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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
PERSHINC WILL
 VISIT SEATTLE
, SPEND THREE DAYS IN SEAT TILE AND AT PLANTS
 IN VICINITY.

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 26.-(Pc It was announced here today that General John J. Pershing will prob ably spend three days in and around Seattle on the occasion of his visit to the northwest during the later part of next month. His itinerary calls for January 19, 20 and 21 to be spent in Seattle, inspecting Camp Lewis and visiting the various forts along Puget sound. It is probable that the city will arrange for an elab- crate reception to the noted American leader.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
FAMOUS CHICAGO TWiRLER
 WILL COACH COLLEGE TEAM

CHICAGO. Ill.,, Dec. 26.-RJ-Grov- CT Alexander. the famous Chicago National league pitcher, who pitched the Pittsburg club to at least one pennant and aided in keeping that club in the race for several seasons. has accepted an offer to coach the baseball team of the University of Illinois. He will go to that school in a few weeks and will stay until the Cubs go south for their spring training.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
DEMPSEY'S CHANGES IN FIGHT
 WITH CARPENTER DISGUISED

LONDON, Dec. 26.- -R)-A medical Inter for the Evening News, in dis cussing the probable outcome of d ight between Jack Dempsey and George Carpenter, the French fighter, says that the chances of the former uepend on the length of his reaction rather upon his superiority in weight, a. .eed and strength. He says "reac ton time" is the time between im- pulse to act and it's transformation into action. He says that Carpenter possesses an abnormally small reac- lion time both mentally and phys ically.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
POLICE UNABLE TO
 LOCATE SENDER OF MACHINE

PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 26.-RE It was announced at police head uarters this morning that the local officials have been unable to locate or find any trace of the person who mailed a package containing an in- fernal machine to Fred Fink, a Se- attle musician, under the label of a Xmas package. It is believed that personal enmity was the cause of the attempt on his life.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
.lIy,jEI:,ju i ,jI:,j TRANSPORT
 PUT DOWN WAYS
SIX THOUSAND TON TRANSPORT CHATEAU-THIERRY IS
 LAUNCHED

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26.-R)- The new army transport Chateau Thierry was launched at the Hog Island yards this afternoon before a great throng of people. The new vessel was christened by Mrs. George Barnette, wife of the commandant of the marines engaged in the bat tie for the Marne crossing in the summer of 1918.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
HARVARD TEAM ARRIVES-IS
 FAvORlTE IN BETTING ODDS

PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 26.-(R)3l The Harvard football eleven arrived here this evening and was shown to the quarters assigned to it during it's stay in this city. The coaches expect to begin practice immediately. Harvard is the favorite in the betting 3 to before the game begins.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
soLs CUT OFF VOLUNTEER
 FORCES OF GEN. DENEkINE

GENEVA, Dec. 26.-P)-Advices received here tonight from Bucharest say that the retreat of the volunteer forces operating in connection with the cossack armies of General Dene- kine has been cut off by the advance of the bolsheviki troops in Rumania The only recourse left to these armies is said to be a retirement into Rumania.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 23.-{R)-
 A lone bandit, believed by local ac- thorities to be the same one who shot and killed E. H. Sohults. at Ia coma last night, attempted to hold up First avenue stationery store in this city tonight during which he shot and seriously wounded B. L. Howe. and Ralph P. Hedges. clerks. He failed in his attempt and escap- ed by mingling with the holiday crowds after . short pursuit.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
AERO CLUB CALLS FOR AIRMEN
 TO REPRESENT U. S. IN MEETS

NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 26.--(R}- The Aero club of North America to- night issued call for nineteen of the best American airmen to repre- sent the country in international aerial contests to take place during the next year. The club may in- stitute elimination contests as the best method of choosing from those who offer their services.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
AMERICANS WIN

LONDON. Dec. 26-R-Pal Moore, the well known American bantam weight boxer, tonight defeated Eu- gene Criqui. of France. fighting one of the best battles seen in a local ring in years. Johnny Griffith, an American welterweight, also defeated Francis Charles, another French fighter. being given technical knockout. Both of the Frenchmen quit before the end of their bouts.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
COUNTY PRISONER ASKS SANTA TO BRING HIM A FEW SAWS

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 26.-(Pt- Deputy sheriffs, making the rounds in the King county jail yesterday picked a note off the bars of one cell addressed to Santa Claus. The not read: Dear Santa, Please bring me half a dozen hacksaws. Your Esteemed friend. Harry Merlin" Mer- lin is confined in the jail for a minor offense.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
XMAS TREE sPEcULAToRs IN
 NEW YORK LOSE MONEY

NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-R1-In an effort to hold up the people of this city by cornering the Xmas tree sup |ply. local speculators lost many thou sand dollars by reason of their ex- tortionate demands. Prices ranged from $500 to 5000 and thousands |of trees were left unsold. people rs- fusing to pay such enormous figurss.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
PROSPERITY AND PROHIBITION
 CAUSE DINNER TO GO BEGGING

NEW YORK. Dec. 26-R)-Yester- day for the first time since 1t be- came fixed institution the Xmas dinner annually given free on the Bowery went 8 begging. Those in charge of the dinner believe that prosperity and prohibition caused the lack of patronage.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
THE NEW BIRTH
By Hattie M. D'Orsay

We commemorate this Christmas
 That Day a Child was born; They found Him in a manager
 He a stable did adorn. His parents, too, most humble
 Their garb and their abode The Light of Kindness wrapped them
 round
 Love was their only code. And yet these are the greatest
 Mankind shall ever know; These carpenter and fisher folk.
 Unknown to pomp or show. And so 1t Is, He loves the poor.
 And deeds of kinds are But footsteps of the truly great
 Whose aura shines afar. And those it is have most to give
 Who help the one that's down; Just so, He gave His only son
 That we might wear crown. A crown of everlasting light,
 A medal won by deeds! "As ye did for the least of mine.
 Thus have ye sown my seeds" The seeds of second birth are ours In that, He comes once more! And brings that gift of second birth Of life forevermore! Of course it's an old story!
 Two thousand years, all told, But where is there one fner?-
 Like pure Alaskan gold! Then. Hail to Merry Christmas!
 We die--to live again! Deaths sting Is lost in Victory! Take courage, sons of men!
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
POLICE ARREST
 TACOMA BANDIT
I. w. w. LOGGER ARRESTED SUS. PECTED WITH BEING
 A HIGHWAYMAN.

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 26.--(P)-
 Thomas S. Hearn, logger and a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, was arrested here to- night by the city police officials. He is believed to be the bandit who recently killed one man Tacoma
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
THE BATTLE OF THE GIANTS.

THE BATTLE OF THE GIANTS. The game begins with both sides
 keen,
 The men are feeling fine. Skip Heilig has the first put shot His lead is little lame, Then Suter's lead takes an inturn pot And lays the stone the same. Up comes Reeds second man With tee high draw to broom, And puts the stone right in it place: A bully shot, his team all croon. Eddie's second comes down the ice, With a pretty inturn draw. But he hogs his stone and is left
 alone
 While his men exclaim. Oh-shaw. Now Heilig calls to his third, guard We'll show the mutt how to curl. But the stone he says picks up a straw,
 And it's a joke to see 1t twirl. And so the game progresses. While the pretty girls all scream. AS the score in the 1eventh stands nine to nine, In favor of both Skips' team. Now comes the battle royal. Suter says he'll not go to defeat But Heilig says. old boy l guess Right now you are my meat Suter's Men begin to see That if the game they win. It must be by careful play. And their faith in their skip they pin Their play is keen. they take the broom,
 They have two stones in home. Poor Heilig can't see how to pass the guard, | And Eddie is laughing some Gottam he says I'll split 'em up, l And with a mighty back hack weigh When To. as the stone leaves his hand He seems to see his fate. He yells l gave the wrong turn, And he sees things thru a fog. And his men they weep. as they SCI | defeat,
 With his stone just over the hog. The galleries now are some what put With Suter's two stones in, To see what will the outcome be. With Heilig's last stone to win. And as down the ice he gangs ava That pretty draw to make, He says. to Ed, now old sport I'll make your inwards quake. The draw was perfect. His men all shout, As they see the shot he makes, pass
 ing by the outer guard Knocking both of Eds stones out. Heilig now lies one, with his las l stone played, And the score stands nine to nine, His rooters in the galleries Are singing Baby Mine." It's Suter's last stone now to throw, And as it leaves his hand, he yelll l out to his men
 Come soop Ger up, now let her bend, And the score stands-nine to ten.
 -REXALL
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29

CHINOOK, Wash, Dec. 26.-R- It is reported here that the floating ice in lower Columbia river has done damage to the fisheries to the extent of $6O,0O0 during the last three days Most of this results from the de- struction of fish traps, piling and webb gear.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29

Doctor-For dinner you should take forty minutes.
 Timid Patient-Would it be danger ous to add a bit of meat and s0me |vegetablesf
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29

"A man never loses anything by politeness," said the Old Fogy.
 'T know a lot of men who never in- tend to-" added the Crouch.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
MOSS DECLARES
 NOT RESIGN ON
 HART'S REQUEST
SAYS UNDER LAW HE NEED NOT RESIGN UNTIL SUCCESSOR IS NAMED-ONLY MAN IN STATE QUALIFIED TO ACT AS ADJU- 1ANT GENERAL, HE CLAIMS.

OLYMPIA, Wash, Dec. 26.-R)- ..IJulant General Moss, ot this state, ,.ls-Ino E!ng ill d communication sent ,.uNerllor nat, formally refused to .eslsn Ills once at the request of the soSplnor. general Moss, ill his re- .usaI, says that he Is not required, ,.nurr the law, to resign until after ius successor shall have been ap- pointed ana no appointment has yet nceli Iuaue Dy Governor Hart.
 Inc request for the resignation ul the adJutant general Was made two said Goyernor Hart, because the pres ,nJ holder oI the office mad urged various posts ot the American legion tu support him ill his hght to retain DilIce. ueneral Aloss says that he is tnc Unly man i'll the state legally uualilleu to mold the office. IL has Loen suggested that the attitude taken Dy hlm may JusLily the governor ln oIuelnna court martial proceedings ,.s,;tlusL him.
 THOMPSON APPOINTED
 SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 26.-R)- Governor Hart this evening appoint ed Maurice Thompson as acting adju- tant general Of the state troops of Washington to succeed former adju- Lant Moss. The resignation of the latter was requested earlier in the week anu was refused by him. He has been made major in the state guard now. The new adjutant gen. eral held that post prior to the war and resigned to accompany Washing ton troops to France where he serv- ed during the war period.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-12-29
LECUlA FACING
 SERIOUS CRISIS
CHILEAN PRESIDENT MAY BE D-DISSATISFAC-
 TON IS GENERAL.

SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 26.--(R1- President Lebuia, of Chile, is facing a serious crisis and the downfall of his government. which was recently installed, is believed to be imminent. It is reported that neither the mill tarists nor anti-militarists among the Chileans are satisfied with his re- gime and movements in both factions against Leguia have been started.
 SACRAMENTO, Dec. 24.-R)-The Harvard football eleven arrived in California tonight. Manager Fred Moore announced that the men are in fine shape. The team will go di- rect to San Francisco where 1t will be the guest of the Harvard club of that city over the holidays.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05

commercial producers. scenting a
popular success here, proposed 10 the
Theatre Guild that he guarantee them
$500 Week s-o move the play up
town to the Fulton Theatre.
The financial conditions OF it's pro-
ductlon are interesting. The Guild is
a cooperative theatre. in which all
the members of the company receive
a uniform salary, with sharing Of
prcnts when running costs and costs
of production have been paid and a
sinking fund provided. The mem bers
Of the cast each receive S25 a week.
The original cost of the production
was exactly 1884 In the twenty five
weeks run the receipts have averaged
$4,000 week, total gross income of
Slo0,000. of which the Theatre Guild
has received enough to show net
profit of over $4,000
1t sheds some light on the possi-
bilities of the cooperative theatre to
be self supporting, and it tempers
somewhat the popular notion that vast
amounts are risked in production.
Broadway regards John Ferguson"
with amazement not unmixed with awe
mprehensible as it is, It has earned
the respect due piece of paying
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
CHRONICLE AND COMMENT or THE STAGE

thing I've had, and you talk about the
place | call hell as Heaven.
klng-Adam, why can't we change
places?
Adam-Change places-how do you
mean?
King-1 mean that I will go to Man
ouse-if you'll take over my family.
ADAM ou're joking.
king-Oh, no I'm not. You're long
ing for a family, and I'm longing for a
rest.
Adam-You mean that you'd actually
leave me in charge of your family?
king-I meaan to install you here as
father. They don't think much of me
as father. so | would like to let them
try new one.
- Adam-lf you will pardon me. Mr.
hlng, think that is one of the widest
ideas l ever heard
|king-Not at all! 1t would be
liberal education for you-and
believe me, you need it. It's
really awful to think of a poor.
innocent fellow going about with the
Idea that if you want to stop women
from being extravaganza all you need
do is drop a hint! You long for the
touch OF womans hand. do your
You'll get it, boy, you'll get it, if you're
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
mes Rennie
By Rebecca Drucker

Gsh praise as 1t is to say Of an
.c,r, that he Is Finished" it is praise
that has double edge, with the deadly
,mplicaton that there Is nothing more
in process of making here. sense Of
no renewal. That is why, Of the two
most interesting performances of this
season. that Of Alfred Lunt in "Clar-
.ncs" and that Of James Rennie in
moonlight and Honeysuckle." not one
.eyiewer said that they were finished.
sne cannot be sure. The possibilities
that lie in these young moderns are
difficult to gauge.
James Rennie is vibrant, gray-eyed
Young man. SO recently out Of the uni
form Of captain of the Royal Flying
Corps that something of the airman's
insouciance still hangs about him. He
would rather you did not suspect him
Of harborng upsetting ideas, but if you
do he cannot help rising to the decoy.
decoy.
"You see. the fashion of acting flows
with the whole tendency of art. Elim;-
nation. economy, the reliance upon the
power of suggestion rather than that
Of portrayal-that is the new concept,
and 1t modifes all the old-fashioned
theories of acting. The play. it's de-
coratng, its acting are a whole, and
the actors whole art is to keep himself
in the picture. Paradoxically, you are
far more intensely an individual SUBJ
dued to your part in that whole than
you would be if you dominated it.
"These lessons in restraint learned
by constant experiment. The effects.
for instance, of pauses are the merest
stage tricks, but l did not know until
found out for myself how much more
effective pause can be than line.
But it is only effective when it is tense
with significance, charged with SYM
Dol. You can rivet an audiences atten-
tion, strangely enough, more by what
is passing through your mind than
By wha. you are saying. That was an
other great discovery. l came upon it
while was playing Hamlet. I had
come to the grave scene and the speech
about Yorick, and there rose before me
real picture of the boy Hamlet and
the Jester. WAS carried by it into
longer pause than l intended, and
suddenly became aware that the at
tention Of the audience was centred
upon me more intensely than at any
time in the play. 1t was a moment full
of intensity for me, and it became so
FOR them.
found that my imagination had the
power TO compel theirs"
Where did you get chance to play
Hamlet" asked.
AT the Northampton Stock Com
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05

not darn careful. You've done lot
I. .or me, Adam: Your honesty and faith.
tuiness have helped NE to make Ia 700
tortune-so I'd like to do sometSine .
Tor You. | want TO open your ewes be-.
Tore you've landed yourself with a wife
i"o'her-in-law and couple of kids.
AaamIbut what would your family
>, hing-We don't need to care what
they say; I've still got one hold over
m ny fam'iy. They all sit up on their
mn nlno legs and ''woof" when I hold out
this little book. Wv
/, AdamTfou rule them with a check
o0ok. mat isn't right, Mr.. King.
hlng-lf you can discover any other
wa, way 70 rule them, l shall be most CRATE
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
Who's Whom
Current PLAYS

In every season there are usually
few bits that stand out from the cur
rent theatrical successes and are re-
membered sometimes even when the
very name of the play itself is forgot
No single speech in this years pro-
ductiors has made profounder i'm
preston than that Of the drunken COM
poser in First Is Last" the comedy
at Maxine Elliott's Theatre Before
ard after this speech the audience is
laughing Il good part of the time, but
for few minutes Richard Dix reduces
the crowd TO q breath holding silence
and sympathetic attention that the
most famous of stars cannot always
WIN
Before this Dix had not won fame,
but ne had served thorough appren-
ssieeshlp and nobody that saw him in
The Song of Songs" few years ago
was surprised at the power and sin
cerlty shown in his present role.
Mr. Dix was born in Minneapolis.
where his father tried to make
banker Of him. But money. according
to the old saying. did all the talking
whereas he wanted to talk himself so
he went to q night school Of acting and
presently graduated into the best OF
all schools-the theatre itself For a
and aha half he sy glazed .as stock kin in
~.''"t q pv.-S anu tot. dOI dHu tHSH
Joined company in Pittsburgh. After
tour through Canada, he got an en-
gsgement with william Faversham and
Nile. Dorzat in THE Hawk" and "The
Song Of Songs" 1t was his work in
the last-named piece that brought him
an offer from Morosco to play stock in
aos Angeles. Returning again to New
YORK, he did Juvenile part in "The
Little Brother" and later made de-
eidsd hl' as the vigorous young agitator
IN lie Baron's II Love You"
. Queenie Smith, the heroine of "Roly-
BOY Eyes" John Cort's musical COM
edy az the Knickerbocker Theatre, is a
product Of the Metropolitan Ballet
school. native Of this countryside
was born N San Antonio, Tex-Miss
Smith mas received her entire training
IN Aneric.. and she is proud of the
Tact that she is entitled to bear the
trademark "ail-American.'
AZ the age OF four little Miss Smith
began 70 show ability as ballet
dancer, and when only twelve years old
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05

Pany. which is. as you may know. the
oniy municipal theatre in the country
it was not in their plans to rive sHam.
let SO wrote let's to the local news-
papers demanding why we were NOT
oeing given Hamlet at the municipal
theatre, and signed myself Indignant
Subscriber,' or something like that. A
lew people got stirred up about it and
wrote real letters, and the result vas
that l got my chance at Hamlet, The
funny thing was. though the man
ayers in their anxiety to prove that q
municipal theatre could be self support
ing, had been afraid to risk a Shake
spearlan production, we made enough
real money by it to wipe out the season
deficit incurred by the popular offer
lngs- 1t was a wonderful experience
and live in the hope"-but Mr.
Renune did not need to finish thu,
sentence
Alter two seasons in the more or
iess rarlfled atmosphere of Northamp-
ton 4 mad a season with that charming
hstle pastoral, His Bridal Night It
was q robut, -slamming bedroom
farce 1T equalized things and l felt
better for having played. 1t established
healthy sort of balance in nv ex-
perience.
Then I Joined up and went to Eng
land In the air service. don't SUP
pose it's made NE better actor, but
IT'S been valuable part Of nv educa
ton. had for years been haunted bv
the romantic line, 'Oh, to be in England
when it's May and l had all Of the
sentimental young mans notions about
spring in England. Well, know now
that the English spring is about the
most overrated thing there is. | wish
had stayed in this country and kent
all my downy ideals intact, but, on the
other hand, all the hard hitting real
lties OF the war, of which the English
spring was not the only disillusion-
ment, has done much for one in a pro-
tesslon where a sense of reality some
times gets mislaid.
Il don't know whether have brought
anything new in acting. ! only know
tnat | have the most amazing luck
me luck that brings me through every
thing on my feet. Once / drifted
around in the fog on coast patrol over
the English Channel when my engine
went wrong. | was due for long
trip down. l turned the plane
around to head for the direction in
which the compass told me Law
the land. | didn't expect to make land
so far as | knew | was somewhere in
the middle between France and Eng
land, the fog was so thick I couldn't
see my engine, it was bitter cold. and |
had a mental picture of foundering
around in the water until boat picked
me up. I drifted down somewhere on
the bosom Of the fog until ! felt that |
must soon hit bottom-and when I
struck, it was. would you believe it? on
the English shore not six feet from
the waters edge-on the shingle Of the
beach. rs been like that in my work,
too l think"
Luck or skill-it is obvious that
the resourceful. high-spirited Wr
Renaie has made his landing again.
R. D.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
John Ferguson
Makes Theatre
Guild Independent

broadway. that so knowingly COM
putes box Office receipts. does not know
what to make of "John Ferguson"
Last Saturday night the play broke the
fulton Theatre house records for re-
ceipts, when it took in nearly $4,000
A strange, gloomy play tisat started
out with furtive bid for recognition
from the intellectuals, its popularity
IS one of the freaks Of the season.
John Ferguson the second produc-
tion Of the Theatre Guild, opened at
the Garrick Theatre twenty-five weeks
ago. scheduled for only two weeks.
In spite Of the reviewers praise it was
difficult to believe that the play had
succeeded. and its run was extended
only a week at time. Finally Walter
Wanger, one of the younger Of the