The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 18, 1928, Page 3

QUNDAY M AT INEE—NI GHT I\I]\ OGRAMS OI\LHI‘b'l RA CONCERT 7 TO 7 Number——‘ Litt :15—S8pecial Musical F 1x-It” le M EDWARD EVERETT HORTON * AND LAURA LA PLANTE POKER FACES| Gea Selgm:m, Dorothy Revier, Tom Ricketts, *Leon Holmes A Harry Pollard Production 'LOTS OF FUN IN “POKER FACES” o ... AND MORE FUN IN v The Gumps 10—25—40—Loges 50 cents LAST 2 TIMES TONIGHT of JOHN GILBERT in 3 ‘Bardelys The Magmftcent’ DON’T: FORGET THE BIG PARADE OPENING MARCH 11—AT, SUNDAY MATINEE Four Changes of Features Next Week e —a it oot : Attractions At Theatres Buck Jones will be riding on the screen of the Coliseum today in what is probably the best pic- ture ?! hla career, “The War Horse.” R Thigs ¥ a swiltly’ mommg. grip’ ping ‘fle otm horse'’s share to- ward wiining the Great War. In faet, it is an epic of man’s best friend and his heroic participa- tion on the battle fields of France. Fox Films are to be commended for producing: this fine tribute to the horse. The story ¥s that of Gray Eagle. played Silver Buck, and his master, luk Thomas, played by Buck Jdnts. -Gray Eagle is com- mandeered. by the army and ship- ped to France. His master, after a vain effort to keep him, joins the army: and follows, him across. It is in France that a very fine series ‘of scenes are pictured showing the horse’s vital help in the great striggle. Gray Eagle, with his e gence, 18 800A retognized ' as a genius among horses, though in RILLS | the beginning: his :beloved master | is not with him. Soon, however, Buck and Gray Eagle find each other. And woven through the epic story bt ‘equine service in the cause of humanity, is the ra-, . mpnce of Buck nu%‘eny am- Evans, E 3 IGHT | King Vidor, director of “The Big Parade” and “La’ Boheme,” rings 'the hell again. His datest production for Metro; Goldwyn-Mayer , *Bardelys Magniticent,” starring John * {moving style, #ons‘ y1 nearly human intelli-| bert, at the Palace tonight for the last two times, is a picture that represents a high light in screen entertainment. The story is of France of the seventeenth century, done by Sa batini, and a better “Bardelys” than John Gilbert could not have been selected, or even imagined. This Bardelys person is e o that he can win any woman he sets his mind to, and he's right. But lhq'vmafuous Chatellarault, done by“Roy D'Arcy, the sinister Opown :<Prince ‘of *“The Merry Widow,” is skeptical of the woo- ing ~prowess and wagers him a right goodly sum, which was the nickname for money in those he- roic days, that he won't have mueh luck with the fair Roxal- anne de Lavedon, the fair and beauteous heoine, played by Eleanor Boardman. The story, a thriller, starts at this incident. P | THRILLS, HUMOR AND B ACTION AT COLISEUM | “The cleverest and most out-of- the ordinary crook comedy of the séason,” critics have branded |Wamer‘Bms.’ production of “THe Social Highwayman,” opening Sunday at the Coliseum Theatre, | It has its beginnings in a 'mod- erately small-sized town where lJohn Patrick is seen as a young reporter, who during the shuffle affer a political bout between two ‘locnl papers, finds himself not ionly out of a job, but out of a car appropriated by Duckert Nel- json, train and -highway robber, {played by Montagu Love. ‘Wandering through -the hinter- land a couple of weeks later, he fhvites himself for breakfast at | } & (the campfire of Dr. R. Rappaport Runyon,, ftiverant medicine maa. Wlnn the subject, ‘of ‘Duckert Nel- [son, the robber, comes up and Runyon expresses admiration for him, our young reporter confesses that he is the man, not knowing ithat Runyon fs the Jekyll side of the robber. When * Runyon has some fun .\ with him by forcing him to hold up a passing car to prove his identity, and Miss Devore, - 'who represents hepsel as a famous lady crook, is:captured, some most | amusing and startling situations are engendered. In Director Wil- Mam. Beaudine’s usual clean, fast- it is ome of the most interesting and novel crook pictures ever filmed. Besides Miss Devore, Mr. Pnt. rick and Mr. Love, the cast. in- cludes, George Pearce, Lynn Cow- an, amluu’;idmu Jdames’ ‘Gor- don, Frank Brownlee, /Fred Kel- sey and Charles Mailes. ER FACES” AT ' PALACE TOMORROW | ng hero of the ufigl is mot above bodsl THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY, FEB. IB 1928. directors of the motion industry. Laura La Plante and Mr. Hor-| ton ‘are both well known for their | leading roles in pictures in the lighter vein and a compination of | two such laugh inducers assure unusually uproariously jolly time; here when the pic is shown The story fram th> pen eof Hdgar Franklin and was turned into a photoplay by Mel Brown. | {an experienced scenarist who h rndafltml many of Reginald Denny pictures for the screon. In the supporting cast of this thappy presentation of the maze of circumstances that can be | built up about city life are George Siegmann, Tom Ricketts, Towm O'Brien and Leon Holmes: NEW RAILWAY PROPOSED TO LINK ALASKA Financiers Reported Se- riously Considering Plan —Scheme Quthined Tollowing the agitation in B: ish Columbia for the purchase of the Alaska Panhandle and furthi- er explaining the Associatad Prass Qispatch in ine Empire last Sat urday regarding the scheme fur linking Chicago with Alaska by a railway, a recent copy of xhn, Prince Rupert News has the fol-| lowing interesting article: A’new international railway of)| {great strategic and development possibilities looms up as a pos-! sibility, says the Financial Posti of Toronto. A group of American linanciers who are stated to have the support of Washington, are working out a scheme to link tac | 1 United States and Alaska by rail, | As at present, steel is laid (r:-m; Chicago to the' Peace River dis. trict, the actual plans of the pres ent promoters cover construction of a line from Peace River :¢| Alaska following the valleys of| various rivers in Northern British | Columbia and the Yukon territory. | The line would link Dawson (h\ and Whitehorse in Canada, and| Juneau and other points in Alaskn directly with the rest of Canada and the United States. A branch line would be built to serve tae | Portland Canal mining area but this line would presenf greater engineering difficulties than the main route because of the more difficult mountain ranges to be| crossed. Foresees Dozen Klondikes It wns pnlnu:d out m The Finan- with.uha 'm railwn'y i n\lon that tho mineral posslbilltles along the | route are emormous and this gea- | tleman prophesies that a dozen Klondikes will be found by thne railway builders. In the valleys of the Finlay and other rivers ir the far north of British Columbia are stated to be many thousands of acres of the finest agricultural land ranking in its potentialitias with the Peace River country. The climate is swated to be excellent for wheat growing and grazing, being warmed by the Pacific Coast winds and currents. Tim- ber exists in vast commercial quantities. Washington’s sympathy towarl the proposal is stated to be basel upon strategic considerations, al- though the aims of the promoters are to carry on a great pioneering work, similar to the opening up of the Middle West or the construg- tion of the C. P. R. In this connection, a most sig- nificant paragraph appeared in| one of the Wall Street sermons of C. W. Barron, publisher of the Wall Street journal, who is stal- ed to be in touch with the plans of the promoters. Last week 1e said: “Gold in the Klondike and cop- per at Kennecott have brought| Alaska to the attention of world [finance. But there are those who believe that in Alaska, as in Cah picture ! } of iprod |rom the reindeer skins. |and | railroad j turn, | G. RECOMMENDS. fornia, agriculture will eventuaily | far out-rank the mineral interests. ‘Alaska ' is more than twice us — Texas, aml is capable sing twice a3 many catiie.| “During Cleveland's administra- tion, the government bought & thousand reindeer and located; th favorahly Alaska. It is ated that to there are in Alaska 100,000 rcindeer. Several i houses are engaged in ndeer meat. It that the Laplanders have turned from fish to reindesr meat, and have now plenty of clothing lavge as “When the Canada build a in tha United States through the mnow unde-| ricultural valleys of Al berta and British Columbia inid Alaska, and a naval base is estab lished on the Behring Sea, poaco| n the Pacific will be assured,| and there will be no further talk| of a possible invasion of th2 Pa cific Ccast by any power. For| from that point the United Statss can protect the Philippines and I|x~lp tc keep the peace anywhere lin the Paciic. “No naval ship today can roumd South America or cross the Pa- cific and carry fuel enough to re- Indeed, sailing on great cire it is doubtful if a war snip could be fueled to effectivelv eross the Pacific. “One has only to look at Alaska and the Aleutian Islands from the | standpoint of the North Pole in-| stead of the Equator, and see wha! Alaska may mean in the aintaia- ing of peace on the Pacific.” Thus the Chicago to Behrinz Sea line is to have the significance of a Berlin to Bagdad railway. But it is felt that it will insure America-Canadian peace instead of leading to trouble. The project naturally lends & terest to the endeavors of Britls! Columbia to have Peace River linked with. Vancouver by direct rail communication. It now seems possible that the Canadian govern- | ment will return the Peace Rive’ ! block to British .Columbia making it possible to utilize this ricik prize in land and timber for bo- nussing a direct line of steel Prince George, where it connect with the Pacific Eastern if and when the Great Kastern is complete to Prince George, this giving the P. E. new traffic to tap, relieving the drain that the railway now represents on the financial r»- sources of the province. future, veloped ¢ BIG PROJECT Senate Committee Reports able on Colum- i ‘favor bia River Basin WASHINGTON, Feb. 18—Adop- tion by the Federal Government of the Columbia River Basin Irri- gation project, one of the largest reclamation developments in the world, is recommended by the Senate Irrigation Committee in favorably reporting Senator Jones' and Dill's bill. The cost of comstruction of the project which embraces 3,000,000 acres in Southeastern Washing- ton, is placed at $300,000,000. BIG HALIBUT BOAT TAKES BAIT HERE The New England, Capt. M. B. Scott, 130-foot steam-schooner, the largest halibut boat in South- eastern Alaska if mnot in the whole of Alaska, arrived in port this morning from Ketchikan. She is the property of the New England Fish Company. After loading 159 barrels of herring she sailed for the fishing banks. She is of 100 tons. The Yellowstone, Capt. A Strand, also of Ketchikan, was in port today and took 12 bar- rels of fresh and 12 barrels of frozen herring. She also sailed for the banks this morning. Two hundred barrels of fresh | bait was brought in from Lynn Canal by the Hazel, Capt. Frank Edwards, yesterday. TkeFada All Electnc IS HERE g ek | tire 13 din FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIONER | IS NOW IN BAD WASHINGTON, cted at tant ederal a public nate Judieiary Ass and now at S i o h\ll(‘ Com- hearing be Sub- sioner Jommitte Documentary niod M ing not e. evide was pre Federal District Judge Soper, of Baltimore, tend-| only to impeach My pravious testimony before the Committee but also (lll!u.llm'" that a copy of a letter written by | the Commissioner to Judge Soper had been materially altered be fore presentation before the Sub- Committee by Myers. As evidence *it seems to not only lying but forgery,” clared Senator Borah. Myers will be called before the Committee next week and given an-opportunity to explain, If he is fnable to satisfy the Sub-Com mittee, the chairman indicated further steps will be taken but he did not disclose the nature. by be de- RADIO OWNERS WILL MEET MGNDAY NIGHT IN _COUNCIL ROOMS Following a movement star in Juneau last week by radic owhiers, announcement was made today of the calling of a general meeting of local radio fans, to he held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at 7:456 o'clock next Monday. The purpose of the meeting, ac cording to M. 8. Whittier, who is the originator and is heading the movement, is to determine wheth- er fradlo fans desire to formulate themselves into a Club. “It is believed by radio owners we can improve our individual sets and local reception in gen eral,” Mr. Whittier said, “if we can get together as a Club, and exchange experiences and ideas in occasional meetings. “Since the movement for a Ciub was started some people have said the purpose was to take action against owners of so-called ‘squealer’ sets. This is not the idea of those ‘interested in start- ing the Club. “We are organizing for mutual SUNDAY and MONDAY g 9:25 s 4 LD OLISEU unmngnnnm FOX NEWS “WHEN SALLIE’S IRISH ROSE” Another of the “Fighting Heart” Series™ The kind of hero who keeps you guessing—the kind of villain who keeps you hissing—the kind of girl you'd like to keep on kissing—the kind of pic- ture you'll keep others from missing! Viontagu Lo DIREGCYBD BY WILLTAM When « pauir of Tear ts heat three a kind SATURDAY MATINEE AND EVENING WLL FOX/pres'enti PRICES—10-20-40-Loges 50 cents helptulness and 1 do not believe | Ejonfimmmenfimsonfimenfimenenfimeenim there is an owner of a radio set which is capable of being made to, squeal'’ who is not just as anxious to know how he can fix ang operate his set so as not to annoy his neighbor, as we are tp have him. “It is therefore our hope that owners of sets from one tube up will attend the meeting Monday night and if permanent organiza- tion is deemed advisable, join in mutual constructive discussions.” Mr. Whittier said similar clubs elsewhere in Alaska and the States are reputed to have proved beneficial to radio owners and as a consequence he expressed the hope Monday night’s meeting will be well attended. WHO'S WHO a AND WHERE | oL e SERGEE eHE KRR L. B. Adsit, traveling man with | headguarters in Junean, is on the Alaska on his way to Ketchikan. Capt. M. J. O’Connor, assistant agent of the U. S: Bureau .of Fish- B e e PR ALASKA MEAT CO. Wholesale and . ~tail Butcliers PHONE 39 SEWARD STRERY — it et ot st D eries in southeastern Alaska, sail- ¢ ed on the Alaska from Seutllel where he will confer with Dennis | Winn, Al B | J.o P2 lbach and .wite left for Seattle on the Alaska. He ig a fox farmer from = Lemesurier Island and is taking approximately $10,-| 000 worth of blue‘fox furs south with him. | On her way to join her hus- band in Seattle and to spend the remainder of the winter in the, south, Mrs. L. W. Perkins, wife of the commander of the Unalga, left on the Alaska. i Get Your House Lining AT v . JUNEAU PAINT STORE Vance R. McDonald, interior| Alaska representative of the West | Coast Grocery Co., was a local vigitor while the Alaska was in| port. He is enroute to Tacoma on his annual visit to confer wi!hl company officials. 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