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The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
SKIRTS TIGHT?
WEARITA|LS,"
ARTIST URGES

LONDON, Feb. 3.-"If tight skirts
and in-drawn ankles must remain. -
Solomon J. solomon, r. A., declares.
women, in order to give their fig
ures the proper artistic lines. must
wear tails. The eminent artist has
given the matter much thought.
He sees good deal of society
and he also now and then witnesses
musical comedy.
Everywhere" says he. "one sees
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS effect. 1t
Is horribly ugly. figure thus clad
has no foundation-no base. The
nip lines can only receive their
proper relief by the graceful down.
ward curve of tail.
When women dress like men
they look shorter than they are
The old crinolines now seen in the
London theaters are much prettier
than the tight dresses. The Greeks
understood that women's clothing
wanted considerable fullness to
achieve beautiful effect. | should
not object to a revival of crinolines
but of course the narrow doors and
taXicabs of these days make them
impracticable"
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
:
RUSS GENDARME Chief
BROKEN FOR CRUELTIES

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 5. -
General Kasnakow today is comman-
der of the gendarme police corps as
successor of General Kurlow, who
was broken" as a result of the as
sassination of Premier Stolypin and
the resultant disclosures about con
ditions in the Russian police Kas,
nakow is the man who was at Lodz
during the disturbance there and
asked the state prosecutor whether
it was permissible to hang revolu
tionists in the parks and on the
streets. Being told that it was not
that executions must only be con
Quoted in forts or prisons, he had
gallows erected which were much
higher than the walls of the fort
so that the public might see the
hangings of the revolutionists whom
he executed.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
NEGLECT BY HUSBAND
CAUSED Myrtle REED
To end HER life

CHICAGO, Feb. G. Explaining
her suicide in letter written to
DR.. Edmund Suggs and made public
today by him, Mrs. Myrtle Reed
Mccullough, the novelist, says that
she wanted a husband and a home
but drew a drunken loafer."
Written in her picturesque style,
the letter reads:
Teddy Dear have at last open
ed the little door for myself, and
have gone to the never-never land
| have broken the promise made to
you year ago, and set myself free
IT may not be brave way, but it
is my way, and | must go.
Last night was the twelfth ami
yersary of our meeting He (McCul-
lough), promised to come home and
bring me flowers. Instead he came
home after l o'clock so drunk he
could not stand. So this morning
left home without saying goodbye.
Il have done the best | could for
five miserable years, and failed
failed-failed. | wanted a husband
and a home. | drew a house and a
drunken loafer, who made it his
business to fail me at every point"
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
CUT GLASS HEELS IS
latest FAD STARTED
BY ALICE LONGWORTH

:: WASHINGTON, Feb % :.
= Shoemakers who cater to the :.
:. fashionable set of this city are :.
:. busy with the very latest crea- :.
:. ton in the footwear line. This :.
= is making silk slippers with cut \
= glass heels, each heel having :.
= the wearer's monogram cut into :.
:. the glass. +
: The fad was started by Mrs. :.
:. Nicholas Longworth. She ap- :.
:: peared at a reception few :
:. nights ago wearing gown with :.
:. tulle shoulder wings that she =
= had designed and as she danced :.
:. it was seen that the silk slip :
= pers she wore had glass heels. :.
:. AS she crossed the floor the !
= jets and rose cutting sparkled :
= like diamonds and Immediately ::
:. the young woman was beset by ::
= her friends who wanted to know ::
: where the slippers could be pur- ::
!. chased. ::
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The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
Have Paid Million to Usurers
Confesses Marquis Of Queensbury

LONDON, Feb. 3.-The MARQUIS
of Queensbury. against whom pet
ition OF bankruptcy was entered in
London this week. has sent 4 writ
ten statement 10 the London Bureau
of examination, explaining why his
former tremendous fortune and the
estates Of his ancient family have
passed to other hands. indicating
also why he has chosen 10 make
America his permanent home The
document is also remarkable in its
revelations concerning the death and
estate duties OF England. especially
when wealthy die. The Marquis
says:
Il borrowed during my fathers
lifetime some $4,000 firm two in
surance companies. the North Brit
ish and the Imperial the latter now
merged with a company controlled
by theRothchilds. Five years later
my father died and ! had TO pay
100000 estate duties, also $3.50. 600
to my younger brother. Lord Alfred
Douglas; 100000 for my mothers
annuity, and Il my grandmother
$1,000
My father left me 81 .200.00 and
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
S685,000,000 IS
STEEL PROFIT At
LABOR'S EXPENSE

WASHINGTON, Feb. .. - The
steel trust has wrung $3.50. goo 900
from the public by paying 60 per
cent of its employees less than the
lowest estimate of the bare cost
of living, overworkng them and
raising prices
This startling charge was made by
Louis Brandies before the Stanley
investigating committee today and
was backed up by corroborative fig
ures and facts.
Despite a strenuous fifteen min
utes in which the trusts lawyers
made part of the record.
The Associated Charities of Pitts
burg has computed the cost of bare
existence of a family of husband.
a wife and three children in that
city at S76S year" said Brandies.
by working twelve hours a day.
800 days a year. "a per cent of
the steel workers earn $50 less than
the amount actually required for
the bare cost of living"
How about other industries which
pay an everage of 16 cents an hour?"
asked Attorney d. A. Reed for the
Steel corporation,
I'VE are not here to extol your
neighbors. They are not under in
vestigation, you are" retorted Mr.
Brandies, who declared that in ten
years the Steel corporation had TAX
Ell from the American people $3.50.
100000 in excess eff liberal profit
on its investment
This enormous profit" he said,
has been used TO grind down its
employees TO the misery of their
present condition"
When Mr. Brandies had finished
Attorney Reed, for the Steel Cor
poration, announced that relief of
its workmen was about to be under
taken.
"A committee of stockholders is
working on a plan to correct con
ditions which have been criticised"
he said
May | ask whether that was
prompted by the company or a
stockholder?" Interrupted Mr.. Bran
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
EX-BANkER, STARVING,
ROBS fruit STAND

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Feb. As
sorting that he once was a success
full business man and a bank direc-
tor, a prisoner giving his name as
Fred Harry Helmer told in the Grim
inal court here today how his fail
ure and inability TO regain his for
mer position had led him to rob an
Italian fruit stand Throwing him
self on the mercy CT the court, Hell
when he committed his crime he
had had nothing TO eat for As hours
and was desperate.
Helmer realized what he had done
after running out of the fruit store.
He stopped, and as the pursuing pro-
prietor came up. he calmly faced
about while the Italian fired. The
wound was not serious, but Helmer
said he hoped it would kill him.
According to the story told today
~ INC man, it was DOIH III Detroit
and educated there and in New
York. He refused to tell where he
lived when he failed in business,
saying he did not desire to shame
his relatives.
in 1900" Helmer said. Il was the
head of a prominent firm and veal
thy. At that time big develop
ment company formed in the West,
and | put every dollar | had into
it. Sickness in my family came.
was the poorest man in the COM
pany and was frozen out.
Il started East to relatives, but
was forced to secure work on a
farm near Kansas City. In Deem
Der last | came here looking for
something to do. When | failed
| stole. Realizing what | had done.
| was willing to be killed and faced
my pursuer."
The court withheld sentence pend
ing an investigation Of Helmers
story.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04

/ their lives. But the STATIONS be-
came confused. William Lablond
a riverman, who was among the four
who saved themselves, ran toward
the Canadian side, yelling for the
STATIONS to follow But by the time
they regained their composure the
bridge was being swept down the
river. The man and woman ran
toward the American side. but found
lane of rushing water in front of
them. Turning they raced for the
Canadian side. When only about
30 yards from the shore. the wo-
man fell in a heap, exhausted.
Il can't go on" she screamed.
Let us die here
Ran Back to Help Stanton.
Heacock, who had plenty of time
to make his escape, ran back to
help Stanton, who also might have
saved his life Stanton raised his
wife to her feet and tried to drag
her across the ice to safety Hea-
cock, too, was caught. The floe
| was racing down the swiftest part
of the river
Lablond and his companions were
waiting on the Canadian bank with
ropes. Stanton, twice spurnng as
/
to his wife's body, lost all chances
of life Realizing, finally, that all
hope of rescue was gone. and COM
pletely exhausted by his efforts,
Stanton raised his wife to her feet.
kissed her and clasped her in his
arms.
In this manner they went to their
deaths.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04

Scotch lawyers took two years to
realize the estate all stock and
shares. which could have been done
in fortnight.
All this time | was paying per
cent to the insurance companies on
$4,000. and was simply cut to
pieces that again l had TO resort
to the money lenders.
In two years while the estate
was being adjusted | got into their
hands and for eleven years since
my fathers death they have tor
tured me with extracting usury at
from hundred to two hundred per
cent accumulations on loans. I
shall refuse to pay any more.
Il have in my lifetime paid money
lenders over one million dollars at
enormous rates and they still want
to make me bankrupt although my
total liabilities now are $4,000. The
bankruptcy court in England is
nothing bur debt collecting agency
for money lenders. No one else
ever uses it. can and will pay if
they leave me alone. but am not
going to take the bread ont of my
Children'S mouths to do so"
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
PRINCESS "PAT" POSES
FOR GIBSON'S PENCIL

OTTAWA, Jan. 30.-None of the
pictures Charles Dana Gibson. the
famous American artist, sketched this
week of the Duke and Duchess of
Connaught and their spirited young
daughter, Princess Patricia during
the time he was the guest ef the
Royal Govern-r General will ever
get beyond the family shrine
Though | was not commissioned
TO sketch the Duke and Duchess or
the Princess" said Mr. Gibson to
the Examiner correspondent. Il did
make a few sketches of Princess
Patricia which | asked her 10 accept
with my compliments. l also drew
pictures of their Royal Highness
in their autograph albums. and they
were pleased with my work. they
said"
Have You seen amongst the Can
adian girls any types for future
pictures?" Mr. Gibson was asked.
Il have seen some very charming
ladies during my short visit to Can
ada this time and perhaps | might
express my opinions in my work
later
1T has been a delightful visit"
he added and the Duke and Duchess
make charming host and hostess.
| have skated. toboganned. curled,
in fact, INDUCED in every kind of
Canadian sport"
The Duke and Duchess of Con-
naught and Princess Patricia will
not go to Montreal Thursday, where
until February Il, they We're to oc-
cupy Lord Strathconas residence.
The Duke announced tonight that
on account of the death of che
Duke of Fife, the vice regal house
to!d will attend no public functions
for month.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
PRISONER HYPNOTIzED
BY DOCTOR IN COURT

VIENNA, Feb. 2 A prisoner
hypnotized in court was the extra,
ordinary scene witnessed at the
Prague criminal branch today when
a municipal engineer named Vers.
bach was accused of forgery in the
entries in baptismal register to
establish his right to a title of no.
bility.
He pleaded not guilty and made
the defense that if he committed
forgery it was done under the sug-
gestion of certain hypnotizer,
whose name he was unable 70 re-
veal because he had been so for
hidden by the hypnotist.
Versbach's family physician gave
evidence that he was neurotic and
easily influenced and to prove his as
sertion, despite the protest of the
Judge, began reading the formula
beginning deus aeternus" from the
French magic book which he had
discovered the hypnotizer always
used on Versbach.
To the horror of the court anil
the spectators the prisoner fell inc
trance and with outstretched arms
stiff, stood upright in the dock. The
lawyers thrust pins into the mans
flesh without producing the least
reaction.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
Niagara Claims Three When
Huge Ice Bridge Breaks

NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y. Feb. ).
Searching parties are today pa.
trolling the banks of the Niagara
river below Whirlpool rapids. in the
hope of finding the broken bodies
of three persons who lost their
lives yesterday at about noon. when
the monster ice bridge that had
formed above the cataract gave way
The dead are: Eldridge Stanton,
of Toronto, Canada; Mrs Eldridge
Stanton, his wife; Burrell Heacock
Il years old, of Cleveland. Ohio.
The two men lost their lives while
trying to save the woman.
Others Save Selves.
Four others who were on the ice
bank when the crash came saved
themselves by racing for the Can.
adam shore
For weeks the ice had been piling
up between the cataract and the
upper steel arch bridge. Yesterday
the bank was from 60 to 80 feet
thick. and, stretching from one
side of the river to the other. was
at certain points about three quar-.
tiers of mile wide
For several days the most hardy
of the Sightseers had ventured cut
across the ice bridge. Yesterday
1000 or more excur.ionists were on
their way down the elevator to the
river bank, when the bridge of ice
gave way. Had the break occurred
a few moments later hundreds prob
ably would have lost their lives.
Had Time to Save Their Lives
The Stantons and Heacock had
plenty Of time in which to save
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
PING.PONG BACK IN favor

LONDON, Feb. 3. = Pingpong has
returned, and one firm alone is
selling bats and 1900 balls a day.
In despair of finding any cheap
indoor game sufficiently good and
interesting, people of all ages and
all stations in life have gone back
to playing the table tennis game
which had such wonderful vogue
for three winters at the beginning
of the present century.
Never since pingpong languished
and went out of favor in 1903 has
any one invented game to ap-
proach it in general popularity"
said an expert today
There is no doubt that the first
factor in a games success is a ball.
all the best games are bali
games. Pingpong has now emphat-
ically returned to favor"
Inquiries made at several large
game shops bore this out. There is
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
PROPOSES when She
Hears that Her BEAU
HAS A WEAK HEART

KANSAS CITY, Jan 30. - After
reading story on sporting page
of local newspaper that her sweet
heart was forced to call off a box
ing bout because of a weak heart,
Miss Coda Secrest, IS years old,
took advantage of leap year and
proposed to Rosolino Randazzo, a
pugilist, better known as kid" Rose.
Randaz2o accepted. They went to
Justice OF the Peace C. J. WEIGH,
who had announced that he would
marry free of charge any couple
when the girl proposed.
When the ceremony had been per-
formed Mrs. Randazzo turned to JUS
tice Welsh and explained how she
came to propose.
When | read that the Kid had
been forced to cancel a fight be-
cause of a weak heart | decided to
take things into my own hands and
made up my mind that l was going
to be Mrs. RandaZZo.
so one night when the lights
were not burning | slipped over
close to him and said: Kid, | want
you. Can l have you?' He said
Well, | guess it is all right with
me-
81 knew that with his weak heart
it might be years before he'd be
gin to talk"
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
man OF rs and
GIRL OF 20 ARE
To BE Married

:. NEW YORK, Jan. 20. - The :.
= devoted attention which Ed :.
= ward B. Aalsop, who is IS years :.
= old, a multi-millonaire retired :.
= steel merchant, has been pay :.
:. ing to Miss Jean P. Hill, who is :.
= just 20, were explained when :.
:. Mrs. John Hill, who is with :.
:. her daughter at the Hotel La :.
:. than, admitted that Miss Hill :.
:. and Mr.. Aalsop are engaged to :.
:. be married. He inherited the :.
= millions of the Hussey family :
= at the death of his wife, four ::
= years ago. !:
:: Mr. Aalsop, in spite of his ::
:. years, is a very active man. He !:
: has gray hair and a snow-white !:
= beard, which he wears closely ::
:. cropped. Miss Hill is a resi- ::
= dent of Washington, Ga. ::
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The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
GUINEA PIG LIVES is
DAYS IN FIRE RUINS

:! NEW YORK, Jan. ga lit. :.
:: tie guinea pig, that had lived :.
:: sixteen days without food or :.
= water, was taken from its wire :.
= cage in the ruins of the Equit- :.
= able building yesterday. :.
= The animal, which was to have :.
= been used for experimenting :.
= purposes, was found by :.
= chemist attached to the medical :.
= department when he visited the :.
= ruins of his laboratory. 1t :.
:: greeted its rescurer with squeals :.
= of delight. :.
:: 1t is probable that the little :.
:: survivor will never be subject :.
:: ed to another experiment. :.
/. :.
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The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04

was decided to bring them together
as one family if possible.
This would. it is expected. tighten
the work of the probation officers
in both cities and furnish homes
for many children.
Those working for the unification
of st. Paul and Minneapolis have
taken up the idea and the various
charity organizations will be asked
to help the project.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
HORSE HYPNOTIzED BY
engines HEADLIGHT

:. GREELY, Colo, Jan. % =
= Trotting down the railroad :
= tracks toward an approaching :.
:. night train, hours drawing an =
= uliar case of apparent hypnCtism =
:. The whistle was blown, but the :.
:. horse apparently fascinated by :.
:. the headlight of the engine. re- :.
:. fused to leave the track. The :.
:. train was stopped within a few :.
:. feet OF the animal, which re- :.
:. fused to turn its head from the :.
:. glare of the headlight until :.
:. blindfOlded :.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
Won RECRUITS BY SONG;
NOW POVERTY STRICKEN

CHICAGO, Jan. 29-Juls Lum-
bard, famous for his singing of
the Battle Cry of Freedom" dur
ing the Civil war, is living here
in penury.
At the age of so years, the man
who, with his brother Frank toured
the country getting recruits for the
war by their singing of this hymn
and were praised by Lincoln, is
the sole support of his brothers
widow, who is 80 years old.
Thirty-siX thousand tons of freight
were shipped into interior Alaska
the past summer by way of St.
Michael.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
HIS PROVERB.

There's a proverb that fits every
man."
What one fits me?"
ITO whom God Gives office, he
also gives brains.'"
But l have no office"
"Well?"
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
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A CHAS ER,

The Inquisitive Old Woman
Guard, why did the train stop be
fore we came to the station?
The Guardian over a pig. mum
The Inquisitive Old Woman-What.
was it on the line?
The Guard-No-oh, no; we chas-
ed it up the embankment.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
Cities join CUPID'S union

ST. PAUL, Jan. Exploitation
officers have discovered that there
is preponderance of widows in
of widowers in st. Paul.
In many cases they are seeking
mates, and after conference it
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04

at present a very big revival in
the game" said the head of an in
door game department.
The boom first showed itself in
November, and at Christmas and
New Year it was obvious that the
game had gained a very strong
hold on the public once more"
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
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WHY 1T WAS HARD.

Il want you to understand that
got my money by hard work"
why, l thought it was left you
by your uncle"
so it was; but | had hard work
getting it away from the lawyers :"
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04

Americans Beware.-Unscrupu
Picture Dealer-S-h-h. This is the
left eye of Leonardo's Mona Lisa
You can have it for $500"
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-03-04
MINERS HOME HOTEL

MILLER & SToLsiC. Proprietors.
Opp. TANANA VALLEY r. r. DE-
POT. p. o. BOX 7e7.
FAIRBANKS.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-19
ARCTIC INDIAN LIFE.
A Heroic Mother and Her Reward
When Her Son Was Grown.

When Her Son Was Grown.
In "The Arctic Prairies." by Ernest
Thompson Seton, a grewsome picture
Of Indian life is given in the following
incident:
zone winter, forty or fifty years ago,
a band Of Algonquin Indians at Waya-
bimika all starved to death except one
squaw and her baby. She fed from
the camp, carrying the child, thinking
to find friends and help at Nipigon
House. She got as far as q small lake
near Deer lake and there discovered a
cache, probably in tree This con-
tanned one small bone fishhook. She
rugged up line, but had no bait.
"The wailing OF the baby spurred
her to action. No bait, but she had a
knife. A strip Of flesh was quickly cut
from her own leg, hole made through
the ice. and fine jackfsh was the
food that was sent to this devoted
mother She divided 1t with the child.
saving only enough for bait. She
stayed there living on fish until spring.
then safely rejoined her people.
THE boy grew up to be a strong
man, but was cruel to his mother, leav-
ing her finally to die Of starvation.
Anderson knew the woman. She
showed him the scar where she cut the
bait"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-19
PowNAL

A few from Pownal attended the
Barrymore play in Bennington Mon
day evening.
DR.. ]. R. White and family of North
Mass were guests at d. t.
Gardner's Sunday.
Mrs. Gardner T. Parker has gone
to Taunton, Mass, to visit her sister,
Mrs. Janette M. Brimmer.
Miss Ellen c. Burlington of Sunset
Terrace, who teaches in Orange,
Mass, is at her home for the spring
Vacation.
The official board OF the NJ E.
churct have commenced some extern
sive repairs. They viii first lay a
hardwood floor In the audience room.
Newly elected Road Commissioner,
VIM. Russell, is going to make big
try for that watch offered by j. B.
Wilbur of Manchester to the commits
sioner who shows the greatest i'm
provement on his roads. Here's hop
ing he succeeds.
The Baptist ladies were much
pleased over the attendance at their
supper Thursday evening. Nearly
$4,000 was realized. H. p. Wood
man of Bennington who was present,
brought down a fine pulpit bible,
which he presented to the church.
Mr. and Mrs Edgar l.. Senif of
Wallingford, VT, who have been max
ing an extended wedding journey
spent a few days in Pownal before re
turning home at p. Purcells. Mr.
Senif is the superintendent Of a large
factory in Wallingford, and Mrs
Senif was formerly roommate OF
Miss Mary Purcell at the Castleton
Normal school, They were in Pow
mai a number of times last summer
coming down by auto.