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New Lot of
Men’s Suits
Hart Schaffner & Marx or Adler Suit?
Try One Thi» Spring and Enjoy Its Superior Style and Work
manship and Greater Economy... We can fit the Hard-to-Fit
Prices, $25 and Upwards
Complete Line of International Made-to-Measure Samples Reedy
for Your Inspection. Good Suits at $35 and Upwards.
Although Shoes Hare Advanced 75*7*- In the States, We Are Still
Selling Them At Last Year’s Prices, Ranging from $6.50 up.
We Have a Large and Very Complete Line.
STETSON HATS IN ALL STYLES AND SIZES
SPRING UNDERWEAR IN SEPARATE GARMENTS AND
Suitcloth Shirts Are the Best on the Market. Try One at $6.50
Men’s Socks, 25c and upwards. Night Shirts and Pajamas
Ladies’ Suits, Skirts, Dresses
and Waists
We Have Them in Great Variety. Also Ladies’ Shoes of All
Descriptions and in All Sizes. Priced at $6.50 a pair and up
Ladies’ Oxfords and Slippers, $3.50 a pair and up
LACES AND EMBROIDERIES—From the Cheapest to the Best
Hand Made.—See the Assortment
Ladies’ Spring Underwear in Separate Garments and Union Suits
C. B., a la Spirite, R. & G. and Madame Binner Corsets in All
Models and Sizes. Prices the Same as Outside, $3.50 and up
Hosiery, In Cotton and Silk, 50c and up.
$150 FREE ON MAY 11
Our Big May Potlach Is Now In Progress
With each cash dollar purchase, we will give one ticket free,
entitling the holder to participation in the Potlach, which will
consist of three prizes... First prize, $75 CASH, Second pirze,
$50 in Merchandise; Third prize, $25 in Merchandise.
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JESSIE BARRISCALE
SUNDAY ATTRACTION
Beautiful Bessie Barriscale, one
)f the screen’s most talented stars
will make her appearance at the
Coliseum Sunday night in a stirrinf
five-part war drama, entitled “Bui
lets and Brown Eyes.” Miss Barris
:ale is ably supported by Willian
Desmond and an all-star Triangle
company. Miss Barriscale assume!
tlje difficult role of a spy, who fall;
in love with an enemy soldier and i
is needless to t;tate that the stor;
is replete with thrilling situations
But it all ends right, the prett;
spy and the soldier finding happi
ness in marriage.
As a curtain raiser, the manage
ment will present a one-part corned;
entitled “Peculiar Patients’ Pranks.'
This is a good one.
The price of admission will b
fifty cents for general admissioi
and seventy-five cents for reserve^
seats. The show will commence a
8:30 o’clock. Mr. Allan Grenna:
will make a four-minute talk durin
the last intermission.
CONGRESS IS REQUESTED
TO GIVE MONEY FOR GUN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 9.
Congress was asked today for a d(
ficiency appropriation of four hui
dred million dollars to cover the co;
of making heavy guns for use i
France. The request was made b
the ordnance bureau.
Are You Doing Your Share
IN THE SAVING OF WHEAT FLOUR?
Choose Substitutes from This Partial List of
Cereals Carried By Us:
Graham—Rye—Whole Wheat—Buckwheat—Corn
Meal — RolNd Oats — Steel-Cut Oatmeal — Rice
Farina — Hominy — Pancake Flour — Split Peas
Pearl Barley—Tapioca—Sago.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
"ALASKA’S LARGEST OUTFITTERS”
WORK IS SIARIED
ON BRIDGE«43
Unfavorable Weather Condition!
Delay Freight Teams Out
The Line.
Work on the railroad has been
considerably hampered lately owing
to the prevailing bad weather.
Windstorms and the resulting snow
drifts have been particularly bad all
the way from Camp 9 to Residency
4 (43-mile) and, as a consequence,
the teams engaged in hauling con
struction material and supplies to
the outlying camps have been forced
to haul very light loads as they had
to break trail continuously. As a
general rule, loaded teams leaving
Camp 9 (20 mile) in the morning,
make Residency 3 (35-mile) for
dinner, reaching Camp 18 for the
night, and completing the journey
by noon next day; but, after the
first of the series of snowstorms
encountered recently, the teams were
able to reach Residency 3 at night
only with the greatest difficulty.
A commencement has been made
on the big bridge which will span
the Nenana river at 43-mile, the
first pile for the piers being driven
on the 26th, piledriver No. 1 being
used for this purpose. This is the
same piledriver that was used to
drive all the piles along the water
front at Nenana. Coal from Lignite
is being used to fire the boiler and
is giving great satisfaction, and the
work on the bridge will be rushed
to completion.
Neal an Houten & Co., who have
a contract to supply the Commission
with coal for the locomotives and
for other purposes, are busy getting
the coal hauled to Residency 4.
They have also been hampered to
some extent by snowdrifts. David
Kuhn, a teamster hauling for Van
Houten & Co., met with an accident
that might have resulted more ser
iously, a few days ago. He was on
his way down to 43-mile with a load
of approximately four tons of coal,
when, on the glare ice of the river,
the high wind prevailing at the time
caught the sled and swung it cleai
around, throwing him off the sled
and stampeding the horses. He ori?>
sustained a wrenched shoulder afic
several bruisers, and was able to re
sume hauling after a day’s rest.
The situation at 20-mile remains
j unchanged, but there is no indica
i tion of a rise in the water level
: A piledriver is now busy driving
; a dam just ahead of the old dan
: at the head of Lost Slough, and i
j is believed that no more trouble wil
! be experienced from this source
J Lost Slough has been securely dam
med against future depredations oi
! the right of way, and in the spring
will be turned into the main channe
j to flow harmlessly away. About on
j mile of steel is now covered witl
; about a foot of ice, and supplies fo
! the distant camps are delivered t<
i teams from the box car at the poin
where the ice begins.
BRITISH IN PALESTINE
MOVE FORWARD STEADILY
, LONDON, Mar. 9—Official ad
■ vices received by the war office to
] day from General Allenby state that
, | the British forces in Palestine have
,! advanced their positions three miles
j! along an eighteen-mile front.
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, FORMER CONGRESSMAN
y '■ INDICTED BY JURORS
CHICAGO, Mar. 9.—Former Con
gressman Berger, Socialist member
5 from Wisconsin, hnas been indicted
• by the federal grand jury on the
_1 charge of interfering with the war
; preparations of the United States.
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GRACE (Presbyterian) CHURCH
m JB \ REV. ROBERT
#5 JOSEPH DIVEN
B Jw / MINISTER
Morning Service 11 a. m.
Sunday School .12 M.
Evening Service—“The Uurecog
*1 nixed Guide”.7:30 p. m.
COONEY HOTEL
REASONABLE
COMFORTABLE
CENTRAL
WILL DRILL
Every able bodied man in Ne- ;
nana is urged to attend the military j
drill which will be started at the ‘
Union hall on next Monday evening- *
The instruction will be given by <
Sergeant Smith, of Company “B”, !
United States infantry, and will |
comprise of work in all the posi- j
tions, order wrork, etc., in the drills .
used by the United Startes army, !
and will finally lead up to the in
structions in the manual of arms,
including bayonet work, signalling, <
wig-wagging and also a course in
instruction in first aid.
In speaking with reference to the
number of men he could handle ;
and the qualifications necessary, ,
Sergeant Smith stated that there
were practically no qualifications ,
needed, all able bodied men being
eligible and invited to attend. He
will be able to handle about 45 at
a time, and the more the merrier.
The men will be started off with
the military calisthenics at first and
if possible, he will drill twice a
week at Union hall. Every man
who intends to enter military ser
vice, says the sergeant, should take
advantage of this opportunity and
make himself acquainted with the
manual of arms. After a couple
or three months’ drilling here, he
will be able to skip all the hard
work on the Outside and maybe sev
eral months in some recruiting camp
with the “rookies.”
The usual method with newly en
listed men, says Sergeant Smith, is
to send them to some training camp
for several months, where they are
taught the manual of arms and the
drills. If these can be learned in
here, the registrants and volunteers
from Nenana will be able to give a
much better account of themselves
when they arrive Outside, and if
they are proficient at the drills,
will in all probability, be sent direct
to their permanent company, and
thus escape several months grilling.
Sergeant Smith is especially fitted
for the position he has volunteered
to take in regard to the drilling of j
the men here, owing to the fact that
for several years he specialized in
, drilling and training men in the var
. ious camps throughout the United
States. He has also been on the
• Mexican frontier during the last
l trouble, and his experience in active
; service will be of much benefit to
| the men who are drilling under his
guidance. He will be assisted by
. several of the boys from his com
i pany.
NEW BOY IN TOWN
A son arrived at the Government
hospital at two ’oclock this morning
for Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, of
this city. Both mother and son are
doing nicely.
NAMES OF RELATIVES
MAY NOT BE PRINTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 9.—
Orders issued by the chief of staff
this morning forbid the publication
of the names and addresses of the
relatives of soldiers killed in action
in France. This action is taken, it
is explained, in order to prevent
the disclosure of the identity of units
on the firing line.
THREE NATIONS SIGN
LONDON, Mar. 9.—The Germans
have forced their peace conditions
on three nations within the short
period of five days, the victims be
ing Russia, Rumania and Finland
Finland, apparently, intends to sub
mit to permanent domination by th«
Germans, while Rumania has beer
forced to surrender rich territorj
and to agree to assist the Germans
to move troops and supplies across
Rumanian territory.
BOCHES TAKE TO HEELS
With the American Army, Mar. 9
—An American patrol of five mer
outfought a German patrol of tei
men yesterday in No Man’s Land
The Yankees opened fire on thi
Boches and the Germans replied, an<
for three minutes there was a shar)
1 skirmish. The enemy then retreated
leaving two of their men dead is
the mud and two others, wounded
in the hands of the Americans. Th<
Yankees returned without a scratch
! Mrs. Blakely, who recently under
' went a serious operation at the Gov
• ernment hospital, is mending stead
ily and hopes soon to be able t
. leave the institution.
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GERMANS ARE FORCING
SLAVS TO ENTER ARMY
PETROGRAD, Mar. 9.—Refugees
irriving in this city from frontier
:ities newly occupied by the Ger
nans, bring the report that thous
inds of Russian soldiers are being
forced to take up arms, under Ger
nan commanders, and will be sent
;o the Western front to oppose the
\llies. Several corps of the Slav
:onscripts are in process of forma
don, the Russians being threatened j
with execution if they refuse to join.
HERMANS RAID ENGLAND;
KILL ELEVEN RESIDENTS
—
LONDON, Mar. 9—Eight German
war planes visited England last night
and dropped bombs over a wide
area of country, causing consider
able damage. Only two of the ma
chines reached the city, but the mis
sies dropped by them caused the
death of eleven persons and 46
others were more or less seriously
injured. It is feared that the bodies
of six other victims are in the ruins
of a building which was wrecked
by one of the bombs, dropped in the
outskirts of the city.
BIG WAR CORPORATION
FAVORED BY SENATORS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 9—
The war finance corporation bill,
which provides for the creation of
a federal corporation with a capital
of five hundred millions, to be used
in finacing war enterprises, was
passed by the senate this morning,
the vote being 74 to 3 .
TEDDY IS RESTING
Oyster Bay.—Colonel Roosevelt
has returned to his home here and
will rest for a period of three weeks,
after which he will take up his
speaking tour which illness com
pelled him to cancel several weeks
ago.
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But A Thorough Adjusted Timepiece
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It Stand* for Reliability, for Accuracy and Dependability
17 Jewels, Adjusted to Heat and Cold, Retail* at
19 Jewel*, Adju*ted to Five Po*ition*, Retail* at
21 Jewel*, Adjusted to Five Positions, Retail* at $35
23 Jewel*, Adjusted to Five Positions, Retail* at $60
We Will Be Pleased to Show You Any of the Above Movement*
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WATCHMAKER AND ENGRAVER
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COLISEUM
Program for Sunday
SPLENDID COMEDY AND FEATURE FOR TONIGHT
PECULIAR PATIENTS* PRANKS
A one-act laugh producer, will be shown first, for the benefit of
those coming in late, so they may see the entire feature
which follows.
TRIANGLE KEY-BEE PRESENTS
THE TWO BRILLIANT SCREEN STARS
Bessie Barrlscale and Wm. Desmond
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Bullets and Brown Eyes
A THRILLING WAR STORY IN FIVE WONDERFUL ACTS
NOTICE—Mr. Allan Grennan, one of the Four-Minute Men,
will address the audience tonight, on an entirely new subject in
regards to the war.
SHOW STARTS AT 8:30 O’CLOCK
GENERAL ADMISSION, 50c RESERVED SEATS, 75