pH EMPRESS —
‘Birth of a Nation’
SATURDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 P. M.
SUNDAY MATINEE AT 2:30 P. M.
‘Intolerance’
SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 P. M.
Because of the length of these pictures—12 reels— each perform
ance occupies three hours.
The entire musical score is played for each performance by the
company’s special musician.
ADMISSION
Saturday and Sunday Nights, $1.00; No Repuction for
Children at Night.
Sunday Matinee—Adults SI.00; Children 30c
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FRANCE PASSES BILL
FOR WAR EXPENDITURE!
i'AlUS, Sept. 21—The chamber o
I deputies, by a vote of 407 to 4, ha.
I passed a bill authorizing the expendl
I lure of 12,200,000,000 francs for mill
tary expenses for the fourth (piarte
j of 1918.
TWO ENEMY SHIPS
LONDON, Sept. 21.—The allied
ships and military units along the
river Dvina have sunk two enemy
| ships and captured three guns, says
an official statement. Heavy losses
were iultirted on the Holsheviki
fori es.
HONOR PENNANTS FOB
SUBSCRIBERS FOB BONOS
WASHINGTON. Sept. L'l Indus
trial honor pennants are to be award
ed to establishments which show 7‘*
per cent of their employes os having
subscribed to the Fourth Liberty loan.
This is a new development in loan
campaigning.
THREE ALIEN'ENEMIES
ABBESTED AT YAKUTAT
Carl Pascher. Carl Tinunan and
Fred Srhwartzknpf were set.' to .Ju
neau on a government boat from Yak
utat. on a Preside ill's warrant charg
ing them with violation of the alien
enemy act. AH three alien enemies
have been employed on the water
front and boats, and in the cannery at
Yakutat. which is a violation of the
a t
It is alleged that the three men
have shown a complete disregard of
the luics governing alien enemies,
and the reason is to be thoroughly
* investigated.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL
AND PERSONAL INTEREST
Nathanael (Irrono lef* »hls morning
I for Valdez In his capacity an terri
; torlal bank examiner.
Frank Whitelev. one of Fairbanks'
representative young business men,
arrived in town on this afternoon
t rain.
Mrs A Widner. M Ilium, John In
|lk)ev<;- and \ndreu Anderson were
■ arrival- in ('nrdova l.it night tn»m
' Seattle.
Meyer Ilium, president of tin- First
Hank of Valdez, and at the* head of
the S I'.lum A. Co store in our neigh
; boring town, arrived in Cordova from
Seattle last night, and will remain
several days, looking after business
here in which he is interested.
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On Monday evening the price fixing
committee appointed by tile district
food administrator will meet for the
purpose of formulating the plans of
its campaign.
There was a large turnout last
night ot the members of the Home
Cuard. and the first drill held with
the new rifles recently received from
the governors office at Juneau.
Tin* Hootiah Packing Company, at
Yakutat. which is in the First judi
cial division, has been indicted bv a
c.iMid jury at .In."ii,i, c-haiged with
. !! >wing traps to he* used for catchii:;:
Msh on Sunday.
The Birth of a Nation " at the* De
press theater tonight at x o’clock and
tomorrow afternoon at 2:'M) o’clock.
“Intolerant «*" on Sunday night at h
o’clock. You can’t afford to miss
these .stupendous productions.
Judge and M r- James Wickersham
| arrived on this afternoon’s train from
Fairbanks The judge is on his cam
paign tour of Alaska for delegate to
congress, and will make a trip to the
westward and then proceed to South
eastern Alaska.
Drafted men and those who may be
drafted are cordially invited to at
' tend the* patriotic services to be held
at the Presbyterian church Sunday
evening at 8 o’clock A special pro
gram of songs and addresses has been
prepared. A general invitation is ex
tended to the* public to join the men
in their service.
Colonel J. A Mc-C.uire. Al Rogers.
William H. James and Harry <’.
James, a party of big game* hunters
from Denver, who have* spent tin* past
six weeks in the* White River country,
returned to Cordova this afternoon
and brought a number of trophies
I with themfl They were accompanied
by Captain .1 P Hubrick of McCar
thy. who ac ted as guide on the trip.
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SPECIAL PRCBUCTIGNS
AT EMPRESS TREATER
“The Hirth of a Nation’’ is the trig
\ spectacular production which (’apt.
! Lathrop will offer to Kmpress theater
patrons tonight and at a matinee to
morrow afternoon. This is the most
tremendous and vital picture yet pro
j (lu ed. The reconstruction of a 11a
tion after the abolition of slavery is
! graphically shown, and one sees all
of the great events that led up to the
j reunion of a nation
“Intolerance” is the attraction foi
Sunday night at K o'clock This i>
| one of the most amazing as w ell as in
struetive films ever shown, which cost
$“,■•110,000, and 1115.000 people wen
i use l in its constrm i ion.
,\ sj leiidid musical score, combin
| ing folk tunes, patriotic airs, dance
me odi'*‘ and ex* erpts from the com
positions of the great masters, all s<
i arranged as to fit happily into the en
i acted scenes, accompanies each pla>
WOMEN GO TO SEA AS
GOOKS AND MESSMAIDE
| 8KATTI.K. Sept. 21.—To join thel
j slaterH who nre bearing man-slxe<
1 burdens, due to war conditions, conn
now the woman cook, messwoman ant
messgirl aboard an ocean steamship
They swell the ranks which alread:
Include women mall carriers, womet
elevators and women In railroad yurd
and factories.
Captain llarry W. Crosby, Seattl
shipping man, Is responsible for tb
latest Innovations, which hav
aroused great interest on the water
front, where man power has been de
pleted by the war. in the Alaska and
California trades.
"Through the I'nited States ship
ping commissioner 1 have signed on
three women as members of the crew
of the steamship li. IS. I.ovejoy, and
they are doing fine work," Captain
Crosby declared, after a few days'
trial of the new help.
"The women prepare three meals a
day and a night lunch when the ves
sel is loading in port. They are now
on their second voyage, and they have
made good. The men say the food is
better cooked and the service is im
proved since the women took charge
of the galley.
"They are paid the union scale, with
overtime for extra work at night while
the vessel is loading.
"Sirs A. E. Ferguson Is cook of the
Lovejoy, and the niessmaid and mess
girl are Miss Anna Larsen and
Blanche Walling. I coined the words
niessmaid and messgirl, and have sug
gested that they be used by the Fnit
ed States shipping commissioner in
signing women as members of crews,
for 1 believe more vessels will be
using them before the war is over.”
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