Doherty Coal Co.
Hand-Picked
COAL
$8.00 PER TON
Corner 1st and C St.
TELEPHONE 46-K
CARL W. BOLTE
Hardware, Glass Ware and
China Ware
Flashlights of All Descriptions.
PRICES REASONABLE Fourth Avenue.
EDW. T. McNALLY WM. MAITLAND
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 & FRANTZEN
THE HOUSE OF CLEAN
SPORT.
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MONARCH
WORLDS
BEST
ROB ARTS’ BILLIARD
AND BOWLING
PARLORS.
P. 0. Opposite.
SERVICE BARBER
SHOP.
ROBARTS BUILDING
Shampooing and Face Massage
A Specialty.
CHOVIN SUPPLY
5th and C.
Carries Everything in Electri
cal Supplies and Fixtures
to make a happy Home
Agent for
FRISCO STANDARD
GAS ENGINES.
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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
MINOR EVENTS
NOT RECARDED'
CAUSE FOR WAR
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It is decalred by administration offi
cials that the international situation,
from the point of view of the United
States, is precisely the same as it was
the day the president broke diplomatic
relations with Germany. The govern
ment is watching developments and
using all due care to prepare itself to
defend the national rights on the sea.
The president is not to be driven
into precipitate action, nor is he to
be influenced by those who unthink
ingly clamor for war, or by others
of an opposite view who would pre
vent war at any cost. The president
has stated his position to the world,
and there is no receding from the
stand he has taken, his friends know.
One competent to pass judgment on
the situation, in conversation with a
representative of the press, Monday,
offered some observations on the ex
periences of the past two weeks, or
since the break was announced. What
was said was illuminating in a num
ber of directions, as showing particu
larly the mental attitude that loyal
citizens of the-United States ought to
maintain at this time, the observa
tions applying as well to the press as
to the private citizen.
In speaking of the events that have
crowded one another since the day of
the break, events which are not given
greater dignity than mere incidents,
it was said that the press particular
ly, and not intentionally, has laid too
much stress on minor events. The de
tention of Ambassador Gerard, the
delay of the departure of consuls from
■Germany, the refusal to release the
Yarrowdale prisoners, and other mat
ters, and other matters, have been
kept before the public as events of
the first importance, whereas, from
a diplomatic point of view, each of
these incidents was obviously one for
easy adjustment. With the constant
presentation of these minor incidents,
it was observed, the press has run
the danger, quite unconsciously, of
giving the impression to the United
States public that if these matters
were settled, as settled they are,
much of the problem of keeping the
nation at peace would be solved.
These incidental events, it was ob
served, have had nothing to do with
the issue, as the government sees it.
The one great issue, the submarine
question, has not been brought nearer
to settlement in these discussions, nor
will it be by any other minor incident
in the future. In other words, the
gravity of the situation will not be
lessened until Germany abandons its
policy of lawless submarine blockade
of United States shipping, a block
ade created by the arbitrary declara
tion of a prohibitive zone around the
British isles, and the coasts of France
and Italy. The United States has
said it would not consent to this re
striction on the seas, and this bureau
is informed that it never will. This
government, through the president,
has taken a position that can be
changed only by Germany.
From these general observations the
discussion fell into matters more in
timately connected with the every-day
record of events. It was seen that
because of the very uncertainty of
the situation, not one person knowing
what an hour may bring forth, the
work of preparation ought to be car
ried on secretly, and the details of
protective measures should not be
published. It was declared that the
simple sense of patriotic pride should
lead publishers to keep from their
publications matters that would pos
sibly be of value to a possible enemy.
Under this classification the time and
destination of ships leaving United
States ports was given first import
ance.
It may be said, with all candor, that
it is not to be supposed for an instant
that the United States is consenting
to the virtual blockade of its ports.
Measures are being taken to relieve
this condition. This government has
already told the world that merchant
ships may legally arm themselves for
defense against submarine attack. The
putting into practice of this doctrine
is not regarded as a war measure, but
the evercise of a peaceful right under
international law. The interpretation
of it as an act of war must come from
the other side.
The United States government does
not consider, therefore, that a news
paper of this country can patriotically
publish the fact that the "steamer
blank has sailed for Liverpool, armed
for defense, with six-inch guns fore
and aft.” The government takes the
simple view that with all precaution,!
taken by the United States, ships that
leave these ports ought, at least, to
have a chance to get across without
having their coming heralded to sub
marine commanders waiting to de
stroy them.
The president does not fear the fu
ture, it is represented. He knows the
rights of the United States, and his
friends feel he will not hesitate now.
ALASKA STYLE
shop worn
(San Francisco Examiner)
There’s just one disadvantage in
being the owner and manager of the
“Style Shop,” the smartest ladies’
tailoring and dress emporium in An
chorage, Alaska, according to Mrs.
Maude Cattle, a former San Fran
cisco woman. And that is coming out
of Anchorage during the winter to
do one’s buying for the summer and
autumn season.
Mrs. Cattle is in San Francisco in
forming wholesale houses that she is
here to get the latest modes for the
Alaskan trade. She traveled four
days by sled and dog team and 18
days by boat to get the offerings for
the summer season, and she says the
goods must be in northern waters by
the middle of April, when navigation
opens to Apchorage.
Customers “Mushing” In.
Mrs. Cattle hasn’t any time to
waste, she says, as several of her
best customers will soon be “mush
ing” over miles of frozen country to
get the spring creations in afternoon
and dinner gowns. She staged a
fashion show in a theatre in Anchor
age, which later brought enough cus
tomers to “just about clean the shop
out of fancy stripe taffetas, peacock
blues, African brown charmeuses,
flame silk nets, and electric green
broadcloths.”
It was when she realized that her
best lines were broken and that she
had only a limited offering of “kit
ten’s ear coats, maise crepe de chines,
Scotch plaids, pan velvets and mouse
duvetyne, seal trimmed coats,” that
she braved the 30-below weather and
crossed the glaciers and mountains
with her dog team to Seward.
Eliminates Mail Order.
Mrs. Cattle, who is stopping with
relatives at the Halcyon apartments,
was a department store buyer until
she conceived the idea of going to the
Alaskan frontier to save women shop
pers from the “madness that comes
to them from night study of mail or
der house catalogues.”
Anchorage is the main construction
city along the line of the government
railway, now building from Seward
to Fairbanks. The Style Shop, she
says, is one of the Christmas “show
places."
She says of her business venture:
“Women are the same the world
over. They will buy the best and lat
est if they can get it. I sold any \
number of fur coats for $500 and
more, but, don’t get the idea they j
were made there. The same things ,
are being worn on Broadway. We
have plenty of furs there, but we
haven’t Parisian cutters. Some of
my customers come from hundreds of
miles around.
C Me Felix wants everybody to
have a new suit of clothes. We have
the agency of Stein Bloch’s costume
ready-made. None but the best. Fe
lix Brown St Co. 611
Best music at Peterson’s.
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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
NOTICE I
Direct from factory to Anchorage
over the trail—Wheat Straw cigarette
papers. Robarts. 699
Get your eyes examined free at
George Osborn’s, the leading jeweler,
by Fred Carlquist, graduate optician.
Satisfaction guaranteed. 260
Watch A. L. U. space. Something
brewing. 548
C Me Felix wants everybody to
dress up for St. Patrick’s day. Get
one of Stein Bloch’s suits. None but
the best. Felix Brown & Co. 610
Wood and coal delivered to any
part of the city. Phone 43-Y. Uni
versal Taxi and Transfer. 125
Wedding, birthday and fine cakes to
order. North Pole Bakery. 567
WOOD COAL
YUKON TRANSFER CO.
General Expressing.
F. A. ACKLES Phone 89-R
740 Fourth St.
Anvisning For Arbeitere
Svenska Arbeiteres
Hjem
EUREKA HOUSE
A. P. RASMUSSEN, - Prop.
Aviser og Boker fran Hjemlandet
Wood Undertaking Co..
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
LICENSED EMBALMERS
Anchorage Uatanusks
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HOTEL 1
COR. FOURTH AND C. I
ALSO 24 x 130 FEET 1
ADJOINING HOTEL. |
SEE OWNERS 1
F. W. Redwood & Co. |
ANCHORAGE CABINET
WORKS.
JOE CASALI, Prop
Furniture and Fixtures
BUILDING CONTRACTOli
Estimates Furnished.
TOOL GRINDING AND
SAW FILING.
5th and D.
Tex Jones R. C. Jeffery
The Panhandle
CIGARS
CANDIES
TOBACCOS
FRUIT
NUTS
4th AVE. NEAR C STREET
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Union Laundry1
and Bath House
Fourth Are., Between H and I,
Anchorage
OUR WORK IB GUARANTEED
—and—
SANITARY
| THE LARGEST AND CLEANEST
BATH TUBS IN ANCHORAGE
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TRANSFER CO.
WOOD AND ICE
A SPECIALTY.
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Sanitary Market
TJio only <o!d storage plat in con
nertion with market In Anchorage.
Home-made Sausages. Fruts. Veg
etables. Butter and Eggs, at whole
sale. Restaurants and roadiouses.
speclar attention.
Itb Ave.. Bet H and I Sts
E. E. KURTZ & CO.
FREDERICfeNElSON
SEATTLE
Invite you to send to them for
such items in FURNITURE and
DR\ 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 sent 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
QUINN BOARDING
HOUSE.
Board by the Day or Week.
Comer 3rd and C St.
Hegg & Laurence
COMMERCIAL AND
PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Interior, Flashlight Work a
Specialty.
Kodak Developing and Printing -
HARMONY THEATRE.
CARROL & CO.
Fourth St., near E
MEN’S OUTFITTERS
Complete stock of Clothing,
Shoes and furnishings.
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night.
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
Fine Job Printing at Times office.