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The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17
Despondent Man
Commits Suicide

SEWARD, April 6.-That CoLnmis-
sioner Thomas w Hanmore OF Iii
ANNA committed suicide on Janu
airy 80 is the news conveyed by let
ter to the Gateway today.
This letter was written on the day
following the finding Of The bCdy
but did not arrive until the Santa
Anna brought the mail this morn
ing 1t was written by Fred ].
.toehl
According to tie writer the COM
missioner eft letter telling that
he was losing his sight and not
wishing to become a burden on
others, he had decided to take his
life. He also stated in that note
that he left his position and person
al effects to party to whom he
owed something. lie took stock OF
all the governments property.
al the governments property.
The body was found in chair
at 10 O'Clock on the morning OF
January 80 by Alexander Flynn, who
went to the commissioners house
to have a tooth pulled by that Off
nial Hannore was well known all
over Alaska. of which he had been
resident for many years.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17
Chinese Learn to
Use Milk in Tea

Americans who have been influ-
enced by the Orient to the extent
of taking their clear, without milk
or sugar. will be astonished to learn
that the Occident is now bent on
of taking their tea clear. without milk
With their decoCtion of tea leaves
and condensed milk at that
An enterprising condensed-milk
company is pushing the campaign.
and expects to be successful This
concern has already introduced con
densed-milk ice cream to the Chin
csc and they like it so well that
many of the restaurants keep it al
ways on hand Practically no fresh
milk is to be had in China, although
the natives seem familiar enough
with the virtues of both the fresh
and the condensed article.
Perhaps after all the Orientals
have taken their tea clear because
there was no milk to put in it and
not because they thought the add
ton of milk ruined the beverage.
Exchange
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17
Department Stores
Success In China

The progressive and business abil-
ity Of the Cantonese merchants Is
we'll illustrated by the two modern
department stores which have been
started in recent years in Canton
and which are the only large, first
class department stores in the city
says an Exchange.
They represent distinct ad
vance over the ordinary Chinese
shop. which was formerly the only
medium for retailing foreign-made
articles to the Chinese. The com
bined annual sales Of the two stores
are upward OF 100000. Hong Kong
currency.
As 60 to Is per cent Of the goods
sold are foreign imported articles,
these stores form a considerable fac
tor in the distribution Of foreign
goods to the Chinese OF this city
and the surrounding territory. Both
stores have wholesale departments,
selling to the smaller Chinese stores.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17
General Mining News


genheim interests, who shipped in
tive tons of powder, drills. chemi-
Gals and assay outfit over the snow
this winter. end is getting in sew
eral tons supplies before the snow
goes off. In the OUTFIT also was a
cry small hand mill.
- i'm this equipment he purposes
10 test the big mineral dyke this
3uIul,eT and thoroughly prospect ii.
How large it is no one knows as
yet, but judging from the outcrop-
pings. MIR Zimmerman believes it
viii run between 200 and 300 feet.
Several. tunnels driven last year
cross-cut it for 60 feet and it was
That work which led Tom AltKen,
of Iditarod, to Investigate and recon-
mend 1t TO the Guggenheims. Aiken
opt!oned the three claims owned by
tue Wells Brothers, and Tom Coffey
lor $2500O0 and paid down a sub
atantlal sum in cash to bind the
Seattle to take charge there for
as stated. The Aitken option was
taken in November last.
The big ore body is gigantic
dyke cross-cut by the Chulitna river,
branch of the SuSitna, right at
the foot OF the main Alaska range.
IIere must be ten or twelve miles
Of il ana ii is believed TO average
between Sc and $l5 per ton. Through
me center OF the dyke on the Wells
BIOtl.crs' claim there IS central
lead watch asSayed at the surface
as high as $500 a ton, the surround
ing ore body running $50 to $40 a
ton. 1t is a tremendous ore body
nard TO appreciate. and once opened
1T 20 the railroad. SHELTERS will
also be needed for it is arsenic
and lime III composition, carrying
gold values. Poor men can stake
the ground, but it will require great
capital to develop it and take out
the ore to smelters. The Guggen-
helms being SO heavily Interested in
the smelling industry ii was not
| difficult for them to see the par
ticular advantage to them OF taking
/ hold Of the Broad Pass low grade
/ proposition.
Mr.. Zimmerman says the miners
there were filing on adjoining coal
/ lands in ten acre tracts as they
may do under the new laws. This
coal is in the same mineraliZed
zone and could not be more con
! veniently located for local use. AS
/ to the quality Nj Zimmerman did
not care to express himself beyond
saying that it was soft coal found
in the interior in large bodies.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17
Old Mining Case
Decided By Court

Judge Bunnell handed down a de-
cision in the case of George Smith
against Mike Wagner. Mike Beegler
and George Wheeler, last Monday,
in which he ruled that inasmuch as
the defendants had secured a pat
ent to the mining ground involved,
the court had no further jurisdic-
ton in the matter. Thus the de-
PENDANTS won the title to the claim,
which is known as the Happy Home
association claim, on Eva creek, as
We'll as to the full title to the gold
taken from the claim.
The case had been in the court
for two years. The defendants were
the original locators of the ground,
and after they had started work, the
plaintiff jumped a part OF it,
Then he sued to have the defend
ants elected and to have them pay
him $4,000 claimed TO be due him
as royalty on what had been mined,
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17

The same issue of The Coast Ar.
tillery Journal also refers to the new
German battle-cruiser Derfflinger
which is supposed to be already in
commission. If she comes up to
contract requirements she will have
speed of 26i2 knots an hour. The
Derfflinger is the most powerful bat
tle-cruiser yet built for the German
navy, being 1000 tons greater in dis
placement than the Goeben and near
ly 5000 tons larger than the Won der
Tam. She carries a main battery
of eight 12-inch gus. The Derffling-
er is manned by 1925 officers and
men, which is 345 more than reQuir-
ed on the British ships of the Irwin
chile class, which have the same
main armament.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17
Crimial Docket
OF Court Cleared

BY request of District Attorney
Roth, the court dismissed the per-
juIy cases pending against c. X.
Hammond and George Smith when
court convened Monday morning.
The district attorney explained
that the government did not have
sufficient evidence against tie men
10 convict them.
This cleaned up the criminal dock
ct of the court for this term, though
there is long list of civil cases
pending The court will leave for
the lower river early in June.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17

we're forced 10 dope out their own
pace.
Fillmore n Robson. the Pawling
sChoplboy. may not be a second
Francis Ouimet. but what he ac-
complished AT Pinehurst last month
IN winning the United North and
South championship Is certainly
creditable.
Word comes from the Outside that
Jim Hardy. the Notre Dame univeT-
sity Splinter has run tie fortyyard
dash in % seconds and that he did
not lose a race last winter. Now
that the outdoor season is on he is
turning his efforts to the 100yard
dash. which he should be able to
negotiate in 9 As seconds.
Michigan baseball players are now
compelled 20 swear tkat they have
never played summer baseball. This
is very beautiful idea, but it is
evident that the professors have
never had much experience with the
average collegian diamond artist
The Intercity league. few years
ago was full of college men who
were willing to swear under oath
la they never received a cent for
their services. when as a matter
Of fact, tie salaries paid to some
Of the "pure5" wrecked the league
Billy Evans touts Ed Pfeiffer as
one of the pitching heroes of 1915.
The Brooklyn youngster made a re-
markable record last year.
Jess Willard gives promise of be-
ing as popular as John L. Sullivan
in the ranks of the heayyweights.
unless perchance he Is badly advised
and avoids too long the issues whic.l
come in defending his title. Few
will deny him the right which came
by the might of his right arm to
gather the fruits of his victory. But
few will tolerate a prolonged EN-,
phasis in commercialiZing that vic
tory.
Willard Gets $4,000.
BY bringing the heavyweight
championship back to the Aryan
race, by showing one Jack John
son the way to go to sleep in
Havana, Jess Willard. the Kansas
cowboy. earned $4,000 an exchange
asserts. Johnson received $4,000
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17
OF 4 SPORTING NATURE

( an hour before the fight started.
which was his guarantee. Had john
son won he would have received
the entire gate receipts.
Accounts of the fight declare
Johnson quit cold in the 25th after
he saw lie was beaten. The ring
side dispatches said that immediate
ly after he had been counted out
the negro jumped to his feet, but
ii may have been that the rush of
dusky skinned CubanS who had bet
on him and lost, had something to
do with Jacks haste in reyiying.
At any rate, the stories which
the fight writer's have circulated
90 10 say mat Johnson had often
said that If the time ever came
when he knew he was defeated, he
would rather quit than take a beat
Ing. Jack was right about the beat
ing. for the giant plainsman made
of him a real live punching bag
for several rounds before the black
was crumpled over the ropes.
Racing Stars Leave.
The exodus of racing stars from
the coast. where the Venice, Grand
l'TlZt, ana duueIDllt races were
successfully concluded, once more
calls into the limelight tie next
grand international sweepstakes
race at Indianapolis.
The next contest Will be on the
fifth of the series, each of which
has been attended by greater sue
cess than its predecessor. In kind,
it is thought the 1915 race will be
the greatest of all. Both in the num-
Der of starters, which IS scheduled
to total thirty-three this year, in
stead Of thirty as formerly, and in
attendance, which, it is figured, will
reach well over the 100000 mark,
the Hoosier race is expected to
surpa3s its previous performances.
The foreign field, it is said, Will
be as good as ever, despite the war
and its kindred handicaps. At least
three French, two English, and
possibly three Italian cars are ex-
pected, unless, of course. still furth-
er military complications upset the
course of the latter, The French
and English entries are assured.
America. too, will battle on even
Terms this year the car builders
having discarded their heavy racers
last season. and built new. light,
fleet machines on a par with the
lest of Europe.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17
FINDS TWO 81 BILLS
IN HIS $3.50 SHOES

ATLANTA-If your feet hurt and
you are of curious temperament
do not read this story. 1t would
necessitate the immediate removal
Of your shoes.
C. P. Hennig, 4O6 Oakland avenue,
an employee Of the Block candy fac
tory bought pair OF shoes off the
string" the other day. They cost
him $3.50 He put them on and wore
them for few hours, but they
cramped him about the toes.
He removed the shoes. He felt
in the toes.
There was 81 bill pushed into
each toe.
That's all.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17

Broad Pass Mines.
Cordova Times: When A. A. Zim-
norman, the Knik mining man went
through the Broad Pass mining dis
trict a few days ago he found there
fully fifty men. Among them was
W. e. Dunkle. agent for the GuR.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17

Sporting authorities fail to see
how Half-backs Chamberlain and
Rutherford of the University of Ne
braska can be kept off all-western
football teams this fall. They &C
tually expect to see one or the 9th
cr on Walter Camps all-American.
However. that is for the future to
decide.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17

Jim Coffroth, who promoted the
big bouts in California. is not going
TO remain idle, even though the
California law will not permit him
to hold any more bouts. He has
shifted his scene Of operation to
Reno, made famous in the pugilistic
world by the fight between jeff
ries and Johnson. Coflroth plans
TO hold 20-round bouts and is al
already negotiating for champion
ship events.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17

.. pecial Delivery Hirsch, who is
Under the management of Allie
Smith. of Buffalo, would like to
lueet some OF the promising light
weights of the country. Hirsch has
fought his way up to lightweight
raIks from the bantamweight class,
and is considered dandy boy in
the East His record shows that
ne has met some of the best boys
in the game.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17

How like the case of our promin-
ent amateur boxers is that of Will
lam Huey, winner of second place
in the three-cushion billiard cham
pionship tournament. He refused
500 to turn pro.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17

Jules GouX, the French auto driv-
er, says that he prefers war to
racing His chances are about the
same in either game.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17

be seen this summer at the River
view OF velOdrome-is making a big
hit in Newark. More than II 600
fans saw the program opening day.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17

Arkansas race promoters now are
going into court to force the state
to believe it has racing law. Great
humorists, those fellows. Maybe
they'll try to persuade the people
Of Arkansas that the overlapping
scheme is legal in Hot Springs.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17

IN his spare time, having STUDIED
as a boy.
Johnny Kilbane, who defeated Ban
tam-weight King Kid Williams in
Chicago last st. Patrick's night,
announced after the fight that his
one ambition is to meet Welsh with
the latter weighing in at whatever
weight he desires Kilban"s mana
ger, Jimmy Dunn, is offering Welsh
all kinds of inducements to tackle
the featherweight king.
Doc White former Sox pitcher,
and now with the Venice Tigers.
hopes to end his days in Southern
California. You couldn't drag me
back to the East" he says, lit is
fairyland out here"
An argument against bicycle at
tendants to Marathon runners is the
fact that all of the other countries
are going to live up to the Interna-
tional Federation rules and make
their marathoners run through their
races from first to last without out
side help. This means that at fu
ture Olympic meets the foreign run
ners will be trained to run alone
as they will have to in the Olympic
race, and American runners will be
used to having tie help and advice
of the man on the bike. This will
work a big handicap against the
Yankee runners, even as II did IN the
Olympic runners, who, being used tc
having attendants advise them as to
pace. were AL at sea" when they
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17

Promoters Andrew, OF Milwaukee,
and Tortorish, Of New Orleans, have
made plans TO hold series of mid
d!eweisht bouts in New Orleans to
decide beyond a doubt which of the
middleweights now in the limelight
j. the real champion. Decisions will
be given in the bouts
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17

Pitcher Mattison of the Phillies is
an accomplished young man. He
plays classical music on his violin
in his spare time, having studied
as boy.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17

Russia is dry. England is going
dry. If it keeps up, even baseball
parks will be dry on opening days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-09-02
TIE COMING FAIR.

AS the time for the opening of the
Garrett County Fair nears the interest
in it increases. And there are many
obvious reasons for this. The manage
ment is in very competent hands. 1t is
under direction that knows the needs
and tastes of the public, and nothing
has been left undone to fulfil the high
est expectations of the patrons of the
that have heretofore given it such
heartyand generous support. The man.
agement is well aware that to gain the
confidence of the public it must present
things as they are represented; they
cannot afford to do otherwise
Tho attention of stock raisers and
farmers is especially called to the
live stock and agricultural features
this year, which are far in advance of
any former exhibition, both in variety
Of exhibits and the largely increased
number of entries, and the better
Accommodations for exhibitors. And
above all it should be remembered that
the reputation of the citizens of the
county is at stake in this venture, and
that in itself is enough to guarantee
the completeness and attractiveness of
every feature making up harmonious
ensemble. AS has been said before
digger and better than ever" really
means what it says. 1t will be more
than that, it will present many sur
prises in the way of entertainment that
are bound to sustain the interest from
the opening to the closing of the gates
on the last day
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-09-02
force, would be better employ

lacking force, would be better employ
ed in building roads. The necessity for
good or better roads is not denied. Ma
tionsl aid TO road building is q good
thing, but such progress in internal at
fairs rests mainly with the States
then selv=s.
Mr.. Bryan looks on preparedness as
g practical waste of money. However
when he was in the cabinet and had
some influence with the Sixty third
Congress we never heard Of him lifting
his voice to discourage the wasteful
and eXtravagant tendencies of that
Democratic body, which was solemnly
pledged to simplicity and economy. We
have never yet heard OF him decrying
its protiigate excuses with the peoples
money. and spending 500, 900. coo above
any other Congress appropriated. 1t
seems that this void have been a tidy
sum to have devoted to building roads
instead of being thrown to the birds -
Preparedness means something. Demo-
cratic extravaganza, in which Mr.
Bryan participated, means nothing but
more taxes and an empty treasury.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-09-02
BETTER COUNTY ROADS.

The automobile clubs of the country
are good road boosters, with vengence.
The automobile public are heavy tax
payers. Not only do they pay heavy
taxes but they spend large sums of
money as they travel through the
country, at the hotels, stores and
garages. They travel only where good
roads prevail. We learn from automo-
bile owners that Mountain Lake Park,
Loeb Lynn and Deer Park have been
posted because of the bad condition of
the public roads leading to those places,
consequently the patronage of automo-
mobile eXcursionits have fallen off
considerably.
The automobile clubs have a way of
posting their membership as to the con-
dition of roads and treatment of auto
mobile people. Frostburg was COM
PEELED to rescind their mile ordinance,
because of being boycotted and conse-
quently loss of trade.
Our Garrett county road supervisors
should be more careful in road con-
struction and up-keep. The increasing
number of Garrett county automobile
owners requires this.
The road supervisors should become
interested and recommend to the County
Commissioners some good, reliable
user of the public roads for supervisor.
Those living along the road should inter-
est themselves in the maintenance of
that piece of road. 1t is to their best
interest to do so.
The man who looks after road lust
for the dollar and cents there is in it
for him, is not fit for the position.
Garrett county needs and ought TO
have the very best public roads pos
sible. Good roads will give US large
automobile excursion trade. That
means money left in the county, a
market for home products and Garrett
county well advertised all over the
Nation.
Let SNeTyUOuy interest themselves IN
the good road movement. Why not the
Board of Trade offer premium of 500
or $25 for the best five miles of road
maintained in the county by a read
supervisor.
Why not have neighborhood good
roads day. when everybody would turn
out and give one day to road better
ment? County pride. neighborhood
pride should arouse every one to prompt
and earnest action.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-09-02
HEAVY LOSS IN TIE
PUBLIC ROADS OFFICE

Democratic Party Resp JGsI5ia For / his
Condition IN Ha;iansl Government.
Washington. D. c., aug. 81 The
Democratic Congress is responsible for
a heavy loss. both Of money and
efficiency, in the work OF the Oaita Of
Public Roads.
Three important phases Of good road
development practically had To- be
abandoned for year because the Demo
Gratis failed to pass before the close of
the fiscal year OF 1913, the Agricultural
Appropriation bill, which provides
money for good roads.
The first loss fell upon the expert
mental road work A portion of each
years appropriation is devoted to
experimental road building il and near
Washington, in order to make scientific
tests and discover improved methods in
road construction. The officials could
not carry out these tests properly. The
delay IN securing their appropriations
caused an estimated loss of about one
tenth of the fund, with an even greater
loss in efficiency because many of the
experiments could not be made at all.
The second loss occurred because
officials were unable to contract 70
new work until the money was actually
appropriated. 1t is a maxim In good
road building that all work undertaken
must be completed in the same summer.
Congress failed to appropriate the
money until nearly the middle of
August. Before bids could be secured
and contracts let, fall WAS approaching
and the roads would not be completed.
Machinery either had to be moved to
warmer localities or remain idle, all of
which entered into the amount of the
bids. The new roads cost more and
their construction was delayed for an
entire season.
The third loss occurred in connection
with furnishing government road
engineers to local communities to give
advice in local road building. Scores of
these experts were IN Washington at
the time, ready to start for local points
as soon as Congress passed the bill.
There was nothing they could do here,
and no money to send them to the field.
When the appropriation bill was
finally passed, it was too late for many
Of them to report to the local com
munities to which they had been as
signed. Their efficiency was destroyed
and their salaries and expenses were a
total loss during the weeks they were
delayed by the inaction of the Demo-
cratic Congress.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-09-02
Presbyterian Gain.

According to report just published,
the Presbyterian church in the United
States has broken all records in mem
bership for the past year was 81, 96l,
pushing up the communicates to 3d.
046. Within ten years the Presby-
terian church in the United States has
added very nearly half million to its
membership. and $50, 900 to its Sunday
school rolls. The number of ministers
in the church is $50. the highest
number yet attained. These figures do
not include the Presbyterians of the
South. The benevoences for the year
have also been record-breaking. The
total gifts amount to $27, 784, 600, an
average of $18. 80 per member. Home
mission gifts amounted to about 81, 900, =
900 and foreign missions received ST.
$4,000. The report places the Fifth
Avenue church New York, as the
largest Presbyterian church of the
world, with last year the best of its
history. Its charities amounted to
$403, 500. It's cost of maintenance was
about 100000. 1t gave to foreign
missions SAP, 900, and to home missions
$54, 200.