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PANAMA, R. P.—It is a curious
fact that the Americans on the Canal
Zone have been the leading students
of the rich orchid flora of Panama.
The people of the republic have tak
en a languid interest in the subject,
and usually know something about
these interesting plants, but it was
only after the canal builders came that
the subject was made a local hobby.
Among the foremost who started to
work with them was Mrs. Gaillard,
wife of Col. D. D. Gaillard, who did
notable work in excavating Culebra
Cut. '
S. P. Vemer, who had collected or
chids in Africa, and who brought
many from that continent for the first
time to the United States, was a pio
neer among the men in making col
lections in Panama. Professor Pittier,
botanist, found a number of new ones,
and included the genus in his special
study of the Panamanian flora, about
which a new book from his pen is ex
pected to appear soon. Mrs. Rous
seau, the wife of Admiral Rousseau;
Mrs. Thatcher, wife of a former prom
inent official; General and Mrs. Gor
gas, Harry Snyder, brother of the
United States consul-general; Dr. Jas.
C. Perry, formerly chief quarantine
officer, and Theodore Keller, a ma
chinist with a genius for plant explor
ation, were among those who contri
buted to the advancement of knowl
edge of the subject.
The present holder of honors of C.
1W. Powell, of Balboa, who has made
the largest and most varied collection
of any, and who has been making a
study of the subject with notable re
sults. Mr. Powell’s place now is a
bl^ze of orchid blossoms. He has i
scores of the large handsome “But
terfly” orchids (Oncidium amphiatum
majus), with their large and long gol
den pendant spikes bearing numer
ous blossoms; many of the fragrant
purple “Sancta Semana” (Epiden
dram), of the “Holy Dove” (Pereste
ria Elata), besides the rarely found
and exquisitely fragrant Catasetum
Scurra, the wonderfully shaped Cory
anthes, the bizarre Gongora, the queer
but beautiful Cycnoche, as well as the
king of all orchids, Odontaglossum,
besides numerous other minor sorts.
Orchid hunting is profitable, and, to
the lover of flowers or the student of
botany, one of the most intensely in
teresting of all the recreative occu
pations possible here. The collection
of these plants is making the homes
of some of the humbler canal em
ployees to outvie the choice conserva
tories of millionaires “back home.”
MUNICIPAL BLOCK
WILL BE BEAUTIFIED
The city administration has com-;
menced work to beautify Municipal j
block and when finished will be some- j
thing for Anchorage to be proud of. !
H. U. M. Higgins, expert draftsman
for the government, made the blue
print -which shows first of all an
“Ainslee” sanitary drinking fountain
in the northeast corner of the block.
The plot of ground east of the ad
ministration building will be grass
seeded south to the alley, with two
tennis courts on the south side of the
block.
The space west of the building to F
street will be divided into four parts,
also seeded to grass, and intersected
by 6-foot gravel sidewalks running di
agonally across the plot. A flag pole
will be erected in the center of the
west plot and regular park benches
will be installed. There will not be
much change in the south half of the
block on 5th avenue with the excep
tion of the new tennis courts and fix
ing up around the fire station.
The North Pole Bakery puts up a
rare 25c lunch box. 15
The Scandinavian society of Anchor
age will celebrate Norway’s Indepen
dence day, May 17, at the Labor Tern
ale. A program with tableaus, piano
duets, singing and other interesting
numbers will be followed by a dance.
Refreshments will be served. 6
WASHINGTON, I). C.—Ambassa
dor Sharp, at Paris, has uncovered, in
an extended tour of the parts of
France evacuated by the retreating
Germans, the devastation and wanton
destruction wrought by the armies.
His story is contained in a statement
given out Friday by the state depart
ment. Parts of his report may not be
published, but so much of it as is per
missable is as follows, as contained in
the department report:
“A telegram from the American
that, upon the invitation of the French
embassy at Paris, dated April 1, states
government the ambassador visited,
on March 31, many of the French
towns recently retaken in the invaded
territory. He was accompanied by one
of the military attaches to the em
bassy. He found that the various re
ports circulated in France, which have
appeared in the American newspapers,
in regard to the deplorable conditions,
were in no way exaggerated.
“In the larger towns of Roye, Ham,
and particularly in the attractive and
thriving town of Chauny, destruction
was complete. In many of the other
smaller villages scarcely a house re
mained with roof intact. Throughout
the reconquered territory there reigns
a scene of desolation, and this is not
only true where German military op
erations might possibly excuse de
struction in the blowing up of bridges,
telegraphic and telephone communica
tions, railway lines and the blocking
of highways by felling trees which
protected the German retreat, but
towns were totally destroyed for no
apparent military reasons. Fruit
trees had either been cut down or ex
ploded, so as to completely ruin them;
private houses along the country high
way, including some of the most beau
tiful chateaux of great value were I
completely gutted by explosives sys
tematically planned, or by fire. Black-,
ened walls of what must have been j
manufacturing plants weret o be seen |
in many towns, the salvage of which
would scarcely pay for their removal, ■
Agricultural implements on the farms
were destroyed, churches and cathed
rals were reduced to a mass of ruins
by fire or by'explosives. ‘At the town
of Ham,’ he says, ‘the mother of six
children told me that her husband and
two dauhgters, one 18 and the other
15, had been carried away by the Gei
mans at the time of the evacuation.
Upon remonstrating, she had been
told that as an alternative she might
find their bodies in the canal in the
rear of her house. She stated that,
out of the town’s total population.1
several hundred people had been com-1
pelled to accompany the Germans,
nearly half of whom were girls and
women. A large number of French
people, it is believed, in the exacuated
town and surrounding country, were
compelled to go with the Germans,
from the fact that few are to be found
there now. I inspected, on my trip,
more than 100 miles in the invaded
territory, and left with the conviction
that never before in the history of the
world has there been such destruction
wrought by either a vanquished or vic
torious army.’ ”
ATMOSPHERE TO BE
MAPPED FOR AIRCRAFT
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Now that
the aeroplane is practically perfected,
and many people are learning to fly,
an effort is being made by the Na
tional Advisory Committee for Eero
nautics to promote the study of the
atmosphere over this continent and
the adjacent waters, and have a set of
accurate charts made for the benefit
of our aviators. This investigation is
to be known as an aerological survey.
An estimate of appropriation of
$100,000 for the establishment of spe
cial aerological stations in connection
with the United States weather bu
reau was submitted at the last session
of congress, and the matter will be
brought to the attention of the coming
congress.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Count Leo
Tolstoy and Count Ilya Tolstoy, sons
of the Russian novelist, met here un
expectedly recently, having come
from Moscow by traveling in opposite
directions. While rejoicing greatly at
the recent turn of affairs in Russia,
the brothers look upon the world con
flict from different standpoints, Count
Ilya following in the nonresistance
philosophy of his father, while Count
Leo is in favor of prosecuting the war.
In an interview with a representa
tive of the press Count Ilya Tolstoy
said that he had known most of the
members of the new Russian govern
ment many years, and from his know
ledge of these and other leaders and
his general understanding of the re
cent political movement, he believed
that the government would be stable,
and that any too radical action on the
part of those who might wish to ac
complish everything at one stroke
would be carefully guarded against.
The report that the capital of Rus
sia might be moved from Petrograd to
Moscow, he said, was in line with
what every Russian would wish to see
accomplished, as, in point of affec
tion as well as geographically, Mos
cow is much nearer the heart of Rus
sia than is Petrograd. In fact, the
latter city is well hated by the Rus
sian people, he said.
“The question that for several rea
sons will be foremost in Russia in the
next few years,” said the count, ‘will
be the land problem. The peasants
have a very clear and firm idea re
garding the commonwealth nature of
land value, and it is very probable
that a system of land taxation will be
inaugurated. Not the single tax—at
least not at this time—but looking in
that direction. Universal suffrage is
at hand, but woman suffrage—not yet.
“Prohibition in Russia has been very
successful. The working people are
getting better wages, they are health
ier, happier under the prohibition re
gime. Everybody has money. Food
is plentiful and cheap in comparison
with the prices in America. Potatoes
cost about one-half cent a pound. The
food shortages that occur have been
due to inadequate distribution.
Count Ilya Tolstoy has seen much
of the war, having served in the Red
Cross in the Carpathians and as war
correspondent on the Galician front.
Bed Springs—The best reinforced
Full-Size Springs at $5.00 each.
Three-Quarter Springs at $4.75.
Single Springs at $4.50 each.
Spring Cots at $3.50 each.
At Brown & Hawkins. 10
Shoe Repairing. All work guaran
teed. Gus George. Now at Brown &
Hawkins. , 973
Read The Daily Times and be an
Anchorage booster.
Geo. F. Forrest
Juneau, Alaska.
REPRESENTING
American Radiator Co.
Standard Gas Engine Co.
Bowles Company.
Fairbanks Morse Co.
Pelton Water Wheel Co.
Brinkley Supply Co.
Valvoline Oil Co.
Rex Metal Works
Wood Drill Works
Hydrex Felt & Eng. Co.
Burt Manufacturing Co.
Edison Storage Battery
Supply Co.
Western Farquaar Mach
inery Co.
Truxall Chemical Co.
M. L. WOODARD,
Salesman
Hotel Parsons
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THEFT LOSE
LONDON, April 26.—The annual
loss to the lyitish army through pet
ty thievery and pilfering of stores
and supplies has been estimated at
$25,000,000. Some account of the
manner in which this huge sum dis
appears is given by the auditor gen
eral of army accounts.
The supervision of the auditor-gen
eral does not extend to cases in which
, the waste has occurred through carry
ing out some approved policy. He is
concerned only to point to the leak
ages which occur in matters carried
contrary to, or without, proper sanc
tion. He is therefore touching only
the fringe of war office waste, but
the cases he cites cover a wide field.
The 26th division ammunition col
umn had a lot of mules picketed at
; Bordon Camp in soil that was too
sandy to hold the picketing gear,
i One night the mules broke loose and
$5,000 worth of mules were never re
; covered.
A lot of horses mysteriously dis
appeared at Abbassia, leaving a de
■ ficit of $20,000. A civilian foreman
j at Romsey carelessly gave 12 horses
: an overdose of sulphur, and the hors
es died—loss $4,000.
i Pistols worth $1,750 were lost on
the way to Egypt. Troops smoking
; in a bam in France set fire to the
j bam and destroyed $2,000 worth of
1 straw.
Scores of cases are cited where the
i mysterious disappearance of blankets
I has cost the army thousands of dol
lars. Condensed milk worth $1,000
disappeared from a cargo between Al
; exandria and Sollom, owing to pilfer
ing by the mercantile marine crews on
board. Since the appointment of con
ductors to accompany ships, these los
; ses have virtually ceased.
Military clothing worth $1,000 was
j sent to Winchester, where someone
who signed himself “Corporal Barnes”
took it over. The consignment was
lost at this point, and so was Corporal
Barnes.
The Royal Highlanders show a de
ficiency of $14,500 which was erron
eously paid to them while at Dundee,
and cases were lost in transit between
France and England, with a loss of
$8,500. An over-issue of pickles to
Indian troops is responsible for a loss
of $1,700.
Failure of the war office to properly
circulate a notice as to the fees of
doctors for examining Derby recruits
cost $50,000.
There is naturally a heavy loss
shown on stores sent to Gallipoli, but
the accounts have been “accepted as
rendered,” because it has been im
1 possible to check the stores, which
were removed to any ship that was
ready.
Only best of everything and courte
ous treatment. North Pole Bakery. 15
Hiych-Wickwire and Style-Plus
Clothing, the very latest. Have you
seen them? At Brown & Hawkins.
Courtesy and Fresh Goods at
Robarts’. 084
No changes in prices at Cameron’s
Cafe. 738
Cooks’ and waiters'coats and aprons
at C. Me Felix. 793
Try a Times Want Ail for results.
1 Reliable Laundry 1
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Temple Auditorium
A. L. U.
! FUN GALORE
AT THE
CIRCUS
One of the funniest shows ever pul
led off in Anchorage will be the bur
lesque Bamum’s Circus at the Labor
Temple next Saturday evening, May 12.
The interior of the auditorium will
have the appearance of a circus tent,
with the ring in the middle of the floor.
There, under the control of their train
er, the animals will perform their weird
and wonderful tricks, while a big bunch
of clowns will add to the general mer
riment. Doors open at 7 o’clock.
ADMISSION -TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
RECREATION
Bowling Alleys and Pool Parlors
YOUNG VIKING H. HEGSTROM
Next to Harmony Theatre.
Arrived on the Mariposa
EVERYTHING FRESH and GREEN
ASPARAGUS, PEAS, TOMATOES, LETTUCE, SPINACH, CAULI
FLOWER, CUCUMBERS, ONIONS, CABBAGE, RHUBARB, ETC.
Bought the day the boat sails and ship
ped direct to Anchorage arrive on ev
ery steamer for the
COSMOPOLITAN MARKET!
Garfell & Popodopolos.
VALDEZ BUSINESS MAN
STARTS BUSINESS IN IDAHO
Word received at Juneau is that
A1 White, of Valdez, has become pro
prietor of a pool room and billiard
hall at Grangoville, Idaho, where he
will live in the future. Mrs. White’s
parents reside at Orangeville, where
her father is county treasurer. Mr.
White retains his property interests
in Valdez.
Peterson's new solo parlor- nov.
open. 2
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night.
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
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| Village Inn Cafeteria I
; At 919 5th St. West l
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! Short orders and regular meals. !i,
. Luncheon 11 a. in. to 2 p. ni. !
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• Three Meals $35 per Month. ;
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® Two Meals $25 per Month. T
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We want the best the market af
fords. You get it at Cameron’s Cafe.
The popular North Pole Bakery for
your noon lunch. Why not? 15
Spring Dress Silks
Among the staple Silks for which tin* season is developing a steady demand are
the following:
Crepe do Meteors, TalTets, GrosdeLo mires, Taffeta de China, Crepe de Chine
and Wool and Silk fabrics, which wc have a goodly supply.
The new plain and fancy Georgette in high colors is the correct mode for blouses
and collars.
•Just Received -A big shipment of dress Shoes. Black and light shade. Also
walking Boots, and low Canvas Shoes.
The craze of the hour is heads and novelty Jewelry to match the garment worn.
THE STYLE SHOP has these as well as lings to match the Hats.
Madame Tylor will make your gowns to order.
Miss Hale gives a wonderful shampoo. Also facials and manicure.
The Style Shop
COURTESY AND QUALITY OUR MOTTO.
New Masonic Block.