PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Preaching services 11 a. m. "The
Bundle of Life.” Sunday school 12 m.
Preaching services 7:30 p. m. “The
Old and New Year.” The choir will
render the following numbers at the
evening services—New Year’s service.
Prelude . Likl
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“The Lord’s liny". New-ton
“Softly and Tenderly” .... Thompson
Solo— "One Sweetly Solemn j
Thought" . Phillips
Miss Fraisure
Offertory . Heller
"I Need Thee”. Lowry
Duet— “My Ood Permit My
Tongue”.Davis
Mrs Hubbert. Mr. Burns
“He Leadeth Me” . Gilmore
Doxology . Ken
Postlude . Watson
We extend to you a most cordial
invitation to join us in the services of
the Sabbath It will strengthen and
comfort you. \. G. Shriver. pastor.
/ EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
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St. George’s Mission. Red Dragon
club house. First Sunday after Christ-1
mas. matins and Holy Communion at
11 a. m. Sunday school at 12 m. Even
song at 4 p. m. Rev. E, P. Ziegler,
Priest-in-charge.
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Masquerade suits for rent! Where? (
Finkelstoin & Sapiro’s. On display
Monday, December 24th. j
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AVIATORS HAVE'
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(By Associated Press;
BEHIND BRITISH LINES IN
FRANCE, Dec. 29.—Stories of daring
escapades of British aviators, excit
ing aerial combats from which the
air-fighters escaped alive seemingly
only by miracle and of brilliantly ex
ecuted raids upon German aerodromes
and troops behind the German lines
are narrated in the reports of the
Royal Flying corps covering the ac
tivities of about one week. Rair-rais
ing incidents of fierce conflicts above
the clouds, or low over the German
communication lines are described in
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these succinct reports without bom
bast, as though these narrow escapes
from death were commonplace and all
in the day's work of the air fighter.
For example, there was the case of
a British aviation officer who. when
nearly a mile above the earth, was
attacked by two enemy aircraft. He
shot down one of them out of con-j
trol but was himself wounded and
fainted while still high in the air.
Recovering consciousness he found
his machine upside down at an eleva
tion of 4000 feet with one enemy air
craft atlll firing at him. The British
er. however, managed after a strug
gle to right his machine and land
safely.
In a somewhat similar Instance, a
German scout attacked a British air
plaine carrying a pilot and observer.
One of the German's bullets passed
through the gasoline tank of the Brit
ish airplane and seriously wounded
the pilot. The British observer, how
ever, pumped a full double drum of
bullets at the enemy scout at very
close quarters and the German went
to the ground with a crash.
Meanwhile the British pilot had
fainted and fallen against the steer
ing "stick" in such a fashion as to
throw the airplane into a spin. The
British observeAliinbed over the side
and fotward aiahg the plane to the
pilot’s codtplt, Mted the pilot to his
seat and, kuR eluding on the wing
of the plane released the steering
gear, brought, the machine out of
the spin and safely to the ground.
Two Britisli officers were returning
from an expedition over the enemy’s
lines to locate hostile batteries when
their machine was hit by anti-aircraft
fire and the engine damaged. Vol
planing, the machine landed 300 yards
from the British1- lines, the airplane
turned over and the aviators were
hurled out on the German side of a
canal. Running along the beach un
der heavy fire from rifles and ma
chine guns, the aviators dived into
the canal only to find it full of barb
ed wire but managed to reach the
British lines in safety.
Many instances illustrating the reck
less, daring of the British aviators
sent over the German lines to obtain
information, destroy aerodromes and
harry the German reserves are con
talned in the offlefmb narratives. One j
pilot who crossed the lines at Ypres,
threw off two attacking machines,
! bombed the Heule aerodrome neat
Lille and was fired upon by two ma
chine guns. He dived at one of them. I
firing with both guns of the British!
airplane, drove the Germans Irom
their guns, fired upon the aerodromes
again, attacked and scattered a col
umn of 200 German infantrymen on
the road. A German two-seater air
plane was circling 500 feet above him
for an attack. “I loomed tip under
its tail and fired into it.” ''rites the
British aviator. “It crashed down on
to the railway.”
Another British pilot had fired a
hundred rounds on German troops on j
the march when he was interrupted ;
by two enemy airplanes. He attack- I
ed them and drove both down and j
then finished the job of driving the j
German infantry into trenches and
shell holes.
Flying at the height of 200 feet a
British aviator engaged in a revolver
duel with two German officers in a
motor and while doing so ran into
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some lines of telegraph wires but
fortunately his machine cut them. A
few' minutes later he attacked Ger
man infantry which escaped his gun
only by diving into a pond.
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A disastrous fire at Anchorage re
cently destroyed the Eureka Lodging
house. At the time of the blaz there
were no roomers in the house, al
though a fire had been started in an
oil stove earlier in the evening by Mr.
.Tonovich, the owner. It is supposed
that it became overheated and ignited
the bunks and matresses near it. The
alarm was not turned in for about
ten minutes after the fire had been
noticed owing to a confusion in calls.
This is Anchorage’s second large fire,
the first having been in 1916 when the
Labor Temple was burned to the
ground.
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S. R. Giddings, in charge of the
road work between Ophir and Takot
na recently made the remark that the
trail between Anchorage and Iditarod
is extremely well marked and supplied
with necessary road house accomoda
tions. Mushers traveling over that
trail this winter will find very little
difficulty.
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The government has n
the public schools at Anct'
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jor Mears in a letter to Pr
vln stated that as the £
commission had completed’
theye thereby turned it o'
Anchorage disrict. Along
building they relinquished ;
sibility for repairs and the
and maintenance of same.
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Harry Williams, of Fairb
an arrival in town on y
train.
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TRAVEL PICTURE FIRST
Tonight and Tomorrow Your Favorite S
VIRGINIA PEARSON
“THE WRITING ON THE WAj
5 Act Society Drama
SENSATIONAL! THRILLING! EXC
THE BATHHOUSE TANGLE”
I his is the first Fox Comedy Shown
SUNDAY 7:30 and 9:00
VICTOR MORRE in a 5 act comedy
“Jimmie Fadden out Wes
Any one who attends the Empress Sunday night will s
one of the best pictures of the season.
HEARST PATHE Shown First
Coming—GEO. BEBAM in "AN ALIEN.”
At the piano Mrs. Xina Vicli ols
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ADMISSION 30 cents CHILDREN 1(
Is HANAN SHOES f
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W ere good shoes SO years a
go, they are good shoes to
day. Qnfy real merit could
have sustained their reputa
tion all these years. Sold by
the best stores, never under
any other name than the - -
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j MOVING SALE
U We are forced to abandon our present lo
ll caticn and will offer our large stock of
I fruits and vegetables at greatly reduced
1 prices. Come early, Sale closes Jan. 1st.
5 lb. Onions.25c
Cabbage, per lb.5c
Garlic, per lb.15c
Green Beans, per lb.15c
Apples.$1.50 ii])
M Lettuce and Celery j§i
Calif. Grapefruit, 4 for . . . 25c
Bananas, per dz. . .. 40c & 50c
Walnuts, per lb.30c
Chestnuts, per lb.25c
Sweet Spuds, per lb.5c
U Horae Made Cider W
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