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The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
CONTRACT Is LET FOR MATERIAL FOR
 ALASKA RA LROAD

AGENT DOLE OF ALASKAN EN- GINEERING COMMISSION, WITH HEADQUAR- TIERS IN SEATTLE, ANNOUNCES THAT CON- TRACT FOR FURNISHING 10000 TONS OF RAILS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT FOR FAIR BANKS NIlNANA BRANCH OF RAILROAD HAS BEEN LET TO UNITED STATES STEEI. PRO- DUCTS COMpANH- CONTRACT PRICE WAS $4O8O))-UALF OF ORDER TO BE DELIVERED IN JULY AND OTHER HALF IN AUGUST- WILL. BE SHIPPED BY ALL WATER ROUTE.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22

crease to $3OO,O00,O0O of the amount of treasury certificates now allowed to be issued, which is now limited to $2OO0O0,O0O,
 The tax of eight per cent on pro- fits in excess of eight per cent does not apply to profits under $5,00O per year nor to profits derived from agriculture. Nor doeo the increased income tax apply to personal ser vice salaries or fees such as profes- sional men receive in the way of incomes.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
ANOTHER VICTORY.

BERLIN, Jan 20.-The war office has announced the capture of the town of Nanesti on the Sereth river, from the Russo-Roumanian forces. The town was we'll fortified and had to be stormed by the Germans.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
THREE BURNED TO DEA n.

PORTLAND, Orea Jan. 2O.-A rooming house in this city was de stroyed by fire at an early hour this morning, three people being burned to death. It is believed that they suffocated. Some of the roomers es- capped death by jumping from the windows of the building in their night clothes.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
LEAK INVESTIGATION
 SPREADS TO NEW YORK

1EAIBERS OF RULES COMMITTEE OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WILL. RESUME HEAR INGS IN NEW YORK ON TUESDAN-IEAklNG WILL BE LIMITED TO DETERMINING WHO MADE MONEY OUT OF LEAK OI PRESIDENT WILSON'S PEACE NOIE-IS NOT STOCK FIX CHANGE INV HEARINGS LATER IN OTHER CIIIES-WuIppI.E ACCEPTS THE POST OF LEGAL. INV \I,SIIGAIOR.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
CANVASSERS' DECISION.
Special to The Citizen)

JUNEAU, Jan. 20.-Certficates of election to the Alaska legislature in this division will be issued 10 Heck man for senator and to Held, Benson, Casey and Mccormack for represen- tatiyes, according to the decisions of the canvassing board. Carrigan, with 724 votes, is elected represen- tative over Reed, who has 6S7 votes, in the Second division.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
WORKING ON SECOND.

JUNEAU, Jan. 20, CaIvassing board developments in regard the Second division show that Wicersham is leading in that division by BOP Several precincts i'll the Second however, have yet been gone by the board of the non-arrival of the Wade Hampton, known Marshall City Fortuna Ledge; Willow and St. Michael No. 2 also known UnaakIcet missing The from Utica will be counted they arrive here It is unotcay understood that they give Wickersham majority of nine
 "WICK' ELECTED, SAYS DISPATCH
 JUNEAU, Jan. 2O.--Thc Juneau Dispatch has nounced the reelection of James Wckersham delegate congress from Alaska by majority of about fifty votes The based the far made by the canvassing board figuring of the ill the Third and Fourth divisions such has been made in the First and Second It will probably be time, how
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
before the abors of the canvassng board completed
THE ENTIRE, STORY

In view of the foregoing reportS 1t would seem that the reelection of James Wckersham delegate grcss from Alaska is assured although his majority may be large is expected in quarters In fact the conservative estimate of the that be made gives Nickersham majority of but twenty four in the entire territory. This means taking the canvassng boards figures the First division but retaining the old figures regarding the in the Second Third and Fourth divisions the that the cavassng board has completed its abors regards the in the Second divsion and has started on the Third and Fourth
 If the canyassing boards report the Second dvision as far counted, be accepted authentic Wicker sham has majority of BOP in that dlVson against
 majority of 2l3 in the old If this is true, Wickershan is leading ill the territory by majority of 25 yotes but such report hardly be accepted in view of the fact that that figure shows difference in the count great to have been noted before.
 Therefore the following table including the reduction of Suzer's figures in the First division and the from the Bristol Bay precincts of the Third dvision reported to the clerk of Naldez, Is follows:
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
W iCkcrshann
Wickersham majority, twenty votes,
SULZER LOSES TWELVE,

SJLZEK LOSLS TWELVE
 JUNEAU, Jan, Z0-Ihe official canvass of the vote for delegate congress from Alaska, which has been peted by the canvassng board lar the First division is concerned, gives Sulzer majority o 481 This is twelve less than the officially reported by the clerk of and reported through the newspapers. It leaves Suzer with total of 23Z5 yotes against 1894 votes for Wickersham.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
SEATTLE HAS A
 CONF FLACRAT|ON

SEATTLE, Jan. 20-The Grand Theatre, one of the oldest landmarks in Seattle, was burned to the ground at an early hour this morning, the origin of the fire being a mystery. During the conflagration one fireman. Fred Gilman, assistant fire chief. was killed, and another, George Boyd, injured so badly that it is thought that he will die. Several other firemen sustained lighter ln- juries. All of the casualties resulted from the falling of the roof when the firemen were in the building.
 In the office of the clerk of court yesterday, Dragutin Atalic took out his second naturalization papers. MT. Atalic is a native of Austria, and gives his residence as Fairbanks. His witnesses are Frank Miller and Anton Boroje,
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
dedicated.

The new hall of the Alaska Labor union at Anchorage was recently dedicated
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
Especial to The CitiZen)

VALDEZ Jan. 2O.-Ihc clerk of court of the Third division today received the official oI the ballots in the delegate election from the three Bristol Bay pre- cncs which will undoubtedly decide the delegate election The three precincts give Wckersham thryye and Suzer fifteen votes No election held at koggiung according to the report received by the clerk of The following AAaS the 1-ate receiA el
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22

winter, Only light equipment will be used in crossing the river.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22

Colin McPherson left Olnes yes tsrday for Brooks.
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ton, and men from one point to an
other; gasoline rum the engines of
their %airplanes: gasoline drives their
ambulances loaded with wounded SOL
diers from their firing-lines to their
hospitals. 1t forms the eyes of the
Allied Armies. Take it away, and
they would be blind. and Germany
would soon be the merciless victor.
And there is only a certain amount
of gasoline to be had. We using
an uncomfortable amount daily in joy
riding salone; and the gas required for
one joyride would take an ambulance
f11ll OF Wounded men from trench to
hospital! It is goingEto givetout some
day; and suppose it gives out for US
just when the Great Struggle Is at its
climax, when The End must be writ
ten-do tyou know what that would
mean? OF course. we do not yet see
the end Of gasoline; but neither do we
see the end Of the war! No mar
knows what surprise the bowelsA Of
the earth hold for us. It will not do
to take the longest chance now.
We are fighting an efficient and re-
s%ourceful Nation, brother; don't lose
sight of that. We are reading news
papers that are very eager to give us
the bright side Of things; remember
that. too. Suppose hat efficient and
~resourceful Nation invents huge air.
pines that a rise to 10000 feet,
travel 200 miles per hour. carry tons
of explosives, and round the world on
one journey. Where will we be?
A learned man who has just reach
ed America from Germany, declares
Germany is inventing that, sort Of
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DESTROY OR BE DESTROYED

The fate of kerensky has its lesson for all who are
required to make a choice between a firm policy and an
uncertain one. and who are tempted to temporize with
elements which are essentially antagonistic to all sound
soclal relations. In dealing with anarchy Kerensky was
dealing with a force which must be destroyed if it is not
to be destroyed. He tried to follow a middle course, and
ne is a fugitive, hunted by his enemies and deserted by
his fornlr friends.
1t is no new principle that has developed in Russia.
There are questions as to the sort of government to be
created, the manner in which its powers shall be exer-
clsd, the policy to be followed with reference to- taxa
uoh' TO land distribution, to the electoral franchise, and
TO many other things, concerning all of which compro-
mise Is not only probable and possible, but inevitable.
but that there must be an orderly government committed
10 the protection of the rights of all, and existing for
the benefit OF no section or class did not admit of COM
promise. And when compromise was attempted the man
who yielded was lost.
Under different conditions We are frequently brought
race TO face with the same principle here, and here, as in
Russia, there can be no compromise between order and
disorder. We must have a government strong enough
TO enforce its mandates, and that government must be
respected. 1t makes no difference under what form OBJ
position to orderly government manifests itself. that on
position must be destroyed or it will destroy.
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Thrift Stamps and War Savings =.
Stamps for Everybody! Just How
Uncle Sam is Going to Work
His Ne,D War Financing Plan !!

o. .-"nH. Ia 40. .sE.s's.-- l=1aYA. .f. -...
ed in her, name free Of charge. No ope
else anhthen cash in ON it, and ifflt
Is destroyed, upon proof, she gets "a
new one. 4"
Each person must register his own
certificate. Married women must reg
lister in their own names, thus not
Mrs. John Jones, but Mrs. Mary Jones.
When a war savings certificate is
registered it is payable only to the
owner, and at the postoffice where it
was registered.
If Mary Jones becomes hard up next
year and needs money, she can surs
rende her war savings certificate add
get her money back, plus 3 per cent
interest. However, the government
hopes every buyer will hold the certif-
Gates until they mature in 1923.
The price at which, war savings
stamps were to be sold was determin-
ed for each month by taking the num-
Der OF dollars and cents which at 4
per cent interest compounded quarter
ly, will on Jan. 1, 1928, equal SIS.
n 25-cent thrift stamps are green
and little larger than a postage stamp.
Inc war savings stamps, also green,
are about four times the size of a
postage stamp. On each side is en-
which they will be sold, and the price
during that month. -.
AS often as Mary Jones buys a war
savings stamp she pastes this on her
var savings certificate until she has
~. Ih1s fills the certificate, and she
can liner start on another. Purchases
are limited to 800 maximum at one
TINS. n to $1,000 to any one per-
son. II a person bought 20 war savings
stamps next December or January he
would pay $82.4O and get back s10V
on Jan. !, 1923; making $3.50 inter-
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RELATIVE IMPORTANCE.

Comparisons are sometimes instituted among the
various causes for which funds are raised for war pur-
poses. and, according to the training and environment of
the individual he may believe that this or that fund is
the most important of ALL, while his neighbor will place
emphasis on some other fund which makes an especial
appeal to him. When the entire list Of causes is con-
sidered such comparisons have their place, but they
cannot properly be made when only essentials are being
considered. Among essentials there can be no compar-
isons. for essentials are all equally important. y
Which is more important, gunpowder or bullets?
The worker in metals may be impressed with the impor-
lance of the bullet because it comes specially within his
own field of observation, and he will dwell on its pena-
actually does the execution. The dealer in cnemrcal
formulate is a little closer to the powder end Of the, sub
ject, and he will emphasize the driving force Of the
powder. without which the. bullet would be useless. But
such a discussion would be idle, for both powder and
bullet are necessary. and without the one the other would
be worthless.
provided: and if there is to be no waste, each must De
provided in the right quantity. If there is more powder
than is required to drive the available supply of bullets
there is a waste. If there is an excess of bullets there
is waste. The ideal condition would be to have just one
charge of powder for each bullet.
There are certain war funds which are necessary.
Not one of them can be neglected. The government it
self is handling certain parts of the work through Its
own agents. Other parts are handled by agencies. to
which the work is delegated by the government. And
by means of the combination our soldiers are to be
drilled and armed. transported and fed, equipped in
every possible military way, are to be cared tor through
illness and injury. are to be maintained in health, and
are to be given the wholesome surroundings that will
preserve their manhood. No one can say that any one
of these things is more important than another. All are
alike necessary. One activity costs more money than
another, and it is the business of the public to supply the,
funds for each cause as those funds are needed for that
purpose and can be used to advantage. 1t is obviously
impossible for the individual to know what sums are
needed for what purposes. But there are great national
boards and commissions whose duty it is to estimate the
needs and inform the public of what will be necessary in
the way Of contributions from each locality. In this,
way provision can be made for all the essentials, and
Importance which are presented from time to time for
the German press as a demonstration Of anti war senti-
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THIS EXTRAVAGENCE OF OURS
Hapsburg 1iebc of The v~igilantes.

By Hapsburg Liebc of The Vigilantes.
The average American is not far
from h most extravagant person or
earth. In nopmal times, this generous
gtrait-for it is just that's one of the
most attractive things about the aver
age American. 1t keeps business
alive, and always on the go. But in
times such as these, when we are fac
ing a whole worldful Of we know not
what, extravaganza is unpatriotic and
a sin. The majority Of us have not
given this much thought; and a lot of
those who feally have thought of it,
do no nearly realize the real import
ance of nationwide economy.
Did you eve stop to think Of the
cold iron fact that there is only a GER
tain amount of sugar. of wheat, of
beef, of gasoline, of a thousand other
necessities, in the world? Yes. gaso-
line is now a necessity. Only one GER
tain amount. That is very obvious,
OF course; only, o hadn't stopped to
think of it. you good-natured, gener-
Jus American! Well, listen. You've
been told that our farmers were the
ones who would win this war for us.
It's pretty close to the biggest truth
/ know. Are you awaressof the fact
that we are fairly sure of not having
SO good alarming season next year as
we've9had this year? And I'VE are 60
ing to have to feed our Allies, our sol
diers in France, the always hungry
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-20
ITALIANS HOLD FAST

AS the situation in Italy develops there appears to
be good reason to hope that the Italians may be able to
nold the Ieutons from a further advance until the main
eriessn and French refhforcenents are in their places
and ready for action. and that northern Italy will be
spared the horrors of a Teutonic invasion.
That was a battle worthy Of the ancient bards which
Is recorded IN the recent dispatches, in which the Austro-
Germans. after gaining a sand bar in the middle of the
lower Pave were men in their effort to effect a landing
on the western shore by the fighting Italians, and in
Whlch after the utter destruction of their force, the dead
BODIES of the invaders were piled SO thickly along the
shore as to resemble great winrows of seaweed washed
up by the waves. Such a combat shows the possession
Oh d strons lighting spirit on the part Of the Italians,
and able generalship to create such an organization so
soon after. a great retreats,
1t will be some time before the causes of the recent
Italian reverse are generally understood. But whether
the trouble was chiefly lack of ammunition or lack of
proper management which permitted a surprise attack
winch might have been withstood or avoided, or whether
other causes also contributed in an important way. the
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BERLIN TO BE
ART CENTER
Kaiser's, Agents Have Plundercd
Museums Of Brussels And
Antwerp.
(From New York Post.)

- Hf.t" NAKAOAAA ANCW 4Okh 1OSSsJ 4+ -ta
Will one of the peace conditions In
volve q return Of Belgian and French
art treasures removed by the Germans
since 1914 from the occupied terri
tories? 81
Until the present wars outbreak, .ev-
cry one had supposed the custom. Of
nations Changed since Napoleon's time
SO thatsit would no longer be posi-
BILE fora conqueror to fill his muse
ums with plumber. That supposition,
ike so many Others, seems to have
been given the lie by the kaiser, whose
agents are said to have emptied Ant
Werp n Brussels museums for the
eneht OF Berlin Even the emperor's
grandfather in the wa of 1870, took
practically no toll of Paris art treas
ares. Malice has ascribedlthis modera-
tion to the lack, in that, Spartan gen..
orator, of appreciation for art, which
led those earlier invaders to confine
their activities, for the most part, to
ormolu clocks and silver services. +,
The modern Prussian, however,
from the prince down, has become a
dilettante, an art connoisseur. Hence
the, very thorough cleanup made of
art treasures.
Berlin. willy nilly, is to be made a
world art center. If tourists prefer
Paris because of its greater natural
charm.l they will, in any event, be
forced TO, visit the Prussian capital in
order to see, Ruben's Descent from
the Cross" A monopoly Of the worlds
potash supply, and a collection of
stolen art, Is to keep the world at Ger
many's m~ercy-unless the terms of
a provide otherwise.
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TRENCHES lClIIEl JUST DISTANCE.
FROM HOME PLATET0 fRSTBASE
FROM THE TRENCHES OF fRllZEl

Gators Note: 6. G. Lyon, staff
correspondent in France, has been
spending some time with the French
army on the. western front. He has
been seeing the fighting from the first
line trenches. In this article he tells
Of his experiences or the occasion OF
his first visit to the front trenches:)
(By @. G. Ly0n.)
With the French Army--Suddenly
above the first line German trench,
the crown Of a helmet; glistened under
the bright autumn sun.
ling! ling!
Almost simultaneously, two rifles in.
the first line French trench cracked.
The German helmet disappeared.
l. was watching the performance
from q lookout station in the French
"By Jove! 1 believe we got him.
that time,". exclaimed the French
guide who was with me.
A derisive shout arose from the Ger
man trench. ~
Mo-" admitted the guide, disap-
pointed. II. guess / was mistaken.
They wouldn't be poking fun at us
that way. But we'll get that German
yet. Only last week n Of u snipers
nicked his helmet"
Only 80 feet separated the French
and German trenches at the point
where I spent my first day Sin the
line"
Just the distance from the home
plate to first base on an American
baseball diamond!
I remarked to a French poilu the
nearness Of the enemy.
He shrugged his shoulders reached
down picked up a small stone and
tossed it across into the German
Presently, one Of the Germans threw
it back into the French trench.
another section of the French line.
You can get a fine view from
here" he said.
I was in the, act Of Joining him
when the whistling Of a bullet over
our heads caused me to duck back.
He however, calmly continued to sur
vey the German territory.
you won't be taking many chances
here" he said. reassurlngly. 1.-THE
very poor shots. They haven't hit
any of us for nearly q month";"
Their luck Is likely to change any
time, isn't it?" I asked, as I crouched
still lower in the trench.
There is absolutely nothing oman
tic about a first line trench.
It's a a cry from the pleasant
boulevards of Paris. where officers
and men on leave promenade in their
spick and span uniforms, with their
swagger sticks and their kid gloves,
to the rain and mud and stencil Of the
where the, earth shakes
and where the hills have been pulver-
ICED into dust and every tree and 9TH
sign Of vegetation has been torn
and blackened and charred.
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! IN front OF both the French and
German frst line trenches were
barbed wire entanglements 725 feet I
deep. leaving q No Mans Land" ofvzQt
to- exceed 40 feet.
Here and there in, the entangle-
ments were bits Of clothing. And at
one place. IN "No Mans Land" lay
the helmet and the bayonet Of . Ger
man.
..Poor DEVIL" said my guide, she I
never got any farther than our en-
tanglements, His body lay out there
All day. but was gone the next morn
ing" !,
II the trenches and the fentagSe-
ments and the machine gun place.
ments are maryelously constructed, |
thew do not match. from an engineer
ling standpoint. the underground pas
sageways. approaches and living quar-
ters for the troops.
It's a false notion that the men
manning the trenches are marched to
their stations from the rear and then
marched back again to comfortable
Quarters after a few hours duty.
Az many points in France therellre
tens of thousands Of soldiersISAdh
mans. as well as observation-disclosures
like moles in the ground, often several
hundred feet below the surface.
A coal mine is the nearest approach
to these underground habitations.
Often their living quarters are conf.
structed with concrete. Every Don
and passagewayy' is lighted with cleo
.'We're vastly more comfortable
here thai we would be out in the
OPEN" said an officer, "and German
shells can't touch u.s."
Mining Is an important part of VIE
underground life. Ceaselessly the
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submarines Of Germany, as we'll as
ourselves!
l wonder if you know what that
means. To feed our Allies, our SOL
diers abroad, the submarines, and
iourselves-that will take an amount
of food SO great that one can hardly
conceive it. and there is only%as ceEl
tain amount of food in the world!S By
this time of next year, you are going
to have the dilemma thrust upon you
unless we, begin this economy, this
Nationwide conservation, of food,
right now. And how much better it
is to cut out u extrapagances now
than to have them .doubly cut out for
us by a burning necessity a year from
now! Flo it's coming. oh, it's COM
ing. You can't get around it, my
friend. And it's coming hard when it
does come. if we don't shoulder the
burden now. Chalk that down.
But it will hardly be a burden, il
we take it up Immediately. Nine of
every ten of us j%oy-riding. o~ver-eat-
ing. big-tine-loving Americans would
really be better physical and mental
men if we lived at a third less cost.
A trial of one month should be con-
vincing.
/ said in the foregoing that gasoline
was now a necessity. You'd as well
take powder from the Allied Armies,
as to take gasoline from them. Gaso-
line moves their supplies, ammuni-