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TONIGHT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26th.
War Pictures
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WITH THE GREEKS AND BULGARIANS ON THE
FIRING LINE.
Authentic Pictures Taken With the Permission of the
Government of Greece.
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TWO SHOWS EVERY NIGHT, 7:30 AND 9:00
SUNDAYS — THREE SHOWS, 6, 7:30, 9 P. M.
ADMISSION 25 CENTS CHILDREN .. 10 CENTS
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“THE SIGN MAN”
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Hotel Anchorage
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SUNNY ROOMS ELECTRIC LIGHTS
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(Mining and Scientific Press)
Major-General Goethals, governpr
of the Panama canal zone, has replied
to sundry criticisms and predictions
unfavorable to the great work for
which he is sponsor. I#iitjff“‘annual
report, now made public by the war
!j department, he complains that some
j? of these criticisms have affected the
j commercial rating ' of the canal and
: tended to diminish traffic. This traf
jf fic is small enough to need some apol
i> ogy, for the average of a ship per day
' each way is far below all reasonable
expectations. Only 91 vessels engag
ed in the American coastwise trade
used the canal during 12 months.
f Colonel Goethals asserts that there
is much ignorance on the subject of
slides. There may be, but criticism
of the canal engineering is not confin
ed to those that are ignorant. For in
stance, nobody in California supposed
that sides affect the entire length of
the cut, but it is worthy of note that
the portion of the canal thus affect
ed is slightly less than one mile.
However, a mile of ground, if it starts
to move, is an engineering1 obstacle of
the first rank. General Goethals has
no patience with the report of the com
mission sent to Panama by the presi
dent in October last year and he pro
tests against a report by the profes
sor of geology in Lehigh university,
Mr. Benjamin Le Roy Miller. His
main objection is based on the fact
that Professor Miller spent only
“three or four hours” in his examina
tion, but that may have sufficed to
giv'e him the data necessary for an
opinion. The objection smacks toe
much of the criticism of adverse re
ports on a jmine because a competent
-enginer did not spend as much time
’on ■ lias-srstupieP man-might find ne
cessary before he could formulate an
opinion. The quotation from Profes
sor Miller’s. report is much like the
description given by Dr. John C.
Branner, for whose opinion the min
ing profession has a high respect. As
to ex-Senator Thomas Kearns and his
theory, it surprises us that General
Goethals should pay so much atten
tion to it, unless it be that theory put
forward by the ex-senator gives the
general a chance to ride off the field
with a flourish. We find nothing ir
the extracts from General Goethals
report, as published in the daily press
to allay our enxiety concerning the
safety of the canal or to encourage
the expectation that the slides can be
stopped at an early date.
Found—The best meals in Anchor
age at Cameron’s Cafe. 36<l
TELLS OF WORK
Jas. E. O’Reilly returned yesterday
from an extended trip up the line as
far as the government camp at Chick
aloon. Mr. O’Reilly made the trip
over the railroad from the end of steel
and reports the railroad work in fine
shape and the different stations espe
cially well equipped. He said it look
ed like old-time railroading to him
with the station men all satisfied, busy
and doing good work. The govern
ment has a large number of teams
busily engaged in hauling equipmcvt,
supplies and provisions into the new
camps and a great display of activity
is being evidenced on every hand. The
teams load from King river, the pres
ent base of supplies, and average 7
tons to the load. By spring Mr.
O’Reilly says everything will be in
readiness for the grand rush for con
struction and figures the steel will be
laid from King river to the heart of
the Chickaloon coal fields by next Oc
tober. Speaking about the Doherty
coal mine Mr. O’Reilly said the work
was progressing satisfactorily and
they had just finished sinking a 150
f'oot shaft and were drifting from
that level onto a vein of exceptionally
fine coal. The mine is turning out CO
tons of coal evry 24 hours and the
bunkers are kept filled to capacity.
The mine is sending in a big shipment
on every train to Anchorage and Mr.
O’Reilly is especially well pleased
with the promising future for the
coal mining industry in the coal re
gion tributary to the government
railroad.
NEW 'STEAM AUTOMOBILE
IS MARVELOUS MACHINE
As a result of prolonged experi
ments a Detroit inventor has develop
ed a steam-power automobile which
seems to obviate most of the objec
tions usually presented by vehicles of
its type. In a general way it embod
ies many of the best features of both
gas and steam cars. By turning a
switch and opening the throttle, the
car is started almost instantly. There
are no gears, levc~s or clutch to oper
ate, while unlimited flexibility is af
forded. From a snail’s pace to a
speed of 80 miles an hour, the car is
said to run practically without engine
vibration. There is no noise and noth
ing to watch but the road. So far as
appearance is concerned, the machine
would ordinarily be mistaken for a
gasoline car. Fourteen miles can be
covered with a gallon of kerosene.
The steam is condensed, after being
used and saved. This makes it pos
sible to travel from 1,800 to 2,(fto
miles without replenishing the water
supply. The fuel is vaporized, mixed
with air in a carburetor, heated and
! burned in a specially designed com
\ bustion chamber. A small electric
i blower supplies the necessary volume
of air, while the ignition is accom
! plished electrically. The latter is the
I striking feature of the system, for it
J relieves the driver of the necessity of
! giving attention or labor to the mat
I ter of firing the boiler. In case the
car stands inactive for several days,
about a minute and a half is required
in starting it. If, however, it has
merely been idle over night, or during
a corresponding period, it starts at
once. The car is described in the Pop
ular Mechanics Magazine.
War Oddity.
LONDON, Dec. 12.—The Red Cross
headquarters here utilizes aeroplanes
for sending urgently needed supplies
to base hospitals in France.
WEATHER REPORT^
7 a. m. January 26, 1917.
Station Temp. Day Wind Trail Snow
Anchrage 20 Clear North Good 10 in.
Summit.. 34 Cfdy. Calm Good 85 in.
Kern Crk. 10 Clear South Good 16 in.
Mile 52.. 10 Clear South Good 15 in.
Seward .. 12 Clear Calm Good 16 in.
Potter . 23 Cldy. Calm Good 15 in.
Matnusku 22 Clear East Good 15 in.
King .... 10 Clear E&st Good 16 in.
1 Camp 174- 8 Clear East Good 15 in.
Classified Advs.
HELP WANTED.
AV anted*—A neat respectable young
iHdy for store down town. Attractive
work. Address reply to X2G, care
Times. _352
SITUATION WANTED.
Young American ub against it will
work for board. Times. 35*
__ FOR SALE.
For Sale—Axminster and Body Brus
sels carpets, 9 x 10>/2. Parker's Store
liouse. 344
For Sale—Lot 5, block 13. See owner
at Merchants’ Cafe. 346
. For —WoodT dry, 16-foot lengths.
|;».00 per cord. Leave orders at Riffles’
Kitchen. 347
.Real estate bought and sold. Termi
nal Realty Co., 929 4th St. Phone 21-R.
^ 294
For Sufe—Building and fixtures of
best paying business in Anchorage. Ap
piy__Two_Girls Cafe. 282
FOR RENT.
For Rent—Three room furnished flat,
rear 130 Fifth Street.351
For Rent—A 3-room bunk house. Mer
chants’ Cafe. _ 346
For Rent—Warm cabins and 2 and 3
room apartments in any part of the
townsite. Prices to suit any purse.
Terminal Realty Co., 929 4th Avenue.
IMione 21-R. 343
For Rent—Two room house, complete
ly furnished. Beds, stoves, cooking uten
sils, etc. Located close to business cen
ter. See Warner, cor. 4th and F.
For Rent—Two-room apartment, heat 1
and water, $15 per month and up. Kitak i
apartments, Fourth and K._ 310
For Rent—Houses and cabins. Real j
estate bought and sold. Anchorage !
Realty Co. 325 4th Ave. Emard & Lynch, i
Phone_40-R. 134 I
MISCELLANEOUS.
The attention of water users whose
accounts are unpaid is called to the fact
that these accounts are payable on or
before the 10th of the month next fol
lowing service. It will be necessary to
discontinue service in the case of rent
als that are not paid during this period.
3i»0 J. G. WATTS, Townsite Mgr.
Highest prices paid for gold. Walter
A. Lord, Jeweler, near Harmony T h eat re.
iVlatt Button Sells, Leases, Rents.
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ELECTRICITY
IS CHEAT 1 i
TO SHIPPING
Crude methods of lighting in ma
rine practice were nowhere more in
evidence than on the old clipper ships
which sailed the broad Atlantic in the
halcyon days of America’s greatest
shipping prosperity. Clumsy whale
oil lanterns fixed at the mast head
were .used to warn other ships off the
Course at night. The ship’s cabin anil
roughly finished staterooms made of:
solid oak-hewn timber were dimly'
lighted with candles enclosed in per
forated tin lanterns to keep the
draughts of air from blowing them
out. There were no engine rooms be
cause there were no engines and in or
der to keep the ship on her course the
skipper was required to pull against
the wheel with all his strength.
It is only by comparing the rough
and perilous life of the seafarer of i
the early days with the ease and safe
ty of navigation today that we arrive
at a proper estimate of the wonderful
progress made in marine travel, a1
;hange which has been largely, if not
entirely, brought about by the appli
cation of electricity to the many tasks
on shipboard.
The great passenger steamships to
day are marvels of electrical engin
eering. Through conduits and cables
concealed beneath decks and inside the
woodwork of the fine cabins and state- j
rooms electricity carries light, heat
and power to all parts of the ship.
Hundreds of Mazda lamps lighted
with an abundant supply of electricity:
from turbo-generators below, turn the j
ship into a blaze of light at night. \
Passengers in the steerage are pro- j
vided with more comfortable bunks i
I and staterooms than those who trav- j
eled f\rst cabin years ago.
The course of the modern steam
ship is directed by a pilot clad in spot
less uniform. At a touch of his hand,
the ship veers to right or left for the
pilot wheel is turned as easily as the
steering wheel on an .automobile. It
is possible because of the electric
steering gear, the largest single piece
of ;electrjeal., equipment used on a
modern steamship. Motors concealed
in the inmost parts of the ship move
the huge rudder. Communication be
tween pilot house and engine room is
by means of electric ship telegraphs,
and an electric indicating board tells
the pilot whether the engineer is car
rying out his instructions and what
position the rudder is in. A complete
fire alarm system, passenger elevat
ors, and an electrically equipped kit
| chen are features included in the con
struction of modem passenger liners, j
Steamship which sail every day;
from our big seaports perform every 1
1 Cut Down Your Meat
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11 Two ton of (’hoice
j | Choice Washingto
I l f 'll I'M pirntn
j | Cure, free from Mold
11 flood Beefsteak and Roasts
11 Eggs.50c Dozen.
BUY THESE SPECIALS
Hams, just smoked . 25c lb.
ton Brand Bacon, a Sweet Mild Sugar
.28c lb.
.20c lb.
Butter.50c lb.
j j THE PACKING HOUSE MARKET—Bet. C and D Sts.
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| PHONE 43-R J. J. HALES, Mgr. S
Carstens Packing Co.
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WOOD SAWING
Also Wood, Any Lengths, for Sale.
Leave Orders at Robarts.
BOB PETERSON. 320 K Street
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operation of loading cargo, taking on
food, filling the bunkers with coal and
weighing anchor with electricity.
Electric searchlights facilitate safe
navigation by night as well as by day.
Electric sounding machines measure
the depth of the sea, and in case of
accident electric winches lower away
the life boats more quickly and effi
ciently than it could possibly be done
by hand.
Our First College.
The first commencement of Harvard
college, the first of the educational in
stitutions of the United States, was
held Aug. 9, 1642. Nine young men
comprised the first class of graduates.
In 1638 the general court of Massa
chusetts agreed to give £400 “toward a
schoale or college” and the next year
ordered that institution be established
at “Newetowne.”
In 1638 John Harvard, a preacher,
died and bequeathed about $700 to the
college to be built at Newtown. In
his honor the institution was named
Harvard college, while the name of
the town was changed to Cambridge
in honor of the great English univer
sity.
It is doubtful if the official grant of
£400 was ever actually paid and in
any event the college project remained
in abeyance until the bequest of Har
vard at once initiated the necessary
measures.
The original fund was added to in
various ways, and much money was
raised by lotteries. Henry Dunster, a
Hebrew scholar, was chosen first pres
ident, and a class began a course of
study in 1638, and nine graduated in
1642.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
PITTSBURGH, Pa.—At the annual
dinner of the Engineers’ Society of
Western Pennsylvania here last night
Maj.-Gen George W. Goethals recom
mended the abrogation of the Taft
agreement with the republic of Pan
ama and the establishment of com
plete sovereignty over the Canal Zone
by the United Stages. He also declar
ed that the canal could be made to
pay largely if it was allowed to en
gage in business other than that di
rectly concerned with the transit of
shipping.
“It appears to me that we can ac
complish much more than has already
been cl ne,” said General Goethals af
ter he had detailed the profit accru
ing from the sale of coal and the pro
visioning of ships as now carried on
by the canal zone government, “but
we must go about it in the right way.
“We must, first of all, get rid of the
Taft agreement and insist upon the
complete sovereignty of the United
States as long as the land is used for
the purpose for which it was ceded to
the United States. We must allow all
materials and supplies to enter the
zone free of customs duties and en
courage enterprise that will result in
the building of great warehouses and
showrooms for the storage and dis
play of American goods.”
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Temple Auditorium
A. L. U.
Saturday Night
Regular Weekly Dance
FINEST FLOOR BEST MUSIC
THE PLACE WHERE EVERYONE GOES.
Sunday Afternoon
GAME SHARP AT 3:30.
BASKETBALL
CITY vs. 14th INFANTRY.
ARE YOU GETTING READY FOR
ST. VALENTINE’S DAY?
HANDSOME PRIZES.