to;
p
p
p
p
o
p
p
Phone 52-Y
broToToTo’oTo'o:o:o:o;o;o;o;o;o
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
Leave Seattle Arrive Seward
MARCH 9 .ALAMEDA. MARCH 16
MARCH 16.NORTHWESTERN.MARCH 23
MARCH 23.ALAMEDA.MARCH 29 ,
l MARCH 30.ALASKA.APRIL 6
——— . —
* This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers with
out notice. Tickets on sale at up-town office, Empress Building.
J. J. LANKIN, Agent. F. B. TRACY, General Agent.
PACIHC STEAMSHIP CO. “
ADMIRAL LINE
fgBHiaaaaaa
ALASKAN SAILING DATES
Leave Seattle Leave Seward
Feb. 26 .. WATSON .. Mar. 4
Mar. 2.EVANS.Mar. 9
Mar. 9.. FARRAGUT.. Mar. 16
Mar. 19 ..WATSON.. Mar. 26
Mar. 26 ...EVANS... April 3
Sailings from Seattle to
CALIFORNIA
Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays
Steamers
President, Governor, Queen,
Senator, Umatilla, Admiral
Schley and Admiral Dewey.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ROUTE.
San Francisco to Los Angeles, daily except Sunday.
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
STEAMERS HARVARD, YALE PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR, j
ADMIRAL SCHLEY AND ADMIRAL DEWEY. ! !
Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
For Full Particulars, T. B. WATSON, Agent, Anchorage, Alaska.
e
Alaska Men
Going Outside This Winter Outfit at
CHEASTY’S
The Specialty Men's Shop
in Seattle.
0. C. GRAVES, Pres.
2a Av. and Spring
CHEASTY’S Inc.
Men’s and Young Men’s Wear
| Sundberg’s Grocery
PLANT EARLY. WE HAVE THE SEEDS.
BOOTH’S SARDINES AND TUNA FISH.
* SWIFT’S PREMIUM HAMS AND BACON, THE BEST
« ► ____—
;; TEAS—Folger’s, Reliance, Crescent and Blue Ribbon.
Sandwiches, coffee and pastry lunch
es served at the North Pole Bakery.
Best music and entertainers at Pe
terson’s. 399
LONDON, Feb. 7.—Notwithstand
ing the heavy losses of shipping re
ported today, expert opinion regard
ing the submarine menace remains
firm that the German hopes of starv
ing out Great Britain are vain.
Admiral von Cappelle’s statistics,
published in the Lokal-Anzeiger, are
alarming on their face value, and it is
not denied even by the most optimistic
that considerable reduction in the
country’s overseas supplies may be
brought about by submarine agencies.
The Germans assert that British ship
ping to the extent of 400,000 tons
was sunk during December last and at
the rate of destruction recorded in to
day’s announcements, which show 22
ships aggregating 54,000 tons sent to
the bottom, the 6,750,000 tons which
von Cappelle calculates is all that
Great Britain can utilize for bringing
supplies into the country would be
seriously reduced by the end of Jan
uary next. It is pointed out, however,
that the announcements made today
do not mean that this toll of ships
sunk is a criterion of what subma
rines can do. Some of the vessels
were sunk several days ago.
Sir Norman Hill, secretary of the
Liverpool Steamship Owners’ associa
tion, says that from the beginning of
the war the Germans never in any sin
gle month sank more than 1 per cent
of British ocean-going tonnage, half
of 1 per cent having been the average,
and he does not believe that the pres
ent submarine menace is on the whole
seriously aggravated. It is further
pointed out that the best antidote to
any nervousness about the unrestrict
ed campaign is provided by the new
scheme for the insurance of British
ships, which shows the new rates fix
ed by underwriters and brokers in
consultation with the government
to be well below those hitherto quoted
for neutral vessels carrying essential
cargoes. The high rates charged for
the insurance of neutral ships, preju
diced arrangements for the use of as
large a quantity of neutral tonnage as
possible, and the lower figure will
bring more vessels into the freight
market. Incidentally, The Westmin
ster Gazette remarks that it will
show the world that those in authority
do not believe Germany will be able
to carry out her fiercest threats.
This confidence is particularly
marked at the British admiralty. An
official who was questioned by an
American correspondent about the
unrestricted submarine campaign,
said:
“It is on. They are sinking every
thing they can.”
He went on to say that although the
Germans had sent out all the subma
rines they could, the British admiral
ty had long been expecting the pres
ent campaign and the Germans had
met with “some surprises.”
“From the evidence we have had of
German submarine activity there is no
doubt in the world that the Germans
are out to sink every craft afloat if
they can.” The official continued:
“That means that sooner or later they
are going to torpedo a ship with Am
ericans aboard, perhaps an American
ship itself. The Germans gave a
warning months ago that they were
going to try to starve Great Britain.
They boasted that they could sink
enough ships to starve us within a
|ffnn
KMfaRKrai
—outfitters - general merchandise_^
" “Quality First”
The Store For All the People.
gaaiaiaaiaiaian
WHY BE WITHOUT EGOS?
25c CAN EGIS EQUAL TO 3 DOZEN EGGS
MERRILL & SON POWDERED EGGS. KEITH’S DRIED GRANULATED EGGS
PRICES REASONABLE
PHONES: STORE 7-R
PROMPT DELIVERY
-COURTEOUS TREATMENT
OFFICE 20-R
few weeks’ time. They started on
February 1 with all the submarines
they could send out. The British na
vy was not asleep, however, and I can
say that we have met their attack in
a way quite satisfactory to us. It
means that we have done just what >
we expected was the reply.
“If Germans thought they could j
sink every ship in sight they made a J
miscalculation. As evidence of what
they have failed to do I might say
that at least eight British merchant
men, at which submarines fired tor
pedoes in the last few days, got safe
ly away without being hit. It is not
always easy for a submarine to get its
target. Oftentimes merchantmen are
able to escape without a submarine j
getting a chance even to fire a tor-1
pedo.
“If they carry the campaign into j
American waters we may expect a
flare like that of the U-53, and the
American navy can be depended up
on to put an end to it. There is no
doubt in my mind that the Germans
in desperation will try to sink transat
lantic liners, for it is certain they can- j
not win in this new campaign, and i
they are not going to hesitate at liners
under the American or any other flag
j in the mad attempt. But with the lin
ers armed, the submarines will have
the odds against them, and we may
expect any such effort to be abortive. ,
“Estimates of the German strength ;
in submarines have been made, run- :
ning from 300 to 500. It is nowhere !
near 300. The Germans have made
an awful bluff, trying to frighten the
allies, America, and everybody. There
is nothing to be afraid of. They won’t
be able to starve Great Britain any
more than they could America.” j
It is generally understood here that j
the British have accounted for many j
German submarines in the past year.
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night.
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
Arrest—You may rest assured that j
the best meals are at Cameron’s |
Cafe. 354!
FRATERNAL ORDERS.
MASONS
Anchorage Masonic Club !
meets first and third Thursday I
in month. G.C.HAMMOND, Sec. j
L. 0. 0. M. 1534
Regular meeting every Wed
nesday night at 8 o’clock,
at A. L. U. Hall.
JAS. L. CORT, Sec.
BILL'S CLUB.
J. T. WESTERMANN, Secy.
Meets at Club Rooms every
Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock.
EAGLES CLUB
Meets every Friday night
at the Anchor club. Lathrop
Block. C. G. GANTY, Secy.
Hotel Anchorage
|
| NEWEST AND MOST MODERN IN THE CITY
I SUNNY ROOMS
i
HOT AND COLD WATER.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
REASONABLE RATES
******* *1 *■■* '* * “*‘ 1,11 H»Hiw WWW I llVf I j I llTl 111
Dohrmann-Herning & Co.
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE
TOOLS AND SPORTING GOODS.
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS.
PHONE 76R.
I I Hull II : I ; ,| n T | | | |*
New Matanuska Hotel
MATANUSKA JUNCTION.
M. J. ROCHE, Prop.
CAFE IN CONNECTION
A. LYALL, Prop.
LEARN TO DANCE.
Latest Dances Taught. Begin
tiers given special attention. For ap
pointment call at third house from
C on 6th Ave.
\VM. BUNTING.
Cotton felt mattresses, bed springs
ind linoleum, at Crocker’s. 459
C. HENNING
TAILOR.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s
Suits Cleaned, Pressed and
Repaired. 4th Ave. and D St.
Pies, fancy cakes, staple bakery
goods at North Pole Bakery. 567
BANK OF ANCHORAGE
WE WILL MOVE FROM OUR PRESENT LOCATION TO OUR NEW QUARTERS IN THE ALASKA
BUILDING ON SATURDAY, MARCH 10TH. WE WILL NOT BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS FROM 7 TO 8 SATUR
DAY EVENING.
ESTABLISHED 1916
THE BANK OF SERVICE