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.
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 6 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.
rie&B.C.Ca
MONARCH
WORLDS
BEST
ROBARTS’ BILLIARD
AND BOWLING
PARLORS.
P. O. Opposite.
SERVICE BARBER
SHOP.
ROBARTS BUILDING
Shampooing and Face Massage
A Specialty.
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CHOVIN SUPPLY
5ttw«nd 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 Tern*
pie 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. 612
ELECTS NEW
A fairly well attended meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce was held j
last evening, presided over by Pres
ident A. J. Wendler, at which the
principal business transacted was the
election of officers and passing of a
resolution to meet twice a month in
stead of once as at present.
A communication was read which
had just been received from the Sew
ard Chamber of Commerce, as fol
lows:
Seward, Alaska, March 27, 1917.
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce,
Anchorage, Alaska.
Owing to the present crisis in our
national affairs and a desire to bring
about a closer relationship between
Seward and Anchorage whose inter
ests are common, the Seward Cham
ber of Commerce is about to inaugur
ate an active campaign for the earli- \
est possible completion of railroad be-1
tween Seward and Anchorage. Will
you co-operate?
SEWARD CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
The secretary was instructed to no
tify the Seward Chamber of Com
merce that Anchorage stood ready to
co-operate in every way possible.
When nominations for officers were
called for Sidney Anderson, who had
been placed in nomination for pres
ident at the February meeting, declin- j
ed the honor, stating that to properly
fill the office, especially this year,
more time would be required than he
felt able to devote to the duties. His
reasons being considered sufficient, on
motion his name was withdrawn, and
James O’Reilly’s name was placed in
nomination.
For vice-president Chas. Herron was
the nominee of the previous meeting,
as was E. L. Bedell for secretary
treasurer.
There being no further nominations
for these three offices, nominations
were closed and Jas O’Reilly, Chas.
Herron and E. L. Bedell were declared
to be the unanimous choice of the
chamber for the offices of president,
vice-president and secretary-treasurer,
respectively.
The voting for the trustees was a
little more exciting, as there were 21
candidates and only 12 situations to
fill. At the February meeting 19
names had been placed in nomination
and last evening two more were added,
and Sidney Anderson’s name was sub
stituted for Jas. O’Reilly, who becomes
chairman of the board by his election
to the presidency.
The ballot resulted in the following
being selected: Geo. M. Campbell, J.
T. Westermann, E. J. Warner, Sidney
Anderson, Walter Lord, E. M. Huff, S.
D. Maxwell, A. J. Wendler, F. B.
Wood, Fred Polley, Oscar Anderson,
and T. B. Watson.
After the result of the ballot had
been announced, President Wendler
called upon the newly-elected presi
dent for a speech. Mr. O’Reilly re
sponded with a few remarks in which
he stated that he would do all in his
power to assist in the upbuilding of
the chamber and the city of Anchor
age.
Dr. Westermann and others were
called upon and made short speeches,
all of an optimistic nature.
A vote of thanks was extended to
the retiring president, A. J. Wendler,
and to Secretary A. S. Koch, and each
responded .with a few appropriate
words.
As the summer season is coming and
many important matters will be
brought before the chamber' for ac
tion it was deemed advisable to in
crease the meetings to twice a
month, and on motion the dates for
meeting were changed to the second
and fourth Tuesdays in the month.
A special meeting of the chamber
was called to meet Thursday evening
for the purpose of taking some action
in regard to celebrating the arrival of
the first boat at Anchorage. A full
attendance of the members is desired,
as it is hoped to make this event one
to be remembered.
The newly-elected officers will be
installed at the first meeting in April,
at which time there is talk of having
a smoker and a big “get-together”
meeting, though the matter has not
been definitely decided upon, being
passed up to the executive committee.
AMERICANS ON THE
FRONT IN FRANCE
(Continued from Page 2.)
so full of complaint about the over
cautious German airmen.
When Pegoud invented looping the
loop people asked, “Why? What is
the use of it?” Pegoud was a very
considerable inventor as well as a
flyer, is the answer. Looping the loop
is a useful maneuvre, and it has been
succeeded by that extraordinary de
velopment, the nose dive, in which the
airman seems to fall like a stone for
thousands of feet, till the spectator’s
hair rises from his head in horror.
Suddenly the machine flattens out,
scoots away, and you find that it is
only a trick after all. I talked with
one of our wounded boys—he was just
19—who had fallen 8,000 feet owing to
his rudder wire connection being shot
through, liy a miracle his machine
straightened out automatically within :
a hundred yards of the ground, and j
the boy is alive and will fly again. 1 i
asked him his sensations; he is prob
ably the only man in the world alive !
who has fallen 8000 feet—-more than !
10 times the height of the Wool'worth j
building, New York city, 750 feet, j
He said that for a long time—what;
seemed like hours—he knew that he
was falling, and falling at a tremen-!
dous speed, and then he lost conscious
ness, as in a dream, and found him
self being picked out of the wreck of
his machine by people who thought
that he was dead.
At the beginning of an air light
there is maneuvering for position ami
feinting as in boxing. There are, as
a rule, two men in each machine—a
pilot and an observer—except in the
smaller types, in which the wings are
clipped down to nothing to get extra
speed and climbing power. Knowledge
of engine and plane power, quickness
of decision and accuracy of shooting
with the Lewis gun are essential to
the pilot. His observer is provided
with some form of pistol and often
with bombs.
The rival planes, like giant hawks,
hover around, above, or below each
other, till one more expert or more
daring than the other maneuvers his
opponent into a position from which
he has either got to fight or flee. The
knock-out blow is usually a sudden
descent on the enemy, accompanied by
accurate machine-gun fire. Sometimes
it becomes a duel with Browning pis
tols, in which the men are so close that
they can see each other’s eyes. The
thing is over before you realize it.
One machine is off and away^nd the
other whirls and crashes down, down
down to earth.
Exploits of American Flyers.
The British army does not permit
the names of its flying heroes to be
published. In telling you, therefore,
of the American flyers, I must deal
with those Americans with the French
army.
Lieutenant Thaw, of Pittsburg, was
one of a number of Americans who en
tered the famous Foreign Legion of
the French army at the outbreak of
the war, and is the senior American
flying officer in France. His name and
that of his colleagues are better known
in Europe than in their own country.
In {riving a list of those whose
names are known (some, alas! are ly
ing beneath the wooden cross) I can
say no more than that they are worthy
representatives of a great nation.
Lieutenant Thaw was followed by
Bert Hall, from Texas, James Bach,
D. Masson, Givas Lufbery, James Mc
Connell of Chicago, Chouteau John
son of New York, Elliot Cowdin, Kif
fin Rockwell, Clyde Balsley of Texas,
Dudley Hill of Peekskill, New York,
and Victor Chapman.
The policy of the American airmen
serving with the French army is that
of the British and French—to attack.
They have played a goodly part in the
invention of the constantly changing
tactics of air fighting.
My last recollection of the Ameri
can soldiers was their well-spread
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
R HEGSTROM
Next to Harmony Theatre.
The Royal Cafe
Special Arrangements Made for Entertaining Private
Parties.
The place of real service. Boxes, Lunch Counter.
Try .Some of Our Special Dishes.
New Year’s table, at which was every
thing the tired man from across the
Atlantic could want, from turkeys to
doughnuts.
I put one question to a score of
those whose mothers were not asham-1
ed to raise them to be soldiers. I i
asked them why they had come. The
reply of the American in France is the
same every time, whether you meet
him with the Canadian army, the Brit
ish army, or the French army. They
all say words to this effect: “The sort
of thing that has been going on in
Kurope as the result of the horrible
organized savagery of the Prussians
has got to be stopped. We want to
stop it before it reaches our own
country. We have come over here to
do it, and, thank God, we know that
we are helping to do it, and that it is
to be thoroughly done."
To which one of them added as I
said good-night: “If anyone asks yoli
what sort of a time the Americans are
having just hand them out one good
home-word—‘Bully.’ ”
War News
Rumors and facts at Peterson’s. 444
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
For a Solo game come to Peterson’s.
Best talent in Anchorage at Society
Cabaret. 690
Joe Kisling, watchmaker, near Har
mony theatre. 433
Peterson’s Billiard Parlor for latest
war bulletins. 400
North Pole Bakery serves lunches
after the show. 667
Singing, Dancing, Novel Stunts.
March 31, Robarts’ Hall. Society Cab
aret. 691
ANCHORAGE CABINET
WORKS.
JOE CASALI, Prop
Furniture and Fixtures
BUILDING CONTRACTOR
Estimates Furnished.
TOOL GRINDING AND
SAW FILING.
Sth and D.
Tex Jones
R. C. Jeffery
The Panhandle
CIGARS
CANDIES
TOBACCOS
FRUIT
NUTS
4th AYE. NEAR C STREET
Palace of Sweets
Next to Empress Theatre.
Ice Cream,
Light Lunches
And—
Home-Made Candies.
ALL CREAM MADE
FROM FRESH MILK
Palace of Sweets
THE COOK INLfeT
TRANSFER CO.
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WOOD AND ICE
A SPECIALTY.
MARIUS BENSON
Mgr.
Sanitary Market
Tbe only told storage plant in con
nectlon with market In Anchorage.
Home-made Sausages. Fruits. Veg
etables, Rutter and Eggs, at whole
sale. Restaurants and roadhouses,
speciur attention.
ttb Ave.. Bet H and I Sts.
E. E. KURTZ & CO.
FKEDERICfeNELSON
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 sent POSTAGE
PAID to any point in Alaska.
Inlet Soda Works
W. A. TAYLOR. Proprietor
Manufacturers of all kinda of
MINERAL WATERS. SODA
CIDER. STROPS.
AGENTS FOR GRAPE JUICE
Anchorage - - Alaska