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The Alaskan., 1928-02-17

no hand protection and foot wear naught but wrappings of old sails and burlap. Some army. Silently the warriors worked across, silent ly they landed. silently they formed on the Princeton side, but a long march from where the enemy camp fires burned. Men dropped here and there from actual starvation and chill. Some of them froze to death where they went down There was nothing pleasant about the task and the immediate pros poets were gloomy, indeed. Some of Washington's officers talked of turning back. They didn't thinh that the troops could make the hike to the lines of their foes. Wash. ington said: Move on, gentlemen
 Walking is warming and we'll have something stimulating at the jour- ney end" They moved on. Slowly, but surely the soldiers tumbled for ward in the dark.
 The enemy wasn't overly watch, full They figured that wind and weather aided them. No yanks dare cross the Delaware. The boom of a light field gun started things humming. There were scattering re- ports of yank muskets. There was great commotion in the enemy camp but they wakened too late. Frosty bayonets faced them as they crawl ed from tent and comfortable head, quarters. The battle of Trenton was over nearly as soon as started and Washington and his troops had won the seemingly impossible. The
 battle of Trenton made a firm found
 ation for the dictatorship of Wash ington, but dictatorial powers went against the Generals grain. Slow
 ly, as conditions were changed, the way was paved for the establish
 ment of republic in which no die l tator may have a place.
 No nobler figure stands in the van of nations life, no cleaner character is there to commemorate
The Alaskan., 1928-02-17
THE INVENTOR IS S1 YEARS
 OF AGE

Thomas Edson, one of the worlds greatest and most prolific inventors had a birthday on the 11th of February. To celebrate this oc- casion and to wish the wizard many happy returns, there was quite noticeable gathering at Fort Myers. Edison answered a few questions that were put to him. Here are some of the interrogations and the replies: Asked about the drift of religion in America :-''The American people are drifting away from bunk and superstition. The increase in scientic knowledge is responsible for tine fact that Ill., 344 churches reported no additions in 1927" On eternity;-'It is 50-50 with me, one way or another, as to my belief whether there is life after death" Edison favors the abolishment of capital punish ment and thinks the publication of crime news is all right if given briefly and with the lurid and un- necessary detail cut out.
The Alaskan., 1928-02-17

may not be pleased with what has been done to her in the shadow of the flag.
 Second, Canada doesn't want the Alaska panhandle. True enough, she would take it were she to find il floating around without claimant, but this isn't the case. Immense mountains are being made out of mole hills and this has been a fine opportunity for Seattle to again shout out her ownership of the ter ritory.
 So far as the town of Skagway is concerned, there is nothing to hind CT Canadian people from purchasing Skagway property that we know of. No one will make any complaint ii the Canadian people see fit to build up the Lynn Canal town and the rail road company can buy as much property there as it needs and put up as many tourists hotels as il pleases. There is a reverse case to this in early Dawson days. Amer ican miners, sourdoughs, adventur~ CTS and explorers build up the Klon- ! dike metropolis. No one requested a change of flag nor of administra-
 tion. It would have been as much
 out of place to have suggested the purchase of Dawson by the U. S.
 then as it is now to consider serious
 ly the selling of Skagway to the
 Canadian government.
 ! No there is nothing in the wall
 of Seattle that means any particular l good for Alaska Behind her cry l is a fear of losing fat pickings
 that's all.
The Alaskan., 1928-02-17
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The Alaskan., 1928-02-17
GEORGE WASHINGTON
February 22nd, f732.

OOA ucAJ @<hus
 It has always been a mystery to us why the date of Washington's birth is the 22nd of February when ill fact he was born II days earlier. Here is a copy of registration page in the old Washington famil. / bible in so far as it bears immedi- ately on the date of George Wash ington's birth:-
 Augustine Washington and Mary Ball were married the tenth Of March, 173O."
 George Washington, son to Angus tine and Mary, his wife, was born the 11th day of February, 1732, about 10 in the morning"
 Now where does this 22nd ol February come in? We have often wondered. The difference of eleven days doesn't make much difference ill the life of an individual, but it is as easy to have it correct-the birth date-as it is to have it wrong.
 Washington came of aristocratlc people and he was an aristocrat himself, albeit by environment in his younger days he saw the trend to- ward democracy and in democracy. he pinned his faith. He was an army man of first rank although he was strong advocate of peace. He was statesman of commanding qualifications the while he loved the quiet and retiring life of the farm CT (planter).
 Much has been done to explode many of the myths that have been tagged to Washington since his death in the endeavor to make it appear that our first President was just ordinary folk-a man of com mon flesh and blood, who lived as other men of his time and who died Of diptheria or rapidly developed pneumonia Git isn't definitely known which, as you or I might die. The results of all that has been written on the subject make Washington more dear to us than before. We know the man better; he is closer to us. It is easier to grasp the Washington whom we now know than the Washington of our school day pictures.
 It may not be generally known, but Washington was our first and only actual dictator-the first and last in the annals of our country. It was in 1777 when war clouds lowered low, when the young na.
The Alaskan., 1928-02-17
December 14th, 1799.

tion was depressed, when the out
 look was gloomy and forbidding and l despondency was great. The Con-
 gress, sitting at Philadelphia, realiz-
 ed that we had come to a difficult
 bend in the highway of things. Drastic troubles called for drastic
 cures. Washington was about 49 years old at the time. Congress had faith in him. Into his hands, as Commander in Chief of the Amer
 ican forces against the British, against the Tories, against the back
 biters, the pro-British and foreign
 malcontents was given the power absolute to carry through as he saw fit.
 Washington had patience. Also he had a deal of foresight. The
 unlimited confidence placed in his hands by the Continental Congress
 was more than justified. But with
 the powers of a dictator Washing
 ton knew that this power was really little if defeat followed defeat. If the forces of King George won vic tory upon victory, dictatorship
 would certainly not amount to more
 than name. A move had to be made
 that would give some standing to the new position; something with a good big kick to it. Therefore
 Washington planned the capture of Hessians and the British forces at Trenton. It hardly looked possible to carry through. The weather waa nasty, the temperature below Zero and the Delaware River nearly ice jambed. His troops were ragged and hungry and cold. There. were whispers of discontent. What had to be done must be done at night. and the night of the expedition turn ed out rawer than usual and a whitening blast of north wind whistled down the country with q furry of biting sleet with it. Small boats were asked for, commendeer ed, forcibly taken and grabbed Finally enough of the small craft skiffs to big ship yawls- were secured to transport a force sufficiently large to form the van guard and the river crossing began in icy water, in a below zero temperature and Tn a gale ol Polar wind, isn't pleasant when one is dressed and equipped for it, but here were Washington's yanks half those duds ragged.
The Alaskan., 1928-02-17
THE SALE OF ALASKA
 PANHANDLE

Not so long ago a Canadian writ
 CT made it public that the Canadian
 government would do a whole lot
 of good to Skagway if that town on ynn Canal were under the cross of
 St. George instead of the stars and stripes. Openly he advocated the sale of the city to the Canadian gov ernment with the statement that
 we were through, practically, with
 the location and that Canada could
 make better use of the place than
 we were making of it. What the
 writer advocated, and called to the attention of the public of both coun- tries was not at all out of the way.
 he probably didn't think that he was stirring up anything serious at the time, and likely he didn't inn Iagine things would be considered
 beyond the simple letter that was orlglnally penned But the affair has grown, and grown big. The original suggestion considered Skag-
 way, only. Now the whole of s. E. Alaska is, in the gossip of transfer
 Big trees, from little acorns grow. seattle takes it upon herself to completely block the sale. In com Ing out as she does, Seattle pro- claims to the world at. large that she is the boss of things Alaskan, and on her say so, alone, hinges the whether or not Alaska goes tc Canada or remains simply Alaska, a suburb of Seattle Alaska made Seattle, and for fear of sliding back to a second place with Tacoma, she hurriedly lets all and sundry know that no part, parcel or chunk of AL aska is for sale.
 It isn't for any patriotic feeling that Seattle puts up her warning paw. She is afraid of losing some thing she has never aided. Much out of Alaska has Seattle taken. little has she given in re- turn. At the first bare thought that the spouts of infiowing wealth would be damned, she squeals.
 We'll, Seattle can lie down, for 8 spell, and sleep soundly. The Al aska panhandle isn't going to Can ada, and that for two reasons. First, herself, has something to say about a tranzfer of this sort. She is going to pull herself out of the mire Seattle has set in and she's l going to come to her own by the help of her own people. She is sat isfied with the flag even though she
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LINES INSCRIBED TO
 EDWIN HAYNES, DECEASED

LINES INSCRIBED TO
 EDWIN HAYNES, DECEASED You have left us, Little One, Taken ere your course be run, Reaper claimed you, now you're gone,
 Little One. Eagerly to school you came, Scarcely learned to scrawl your name; Played brief inning in Life's game Now you're done,
 Little One. Just little taste of life, Taken ere the bud got rife, Left behind world of strife,
 Little One. Life's stern lessons just begun, Study, play, a little fun, Then forever from us gone,
 Little One. How we miss your smiling face, | True, no one can take yOur place. And we mourn, for a brief space,
 Little One. Buried meath the winters snows, Where you've gone just no one
 knows, An, so calm in still repose,
 Little One. Deeply do we feel your loss, On your grave a little cross, And to shed a tear, we pause,
 Little One. Mourn we you with keen regret, And we say, with eyes still wet, That we'll never you forget,
 Little One. Mary Erwir
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-18
MENACES HEAD |
OF STATE BANK
BIaCkmaiIer at South Whit
ley Asks $7,770.

SOUTH WHITLEY, Ind, June 18.
-Clews are lacking today in an
effort to trace the man who de-
manded $7,770 from Harvey Krider,
IS, wealthy president Of the South
Whitley Farmers State Bank, al
though Whitley County authorities
set trap for the blackmailer.
A note pinned on the door of Kri-
der's home Thursday night de-
mand the money in SIS and $40 bills,
threatening death of the banker
and members of his family unless
the demand was met.
Authorities we're notified and
watched a place where 1t was d.
rected the money should be left,
but no one appeared. A masked
man accosted Ralph Dunkelberg
near the town cemetery Saturday
night and gave him a note, asking
him to deliver it to Krider.
The note directed Krider TO a
field near Dunkelberger's home.
officers visited the field and found
lighted lantern and a sack with
a note ordering the banker to place
the money in the sack and beat
it," No one was found near
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steel workers on Skyscrapers in New
York City. One Of them falls in love
with a girl who becomes a chorus
girl. 1t is their difficulties that are
worked out.
The plot idea is old, love. The
persons to whom the idea is at
tached have not, as far as 1 can
remember, been portrayed in the
films.
"Blondy" is the younger Of the
two men, and he is the toughest.
Just happy go lucky person who
would give his last for friend, and
does. William Boyd takes this part.
He does splendidly with it. He
makes "Blondy' person to be
proud to meet. He is just "a good
guy"
His partner is "Swede." This man
fights "Blondy's" battles for him
and finally puts him on his feet
again. Good work on the part of
Alan Hale The girl who crashes"
the chorus unexpectedly is Sue
Carol This young lady makes a
good chorus girl. And a very nat
ural sort of girl for a rivter to take
out to "Coney" Alberta Vaughn il
also cast as a chorus girl and while
her acting is good there is but little
of it.
All in all, "skyscraper" is good en-
tertainment. There are thrills and
pathoS, the kind that is deeply felt
but not expressed outwardly so
much, and other emotions that go
to make an entertaining picture.
However it is light.
"Knick Knacks" is the name of
the stage show this week. The per-
formers are introduced as curios,
not the kind to put on the shelf,
but the real thing. Winifred and
Mills are couple of "knick knacks"
from China, according to Charlie
Davis. One of the men is a black
face comedian and the other dressed
as a Cinese coolie. They appear
in a rickasha. Their comedy is
good and funny. The coolie counts
up how much he is owed for pull
ing his fare all over the town and
it finally boils down to nickel with
one cent out for tax. Some good
dancing and singing in this, and
some that is strangely like that
of the Chinese.
Llora Hoffman sings several num-
berS that are seni-classical but
light in character. She has
mighty good voice. Mildred and
Muriel Lee are the pages that pre-
sent some of the knick knacks. They
are clever tap dancers and do an
eccentric dance besides. These girls
are twins and look it.
The two Rath brothers have an
offering of picture acrobatics. They
work slowly so that every move is
accentuated. Some of their posi-
tons are very good.
The opening chorus is clever. Part
of the girls are seen sitting OH
chairs that are the rest of the girls.
The dance that follows is fair. The
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as joke, but caring for him all the
time.
Max Slater, an eXperimenter and
friend of DORIS tried to help him
and fell in love with Carol himself
1t was at big party that Carol
found she was blind and tried to
shoot herself. She finally married
Dorr.
Mary Astor has the part of Carol.
1t is a good part and Miss Astor
makes good with it. She makes
Carol very lovable girl and ap-
praently wild one who seeks only
a thrill. Her acting is good.
Dorr Manning is played by Lloyd
Hughes. The part does not appear
to be as large as it might and the
work is done only fairly. The whole
picture is that of Miss Aston and
Hughes and seems to realize it.
DR.. Bobs is played by Burr Nc
Intosh. Good work Earle Foxe has
the part of Max. There are several
others in the cast who do nice work
The picture is merely another
chapter out of the lives of some OF
the set who have lots of money
There are parts of the picture that
get monotonouS after a while.
However, Sailors Wives" has
some good things in it.
At the Ohio today and tomorrow
(By the Observer.
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that have had the most requests.
that most people are singing and
whistling, as we'll as dancing to, but
it is the nice way in which Powell
puts over these numbers that make
the whole thing SO pleasant. And
the stage show this week is strong
on talent. Coleman Goetz is in his
third week as a comedian, and he
again scores with greatest ease.
There is a banjo player, the name
I have forgotten, and am sorry,
who about stops the show He is
good on comedy, also. Ed and Nor
ton Beck are still doing their trav-
esty song number on window clean
ers. Sally Sweet has cute and
individual way with her in putting
over her song numbers. She takes
delight in teasing members Of the
orchestra in comedy way And
it gets across.
The movie feature is 1.-THE Hawks
Nest" with Milton Stills, and it
seems to me that the producers
tried to get as near to 1.-THE Sea
Hawk" in title as possible. You
agree with me, am sure, that "The
Sea Hawk" is Sills' best picture.
"The Hawks Nest" is one Of those
big underworld melodramas that
are popular with the public just
now. Stills is cast as the Hawk" a
leader in Chinatown, who fights his
rival in the entertainment business
in that district. If course there is a
lot Of Chinese atmosphere.
This movie is interesting and I
believe it will hold ones interest
about all the time. I know that I
was anxious to see how Stills finally
won his point. Doris Kenyon plays
the sweetheart role, a rather strange
type of sweetie. Here is interesting
melodrama.
Ed Resener and the Circle orcfes-
ira is scoring with the overture.
The news reel contains some inter-
esting shots of the Republican ma
tional convention.
Now at the Circle.
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LOOKING OVER NEW
OHIO PROGRAM

What would you do if the doctor
told you that in a short time you
would be blind? That you would
never see again. Suppose that that
same doctor gave you so many
months in which to see. What
would you do with them?
Sailors Wives" tells the story of
what Carol Trent did with her
time. She tried to amuse herself
to the utmost, but failed at last.
Then in desperation she shot her
self, but stroke of luck did what
surgeons could not do for her,
brought back her eyesight after she
had gone blind.
Carol Trent met Dorr Manning in
Brittany and fell in love with him,
but when she learned of her pre-
dicament would not see him again.
He found her months later in Dor
risdale," a suburb of New York and
there she tried to pass the thing off
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William Haines hero gets the big
head and gets in SO much conceited
trouble that he is practically ruled
out of the game. But our hero does
come back, proves that he is made
of the stuff that West Point always
wants. Haines does a lot of mighty
clever work. He is the real herman
trype and he fits in we'll in the
West Point atmosphere. This picture
gives many an intimate glance into
the life of the cadets. OF course
some "theater" has been injected,
but not enough to destroy the
realism. 1t is this type of a play
that Haines excells. Oh, forgot
to tell you that when the football
scenes are flashed the big screen at
Loews Palace is used and this is a
mighty effective trick.
1 am sure that "West Point" is
one of the most healthy movies
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INDIANA C, A, R,
MEETING OPENS
Veterans Convene Today at
Columbus.
By Times Special

BIZ Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ino., June 10
Boys in Blue" that were-veterans
of the 1861-1865 conflict who fought
on the Northern side-marChed into
Columbus today when the Grand
Army of the Republic, Indiana de-
partment, opneed its four-day forty
ninth annual encanpment.
Social events and registration were
the activities today and will be fol-
lowed tonight with a concert by the
boys band from the Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans Home, Knights
town.
Business sessions will begin Tues
day. A parade will be the feature of
Wednesdays program, followed by
the annual campfire at night.
Thursday will be given over to final
business matters.
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Verdict of the Screen

CIRCLE-Dck Powell the that the song RED Red
developed will be the talk of the town this week
pretiest picture that this theater has
PALACE-"West Point" should by every boy
will wild it and the will love it, Here
healthy and inspiring entertainment.
Betsy" glorifed Vitaphone entertain
in its second week.
MISUNDERSTANDING is the story the a rveter
a girl charming bits picture with William
Carol in the leading roles This is entertainment
OHIO-"Saiors Wives tells a girl
eyesight but months Only a picture.
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that the screen boasts. Boys and
men of all ages will go wild over
it. And the women will love it
just as much. And many of the
subtitles are comedy knockouts.
Take the whole family to see this
one.
The feature of Emil Seidel's
stage show this week is his radio
number. Seidel has certainly
worked this number up as a sure
winner. Corking good idea and
wonderfully worked out. Seidel and
his orchestra are stopping the show
The set for the finale is a beauty.
The act is made up of numerous
other entertainers. Other events
on the bill
Now at LoeW's Palace.
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1t is one OF the
best and pretti-
est numbers I
have ever seen in
a stage presenta-
ton. And the re-
nnarkable thing is
that Powell can
follow up this
corking number
by stopping the
show himself with
his songs. He has
had many re-
quests for a Ger
tain number, and
so he decided to
sing four SONGS
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finale is presented with all the
chorus dressed as "Annazons" III
shining armor. Quite a striking
appearance.
Charlie Davis band plays "When"
as a feature and it is a "hot" num-
Der. Charlie plays the chorus on The
trumpet. He had to play several
choruses when I was there.
Stuart Barries organ solo is called
The Battle of the States" in
which songs about the different
States are played.
At the Indiana.-(By the OBJ
Server.)
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and Indianapolis,
graduated this
week from Pages
Military Academy
in Los Angeles. He
received the school
medal for his cor
net work and holds
the record as the
finest bugler the
school has ever
produced. He is
also the youngest
student ever to
graduated from
the school, being
II years old. The
hOxy hos hoav. &c
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THE BOYS WILL
LOVE WENT POINT"

Even before west Point" with
William Haines as the smart crack
ing lad, who entered the place with
a big head and smarter ways,
arrived on an Indianapolis. screen,
1 hsd heard whole lot about it.
was told that the boys and the
men would go wild over it. I am
sure that this is the truth. Here is
human little story about "West
Point" and it in no way damages
the fine reputation of this in
stitution. In fact most of the scenes,
I am told, were taken at West Point.
Am sure that this movie contains
the best and most exciting football