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The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
RUSSIA WORN OUT

Yesterdays cable dispatches Rhi ult cause no unnecessary alarm because Russia admits she cannot BeRd troops to aid the Allies. The AllIea have recognized this for soms time and have been acting on that fact.
 Russia. since its revolution, has been progressing in an exceedingly glow fashion and the leaders seem to have held out the hope that the people, intoxicated by liberty, would finally awake to the necessity of sctirly engaging against the en- emy. Because the Russian repub- lie suddenly awakens to the fact that she can do more for her cause by using all her efforts to organize a staple government, and to send su.b of her manufactured goods as possible to the Allies, rather thaR to send men to any front oth- CT thal her own, does not neces- sSrily mean that the new Republic ts out Of the war entirely. In fact Russia can probably do more un- der her new plan than before.
 Tbs Allied governments have realized the inability of aid from Russia for some time, and the fact she finally admits her lack of or EsnIzatioR will have no more ef- feet on the final outcome of the WAT that would have been the ef- feet mad she been silent.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
SAVE SCRAPS OF FAT; THEY HELP IN THE WAR
 MORE THAN YOU THINK

We are the greatest fat wasters In the world. We hsbitually waste fat in the kitchen and on the ts ole. in hotels, restaWants and homes.
 We need to save fat and pork products for our allies. We use fat in countless ways In the manu- facture of things needed to win thu war Therefore, Rs nation, we can not afford to go on vast ing, even If we are willing to be extravagant personally.
 If every American saved one third Of an ounce of fat wasted daily, a quantity equivalent to one of the butter balls or pats of but ter that We serve at R meal, it would amount to 3S5,OOO tons in year-an important saying in the present epergency.-Food Admin q tration.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
THE AIR FLEET

From various sources comes the Information that the German milita:y leaders are making feYerish pre- pArOtiOls to meet the Americans in the air next spring. The French army intelligence department has some definite in a motion concern ing the size and character of the RacAlRes under construction, while Maj. Hoffe, of the German general Btaf', gives confirmation of this report tn an article published in the weser Zeitung. After belittling the part which the American naval and military forces will play in the coming struggle. Maj. Hoffe points out the danger to German arms of Amsrioa's air fleet:
 "The only American help to be seriously reckoned with is in the air Flyers can be quickly trained and easily transported, but the Ger man command has taken all neces- Sary measures to meet this danger. The new enemy directs his efforts less against the German army than against the nerves Of the German people and against the internal un- !ty Of Germany"
 The men in charge of our war praparatIons will differ with the German officer as to his estimate of the extent Of our participation Ia the land battles, but his opinion concerning the possibilities Of our air fleet coincides with the best in formation Obtainable in this coun- try. i'
 Recently Secretary Baker an- pounced that American ambitions to build and man an immense air fleet ars Bkely te be realized. German
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
A NORWEGIAN WORD.
orisif Sf "eudstikkon,' Wal6R MsanA
 sprsaaina tha NswG


 This peculiar word Is frequently found in Scandinavian communities as the name of a newspaper. such as St. Cloud BudstikEen. It is Norwegian word, 1,2OO years old at the least and has a very peculiar origin.
 In those days when the coasts of Nor way were ravaged by pirates the h. habitants had 10 resort to all sorts Of devices 10 warn those at distance of the approach Of these plratical craft When one was seen on the horizon a man went up to the top of mountain, where he lighted a beacon fire. This could be seen for long distance and was known to Le warning. When 1t was seen In the distance another Are was lighted oa another hlll until all over the country fires hlaZed from eT- cry hilltop and the people prepared to defend themselves.
 They also had O system of meSsen- gers. The man who first sighted the sail would take an arrow and send It to his neighLors. From town to town this arrow was sent until all were warned. These were rather primitive ways of tcIegraphing, but were so ef' ! fectual that In the course Of twenty four hours all Norway knew of the ap proach of pirates
 This system of spreading the news WAS called "budstikken." and when l there were no more pirates the news l papers became Spreaders Of the news and so were appropriately styled bud stikken." "- Exchange.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
DEP4RTMmiT 1T OF &hh INTERIoF
 Uhited states Land Office JJunesu, Alaska.

I ! August 23, 1917 NolicA Is hereby given that Joseph John Franklin Ward of skagWay. Alaska, has filed in this tof1ce notice of his intention to make final five year proof to es- tabltsh his homestead claim unde the provision of the Act of May 14, 1898. as amended by the Act of March 8, 1908 (32 Stat. 1O2S) to the land embraced in U. S. Sur Vey S65, situate in front of David son Glacier on Chilkat Inlet, Lat. l5s0 O5' N., Long. 1S50 22' w., and moro particularly described as fol- lows:.
 Beginning at Cor. No. M. C., on line of ordinary high tide, Chilkat Inlet, whence U. S. L. NJ. No. 7S3 bears N. 40 O5' k. 43.82 chs. md w. c. due w. $50 chs. thence meandering on line of ordinary high tide CD s. 230 15' E. 4.SO chs. (2) S. 340 45' w. 3.7O chs. (3) S. % SO' w. 1O.SO chs. C4) s. SS' 3O' E. 1.5O chs. (5) s. 120 15' ". 12.S0 chs. (6) S. 460 3O' w. S.6O chs. CD S. S30 15' w. 2.S0 chs. to Cor. No. 2, Nj. C., whence w. c. bears w. 800 chs, thence w. S7.6S chs. to Cor No. 3, thence N. 36.S2 chs. to Cor, No. 4. thence E. 44.5O chs. to Cor. No. l, M. C., the place of beginningn containing an area of 1896 acres, Mag. Var. 32' D
 Said proof will be established by the testimony of said Joseph John Franklin Ward before the U. S. Commissioner, J. J. Kennedy, at his offica at Haines, Alaska, on the 18th day of December 1917, at ten o'clock a m., and by the testimony of two of the following witnesses, viz: c. A. Lindholm, Mar tn Madsen, Joseph Curry and NJ. Moore, all of Haines, Alaska.
 c. $. WALKER,
 Register. First Publication Sept. IA.
 Final Publication November 14.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Land Office
 Juneau, Alaska
Aug. 20, 1917.

Aug. 20, 1917.
 Notice is hereby given that c, R. Arundell, Chief of the Alaskan Field Division of the General Land Office, has filed in this office as trustee, notice of intention to sub mi. proof in support of the entry of the townsits Of Haines, under the provision of Sec. Il, Act oi March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1O95), fol the several use and benefit of the occupants thereof. Said townsite iS designated as U. s. Survey Al, Approved December g, 1915, con taining an area Of 71.71 acres, and is more particularly described as follows; to-wit:
 "Bsginning at Cor. No. on the line of ordinary high tide of Portage Cove, Lynn Canal whence U. s. L. M. No. 573 bears N. SO0 5O' w. .56 chains, thence on said course 4O.54 chains to Cor. No. 2, thence due N. 1.sS chs. to Cor No. 8, thence due E. 5 chs. to Cor. No. 4, thence due N. 14.O7 chs. to Cor. No. 5, thence B. 2O.54 chs. to Cor. No. $, thence s. 7S' 69' E.. 20.67 chs. to Cor. No. 2, M. c, on line of ordinary high tide, Portage Cove, whence W. C.. bears N. 78' 59' ". .65 chs, thence meandering said line CD s. 22' 63' W. 4.46 chs. (2) 8. 2O' 26' w. 4.SO chs. (S) &. l6' 4S' w. 4.26 chs. (D &. 15' 22' ". 2.94 chs. (5) s. & 21' W. 2.76 chs. to Cor No. l. the place of beginning, contain ing an area of 71.71 acres.
 Magnetic variation S1' east"
 Said proof will be submitted through the testimony of said trus- tee before U. g. Commissioner J. J. Kennedy, at hiJ office at Haines on November 2, 1917, at ten o'clock a. m., and through the testimony of two of the following witnesses, Samuel Nixon, R. N. odell. G. W. Hinchman, J. G. Morrison, all of Haines, Alaska.
 c. B. WALKER,
 Register. Oct. 1-NoY. 3.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03

expectations of seeing & swarm of
 American flyers oyer the western
 battle lines next spring will be
 fulfilled. Tha nation is informed
 that 20,00O planes of all descrip-
 tions are under construction, and that within 8 few months GermaII will feef the force of this great air power. While the work of training and equipping a large ar m necessarily is slow, the task of troining flyers is much easier.
 Thore is some satisfaction in the admission of the Germans that American arms are not to be a negligible factor in the war. It Is not many weeks since the German high command was scotfing at any eFfcrts which this country could make to help the allies. Already Germany has felt the stiffening eff feet of the power of money and our efforts to provision England and France. The help which the navy has given in combating the U-boats perhaps by this time has been called to the kaiser's atten- tion, and a little later our new merchant fleet will get into ser vice. Then will be felt the force O. tho new army. If the German command chooses to devote its at tention to building airplanes, then that Is proof that Ee are on the risht track Germany already has the acme of Its power on land,-Seattle P.-I.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
HoW'S This ,

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 After you have taken Halls Catarrh Medicine for a short time you will see a great improvement in your general health. Start taking Halls Catsrrh Madi- cine at once and get rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials. free.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo. Ohio. Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
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The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
Man ard the AnIraaIs.

The essential difference between men and animals is well stated by Dr. GrasSet. all eminent French biologist, quoted by the Scicntif: American. He says the animal Is lrrdestmed to obey the laws of It's species. while man obeys them only if sad when he will \ man may. if he wants to, sustain with energy the pretension that two and two make five, or he may commit suicide
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
Strinn Paans In Brine.

Instead Of canning string beans put them up In brine. and In winter they taste like freshly picked beans.
 Put q layer of dry salt one-fourth inch thick in the bottom of a crock. Next put layer of beans one and one half inches nigh just as they are picked from the garden without washing.
 Next Orc-iOUrth !nch layer of salt and so on until tue crock B filed. On top iuyert a plate and put a heavy weight.
 When you wish to use them soak an hour or so and then boil like fresh beans. New York Sun.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
GuicksanSa.

QuickSands are not caused by water constantly flowing over sand. It is only where there $ RI upward current that they are found. Imagine. for instance, d bucket filled with sand. Water poured on thut sard does not make it quick" If, however. the bucket had hole in its bottom and water was forced through the hole quicksaDds would be formed
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03

THERE IS A SAN-TOX REMEDY for every ordinary household atl- ment. There is room for san Tox Remedies in your medicine chest. Get a San-Tox Blue Book
 at Keller Bros, The san-Tox
 Drug store, 4.J ;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-18
HARVARD CREW
MEN WILL BEGIN
WORK TOMORROW

Cambridge, Mass, Feb. 17.-Candi-
dates for the varsity crew at Harvard
will report Monday afternoon for the
first practice session Of the year.
Captain Cabot and Coaeh Haines will
greet the oarsmen. but Head Coach
Robert +. Eerrick will not be on hand
Tor a month, as he is at present con-
vaslescing from a bad case of grip.
Despite the fact that Harvard is due
to lose a majority of its first and sec
ond crews, a spirit of optimism per-
vades the Harvard quarters, especially
since all but one member of the crack
freshman eight are to be candidates
for higher honors this season.
Four of the nine men who rowed the
varsity to victory over Yale in June
have been graduated. Captain Nor
gan, at No. ,, and Charley Lund,
stroke, are two of the strongest oars
men missing, while infantile paralysis
deprives the crew of Harry Quimby's
services this spring.
The veterans remaining are seated
mainly in the waist of the boat: Nose
Taylor, No. 6; Amory Coolidge, No. D,
and Jimmy White, No. 4. Captain
Cabot rowed bow last year, but may be
transferred to No. 3 or No. this year
The other candidates who are eX-
pected to report Monday are Brown,
Potter, Higginson and Cameron, OF
last seasons crew, and the best of the
freshman crew of last spring, includ-
ing Captain Emmett and Frank Park
man.
The officials of the Farragut Boat
Club have again rendered the use Of
their boathOuse at Lynn, if the Charles
River isn't free from ice by the time
the men should get on the river
The proposed schedule will include
races with Princeton, Columbia and
Yale. Columbia will be rowed on the
Charles, and the date will probably be
May 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-18
National Secretary Busy
Arranging for 800
Journeys
Bv FRED HAWTHORNE

Paul b. Williams, field secretary OF
the United States National Lawn Ten
mis- Association, is as busy as an inter
national diplomat these days, for the
time is fast approaching when the APP
portioning Of something like three hun
bred sanctioned tournaments among the
clubs of the association for the season
of 1917, must be attended to.
Anticipating the rush of applications.
the association sent out its blanks to
the clubs and sectional associations a
week earlier this year than in 1916. and
already more than twenty dates have
been asked for. The clubs fill in the
blanks with the name Of the organiza-
tion, the title of the event for which it
applies, the kind Of tournament, wheth-
err invitation or open, singles, doubles
or both, and If Tor men or women.
First, second and third choice for
dates is also indicated on the blanks, so
as 10 avoid pOssb c conflicts Of neigh
boring events. When the applications
have all been received a sort Of skele-
ton chart is drawn up by Williams and
then the remaining dates are filled IN.
At the meeting of the executive com
mittee on March % the total schedule
will be gone over and formally APP
proved all applications being due at
the secretary's office on March 10.
Even thus carly, before the active
season OF 1917 has really got its start.
the vast improvement in the calibre Of
play of some of the younger players
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-18
HUNTS COMMITTEE
SEEKS NEW RULE
FOR ALL 'CHASES

A. the annual meeting Of the hunts
committee of the National Steeplechase
and Hunt Association, resolution
was adopted calling upon those IN
charge of the hunt meetings to so
frame conditions for all steeplechases
that the minimum weight to be carried
in hunter and open steeplechases would
be 40 pounds, this rule to apply to all
steeplechases. including handicaps.
A request also was made that at
lesst one steeplechase at each meeting
be for distance OF three miles or
over. The several applications for fall
dates we're tabled pending the receipt
of the complete list.
Sanction was granted for the follow
ing race meetings:
Rockaway Hunting Club, Hewletts
Bav Park, L. l.. Saturday, April Is, and
Saturday, May 8; United Hunts Racing
Association, Belmont Park Terminal.
Queens, L. l., Saturday, May -, and
Saturday. May 10; Piping Rock Racing
Association, Locust Valley, l.. J.,
Wednesday. May 30. and Saturday, June
.; the Country Club. Brookline, Mass,
Saturday, June &c, and Monday, June IS.
The following officers were elected:
Chairman Of the committee for 1917,
J. Y. Davis; vice-chairman, A. J. A.
DevcreuX; committee on point to point
steeplechases, F. S. Won Stade, G. Ber-
nard Fenwick, A. j. A. Devcreux. j.
Watson Webb and James w. Graves;
Handicapped at hunt meetings appoint
cd, Frank J. Bryan; handicappers on
stceDlechase courses at hunt meetings
lappointed), f. s. Won Stade and A. j. A.
DevcreuX
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-18
PENN BASEBALL
COACH HAS BIG
SQUAD AT WORK
Several Players on Last Years
Freshman Team Show
Up Well

Philadelphia. Feb. 17.-Forty candi-
dates for the University Of Pennsyl-
vania baseball team are working under
the direction Of Coach Roy Thomas IN
the college gymnasium.
The majority of last years players
who are still in college, have reported
and they have been augmented By sew
eral good men from the freshman nine
Of last season. Eddie McNichol, the
first baseman on the 1916 team. was
one of the few members of last years
squad who did not report Eddie IS
now playing basketball.
Two of the best players on last year :
freshman nine have left the university
They are Thaycr, a first string catcher
and Weaver. an outfielder, who. it Is
said. would rank with the best in col
lege ranks.
At present Joe Yates, former 81.
Joseph's star. is me only candidate FOR
the first base post, and Il is very likely
that he will give Eddie McNiehoI a
hard run for the position. Yates was
the batting star of the 1916 class team.
Berry May Be Shifted
There is some talk Of trying Howard
Berry. the captain of the nine, at first
base, but when the season opens he, IN
all probability, will be back at his
usual place in the short field.
Two Of the three outtielders OF the
freshman team reported, and both are
stars in other lines of endeavor. One is
HOBBY Light, the sensational haifback
of the football team, and the other Is
Johnny LAWN, who is now playing a
brilliant game at forward on the bas-
ketball five. Both have regulations as
hard hitters. =.
The following are the leading candi-
dates: Catchers, Lud Wray, Gilmore
Houck, Monroe; pitchers, Titzel, Swig-
Ter. Cromwell. Hafner, Cross. Freeland
Vreeland, Bernhard, G. Martin; first
base, Yates; second base, Todd, Thayer.
Lew Wray; shortstop, Berry, l.. Martin
White, Roat; third base, Moore, Nor
gan; outfield, Sullivan, Dennis, Muir
doch. Hinkson, Light, Warren, Strick.
land and LAWN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-18
BALTIMORE IS PICKED
FOR SOUTHERN REGATTA

The 1917 regatta Of the Southern
Rowing Association viii be held in Bal
timore. The Arundel and Ariel Boat
clubs will be joint hosts. Because OF
the difficulties which will be encoun,
tered in the change Of location of the
boating club houses made necessary by
harbor changes. no definite date has
been set for the second annual event,
but il is thought likely it will be held
late in June or early in July.
Although Washington is not repre-
scented iU the association, an invitation
20 consider membership will be extend
ed 10 the Potomacs and Analostsns this
spring. Norfolk, Portsmouth and Lynch
burg also will be asked to join.
A regatta committee TO arrange for
the 1917 event has been appointed, as
follows: G. w. Rolph. Ariel; II. c. Stohl,
Arundel; J. d. Douglas. Old Dominion,
and |. II. Williams, Virginia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-18

Unless all signs fail, swimming his
tory will be written this week. On
Thursday the annual midwinter water
carnival of the Hawaiian A. A. L. will
be held in Honolulu, and it is conf
IDENTIFY anticipated that the fight for
middle distance laurels among Ludy
LANCER, Of Los Angeles; Norman Ross,
of San Francisco; Duke kahanamoku,
Of Honolulu, and other famous swim
mers will result in worlds record per-
formances.
On Saturday the Central A. A. L.
championships at 200 yards, breast
stroke; 80 yards. back stroke, and in
plunging are TO be decided in the De-
troit A. g. uatatorium, and authenti-
Gated reports of recent practise trials
give every reason TO believe standards
will be shattered in all three OF these
events.
or the cs.,ege meets on 80, sched-
.uIe two stand out the Columbia
Princeton clash in the Princeton pool
on Thursday and the Wsconsn-N North
western battle az Evanston, H., on
Saturday. The former will virtually
eliminate the losing swimming and
water polo teams from the race for
title honors; the latter will furnish
the first opportunity OF sizing up the
Northwestern material, said TO be the
best ever turned out by university.
The National Women's Lifesaving
League has taken steps to find out from
the leading clubs of several cities what
entries may be counted upon in the
event of the national junior champion
ships for the fair natators being held
here.
The Yale water polo team sprang a
surprise on Monday by defeating the
c. c. N. Y. players 10 TO 3, for in a
previous game the local boys won with
the score 20 to in their favor. The
unexpected Improvement of the New
Haven men. which may be credited in
good part to the able coaching of X.
Church, the former Yale goal tender,
leads to the belief that they may still
figure in the intercollegiate tourna-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-18
THIRTY-ONE GAMES
FOR GEORGETOWN MINI

The Georgetown University oa,ss =,
team this spring will play one q y,
Longest schedules ever arranged y,
any college team. The season - d
Blue and Gray nine opens on MsI ~, !,
AGAINST Mount ST. Joseph's ana s, ~
on June 80 with a game al fT ne.r.i
There are thirty-one contests oy go
the strongest teams in the East 0'"'
dated.
The schedule follows: ...
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