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COLISEUM
SPLENDID SHOW FOR THE KIDS TONIGHT
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A MAGAZINE ON THE SCREEN
A ONE-REEL EDUCATIONAL FILM, SHOWING THINGS WE
SHOULD KNOW.
PARAMOUNT-BRAY CARTOON
HAUNT FOR RENT
EDWIN THANHOUSER PRESENTS
Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor
IN A ONE-ACT COMEDY DRAMA
Freddie The Fake Fisherman
FEATURING WINIFRED LANE AND WILLIAM HOWELL
IN A ONE-ACT RIPROARING COMEDY
Children Will Be Admitted Free Tonight. The Usual Price for
Adults Will Be
GENERAL ADMISSION 25c RESERVED SEATS, 50c
SHOW STARTS AT 8:00 O’CLOCK
i THE BELMONT HOTEL
AND
POOL ROOM
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
EVERYTHING NEW
BASOFF & SOGURA. Props.
Saddle and Driving
FOR RENT
See Koland 3d. and C
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Just Received
BOYS’
Wool and Wash
SUITS
And Children's Raincoats
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Men's and Ladies'
Waterproof Raincoats
A. A. Cutter
and Chippewa
High Top Waterproof
SHOES
PACS and
CRUISERS
SIMSON’S
WOMEN WORKERS
WEAN UNIFORMS
IN WAS PLAN1S
, \\ omen munition makers in Gov
1 ernment plants will wear a dis
tietive uniform with an insignia u
denote that the war department re
cognizes them as an important par!
of the military organization.
The safety features which char
acterize the uniform making it prac
ticable for wear at work which in
volves danger either from the oper
ation of machinery or the handling
of explosive powders were designed
by a committee of women workers
at the Frankford arsenal and Mrs.
Clara Tead, of the Woman's Divison
of the Ordnance department. The
committee selected the style of the
uniform and voted that it should be
made of khaki.
It consists of a blouse and specially
designed overalls which are made
full and button around the ankles.
In order that there may be no place
in the uniform for powder or flying
dust to lodge, the blouse buttons
over the overalls instead of under;
the overalls button forward instead
of backward; the collar of the blouse
buttons tightly as does the flap of
the overall pocket. Puttees may be
worn with the overalls. The cap
which completes the costume is of
lighter fabric than khaki and re
sembles an aviator’s cap in shape.
As the Frankfo*! arsenal employs
the largest number of women of any
of the government plants, the women
at this arsenal will be the first to
appear in it. As soon as possible
the uniform will be put into use in
all government munition plants.
Gust Alexson, a Finlander, died
recently at the Go ernment hospital
in Anchorage, from an attack of
spinal meningitis. He was a station
laborer for the Alaskan Engineering
commission and located at Camp dl
on the Turnagain Arm division
FOWLER & MORRIS
GROCERIES
, DRY GOODS
COMPLETE UNE
LOWEST PRICES
“SHOPPING” CHAPERONES
FOR OUR BOYS IN FRANCE
The American soldier in France is
a pood fighting man. But when he
\ faces the French shopkeeper—that
quiek-tongued, sharp-eyed little wo
man who keeps tne till as full as
she can while her husbai\ fights—
he is glad enough to have an Ameri
can woman beside him.
So the Red Cross women at the
line of communication canteens have
a new job. They take the boys oui
shopping.
There are a string of towns along
the railroad where it is a common
: sight now to see a hundred Ameri
can soldiers hurrying about the
streets, using their prec’ous quarter
hour or so, while they wait for con
nections, in laying in a stock of to
bacco or food or sweets. And head
ing a group of a score here and a
dozen there you will see an Ameri
can woman, shepherding the whole
crowd like a new kind of noniom,
marching them into the shops, trans
lating their wants into shopkeepers'
French, counting their change for
them, and generally serving as guide,
interpreter, and guardian. There is
usually a troop of youngsters bring
ing up the rear, chattering and gig
gling and scrambling now and then
for the coppers that the soldiers
throw among them.
"It's just like going shopping with
my sister at home.” said one grate
ful warrior.
FEDERAL BANKS WILL HELP
FARMERS BUY TRACTORS
Federal reserve banks are to re
discount notes secured by farm trac-’
tors, the United States Department
of Agriculture announces. Instruc
tions have been issued by the Federal
Reserve Board to all Federal reserve
banks authorizing thc-m to redis
count tractor paper presented by any
member bank, provided it has ma
turity not exceeding six months and
the tractors are purchased for agri
cultural purposes.
This action of the Federal Reserve
Board, explains the department means
that notes given for farm tractors
wrill be treated in the same manner
as other agricultural paper, thus mak
ing it easier for \rmers to obtain
tractors where needed.
The Northern steamship companys
in Seattle are actively engaged in
preparing for the first boat to Nome
as soon as the Bering Sea is open.
The Victoria will shortly be taken
off the Southeastern Alaska run and
go on dry dock, where she will be
made ready to take the Nome and
St. Michael run this summer.
T TELLS
OF ATTACK THAT
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The secretary of state has received
from Ambassador Sharp, in Paris, a
graphic report of his visit to the
scene of the horrible tragedy which
occurred on the afternoon of Good
Friday in a church by the explosion
of a German shell projected from far
back of the enemy lines a distance of
more than seventy miles. The ap
palling destruction wrought by this
shell is, as the ambassador remarked,
probably not equaled by any single
discharge of any hostile gun in the
cruelty and horrors of its results. In
no other one spot in Paris, even
where poverty had gathered on that
holy day to worship, could a destruc
tion of life have been so great
Nearly 100 Mangled Corpses.
Nearly a hundred mangled corpses
lying in the morgues, with almost as
many seriously wounded, attested to
the measure of the toll exacted. Far
up to the high vaulted arches, be
tween the flying buttresses well to
the front of the church is a great
gap in the wall from which fell upon
the heads of the devoted worshipers
many tons of solid masonry. It was
this that caused such a great loss of
life.
As the ambassador entered the
church, where but a few hours be
fore had been gathered the worship
ers. he could easily picture the scene
that followed the explosion. The
amount of debris remaining just a?
it fe1! on the floor covered tne entire
space between the lofty columns sup
porting the arches at each side. Only
a miracle could have saved from
death or serious injury tnose who
escaped the falling mass The scene
was that of some horribl ? shambles
and it was not until well into the
night that all the bodies were re
covered. Upon the floor in many
places could still be seen the Dlood
ofthe victims, among whom were
many prominent and well-'vdo
people.
Swiss Secretary Killed.
The ambassador called to express
his sympahtv to his Swiss colleague.
I whose lifelong friend, the secretai
j of the Swiss legation, was killed whi
| leaving the church. The ministi
j was deeply affected as he spoke <
j the great loss to him through tl
| secretary’s death. The secretary w;
well known in Washington, where h
served with the Swiss legation fro
1902 to 1904, and was very high!
esteemed by all who knew him.
In conclusion, Mr. Sharp says tht
1 the exceptional circumstances undt
j which this tragedy occurred, both
to the sacred character of the d;
and the place, have greatly arous<
the indignation of the people i
Paris toward an enemy who seeks '
destroy human life without regal
to the immunities prescribed by t’r
laws of civilization and humanit
and instead of terrorizing the peop
the shells of the great cannons, :
well as the bombs dropped from th
German aeroplanes, only serve 1
strengthen the resolve of the Frenc
to resist to the last man, if nece
sary. the invasion of such a foe.
BOIL THE WATER
Dr- Malcolm E. Smith, health
officer of the town of Nenan, has
issued instructions to the public to
boil all water used for drinking pur
poses. The general flooding of the
town has contaminated all wells in
the flooded l rea, and the use of
this water, unless boiled, undoubt
edly would result in much sickness.
Dr. Smith directs that the boiling
process be continued until it has
been definitely determined that no
further danger exists.
Thomas Peterson recently arrived
in Anchorage on his way to Candle
creek, where he will assume charge
of the big dredge owned and oper
ated by Thomas Aitken. The dredge
was manufactured by the Union Iron
Works of Seattle and has a bucket
capacity of three cubic feet. Six
employees accompanied Mr. Pet
erson.
A country wo-th fighting for is
a country worth saving for. Buy
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Yes, There's A Reason
GOOD NEWS BAY
HAS AMPLE FOOD
FOR IN IHERE
i Stampeders to the scene of the re
cent placer gold strike in the Good
; News Bay country, near the mouth
, of the Kuskokwim river, are per
: mitted to purchase only sufficient
j food supplies at Bethel to enable
j them to prospect and mine until July
1. according to a statement made by
|J. Felder, a Bethel merchant, who
| arrived in Anchorage recently over
ithe trail.
Mr. Felder reports an ample supply
! foodstuffs in Bethel to enable ail
• prospectors and miners to continue
their work until July l.at which time
the boats will arrive from the States,
j There are not many persons at this
time in the Good News Bay country
i and while the reports concerning the
| camp are satisfactory, no pay of a
j "Klondike" character has been un
j earthed, declares Mr. Felder.
. There is plenty of fresh meat at
Bethel, with reindeer meat selling at
20 cents a pound.
Charles H. Patten, while on his
way to the States for military ser
vice with the sixty-one volunteers
who left Anchorage a short time ago,
fractured his elbow while on the
trail between Seward and Anchorage
and upon arriving at Seward it was
necessary to take an x-ray of the
arm as it was very badly swollen.
He was a member of the squad
under command of Temporary Cor
poral Harry Ober.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—Inquire
Newt Office.
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Daniel Webster, former Treadwell
storekeeper, recently passed away in
California, according to a message
received by friends in Treadwell. He
had suffered from tuberculosis for
many years.
SALt OK Kfc.Nl—National
Cash Registers. Inquire Simson's.
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