The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 25, 1929, Page 3

= THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRL MO\I)A\ MARCH 25 T DO YOU WANT TO LAUGH? Then Go To PICKETT! and see j5 DOROTHY MACKAILL and JACK MULHALL mn “LADIES | NIGHT TURKISH BATH” Also See EELY EDWARDS in “THEY CALL IT LOVE”] Double News Reel—Also Pal- ace Orchestra in Concert— plays both shows COMIN( TUESDAY PRISC’LLA DEAN in ‘WEST CvF BROADW lIIl||IIIIIIIIhlllII|II!IIlIIlIIIIHIlIIIIIIIII Attractions At Theatres GOOD COMEDY IS | NOW AT PALACE & ‘Wives who have grouchy hus- bands or husbands who have| grouchy wives would do well to| take them to see Dorothy Mac-“ kail and Jack Mulhall in the First| National picture, “Ladies’ Night in| a Turkish Bath,” a comedy drama replete with laughs, which opened at the Palace last night. i Incidentally, we should include| in this list all the dyspeptics, the | down-hearted and discouraged fcr: if ever there was a cheering, laugh- ter-filled and rollicking comedy- drama calculated to make one for- get his troubles it is “Ladies’ Night in a Turkish Bath,” which was produced by Asher, Small and Rog- ers from the famous stage play by Charlton Andrews and Avery Hop- wood. ‘When Mulhall and Jimmy Fin- layson suddenly find themselves in a Turkish bath on a “ladies night” as they are trying to es- cape from pursuing policemen, the audience goes into a roar of laugh- ter that compels most of them to hold their sides. We have yet to see two more scared looking indi- viduals than Mulhall and Finlay- son. L2 | “PARADISE OF TWO” SHOWING, COLISEUM 3 2 = “Paradise for Two,” a rip-roarin'i comedy drama that sent the audi- ence into spasms of laughter, open- ed at the Coliseum last night for a two-days’ run. The ever-pleas- ing Richard Dix as Steve Porter, the handsome and affluent young bachelor, who mever can say no to the pretty young things who panhandle him for money, adds another:ray of light to his shining star of popularity. Other peculiar problems that Dix has to face in this newest starring role of his are a fortune that is not his unless he gets married, and he doesn’t want to get married, an irate uncle with a lock on the Porter inheritance and who insists that the key to the strong box is a wedding ring for Richard, and a pretty girl, Sally Lane, (Betty Bronsen) with whom he falls in love after hiring her to pose as his wife. There are complications to the plot that form situations to make an audience hold its sides in laughter. There are scenes that bring the suspicion of a catch in the throat. For there's pathos cnough to add spice to the comedy and bring it out to better advan- tage. “WEST OF BROADWAY” | -~ AT PALACE TUESDAY —_— e }The teaching of golf to a bunch of playful, bow-legged cowboys is an interesting feature of the story of Priscilla Dean's current Metro- politan star production, “West of Broadway,” which will be on view at the Palace Tuesday. The scene is laid in the wild and woolly West, where men are men, and where one particular roan, a woman hater, forms an exclusive golf and coun- try club, the slogan of which is #No Women Allowed.” The woman hater (Arnold Gray) sends to an Eastern club for a golfing instructor. Several weeks later Priscilla Dean rides into town| B = | | 1 | | Gene Stratton-Porter, mannishly dressed in golf knickers and top coat. The club members think she is a nice looking young man” and they plan an elaborate dinner in honor of their new instructor. ~But when the boys are eating it develops that the “man” is a girl, and then things happen. “FRECKLES” IS SOON COMING TO COLISEUM Chaxacter pluyers in motion pi tures are many times more fortu- nate in the roles they portray on the screen than the stars and fea- tured players, according to Eulalie Jensen, who plays the role of the “Bird Woman” in “Freckles,” Meehan production for FBO, com- ing soon to the Coliseum. The character in this popular novel frota the pen of the late which Miss is a counterpart of Jensen plays, Mrs. Porte: 5 i OPERATED UPON J. A, ecctomy this morning. — e RUMMAGE SALE The Martha Society will hold a! | RUMMAGE SALE at the NATIVE, BROTHERHOOD HALL, Willough- ‘l by Ave, Thursday, March 28th.| |Leave donations at Prcsbyterian Parsonage. —ady. | e —— ATTENTION EASTERN STARS Regular social meeting will. be: held Tuesday night, March 26, at Scottish Rite Temple at 8 p. Initiation. Visiting members cor- dially invited to attend. adv. S e ATTENTION! For Carpenter Work of any kind | —shop or city—Call Handy Andy. Phone 498. B EXPERT SHOE REPAIRING It pays to mave your zippers and boots rebuilt at Mike Avoian’s. | Gent's furnishings. —adv. | NEUMONIA Call a physician. Then begin “emergency” treatment with VIEKS vAaPO RUB Over 21Million Jars Used Yaarly Home Office, Seattle, Washington J. W. WOODFORD Resident Agent 2 Rings on Salmon Evenings by Appointment L e a Lee| Davis underwent a tonsil-|F SAMUEL REA PASSES AWRY ON SUNDAY sylvania - Railroad Dies-in East | i (Continued from j——— nificent Rennsylvania Railroad sta- tion in New York City. Years of study and planning reached frui- tion when Mr. Rea took entire charge of the, gigantic engineering problem represented by the tubes which eventually eliminated the vexatious ferry trip from New Jer- sey to New York City that had to be Pennsylvania railroads. An earlier rage One) project to bridge the Hudson from Hoboken to New York was aban- railroads failed to join the Penn- sylvania in financing the plan, and |the decision to tunnel beneath the river was then made. Come Into Honors The great task was accomplished | nder the personal supervision of ‘1\.11 Rea. The bulk of the credit for the accomplishment had been accorded to Alexander J. Cassatt, _|but when the University of Penn- sylvania decided to honor the man responsible by conferring upon him the degree of doctor of science, it was then that Mr. Rea came into |the honors that belonged to him. | A short time later, he was el- {ected to head the great railroad |system and given control of more than 12,000 miles of road and 250,- 000 employees. | Like many other outstanding ex- ecutives, Mr. Rea laid the founda- |tion of his career as a clerk in a {#mall country store which he de- ]serted to enter the employ of the jrailroad. From that time on, he |was steadily employed on railroads in the Eastern section of the Unit- |ed States until 42 years later, he |won recognition from the Penn- sylvania railroad directorate and lwas named as President of the road in 1912. | Always Accessible Every detail of the operation of the Pennsylvania was at his finger uips. Riding in a train on an in- spection trip, he often amazed hls subordinates by calling the number of a train that sped by and noting that it was on time. Hailed as a great railroad executive, he never- |theless was always accessible to the arm\ of employees he commanded. | The day’s problems disposed of, the | most humble trainman in the rail- way employ could talk to Mr. Rea {Former President of Penn-! taken by passengers on the | doned when the other interested | the railroad- head nmmtflhed his; headquarters. Born of Scotch Irish parentage September 21, 1855, in Hollidays- burg, Pa. the future president first entered the employ of the Penn- sylvania railroad as a rodman om the Western Pennsylvania branch of the road. When the panic of 1873 halted all construction work, young Rea entered the employ of an iron company and during the nights studied to fit a carcer with the railroad. Had Tnnuel Project When he resumed his job, he rose steadily in the employ of the Pennsylvania, until 1889 when he resigned to become vice- president of the Maryland Central Railway. Returning to the Penn- sylvania, he went to London in 1892 to make a complete study of | the underground railways of that | city. The experience gained in Lon- don later was put to advantage by Mr. Rea when the great New York tunnel project was under- taken. When the United States en- |tered the World War, private con- Itrol of railroads ended abruptly. |Mr. Rea and Daniel Willard, of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were summoned to Washington | shortly after Woodrow Wilson is- sued a proclamation assuming gov- ernmental control of the railroads of the country. William G. Mc- Adoo was named administrator of | the roads, and he informed the two executives that he purposed taking direct control. Mr. Rea devoted his efforts to aiding the Government in its han- dling of the great transportation ground but continued to offer sug- gestions and devise schemes for the efficient handling of Government troops and war munitions. immediate intimation that Govern- ment control of the roads be re turned to private capital. Mr. Rea entered a protest against any such| procedure which did not guarantee | the stockholders of the raflroads a return on their investment. After much debate, a railroad bill was drafted by Senator Cummins that contained many of the ideas en- tertained upon the subject by Mr. Rea and his fellow railroad exetu- tives. Great Reader Mr. Rea was a great reader. His friends were oft-times greatly sur- prised by his_intimate knowledge of subjects in which they were in- lerested, entirely foreign to rail- roading. He was especially fond of I biography and works of travel. His hobby for years was the study |and collection of English antique silver, of which he was considered an amateur expert. He preferred wood chopping to golf. A man of imposing appearance, with his six feet of height and a strong face topped by iron gray .hah‘ Mr. Rea was known as an by nmcly pxesenung himself where THE [ish Pressure SALESMAN OES the automobile salesman live who could sell you a car without a self-starter, on the theory that it was equipped with a nice crank? Could you be persuaded to replace your modern range with an old-fashioned coal stove? . Could anyone sell you the idea that oil lamps and candles would be more satisfactory than your electric lights, which operate at the touch of a button? work and in convenience. Probably not, for all of these represent Then, why the old-fashioned ice box, the carpet sweeper or broom, the coal furnace in the cellar, the laundry tubs of yesterday, the heavy flat irons, the sewing machine operated by foot? The light and power industry can prove to you the utter senselessness of heusehold drudgery. It has servants which will work for you at reasonable: wages. The industry has spent millions of dollars eliminating drudgery, so why not take full advan- tage of the service? Alaska Electric Light & Pewer Co. Juneau and Douglas, Alaska himself for railroad | problem. He retired to the back-| The end of the war brought the| linquished and the railroads be re-i of~instant decisions.| Qui to sweep aside superficfiili ties, he would make a decision meaning millions of dollars to the ilroad and then turn to his a at nd ask “What next while the men still were Pondering over the problems that had just executive been disposed of. Mr. Rea married Miss Marie M. it the outset of his railroad | r in 1879. | MES. J. 6. HED PASSES ON IN - SANFRANCISCO {Was Pioneer Woman of Ju- neau—Funeral to Be Held Wednesday John G. Heid, Juneau pio- | neer, passed on last night in San |Francisco, according to cablegrams ‘xvum(l here by friends from Mrs. ‘Honnmm Dupuy, daughter of Mrs. | Heid The funeral will be hcld' | Wednesday in San Mateo. | Word of the death of the mdvlv‘ {known and loved woman is & shock friends here who; | | Mrs. {to the were neighbors to Mrs. Heid dur-!| ing the 32 years that she resided in Juneau. At death Mrs. Heid ieaves a | laughter, Henrietta, of San Fran- | cisco. Two daughters, Gertrude ! ‘.m(l Elizabeth, who were born and | (Taised in Juneau, died several years countle ago in San Francisco, after the death of their father who had | |passed away at. their California | ome on January 24, 1917. Mrs. Heid came to Juneau in 11886. In 1890 she married John | G. Heid, at that time just starting | on his career as an attorney, which | was later to make him one of the | most able lawyers in the Territory. | Three daught Elizabeth, Henri- and Gertrude, were horn to | | their home, ling the time they 'HILLS BROS 929 the couple. All of the girls attend- ed the Juneau schools. | From 1889 until ]usL pefore the family left for the south to make Mr. Heid conducted his law practice in offices which were on the corner of Second and Sew- ard streets. The faniily lived dur- resided in’ Ju- neau in what is now the Stillman residence. Mr. Heid's hobby was prospecting and during his years in the north located many ms, some of thch he sold for material sums. Mrs. Heid always took an inter- est in women'’s activities and was a leader in all civic movements. | At death Mrs. Heid was about 62 | years old. against making a CroOQUETTE, but you’d be lucky if you cooked it perfectly OF couRsE coffee can be | roasted in bulk, but to do it | evenly is another thing. Hills Bros., by their patented, con- tinuous process, roast every berry evenly and insure a de- licious, uniform flaver such as no other coffee has. COFFEE Fresh from the ori il sacuin ,35.1. the m. 01929 There’s no law I ZRSUNENIRL B LAUGHS and COLlS UM LAUGHS LAST TIMES I‘OV[GHT | RICHARD DIXin | “P ARADISE FOR TW0” with BETTY BRONSON ~i L SpORMING e Gene Stratton Porter’s “FRE( K1 ES" ey Chas. Chaplin in “GOLD RUSH” PRICES L —10 2¢)-40—~Lnges b0O cenh-. FOR SALE—- 1,.)00 SHARES AT $ $10 A SHARE COMMON STOCK OF ADMIRALTY ISLAND COAL CO. Mine now in excelent shape, down 525" feet in 6-foot vein of finest coal. Inquire of F. A.-J. GALLWAS, President, or JOHN RECK, Protem ‘Sec¢retary-Treasurer. ? A gentleman is’ recéived aceording to his appearance WEAR TAILOR MADE CLOTHES And have them made at home. It is cheaper to have them made at home than to send .outside for them. F. WOLLAND, \rlercham Tailor NOW wr GO Flks, Hall, April 20th. Past Time Club Presentation’ Extracrdinary. 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