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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
MORE TAXES TO
 COME ON SOON


 On the first of December there will be new tax of one cent added OH every twenty-five cents worth of parcels post sent through the mails. At the same time tax on all deeds. promissory notes and documents of hal nature will be inaugurated.
 Ii is reported that some of the dealers tn liquors and cigars of this city have been very lax with regard to paying the tux which is due on these commodities.
 The tax was due on October 4, and thirty days was the time limit for payment. The act of inventory ing the liquors and cigars, etc, is d Iaborious one, and some dealers have. kept putting it off on that ac- count, hoping that an inspector will be along to heIp them out, but when the inspector comes he will not be here to help make inventories, and will at once assess a fine on all those who have not complied with the tax regulations.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
AUTO BANDITS
 OBTAIN $5o,0Oo
Associated Press)


 MINNEAPOLIS. Minn,. Nov 21.- Automobile bandits this morning overpowered a force of clerks in large down town jewelry store and, forcing one of them to open the main safe, secured diamonds and other precious stones worth more than $50,000. The robbery occurred in broad daylight while hundreds of people were on the streets, and sue ceeded by it's very boldness of con ception and execution. The bandits escaped in their automobile, and no traces of them have been discov- cred.
 The store is located on one of the principal business streets of the city, and the robbers drove up and, stop ping the high powered car in which they rode directly in front of the place, entered as if on shopping expedition. Three clerks were fore ed at revolver points to go into back room, where they were locked up. The fourth clerk was then com pelled to open the large safe, after which he was pushed into the room with his fellow employees. The rob
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
RIGGS TALKS
 OF RAILROAD

Recent arrivals from Nenana tell of the speech made by Commission CT Thomas Riggs at recent meet ing oi the Commercial club in the railroad town.
 AIr. Riggs stated that before the end of next year there would be only about sixty miles of open space left between the Nenana end of the railroad and the Anchorage end By the same time the railroad will have been completed to the coal fields and to Fairbanks. The reason things aid not go faster this year was on account of high water, and over flows are even now holding back some of the work out on the line.
 MT Riggs also said that he knew of no reason why the work should slacken in the future unless Out side labor troubles made it impos- sible to get supplies.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
HARRY PRATT
 TO TAKE TRIP

Assistant District Attorney Harry Pratt will probably leave within a few days for Little Minook creek, in the RamL art district, to investi- gate into the killing of Elmer T. Townsend MT. Pratt will possibly go to Rampant with one of the dep uty marshals by dog team
 Townsend's death bed story is that he stepped out of his cabin door and saw John Gray coming with a gun; that the latter ordered him to throw up his hands, and that he, Townsend, ran inside and shut the door, Gray firing at him through the door, inflicting the wounds which he later died of Gray says Town send appeared in the door with a gun and that he fired to frighten Townsend in self defense.
 Mr Pratt will examine the door to see how the bullets went, and will review the whole scene of the shooting, to bring the exact facts to hand when the trial of Gray comes off Gray's preliminary hearing will be held before MT. Pratt returns, and the evidence the federal official collects will have no part in the first hearing.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
FIRE DESTROYS
 LUMBER PLANT
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 DICKSON, Tenn, Nov 21.-Fire of an unknown origin this morning com pletely destroyed the plant of the Dixie Flaming Mill company, together with a number of government rush contracts for tent poles which had just been completed. The actual monetary loss involved is only S250.- 900, but the setback to the govern ment in it's tent pole supply will be serious.
 This is one of the few mills in the country which are equipped to turn out large numbers of tent poles of any size, and since the beginning of the war has been furnishing large numbers of these The company off cials are of the opinion that the fire is incendiary and is part of the sys- tematic campaign being waged by German agents throughout the coun- try to hamper the work of the gov ernment preparations for war.
 They have asked the department of justice to make a thorough in vestigation of the case. Several strangers have been noticed in this section recently, and since the fire have mysteriously disappeared.
 It is reported that there Is con siderable activity on Ester creek at IrGSpDt
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
BALL MANAGER
 IS ACQUITTED

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Nov, 22.- Danny Shay, an oldtime baseball player and manager, was today ac- quilted in the county court on a charge of murdering a negro waiter. Shay admitted killing the negro and pleaded self-defense. His defense was sustained and he was set free.
 He is well known throughout the country by all baseball fans. having been manager of both the Kansas City and Milwaukee teams in the American Association. He was with Kansas City for several years and turned out many promising players Smoky Joe Wood being one of his proteges.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
ADAMS FUNERAL
 IS IMPRESSIVE

Judge Adams. who died iuz- week. was buried sunday afternoon. t.s funeral ceremonies -aG.u- place t the Methods, church The u.aa.-- Of the Fairbanks Bar A~-onatou attended i'll body, and there were. in addition, many friends Of ,aa d,- ceased lawyer present
 Leroy Tozier, repre-euaa= tae ba. association, gave very lmpras~ae talk, paying high tribute a5 Jua=e Adams both as lawyer aud a- a member of the community
 The funeral sermon WAS preached by Reverend kr.eser, the No.h1a-- pastor. and special music MAS rur nished by the Methodist choir
 Pail bearers Were members ot The Bar association and ~rre the follow ing: L. K. Pratt, 4. k. Ha4e. John 4. Clark, Cecil IL Cl.-g. Leroy To- z.ar and G. B. Erwin.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
COMMISSIONERS
 ARRIVE SAFELY
 ENROUTE PARIS
CAssociated Press)

A FRENCH PORT, Nov. 22.=Ihr American commissioners to the al- lied war conference to be held short ly in Paris arrived here this morning and left at once for the capital. Tht mission is headed by Colonel E. NJ. House, who is special American am bassador to Europe and the personal representative of President Wilson The mission has been in England for several days and has already been in conference with the British war cabinet on important matters relat- ing to the cooperation between Great Britain and the United States.
 Preparations for the meeting ot the conference in Paris are progress ing rapidly, and all of the represen- tatives of the nations who will take part in it are supposed to be en- route to the French capital. The conferees will discuss the methods of obtaining a more vigorous prose cution of the war and a more com plete cooperation between all the nations aligned against Germany and her allies.
 It is believed that the Italian and Russian situations will pc thorough ly canvassed ana the outlook of both squarely faced and plans considered 10 meet any eventualities in both matters.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
INQUEST HELD
 OVER HOOVER

The inquest over the remains oI H. II. Hoover was held yesterday af- ternoon at 3 o'clock in the commis- sioner's court room. After viewing the remains at the undertaking par lors, the jury heard the evidence of all those who know anything about the case
 Dr. McCallum first testified that the wound of which Hoover died could and probably was caused by q twenty-two calibre bullet.
 Frank Nell the last person to see Hoover alive, testified to bringing the latter's mall up to him about IU o'clock Sunday, and of visiting with Hoover until almost eleven. He stat ed that Hoover seemed to be in good spirits. though drinking a little.
 Frank Miller told of starting to town with friends Monday morning and going ahead to Hooyers cabin to wait for hls friends to catch up. He went in the cabin after knock ing and found Hoover lying on the bed and thought him asleep, and tried to rouse him. He then went out and called his friends, who came m and found the old man dead. lie told of seeing the .22 rifle lying on the bed with the muzzle pointed to- ward Hooyer's head, though lying alongside of the dead mans body. The gun was on the left side Hoover was partially covered with his blank ct, and his hands were straight down at his sides.
 MT Wickstrom testified about the same as Miller
 Mir Nelson testified 10 having visit ed Hoover the day before the latter killed himself and of the lattcr's showing him various letters and tell ing him of some $1, 200 he had in bank Outside drawing interest.
 The deceased seemed lonely and Respondent, and after his death MT Nelson was led to believe that he may have given out the information about his relatives and money with an idea of later on committing the rash act MT Nelson corroborated Miler's statement as to the finding of the body.
 Ed Popple testified to bringing in the body of the dead man. and of the condition in which he found it.
 The coroners jury then brought in the following verdict:
 l The name of the deceased is II. H. Hoover.
 9 His age is 66 years
 3 That he came to his death on the 18th day of November, 1917, on No. 8 above Fairbanks creek from a gun shot wound inflicted by his own hand by means of 22 calibre rifle.
 No person Is criminally respon- sible for his death.
 The coroner's jury was composed of w. w. Barb, E. H. Weaver, NJ. J. Florence, J. J. Munsell, R. M. Crawford, w. w. McKinnon.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26

 SUIT IS ENDED

Yesterday afternoon at ? o'clock John A Clark and Morton E. Stev- ems. attorneys respectively for Mrs. Ida Beam and George Wilson. stated that a stipulation had been agreed upon in the case of Beam vs. Will son, and that the case had been set tied out of court.
 The Beam-Wilson case was over the Big Cinema Hot Springs home stead Mrs. Beam claimed that she had leased the Hot Springs for a certain time from Wilson and that the latter had taken possession of part of the property before her lease was up. She sued for recovery of possession of the property which has been under an injunction, and also for $1O.0O0 damages. Wilson claimed he had right to take the property by reason of Beams failure to pay certain rentals due him He filed a cross complaint asking for the lease to be cancelled and for $1.35O back rent due him.
 By the settlement made yesterday. all questions at stake were settled and Wilson takes possession of the property, and also certain personal property belonging to Beams, while Mrs. Beam as well as Charles Beam agree to release all claims they now have under the lease
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26


 Food prices as a whole have ad yanced 1T per cent over the year before the war.
 i Latest compilation of prices, an nounced by the United States bu- reau of labor statistics, shows prin- cipal articles of food as a whole 6 per cent higher on August 15, 1914 just after the outbreak of the war, than they were on that date in 1913 | There was a drop of per cent in 1915, but in 1916 prices advanced If per cent. and during this year 1 they have jumped 31 per cent. From | July to August this year there was a ? per cent increase in the com bined prices of the principal articles of food. Flour prices in August this year were two and quarter times what they were in August, 1913 The increase was l30 per cent. 1 Corn meal advanced almost as much, with an increase of 120 per cent Potatoes advanced S7 per cent, su- gar v per cent, lard 72 per cent and pork chops 5S per cent.
 During the year ending August 15 onions was the only article to de crease in price Corn meal doubled in price, flour advanced 70 per cent beans 59 per cent and other articles to a lesser degree.
 But now that the office of national | food administrator has been created and given the authority and backing of the law, a determined effort is to be made to see that the prices of l foodstuffs are influenced by natural causes only and not by hoarding or manipulating And on the grounds that great national emergency ex- sts, the food administrator proposes | to go even further and is insisting that the dealers in foodstuffs must 'be satisfied with very small profits
 The prices which the Fairbanks dealers have been instructed to charge are, in most instances, con siderably lower than the present pre-
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26

unique characters of the north He aas an o,d.mer in the Dawson country beuE known .n that dis
 -.. a, Sailor B.I. and made con -..ab.o money in the early days, a..ua he spent n prospecting and .a..- H~ cam, to Fairbanks abou, Iaaa and has been engaged in the road house bus ness nearly all the .w. a- has been here. He ran the Loop road house for while and
 a.u b0lzh, tln EIgh,een-mile house, al.r. h. has been located ever
 a.. He Is survived by wife and -...rI children
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
LOCAL FIRMS ARE FORCED TO
 COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS

That part of the country is escape the economical effects the war nor eude the long arm Io the administrative departments is evidenced by lest news received here by the principal firms dealing in loodstuttS \ weeks ago the press dispatches told o the passage law designed give greater power to the food commissioner and which placed certain spec
 fled commodities exclusively under his control and clothed him with power make rules and regulations governing the sale of such articles, and fix the selling prices was also stated that all wholesale firms dealing in these commodities and doing business hundred thou
 sand dollars year take licenses in order sell such goods
 From advCes which have been received by the local wholesalers apparent that the commissioner has already taken acton under this authority and fixed the selling prices on these commodities, the firms have received their instructions the prices that be charged this district. No information hand the method by which the prices determined but is reasonable to suppose that the basis of certain percentage the manu lecturers jobber price and the latter prices are doubtless also fixed basis relative the IproducOn all of which have probably been worked by corps O government experts But from the instructions ecelved here, evident that usual in such cases te peculiar conditions Alaska have been taken consideration and that the merchants here accept the
 rules and regulations made for the and make the best IOf them.
 No recognition is given the extraordinary cost o doing business in this country to the fact that er chant his stock but and is obliged to buy years stock time which involves the tying up large capital and entities him larger percentage Ilrot than the merchant the states who buy his goOds from day day and requires but comparatively small ICapta in his business However, notwithstanding this over Isight the part of the government officials the wholesalers state that they expect faithfully comply with all the off >a regulations that are issued and that the prices will
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26

bers footed the safe completely. Al ter securing the booty, they re-en tered the car and drove away unmo- tested. The clerks finally succeed ed in breaking out of the room where they were locked and gave the alarm but the police were unable to find out concerning the wherea bouts of the thieves.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
FIVE U-B0ATS
 SUNK ONE DAY
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 LONDON, Nov. 19. Speaking 'o day in the house of common- Hr. mler Lloyd Geol-e declared that H formation has been received by 'ha admiralty that the allied and Am erican patrol vessels yesterday sunk five German submarines operating in waters near the English and Irish coasts.
 The vessels which accomplished the destruction of the enemy craft were not mentioned nor the czac. localities where the engagomcn's took place. None of the patrol ships engaged were injured.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
SERVICES HELD
 FUR GREEK MAN

The funeral of Wade Baker was held yesterday afternoon at o'clock from the local undertaking parlors. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev W. s. Marble. of the Presby. tcrian church Special music was furnished by Mrs. L. B. Wilson and Mrs. Fern Johnson, who sang two beautiful duets The pail bearers were all oldtimers and longtime friends Of the deceased
 There was a large crowd out 10 pay their last respects to the depart ed one. who was a well known and popular man Most of the popula- ton of Fox, where the deceased had lived up to the time of his death, were at the funeral
 The following poem commemorat. ing the death of Mir Baker was handed in at The Citizen office yes terday afternoon:
 THE DYING ALAsKAN's BETTER
 LAND.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
PR0MINENT MAN
 DEAD AT VALDEZ

JIi-. Bunneu yesterday received word that Charles. Hand, of Valdez, had d.ed after a long Illness. Mir Hand WAS one of the most promi, Han. citizens o. Valdez, being chief deputy clerk of court at one time, and prominently connected with the Democratic party in that division
 Mr. Hand was operated on Out -d. more than d year ago, and was again operated on at Valdez about month ago. never recovering from the latter operation.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
TOWNSEND NOW
 LAID AT REST

Tn. funeral cl Elmer T Townsend
 a- hold yesterday afternoon from a- local undertaking parlors with Reverend W. s Marble officiating The sery4ces were held at o'clock n inc afternoon. Only few friends were present, as the deceased was not widely known in this district, being a lower river man
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
ROADH0USE MAN
 DIES OUTSIDE

Word was received by Mrs. Will liam Bergman yesterday that her husband, William Bergman, formerly proprietor of the Eighteen-mie road house, had died in California.
 MT. Bergman had been a sufferer from heart disease for some years. He made a trip Outside several years ago, but was not benefited, and returned to Alaska once more He suffered a good deal the past year, and became so bad fin ally that he was forced to go Out side for treatment, leaving on one of the last boats of the season, and went to California, where he passed on
 MT. Bergman was one of the
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
IN AND AROUND RUBY
By Special CiHsen Correspondent

with one gasoline and one Keystone drill. Hughes, after preliminary ar engagements. left for the Outside. put ting operations here in charge of a man named w. NJ. Withers Work is now going on on Swift, but the Birch drill is awaiting the signature of claim owners who cannot. for the moment, be located.
 In the Filbin estate, A. J. Day. of Ruby. was appointed administra- tor by Commissioner Thos J. De Vane. and E. Coke Hill was appoint ed attorney to administrator, The estate will now be advertised to give creditors opportunity to file claims.
 The Yukon river closed at A. M. on the 18th of October, ten days af- ter slush ice began running. The first mail came over the Ice from Nulato on the 30th, the mail from Tanana on the 31st. the first de liveries on the winter schedule. Bi- weekly deliveries are now operating from Ruby to the creeks to the south.
 The wagon road scheduled to con meet Takotna with Ophir, a distance fo 23 miles. has been completed for 2h miles at the Takotna end, while on the Ophir terminus 5's miles were surveyed and swamped out. R. s. Giddings, in charge of the work. employed 60 men ln two crews and used g horses.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26

vailing prices. so, in view of the unusually high prices which the deal CTS had to pay for their goods when they were purchased last summer, there will be left but a small mar gin of profit for them, out of which to meet their ever-increasing expens- es. Of course, the consumer enjoys an immediate benefit by the lower cost of his supplies, but usually, in the long run, any artificial influ- ence exerted against the normal course of business reacts unfavor- ably upon all classes.
 The following list shows the par ticular commodities affected by the order just received and the new prices at which these articles will be sold until further notice:
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26

I've roamed the east, I've roamed the west, I've roamed the rolling waves. But my rowing, rolling, storm-tossed
 tide of life Is ebbing fast away. am going to a better land A land beyond those rolling hills,
 my friends, A land beyond the seas. A land prepared for you. my friend, A land prepared for me. A land of endless life and love, my
 friends, True land of liberty. For beyond the grave these hills
 and seas Will flow true flag of liberty. So I am going to the better land Prepared for you and me.
 Composed and contributed by Isaac Purdy in memory of the late one, Wade Blaker. True to our land of liberty, but gone to the better land.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26

Liberty Bonds to the amount of $26,O00 were sold by the Bank of Ruby to the public. This sum in cluded a subscription of $4,900 raised in fifteen minutes by Commissioner Thos. J. DeVane at patriotic rally on Liberty Day.
 The Rev. F. L. Forbes, a Sunday school missionary representing the Presbyterian Board of Publica tion and Sabbath School Work, of Phila- delphia, Pa, has conducted religious services and Sunday school classes since his advent here on September 25. He is exceedingly popular in Ruby, his following being the re suit both of magnetic personality and appreciation of his exceptional gifts as a preacher. He is so pleased with his progress here that he has already advised Phlladelpnla neau- quarters to send good minister to stay permanently. He plans to leave soon for a tour of the creeks and may even travel as far as Iditarod
 The Guggenheim dTedge on Green stone has been dismantled and the crew disbanded. The ground has been worked out and just where the dredge will be moved Is matter of 
 Last summer Hughes, representing the Alaska-Canadian Mines Develop ment Co.,, an eastern mining enter prise, made arrangements for pros
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26

dr. Bergman was one of the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-06-13
LEGAL NOTICE.

County Court, Grant County. Wis
consin-In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of John
O'Neill, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
at a special term of the county court
to be held in and for said county at
the court house in the city of Lancas-
ter, in said county on the fourth Tues
day (being the Goth day. of June, A.
D., 1917, at the opening of court on
that day, the following matter will be
heard and considered:
The application Of Thomas Millin,
Jr., executor of the will of John
O'Neill, deceased, late of the town of
Patch Grove, in said county, for the
examination and allowance Of his fin
al account, and for the assignment of
the residue Of the estate of said de-
ceased to such persons as are by law
and the terms of said will entitled
thereto; and for the determination
and adjudication of the inheritance
tax, if any, payable in said estate.
Dated May 28th, A. D., 1917.
By the Court,
E. B. GOODSELL,
County Judge.
Brown, Brennan & Carthew, Attys.
for Executor. 14w3