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The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22
GEORGE BUTLER RETURNING.

Word has been received by Dick Wood from George Butler, the form CT proprietor of the Panama saloon, to the effect that the oldtimer will start back for the North about March l.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22
DANCE AT ESTER.

dance arranged by the good people of Ester was much enjoyed on Saturday night The supper was provided by Mine Host Bill Harp, of the Golden Eagle, and everybody reports having had a fine time
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22
WILL ENLARGE HALL.

The Harmonic society has defi- nitely decided to enlarge its home. The social held a week ago con vinced the members that their hall is not nearly large enough to accom- modate all who wish to attend their "doings"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22
SW|FTWATER IS GETTING READY
 F0R BUSINESS

SEATTLE, Jan. 21 Swiftwater Bill Gates has succeeded in finan- cing his Peruvian concessions and will immediately begin forming the necessary corporation with which to develop several of the most prom ising of the big placer tracts.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22
ORE FROM PIONEER.

Commencing today the test mill will pound out the values from Pioneer ledge on the divide between Wolf and Fairbanks creek.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22
EXPLOSION OF
 GOAL DUST IS
 FATAL ID FIVE

kEMMERER, Wyo., Jan. 21. - Yesterday five men were instantly killed and eighteen injured by an explosion of coal dust. The explo- sion which. though Of great violence. did not occasion any considerable damage to the workings, occurred in the kemmerer coal company's mine No 1
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22
FOR SUFFER TROPHY.

In the contest for the Suter tro- phy at the curling rink Dr. Cassels rink defeated the Geis quartet on Tuesday night and on Thursday the doctor beat Palmer.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22
Alaska Citizen, Fairbanks.

Alaska Citizen, Fairbanks. Impossible to forward definite Judgment, but outlook now is home rule hopeful. automobile road and railroad possible.
 JAMES WICKERSHAM.
 Delegate from Alaska"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22

While attending an Epworth league social one night two married WI. men were overheard talking about bit of local news. It appears that man advertised for a boy and the same day his wife pre-. sented him with twins If that doesn't show the value of adver. tising what does it show" asked one of the matrons The other lady took a different view of the matter and said It shows that if he had confided his business af. fairs to his wife, as he ought to have done. he might have saved the expense of the advertisement.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22
4 PRESENT, CERTAINLY

That's a nice umbrella you've got"
 Yes; il was a present"
 Indeed. From whom?" T don't know; but il says on the handle. Presented to John Robin son."
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22
BARBERS CLOSE SUNDAY.

The barbers of the city have de- cided to close their places of busi- ness Sundays until spring.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22
RECORD HEIGHT ATTAINED
 WITH THREE PASSENGERS

PARIS, Jan. 21. ~ Yesterday Av. iator John Nerrept, carrying two passengers with him in his mono plane, attained an altitude of 33,- 300 feet, breaking the height record for aeroplanes carrying three pass. engers
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22

ST. LOUISA steel coffin. bear ing the date 1877, and containing the we'll preserved body of a girl of 6. was dug up by laborers .excavat. ing for the new Wabash yard here The coffin bore no 6ther in- scription.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22

There is nothing so very strange in the fact that a Massachusetts minister has left the pulpit and is going into the coal business. He is preaching the doctrine that it is better to have a fire here than hereafter.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22
LAST LAUGH.

Hogan was railing a clock" said Mir Dore. He was fairly success ful in disposing of tickets in the shop where he worked. but he ran up against trouble when he can vassed his neighbors
 Dropping in at a neighbcr's house he tried to sell a ticket on the clock
 Its a fine timepiece, and it'll lux foine on yer what-not CT mar. tel" says Hogan, cajolingly
 'Gwan, the old clock doesn't run, replied the neighbor.
 Well, drawled Hogan, changing front completely, well, perhaps yez won't win it, and then well have the laugh on the fellow who does "
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22

This woman was one of the boast. full sort. No persCn or subject could be mentioned that she didn't know all about, and it seemed to be her delight to speak of all the not able people she had met Finally she was asked if she had ever met the Simese twins. Well, she said, looking thoughtful for mGment, Il am not quite sure that I met both of them, but knew one of them very we'll"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18

Pittsburgh, Pa, May 1s.-The mys-
terry Of the death Of Florence Bradley,
a young woman Of this city, battles
both her family and the police. At
ter her parents and friends had search
ed vainly for her almost a week. her
lifeless body was found floating in
the Ohio river.
Our little daughter was murdered
after being lured from her home by
some unknown person" emphatically
assert members Of the Bradley fam
lily. Their theory is sustained by many
friends and neighbors Of the dead
girl
But the police and detective force
Of the city have quite different
theory. They believe the girl took
her own life after being disappointed
/ in a secret love affair.
/ II is known by the police that the
girl had such an affair II is also
said that her lover had recently failed
10 keep an appointment he had made
/ with her.
Piqued at the fckleness. it is be
lieyed by the police that she was de
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18

termined to make him jealous and in
troduced another young man into the
case. In the latter's company she
walked past her sweetheart. purpOsely
ignoring him. Later, The police say,
she made an appointment with the
former
A few days later she met her lover
and he scolded her for keeping com
pany with the other fellow. She then
told him of the engagement she had
made, but at his request she agreed
TO break it and meet the sweetheart
instead
The theory is that this second ap.
/ pointment was also broken, and that
I Florence took this 10 heart, and it be,
came the motive for the suicide
| Unwilling TO accept this theory OF
the case, the parents Of the dead girl
are searching for some clue that will
bear out their theory. They believe
that she was the victim Of some fienC
who enticed her from the street she
was following on her way 10 her home
They believe she was drugged and
then the senseIess form thrown into
the river.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

(From The Argus Files of 1881
May PA lively runaway occurred
on Market square this morning. John
Tremann of the Central meat market,
in hosting a sun umbrella on the de-
livery wagon, frightened the horses
and they put off across the square, the
young man holding on to the ribbons
for dear life. BY rare presence OF mind
he guided the furious steeds into a
farmers wagon near the public foun-
tain, and while the team collided with
such force as to upset the wagon and
throw the plucky driver out with con-
siderable force, il doubtless prevented
more serious trouble. Tremann, it was
found, had suffered a severe bruise on
the hip, but was otherwise uninjured.
Beardsley camp, Sons of Veterans,
has its house warming" tonight
and the boys expect TO entertain their
| friends in right royal style.
! May ia COW for l.. Harms was
weighed on the city scales Thurs
/ day-Union local.
This morning officers Sieghartner
/ Wichman and Long impounded E. B
Sutton's team, and no sooner was The
team locked up and the officers bacl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18
OTHER STATES
ASKED To HELP
Louisiana Wants Government
to Aid in Protecting 1t
From Floods.
NEWLANDS BILL FAVORED
Swain Pearson OF This City, After
Trip South, Writes His Views
OH Subject.

Aid OF the Illinois Manufacturers
association TO secure the enactment
Of the Newlands river regulation bill
by congress has been solicited by the
people OF New Orleans. Louisiana,
# is pointed out has spent s50,0O0,000
in trying to protect itself against in
vasion by the waters that Drain from
90 other states and still is now suffer
ing the seyerest foods in its history.
The only assistance asked is that re-
forred 70. T. being held that the other
states are TO a certain extent respon-
siBle for the waters that flow from
their streams.
Swain Pearson Of this city, presi-
dent OF the National Neck Yoke COM
pany. recently paid a visit 70 the food
stricken district and in a letter 70 The
Argus he advocates the dredging OF
the channel OF the lower Mississippi
by the federal government as a way
out Of the difficulty He thinks the
apparatus now used on the Panama
canal could be proftably employed af-
ter that waterway is finished, in safe
guarding life and property along the
lower Mississippi. Mr.. Pearson says:
On the opinion Of the writer, no
scheme can be more feasible than for
the United States government, at the
completion OF the Panama canal, 70
move the entire equipment at that
place TO the Mississippi river and pro-
coed 20 dredge out the channel, there
by creating a swifter current IN the
river which, in all probability. would
largely. by a strong flow. maintain a
continuous channel after il was once
created.
MORE LEVEEs NEEDED.
This manner OF improving the MIS-
sissippi IN addition TO a system Of
leyees. would from a reasonable, nat
ural standp Oint, cure the condition
now existing In the absence Of Great
ing a deeper and larger channel for
the outflow Of the water, levees might
be built 20 any height possible and
yet not relieve the situation on &C
count Of the continuous building UP
Of the bed OF the river with material
carried into 1t by its tributaries"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18

time navigation by keeping its mem
bers informed regarding the most re-
cent experience in the construction of
great public works for navigation and
the technical improvements in these
works. The recent great sea tragedy
off the Newfoundland Grand banks
Will give the congress added interest
because some of the questions that
have arisen in connection with the
laundering of the Titanic will be a
matter CT discussion when the ques-
ton OF the safety of navigation comes
up. The safety of navigation was con-
sidered at an international conference
in St Petersburg last March and a
report will be made to the coming con-
I gress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18
WILL CONSIDER TITANIC DISASTER

Philadelphia, May 1.-THE 18th.
international congress OF navigation.
which will convene IN Philadelphia,
May %, will bring together representa-
GERS who are famed in their own Coun-
tries for feats in construction work
and many other men, who have a tech
niCal knowledge of or are otherwise
interested in inland and maritime nav
igation. Congress at Washington has
taken official notice Of The coming
meeting, and President Taft as well
as Governor Toner of Pennsylvania
and Mayor Blaukenburg Of Philadel-
phia will be among those who will
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18

extend formal welcomes to the dele
gates and members Of the congress
The congress viii be held under the
auspices Of the Permanent Information
al Association OF Navigation congress,
which has its seat II Brussels. Bel
GUM. The International association
is governed by commission cOnr
posed of the delegates appointed by
the governments contributing to the
support OF the organization. Its mem
bership is made up Of these govern
meuts and corporations and iudiyidu-
ais interested Ia maritime matters.
/ The object Of the congress is to pro.
mote the progress Of inland and mari
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18
FOR PEOPLE WHO
HAVE TO EAT

II you eat you need "Digestit." It
aids digestion, prevents distress after
eating. stops gas formation, relieves
indigestion instantly and cures dis
Tepsia. Browns Digestit is a little
tablet easy to swallow and absolutely
harmless. IL has relieved thousands
Sold on positive guarantee. Your
money back n you want it-5Oc. Har-
per House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18

claiming him TO the community as a
progressive member of the medical
fraternity-the young practitioner
his less up-to-date colleague merely
his less up-to-date colleague erely
walks into one, the financial advance
ment usually being proportionate to
the facility with which the physician
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18

is able to spread his skill over his ter
ritory.
Automobiles are an absolute neces-
sity to the doctor. They also mean
convenience, pleasure and relaxation
when the stern routine of the physi-
clans calling gives way to rest and
/ the enjoyment of life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18

The splendid work of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets is daily
coming to light. No such grand rem
edy for liver and bowel troubles was
ever known. Thousands bless them
for curing constipation, sick head
ache, biliousness, jaundice and indiges-
ton Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18

May 17.-Dr. G. L. Eyster left for
Chicago last night to attend the meet
ing of the Illinois Medical association.
Mrs. Eyster accompanied her husband.
Alderman Frank Ill has returned
from a visit to his extensive farm near
Viola. He found on his land four
foot vein of rich coal and he has al
ready refused a fine offer for the prop
erty. When 1t comes to wise invest
ments, put Mr.. Ill down near the head
of the list.
Goodrich. he of Graham paper fame
of st. Louis, is enlightening the city
with his presence today. Graham
could talk the arms off the entire
United States army if he had any bust
| ness with them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18

All the news an the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18

band George Stroehler. prompter. Ad-
mission 90 cents. Strictly invitation.
May 16.-Black Hawks watch Tow
er had many visitors yesterday.
The Rock Island fire department
has decided to hold its annual review
Thursday, May 26, and there will be a
grand ball at Armory hall in the even
ing
City Attorney McEniry starts for OF
tawa this evening to file the papers in
the abattoir case, appealed by the city
of Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18

May 15-The ice cream soda at T. H.
Thomas drug store has become ia
nous. A large spoonful of ice cream
is placed in a glass which is filed up
with soda from the fountain, and one
Of the most refreshing and delicious
drinks imaginable is the result.
The grand calico hall of the c. B. d
Q. boys will be held at Armory hall
! Wednesday evening. Music by-Bleuer' +
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-18

to the station, than Sutten released
his team. He was then arrested, and
the trial is being had this afternoon.
At $50 this morning, Night Clerk
Horn discovered flames in the frame
building in the rear of the Rock Island
house, and promptly alarmed the yard
man, who soon had the fire subdued by
means of buckets of water. a gener-
al alarm was sounded, but it was need
less. The loss was trifling.
The Verne SWANS monopoly Of bust
ness between Rock Island and Gin.
ton, has been interfered with by the
entry of the Dick Clyde into the same
trade. These two boats, both clip
pers, will probably make it lively for
each other, and not do either any
good.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-03

Andrew Lang was absentminded at
times. Once he paid a visit to a Scotch
professor at a university where he lee
tured. He was to catch a return train
early in the morning, and breakfast
was ordered for o O'clock, but at $50
a Mortified maid announced to the fam
lily that some one had stolen Mr..
Lang's clothes and he couldn't get up.
The host went to Mr.. Lang's room and
found him sitting up In bed In his
monocle and pajamas. There was no
sign Of any other garment In the room.
The host went downstairs to summon
the police, but before he could get a
connection by the state owned tefe-
phone the maid came running down to
say that Mr.. Lang's rigging had been
found. He had folded up his clothes
the night before and put them under
his pillow because the pillow was too
low and then forgotten all about it,
New York Sun.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-03
WALKING to Health.

When there is no organic weakness
which is aggravated by the exertion il
is the easiest and p~leasantest thing TO
walk right into health. or course there
is no virtue in a dawdling walk. The
slow and languid dragging OF one foot
after the other, which some people call
walking, would tire an athlete. 1t ut
terly exhausts q weak person. and that
is the reason why many delicate peo-
pie think they cannot walk. To derive
any benefit from the exercise it is
necessary to walk with a light, elastic
step. which swings the weight of the
body 80 easily from one leg to the other
that its weight Is not felt and which
produces a healthy glow. showing that
the sluggish blood is stirred to action
in the most remote veins. This sort Of
walking exhilarates the whole body,
gives tone to the nerves and produces
Just that sort OF healthful fatigue
which encourages sound. restful sleep.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-03
Bio Business q Day Dream,

The expansion of British commerce,
writes L. Sharper Knowlson in the
Century, discussing THE Uses OF Imag-
ination In Business" vas due to the
day dreaming Of practical men, who
bound themselves together In trading
guilds for the purpose Of capturing the
best business the world could offer.
The expansion of American commerce
Is the same substance in a more mod
ern setting. Those men who engineered
Its marvellous growth saw the unseen"
by aid Of their imagination. Away In
the west they saw the desert places,
mere waste wilderness of the unpro-
ductive, and they imagined irriga-
ton. And now the earth has become
glad with the abundance Of luscious
fruits, and a prosperous people inhabit
the once barren region. Some of them
imagined" railroads. others steel, and
others. again, saw" manufactures
where none Of these things had any
existence. The omance of things is as
real as the romance of human hearts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-03

Speaking Of gambling" a mission
airy said, Il know Of a sect that re-
CARDS II as a religious duty, like fast
ing or prayer. This sect Is the Hin
dus. They one day in each year
gamble like mad from sunrise till sun,
set The day is the festival of the
lamps, a day sacred to Lakshun, the
goddess of wealth. A tremendous lot
Of money changes hands in Lakshun's
honor. All this gambling is done to
test the financial success that will at
tend on each person throughout the
year. IL a gambler loses he knows a
year OF hard luck is ahead Of him. If
he wins he knows he may expect a
twelvemonth Of prosperity. Strange
to say, a good deal Of cheating accom-
panies this religious gambling"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-03
THE JEWS MOVEMENT
BACK TO THE HOLY LAND
Satisfactory Development Of Coloniz-
alton Of Race in Palestine-Va-
rious Industries Established.

Constantinople, Oct. l. In spi' e
of reports of an impending decision
of the Turkish government to grant
full Jewish autonomy in Palestine,
Zionists here are filled with anxiety
as to their future in the settled con-
dition of Turkish affairs.
To a great extent differences CT
opinion in Jewry have been overcome
so that the Hebrew race in Turkey is
less riven. But alone of the races
they are not pressing the government
for special treatment. Some contend
this is counted to them for good by
the Turks, who do not appreciate
being pestered in their present diff
ficulties, but many Jews desire to see
the formation of a separate Jewish
party and programme in Turkey.
Reports from Palestine show a sat
isfactory development in colonizing
the only urgent necessity being more
money for housing accommodations
and the proper organization of spe-
cial branches of Jewish enterprise.
In addition to agricultural colonies
other sections are developing the mo-
ther-of-pearl industry, the filigree in
dustry, and diamond polishing. AS
in Jaffa SO in Jerusalem and Haifa,
a separate Jewish quarter on modern
lines is to be established and an at
tempt Is to be made to provide more
common school accommodation. TAX
IN all round, the present situation
in Palestine presents many reasons
for satisfaction among the Zionists.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-03
GERMAN P~osToFFIcEs.
A Sarcastic Writer Frees HE Mind
About Their Methods.

The postofices In Germany are pecu-
liar institutions. says T. Harris Deans
In the Wide World Magazine. They
are a farsighted people. the Germans,
and they allow for expansion II
there are any postofices In the coun-
try of less than three stories. l must
have overlooked them. Every door is
divided into about four departments.
and every department has about a doz-
en- Offices.
In some Of the smaller towns where
business is not very brisk the staff
make an appointment with him If you
want to be served. Entering OF the
ground floor you run round and tap
with your money at every pigeonhole
until be You then ask him
for a stamp. whereupon he orders you
to 20 t No. / ~pigeonhole and wait
there till he comes. You wait patient
~ for about five minutes and then he
pops his head out of No. 8 and wants
to know If you've gone to sleep. When
you ask for a FIVE cent stamp he says.
"Oh. ! thought it was a penny one you
wanted" and instructs you to try at
No. Z. At No. Z he probably discovers
be has run ont Of FIVE cent stamps and
you have to 60 to windows No. 3 and
No. II and get two two cen ones and
q one cent
BY this time you are getting quite
friendly, and when you ask him where
the telegraph Office Is he will probably
get out his guidebook and hunt the
place out for YOU He may even offer
to take you there himself. as he's the
telegraph clerk as well and has got to
get there anyhow in order to attend to
you.
The Germans themselves when they
go to buy a stamp make a day Of 1t
and take their lunch with them. 1t is
quite a pretty sight to see the mother
and a group of children sitting on the
stairs, eating their bread and sausage
and wondering whether father will re
member them when he comes back
with the stamp.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-03
A CHEMICAL FURY.
Fluorin 10 a Rabid Gas That No Sub
stance Can Resist.

Curiously enough. although that fury
Of the chemical world, f1uorin. raises
the deuce. generally speaking. it exists
peacefully in company with calcium In
duospar and also in a few other COM
pounds.
Although 1uorin vas known a good
many years ago, it long resisted the
efforts Of chemists to isolate it-that is,
to prepare it In a pure state unmixed
chemically with other substances-for
the instant the compound containing
1t was torn apart the free 6uorin at
tackled and combined with whatever
substance composed the vessel contain
ing It
Fuorfn Is q rabid gas that nothing
can resist 1t combines with all met
ais, explosively with some, or, IL they
are already combined with some other
nonmetallic element, it mercilessly
tears them away from 1t and takes
them to itself.
In uniting with sodium. potassium,
calcium. magnesium and aluminium the
metals become heated, even to redness,
by the fervor of fiuorin's embrace.
Iron filings slightly warm burst into
brilliant scintillations when exposed to
fuorin- Manganese does the same.
Even the noble metals, which at melt
ing point proudly resist the fascina-
tons Of oxygen. succumb to this chemi-
cal fury at moderate temperatures.
Glass Is devored at once and water
ceases to be water by contact with this
gas, which, combined with Its hydro
gen. at the same moment forms the
acrid, glass dissolving hydrofuoric acid
and liberates ozone.-Harper's Weekly.