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The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02
R|FLEMEN WILL
 hOI ATTEND THE
 NATIONAL SHOOT
SOME OF MEMBERS MAY AR RANGE TO GO THERE
 AT LATER DATE.
Juneau, Sept 30, 1916. "G. B. Erwin, Secretary Panama Rifle rIuh Fairbanks AlaSka

e. B. Erwin. Secretary Panama Rifle
 Club, Fairbanks, Alaska.
 Under special congressional ap- propriation, the sum of S3.451 has been allotted for the transportation of the civilian rifle club to Jackson, vile, Florida, and return, for the national rifle matches, commencing October goth.
 Team must be composed of mem. bers in good standing of rifle clubs organized under the rules prescribed by the Secretary of War. You will notice that members will only be furnished transportation and must desire to participate, and if so, how many"
 STRONG, Governor"
 The foregoing telegram was re- ceived yesterday by MT Erwin and IS self explanatory.
 At the meeting of the Rifle club iltib ldol iiSHl Nit llltIIlDcl5 uC cided that the club, as whole could not accept the invitation, as the date set for the match, October 20th, did not give them time to get to Jacksonville. Some of the members are thinking of going, but nothing definite has yet been decided upon. ,.f h., more time was not given. so that they could have arranged their af- fairs and gone.
 P. J. Rickert, it is understood, is one of the members of the club who may posslbl. attend the national fifle shoot. He has been planning d trip to tue Outside, and. although he had not fully decided upon going, he may now take the trip and in ciLenLalIy attend the rifle shoot
 Joe Morrow. who is also a mem Der of the club, may attend the shoot He is going Outside any how, and, although he had planned 10 spend the winter Tn the orient, it is barely possible that he may change hls plans and attend the contest as one of the epresentatives of the Fairbanks aggregation. The club would like very much to have him go, but could not hear from him last night in regard to his opini on in the matter. as he is out of town
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02
INDIANS BODY FOUND
 BY STREET WoRKMEN

MADISON. Wis.-While grading in Henry Villas park. workmen stuck one of the blow shares in an Indian mound and uncovered the skeleton of an Indian As soon as the air touched the bones some of them cru.abled.
 The barring of the grave was due to an unavoidable accident The men we.e grading over the new subway.
 A toraahawk and several other rel iCs were found. The teeth of the skeleton were in excellent condition. Mike Quan. park superintendent, was so impressed with the teeth that he kept one for a souvenir
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02

ised the Dominion officials that he will advance the money for the estab
 .nu,nt of an experimental station in the Dawson vicinity. Dr. Matte .epoits that they will start gu A small scale. placing al least ten acres under cultivation The crops to be elu with will be limited to fodders and fodder species of grains.
 Plans call for the establishment ot the station this season.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02
MAS0NS WILL
 HOLD SERVICE FOR BARRACK
PUBLIC SERVICE WILL BE HELD TODAY AT MASONIC
 TEMPLE.

An impressive public funeral ser vice will be held today at the Ma sonic Temple for the late Alexander Barrack, and an earlier private ser vice will be held at 1:3O for Ma sons alone. John A. Clark, Past Master. will conduct the simple and dignified ceremonies of the Masonic rite. The Masonic quartet, consist ing of Messrs. Robert w. Taylor, Sidney Stewart, E. l.. Sanderlin and E. H. Mack, will sing at the services.
 The pail bearers will be Messrs John Shanks, F. B. Hall, R. Bloom, Jack Savers, George Markus and William McKinnon
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02
LEDGER Is GOOD
 ADVANCE AGENT

Dr. H. L. Hedger, the well known dentist, has proven himself to be a good advance agent for Fairbanks. That is, he has taken notice of the Fairbanks bridge as it passed Ram part, where he is now located, and has forwarded word of its passing in a wire to H. Claude Kelly. The wire was as follows:
 Claude Kelly, Fairbanks.
 Alaska left here at 1:15 today with bridge intact.
 LEDGER
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02
"SklPPER" Frank Rotch, skipper WILL WEIGH of the good ship Mid TANK" TODAXnight Sun, will weigh

SKIPPER" Frank Rotch, skipper WILL WEIGH of the good ship Mid TANK" TODAXnight Sun, will weigh
 anchor today for Ne mana. Which means that he will merely unite rope from pile, pull it on board the Sun and allow the boat and her barge to drift peace fully out in midstream before he starts the paddles going Then he will turn her around, and the start fol Nenana will be made
 For the skip" hasn't an anchor any more, although such an instru- lnent of the mariners art was one Of his possessions when he first put his forty years gatherings into the cabin of the Midnight Sun. He lost it not long ago in the muddy waters of the Panama. That is, he threw it overheard one night to hold the mighty ship, and it couldn't be brought to the surface again. There fore, the line which connected it to the boat had ta be cut. For the river freight work of the Alaskan Engineering commission will not wait even for an "ank" to be hoisted aboard, particularly one which, once thrown into the bottom of the river, desires to remain with the fishes and attaches itself to something i'm movable in order that it may do so.
 But the "ank" which was lost is not the only one that Skipper" Rotch ever owned. He had one when he was in command of the launch which was engaged in boun- diary survey work several years ago. But it. too. is now with the fishes.
 The story is that the launch was working hard one day in a partic- ularly bad stretch of the Porcupine river. Skipper" Rotch himself was at the wheel, and he was giving di- rections to his mate and deckhands from the wheel house. Throw over the ank," he shouted while the boat was in the midst of whirling rapids, desiring to hold her in her place.
 And to this day Skipper" Rotch has not been able to find out wheth. CT or not he was the victim of practical joke. For the "ank" was thrown, but it never came up again, nor was it of any use to the boat. For the rope which connected it with the craft had been severed.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02
BARS WOMAN TWO YEARS
 FROM SOCIETY OF MET

LOS ANGELES Life will be an Adamless Eden for two years for Mrs. Lillian White, tried yesterday in police court for burglary and given a sixty-day suspended sen tence, on condition that she shun cafes, autos, dance halls and men for two years.
 The young woman is the wife of the late Tom White" a half-breed Japanese who was employed to fur nish information to the police until he was killed two years ago on the east side.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02

After journeying across the con tinent from her home, Monessen, Pa, to secure her deceased uncle's fortune of S1,000,O0O, Mrs. A. T. Blush has left here, satisfied that the fortune does not exist.
 Inquiries at local bank, where Edwin Kerns, the uncle, was sup posed to have had a safety deposit box containing the million dollars, revealed the fact that MT Kerns had. in September, 1915, withdrawn his valuableS.
 Mrs Blush will receive, it is said, about $5 for her trouble.-L A. Ex- aminer
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02
MUST GO 10 JAIL.

SEATTLE. Sept 30.-Dr. Percival Allen has been sentenced to a year in jail for illicit cohabitation with Miss Anna M. Danielson, of whose murder he has been accused by her relatives. The woman was found dead in the rooms of the couple, but no evidence which would convict Al len of the crime has yet been un- earthed
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02

whether by mistake or intention the skipper" never knew.
 But at any rate the skip" has now lost two "anks." May he have better luck with the third one, the one which the Engineering commis- sion boys are now planning to pur- chase for him by subscription. It will probably be seen on the new Midnight Sun next summer For the boat is to be given an entirely new hull this winter
 INDIANS The story comes up DESERT from the lower Yu- BLIND MAN. kon that Blind An
 drew was deserted by his fellow tribesmen at Ruby It seems that the Indians had discov- cred that the government authorities at Ruby were accustomed to arrest any Indians who were poverty strick- en and sentence them to term in jail for vagrancy, as there is no other way to help them.
 The Indians brought old Andrew several hundred miles along the twists and turns of the Yukon, and when they finally reached Ruby they placed the old fellow in a cabin by the river and went off and left him Nor did they leave any grub for him.
 The people of the town became afraid that the old fellow would fall in the river, and so they asked the authorities to take the matter up. As the result of their action the man is fed and has a guard to look after him, at cost of from $I2 an $15 per day. All the govern ment would have to do would be to provide him with little to eat, but, of course, there is DO red tape way of doing that.
 Blind Andrew is well known character uf the lower river Tray elers have been astonished at the deXterity and industry of the old man. He is said to be fine cook, and shows a wonderful skill in it. He has usually made a living by chopping wood. He has also re- ceived considera ble charity from the people passing through the country
 Andrew is said to be victim of the heartlessness of the natives, who are said to have taken from him the fruits of his labor, and now that he can no longer help them, they turn him over to the government.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02
A DOG HERO.

The regimental dog of the 23rd French foot died on the field of honor. In a recent enga cement the animal was intrusted with a mes sage from one set of trenches to an lar errands, and, although shot at scores of times, had never been
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02
MASTER WEP7 TO
 SAVE DOCS LIFE.

ST. LOUIS.-"Chubby," white mongrel dog that has been the con stant companion of Percy Thomas, of East St. Louis. since its puppy hood four years ago, was reprieved from execution by Health Officer William Saunders because of Thomas tears.
 The dog bit Florence Kelly, 9-year- old daughter of City Comptroller Jas Kelly, while the girl was riding
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02
Town Gossip and Stories
By The IsttIer.

 GOLD SHIP When the junk deal SELLING FOR CTS get through with JUNK NOW. that battered old
 hulk they are now tearing 10 pieces on the beach of Katalla. Alaska. one of the most in tcrcsting boats in the North will haze passed away. It was in this ship. then known as the Portland, that. nineteen years ago, bore to Seattle that crowd of men with the cargo of raw gold that they had found in the Klondike river.
 Her career has been an adven- turous one. It began in 1889, when, sailing under the flag of Hayti, she was seized for carrying ammunition to the rebels in that country. When the U. S secured her release an at tempt was made to sink her. and she ever afterwards bore the marks of that brush with a gunboat
 Evidently cannery life was too dull, for she failed at that, and was then used for smuggling purposes until the exposure of the great snug the Alaska trade until 1910, when she ran on the rocks at Katalla. The passengers were all rescued.
 Six years have gone by since then, and now she must suffer the indignity of being torn to pieces, just because there is a war in Flu COPPER When lieutenant in DAM the engineer corps WORK. of the United States army conceived the idea of putting a coffer dam about the wreck of the United States bat tleship Maine as she lay in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, pumping out the water and then raising the hulk to the surface by patching it up and letting the water back in around her again, people thought that he had done a wonderful thing And he u.ldOubteC'y had, for the wreck of the Maine, although it did not both ar al first, Ialer served as place for the accumulation of all kinds of floating debris and became menace to vessels passing close by il, as it was at the entrance to Havana harbOr.
 But that lieutenant's work, al though conducted along larger scale, was no more wonderful than is the engineering feat in Fairbanks at this time-the construction of the piers for the bridge across the Cinema river here. For the lieutenant had all kinds of tools to work with, while the men working on the bridge Fairbanks can supply.
 The work is being done under the direction of R. J. Sommers, local superlntenderi of the Alaska Road commission. He is on the job prac- tically day and night. Of course, he is not there all the time, as he has other duties to attend to, but he is always where he can be found at a moments notice.
 Mana skeptics in Fairbanks did not think that the piers could be constructed as the work is being done But they are now being shown, for the pit for the pier has been dug on the Fairbanks side of the river far below the river bed, and concrete for the pier is now be- ing put in.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02

Rubber stamps and stamp goods, inks, etc, at The Citizen Office.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-06

y and Program
NOW YOU WONDER and naturally how we can reduce the
price Of the REQ si1 models and the Four-espesay
of production.
SEEMS EN- n, toGIcAL =. frs. But isin
still it this sxcyinder model than it
did year ago.
workings the REQ plan and its beneaeenee to buyers
REQ THE FIFTH SOLD FOR $3.50 in 1914 It's price was
ssa ss E.azs as
SAME cARa-No. infinitely better ear-4os each yearwe
have incorporated rehnennents and added equipment
AND WE TOLD YOU EACH YEAR the for the 70
we had absorbed portion Of the initial
and were giving you tsh The benefit 'p''~' ~''p''s-'
THIS POPULAR REQ SIX Is now In It's third season 7.
has passed the through which it's great
charged of And in accordance With that answering
policy we give buyer benefit and set the pros
WE WILL MAKE A LOT MORE of those 4-passenser Six
Roadisers the coming season we und.estated tn:
the popular Rees built,
OUR RECORDS INDICATE that the majority OF those who
formerly had paid $4,000 $1,000 for their oars.
HERE'S ERE T ass G FOR YOU; + ra.
millionaire in the selection Of an automobile
PoR THE MAN WHO CAN afford to pay any p.soe h.
ase s.. for v, car st. tho T ss a
often dictates REQ than any other
THE SIX SEDAN speaks ITSELF though truth to ten an
Illustration does it seant justice
YOU MUST SEE IT where you study It's artistic Zines
and aultless finish fully appreciate this latest REQ
which VIC price at Sl750.
NOW WORD ABOUT THE TRUCKS .inee 90 per con.
hand
trucks.
PRICE OF THE 15oo,pouND REQ Speed Wagon" ha.
been reduced to $1,000.
SANE
eiated in speaking Of the REQ Six.
NEVER SINCE THE DAY this model was announe.d-.nd
MADE only Sns s al cen In the xhe
though the new REQ Tsact pan covers ~ acres 81
ground and is running to capacity
AND THAT Two-ToN REQ. What shall .e s.ya What
Tn sxs wee Has S.n ss s iso.
given greater proof Of it's surdiness and efficiency
cost OF upkeep
s,e hs oesa By at ven
the price $500, instead Of 1880
AND FINALLY WORD abou. tho big general p,.n-a
brief reiteration Of tho REQ policy.
WE STILL ADHEkE to determination e
good.
buyers begging for more Reos. But we know-we know
on what solid foundation this REQ built,
and we jealousy guard that policy to the last.
RIGHT NOW-AUGUST-there aro moro orders On hand
at the factories than at history
Orders hopelessy In Of factory outpu-and that
also is greater than ever before.
AND RIGHT NOW REQ stands In the ed buy.
ers and Of the trade than before.
$4,000 600 PER ANNUM Is not small by any means REQ
Is in fact OF the largest in point Of production We
have ambition however to be the largest want
to make all the automobies-only the best.
RATHER THAN INCREASE the quantity we shan strivs
always 60 improve the quality that the art ad.
and generally continue
to be known as-"Ths Gold StaBdord Of Valuss"
4pza
on THE.
= GOLD STANpAR:
oM OF VALUES
2a1- za1dzZ0
Evening star., 1916-04-09
Dinner Parties Last Night.

The assistant secretary of agricul-
ture and Mrs. Carl S. Vrooman enter
tained an interesting dinner company
at their home on 18th street last even
ing in honor of the Secretary of State
and Mrs. Lansing. In the party of
eighteen guests asked to meet them
were the Swiss minister and Nine
Ritter. Senator and Mrs. Newlands,
Senator and Mrs owen, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Delano.
Senator and Mrs. James A. Reed en-
tertained at small dinner party last
night at their home on Biltmore street
The governor of the federal reserve
board and Mrs. Charles s. Hamlin en-
tertained guests at dinner last evening,
and have arranged another dinner
party for Thursday night.
A number of persons dined at the
Chevy Chase Club last night, most OF
the companies being made up as Dutch
treat parties. and all remaining for the
early Saturday evening dance.
Senator Phelan entertained a dinner
party at his home on Massachusetts,
avenue last night in honor of Miss
Maud Fay of San Francisco. Other
guests were the Postmaster General
and Mrs. Burleson. the counselor Of the
State Department and Mrs. Frank l..
Polk. Mr.. Adolph Miller. Mrs. Rand OF
New York, Mr.. Norman Hapgood, Mr..
William Denman of San Francisco and
Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Eustis.
Evening star., 1916-04-09
Party for Miss Davis.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. n. Baker entertained
i at leap year party at their residence,
1862 Macomb street, Cleveland Park,
Tuesday evening in compliment to Miss
Willis Coda Davis of Marshall, Va.
who is the house guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. s Stamper of Drummond. Nd
During the evening fictitious pro-
posals of marriage were made by the
young ladies present to the young men.
The latter were supplied with glad
hands" and '.mittens," with which to
answer these proposals, and it was dis
covered in a short time that nearly all
the glad hands were in the possess
sion of the ladies. while the +'mittens"
were in the pockets of the mere men,"
The spirit of romance was carried
out. too. in the decorations of arrow
pierced hearts and spring flowers, and
even in the refreshments. which fol-
lowed dancing and other pleasing di-
versions. were suggestions of Cupid's
handiwork.
The guests included Mr.. and Mrs
W. $. Stamper. Miss Ruth Latimer. Miss
inertia George. Mrs. Mabel Kipp-Lewis,
Miss Laura Reeves. Miss Dorothea
LutZ. Miss Margaret Rogers. Miss
Esther Rogers. Mrs. Helen Starr.
Miss Ruth Gray. Miss Grace Forsythe
and Miss Margaret Moorhouse. and
Messrs. H. E. Moskey, Dwight Fischer,
Leland T. Atherton, Roger Mehurin,
f. r. Fravel Paul Coulon, Edwin c.
Breese, John Weber. King and G. w.
Ford. and Master Wyeth Baker.
Evening star., 1916-04-09
Of Interest to Dog Lovers.

Miss Jean Hinkle. who is probably
the most enthusiastic dog fancier
among the society women of Washing
ton. has offered numerous prizes for
the coming dog show this week.
She shows more or less impartiality
in the range of classes for which she
has donated prizes. though she herself
will exhibit her prize winning bull
puppy.
Greyhounds. pekinese. fox terriers
and dogs will have the chance to COM
pete for some of her trophies, while
Irish terriers have as their fair spon-
sor. Miss Elizabeth Wiley. who has Of
fered a prize in that class.
Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte not only will
again exhibit her priZe-winning Pom
eranian. who has offered a silver cup
for the best dog in that class. she her
self. of course. not to compete for the
trophy.
Mrs. F. w. Vanderbilt has also offer
ed prize for Pomeranians. as has also
Mrs. William Gamer Wiederseim of
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Charles w. Wat
son. wife of the secretary of the Wash
ington Kennel Club
Mr.. Thomas F. Ryan offers the Oak
Evening star., 1916-04-09

Ridge trophy for entries in the Ger
man sheep dog class, and Mr.. John r.
Mclean shows his interest in beagles
by offering three prizes in that class.
Mrs. James r. Williams has given a
prize to go to the best Italian grey
hound. and Mr.. o. Carley Hartman Of
fers prizes for great danes and dachs-
hunrs.
Among society folk who will exhibit
wife of the Russian ambassador; Mrs.
T. T. Gaff, Mrs. Murray Cobb. Mrs.
James Carroll Frazier. Mrs. Francis
Connolly. Miss Anne Tracy, Mrs. NJ. f.
ingalls, and Miss Gladys ingalls,, Mrs.
Gurnee Mum, the Netherlands minis
ter. Mr. Van Rappard. Senior Ignacio
Leon of the Chilean embassy and Miss
Helen Marye. daughter of the retiring
ambassador to Russia.
Evening star., 1916-04-09
Notes of Society.

Nota BILE among the dinner parties of
last week was that entertained by the
chief of staff. L. S. A.. and Mrs. Hugh
l.. Scott. in honor of the President and
Mrs. Wilson. The forty guests were de-
lighted with the arrangement and
handling of SO large a party. and even
the President himself congratulated his
hosts on the military precision with
which they did it, There is likely to be
some confusion or at least delay when
so many persons assemble, but Gen.
and Mrs. Scott had none of 1t. Their
guests were asked to come fifteen min
utes earlier than The appointed time
for the dinner. and they were all as
sembled in the big library when the
President and Mrs. Wilson arrived.
They had only to introduce the COM
pany as it filed past the guests of honor
into the dining room, and each person
was standing at attention behind his
or her chair when the President and
Mrs. Scott and the general and Mrs.
Wilson entered. There was not the
least bit of pomp about 1t, just an old
soldiers idea of drill.
The assistant secretary of agriculture
and Mrs. Vrooman will have as guests
within a few days. Mr.. Louis Steven
son and his daughter, Miss Stevenson,
who will be present at the unveiling
ceremonies of the portrait of the late
Mrs. Adlai Stevenson, one time presi-
dent general of the D. A. R., during its
coming congress. The portrait will be
presented by members of the family Of
Mrs. Stevenson. Mrs. vrooman will
give her aunt's old friends an oppor-
tunity to meet Mr.. and Miss Stevenson
at an informal tea, the date for which
is now tentative.
Mrs. Joel p. Heatwole. wife of former
Representative Heatwole of Northheld.
Mimi, has come to Washington to
spend the spring. and with her daugh-
| ter, Miss Archibald. will occupy an
apartment at Stoneleigh Court Mrs.
Heatwole has a host of friends in
Washington, made during her hus-
bands service in Congress.
Mrs. Thomas B. Dunn and Miss Dunn,
wife and daughter of Representative
Dunn, left Washington yesterday for a
ten-day visit in New York.
Senator and Mrs. William Alden Smith
have as their guest Mrs. Frank Jewell
of Grand Rapids. Mich. who will re-
main for several weeks.
Evening star., 1916-04-09
Benefit for French Soldiers.

Mr.. Fabian and Mr.. Paul Blyden will
be the artists at the "Soiree Francaise''
to be given at Rauscher's Wednesday
evening at S:15 o'clock for the benefit
of the wounded French soldiers
The patronesses will include Mrs.
Hennen Jennings. Mrs. w. G. Eustis,
Nine. de Laboulaye. Mrs. William Cro-
zier, Mrs. Chauncey Hackett, Mrs
Theodore V. Boynton, Mrs. Louis Pen
nington and Mrs. Reynolds. Hit.
Evening star., 1916-04-09
Days at Home.

Mrs T. Casanav Wilson and Miss
Wilson. will be at home informally
next Tuesday afternoon. Their house
guests are Mrs. George Hunter Terret
and Miss Terrett of St. Paul. MINI.
Paul. MINI.
Mrs Frederick Marsh, will be at
home Tuesday. April IL. at her resi-
dence, 1856 n street.
Evening star., 1916-04-09
For Benefit of the Blind.

Mrs. Robinson White, chairman of the
transportation committee of the Ma
tional Library for the Blind. will give a
benefit card party at No. 2o19 Columbia
road northwest Thursday, April 13. at
2 o'clock. to assist in obtaining car fare
for the blind of the District.
Evening star., 1916-04-09
Last Dance of the Season.

The young people of All Souls
Church will give their last dance for
this season at 1742 Church street on
Tuesday evening, April Is. at 500. The
dance will be chaperoned by Mrs. r.
H. Liggett. Mrs. George CoggeshaIl
and Mrs. John Scofield