one woman.1'
N'ot by laws—our statutes are now |
overburdened by ignored lawa—butj
! within the heart of man the truth j
I must bloom, that his greatest happi-1
|niss lies in iiis purity and constancy.
| If there Is anything in this slot-, j
I that 'brings hantev to man the suffer-)
ling caused by our selfishness, per-j
! haps it may not have boon in vain.
iAs to the production of “Way j
] Down East,” there are no particularly
I massive or spectacular effects, cx-|
c opting, perhaps, the -dorm scenes]
] and those tvliere Anna and David arc
I caught in the ice mass during the
river break-up at the end of the last
I part of the play. But, owing to the
j fact that so much time was spent on]
I the production and the necessity of j
picturing the play through the sea
sons of summer and winter; a No
from the difficulties of plcturlzing
the elemental forces in the ice
break-up of the river, which necessi
tated a large engineering staff and
alone consumed over two months, i'
represents an actual expenditure ot
over $800,000.
"Way Down East" opens at the
] Palace tomorrow.
Gen. Goethals Will Be
N. Y. Fuel Chief.
.Q M Goetkata]
General George W. Goethals,
builder of the Panama Canal anil
I Chief of Supplies in the U. S.
! Army during the World War, has
been named by Governor Alfred
E. Smith to lie head of the New
I York Stale Enel Commission in
the emergency caused by the copl
i shortage, lie will have full pow
| era, at a salary of $2,500 a month.
ELKS ALREADY PLANNING
DEDICATION DAY DANCE
The annual Dedication Day ball I
] of Juneau Lodge, Xo. 420, U. P. O. j
| Elks, will be given Saturday, March l
17, according lo M. L. Stepp, chair
i man of the Elks' social committee. |
As this date is also St. Patrick's!
Day, the event will have a double
! significance, and the favors anti deco* j
i rations will lie in keeping with the j
1 occasion.
Chairman Stepp says that prac-!
| tieally everything in this line has i
! already been taken care of and I
promises that the affair will snr
| oass all previous efforts. The nn-^
ntia! Dedication Day Dull, given ini
ibrervance of the dedication of the i
Elks’ home in Juneau Man it 17, \
I 1008, is, with tltc possible ex; -inion
I if the New Year's High Jinks, the
i premier social event on the Elks'
social calendar ami is always eager
ly looked forward to by the people
I >f Gastineau Channel.
A. N. B. BUYS PLAYER PIANO
To add to the social features of
the local camp, the local Alaska Na
i Live Brotherhood has purchased a
1 player piano and installed it. It was
j purchased front the Juneau Music
* 11 /s non
House.
HUGE CONTRACT OFFERED JACKIE COOGAN.
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Jr ,
j.'wtG
CoO#
cvjrl/- /*ri-.
J
Jackie Congai), child Him stn •, has been offered '".iiii.OOh ad
vance !i) join the United Artist \ of which Douglas Fairbanks an I
Mary l’ickford arc moving: spirits. In addition, he will receive tin
per cent of the profits of his pie nr. s, according to Los Angeles re
ports. The child's huge income it held in trust for him by lii.s
parents, who recently had thorns ives made hi, legal ,uardians,
so they Would have to ropart unn tally to the courts, thu- setting at.
rest malicious rumors that they w ru using Ills money for t hem
solver,.
1
Kern Is Indicted in
Bosch Saler
Martin K. Kern, alleged Ger- j
man alien, who (iimitced ihe pur
chase of tin* Bosch Magneto Co ,
w hen it waa seized from Ls Ger- !
iiiun owners (luring the war, has
been indicted by a Federal Grand !
Jury on the. charge that li ■ com- I
jnitted perjury when lie swore he I
was an American citizen in an up- j
plication for a pa port.
Gompers Takes Hand in
Harrison Sinkers’ Case
; -
WASHINGTON. Jan. 241—Samue.
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, has issued a de .
mand on the -tat- of Arkansas to j
interreno in the sit nation, at Harrison1
.rising from attacks on the Mis
souri At North Ark .a as Hailway
strikers.
ATTENTION ELKS.
Juneau Lodge No. 42b li. P. O.
Klks will meat Wednesday night at
7:15 o'clock to permit the mem lifers
t.o attend iho pinvground Minstrels.
Uf » V —adv.
“SETTEli PSYCHOLOGY T<
PATIENT FOOD TH AN.
TO v» *
Mi
* t.
i piling his '•oncl’isu- ,
.J^Tef invo-Ratioa conduU^
Mcdjfl Institute of lu^»
*ri«l kesea ch, University of >'<■*
burih. Ur Kiymond boss
has advised phy licianatoprt.^-,
yeast in preference to yeasi
“5S!%d .««»»•'»«irt<-“
are at the present tune pbciJV
proven” said Ur. Bacon, but it
not been definitely proven •
acUy what constituents of
these good effects aje du •
been assumed thai tney •** Ub
the vitamine content of V®*? •
it may be that other consUt ien
of yeast are quite as important a.
the vitamine. „rn,.
“Until such time as the separate
constituents have been teste
in their relatively pure form'
not wise practice to use a conce
trate which may or may not con
tain the desired active constitu
ents. Moreover, yeast is *.foci’r
addition to being a medicine, a * *
it ia better psychology to y« *
patient a food than a medicii
"Furthermore, even if the vita
mine is the important constituent
of yeast, from a health rtand:
there is no proof that the ~ ’
trateJ nut out by the various com
panies actnollv contain any very
large amount of vitamlnes, nor “
there any proof that the amount
of v* amines in these eoncentra
is in any way standardized so a
to be the same in different prepar
ations. In yeast itself,v^a vita
mine content b probably f»IW
constant*
Dr. baron, no* a consults,
hemiral engineer of New York
Jitv. wa* director of the Mellon
Institute at the time th «e ii ■■ as
pirations were made and the above
'oncluaions tnnnnn-ed. Prior to
nig connection with the liiiveraitv
af Pittsburgh l)r Paeon wag A»
»iat »nt Cher !*♦ at the U. S Hu
reao of ChemMrv. In Washington,
following Uve veare with the gov
eminent bureau In the Philippine*.
Col. Bacon was chief of 'he Chpm
Qal Sendee S—Moo. N. A.. A^K.Jf..
MINSTREL SHOW
IS PUT OVER
WITH BIG BANG
Comedy Entertainment Plays
to Crowded House at Coli
seum Theatre Last Night.
%(By DOROTHY HALEY)
I. \\\: i n regular minstrel show,
hut so different. Tile play ws sur
prised tlie audience by putting over
gijod laugh-producers and the audi
• ■ii< e - t'pr: ed tin* players by laugh
ing. The first surprise tain:; at five
minutes of 8 o'c! u k las: night, wheu
he Coliseum Theater was packed
with an audience happy to aid the
local lire bo\ - in their efforts to
bttlld a playground for the children
Juri'Tii. Th* second surprise
into at S o'clock sharp, when, as
advertised, the curtain rose, and on
such a scone. Tile minstrels in
luges of dress and undress, were
grouped around the make-up tables,
woikin: with a last-minute speed,
While tin-: I scenery stood propped
gainst the hack drop. For a ut >
mont everything -i- cf still while an
astounded aitdiem hold its breath,,
wondering what a.ul gone wrong, I
and perplexed inlnstrols blinked tin-j
cmtprehcndhigiy at the audience an 1
called for the curtain to he rung
down.
Then all the nv world brake
loose and with the appearance of K
A. l-’riond, director, who walked on
he '.it" in time to quiet the uproar,
ni l after the clever appearance of
in end minstrel, 'Dolly'’ Gray, lli^
comedy began. The opening of the
show w is most unusual and wot
the prioo of admission, with nothing
elsTho minstrel put uftr their
stuff in regular h"o and not a
minute was lost in tho rapid-fire of
comedy and song
J. I! It. ruholer gave a monologue
between the first and second parts.
■The second par: opened on the
i original setting of a minstrel show,
with It Try Sperling as interlocutor,
! called by the end men, ".Mistah Cen
i tailpiece.” Little Kddio Sparks and
; George Hall pl.i . d the juvenile
minstrels. End m n wore: J. L.
: Gray, J. \V. Lei vers. .!. B. Bernhofor,
! M. S. Jorgensen. Minstrels were:
I \V. M. Fry, C. K. Hurland. H. G.
! Kordllng. \V. Kngb'-rg. Harry J. Kish
j -r, Kd Bcaudin, K. G. Harding and
itiasii Cole.
Nothing was left out, from the
| clever entrant' i of the players,
through the aisles of the theater, to
, - pedal comedy numbers, which again
• •urried them down to the audience,
: to make the shew a success and It
I Is one of the best t vor put on here.
I Another unusual feature, from th<
[regular minstrel bow, was the en
trance of “Ole t i - Swed \" played
I by Martin Jorgensen. Mr. Jorgcu
j sen ttgain proved bis abilities as a
comedy actor and took the house
with his first entrance, continuing to
| produce laughs with his acting, song
; md jokes, throughout the show. Ills
' maki up was clevt r and the gntlfl
i box lie carried, and his action with
It, brought a big laugh. Mr. Spoil
ing played a difficult role with cusi
and ability, carrying along the on
ire show, so th: every joke want
iff without a hitch and in rapid fin
style. The end m m put over goo i
; comedy In their numbers and k‘*p:
up a lino of comedy pantomlne with
I every minute of (ho show. Th,
inlnstrols were splendid in thei:
! p%ts and came in with strong, clsai
jvofeos on the song choruses. Th
j songs put over by several of lh<
I minstrels and the quartet work doni
i was among the best heard in Junea'
in a long time.
The mrnj'ber opening the first par
pvaa put over by Hans tternhoffe
anil little Kddio Rpafks, Who
“Happy Hottentot," on costurii.'.
costumes tlvniisolvi's bringing a
laugh front’the audience. Bern'i
scored with his l!n»- ot comedy
liltle Eddie made a big hit With
clever dancing. This number
the
big
iter
and
song “ltiickieii 'i ry
II.i
followed by th
Ido." by 'Hally" Gray. and
Sperling sang ".Mush. Mush. lar-i
tin Jorgen-ea in his role of “Ole,”
after emptying his mouth otj
“snnu.se," rang the song “Oil. Hilda."
in Swedish dialect, receiving .1 heavy!
encore. The minstrel quarte pit
.over the harmony song, “Roll Tumi!
Bones." The
with the sony
a Wonderful
frod LeiVeis.
ti
P '
Was 1 :
“(toe! Hut I'm ! I
Time," sung by
end man.
-d
Wi
Eddie lteaudin, of the mine
opened the musical numbers in
second imrt, with the mug “Tim
tie Rod School House." Th > se.
is, j
the J
Lit-1
aid:
number was thp sang “Vakallala
Town." sung by W. Fry and the non
strel quartet on the c.lioru . the no in
born being Messrs. Fry, Harland,
Nordling and Engberg. Hans Horn
hoffer came* on lor anotluu- comedy j
song vvi111 "I'm Hungry for Beautiful
Girls,” which was his bit song of;’
the show One of the best fo.iturn ’
songs of the show and whh ii'w.as put J
over with a bang was the song 'Blow!
the Smoke Away," from the musical j
comedy, "The Time, tin: Pluc and!]
11 he Gii'i." sung by W. Fry Martin!]
Jorgensen followed with a lntrii sqno 11
on the song, which he pn ova in!,
clever style. Th feature -no hit j
1 of the aiirtw was "When Honey Slugs 11
an Old Tini' Song," by h Col
; with Mi- Irene Nelson and thcji
Iminstrels. in the chorus. Tile - me*
1 was featured with the house ligii:
tl’.e spotlight oil 111
Nelson sang from tho;i
voice parrying sweet 11
she sang parts of old-h
| time songs, which fitted in with tii • p
! chorus of *the -eng. The, minstrel. (
'carrying Miss Nelson's ward iliirin;-. 1
;one pari of Hie song and an eneora'l
The feature received a l ing ipplause'i
mil was encored twice Tit.» s mg1 1
following was n comedy f feature, 1
‘Don't," h; "Dolly" Gray and Dans (
Bernhoffer and Kililiu Spark- mid it
George Hall and was put m r big. 1
George Hall and was put mw big. it
George Hall credltulil.v cinii’d the I
oio part. * l<
! out and only
1 singer. Miss
j balcony, her
and clear and
I'
Harry J. Fisher ang ,1-. a solo the i,
song “Till the F inds of the I) •-•or! ' |
Grow Cold." and won mm 1 upplau > .
The Juneau .public is alw iys anxiiusi.
to hear .Mr. Fisher in song and h- *(
ippearam-o in the show mad • a big -
hit.. Wilfred LeIvors carried off an
other comedy song, “The Story Book ,
Ball.” Minstrel Harding sang the :
song “The Sunshine oT Your Smile.” ;
which was well fpcelvoii, and Mr. W.
Engber cl os d the musical numbers 1
with the solo, “The Clank of t' ,
Foe man's Steel." Mr. Engberg r< -
coiveil heavy encore and his voiced
was a special treat to the audience
He lias not boon heard in Juneau
for (iio pest number of years, having
been absent from here. When h ]
lived here before he was prominent [ 1
for his vocal work and his voice was '
always in demand. 1t
The minstrel snow was made a j c
crowning success by the able direct-1'
lug of E. A. Friend and the splend'llr
music of II10 'Coliseum Orchestra. The 1
last number proved the big iiit of 11
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COLISEUM |
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
MARY MILES MINTER ' I
, IN i
“SWEET LAVENDER" |
It is one of the prettiest movie shows to he shown =
* in Juneau. |
lhcre will be other good things on this bill.
Admission 10 and 30 cents.
4 S
Orchestra Concert from 7 to 7: 30 o clock. §
iiiinu
the evening had half I'm; people
been able to get the joke.
Hue it Is:
End Man Keiv ' ">tah Oentnh
t'iicc, nil undcratan I the talil - Car
pea tali Morris am making for Hie;
Ten itorial Legislature this yeah ah
railed flappah tables.''
Interlocutor Sperling “Well. Mr
L. civen, y.m -ay you undorstun I far
pcntr.r M rtis i-. making flapp’r
tables for the Legislature tills year.
Why do you call them flapper tables,
Mr. Reivers'."'
End .Man I. ' lice in - ’. Mla
ta h t'erttahulrr .Tlicy's due. , i hav ’
ball I■•c'S and no!!!!?!!???" Tic
music era-died .-^iyono unable o
hear the last word of tho final joke
of thi' show. h >> an- • of the din ma le
by the ortdt 'or.t a: that special time.
Is invited to attend tonight and 11-stetn
(lonely; perhaps the drummer will!
faint.
The Juneau fire hays era hig’.lh
commended on th dr suci'T'ss in pm
ting over si pi-ntl: I an entertain
nvent for th > public of Juneau. In
an effort to build a plat ground for
the children of tic- town. Those a —
sisting, aside tram the players, w
M. S. Sides. Harry late is. Kd S,v ■
ney. Uov Noland. Joe Snow, Will
King and the Juneau If iy Scouts.
The sale of tickets lias been i t>
good so far today and it is expected
tlie house will be filled again to
night for tit ’ sec hi 1 and last per
nrmance. Reserved sc its may he
obtained at llntler-.Maitr >, HurfordR
and tickets will be on sale at the
box office a; ih Coliseum Theater
at T o'clock. ' A ; at the performance
last flight, tlie curtain will rise at !■
o'clock sharp tonight.
Reasons Given Why A. L.
Are Fighting Japanese
YAKIM A. V -h.. Jan. -1 Statis
tics compiled by Dr. H. 11. Smith,
'calth oi'fici r. show eight per cent,
rif tiu births ill one year in Yakima,
mini o were Japanese and in llie!
Wapato district, where Iho Ameri-'
can Region is waging an antl-.Tapn
iii campaign, one-third of the;
births were among the Japanese. 1
COLISEUM
LAST TIME TONIGHT
THAT BIG GALAXY OF STARS
IN A REAX
MINSTREL SHOW
Not a movie but an honest to
gcodncrs human lx*ing show. Loti ,
cf jck:s and plenty of good songs,
fclrs, quartettes and ehornsc*.
It is a big two and one-half hour
show.
Received seats 75 cents—General
admission 50 cents.
R( number it is a minstrel show
given by the Juneau Fire De
partment as a benefit for the
playgTounds.
It pays to help—It will flay you
to sec tills big show.
Cc me early for the curtain goes
up promptly at 8 o'clock and is
down net later than 10p30.
TONIGHT LAST TIME.
Box office open at 7 o'clock. To
day reserved seats at Burford's
and Butler Matuc.
George Hurlburt Acting
Dry Man of Pac. Division
KHATTLK, Jan. 21 ftcorge Hurl
burt, chief deputy, is now acting
Prohibition ,J>irector of tho division,
consist Ins of Washington, Oregon.
Idaho. Montana and Alaska.
D'rci tor K. A. Hazclttac. who in
:■ spec ted to be transferred to Ponn
sylvanin, . Is attending tho trial in
Montana of O. II. P. Shelley, forma:'
s'.tie director, who is accifsed of ac
cepting bribes
Furniture moved and stored.
Heavy hauling done. Pltone 48. Ju
neau Transfer. —adv.
OVERSEA RAILWAY TO KEY WEST; THEN, AIRPLANE TO HAVANA
■t
a seven Mile
STPETCU OVER
k GULF STREAM
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i
HAVANA SPECIAL 41 6AMIA,HONDA
rr r»i _ _ » rti •» < n • i \ a_. ^ »
|
! Key West, Florida.—(Special)
—The fastest journey to Eavana.
Cuba, is via the K y West Exten
sion of the Florida East Coast
Kailway to Key West and there;
by airplane to Havana. Key Wr-|
can be reached in 48 hours by Pul!™
man from New York or Cnieago.
The 80-mile gap to Havana is cov-,
ered by airplane in an hour and
one-half to two hours. Several
thousand persons were carried
without mishap in the marine
planes operating between K«.y
west, Havana, and Southern Flor
ida last year, according to the an
nual report of the Acromarine
Plane Company. Steamers bridge
,the gap from Key West to Havana
(in eight hours. —---.__ J
Ocean-going car ferries operat
ing between Key Webt and Havana
carry heavy flat cars loaded with
machinery for tha Cuban sugar
Luills directly from the tracks -f
^he Over-Sea lire. In return they
bring back trains loaded with Cu
| uan products for tho North. The
construction of the Over-Sea Rail
way, known as the Eighth Wonder
of the World, cost moro than $20,
000,000. It took the contents of a
seven-masted schooner to build a
single one of the massive piers.
The steel construction is of the
most enduring type. For the most
part, the lin« is in sight of the
many small keys or islands across
Hshicn it passes, bet at times the
traveller on this unique railway is
actually out of sight ot land. In
places it passes over water UO feet
deep. The distance from Jewfish.
where the line leaves the Florid*
mainland, to Key West is 114 mites.
Before leaving the mainland for
Key West, the Florida ."ast Coast
Railway passes through St. Augus
tine, .rmond Beach, Daytona, Ft.
Pierce, Ft. Lauderdale, Miaiffl and
Palm Beach. Many of these fa
mous resorts double or quadruple
in population in winter. The mar
velous agricultural development,
the rich truck farms and citrus
fruit ranchra, the creation of augsr
cane plantations have attracted
capital and farmers no less than
the sports and fishing bring winter
tourists. The demands of the
growing population attract North
ern salesmen. The remarkable
railway has opened up the whols
East Coast of Florida to Northern
markets and provided a new outlet
for Cuban products. That the UBS'
has deflected the coarse of the Gulf j
StreamerJ changed the climate if
Western Europe is declared to bd
impossible by the U. 3. Bvdfoa>
graphic survey.
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