ABOUT YOUR LUNCH
In response to the insistent demands of the many Anchorage
cafe patrons who desire a PERFECT Meal at noon, the Mint Grill
has inaugurated a
Merchants' Lunch
which will be served every day between 11:30 and 2:30 o’clock.
This lunch is perfect in every detail, and combined with the excellent service
for which this cafe is noted, has forever solved the problem as to where you should eat
your mid-day meal. Despite the increasing cost of all food stuffs the price of the
Merchants’ Lunch has been fixed at
50 CTS.
The quality of the meals served at the MINT GRILL, and the service accorded our patrons are too well-known to
require repetition, and it is only necessary to say that “Mint Service” is a feature of the Merchants’ Lunch.
Today and Every Day Except Sundays —11:30 to 2:30 o’clock
MINT GRILL
“THE HOME OF THE
HOT PLATTER”
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AREAS FIXED
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Twenty
nine defensive sea areas are described
in an executive order made public
Friday. Regulations governing the
movement of vessels in these areas
are included, and the statement con
cludes with these words:
“The responsibility of the United
States of America for any damage in
flicted by force of arms with the ob
ject of detaining any person or vessel
proceeding in contravention of regu
lations duly' promulgated in accord
ance with this executive order, shall
cease from this date, April 5.”
The areas specified are: Mouth of
the Kennebec river, Portland, Ports
mouth, Boston, New Bedford, New
port, Long Island East, New York
East, main entrance, Delaware river,
Chesapeake entrance, Baltimore, Po
tomac, Hampton Roads, Wilmington,
Cape Fear, Savannah, Key West,
Tampa, Pensacola, Mobile, Mississip
pi, Galveston, San Diego, San Fran
cisco, Columbia river, Port Orchard,
Honolulu and Manila.
An inner and outer limit is fixed
for each area and the secretary of
the navy is charged with the duty of
publishing and enforcing the regula
tions. Entrances for inbound and
outbound vessels are designated for
each port. The lightships or other
markers of courses to be followed are
given, with compass bearings, for the
information of the mariners.
“A vessel desiring to cross a de
fensive area,” the regulations state,
“shall proceed to the vicinity of the
entrance to the proper channel flying
her national colors, together with in
ternational code number and pilot
signal, and there await communica
tion with the harbor entrance patrol.
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It is expressly prohibited for any ves
sel to enter the limits of a defensive j
area otherwise than at a designated
entrance and after authorization by
the harbor entrance patrol.
“Boats and other craft employed in
the harbor entrance patrol will be
distinguished by the Union Jack,
which will be shown from a position j
forward; they will also fly the usual
naval pennant. At night they will
show a vertical hoise of three lights,
white, red and white, in the order
named.
“On receiving permission from
the harbor entrance patrol to enter
a defensive sea area a vessel must
comply with all instructions as to
pilotage and other matters that she
may receive from proper authority
either before or during the passage
across the area. It is understood that
only upon condition of such compli
ance is the said permission granted.
“No permission will be granted to
other than a public vessel of the
United States to cross a defensive sea
area between sunset and sunrise nor
during the prevalence of weather con
ditions that render navigation diffi- i
cult or dangerous. A vessel arriving
off a defensive sea area after a sun-,
set shall anchor or lie to at a dis
tance of at least a mile outside its
limits until the following sunrise;
vessels discovered near the limits of
the area at night may be fired upon.
“No vessel shall be permitted to
proceed within the limits of a defen
sive sea area at a greater speed than
five knots.
“All matters pertaining to a fishery
and the passage of small craft within
a defensive sea area shall be regu
lated by the senior officer of the har
bor entrance patrol.
“These regulations are subject to
modification by the senior officer of
the harbor entrance patrol when the
public interests may require; and
such notification as circumstances
may permit will be issued regarding
modifications thus made.
“Any master of a vessel or other
person within the vicinity of a de
fensive sea area who shall violate
these regulations, or shall fail to obey
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an order to stop or heave to, or shall
perform any act threatening the effi
ciency of mine or other defenses or
the safety of navigation or shall take
any action inimical to the interests of
the United States in its prosecution
of war, may be detained therein by
force of arms and renders himself lia
ble to prosecution.”
AT THE EMPRESS.
“The Price of Power,” a remarkable
Triangle production on the silent stage
at the Empress theatre this Thursday
and Friday, May 3 aand 4, is full of
realism in showing a modern cotton
mill in full operation, a strike in which
brickbats and clubs figure and a
thrilling struggle between a worthless
scion of an idle rich woman and a
beautiful factory girl. There is such
swift action in the play and it is so
lightened with touches of humor that
any too intensely tragic feature is
made endurable and the whole effect is
appealing and worth while. Orrin
Johnson plays with versatility three
different roles, representing the same
man under different circumstances and
at different times in his career.
Following “The Price of Power,”
Fatty Arbuckle appears in one of his
screams entitled “He Did and He Did
n’t.” Like all the Keystone comedies,
jolly, fat Roscoe Arbuckle keeps
things moving from start to finish.
There’s a lot of action in this comedy,
and it all goes at top speed moving
through the comedy at a mile a min
ute, and you will see fat, good natured
Roscoe right in his native element
playing his role, and his mishaps, from
which he manages to come out with
flying colors, are irresistible in pro
voking laughter. 946
Best pool tables at Peterson’s. 399
Best music and entertainers at Pe
terson’s. 399
Gordon Hats, the latest creation in
Headwear
At Brown & Hawkins. 918
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Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—Only seri
ous misconception of the facts can ac
count for people of the United States
thinking that Meico requires watch
ing, according to a statement made
by Ygnacio Bonillas, Mexican ambas
sador designate to this country. This
is especially true as regards the Tam
pico oil fields, he explained, referring
to a newspaper comment, called to
his attention, to the effect that there
was the point of danger which the
United States must safeguard now
that the navy of this government
had definitely taken over the work of
patrolling the coast from Canada to
the Caribbean.
Ninety-nine per cent of the officials
of the Tampico oil companies are
other than Mexican, he stated. Prob
ably more are American than of any
other nationality, he said, adding that
English and Dutch companies have
large interests there. Natives are the
laborers, it is true, but the entire con
trol of the industrial operations are
in the hands of persons of other na
tionalities.
Further, Mr. Bonillas pointed out,
a great part of Mexico’s revenues
from that section of the country are
from the Tampico oil industry, and it
would be the veriest folly for Mexico
to permit, much less encourage, any
thing to injure that source of reve
nue.Misconception, he insists, appears
to have been general as to the mean
ing of the first chief’s note, in which
common action by American neutrals
to bring the war to a close was pro
posed through the cessation of ex
ports to warring countries. Taking it
as an indication that Mexico had any
intention or desire to stop the export
of oil on her own action alone, it is
entirely at variance with the case, it
was explained and leaves out of con
sderation that it was only joint action
which was being proposed.
Emphasis was placed by the am
bassador upon the fact that Mexico
must perforce remain neutral, for she
has, through these last trying years,
been denied the blessings of peace.
Now she must address her best ener
gies solely to the tasks of economic,
political and social reconstruction,
and for anyone to suppose, under such
circumstances, that Mexico would be
a party to any unneutral act is to fail
completely to understand the situa
tion. *
Private official advices from
Mexico report the military situation
there to be highly encouraging and,
basing judgment upon details given,
the forecast is made that, within
three months, all danger from Villa
will be a thing of the past, and that,
a short time thereafter, Zapata will
also be effectively disposed of. Gen.
Francisco Murguia has been reen
forced by 6,000 of the best Mexican
troops, well equipped and with good
supplies of ammunition. He has un
dertaken the work of cleaning up Chi
huahua, which, it is pointed out, has
been proceeding well since he relieved
General Trevino. Villa was defeated
in his last attack, or raid, upon Chi
huahua City and General Murgia is
now on a campaign to eliminate the
famous bandit entirely. He has the
same slogan of “Get Villa” with
which the Pershing expedition start
ed into Mexico, it is intimated.
Zapata has taken to the mountains
and sufficient force is stationed in the
vicinity of his retreat to prevent the
possibility of his attempting activi
ties, although the force is insufficient
to hunt him out of his hiding place.
It is likely that this work will fall to
General Murguia when he has fin
ished his efforts against Villa.
General Pablo Gonzalez has been
made military commander in charge
of the Vera Cruz-Mexico City rail-!
road and is stationed at Vera Cruz
with adequate force and equipment j
to do his work and eliminate further;
danger of interruption of traffic onj
this highly important line. General
Obregon would, perhaps, like to re
tire, but President Carranza needs
and trusts him and so his minister
of war has consented to remain at his
post.
USE OF THE FLAG
AS A FOOD LABEL
NEW' YORK, N. Y.—Because of the
extensive use of the national colors
at this time, the counsel of the Na
! tional Wholesale Grocers’ association
cals attention in the Bulletin to the
rights of a manufacturer to use the
American flag on a food product label.
“There is no national law on this sub
ject,” he points out, “except the act
recently enacted by congress prohib
iting the use of the United States flag
for advertising or commercial pur
poses in the District of Columbia.”
Thirty-nine states have enacted stat
utes prohibiting use of the flag or any
representation thereof for advertising
or commercial purposes.
A vivid story of the drowning of a
party of five, consisting of Clarence
Lampman, his wife and two children,
of Bremerton and Edwin McPherson,
of Retsil, while en route to Alaska on
their launch, the Oliva L., which was
printed in a number of the newspa
pers of the territory was unfounded,
Mr. Lampman appearing at Ketchikan
with his boat and all his passengers
safe and sound, but very angry about
the story.
R. C. Wood, president of the First
National bank, has announced that
he will appeal from the decision *bf
the district court in the case of the
bank against F. G. Noyes, in which it
was attempted to recover the sum of.
$50,000 which it is alleged the bank
lost in loans made while Noyes was
a director of the bank.
A trial lunch at the North Pole Bak
ery is convincing of its superiority.
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Lunch once at North Pole Bakery 1
and you ever after. 920
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