The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 2, 1929, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1929. ' | PALACE = e 3 - gan, does a number of special || dances, all cleverly done, sings sev- ‘From Blch Star Of the Sl“gc |eral good songs and his ventrilo- | quist act with Jerry is entirely new. | |As a versatile entertainer, he is|- |that for it takes a versatile old- | timer, like Willis, to entertain with to Poverty Stricken Derelict 7:15 9:15 TONIGHT and { , THURSDAY f Charlie Chase Comedy HARRY C. WILLIS ‘s and JERRY in Song—Dance Ventriloquism b » b« , The Entertainment You Should See 10-20-50—Loges 60c COMING FRIDAY HOOT .G]BSON in “The Flying Cowboy” Attractions [S " “IN OLD KENTUCKY” AND WILLIS, PALACE “"A brand new version of “In Old Kentucky” opened last night at s the Palace and will be on for two more nights. stage or film features and has lost » none of the old time charm and race track scenes. The cast is cxcellent from the leads to the emallest characters. The atmos- phere of the old south is maintain- ed throughout and “In Old Ken- tucky” is a most pleasing entertain- ment. The special comedy is about L4 one of the funniest things yet seen on the Palace screen. Harry C. Willis is giving his third and last vaudeville act and it s He plays a Mich.; Leonard Stewart, Vermillion, ¢ his best seen here. flute, “sweet potato” and mouth or- This production is entirely different from all previous three different bills, for 30 minutes “ench change, and put it over right. | | " "PHRILLS GALORE IN T | TALKIE AT COLISEUM | “'Coliseum audiences are vocifer | | ously sounding their appreciation o ‘;"Ligh!s of New York” Warner Bros. | all Vitaphone production, which was written by Hugh Herbert and Mur- ‘ra,\' Roth and directed by | Foy. Helene Costello and Cullen Landis head the all-star cast which |includes Gladys Brockwell, Mar; | carr, Wheeler Oakman, Eugene Ps lette, Robert Elliott, Tom Dugan, | Tom McGuire, Guy D'’Ennery, Wal- ter Perciv and Jere D The thrilling and intensely hu | man story of “Lights of New York |has to do with two young love: | who, weary of the home town, se i | opportunity for fame and fortune | |in Manhattan. Landing on pitiless | & | Broadway, the girl, as a night club in the youth as keeper | the innocent- barber shop | he had been inveigled into buying —but a bootlegging joint. f i Then begin the complication: }which include the shooting of a | 3 | policeman, the betrayal of the |young man into the hands of the | {police, the strange Kkilling of the | night club proprietor, whose taking | off I explained by the haggard ! Molly Thompson whom he has cast off and the reuniting of the lovers “Lights of New York” is some- thing new in the amusement world. | It is vital and stirring. | | HOOT GIBSON IS AT PALACE, FRIDAY | | Hoot Gibson has taken to the| air. Universal's famous cowboy hero! |has fallen for the air craze that is | sweeping the country, and in his |new picture, he temporarily aban- |dons his horse for a plane. The picture is “The Flyin' Cowbo: | which has been booked by the Ps tace Theatre to open Friday. Hoot is thrown from the plane ot an altitude of 30,00 feet, and he | performs one of the most spectacu- | lar parachute jumps ever filmed ; Thc Amazing Story of Truly Shattuck Disclosed in the Police | Court When Once Famous Actress is Arrested for Shoplifting in a Chicago Store. Bryan | Once her nams appeared in brig .t That is the story asclosed in a Chicago police court, when Truly Shattuck, once beautiful actress was rested for stealing a $16.50 IS DROWNED dress from a local department store 4 T dontt Ehoe ET T IR 1L e (Continued = Page One) |cried at Detective Headquarters. o SRS 5 SEYT to stockholders, employees and public One of his pet theories in bring- about such conditions was that ve had no work for three months. | fit lle skit [th T've y told vouldn't go over me my vaud any more. by a motion picture camera. In “The Flyin' Cowboy,” Hoot | performs some of the most thrilling | riding of his career. The picture is packed with many exciting and comedy incidents amply satisfying | both thrill and laugh seekers. i Olive Hasbrouck appears in the | feminine lead. Others in the cast are Harry Todd, William Bailey, | Buddy Phillips and Ann Carter. | AT THE HOT Alaskan John Johnson, Taku; H. Car- mier, J. McDonald, Juneau; R. N.| Miller, B. Goluborich, Cordova; C. Vevelstad, Unga; T. F .Garrison, ! Latouche; John Mair, Peter Drago- Ivich. Seward; George M. Smith, Hoonah. ELS Gastineau Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Marshall, San- ta Fe. New Mexico; B. B. Neiding, D. Knowlton, Frank R. Carlisle, R. D. Baker, Seattle; M. R. Olsen, Juneau; S. Dodge, Los Angeles. Zynda Robert H. Paddock, Calumet, Kansas. tramped the streets lo g for work. TI've the wan The {f labor becoming capital and fos- green dress looked so pretty, and |‘ering the cooperative effort be- ween employee and employer. His theory was given the test of time; jand in the opinion of Philadel- s at least, was found to be ticable in every respect. The achievement of the Mitten. |policy in Philadelphia might be said !to have been the climax of preve 15 efforts in Milwaukee, BuHalA and Chicago. Although financial reward usually wpanied his successes, Mr. Mit chief joy in rehabilitating a railway system lay in the mplishment. That he was lt- tle interested in material reward his work was indicated after he begun ion system upon its feet. NMhen T was 40,” he said, “I had ‘ah the money I wanted—enough to jatford any one man as much as he could sonably enjoy in the world. Today I have less personal wealth “Ithan I had at 40. If I live to be 100 I shall have no more.” it only $16.50—but I didn't have the $16.50." In her poverty she was too prouc to appeal to friends, but a friend,} a restaurant owner, heard of her arrest and posted bond for her. “A woman must dress if s wants to work,” the fifty-four-yes old actress said. “And I did ne work so badly. But, oh, the shame of it! What a position for one wh has shaken hands with a King.” Miss Shattuck said she was broke, | The rent on her lodging house room |*** was past due. The one time star |/ of first magnitude had lost its light behind the clouds of marching years. Her vaudeville skit drew its la half-hearted, scattered applause or the kerosene circuit several mont ago. Then she worked as a wait- ress, a seamstres: She lost the jobs. No one ned to want employ ghe woman who had entes tained two continents and who had | Born in England smiled down from the cinema screen| ar. witten was born at Brighton, vis-a-vis with Fairbanks, McLean, | & ccex England, March 31, 1884: Valentino and Sydney Chaplin. g5 father, with his family of eight, 3 Such is life when fate Inter-|came to the United States in 1875 ‘enes. pr lights. Fame and fortune favored | | her but today she is poverty strick- lT E T | en and desperate. L] ] to put Philadelphia’s, WARNER BROS. First 100% All Talking Picture Lightsof New Y ork Tonight at Coliseu e ALSO 3 BIG VITAPHONE ACTS and settled on a small. farm at { Goodland, Ind. The son did his share of the farm work until he {was 21, and in his spare time |learned telegraphy in the railroad | freight office at Goodland. Mr. Mitten began his practical railroad experience as joint agent for the Chicago and Indiana Coal {Railway and the Big Four Rail- road at Wynham, Ind, in 1885. His |pay was $30 a month. Two years {er he was made local agent af | Attica, Ind., where he obtained ex- | perience in train dispatching. Next he went with the Denver and Rio Grande at Pueblo, Colo, and later as assistant freight agent atc Zen- ver After three years Mr. Mitten took charge of a short steam suburban line running from Denver to the coal mines in the foothills at Golden, Colo. While in that posi- ition he electrified parts of the road, thus gaining his first knowledge of electricity as a transportation agency. The success of that ex- periment created in him an am- bition to enter the electric street Jrailway industry. 1 “When Mr, sen went to Phila- delphia /in- 1911, the street 'trans- | i “p LU LU L T LR T T T T T In Rice A .ami.Ahlers Buildifig ' Opposite MacKinnon - - i o IT WON'T BE LONG NOW BEFORE alized condition due to strikes and unpleasant relations with the pub- lic because of the poor service. He |insisted upon having a free hand in solving the problems. | As Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company he assum- ed responsibility for the company's rehabilitation and its operating or- ganization. He was President from ' 1914 to 1923, after which he con- ! tinued as Chairman of the Board. | He retained the latter position! when in 1927 he passed on to his son, Dr. A. A. 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