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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-31

WHITE CROSS to find the little
 white cross that would t,U him where the boy of his heart lay buried And while D. walked. tho little man that tens or thou-aud- know. his heart wa~ heavy and hungry Then he saw ia regiment o. tired. dust-wo Scottish soldiers come up They had just come from the trenches for a rest" They hardly marched they really shuffled
 The little man stepped up to the officer: Would you mind halting l your tired boys for bit while sing to them?" he asked. Tt might hrartcn them a bit, you know. I am 1 Harry Lauder"
 The officer looked at the little man ] iduDiously.
 What Harry Eaudor?" h. asked.
 Just the faintcst smile cropt over the face of the little man as he an. -wered: Well. if youH just halt 1 the boys moment I'll show ye" i The order wa given. the tired mon halted; they looked curtously al the l little man and then he began 10 sing. In d moment the doubt of the officer vanished, light came into the eyes of every tired man and for half an hour the little scotch comedian sang 10 the men by the roadside.
 And then when the boys wanted more and others had gathered, and an audience of over 2,OOO faced him on that dusty roadside, he clambered on top of the stump of tree and began to speak.
 A hush fell upon the men, they leaned eagerly forward and he said:
 "Boys, one evening in the e}oaming in northern town, was sitting by my parlor window when l saw an old man with a pole on his shoulder come along. He was a Iamplighter, and made the lamp opposite my win dow dance into brightness Interest ed in his work, l watched him pass along until the glOaming gathered round and I could sec him no more. However, I knew just where he was, for other lamps flashed into flame. Having completed his task he disap- poarcd into a sid" street. Those lights burned on into the night, mak- ing it bright and safe for those who should come behind him: An avenue of lights through the tralic and dan gers of the city
 Boy think, of that man who lit the lamp for you are his successors
 only in a much nobler and grander way. You are fot lighting for a few hours the darkness of passing night. You are lighting an avenue of lights that will make it safe for the genera tons of all time. Therefore, you must be earnest to do the right. Fight well and hard against every enemy without and within, and those of your blood who come after you will look up proudly in that light of freedom and say:
 ""The sire that went before me lit a lamp in those heroic days when Britain warIed for right The first burst of illumination that the world had was the lamp lit by Jesus, or rather he was the light himself. He said truly: I am the light of the world You are his succession. Be careful how you bare yourselves. 'Quir you like men, be strong!'
 Then the little man went on: up the Bapaume road; over the shell-torn field of Courcelette; over little ridge and into a cemetery. And there in the first row facing the battlefield
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-31
STAGE TAKES
 TWO YESTERDAY

There were two passengers on the stage which left yesterday morning, Tom Blakely and Charles Porter, Blakely and Porter have been driv- ing autos for the company this sea son and are now going Outside for a trip.
 A mail stage arrived yesterday af- ternoon with no passengers. There will be another stage in Wednes- day afternoon.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-31
SMALL BLAZE
 AT WHITELY'S

The fire department was called out last evening in answer to a call from the residence of w. F. White ly, where the chimney was burning out. The department had no trouble in subduing the blaze, and the out whistle was soon blown. The de partment maae excellent time on the run in spite of the extremely cold weather.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-31
PEACE WITHOUT ANNEXATION IS
 RUSSIAN BASIS

led Fi'sSf
 ASSOCIATED PRESS SUMMARY, Dec Peace without anneXations is the keynote of the Russian peace proposals which are being discussed today at Bre7t Lttoy-k. The Rus. sian terms are known to have been submitted to the Teutonic represen- tatves. who now have them under consideration.
 Russia proposes that the Germans eyacuate the territory which they have occupied in all countries with out any payment therefor The Teu- tonic representatives have made no announcement of any German pro posals.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-31

Charles Heilig and Lee Lamprick, of Fairbanks creek, are in town for a few days.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-31

Anchie Mcintosh and Joe Chesno are in town from the Big Cinema country after a hard trip.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-31
OTHER NEGOTIATIONS

LONDON, Dec. 24.- General An tonoff, the military commandant oi the Peuograd district left the capi- tai today for ktey, where he will meet members of the Ukrainian Bada in an effort to settle the diff ferences between them and the Bol sheyiH. It is reported that the Uk- rainians are willing to negotiate the difficulties. Other commissioners have been sent to confer with the Cossacks with view of ending hos tiIities.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-31
ONE AIRES ED


 PETROGRAD. Dee 2t-Thc Hol- sheyiki officials today arrested Col Kolpashnikoff, of the American Red Cross embassy at Petrograd. charg ing him with attempting to assist the Cossack counter revolution. The arrested man Is being held in soIi- tary confinement in the great for tress of St. Peter and St Paul. No one is allowed to visit him. The agents of the Bolsheyiki stripped the colonors flat entirely in search of incriminating documents which they failed to find
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-31

Miss Queenie Russell is in town with her family here in Fairbanks.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-31
AMERICANS ARE BEHIND REVOLT,
 SAYS TROTzKY
tA.socaatcI Press,


 PETROGRAD. Dec. 24.-In an ad- dress before the revolutionary orsa- nizatIon today, Leon Trotzky tor cien minister of the Bolsheyiki gov rrnment. declared that the Ameri cans are aiding the forces of Cen ,raI Kaledincs, and read several t",e- grams and other papers which he declared prove his statement
 He charged American Ambassador Francis with using the Red Cross organization as cloak To disguise the aid which he alIegc, is being given the Cossacks, and asserted. If he does not beware, the heavy hand of the revolution will reach ,,tf ,Ft.,. biyy,
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-31
HEARTTHROBS
 FROM THE LADIES' HOHE JOURNAL


was a grave and little white eros. The little man looked at the oniccl With him. The officer nodded and tuned away.
 The father leaned over the era, to read what Was written there. Y knol' down. indeed he lay upon th
 grave and cIutched it. the while h. body shook with the grief he felt
 When the storm had sr.nt itself h, rose and prayed: 70 God, that could have but one request II would be that | might embrace my laddie just this once and thank him for what he has done for his country and hu- manity"
 That was all not word of bitter ness or complaint.
 And, within the hour, on the way back to the town, he met another di- vision of scottish troops and, with his heart breaking. he was singing again the sweet old songs of loy" and home and country, bringing all very near and helping the men to realize the deeper what victory for the enemy would mean.
 Grim and determined mon they were that went back 10 their dug outs and trenches, hcartcncd for the task of war for human freedom by the little figure in kilts.
 HAS UNCLE A plain seaman stood SAM A HEART? Ion watch" on the
 bridge of a United States battelship several hundred miles out on the Atlantic when a wireless" was handed to him:
 Little Donald passed away yes
 terday Funeral Wednesday af-
 tcrnoon Can you come? Mary"
 The seaman forgot his watch: he saw nothing but the smiling face of his little baby boy as he had left him three months before. His only boy: his hope, Then he broke. And sob ping the captain found him.
 "What's the matter, my lad?"
 The seaman stood "at attention" and handed the captain the message,
 "Whcrc do you liye?" asked the captain
 Cleveland. Ohio, sir" answered the boy, for he was mere boy. Then the captain did some rapid figuring, and in moment the wireless of the big battlcship began Spluttering out messages to her sister ships in the vi cinity. A tremor was felt in the big fighting machine. the engines began to thunder, and full steam ahead" went forth the order, and the big ship pIowed ahead. Then a gray form appeared: a faster ship and a aaaman went over the side of one ship. into boat and clambered over the side of another ship, while the ignal flags of the first ship Huttered Good luck"
 Then the second battleship began to race madly ahead For 200 miles it raced until torpedo boat destroyer came up, which had received a wire less. and over from the side of the blttlcship went the seaman into the destroyer. Then the third ship put on full steam ahead for the nearest port.
 When the seaman jumped ashore taxi was waiting. Into it went the seaman for the depot, the train had but four minutes before it left for Cleveland, and the next afternoon, just one hour before the funeral, the seaman-father stood looking down up on his little boy, with the mother and wife in his arms
 Three battleships somewhere on the Atlantic had felt the impulse of
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-31
FRED ROBINSON
 IN SUNDAY

Fred Robinson, the auto man, ar rived in town Sunday afternoon with four passengers. The running time was under five hours. Robinsons passengers are loud in their praise of the comfortable trip on the auto. They say it is as warm as sum- mer day and they did not suffer from the cold at all.
 The passengers who arrived were Miss Queenie Russell J. II. Rus sell, Sylvester Howell and Ike Tay- Tor.
 Robinson did not leave yesterday according to schedule, but will go down right after Christmas. He usually runs on a three times a week schedule.
 Sylvester Howell returned to town Sunday from Nenana, where he has been for a week on business trip.
 Guy Marks, of Fox, is in town on short visit
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-31

Andy Peterson is in town from his ranch up the slough.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-31
RIFLES FOUND
 ON BOLSHEYIKI
 MERCHANT SHIP
..--------..-- r-...L.

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 A PACIFIC F0ET. Dee 2f < it, tachmenr ot American sailors ase guarding the dock where The steamer Sh.lka. Russian t...-Hrsa Is tied up. No persons arr either allowed to leave the vessel oa board :, w.sa. out express permission from ,a, naval authorities
 The vessel arrived last Friday un. der the command of Bol-heuH crew. and it Is reported that the ship carried $1ooour for t4esde. as. of the Industrial Workers of rao World now unde. ,uu a- catoa-o.
 The officials are guarding rhe ship as the result of d report that the crew muunicd few day- out o. yIadiyostok. \ membe. ol ;ho crew WAS arrested ashore last night after making a spirited address betor" a gathering of the local W W. or ganilauon
 RIFLES FOUND
 X PACIFIC PORT. Dee. -f A complete search of the shllka by fed eau office. this afternoon revealed several hundred .Gss. number of packaaas ot ammunition. and eaeara. sailors warbags tuu of r4eo1vers hd. den beneath rhg cargo of the ship. The money which il was said that the ship carried was no, located
 The discovery of the rifles con ytnces the officials that the bu~ stans were implicated in d plot a-atnst tu, American government The munitions are .houghr 10 have been intended fo. either a German raider in the Pacific ocean OF for the Industrial Workers of the World. All the stores found have been con dseated by the government and a full explanation of the affair will be demanded from the ships officers. Considerable excitement was created when it become known that the Yes sel had a store of concealed muni- uons aboard
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-01-23
Lake Geneva Water.

For 20 years French engineers have
had in mind plans for bringing to
Paris the inexhaustible water of the
lake Of Geneva, called also Lake Lee
man, on the frontier of France and
Switzerland. This project, which made
considerable noise before the war, has
since been rarely mentioned, and the
reason therefor is said to be due to
the discovery that the blue waters of
the lake, so beautiful to look upon
are infested by worms which the
Parisians, now that they have been
instructed, will not willingly tolerate
If these worms can be successfully dis
posed of the greatest water-carryina
scheme that Europe has ever known
will follow. With this aqueduct OF
many leagues on the east and the tun
mel under the straits of Dover on the
west, also in contemplation, it appear
that French enterprise Is not wholly
occupied by the war.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-01-23
Swiss a Musical People.

Music has always played an impor.
tant part In the life of the Swiss peo-
pie. The invention and development
of the bellows, its combination with
the electric motor, the application OF
electric releasing apparatus, from
which there was but one step to the
keyboard worked by electricity-all
these brought bodybuilding in Swift
zerland to a high degree of per.
lection, thus carrying it's repute
into foreign countries. Swiss organ.
builders became world renowned. Since
1864 the oldest two Swiss firms en-
gagged in making these instruments
have finished almost 1000 organs with
single, hydraulic, and bellows working
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-01-23
LAWS HEAVY HAND
BROUGHT ABOUT DOWNFALL OF
MAORI PROPHET"
Slave Who Had Made His Way to a
Throne, and Who Claimed Divine
Power, Now a Prisoner in
New Zealand Jail.

Rua, Maori prophet" polygamist
and moonshiner, sometimes called the
Maori emperor"-although unjustifi-
ably, it appears-has been convicted
by jury at Auckland, New Zealand,
upon certain counts, after a trial of
extraordinary length. Rua, his pre-
tensions to divine powers, his temple
and stronghold in the wild and almost
inaccessible "King country" in north
ern New Zealand, his fight with po-
licemen several months ago, in which
several men were killed or wounded;
his previous defiance of authority
all this constitutes one of the most
interesting chapters in the history of
New Zealand.
Rua first attracted attention about
ten years ago. He set himself up as
a sort of Messiah in the Urewera dis
trict, which is near the Bay of
Plenty, on the north island of the do
minion. This region, sometimes called
the ''King country" from old Maori
usage, is sort Of government reserva-
ton. 1t is inhabited by the most prim-
tive of the aboriglnals of New Zea-
land.
Rua was slave born, but he broke
Maori tradition by assuming the pre-
negatives of a chief, and in addition
he mixed with native superstition a
smattering of Christian belief. He
was glib and cunning, and before long
he had a strong hold upon the minds
of the untutored members of his race.
At Maungapohatu, native hamlet
In the center of the king country"
he posed as savior, and he was at
tended by a bodyguard. Here, al
though by birth a slave, and, there
fore, entitled to but one wife, he took
unto himself spouses variously esti-
mated at from nine to fourteen, and
he had built circular temple of con-
siderable ingenuity of design and con
struction, for the Maoris are good ar
chitects. In a cupola of this structure
he professed to communicate with the
Almighty, and below him customarily
sat a dozen Maoris, called after the
twelve apostles.
1t was "sly grog" selling or moon
shining which got the prophet" into
trouble. To make liquor on ones
premises without permission and then
sell 1t to natives is against the law
and when Rua was convicted of hay
ing done this he had to serve a jail
sentence. Several indictments upon
the same score were hanging over his
head when he was released and re
turned to Maungapohatu, but upor
his being summoned to answer tC
them he defied the authorities.
Finally a strong force of police was
sent to Maungapohatu. Rua and his
henchmen put up a desperate fight
Two Maoris were killed, and a mum
Der were wounded in the rifle fire, anC
four policemen were wounded. Rua
after a resistance with teeth, fists ant
feet, was captured.
Rua's trial occupied At days. Fl,
was convicted of resisting the police
but was acquitted of having used Sc
ditious language. On two other count
the jury disagreed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-01-23
Sound Advice

Signaler at Extraordinarily
approaching from the heastl
Voice at Phone-What?
"Hairships approaching from the
heastl %
Well Meaning Friend (wfispering)-
Try dropping yer matches, Harthur =
London Opinion.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-01-23
Preparedness.

81 see there is no danger of Florida's
going to the dogs"
"How so?"
"They have headed the state gov
eminent there with Cats"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-24

manage to keep her in Ignorance Of
what was going on. Day BY day she
read the papers, the magazines, the
letters that in those times. still used
to arrive from relatives and other
dear ones on the other side-Germa-
NY Belgiums England. France
Months passed and years.
Then one dayAto be exact, il was
on the 2Sth Of last March, my moth
er came to me with sheet OF note
paper in her hand, and | reau:
NeH York, March 2S, 1917.
Mr.. President:
Marie S. Lippman, born IN Aix-la-
Chapelle, Prussia, December 18th,
1886 therefore so years Old a nat
uralized citizen Of the United States
since 1860, am writing you in my
own name as we'll as IN that of my
late husband. Adolph Lippman, who
came to this country IN 1S4S. and
who. in this hour Of peril would stand
for human and natural liberties as
loyalty and unreservedly as he stood
for them during the war Of 1861
We implore you, Mr., President, to
use the great power vested in you
BY the people for the preservation
OF American honor and American
rights which are the honor and the
rights Of humanity throughout the
world
Since the Prussians make present
peace impossible, let us give them
WAR that under God there may be
ultimate peace, before which our
may not stand disgraced
Respectfully,
Marie s. Lippman
no President woodrow Wilson,
The White House,
Washington, d. G.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-24
THE DAY OF GOOD CHEER

Certainly we are going to wish you
"a merry Christmas and we mean ex.
actly what we say We hope that
you win be able to forget all your
troubles fof day, to lay aside all
worries over war the high cost Of
living and everything else ana be
Just as happy as the little children
who win be bubbling over with JOY
because Santa Clause has visited
them.
We hope you viii become children
FOR day as memories come back
from your own childhood days and
YOU recall all the happiest moments
of the long ago We hope that pure
JOY win reign supreme about your
fireside as friends and loved ones
gather with you 10 celebrate the hap
piest Of All holidays
There Is nothing selfish about
Christmas indeed, It is the very an.
tithesis OF all that seltishness implies,
II you want to derive the finest pleas
ure possible from the day, you win,
OF course, see to it that some less
fortunate than yourselves are made
happy TO make tifts to those in
need is the ideal way to get the most
fun possible out Of Christmas and
Won can't set any real. lasting pleas
ura out of Il in any other way In
0aamnehias ye dia Il unto theslea
Of these My Brethren, ye did 1t unto
Me"
Catch the Christmas spirit make
Ferry as much as you will and may
the day leave you dividend Of JOY
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-24

terests Of the married man who can't
get along without a drink, sends the
following suggestion Of Elmer f.
Hoover in the Medical World
j. Start saloon at home.
2. You be the only customer. You
will have no license to pay.
9. Give your wife three dollars to
buy gallon of whisky, and remem-
Der there are 96 drinks in a gallon.
4 Buy your drinks from your wife
only and BY the time the first gal
Ion is gone she win have $3.50 to put
in the bank and SO to buy 4 new
stock.
.. Should you live ten years and
continue to buy booze from her then
die with snakes in your boots, she
will have money enough to give. you
a respectable burial, educate your
buy house and lot and
marry q decent man
Let's try III
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-24
SCRIPTURE
Matthew 2.1-t2.
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Matthew 2.1-l2
Now when Jesus was born in Beth.
lehem Of Judea in the days of Herod
the king, behold, there came wise
men from the east to Jerusalem.
Saying Where is he that is born
King Of the Jews? for we have seen
his star IN the seat, and are come
to worship him.
When Herod the king had heard
these things, he was troubled. and
all Jerusalem with him
And when he had gathered all the
chief priests and scribes Of the peo-
pie together he demanded Of them
where. Christ should be born.
Aud they said unto him. in Beth
lebem OF Judea: for thus it is writ
ten BY the prophet
And thou Bethlehem, IN the land
Of Juda art not the least among the
princes OF Juda: for out Of thee shall
come a Governor, that shall rule my
people Israel
Then Herod, when he had privily
called the wise men. enquired OF
them diligently what time the star
appeared
And he sent them to eBtalehem.
and said. Go and search diligently
for the young child; and when We
have found him. bring me word
again that may come and worship
him Also
whom they had heard the klne
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-24
large enough TO last you whole
year.
A cERMAN-6oRN woMANs LET.
TER TO THE PRESIDENT

Julia NJ Lipmmh well-known
American literary woman. wrote the
following article for the vigilantes.
II is intimately personal and is prob
ably typical OF the tragedy that has
taken place in many hearts in this
country since the war began. Here
is the story in her own words
No doubt there are numberless Ger
man.born Americans who have suffer
ed indescribably since the outbreak
Of the war, torn between their in
stinct Of loyalty to the ideal Water
land" as they conceived 1t, and the
actual fact OF IL, in its Prussianized
form, as It exists today
My dear mother. now dead, was
one Of these.
At first she roundly denounced the
Allies--"Perfi Albion" 'Degen-
crate France Russia, really the
friend Of Germany, treacherously led
to mobilize across the border
II was impossible to make my moth
en- believe that Germany was not the
poor underdog bounded and set up
on by a pack Of rayening ours ready
to tear her limb from limb
ip Often and often walked at night
to hear her. crying as she lay in her
bed next to mine
entreated my friends and hers
to spare her Not to talk about the
war IN her hearing But | could not
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-24

New ServantGirl Story.
The wife Of a successful young lit
erary man had hired buxom Dutch
girl to do the homework. Several
weeks passed and from seeing her
master constantly about the house,
the girl received an erroneous i'm
pression
"Ogscuse me, Mrs. Blank" she said
to her mistress one day, but | like
to say Something's"
We'll Rena?"
The girl blushed, fumbled with her
apron. and then replied, "yell, You
pay me four tollars a week."
"yes, and really can't pay you
any more"
ITS not dot" responded the girl;
but / be Wiling to take thee tollars
till-till your husband gets york. -
Boston Transcript
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-24

which they saw in the east, went be-
fore them, till it CAME and stood
over where the young child was.
When they saw the star, they re-
joiced with exceeding great Joy.
And when they were come into
the house, they saw the young child
with Mary, his mother and fell down,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-24

and worshipped him and when they
had opened their treasures, they pre-
sented unto him gifts; gold, and
frankincense, and myrrh.
And being warned Of God in a
dream that they should not return
to Herod, they departed into their
own country another way.