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WEEKLY EDITION
VOL. 1
Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday, April 22, 1916
NO. 42
FIELD, IS BEUEf IF
BERLIN, April 24.—Nothing has
has as yet developed since the re
ceipt of the American note with re
spect to the submarine issue. No
expression of opinion is obtainable
from the foreign office, where abso
lute reticence is maintained. The
note has been published in the Ger
man newspapers, but no comment
was made tnereon, indicating a cen
sorship by the government. The sit
uation here appears extremely grave.
The note will probe oly be answered
before the end of this week, after
serious consideration by the govern
ment. There is little hope that the
answer can go to the length de
‘ manded by the American govern
ment, despite the facj that the em
pire wishes to retain friendly rela
tions. Public sentiment is strongly
against any further weakening of
Germany’s 'submarining campaign,
to say nothing of abandonment of
this mode of warfare.
NOTHING DEVELOPS IN
SUBMARINE CONTROVERSY
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WASHINGTON, April 24.—There
is little hope in Washington that
Germany will meet fully the de
mands of the United States with re
spect to the submarine issue. This
is made apparent in the United Press
interview with Admiral von Holtzen
dorff, chief of the German admiralty
staff, and it is believed that the ad
miral speaks the sentiment of the
German empire. This Interview sup
plied the American state department
with the first line on the attitude of
of the imperial government. Some
( high officials express the belief that
a modification of Wilson’s policy
1 must be made if a break in diplo
matic relations is to be avoided, and
this appears to be out of the ques
tion, in view of the president’s pro
nounced views on the subject. These
officials say that if Germany agrees
to follow the visit, search and safety
of passengers’ provisions of the
American ultimatum, then there is
hope for an amicable settlement, in
that the United States may agrete to
accept her assurances. But Germany
must adhere to her pledges. The
problem then is, will Germany aban
don her present methods of subma
rin'ng, which must be the first step
toward healing the strained relations
"ith the United States. The author
ities feel that Admiral von Holtzen
dorff, in his interview, indicated Ger.
many’s unwillingness to meet the
demands, but desired to shift the re
sponsibility for a possible break on
the United States.
AMERICAN RESIDENTS ARE
GOING -O LEAVE GERMANY
THE HAGUE. April 24—Many
.*• raerieans are preparing to close
'their affairs and depart from Ger
many m two days’ notice, if diplo
matic relations are severed between
Germany and the United States. A
number of Americans have arranged
to come to Holland, leaving their ai
fairs in the hands of neutrals. Other
Americans intend to remain in Ger
many, feeling confident that there
will be no break.
. GOOD ORDER PREVAILS
SINCE STRIKE CALLED
Since the Labor Union called the
general striKe, Saturday noon, the
best of order has been maintained,
tne leaders impressing it upon the
men that no violence or demonstra
^ tion of a lawless nature will be tol
erated. There was a little mixup at
the bridge this morning, but, aside
from this little affair, nothing has
* occurred to mar the serenity of the
situation. Some of the skilled work
men are remaining on their jobs at
the railway yards, but practically all
of the laborers have quit. Out on
the line, perhaps fifty per cent of the
men have walke^ out. Union lead
ers infqrm the Pioneer that the long
shiremen will unioad the commercial
freight in private lighters, hence
there will be no trouble in that di
rection. The union men are having
a monster parade, headed by the
pnsa band, as the Pioneer goes to
press this afternoon.
As will be seen by advertisement
which appears in another column, the
Commission warns people from tres
passing on government property on
the north side of Ship creek. This
order is invoked along the right of
way, the Pioneer is informed.
The saloon operated in Knik by A.
F. Davis has been closed, by order of
the court.
James Marrion is confined to his
home, suffering trom an attack of la
gtippe. I
All workingmen while in Anchor
age are invited to make Labor Tem
ple their headquarters. Newspapers
r and periodicals in different languages
on 8Ie.
Straw or braid hats cleaned,
"blocked and made over.
Waltetu* Millinery & Gowns.
Leave packages at The Mddcl for
flatnnuska. Palmer Canyon and
• Moose creek. Ten cents a pound,
per 100 pounda, and 5 cents per
pound under "that weight. Leave
v Leave Anchorage'every week.
A. C. MeMASTER.
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ODD FELLOWS, NOTICE.
The regular meeting of the An
chorage Odd Fellows Club will be
ield tonight at s o’clock at Laskv’s
ail.-r shc;>. hi. 1. FINCH, esc.
'NEW’S NOTES FROM
HERE AND THERE
A shipment of Fresh Drugs ar
rived on the Tyonic for the C:ty Drug
Store, corner of Fifth and C.
The Cordova Times will move its
plant into the store building of S.
rihrti' & Co. at that place.
The reindeer fair held at Mary's
Igloo, near Nome, recently, is said to
j have been a huge success.
Mrs. Hanisch gave birth to a
healthy baby girl Saturday evening
, Inst, Dr. Kyvig being in attendance,
j Mother, and child doing fine.
! To accommodate the rapidly grow
: ing population, the Seward postotlice
has added 250 new boxes to its
equipment.
Out of the 1600 estimated quali
fied voters at Juneau, but a little
over 700 registered* lor the city elec
tion.
Captain Horace Langley will oper
ate the steamer Tana on the Kusko
kwlm river this season.
A. P. McWilliams, U. S. commie-1
fcioher at Petersbur, has tendered
his resignation to Judge Jennings, to
take effect May 1,
Say, boys, if you can't get any of
mother's cooking, try sister’s, at Two
Girts 'Waffle House. We always
please.
Boys’ Union Suits—One-third off.
Fairbanks Clothing Store.
The biggest bath tubs and the most
comfortable bath rooms can be found
at' the Richter House, on Third near
E. Baths at aH hours.
Oats, Bran, Chopped Grain, Shorts,
Whole Coni, Cracked Corn, Wheat
and Scratch Food, at Brown & Haw
kins’. “Quality First.”
PRESIDENT IS
WASHINGTON, April 24.—Presi
dent Wilson is deeply concerned over
the situation in Mexico, following
the receipt of information from
General Scott, chief of staff, who
went to the border to confer with
General Funston and secure first
hand information. President Car
ranza's attitude toward the Amer
ican invasion looms up big since the
Parral attack on American troopers.
Reports'of a semi-official nature are
to the effect that Carranzista troops
are marching southward from Qhi
huahua City, going in the direction
of Parral, where General Pershing's
columns are located temporarily. It
is also said that Mexican officials
have warned American officers that
Parral was the deadline beyond
which American troopers might not
march. The fear is expressed that
Carranzista and American troops
may clash, precipitating war be
tween the two countries.
DEATH OF ill
LOXDON, April 24.—The death of
Fiefd Marshal von der Oitz, com
mander-in-chief of the First Turkish
army and supervisor of _the sultan’s
military establishment, is announced.
Spotted fever was ihe cause.
GYMNASIUM TO BE
OPENER IN ANCHORAGE
William Morris, an ' experienced
gymnasium man, will be the man
ager of a gymnasium that will be in
operation in Robarts’ hall by the
first of May. Complete equipment
will arrive on the steamer Aroline.
In connection, there will be baths of
various kinds, a library of popular
books, etc. It is the plan of Mr.
Morris to make this gymnasium a
popular resort. On the opening
night, the public will be invited to
attend and see athletic events that
will be pulled off. After that, the
gymnasium will be confined to mem
bers only. The gymnasium will be
open from 12 noon to 12 midnight.
Tl'RXED PASSENGERS AWAY.
SEWARJ, April 24.—The steamer
Admiral Farragut sailed from Sew
ard, enroute to Anchorage, this
morning. The steamer is so; crowd
ed with passengers that many from
here, who wished to go, could not
get tickets.
H. T. Fowler, of the Pacific Coast
Grocery Company, is a passenger on
the steamer Admiral Watson, ac
cording to a message received by J.
H. Smith.
EASTER MONDAY DANCE
Tonight at Robarts hall. A nice
lunch served. Admission: Men, |1;
ladies free. Best muslS and best floor.
For Sale—20x30 tent; two 12x14
tents; 8x10 tent. Anchorage Realty
Company.
EASTER MONDAY DANCE
Tonight at Robarts’ hall. A nice
lunch served. Admission: Mep, $1;
ladies free. Best music and best floor.
Preferred Stock canned vegetables
and fruits at Brown & Hawkins'.
"Quality First."
For Sale—100 feet frontage on
Third, near H street. Beautiful hotel
site. Inquire Brown & Hawkins.
FOR SALE!
“THE CRESCENT," CORNER OF
FOURTH AVE.'!ttK'aNT> C STREET.
ANCHORAGE. THAT'S ALL. SEE
OWNERS, F. W. REDWOOD ft CO.
WASHINGTON, April 24.—Japan
has made formal objection to the
provisions of the Burnett immigra
tion bill, pending before the con
gress Japan construes the bill to
virtually enact into law the Root
Takahira agreement for the restric
tion of Japanese immigration to the
United States. The bill includes
Japanese and Hindus in an exclud
ed class. The Root-l'akahira agree
ment was but a temporary plan, ac
cording to the Japan government,
and it will oppose the provisions
being enacted into a permanent law.
BRITISH REGAIN
LOST POSITIONS
BERLIN, April 24.—The British
troops have recaptured from the
Germans a third of the six hundred
square yards of trenches which the
Teutons took one day last week, in
the fighting between YpTes and
Langemarck. This is officially ad
mitted by the German war office to
day.
OIL KING PARTS
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NEW YORK, April 24.—While 1
golfing at h’.s Lakewood golf links
Saturday afternoon, one of John D.
Rockefeller's drives hit Mrs Hyman
Goldman, a spectator, a severe blow.
The oil king, in a fit of generosity,
gave Mrs. Golman's little daughter
'Celia seven cents in bright new pen
nies.
Miss Clark, principal of public i
schools, is confined to her apart
ments, suffering from a severe attack
of la gTippe. Due to the illness of
the principal and to repairs that are
being made to the school building,
there will be no school this week.
DEPARTMENT OP THE INTERIOR
Alaskan Engineering Commission
PUBLIC NOTICE.
Anchorage, Alaska,
April 24, 1916.
The Alaskan Engineering Com
mission desires to call the attention
of the public to the several notices
that have been posted on the railroad
terminal reserve. The public is ad
vised that all persons trespassing
upon said reserve will be prosecuted
to the fullest extent of the law.
THE ALASKAN ENGINEERING
COMMISSION,
By F. Mean,
Commissioner.
ukon Territory has contributed
more than $6o,0t>0 to the' Canadian
war fund.
George Grigsby, choice of the
Nome democrats for delegate to’con
gress, is the champion btlliardiBt of
Nome.
EASTER MONDAY DANCE
To&lght at Roberts’ hall. A nice
lunch served. Admission: Men, $1;
ladies free. Best music and best floor.
CHEAP LOTS.
“Not none no more"! Not all sold,
but prices going up. One of our
cheap lots, sold at $300, is relisted
with us at $i,000. One sold through
our office for $550 is now held at
$1,500. Both are located on Second
avenue, near railroad activity.
For valuable locations and good
advice
“SEE WARNER,”
Alaska Realty and Investment
Co., Corner F and Fourth.
GREAT STRIKE
OF EMPLOYES OF
E
PITTSBURG, April 4*.—Thirteen
thousand eight hundred employes of
the great Westinghouse works are
out on strike, quitting Saturday
night. Strike leaders declare that
they expect to have all of the twenty
thousand employes out before the
end of this week. An increase in
the wage scale is the demand of the
strikers.
FRENCH ATTACKS
BERLIN', April 24.—The French
attack on the German positions on
Dead Man's hill, which continued
throughout the night, met a com
plete failure, according to German
official reports.
VIE IDS
raw gw
Valdez Miner.
Joe Spenard, the city expressman,
is going to leave the held o£ his long '
labors here and will depart for An
chorage on the first boat going
through. Joe has already secured
quarters in the new railroad city and
made his otner 'arrangements for
go^ng into business there.
Valdez will miss Joe; will miss
him badly. Joe, “who meets every
boat and never missed a train,” for
he has grown to be one of the most
popular institutions of the city.
Never a boat pokes its nose through
the Narrows but what the City Ex
press is on the pob, and its strident
gong announces to those who are
about to travel that it is time to get !
■up and get out their baggage where
Joe can pick it up.
Starting with a small cayuse and
sled, Joe has built up one of the j
most profitable businesses in the
city, because he has rendered a ser
vice that was needed, and from his
small beginning has been compelled
to add an auto, which during the
greater part of tne year he keeps
busy almost the Z4 hours through.
His cheerful demeanor and cour
teous treatment has made him fav
orably known to every traveler along
the coast, and has gained him a host !
of friends amopg the townspeople, j
who will wish him every success in
his new venture.
Mr. Spenard will dispose of his
holdings here. Including his home
and the watchman on the tower, and
will make his home in' Anchorage,
where he expects to grow up with
the. town.
The Prospector regrets more than
anyone to see Joe leave, as he has
been a good friend to the public and
a booster for Valdez. He is a pro
gressive, wide-awake citizen, and 'a
hustler at all times.
Lost—Pocketbook. Return same
to this office and receive reward.
Just received, a full line of photo
goods, and more on the way. North- j
ern Drug Co.. Fourth and H, the
Elm press building.
Now is a good time to get ycut
old hat made over.
Walters’ Millinery & Gowns.
White Shoe racs with heels, a1
Brown & Hawkins’. “Quality First."
Pipe, fittings, water connections
aad plumbing supplies, at Knlk
Hardware Company’s, Third and H.
Wanted—Dishwasher. At the Mer
chants Cafe. _ ,
WILL ESTABLISH
SKAGWAY, April 2 4.—J. T. Wes
terrnan, who will be managing di
rector of the Hank of Alaska,
to be established at Anchorage, will
depart on the steamer Alameda,,
with a complete banking outfit and
steel for a building to be erected.
Those concerned in the enterprise,
among them being Andrew Steven
scu, of Skagway, hope to have the
bank in operation by the middle of
May.
Plans are completed for a fine re
inforced building that will cover the
entire vacant space on G and Fourth
avenue, connecting with the re
inforced concrete building that will
be erected by Captain Lathrop for a
motion picture house and bank. The
plans contemplate one store facing
G street and four stores on Fourth
avenue. They will be erected by H.
T. Fowler and J. H. Smith. The
structure adjoining the proposed mo
tion picture house will be the ex
clusive property of Mr. Smith, who
will occupy the premises as a real
estate and insurance office. The
other stores will be for rent. The
plans call for plate glass front and ,
marble b#se, making the stores es
pecially attractive, it is planned to
have the structures completed about
June 1st.
Mr. Fowler and associates plan to
drect ten more store buildings on the
opposite corner, facing on Fourth
avenue and G street. These stores
will be for rent. Mr. Smith is the
agent for this property, and any one
wishing a location may get informa
tion by calling on him.
TIDE TABLE.
Tide table for Knik arm for week
ending Saturday, April 29:
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
A. M.
Time. Height.
3:45
9:15
4:49
10:21
0:24
6:17
11:42
1:38
8:02
2:36
9:29
3:23
10:28
4:03
11:18
4.2
30.7
4.6
30.0
27.9
4.8
29.3
28.4
4.4
29.0
3.5
29.7
2.4
30.4
1.5
P. M.
Time. Height
5:21
11.04
0.8
27.8
6:21 1.4
7:37
1:"15
8:47
2:38
9:42
3:45
10:29
4:40
11:10
1.8
28.9
2.0
28.9
2.2
29.0
2.3
29.2
2.5
WEATHER REPORT.
April 24, 1916—7 a. m.
Ship Creek. 26
Summit Roadhouse. 40
Glacier .,. 35
Matanuska Junction . 33
Moose Creek.38
Clear at all points named.
The wireless'plant at Jualin, re
cently erected, Is ndw open for busi
ness.
Lost—Bracelet; -'F. W.” engraved
in old English initials. Mrs. J. West,
corner Fifth and B. 24-5t
For Sale—Desirable business lot.
Fourth street, just east of A; lot 5,
block 114. Inquire The Sydney Lau
rence Co.
E. B. Davis, contractor and builder.
Flans and specihcations. Office cor
ler C and Third. tf
Wanted—Information concerning
:he whereabouts of L. E. Jones, for
merly of Los Angeles, believed to be
in Alaska. Communicate with Mrs.
I. W. Minms, Toronto, Ontario; or
I. W. Minnls, Anchorage, Alaska.
Plenty of Eastman 3A films at the
Northern Drug Co.’s, Empress Bldg