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New BuHerick Paflerns Hue
1 f|UTTERICK Patterns and Butterick
J' IJ Fashions are here. The fashions illus
trate the New Style tendencies—the New
Style Capes, fuller sleeves, high collars, shir
red waists and jackets. The fashion sheets
are free for the asking. *
New Ginghams at 15c a Yard
ALWAYS a much used fabric for early
sewing, and here you’ll find a full as
sortment of plain colors as well as a pretty
, selection of checks and stripes. Price a
1 yard 15c.
Dress Goods, Very Special, 75c
THERE are precisely ten pieces in the
assortment--colors are black, grey, tan,
melrose, brown and red. Fabrics are Pan
V
ama, Mohair and Brilliantines. Regular
values run as high as $1.75—Your choice a
yard 75c.
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EVERYTHING CMs* ANTON CARLSON, \
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DOUGHNUTS
The secret to the doughnuts did not burn.
Come—I fry them, you buy them—and our
Sale Still Continues
Some fine bargains yet—Lots of new
goods have arrived.
Entrance, first floor former P. O, Building to
Schmidt’s Table Queen Grocery
The Home of the Home-Made Doughnut.
Fresh Butter and Eggs.
STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATTHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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DEAD GOIMANDER’S
MESSAGE IS FOUND
Commander of German Zepitelin lilO
Sent Farewell Message In Bot
tle to Wife and Iiittle Son.
LONDON, Feb. 25.—A farewell
message from the commander of the
German Zeppelin which sank into the
North Sea while returning to fGer
mauy after raiding the English coast
cities, was found in a bottle picked
up in the sea yesterday by British
trawlers.
The message was from the com
mander of the German Zeppelin
which sank into the North Sea while
returning to Germany after raiding
the English coast cities, was found
in a bottle picked up in the sea yes
terday by British trawlers.
The message was from the com
mander of the Zeppelin LI 9 and was
addressed'to his wife and little son.
He stated that the Zeppelin had been
injured by a bursting shell from one
of the British air craft guns and had
dropped into the sea while trying
to reach Heligoland and that the
crew were drowning.
The message was forwarded to the
British admiralty and will be sent to
the address indicated by the dead
German officer.
FREIGHTER BRINGS COAL,
LUMBER ANB DYNAMITE
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The freighter Latouche, of the
Alaska Steamship company, arrived
in Valdez this morning and is dis
charging freight at the Valdez^dock
today. She brought two hundred
tons of coal and forty thousand feet
of lumber for the Valdez dock com
pany, and ten tons of dynamite for
S. Blum &, Co. After discharging her
cargo here the freighter will go to
Latouche where he will take on a
cargo of ore for the Tacome smelter.
PRESIDENT MUST
CHANGE ATTITUDE
Congress May Force Him to Accept
Teutonic Policy of Sinking Arm
ed Merchantmen Unwarned.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 25.—
It is admitted by those who are in
close touch with the sentiment in
botn the Senate >and House that the
resolution introduced in the Senate
yesterday by Senator Gore may cause
a break in the friendly relations
which has existed between President
Wilson and some of his strongest
supporters.
An effort is being made to force
President Wilson to recede from the
attitude assumed by him in regard to
the announced policy of the Teutonic
governments that they would treat
all armed merchantmen of the enemy
nations as warships and sink them
without warning.'
A resolution which was introduced
in congress yesterday to instruct
President Wilson to warn all Ameri
can citizens against* sailing for Eu
rope on the armed merchantmen of
the belligerent nations caused a
heated debate in which it was declar
ed that the president’s attitude if per
sisted in would involve the United
States in war.
Secretary Lansing of the State de
partment, has received no official an
swer to the protest of the American
government against the Teutonic
submarine policy but private dis
patches from Berlin and Vienna indi
Icate that the. Teutonic governments
will adhere to their program and that
the commanders of submarines have
been instructed to sink all armed
merchantmen which resist when or
dered by the submarines to halt.
APPEAL IN THE CLIFF
CASE BEEN PERFECTED.
An appeal from the decision of the
district court here in the case of Ed
mund Smith and others vs. H.'E. El
lis, involving a twenty per cent in
terest in the Cliff mine was perfect
ed in the court this morning when
Judge Brown signed the bill of ex
ceptions. The case will be tried be
fore the court of appeal in San Fran
cisco.
Don’t Miss It.
Be Nure and see that Broadway
Masterpiece tonight at the Liberty
Theatre JThe Lost House” adapted
from the book of the same title by
Richard Harding ipavis. *
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SYNDICATE BUYS
THE MINNESOTA
Great Northern Sells Steamship Min
nesota to Anglo-French Syndi
cate for Three Million.
SEATTLE, Feb. 25.—It is report
ed here that the steamer Minnesota
has been sold by the Great Northern
Steamship company to a syndicate of
British and French capitalists, and
that she will be operated in the trade
between New York and European
porta. The purchase price of the big
steamer is said to have been three
million dollars.
The Minnesota is now at San Fran
cisco where new boilers are being in
stalled to replace those which went
out of commission while the vessel
was en route to the Atlantic several
weeks ago. The repairs are reported
as nearly completed and that the
Minnesota will sail soon for Liver
pool.
It is understood and San Francis
co and Seattle shipping interests
have been negotiating the purchase
of the big liner but that they were
outbid by the Anglo-French syndi
cate.
BELIEVE PLOT EXISTS
TO DESTROY STEAMER.
SEATTLE, Feb. 25.—The steamer
Taltybus. which is loading a five mil
lion dollar cargo of rubber and other
material used in the. manufacture of
war materials in Seattle harbor, is
being closely guarded to prevent ex
plosive bombs being secreted in her
cargo.
These precautions are being taken
owing to a warning having been re
ceived by a United States marshal
that an effort would be made to ’dy
namite the vessel before she left Se
attle harbor or by placing timber
bombs in her cargo.
jGILLIES CONVICTED ON
SECOND FORGERY CHARGE ,
OLYMPIA. Feb. 25.—John F. Gil
lies, the deposed claims agent of the
Washington state industrial insur
ance commission, has been convict
ed on the second charge of forgery in
connection with the looting of the
funds of the commission. The jury
reached its finding after being out a
few hours and returned a verdict oT
guilty as charged.
NORTHWESTERN PASSED
JUNEAU YESTERDAY A. M.
The steamer Northwestern passed
Juneau at. 4 o’clock yesterday morn
ing en route to Cordova. The steamer
is reported to have a large cargo of
freight for the Copper River Rail
road which will delay her for about
twenty-four hours in Cordova and
she is expected to reach Valdez some
time Saturday night. She is bringing
a number of passengers* for Valdez.*
BOMBING DISCOVERY OF
IDLE BRITISH SOLDIER
LONDON: “Bombing" is one of
the forms of trench warfare particu
larly annoying to the enemy. G. V.
Williams writes in the Dally Mail:
“The rrvrvai of bombing began
when a British soldier, to while away
an idle moment, put some high ex
plosive and a lighted fuse in a dis
carded bully-beef can and pitched it
into the German trench opposite him.
“In his way the British soldier is
as handy as the bluejacket, and the
long days of the winter monotony
produced all kinds of Inventions in
the way of mortars tflid bombs, which
led to the scientific development of
this mode of warfare. A territorial
officer was discovered making all
manner of ingenious bombs and
trench appliances in his spare time.
He was taken out of the trenches and
installed in an empty school and
when last I heard of him had a regu
lar factory turning out bombs for
the firing line.
“Rombing is very tricky work.
Your bomb must be safe as long as
it is in your possession. Nor must
it be liable to explosion if dropped
after the safety-catch has been re
moved, , That is why bombs are pro
vided with time fuses. 8ome nicety
of judgment is required to hurl them
so they will explode on impact or
immediately afterward..
"If the time fuse has still a sec
ond or so to burn when the bomb
falls in the enemy trench, a resolute
man will pick it up and fling it back
with disastrous consequence to the
bomber. Therefore bombers must
be.trained. The training is extremely
simple, but it is essential and I look
forward to the time when every sol
dier who comes out to France from
home will have gone through a course
of bombing Justus (he has gone thru
a. course of musketry "
REPORT OP THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
The First Bank of Valdez
LOCATED AT VALDEZ, TERRITORY OF ALASKA, AT THE CLOSE
OF BUSINESS ON THE I7TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1916
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts . $ 94 831.22
Overdrafts .. \,2SS&s
Bonds and Warrants . 35,883.12
Furniture and Fixtures....... 3 549.80
Checks on other banks and other cash items 2 063 60
CASH ON HAND AND SIGHT EX-' 117 070 00
CHANGE .117,973.83
TOTAL $255,556.79
LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock paid in $ 25,000.00
Surplus Fund . 500.00
Undivided Profits 2,712 10
Due to Banks—Deposits 552.05
DEPOSITS . 226 338 94
Certified Checks . ’453;70
TOTAL $255,556.79
United States of America, Territory of Alaska. Third Judicial Divi
sion, as.
I. J. W. GILSON, Assistant Cashier of the above-named bank do '
solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
J. W. GILSON.
Correst Attest: • Assistant Cashier.
M- BLUM, 1
J. C. MARTIN, ^ Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of Feb.. 1916,
(Notarial Seal) ANTHONY .T. DIMOND.
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My Commission expires March 13. 1917.
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