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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
BARRYMORE IN 'MObY DICK IS
 AT COLISEUM
Cash Prizes Will Be Given for Amateur Vaude-
 vile Tomorrow

'Mcby Dick" starring John Bar rymore, will be the headline fea- ture at the Coliseum theatre to- light.
 Selections on the organ, to be played by Rex Parrott, will be Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet" and Daisies Won't Tell" a waltz.
 Tomorrow night will be Amateur Night at the Coliseum. Prizes of 50 cents, $1, $2, S3 and $5 will be given for the best stage vaudeville acts by amateur performers. This part of the program will be pre- sented between the first and sec- ond showings of the screen at traction
 In the filming of "Moby Dick, [" the courage of the cameraman and performers was tested. The good ship Mary Ann," con- verted into an 184O whaler for the occasion, cruised about the Pacific for some days before the storm the weather man had promised ap- peared over the calm Pacific. Supposed To Be In China
 In the story the typhoon, behind which 'Moby Dick" the fabled white whale was said to travel, occurs in the China Sea, but as that is part of the Pacific and all of the Pacific looks alike in a storm, the scene was filmed off the California coast.
 Almost every member of the cast and picture crew had a touch of sea-sickness before those sequences were complete. The little whalter was handled roughly by a sullen ocean and at times cameras and casts were in danger of being washed away.
 Swish of Waves
 Daep in the cabin of the ship was buried the recording apparatus, catching each swishing wave and each sound of the wind through the rigging.
 The authenticity of this record ing was worth the trouble of get ting it. It added perfect realism to the photoplay.
 The story of the madman's ap- parently hopeless chase of "Moby Dick" about the world, told so ef- fectively in Heman Melvilles novel of the same name, has been brought to the screen with adven- ture and romance.
 MT. Barrymore chose Joan Ben nett for the leading role opposite him in this picture and Lloyd Hughes, Noble Johnson, Jack Cur tis, Walter Long and William Whaling are characters in the cast. Lloyd Bacon directed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
GIFTS Or CASH ARE RECEIVED
 BY UNIVERSITY

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Dec. 10.-Gifts totalling approximately $35, ,OOO have been received by the Corporatino of Washington University in St. Louis during the current year. They include an anonymous gift of $12,000 for an alumnus of the School of Law and the payment of a number of appropriations from national organizations for carrying on research work
 Among the gifts was one from the Rockefeller Foundation, Inter- national Health Division, for pub lie health nursing in the School of Nursing, which totaled $6,000. The International Committee for the study of infantile paralysis donated $70O0 to the Department of Cytology for the academic year 1931-32.
 The $l2,000 anonymous gift from the graduate of the School of Law was as a permanent endowment for the School of Law, the income to be used as either full or part scholarships, or for making loans to worthy and deserving law stu dents, the awards to be made by the chancellor on the recommenda- tions of the dean of the law school.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
lad Girl Sets Example

The box-office cleanup on Bad Girl" produced for about $2OO,0oO. has set producers striving to follow it's example of comparatively low cost without sacrifice of quality.
 Another economy measure that is intended also to draft new direc- torial blood is one studios con- tracing of three teams of young CO., directors-at a weekly salary for the six that is less than that of one established director who was re- leased.
 If but one of the six shows poten- tialities as future top-notcher, the studio will be repaid, and mean while that salary saving helps.
 Movie companies still are bidding high for screen rights to successful novels and plays, but more and more being encouraged.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10

Buy that fur coaJ now. Cnas. Goldstein & Go. -adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
ARIZONA TOPS CAPIT0L'S NEW
 BILL TONIGHT
Silverware to Be Given to Every Woman Patron
 This Evening

Arizona" screen version of the celebrated stage play by Augustus Thomas, will headline the new pre- gram at the Capitol theatre to- night.
 A "Torchy' comedy with Ray Cock in the tilt role will be an added attraction.
 Tonight is Silver Night Every woman attending either perform ance will be presented with a piece of table silverware.
 In Arizona" this is what trans pires:
 Bob Denton, during his four years at West Point, has been carrying on an affair with Eve lyn Palmer, a New York girl of rare beauty and comfortable means. On the eve of the Army-Navy foot ball game, Bob decides to break off with Evelyn. She tries to take it like a sport.
 Becomes CcIcnel's Bride
 His attitude in parting however, ccnvlnces her that he does not think her good enough to associate with his friends, and this qipues her deeply. She determines to get back at him in some way. She marries his guardian, who is a colcnel in command of an army post in Arizona, to prove to Bob that she can be accepted by his people.
 When upon his graduation from West Point, Bob is assigned to his guardians regiment and finds that Evelyn is the wife of his com- manding officer, he is greatly sur prised. He decides that Evelyn's affections for him shall never be known to the Colonel and that by zones will be bygones.
 Four Lives Nearly Ruined
 Evelyn, however, will not let by genes be bygones and when her sister, who has come to Arizona from a school in the East, falls in love with Bob, Evelyn interferes in a manner that threatens to ruin four lives. How this tragedy is averted forms the basis for much of the films action and there is plenty of it!
 Laura La Plante enacts the role of Evelyn. The rest of the cast includes John Wayne, as Bob Den ton; June Clyde as Bonita Palmer, Forrest Stanley as Colonel Bon ham, Nena Quartaro as Conchita, Susan Fleming as Dot, Loretta Savers as Peggy, Hugh Cummings as Hank.
 Delightfully."- Humorous
 "Torchy" might have been writ ten for, Ray Cooke "Torchy" is as delightful and as hu- morous as Sewell Ford ever imag- ined his famous character to be.
 The picture, full of fast action and poppy dialogue, never lags, and the laughs come thick and fast. Dorothy Dix, who represents the sex appeal has Tt" and plenty of it. Office boys may come and go but Torchy goes on forever.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
JURY'S VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT
 IN KAHER CASE
Damage Suit Against Joe Kaher Falls Down-Lu um-
 Der Mills Case Opens

Mrs. Peter Erig's suit against Jce Kaher for alleged personal injury damages in the sum of s5,- 900 fell down yesterday afternoon when jury in the United States district court returned a verdict for MT. Kaher. The verdict was reached in five minutes after 1t was given to the jury,
 The woman sued for damages alleged to have been caused by an ejactment from cabin owned by MT. Kaher and rented by her V A. Paine represented Mrs. Erig md H. L. Faulkner appeared for
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
Eskimo Women Like Radio Jazz,
 But Veto Styles

VANCOUVER, B. O., Dec. 10. - Radio programs intrigue modern Eskimo women, says the veteran trader, Col J. K (Jim) Cornwall, but broadcasts of the latest fash ions are a total loss so far as women of the Arctic are concerned. Jazz and classical music or drama tic presentations are welcomed, he adds.
 But when madame of the air tells in dulcet tones of filmy gar- ments or decrees the latest waist line, Eskimo women just yawn and tell "Uglak" to turn on a station with little pep.
 The radio is a great boon to the trapper-gives him the latest fur prices and all that" Colonel Corn wall said.
 "Ore trouble. however, with some trappers," he added. lis that they spend so much time listening for the broadcast of fur prices that they forget to trap"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10

big salaries that older, more expert enced heads are accorded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
DIR. RAE L. CARLSON

Optometrist, of Ketchikan, will be
 at the Gastineau Hotel for another day. EYES EXAMINED. GLASSES FITTED. This is Dr. Carlson's eighth year in Alaska. Graduate of Rochester School of Optometry Post graduate of Northern Illinois College of Optometry, also licensed by examination in New York, Illi- nois, Washington State and Alaska by reciprocity. Sixteen years in &C., tive practice. Telephone 10 for ap- pointment or call at the Gastineau Hotel. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10

Bring us yu1r rav s1rs to be made up. Chas. Goldstein & Co.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
grain and various food products.
 No RailrOauS

grain and various food products.
 No RailrOaus
 The Mongolians have always re- sisted the construction of railways, but under Chinese influence high ways have been improved so that products of Inner Mongolia may reach markets, and traders have penetrated far into this land of Buddhism and ancient mysteries.
 The Gobi desert and rugged mountain ranges make up a con- siderable portion of Inner Mon golia, but the Gobi is a far less terrifying desert than the Sahara and is watered by many streams which have fertile valleys.
 By degrees the Chinese farmers driven from the south by war and famine are turning isolated Inner Mongolia into a land toward which railroad builders and merchants and bankers are bending their at- tention.
 And the Japanese have not been slow to include this district within their sphere of influence to prevent enemies out of the west from threatening the Japanese railways.
 Japan and Russia never cease to watch one another in this inert territory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
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 HOLLYWOOD = Public, come back to me" is the theme song of the movie industry these days, with efforts being made to produce pictures that will lure the formerly disinterested to the box-office.
 Meanwhile the studios, hearken- ing to the 40 per cent decrease in movie attendance last year, are remembering that a shekel saved is a shekel earned no matter how those efforts fare.
 Studio chieftains are introducing economies much more constructive than the mere laying-off of hired hands and the trimming of minor employees salaries.
 And youthful talent in several movie fields is profiting thereby be- cause youth does not demand the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
Inner Mongolia Takes Center of
 Stage in Orient

fContinued rom rage One)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10

A-r. Kaher.
 Today in the district court, trial vas started of suit of the Juneau Lumber Mills against Chesebro Bros, Inc, O. D. and K. D. Leet and the Alaska Fish Brokerage Company for $2,200 said to be due Tor fish boxes furnished the defen- dants. A jury was selected this morning and it was expected the case woull be completed today or early tomorrow morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
NOTICE

After December 10th no telephone rentals for the month of December will be accepted at a discount. ALI remittances by mail must bear postmark of not later than last discount date. Please be prompt.
 JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS adv. TELEPHONE co.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
PIONEER CARD PARTY

The Pioneers of Alaska will give a Card Party at Odd Fellows Hall on Friday night, December 11th. Luncheon will be served. Admis- sion 50 cents. Everybody wslcome. Play starts at 8.3O. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10

GOLDEN GEUW' Christmas Cards, new Alaska photos with 1n- dividual titles. See Winter & Pond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04
Complains Regarding
Beggars on the Streets

To the Editor Of The Star:
In view of the assurances of the Com
munity Chest officials as to the thor
oughness with which the local situation
is covered, why is it that 50 much beg
ging and pan-handling is allowed. espe-
cially on F street east of Fourteenth
street and on Pennsylvania avenue both
east of Fourteenth street and west Of
Seventeenth.
In the Quieter parts of these streets,
If one waits for a car, he is apt to
hear q low voice at his side suggesting
the price of sandwich or help in the
line of carfare, and in the brighter
places as he moves along he hears, Give
q poor man penny" from pencil ped
dlers and the like, until he wonders If
there is any anti-begging law in the
District.
Conditions are not conducive to SYM
pathy for the afflicted, because one be-
comes hardened eventually and passes
all by, whether worthy or not, without
giving charity" One cannot criticize
the blind or manned for trying to make
an honest living, but, while we deplore
their condition, we have heard so much
about the ample money secured by the
professional beggar that we view all
who thus Supplicate us with suspicion
and, whether in khaki or not, feel ccm-
PEELED as matter of principle to refuse
them assistance, however much 1t upsetS
our charitable feelings for the time
being. W. T allen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04

propagating It. It's advocates are at
work in the United States, as in other
"capitaIistic" countries. They are few
in numbers, perhaps, but what they lack
in quantity they make up in the
insidious and diversified quality of
their organized mischief.
Russia for half-a-dozen years has
been aware of the terms-the irreduci-
BILE terms-upon which she may have
diplomatic relations with the United
States. Four American Presidents and
four Secretaries of State have laid them
down and consistently adhered to them.
Conspicuous among those conditions is
guarantee by the Soviet government
that 1t would refrain from subversive
propaganda in this country in case we
consented to accord Russia the recog-
milton she VIGOROUSLY Graves. At no
stage has Moscow ever indicated the
slightest readiness to pledge itself not
to campaign for world revolution" in
the United States.
1t will be time enough for us to
consider the desirability of establishing
contact" with the Soviet Union, along
Senator Borah's lines, when Moscow is
ready solemnly to covenant that she
has no designs on American institutions
and does not seek to undermine them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04

proposed change was to eliminate the
so-called lame duck session Of Congress,
the shifting of the presidential induc-
ton into Office from March to January
being merely incidental to this major
alteration in the time plan Of Federal
Government. The other day that con-
stitutional amendment, approved by the
Senate, failed in the House for lack of
time to effect agreement between the
houses on certain points of difference.
The chances are altogether in favor
of the substitution of January instead
Of April for the Inauguration, when the
change is finally effected. That there
will be such change is little doubted.
The sentiment favorable to the elimina-
ton of the lame duck session" steadily
Is growing stronger. 1t is quite within
the range of probability that the
amendment will be voted by the next
Congress and submitted to the States in
season for ratification to affect the Sew
enty-fourth Congress and the inaugu-
ration of 1887. 1t is practically certain
that there will be one more March in
auguration, that of 1888, and it is to be
hoped that the day will be as agreeable
as this present one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04
New Steamers Unnamed
In Sea Supremacy Race

To the Editor of The Star:
/ noted in the magazine section Of
The Sunday Star an article by q
Mr.. Klein, on THE Race for Sea SUI
premacy." I do not know who Mr..
Klein is, but 1t seems to me that
before releasing such an article to the
public he should make sure that his
facts are correct and not make mis-
statements which even q casual in
quiry might prove to be incorrect.
1t is true that the United States Lines
are having two intermediate liners con-
structed at the New York Shipbuilding
Co. yard, the keel for one of which
was laid not long ago. However, as
of these vessels has yet been named.
The President Hoover and the Presi-
dent Coolidge are two new liners I'M
der construction by the Dollar Lines
for transpacif1c trade at the yard Of
the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry
Dock Co. They have nothing what
ever to do with the North Atlantic
trade or the United States Lines. The
latter of these two vessels was launched
on February 81 and the former some
time ago.
Their size and tonnage are different
from that given in the article which
applies to the yet unnamed vessels OF
the United States Lines.
In the interest of accuracy and pub
lie policy, 1t would seem that the
reading public are entitled to the real
facts. L. r. SANFORD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04
Dogs Allowed to Run
At Large Held Vicious

To the Editor of The Star:
Through your columns wish to call
the attention of the Police Department
to the practice of allowing dogs to run
along beside automobiles through public
streets and parkwayS This evening an
immense police dog released from the
car of its owner bounded along street
near the Lincoln Memorial, leaped upon
a small dog accompanied by his owner,
a woman, and viciously attacked him,
then jumped upon a tiny Pekinese, no
larger than kitten, bit and shook him
and bounded off after the disappearing
car of his owner, who did not stop to
inquire the damage done, nor to express
apologies or regrets for his dogs be-
havior.
It was fortunate circumstance that no
children were attacked, as often they
play upon the field where the police dog
attacked the smaller dogs. Such a vi
cious wolflike animal with long paws
and great teeth ieaping upon child
would frighten and injure him before
the owner in rapidly moving car could
interfere.
1t Is a common custom to let large
dogs run-aEd it is cruelty to the dog
himself as well as 4 menace to public
safety. Is there not law against al
lowing dogs to run at large?
A. F. GRAHAM.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

! the names applied to the soft tin-base
alloys from which metal household
articles have been made for centuries.
Formerly pewter generally contained
lead together with anthony and copper
while Britannia contained no lead.
The distinction was not strictly adj
hered to. At the present time, the
term pewter covers both types, although
most OF the alloys do not contain lead.
@. Was Jefferson reluctant to re-
linquish the office of President?-W. D.
A. On this subject Jefferson wrote
to his friend, Dupont de Nemours:
Never did prisoner, released from his
chains, feel such relief as I shall on
shaking of the shackles of power"
L. D. -'"' A'' known as f0SAi n'n :
A. The whale and sturgeon are so
called because they belong to the King
of England when washed ashores or
caught near the coast.
@. When did David Graham Phillips
dep. o. s.
A. In 1911.
@. Why is it considered bad luck
for woman to enter q coal mine?--
D. E. NJ.
A. The origin of the superstition re-
garding a woman's entering a coal mine
is obscure. 1t has existed in England.
Scotland and Wales from very early
times. In many parts of England it
Is customary for the men to enter and
leave the pits during the night and
1t Is regarded as an omen Of bad luck If
they meet woman when they first
leave the pits or leave their homes
before entering them. A similar super
stition exists among the fishermen Of
Yorkshire. If they meet a woman when
leaving home they Immediately return
home.
C. VINO invented the banjo 'i0ok'--
A. The banjo clock was invented in
1901 by Simon Willard and so called
because Of its shape. It was an eight
day non-striking pendulum clcck. Will
lard obtained patent for it in 1902.
| @. What are some of Thomas Edison's
favorite musical compositions?-A. D.
A. Mr.. Edison says that he likes prac-
tically everything that any one else really
| likes. Among his favorites are grand
opera numbers. love songs, coon songs
and folk songs.
@. What was the origin of the express
sion "as mad as a hatter"?-E. d. c.
A. The original phrase was probably
mad as an adder" acco- ding TO
CrowelPs Handbook for Readers and
! Writers, but evidence is lacking. The
phrase was popularized by Lewis Carroll
in Alice in Wonderland" but was well
known earlier and was used by Thack-
cray in "Pendennis" in 1849.
@. What kinds of flowers keep best
after they have been cut?-A. N.
A. Roses. orchids. lilies, carnations
chrysanthemums, Spring flowers ana
calendulas are the longest keeping of
the flowers, according to the findings
of A. M. S. Pridham and J. G. Ratsek
of the New York State College of Agri-
culture. With the exception of the
chrysanthemum, all of these flowers
should receive a slanting cut at the
base of the stem and be placed in deep,
cool water, which should be changed
daily. The chrysanthemum stem should
! be mashed and then placed in cold
water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04
March Inaugurations.

1t is more or less of a custom here
in Washington on the fourth day Of any
March except that which is by law
scheduled for the presidential induc-
ton into ONCE to consider what sort
of an Inauguration day" it would
make. For example, this day would be
almost ideal for the great national
ceremonial. The skies are clear, the
atmosphere is mild, not warm enough
to be uncomfortable nor cold enough
to be a menace to those who are out
Of doors. 1t is q far better Inaugural
ton day" than many that have been
actually marked on the calendar as
the day Of the great political change
Time was when a demand was voiced
throughout the country for a change
of the date Of the presidential inaugura-
ton to the last Thursday in April, Sc
lected as most nearly corresponding to
the day on which George Washington
took the oath Of ONCE the FIRST time
and as most assuredly clement. A joint
resolution proposing a constitutional
amendment TO that effect all but passed
Congress, being defeated in the House
Of Representatives by the very mar
rowest possible margin on the two
thirds basis. But for that slender
chance it would probably have gone
through both houses and been ratified
by the states
After that denial OF amendment the
movement for q revision Of the national
calendar in another direction began to
take form. The primary purpcsc Of this