The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 10, 1928, Page 3

1 PICKETT’ PA CE HURRAY! Out of the West! with KATHLEE TAR 00 KEN MAYNARD N COLLINS and AN, the wonder horse TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY AGAIN! KEN Into Your Heart! “YOUNG JOSEPH LAYT TIMES TONIGHT Featuring CHILDKRAUT Bessie Love, Bry‘um Wa Rudolph Schildkraut APRIL” hburn and UL T T T TR T RS R 111 10-25-40-Loges 50 cents |I|I||I|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Attractions At Theatres “YOUNG APRIL" NOW SHOWING AT PALACE ))rlul\ullun that highly effective a perser is “Young April,” ‘which wa received with every demonstration of fervid enthusiasm on its pre- mier presentation at the theatre yesterday. It is a delight- ful picture story of a mythica kingdom in which Joseph Schild- Kkraut as a fun-loving crown prince, Bessie Love, as an athletic base- ball-playing grand duchess and Jo- seph Schildkraut, as the old king Stefan. Each ideally cast, the effect being a smooth, satisfying performance, Hryant Washburn, a trouble- making plotting prince, was excel- lent. The support generally, not- ably Alan Brooks, Clarence Gel- dert and Dot Farley, is of the finest grade. A comedy, and news weekly com- pletes the bill. as is RIN-TIN-TIN I8 COMING, COLISEUM aws of Steel,’ will be the next Warner Bros. of- fering at the Coliseum for Thurs- day and Friday. This is Rinty's biggest, ripsnortingest thriller, and has to do with his being lost on the desert from a pioneer’s flivver, growing up in the desert to he a ‘wild, wolfish savage, and finally saving the friends, Mr. and Mrs. Warren and the Kid, from dangers that threaten them. In support are Jason Robards, Helen Fergu- son, Baby Mary Louise Miller, Rob- ert Perry, Jack Curtis and George Conners. Ray Enright directed. The feature tonight is “The New i, without any is) gloom dis- Palace) 11 father of J!Nl']\]l,‘ »| production Palace tomorrow, in thriller, “The Devil's feats at the his latest Saddle." A featured rider of Ringling Brothers' eircus and previously the champion horseman of a barn- storming rodeo troupe, Maynard |graduated to the “movies” when | he “out-grew” the apparently ulti- mate in “under the tent riding.” Maynard is a saddle trickster rival, and his sensa- | tional riding has contributed much as anything else in advanc- ing him to stardom th each successive picture, and “The Dev. il's Saddle” is his sixth vehicls, Maynard unfolds a series of spectacular riding scenes which |stand out as the highlight of the production 1 Tarzan, the cowboy hero’s white iwonder horse, is the second party to the thrilling episodes of the Charles R. Rogers production, and supporting members of the cast in- clude Kathleen (Collins, Paul Hurst, Earl Metcalfe, Francis Ford, Will Walling and Tom Bay. starring | I HiGH ScHOOL PLAY AT COLISEUM, TOMORROW “The the senior high school, Ithe Coliseum | Wednesday nights. is given today’s Empire. R WAKTED—CAMERAS Obsolete and worn-out cameras with dirty lenses and sluggish {mechanism cannot take good pic- Itures. Why not trade your old camera in on a new model? We will make you a fair allowance | no matler what make or .model you may have. A shipment of late model cameras will be on display in a few days at Alaska Scenic Views. —adv. | P N, Whole Town’s Talking,” play of ‘the Funeau will be presented at tomorrow and Notice of the| elsewhere in| | $4,000 {tacks |there is known to be a consider- | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE. MONDAY, DEC. 10, 1928 [ afl WHEAT KING PASSES AWAY, CHICAGO HOME P James A. Patten ‘Dies Fol-| lowing Shart Illness— Double Pneumonia | th Th (Continzed from Page One) jer | el United States for violation of the Sherman Law. The In its suit, estimated the possible | profits in the deal at §$10,000,000.| Patten, after several years litiga- tion, pleaded guilty and was fined | He and others had previ. been sued for rest trade by cornering oats .in Ten years later Patten cleared 2,000,000 in corn. The deal took year to engineer and more than 12,000,000 grain government, far ously ining | 1902, | in dr involved | bushels of | Never “Gambled” Patten, it was said, never “gam. bled” on the market. To obtain| b accurate information he maintained | H an elaborate and expensive crop reporting service which, tpga ther | with his own wide knowladge nl‘ 3 market - conditions, furnished *the | data that made his deals in most cay successful. Besides being a speculatcr he was for yoars active Board of Trade dealer Northwestern University which he was a trustee for 15 years and to which he gave $1,- 500,000 was one of the principal beneficiaries of his generosit other of his gifts was $12 the Evanston hospital. Patten always took an part in Republican politics| only office he ever held, however, was Mayor of Evanston, 11, his home town, from 1901 to 1905 D INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC IS ANNOUNCED HERE An epidemic of influenza, in mild form so far but of sizeable proportions, was officially announc- ed today by Dr. H. €. DeVighne, City Health Officer and Territor- ial Health Commissioner. Steps to curb its spread were taken to- day. Dr. DeVighne has issued a warn. ing to parcnts to keep their child- ren away from public places, and at the same time he has directed local theatres not to admit any children to their performances for the present, Today, Dr. DeVighne said, there were 140 pupils out of the Public Bchools largely the result of at- of influenza. In addition | | | « of active The IIlllllIIfl"lll"lIilIll"llllllllllllllllllllll able number of adult cases under treatment, “The influenza is widespread over the Pacific Coast and has béen for some time. It is gradual- ly spreading to Alaska. So far it has been in a mild form but un- less it is checked it is certain to become more severe as it devel. ops,” he said. People should be careful ahout over-eating about congregativg in public places, keep warm and dry and use some kind of an anticeptic gargle in combatting the disease, it was said. Owing to the epidemic the mati- vy Sc | Wi | day an airplane crumpled and the plane | the Starr to make the flight with him {the barrel {the wing crumpled. ' scheduled for this m Theater own's Talking, ternoon at the Colis the Senior of the Iligh hool, was cancelled. Howe ‘er e performances Tuesday and ednesday will be carried througi previously announced. Nl JAMES DINEEN STORM VICTIM clas, Searching Party Prepares to Leave Cordova when He Shows Up CORDOVA, Jamq lane Pilot and Newspapermen Dead In Air Accident LONG BEACH, \ree men were afterncon when Alaska, Dec. 10 Dineen, Government mail of the Hinchinbrook I 152 Service, limped into with his gasboat just as a party ‘was preparing He reported Cal., Dec. 10. killed late Satur- the wing of Muni- | P’ ashed 2,000 feet the pal Airport. Earl Doherty, Montfort, Long d Elmer Starr, victims, Doherty near searc leave for him. rific storms on Prince W Sound which wrecked his steering gear, washing away dories and dragging his boat a mile against the anchors Dineen cruised in the vi.inity of Montague and Middleton Islands but saw no signs of the lost hali- t fishing boats Brunvol and Im- perial veteran pilot; W Beach Editor, engraver, were asked Montfort and plane. He was doing roll with several )mn»| a new od persons watching below when B FORGET-ME-NOT TEA ROOM NOTICE Hereafter all cakes will be aked in our kitchen as Mrs. erman is not doing our baking. —mh" — - GOLDSTEIN’S EMPORIUM will be Christmas. your accommodation we open every evening until m!v (;IFTS' SPARKLE , COLOR, VARIETY GORDON’S HAS GATHERED THEM FOR YOU No more worrying over what to give when you have seen our exquisite array of new merchandise. Here are gifts that bless the giver and delight the recipient. For the Christmas Table The charming miniature TREE — made of wire to permit folding, “needles” that stay put—a permanent decoration. Christmas Boxes Beautiful in rich colorg; the perfect touch to the gift—in all wantedsizes from the hand- kerchief to the suit box, 10 cents to 45 cents. TOYS A new assortment of ‘tp and cars for the boys, 1, The dolls range from the baby dfl]l to the little girl doll that measures two feet and two inc hos in length. The new cars and chiefly the large, heau- tifully constructed ‘type and include a fire water tower, steam shovel, dump truck, mail and army trucks. Gordrns Gift Shop “The Store of the Christmas Spirit”’ l"llllllllllllmlllllllllIIlullllllllllllllfllIfllli IIIIlIIlIIIIIIII[IIIIlllllllIIIIIIllllllllllllllIIl!fllllllllllllllllllllllll 'WORK OF U S. there N MARINES GET REAL PRAISE., Secretary ‘Wilbur Makes| Reporlrv—Recommen- dations Are Made (Continuea rrom Page One.) re awarded for two glant 6,500,- 000 cubic feet volume dirigibles Thirty aviators were reported kill- ed in crashes during the calendar year, 1927. The remamaer of the naval pe- troleum reserves were returned to the supervision of Secretary Wil.| bur during the year. He ordered | the wells closed down and close | check kept to determine whether'di was any drainage to nearby lls. Since the closing of the! s in most of the reserves, no|Cc definite evidence has developed|lu [ Ng W io age of either oil or gas from the reserve wells to the uuls(.\mlm.:‘ wells, the report said. Legislation to fix more definitely the status m of the reserves was urged in the|re m tion of reserve No. 1, which 1§ es.|pi timated to contain 600,000,000 bar. | rels of ofl, and which may be| drained by owners of nearby land when they decide to drill Shortage of Officers Secretary Wilbur predicted shortage of officers would exist| for three years, unless Congress| appropriated funds for a new ap. \ pointment basis. “That rapid de-'p, iin | fe ¢reased proportion of smaller ve sels in the fleet combine to r quire a materially greater centage ' of officers to men did our Navy of 1916, the dald The report made referen to the cruiser bill which nassed | the House at the last session and which is pending before the Sen. ate. Of the several accidents during the year, the sinking of the Sub. marine 8.4 with the loss of forty lives off the Massachusetts coast following a “collision with 1the Coast Guard ¢destroyer Paulding, was the worst, Secretary Wilbur recommended the passage of a bill to prevent stagnation in promotion of offi- cers of the gime, and another to rovide fox thefyefirethent of staff fmm ‘whb ha §0 ) tha report di WICHITA, gram addr « e Morgan . i lin \Cordova Chamber ka deleg that there is any appreciable leak-|Jones chamber ac report, particularly for the protec. an aid to Ame o|the Nugget Shop velopment of aviation, and the in- No. |day evening per- officers and Degree. |w ( URSE CALLED BACK T0 W OLISEU O LAST TIMES T()NI( Hl Kan., Dec. 10 brother Mi Wichita missionary who was one of in the mic in 1 rgan TRAN rse of l.m I\ and the work- Alaska diphtheria epi- e THOMAS | MEIGHAN “’\(FW I\L()VDIKE” TUEsBDAY and WEDNESDAY “Whole Town’s Talking™ THURSDAY FRIDAY Warner Bros:; pfuon? <11 v back to Nome ihle fhe situa visiting frier Missouri 1 sme immedia - situation wire ex will leave 1,4 ly of Commerce Stirred Up Western Div. Action Alaska, Dec. 10 action of the We CORDOVA, gnant at the s of the ng \la 'n Divis umbeg tho r of the n mee! ommer Ci sored repe the 1 cal by unaniy delegates | of thei went on bill he of who spo 0| tion asiing for th Shipping bill, of commerce, ous vote, declared the ted against the ajority of Alaskans brd favoring the wishes and Jones’ fcan coast and as wise hip- ng interests. | . Syeney wnaure: Christmas car rent, eproductions original, dif- Alaskan, 26 cents each at —adv SRR kS R ATTENTION MASONG There will be unication of Mt. 147 F. & A. nic Temple a 7: stated com- | Junean Lodge M., in the Ma 20 o’clock Mon Annual election of k in the M M‘ a Visiting Brethren « invited. By order of the| CHAS. F. NAGHEL, ally M adv l’RI(‘Es—AO 20-40 Loges 50 cents Welcome Cafe Under New Management HOME COOKED Foop Served as you like it SHORT ORDERS Mrs. Emma Durland TR l'fl:‘(}n at Empire Tue Juneau LAunNDRY Franklin Street, between Front and Second Streets PHONE 359 Jlmt what you mas greeting want—Christs See (isplay of hy the nelccg ¢ 4 rank. A th a7 fil ué urged for passage, would rnpsal ‘the measure restricting retired officers from being employed by concerns fur- nishing supplies to the Navy De. partment. - FORGET:ME-NOT TEA ROOM NOTICE Hereafter: al]l cakes will be baked in our Kitchen as Mrs.| Herman is not doing our baking. —adv. AT NN ATTIENTION For Carpenter Work of any kind—shop or city—Call Handy Andy, Phone 498. ———e FBUIT CAKES AND GOODIES e P DANCE MOOSE HALL TUESDAY NIGHT LINDSETH’S ORCHESTRA Scandinavian-American Music Everybody Welcome Made to your order. Telephono 602 4 e e e FADA ALL-ELECTRIC RADIO Come in and hear the New Fada All-Electric Seventy. Last word in radio. Open evenings. Demonstrations in your home it you wish. Telephone 429. Radio Electric Company MARTIN LYNCH. ., — GOLDSTEIN’S EMPORIUM For your accommodation we will be open every evening until Christmas. adv, nee performance of “The Whole Gift Suggestions Colored Stem Glassware Crystal Clear Glassware Dishes Casseroles Pyrex Ware Decorated China Percolators Waffle Irons Toasters Electric Irons Waffle Sets Klondike,” and the two stars are Thomas Meighan and Lila Lee. The feature made a good impres. sion with the Sunday night audi- ences last night when it opened for a two-day run. adv. o MAYNARD RETURNS TO —adv. | PALACE ON TUESDAY | P Ken Maynard, one-man circus or ‘rodeo, who has made daredevil horseback riding a fine art, will exhibit his new Aluminum Ware Sleds Skates Skii Air Rifles Fishing Rods Roller Skates Kiddie Kars Wagons Mechanical Toys Wrought Iron Fern Tool Chests Stands Christmas Tree Lights FURNITURE SMOKING STANDS known as Pianos, Phonographs, Phono- graph Records, Musical Instru- ments, Confectionery, and en- tire Stock and Fixtures of the Juneau Music House will be sold at public auction, Satur- day, December 15, 1928 at 2 o dock P. M. GROVERC. WINN, Referee in Bankruptcy. A .SAVORY TURKEY from FRYE-BRUHN MARKET .assures ;v.uu of a wonderful Christmas dinner. We have the finest birds in town, the " choicest meats and poultry you ever bought. - FRYE-BRUHN Co. 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