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Rudyard Kipling’s Immortal' Love
Epic of East and West
“WITHOUT
BENEFIT OF
CLERGY”
PATHE NEWS
AND HAROLD LLOYD COMEDY
Coming—Hoot Gibson in “Sure Fire”
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ATTRACTIONS TONIGHT
OOLISE-UM—Paul Wegener in "The
G»l*m,” mystery play.
PALACE—Thomas Holding in 'With
out Benefit of Clergy."
COMING ATTRACTIONS
COLISEUM—Betty Compson In “La
dies Must Live."
PALACE—Hoet Gibson in ..“Sure
fita"
“THE GOLEM" AT
COLISEUM TONIGHT
A mystical story of mediaeval Eu
rope 1e graphically told in “The
Golem,” a remarkable picture screen
ed Hn Europe which comes to the
Coliitseum tonight. Paul Wegener, a
distinguished continental actor, au
thor and director, not only directed
tha production, but pl-aiy-s -the arduous
role of the clay monster called “The
Golem."
1O1U of legendary material Mr. Weg
ener has constructed a fascinating
Sthry laid in Prague, Bohemia, dur
ing the 13th century, when Emperor
Rudolph had nothing td do but In
dulge In pogroms. lt^ order to avert
t4io menace of exile hanging over his
people, the chief rabbi creates a
huge figure, called the “golem,” in
stilling life and loyalty into it by
putting on its brca3t a star inclosing
a magic word. ,
After the golem has saved the Em
peror and has court from death anil
-so won a repnleve for the Jews, the
rabbi decides to send\tne clay giant
.back Info oblivion. Bnt the huge
-effigy objects. Whether it is be
cause the rabbi has violated the com
mandment -against making any graven
image or because the rabbi’s daughter
has fallen in love with a Gentile
noble, th® golem becomes an aveng
ing Instrument and nearly burns the
town down on his rage.
Th* manner In which a little child
brings the monster Into a state of
innocuous desuetude is a charming
and -simple touch, and one of the
many fin® points which make this a
remarkably Imaginative picture.
KIPLING STORY AT
PALACE TONIGHT
Virginia Brown Faire, who plays
the pathetic role df America In Itud
yard "Kipling's production, “Without
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Attractions
at Theaters [
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I Benefit of Clergy," at the Palace to
j nlight, produced at the Brunton stu
dios for Pathe, camo to the screen
via*a beauty contest
James Young, who directed ‘‘With
(out Benefit of Clergy” for Pathe once
{toured India and made pictures In
j Calcutta and other Hindu cities, giv
i'ing Jitm splendid knowledge for the
i Kipling masterpiece,
Thomas Holden, who plays the Eng
j lishman, has appeared .in stage pro
; dilutions wtith such stars as Forbes
I Robertson, 'Maxine Elliot and Nazi
I inova, anki has played opposite Olga
j Petrova in a great many screen pro
i dnotions.
I Evelyn -Selbie, who plays the role
[of -Ameera's mother, was born in
i/otiisvillo, and outside of her mar
velous acting ability sho is also an
authority on race horses.
Otto -Ledoror, playing the Afghan
money lender lin ‘ Without Benefit of
Clergy,” also playod an Important'role
in “The Avenging Arrow," the Pathe
serial starring Ruth -Roland; and is
now engaged filr Miss Roland’s forth
coming Pathe serial.
All the “extra” players wore se
cured from the Hindu settlement In
Los Angeles.
‘"LADIES MUST LIVE"
COMING TO COLISEUM
Declared to be a screen master
pi oco equal If not suporior to bis
enormously successful production of
“Tho Miracle Man,” George Loanp
Tucker’s last picture production,
■'Ladle* Must Live," will be the fea
ture-at the Coliseum beginning Thurs
day night. Betty Compson, who made
a groat hit in "The Miracle Man" In
which she played* opposite Thomas
Meigh-an, Is the featured player in
• Indies Must -Ulvo."
Although succumbing gradually ta
fatal Illness just as 'the final scene?
of -tho picture wore -taken, Mr. Tuck
or, lying on a stretcher, supervised
the cutting of the 140,000 feet of film
that had been taken. This had to be
reduced to the limited number ol
reels, but when the work was com
pleted, exports assorted that the pie
turo, front every standpoint, was the
best production Mr. Tucker ever
. made.
i The story deals with the troubles
|-of certain women who, since ladies
imist live, plan to make that living
is easily as -possible. In the develop
ment of this theme, the genius ol
Mr. Tucker found its finest expres
sion, tho result being a picture of
supreme interest and appeal to every
film fan. Robert Elite and Jack Gil
bert have the two leading men’s
roles. The plcturo Is based on a
novel by Alice Duer Miller.
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS.
of
JUNEAU LODGE NO. 420 B. P. 0. ELKS
ELKS* HALL
Wednesday Evening, 8 o’Clock Sharp
"All visiting Elks are extended a cordial
inyifation to attend.
to eat after
WOMAN INTERPRETER FOR LAUSANNE BABEL.
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Mile. Nadejda Standoff, First Secretary or tne Bulgarian Le
gation in Washington, has been at the Lausanne conference as in
terpreter and recently arrived in latndon, whore her father is Bul
garian Minister. She speaks eight languages, fluently, and her ser
vices were in constant demand art the Near East Conference. She
had to pledge herself not to marry before she was appointed to
the important post in America.
FIRST TEST OF STRENGTH IN .
1 SENATE INDICATES LITERACY
BILL MAT FAIL OF PASSAGE
(Continued irons rag* t»ne.)
yers," declared Senator Chamberlin
';u opening the fight for passage of
the Mil. "For myself I do not worry
; about the daas.'i'itufilonaUty cf the bills
: presented. The things 1 take into
! consideration are whether tlio bill is
i right and whether its provisions are
I just to itho people of all of Alaska,"
] he doclnmri. The iliterury bill, ,he
1 added,. Is one that fa designed to
! safeguard the intorost3 of the Terri-]
i tory and violates the rights and
] privileges of nobody.
Aldrich Admits Mass Voting
■ Tho Indian vote, largely subdued'
i in Senator Chamberlin's remarks, j
I cropped out again when Senator Al
drich, for tho second time took the;
floor in further explanation of liUj
opposition. He admitted that the In- j
d-ians voted tin. ma.-is in the election
last November, citing the Kako pre- ]
cinet as a particular Instance. He i
quoted the Sulzer Act of 1915 which |
ho described as a safeguard agains. j
the voting of illiterato Indians. If;
that law was rigidly enforced by i
Federal authoritlos, ho declared, It
would cape with tho situation. The
fault, ho added, is not on the In
dians’ side, but is chargeable to the
officials.
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. Dimond Answers Critics
In itlio lengthiest speech of the1
afternoon. Senator • Dimond riddled
tho claims of tho opposition that the
1/ogMlaturo is going outside of its
province in attempting to pass the
Poster bill- Already, ho declared, a
previous Legislature has enacted a
law which changes every one of tho
nine matters covered in Section 5
of the Organic Act, which particular
section the opposition claimed con
tained the inhibition against the sub
ject covered' in tho bill. Only on;
of tho provisions of the Legislature,
he added, had been over-ridden by
Congress and that qpe had been
■passed contrary to tho advice of
then Attorney General Grigsby. All
of this, however, ho continued, is
besido tho mark In view of the
amendment offered which leaves it
with Congress to validate the Legis
lature’s action on literacy require
ments for electors.
Ho refuted statements tiiat per
sons unable to read and write Eng
lish could vote Intelligently. He re
cited Instances of mass voting of
Indians in tho Third Division in a
delegate eloction several years ago,
out of which a contest grow. In
attomptlng to oxamine Indian wit
nesses in the contest proceedings
through interpreters, he said. It was
discovered there are no words in
their languago to express "Delegate”
or “Attorney General." "Senator'’ and
"Represontativc." Ho denied thed
under such circumstances It Is pos
sible for Indians to cast Intelligent
ballots.
“If such person can exercise the
right or franchise Intelligently, then
It upsets the whole theory of demo
cratic government," he asserted,
which ho added is based on an In
telligent ballot and electorate. "The
assertion that they do cant intcfl.ll
Lgont ballots gives tho lie to our
theory of democratic'government. It
is a fallacious argument.”
Mr. Dimond dlld not attempt to
evade the Issue brought up by the
opposition that It would deprive many
Indians of the privilege of voting. It
does strike largely at 'Bho Indians, he
said, hut that 'is a mere incident and
is true by reason of the fact that
1t is the Indians among which illiter
acy is largely prevalent, but It strikes
at the illiterate or all raco3, white
yellow, .rod and black.
Paul's Abjact Confession
■Senator 'Dimond characterised the
statement made by W. L. Paul, In
Abn lender, on the floor of th<
House recently, to the effect thai
passage of the bill fould detent Dele
Rato Sutherland in the next elcctloi
by depriving him of 1,000 votes, a
"an abject confosstai—a shamefu
tilling.” 'Ho said ho did not bellev.
the Delegate countenanced any suol
statement nor subscribed to the raa
srning back 'of it. “This statomen
givos the very best reason for thi
naotmont of this bill The Indian:
may vote for a good man today and i
had, vicious one tomorrow," ho de
dared. It is not true, he contended
that Aia.’kan,.; are responsible for tin
illiterate conlititn of the Indians, a
charge :i by the oppo. Ltion. It woulc
be impassible for tho white pepula
lion of Alaska to attempt to assumt
the burden of educating the Initial
and 'ho der.teii It tx» bo their duty
Tills work has devolved on the Fed
era-1 government not alone in Alaska
but In every stato and territory. The
Indians are wards and the Fedora
government, not the Territory of A1
aiska, is guardian.
Hunt Presents Petition
' Senator Hunt ■proSented a petitior
■si gated by mi ore than 8(1 women vol
ers of Ketch.kan urging him and hi:
colleague, Senator Aldrich, to supporl
the bill, and also a telegram fron
Die Women's Club ot Skigway to ttu
same effect. Ho referred to the at
tempt to find a pulitiead motive bad
of 'the measure and declared: “
will not allow myself to make this <
political question. I believe in tin
requirement of literary qualification
for electors and will support this bil
regardless of Who introduced it.
would like to have introduced it my
.self." Ho said for yearn he lia
been an advocate of compulsory edu
cation and that he believed that th<
foundation for good government mus
rest on education. The right of til.
franchise is one that should be con
sidcred of sufficient value to requiri
Mtoraiey qualifications. .He said tin
Federal government is not to hi aim
for the condition 'in which It foum
lire Alaskan Indians when it acquire
Alaska omd t'liat it had done tin
work in educating them since. Mos
of the younger Indians, he added
cam rend and write English. O]
rot um.iti03 offered theul are sup<
eior to those which were offered t
••he pioneers of the Western State;
'Phare 'is only one real argument t
be mdvr.mced against the bill, he cot
eluded, and that Is in the old saying
''Whore ignorance y* bliss 'tls foil
Ayer Defend* Bill
■Senator Ayer, expressing his eyn
! pa thy for the Indians over wrong
i done thcsm occasionally, declared th
I bill was not an injustice to them. 1
1 would do them more good than hari
! to require them to road and writ
j tho English language before cxercl
ling tho right of franchise. “W
! wouldn’t want them to run aur mun
j cl pal government and our school
! Tho Indians have voted In masse
! Paul sa.id so. tho master mind wh
i voted them lntolllgently. Ho tnlgi
'die and some unscrupulous schemln
j politician got control of them,” li
'added. Ho pointed out that 1
| states row have tests such as
J provided in tho KoMor bill and oth<
i progressive statos are working 1
! that direction. “Wo do not want I
: be ruled by ah inferior race n<
(fo mi anted by an illiterate on©,” 1
| summed up.
School Essays Raid
: ‘"Phils Is a question that will n
■ down,” declared Sonator Chamberli
j “Wo have heard from homo and tl
, people -<aro in favor of this me.asur
' There Is only one newspaper I ha'
I seen .that Is not supporting It." 1
! predicted If the prose nit Loglslatu
| did not pass the bill tho next o'
would come back with definite 1
struct lions to pa*s a slnrilar one. _ 1
[quoted front the .louma 1 of 1S15
nhow Senator Aldrich’s support
the Ia*i*>aturo’s right to pass i
jolectlou qunllfioeiioiss law the* v
TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY
THE DEEPEST MYSTERY PICTURE PERHAPS EVER FILMED
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TITAN OF THE
SCREEN!
• _ T* A picture that strides
* '■ , among ordinary film dramas
s' j,Vlike a Riant among pygmies.
i Now terrible as all the
passions of earth let loose.
Now tender as a child’s
• caress.
A strange, inspiring,
beautiful thing! Resem
bling nothing u’ve ever
seen before.
Sweeping into i*s mighty
scones whole multitudes of
living men and women.
Diiving into your memory
forever the more-than-hum
an. less-than-human Golem
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This show\vill open with-a Weekly and a comedy “Mixed Drinks."
Admission—Children 10 cents, youths 20 cents, adults 30 cents.
Coming Thursday—Bety Compton in "Ladies Must Live."
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declared: "If It was gaud law than
it is good l'aw now.”
Senator Chamberlin road several
essays olit of 60 written by the Btu-;
dents 'in tho Juneau High School, all |
of which were in f jvdr of the bill.
■ Tho snoot a tors, who filled tho Senate |
! chamber, greetod those with applause j
and laughter.
Aldrich Presents Petition
After Senator Hunt had preionlel
a potltion from Ketchikan women.!
, read a telegram from Skagway and
, a letter from Mrs. Vera Kaser, rep-:
I resenting the Alaska Federation of
Women's Clubs, urging passage of
the bill, Senator Aldrich presented a
. similar potltion from tho Skagway
Woman’s Club and a communication
j from Mrs. Kasor. Ha then sent to
tho Secretary's desk a copy of a
, I letter which ho said ho had written
. j to tiho 'Skagway club., in which lie j
,'outlined formally the grounds for his
, opposition. Ho said the main ovil in
, tho measure was tho fact that it
I made judges of election ill powerful
L in doolddng \thc educational qualllfllca
, tlons of electors.
i Former 'Senator W. E- Britt spoke
briefly on tihe bill, urging Its passage.
! Ho declared tho Fodoral government
,. never Intended tho illiterate Indians
} to take part in the Territorial govern
ment.
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Foater Draw* Fire
Representative Footer, author of
the measure, direw tiro from Senator
Aldrich when ho declared that the
latter knew that Ihe bill is a proper
one, that It should pass and that the
white pooplo of tlu> Territory wanted
it to become a law. Aldrich protest
ed against such a statement and
raised a point of order against his
motives bbing thus Impugned but
(lid not proas tho point when askel
not to by Chairman Dunn. Replying
to the charges that tho measure was
framod by the “big interests,” Foster
declared that the only interests he
represented a.ro the “Interests of de
cency and thoao of tho people of
Alaska.” Ha was loudly applauded'
when he concluded. Representative
Shopard, whoso 'minority report on the
hill recommending passage was sub
stituted for the adverse report of the
majority, declare!): "Thin is a white
man’s country and the white man
will see that tho roan who curnies
favor with the Indian vote by op
posing this bill is not again elected.”
Mrs. Kasor, representing the Ju
neau Woman’s Club and the Federa
tion organizations, spoke briefly urg
•ng passage of the bdif.
Vote on Bill Unreached
iNo vote was taken on tho bill it
srilf. tho opposition being'content with
the situation and satisfied to see ii
roach Its third reading without at
toiupttlng to hurry it along
On tho Chamberlin amendment
referred to above. Ayer. Chamberlin
jjlmond and Hunt, voted for Its adop
Uon, vrtth AWrieh. Brown. Dimn ant
Snodgrass against adoption.
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EASTERN STAR DANCE
IS CHARMING AFFAIR
Soft mellow lights, colorful decora
tions, arranged in original and artistic
design. and an atmosphere of hospi
tality and fttn. marked tho Kao tern
Stair annual hall, given last night at
' Elks’ Hall, a glorious success in the
! rounds of -social events in Juneau.
I Tho goal, a delightful evening, sat
I by title committee in charge, was
achieved and every guest of the large
crowd which attended remained until
a late hour, the Tloor being Still well
tilled when the last strains of the
music wore given.
The scheme of decorations was car
ried out with the colors of the lodge.
In designs formed on the walls by
paper stars, of the colors and in va
rlating hBzoh. and in long streamers
artisticaaiy arranged. Completing th#
picture was the huge electric star in
the col04*8 of the lodge, which was
placed at tho top of. tho stage, mak
ing per fort in colorful effect the
» "Sheik's tant,” which was formed on
'he *t age by hangings of Arabic
.■oliirand which made a delightful
arrangement for the Coliseum Or
chestra, playing from the sotting. The
musicians were at thoir beat and the
lances were oach of special enjoy
ment to the guests.
'A rofrotlhlng punch and wafers
wore served during the evening.
DEMPSEY
FOR
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RETURN TO
SILVER SCREEN
NEW YORK. Aprtl 3—Jack |
Dempsey will go tack Into the i
movies wl'jhln the next week or j
two becauso he can’t find any- j
body willing or qualified to fight |
the champ Dan, Jack Kearns, his I
manager, announces.
Kearns Is going to Ime Aa-y
gales to sign contracts foe Demp
sey which call for thn services !
of Dempsey as an actor for from ;
six weeks to two months, it wns i
reported Dempsey.. It In Sn- I
derstood. -will sad toO.MS guar- |
an tee and a percentage on the I
picture.
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