Doherty Coal Co.
Hand-Picked
COAL
$8.00 PER TON
Corner 1st and C St.
TELEPHONE 4G-K
CARL W. BOLTE
Hardware, Glass Ware and
China Ware
Flashlights ot' All Descriptions.
PRICES REASONABLE Fourth Avenue.
WM. MAITLAND
EDW. T. McNALLY
M’Nally & Maitland
Lumber Wood
We carry a complete stock of common dimension. Fin
ish that is CLEAR and properly kiln-dried.
SALES AGENTS
ESKA CREEK COAL CO.
COAL $8.00 PER TON
Yard and Office Foot of G St.
Phone 41R
IT’S A REAL PLEASURE
to view the new wall decorations on
view here exclusively. They are so
unconventional, so out of the common
and so unusually artistically attrac
tive. If you plan to repaper you
should by all means see these new
papers. To decide without doing so
is apt to result in regret later.
EVANS & FRANTZES
THE HOUSE OF CLEAN
SPORT.
TheB.B.CCo.
; MONARCH
' WORLD S
BEST
ROB ARTS’ BILLIARD
AND BOWLING
PARLORS.
P. O. Opposite.
SERVICE BARBER
SHOP.
ROBARTS BUILDING
Shampooing and Face Massage
A Specialty.
CHOVIN SUPPLY
jth and C.
Carries Everything in Electri
cal Supplies and Fixtures
to make a happy Home
Agent for
FRISCO STANDARD
GAS ENGINES.
Kitak Show Case Co.
Furniture, Cabinets.
Bank and Office Fixtures
Made To Order
Kiln Dried & Seasoned Lumber
Factory Opposite White House
NOTICE.
The Auditorium of the Labor Tem
ple may be rented for social affairs
and entertainments, also club rooms
and offices on the upper floor. Call on
the secretary or phone for particu
lars. 512
'introduced in the territorial legislat
> ure wa.s that of Charles M. Day, of
>| Valdez, providing for a permanent
I tax commission for the territory. The
jj bill, if it becomes a law, would place
[ all the matters of taxation, assess
j.ent and equalization in the territory,
| both within municipalities and out
i side of them, in the hands of a board
i of three members. This board for the
! first term would be named by the leg
| islature, and after that, one member
would be elected every two years at
j the general territorial election.
The only qualification that the bill
! names is that the “members of the
commission shall he such as are
known to possess knowledge and ex
perience in the subject of taxation
and skill in matters pertaining there
to, and who shall have been residents
of Alaska for five years previous to
their appointment.”
I he commissioners would draw a
salary of $4,000, and would be allow
ed $3,000 a year for clerk hire.
The duties of the commission, aside
] fro/n general supervision of the sys
tem of assessment and taxation of
the territory, would include supervi
sion over assessors and boards of
equalization in the towns of the ter
ritory. They could confer with the
assessors and would act in an advis
ory capacity to boards of equaliza
tion. They could require individuals
and companies of all kinds in the ter
ritory to make statements under
oath of the earnings, capital and ex
penses of their business in the terri
tory. They could conduct investiga
tions in matters that come before
them, as complaints, applications for
adjustment of taxes, and other mat
ters of similar nature.
Investigation of the tax systems of
other states and territories, to the end
that Alaska may derive benefit from
the good in other plans of taxation in
the United States, would also come j
within the scope of the commission’s
work. The tax commission would
make recommendations every two
years to the legislature, based upon
these investigations. Penalties are
provided in the act for violaton of its
V
provisions, or for false statements on
the part of persons possessing tax
able property.
The bill carries with it an annual
appropriation of $25,000 from the ter
ritorial treasury for the purpose of
paying the expenses of the commis
sion.
Representative Day says that the
bill is based on the tax commission
measures now in use in Arizona, Col
orado and Oregon. He says he will
press its passage, both in committee
and on the floor of the house if it is
reported favorably.
Eight Hour Bill.
Bil No. 3 was yesterday afternoon
introduced in the house of representa
tives by C. K. Snowr, of the Fourth
civston and provides for “An Act to
declare employment in underground
lode or placer workings, and in all
other underground^ workings, of any
kind or nature whatsoever, to be dan
gerous to life and limb; to regulate
and limit the hours of employment;
to declare the violations thereof a
misdemeanor, and to provide a penal
ty for the violation thereof, and re
pealing all acts and parts of acts in
conflict herewith to the extent to such
conflict.”
Section 2 of the bill provides “that
( the period of employment of any per
| son in underground lode oq£ placer
' claim,” or in any underground work
ings of any kind “shall not exceed
■ eight hours within twenty-four hours,
except on such days as change of
shift is made.” The bill does not
provide that the actual time going to
or from work shall be counted in the
j eight hours of labor, “it being the in
! tention of this act to limit the hours
| of employment in any 24 hours to
PACIFIC COAST
j WASHINGTON, March 13.—Ad
ministration officials have been given
to understand that Germany has a
fleet of approximately 100 battleship
submarines, heavily armed and capa
ble of bombarding seacoast cities and
fortifications. Information to this ef
fect reached Washington today. It is
understood that the disclosure was
made by Admiral DeGouey, of the
French navy, in a recent secret ses
sion of the French parliament.
It is quite probable, experts say,
that these boats would be used along
both the Atlantic and the Pacific
coasts. The Atlantic coast would he
well guarded by the battleship fleet,
but the Pacific coast is practically
without protection.
Submarines of the class named are
understood to have a steaming radius
of 18,000 miles, and if they have bases
on the Mexican coast, west as well as
east, as many believe, they would be
able to inflict great damage.
The submarine equipment of Ger
many is said to be divided into five
classes, the boats ranging from 800 to
5,000 tons.
eight hours of actual labor at the
face, except in cases of emergency
where life or property is in imminent
danger.”
The bill provides that any person,
corporation, foreman, or employer,
who shall employ or cause to be em
ployed, any person or persons in vio
lation of the provisions of the act
shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor ■?rnd shall be fined not less
than $100 or more than $500 and al
so provides for imprisonment from 90
days to six months for the first con
viction. The second conviction does
not provide for a fine, but specifies
imprisonment of from six months to
one year. The second conviction un
der the provisions of the act shall
mean any conviction within a space of
two years after a previous conviction
for the same offense.
Joint Resolution.
A joint measure, to be known as
house bill No. 2, drawn up by W. T.
Burns and C. K. Snow, and introduced
yesterday afternoon, provides for the
establishment of a uniform school sys
tem for the territory and is an exact
duplicate of the bill passed by the last
legislature and which was declared un
constitutional. Since the other bill i
was invalidated, congress has passed j
an act allowing the territorial legis
lature to pass legislation on schools in
Alaska.
The bill provides for the uniform
system of kindergarten, high schools,
grammar schools, and in fact any and
all schools within the territory at
present or which may be established
at some future date, not, however, in
cluding the native schools which are
maintained by the federal govern
ment.
The government of the schools shall
be vested in a general board of educa
tion, consisting of the governor, terri
torial treasurer and an assistant sup
erintendent of schools.
The bill provides that as soon prac
ticable, after the passage of the bill,
an assistant superintendent of the
schools shall be appointed by the gov
ernor, and also providing that he shall
be chosen with special reference to his
merits. It provides that the assistant
shall hold office until March 1st, 1919,
and that in 1918 ■when the regular
election for delegate to congress is
held, an assistant superintendent to
take his place shall be elected, and
shall hold office, the elections follow
ing the first one, to be held every four
years. The salary is fixed in the bill
at $3,000 per year.
The bill provides for the appropria
tion of 25 per cent of all moneys which
are now in and which may come in the
future for the maintenance of the uni
form school system and to be expend
ed under the direction of the board.
FRISCO CAFE
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
Everything in Season and Service the Very Best.
Private Boxes for Large or Small Parties.
ONCE A PATRON ALWAYS A PATRON
RECREATION
Bowling Alleys and Pool Parlors
YOUNG VIKING H HEGSTROM
Next to Harmony Theatre.
The Royal Cafe
Special Arrangements Made for Entertaining Private
Parties.
The place of real service. Boxes, Lnncli Counter.
Try Some of Our Special Dishes.
PARIS, March 13.—The French
government has summoned Germany
to reply favorably without delay to
the provisions for reciprocal treat
ment of prisoners of war made by
France.
A semi-official communication giv
en out here denies categorically the
German claim that the holding of
French prisoners of war in the zone
of fire behind the German lines is in
reprisal for similar treatment of Ger
man prisoners of war in France. The
communication puts French families
on guard against what it calls a “ma
neuver” of the German government,
destined to create “anguish and emo
tion in the public mind for all re
prisals.”
The French government, it adds
communicated through the American
embassy its desire to arrive at a full
understanding regarding the treat
ment of prisoners in the zone of the
armies, but no reply was forthcoming
from Germany. Meanwhile the threat
ening reprisals were put into execu
tion. Therefore notice is given that
Geimany must reply.
General von Stein,.German minister
of war, announced in the Reichstag
last week that in reprisal for the ac
tion of France in compelling German
prisoners of war to work under fire
close behind the front, Germany, he
declared, had warned France that such
measures would be taken unless the
practice charged against the French
was discontinued.
ANCHORAGE CABINET
WORKS.
JOE CASALI, Prop
Furniture and Fixtures
BUILDING CONTRACTOR
Estimates Furnished.
TOOL GRINDING AND
SAW FILING.
Sth and D.
I
Tex Jones
R. C. Jeffery
The Panhandle
CIGARS
CANDIES
TOBACCOS
FRUIT
NUTS
4th AVE. NEAR C STREET
Palace of Sweets
Next to Empress Theatre.
Ice ('ream.
Light Lunches
And—
Home-Made Candies.
ALL CREAM MADE
FROM FRESH MILK
Palace nf Sweets
THE COOK INLET
TRANSFER CO.
^ WOOD AND ICE
A SPECIALTY.
MARIUS BENSON -
Mgr.
Sanitary Market
The only < old storage plant in con
nection with market in Anchorage.
Home-made Sausages. Fruits. Veg
etables, Rutter and Eggs, at whole
sale. Restaurants and roadhouses,
special attention.
lib Axe.. Ret H and I Sts.
E. E. KURTZ & CO.
FREDERICK&NELSON *
SEATTLE
Invite you to send to them for
such items in FURNITURE and
DRY GOODS as cannot be readily
supplied by the merchants in your
own community
All such orders received by
FREDERICK & NELSON receive
the prompt, personal attention of
an expert shopper, and Parcel Post
shipments are sgjpt POSTAGE ^
PAID to any point in Alaska.
Inlet Soda Works
W. A. TAYLOR, Proprietor
Manufacturers of all kinds of
MINERAL WATERS, SODA
CIDER, SYRUPS.
AGENTS FOR GRAPE JUICE
; Anchorage - - Alaska