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Evening star., 1917-03-11
A Story for PacifiStS.

mol. ROOSEVELT told at a reception
" in Chicago a story for the profess
sional pacifist.
THE pacifst. with his unworkable
IDEAS" he said. reminds me of Victor
Hugo.
During the Franco Prussian war OF
1870 Victor Hugo, then at the height
of his glory, was so Mortified by the
crueIties of the siege of Paris that he
demanded. in a burst of splendid gen.
erosity:
"If / go out in front Of the armies
If l go out alone and unarmed-I,
Hugo-and if let them kill me-then
don't you think that this will end the
war;
"'For you. yes. certainly was the
cold and sagacious answer given to
Hugo"
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way was the railroad. He rushed to the
station. where he found a train ready
to pull out. He found in the last car
the young man making notes with his
new pen and looking as unconcerned
as if oblivious of the fact that in his
pocket were more of his homemade
notes. A police officer took him INTO
custody and his days of freedom were
over, but not his hours. for on being
taken to the sheriffs office he jumped
through a plate glass window ten Ieet
to the ground below and escaped, only
to be retaken in the next few hours
After a couple of days reflection in
close confinement, he told Where MS
plant was concealed in Los Angeles, and
it has been confiscated. He is in prison.
This fellow was a dangerous customer,
because he Is the only man who ever
engraved his own plates and success
fully initiated the orthodox fiber paper
used by the government.
What prompts any one to take up this
form of crime puzzles all who consider
the subject. The gain is usually small
and detection and arrest almost inevi-
table. The offense is one never COM
mitted in the heat of passion or when
the wrongdoer is befuddled with drink.
There seems to be some sort of excite
ment in the game such as leads the
gambler to his undoing: The man plays
his freedom and character against his
chance to make a killing Sometimes
he wins for a little while, but If statis-
tics mean anything. never for long.
The records of the service show only
one or TWO cases where the counter
feiter escaped, and then either he died
or gave up the practice after putting
out two OF three notes. Perhaps he was
killed by some dissatisfied confederate;
at all events. he disappeared from his
haunts and no more notes bearing the
sign of his work have ever appeared
to vex the trader or perplex the secret
Servicemen.
For many years one offender operated
without detection. This was due to his
remarkable method of doing business.
He had no confederates and no plant.
He was an artist. and with pen and PEN
Gil, ink and brush could draw and paint
as perfect an imitation of a twenty
dollar bill as any one would wish to
possess. He passed them off gen
uine with little difficulty, until one day
the pitcher went to the well for the last
time. There was just a little accident
just little smudge or something
and he went the way of the others.
The secret service men will not make
public their method or the details of
their detective work, their DISCUSSES,
their dangers and their struggles, but
they have them; they are hunting GRIM
tnals who come from the most hardened
class, and the game is one of skill and
right against wrong and cunning. In
the long run the service always wins.
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The Failure.

THE s4oo.ooo.ooo distributed In gifts
to workers at the years end by the
employers Of America led George w.
Perkins to say at q dinner In New
York:
1T is impossible to miss success in
America, it's impossible to fail in this
rich land, unless, indeed. you've got the
spirit of the Paint Rock storeke eeper.
1.-The keeper of the Paint Rock store
was playing checkers and chewing to-
bacoo beside the blazing stove in the
said:
There's two customers IN thar
waitin, ST.
''S-sh,' said Storekeepef 81 IN =
whisper. Keep quiet, an. they'll 20
away agin.'.
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Fr@mch Soldiers Raise Vegetables When Battles Halt

help toward the feeding of the troops.
Many acres are in cultivation in areas
directly under fire. Not only has this
produce saved rations which otherwise
would have been consumed, but 1t has
afforded useful variety to the mems
food and has improved the army's gem
eral health.
Perhaps this war presents no spec
tacle less in keeping with such a des-
perate conflict than these peaceful
Kitchen garden areas laid among
fresh shell craters. In some sections
of the line the men have not been salts
fled with the production of vegetables
in them, but have covered the embank-
ments of their trenches with lovely
flowers. If the war lasts until spring,
miles of the trenches will be gay with
bloom
But the work done at the actual
front is less important, although more
picturesque, than that done at the yari-
Gus depots In the interior, where men
in military training are employed dur
Evening star., 1917-03-11
Son of John Brown Relates incidents of Border Warfare

grlndstone. When he had finished old
man Tousley volunteered to haul our
crowd in lumber wagon. We started
off with the cheers of the crowd, all of
whom knew our mission.
I'VE went to the DoyleS first and en-
countered number of savage dogs.
Tousley went after the dogs with a
broadsword and he and my brother
Fred soon had them all laid out. The
three Doyles were taken out of the
house to point half mile away and
were slain with the broadswords. Owen
Brown cut down one of them and an
other Brown cut down the other two.
Old man Doyle's wife gave the Doyles
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actual money revenue Of about two
and half million dollars. One depot
commander used his men. temporarily
unavailable for actual military service,
in cultivation of a six-acre tract. The
total cost of the experiment was. say,
500 francs. and its total return ex-
ceeded 10000 francs, besides i'm
proving and varying the ration of the
men.
Another enterprising commander
found an abandoned tractor on an
and soon had the whole tract under
intensive cultivation. Other depots
have developed the breeding of rabbits.
One depot always has thirty pigs fat
tening. Careful calculation shows that
these pigs are produced at net cost
of food for the men of less than thirty
American cents per kilogram. 2A lbs.
at a time when the market price of
pork is about 85 cents per kilogram.
age of mechanics.
Throughout France the projects have
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France! 1t is conservatively estimated
that 200.000.0O0 days of labor will be
required merely for the reparation of the
ruin which the invasion of our enemies
has wrought. Obviously this makes the
introduction Of machinery imperative.
Some Of the best agricultural land in
France has been turned literally to stone
that is. the soil has been blown away
completely by the explosions Of projec-
tiles. 1t will be necessary for the state
to buy vast tracts OF this, appropriate
them and turn them into forests. which,
IN a century or two, may begin to give
them new agricultural possibilities.
''The loss Of labor and the increase in
the magnitude of the task to be performed
will make it necessary to increase each
individuals productive power. French
agricultural holdings may be divided into
three classes, plots ranging from one to
twenty-five acres worked by the owners
or by the owners with the assistance OF
one or two men each.~ The second and
largest class, affecting three out of eight
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COTTON GROWN in FAR WEST

m HE cotton belt of the United States
may be expanded. and perhaps
at some time in the future Cali
fornia and Arizona may he rated among
the cotton states. When one thinks of
cotton production in this country. the
names of Texas. Georgia, Mississippi
Alabama, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
North Carolina, and even Florida come
at once to mind, and it may not be
generally known that Virginia. Ten
nessee and Missouri figure somewhat
prominently in cotton statistics, ano
that some cotton is produced in Kansas,
Kentucky and New Mexico.
That part of Maryland which lies
close to Washington was once pro-
ducer of cotton in small Quantities lor
home manufacture, and 1t is very Hheiy
that some of the farmers VINO tified
the lands on which the city of wash
ington has grown up raised cotton i'll
connection with tobacco. In census
bulletin on cotton production IN the
United States, one may read TINS IN
teresting paragraph:
The first effort to cultivate cotton III
the United States was made in Virginia
in 1921. Later. experiments In cotton
culture were made in Maryland Dela-
ware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
were found unsuitable. 1t was then
introduced in South Carolina in 1888
and into Georgia in 1874. 1t was being
grown in Louisiana in 114l. The crop
in 1890 produced 3.13S equivalent baies
of 800 pounds each, 3T9 of which were
exported"
The Virginia counties in which cotton
growing is an established industry are
Brunswick. Greensville. Nansemond,
Norfolk and Southampton.
ra1i iS cotton
state according to the belief of some
of those who are called "Californiacs.
Imperial valley is at present the CHIEF
cotton section of the Golden state and
one of the loyal sons of California has
said that $4,000 bales of cotton were
produced in that valley last season, and
it is computed tina. the Imperial valley
crop for 1917 should be not less than
1884, bales.
OF course, these are rather trifing fig
ures when compared with the four-mil-
lion-bale crops Of Texas and the two
million bale crops Of Georgia, but it is
said to be only a beginning. Among the
varieties Of cotton grown in California
are Upland. Egyptian and Durango.
In discussing the cotton possibilities
of California the census bureau has re-
ported that Imperial valley. in southern
California, is well adapted to the cultt-
walton Of cotton. The section has a very
rich soil, a warm climate. long season
and. situated as it is, on a lower level
than the Colorado river. it has the
further advantage of being easily irri-
gated. The yield is high and the staple
has length. strength and uniformity,
characteristics which are very desirable.
and due in part to the absence of peri
DDS Of drought or Of excessive rains.
The high cost Of labor for picking cot
ton is the main drawback. while the
suitability of tho land for other crops
rec. irtr t. some rvtent cotton culture.
{. - .I-, ha .e:. 'cro = tie Imperial
81 ~ m = ,ai.l- rrciai Fa-.T - only
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using heavy rolls until it appeared to
be sheet containing the real silk. His
gang was skillful, but the result of it all
was only another demonstration that
the only way the criminal can beat the
Treasury Department is to die young or
reform promptly, and neither way has
yet become popular
Others have attempted to apply the
silk fiber with the aid of a brush and
colored ink, but this is only clumsy
device that never deceives the expert
enced teller of money. In fact. no way
has been devised by the gentry to Sc
cure satisfactory base on which to
place the figures. engraving and imita-
tion lathe work which will give a
seeming value to their handiwork
BY means of photo-mechanical proc
esses the would-be understudy for the
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From 4 small room equipped with
one drill press and one stamping press
and employing a half dozen workmen,
the shop has grown to a complete fac
tory. 1t is equipped with tools and
machinery, including tool and die
department, where all tools, dies, jigs,
etc, necessary for the converting of
sheet steel and brass and other mate
rial into locks and kys and other at
tachmentS are made; a preSSrOOm with
fourteen stamping presses, a lock fin
ishing and assembling room, a miscel-
laneous room, where cord fasteners are
assembled and other equipment made,
also where hundreds of postal scales
ter than new each year; a timing plant.
where all mail bag attachments are
timed to prevent rusting.
Shortly after the shop was established
mail pouch locks. which had been with
drawn from service several years pre-
vious and replaced with the iron mail
lock, then in use.
The combination of these locks was
changed. at a small cost, so as to take
a different key, and the lock issued for
use. Complaints were received from
postmasters and railway post Office off,
cials from time to time that mail locks
frequently became detached from
were made to ascertain the cause. 1t
was found that the locks could be jar
red unlocked IL hit a sharp blow at a
certain point. Strange to say, al
though the locks had been in the serv-
ice dozen or more years. no one in the
Post Office Department had discovered
the defect until after the shop was es-
tablished.
However, it is said that it was known
at the factory where these locks were
made, and that each lock was supposed
to be tested before leaving the factory
by attaching it to strap and striking
it against wooden block. If the lock
happened to strike at the point neces-
sary to jar 1t open 1t was rejected; II
not, it was passed as good.
AS soon as the defect in the mail lock
was discovered steps were taken to de-
sign lock which could not be Jared
unlocked, with the result that the
Eagle" lock, later called the Double
STAR lock. was designed. More than
100000 of these have been made and
put in the service since that time.
Although the Eagle" has given the
best service of any lock ever used on
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Owen Brown. Fred Brown, Oliver
Brown and Salmon Brown. l mention
this to show that none of the Browns
who went into the fight showed the
white feather"
Salmon Brown was not in the battle
of Osawatomie, as he was suffering at
the time from the results of an acci-
dental shooting. But undoubtedly he
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knows more of the old border warfare
than any other man living today. And
with the feebleness of age upon him,
it will not be long until the last of
John Browns fighting sons will be
gone. But he has lived to realize that
the spirit of civil hatred in which he
and his father fought has gone for
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Secret Service Always Step Ahead of Coneerf@ie@rs

o0 0HEN one needs money it is all
Nn\X right to try to make ". but it
WV is indiscreet, to put it mildly.
to usurp the treasurer's ex-
elusive duty of running bureau Of en-
craving mint, for any one trying to
work an imitation plant of his own will
come into sure trouble if he lives long
enough. The secret service says so, and
in the long run it is always right
The treasurer of the United States is
sues notes for circulation at the rate of
1.250,000 day and the mints are turn
ing out gold and silver coin at rate
never dreamed of before. With new
processes of obtaining engraving, effects,
1t seems as though the way of the coun-
terfeiter had been made easy. and so it
would if the service had not devised new
methods of keeping ahead Of them
So well has the service performed this
duty that it is a conservative estimate
that for every million dollars in circu-
lation there will not be found SIS of
counterfeit money. and at the same time
the service has performed its other
duties-protection of the President in
vestigation of plots against the govern
ment and various other matters intrust-
ed to its care.
1t used to be that. when note could
bc puIS an eng GU pidtc,
so much of the personality of the artist
went into his work that it would be
recognized by those familiar with his
style, just a connoisseur will name
at sight an Innis. a Homer or a Ranger.
If a counterfeit was put out it was
Immediately upon detection laid before
the Treasury connoisseurs to deter
mine what veteran was exhibiting his
latest picture or what new aspirant
was in the field for criminal proceed
ings and a prison career.
If. as was usually the case, 1t was
found not to be the work of a new
conner, it was comparatively easy to
ascribe the note to some one of several
known offenders. and then by process
of elimination, knowing that one was
dead. another abroad. one seriously ill
and another in prison, narrow the list
of possible producers to a number so
small that all that had to be done was
to locate them-not a difficult thing
to do-find out what each suspect was
doing and watch him until he COM
mitted some covert act" to use an ex-
preston of diplomacy. Then the GRIM
inal. often after chase, and not with
out a struggle that would make the or
dinary dime novel read like Sunday
school book, was placed where expert
criminals go when they seek repose
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Another device designed in the shop.
which has completely changed the
style of equipment and resulted in n
saving of thousands of dollars to the
Post Office Department in cost of trans
portation, is the collar fastner. used
for fastening the mouths of pouches
Pouches equipped with this device can
be opened and closed very much
quicker than the old style and are con-
siderably less expensive to manufac-
ture.
Some idea of the growth of the postal
service is shown by the fact that in
1890 only 100000 locks were needed
for locking pouches, while at the pres
ent time there are more than 1,100.000
used for the purpose. The number of
registered locks required has increased
during this period from 1000 to $4,000.
Besides the manufacture and repair
of locks aJnd keys the shop turns out
yearly a large number of flexible
stamps used in large post Offices for
marking mail other than first class.
All goyernment-owned canceling ma
chimes and electric motors used for
shop.
The shop is completely equipped with
an up-to-date tool department, where
all of the tools and dies used in the
shop are designed and made.
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Post Office Departments Mail Lock Shop i'm Wash


7T takes over million locks to pro-
tect Uncle Sans letters while in
] transit, and the Post Office Depart
ment makes and keeps in repair
not alone all Of these locks, but also all
fastening devices used in the mail serv-
ice. Previous to 1889 everything Of this
nature was furnished and repaired at a
great expense by contract. and not al
ways to the complete satisfaction OF
the department In that year it was
decided to repair the locks and a small
shop was installed in Washington.
1t was found that the department
could do the work not only cheaper but
better, and the following year it was
decided to enter into the manufacture
of locks. keys and mail bag attach
ments, as 1t was believed that it would
be an advantage to the department to
have its own shop, where orders could
be filled more promptly and with less
danger of keys getting into the hands
OF those not entitled to them.
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00 0HEN one needs money it is all
Nn\X right to try to make VI, but it
H\W is indiscreet, to put it mildly.
to usurp the treasurer's eX-
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Copyright. 1917. by Curtis Brova.y
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
SPURIOUS COIN
 FLOODS GERMANY

BERLIN, April 14.-The enormous increase of paper currency in Ger many has enabled counterfeiterS to flood large parts of the country with spurious bills. It is estimated that gangs of criminals have made several million dollars in this way. Recently six men and two women were tried, convicted and sentenced to long prison terms in Breslau for circulating bogus ten mark (S2.5O) bills. At the trial the members of the gang confessed that their harvest during the last six months has amounted to more than four hundred thousand dollars, but they refused to tell where the bills were made and the counterfeiting plant could not be discovered by the authorities.
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A. McIvor, licensed undertaken.
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NOTICE To CREDITORS

Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
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(The principal known mineral and mining districts are indicated in the numbered circles, as follows: l, Port Dicx district; 2, Sunrise district, gold; 3, Resurrection district, copper; 4, Falls Creek district, gold; 5, Latouche district, copper; 6, the Boring River coal fields; ', the Valdez district, gold and copper; 8, Illiamna district, gold and copper; g, the Bonanza mining district, owned by the Alaska Syndi- cate, copper; 10, the Matanuska coal fields, and Matanuska iron and gold district; II, Willow Creek district,
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gold; 12, Yentna district, gold; B, Talkeetna district, copper and gold; 14, Mt. Mckinley district, gold; 15 Broad Pass district, gold and copper; 16, Nenana coal fields; 17, Kantishna district, gold; IS, Hot Springs dis trict, gold, silver, and tin; 1s, Fair banks district, gold; 20, Circle dis trict, gold; Fl, Rampant district, gold; P, Chandlar district, gold; 23, Eagle district, gold; "A, Koyukuk district, gold and coal; 2, Kuskokwim dis. trict, gold; 26, Ruby district, gold and
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
DOME REMAINS
 IN DARKNESS
 TILL WARS END

BOSTON, April 19.-The gilded dome of the statehouse, with 800 electric lights visible at night for n. any miles, will not be illuminated again until the war is over, it has been announced This action was taken at the request of the MaSsa- chusetts committee on public safety,
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Page 8.

coal; 27, Ophir district. gold; 2s. Iditarod district, gold; 2s, George town district. gold; 90 Nulato coal fields; 3l, 32, and B Seward Penin- sula districts, gold. From Cordoya to Kennicott, the Copper River & North western Railroad, 199 miles owned by the Alaska Syndicate. From Seward to Nenana, Government railroad route, 4l2 miles, with 38-mile branch to Matanuska coal fields, and project ed branch of 395 miles through the Kuskokwim valley to the Yukon-)
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In the matter of the estate of ANNt MIMIC, deceased.

Notice is hereby given by the un- dersigned, administrator of the estate of ANNA MIMIC, deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit such claims, with the neces- sary vouchers, within six months af- ter the first publication of this notice to the said administrator, at the of flee of the undersigned in the Bank of Seward building, Seward, Alaska.
 LEON c. BOOKER, Administrator of the estate of Anna Nimmo, deceased.
 Dated and first published on this 18th day of April, 1917.
 Apr. May 2-9-16.
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GOVERNMENT MAY TAKE BAKERIES
tB. United S:stes CsbIe)

CHICAGO, Monday, April BOA strike of the master bakers is causing shortage of million lOaves of bread nd the federal government may find it necessary to take over the bakeries.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01

IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR RENAL PRECINCT, THIRD DIVI, SION OF THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, BEFORE THE HON FRANK ENNIS, U. S. COMMIS. sIoNER AND EX-oFFICIo PRO. BATE JUDGE.
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GUATEMALA COMMITTEE APPROVES
 BREAK WITH GERMAN GOVERNMENT
,By United State. Csble>

GUATEMALA, Monday, April 3O:-The national committee today approved the decree of President Ga brera severing diplomatic relations with Germany Pass rorts have been issued and delivered to German munster Lehmann who has been given eight days III winch to leave the country.
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INTIMATE END OF WAR APPROACHING
(By United States Cabie>

AMSTERDAM, Monday, April 30. - Accordlng to Berlin dispatches satisfactory conclusion ot the war will be achieved shortly This ntimated by Foreign Secretary Zimmerman at secret meeting ot the mann committee of the reichStag.
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INCREASED PAY or ENLISTED MEN
 TO $3O PER MONTH IS ALLOWED
(By United Srstes csh's>

WASHINGTON, Monday, April 3O:--Both the senate and the house have adopted an amendment which ln- creases the pay of enlisted men to $3O per month
 Secretary McAdoo announced today that the seven billion dollar bond issue is to be known as The Liberty Loan of 1917"
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CHINA ID DECLARE AGAINST TEUTONS
CBy United States Cable)

PEKING, Monday, April 30. - It IS expected thaJ declaration of war against Germany will be made by China within a fortnight.