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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
FAIRBANKS MAN
 MAKES GOOD RIFLE
 THAT STANDS TEST

There is on display in the store
 )f Robert Bloom, rifle, the pro duct of the inventive genius. of Bar, nie Leslie, an old-timer of the Ter ritory and for. a number of years located in the Salchaket, which is exciting the wonder and admiration )f all who have had the opportunity of examining the arms, says the Fairbanks News Miner.
 The rifle, which is bored to use the regulation 2S0 Ross ammuni- ton, was made in the Salchaket country with the aid of small foot power lathe and such tools as MT. Leslie made himself. The barrel | Ford automobile, and the stock S from a selected piece of cotton. wood The bolt action is an integral init and contains all of the mech. anism of the gun. The only parts Of the gun which were not made by MI Leslie are the two sights and the shoulder strap.
 The magazine is built to take the regulation Mauser clip loads, and the bolt action is provided with a style of locking device that is not found in any other make of arm and one which is declared by experts to be better than can be found in any of them, it being such that it will not freeze in the cold weather with the gun show that it will fire accurate at blank range as high as 300 yards, and it's hitting power is said to be very high.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08

in a crosscut in which the scraper waorks. The dirt is loaded into the car by means of a trap, the runway of the car being five feet in bedrock and below the level of the pay dirt.
 From the observation of Val Die bold, who paid a visit to the mine in which the new scraper is work ing, the actual performance of the scraper by timing was 49 seven wheelbarrow buckets in one and one half hours, being the equivalent of three1-men gangs or twenty-one men for the same length of time
 But three men are employed in the working of the new invention; hoist man, one car tender, and a man to look after the lines and blocks.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
NEW SCRAPER INVENTED
 WILL BOOST MINING

FAIRBANKS, June 9.-From all reports the new underground scraper which is now operating on IS below Fairbanks creek is doing marvellous work, says the Fairbanks Citizen. The scraper is the inven- tion of Jack Tool and J. c. Sewart, and from its present performance will revolutionize the mining game n Alaska.
 The equipment being used at present is small sized Bagley scraper operated by 6xS double 1rum hoist with the leads being ar ranged for the filling and return of the scraper. At preser't the scraper is operating in a tunnel 12O feet in length from the shaft, terminating
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
JAPANESE GIVES
 VIEWS ON POLICY
 TOWARDS AMERICA

NAGOYA, Japan, July 8.-A Jap anese policy of strong adherence l to the Anglo-Japanese alliance, sup ported by the agreement with the United States, was enunciated the other day by Viscount Takaaki Ka- to, leader of the Constitutional party. which is opposed to the pres ent government. Addressing a gen. eral meeting of the Constitutional ! ists he declared it was time that Japan had a stable cabinet in or der to put such policy into effect Kato was formerly Minister of For eign Affairs.
 The speech is of interest because of the existing reports that the Te- rauchi cabinet will resign before the summer has passed though the fact is to be borne in mind that it represents the dictum of a party which seeks to return to power
 Viscount Kato praised the Enten- te Allies for the way in which they had met the military emergency created by German's's long prepara- tlOu lOT WdT. ne cOIllHueu.
 'It is probable that Germany will fail in realizing her ambitions in the present war, but if she should by any chance gain the final victory
 what would be the position of the Allies? Should things come to such pass France would of course be
 placed in the most difficult position,
 and Britain also would have to withdraw her troops from the continent and devote her whole en- ergies to the defense of her own country.
 "In such case, the warfare will pass from land to sea. and when due consideration is given to the very powerful British navy, sup ported by the huge navy of Ameri- ca it is a foregone conclusion that the allies navies would emerge vic torious.'
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
Small Gas Boat For Sale.

Twenty-four it. long, Regal en. zine. h.p.. including all gear: in quire McMillans Grocery.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08

and intelligent people make against he follies of governmental control"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
An Italian Authority Says After the War United States Will
 Change.
WILL NOT KEEP ROADS
Thinks Less Government a Nation Has the Better It Is for People
 There.

ROME, July 8.-Dr. Maffeo, Pant algoni, who is considered an author ity on systems of government, sees great danger for European nations lll the war time tendency toward gov ernment control of railways. He says that after the war the United States will shake off such parasitic ideas" In an interciew with the Associated Press, Dr. Pantaleoni de clared:
 ways is only one of the many afflic- tions sure to be imposed upon this poor old Europe after the war With the war the government has become almighty with us. The. gov. eminent now .does everything and after the war it's encroachments will be appalling and bring us near to ruin.
 "The United States is run on diff ferent lines; it was founded on oth- CT principles, and while it may be harrassed after the war by the bogies of government control, it will shake them off. The country is too young and too strong. Para sitic government control ideas at tacking it will be no more than lice on a big, healthy dog.
 'If I had never before been con vinced of the futility of government control, this war would certainly have convinced me I am now sure that the less government a nation has the better it is for the prosper ity of the people A government is always robbed. always too late in what it does, is always betrayed by it's employees.
 'The war waste in Italy has been about eight billion lire. It is well known fact that privately-owned Ger man railways have always paid great CT dividends than those owned by the government there. In France the Western railway, as controlled by the government, is a miserable and costly failure
 One of the arguments advanced in favor of government ownership is that thereby nation gets a steady class of employees who pay debts, raise families, live modestly, and do their work for relatively small pay. This is fallacy, too. The whole world is ruled by chance. Tho of tho WnrlH its crops depend on the weather. If you give class of people in a nation a sure thing, remove their chances of money loss, you do so at the expense of the other people, of the farmers, for instance, who must take great chances. In other words. you increase the risks of the majority for the benefit of the mi nority."
 Besides, this class of people with the sure thing on small pay wind up by not earning what they are paid. It is not their individual fault but that of the system.
 "I repeat, and with the experience of many years of Europe behind me, that everything a government does must be badly done, and the degree of business depends on the average capacity of the nation doing it. The post-office and government telegraph and telephone systems of Europe are monuments to inefficiency and waste.
 "The prosperity and welfare of the whole world in the near future de- pends upon the fight which honest
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

Meeting of the Archbishop Segh- CTS Council will be held this evening in the Council Hall at 7:sO D. m.
 FRED HEBERT,
 Grand Knight.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
Notice.

Notice.
 After July 10th no telephone rentals for the month of July will be accepted at a discount. All re- mittances by mail must bear post mark of not later than last discount date. JUNEAU-DOUGLAS
 TELEPHONE co.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-03

posed in Paris as the greatest hero of the war. 1%4
 Now he has been arrested as per haps one of the wars greatest fakirs and the police authorities declare that he lost his leg and arm in a railway accident and that five imprisonments instead of five citations compose his record. - It was the publication of Betrand's photograph in 8 French newspaper that led to his nndoing.
 Accorded All Honors.
 Meantime while reveling. in the fruits of his own romance. Bertrand enjoyed thes confidence of army off, cers and the credit of theS5 leading Paris cafes. One famous and fearless aviator made Private Betrand his godson and "adopted" him for the balance of the War.
 The medals he wore included the cross of the legion of honor, the mill itary medal, the war cross with seven palms and five stars, the British Inili- tary cross, the Belgian war cross, the colonial medal, medal of Morocco, and the medal for saving life, and the medal for wounds. Tn addition he wore the "fouragere' Of the legion of honor
 Where he got them has not been dis closed but to account for them Betrand constructed a story of wonderful incl dents. According to this tale he won
New Britain herald., 1918-09-03
CITY ITEMS

Gustave Winger, yeoman, was home from Newport over Sunday.
 Miss Amanda Carlson has returned from her vacation spent at Walnut Beach.
 Miss Mae Stoeffer has returned from her vacation spent at Long Island.
 Miss Helen Raphael of Grove Hill has returned from her vacation at Rye Beach.
 ! Fred McEnroe spent Labor Day in New York. &
 Private Samuel Gross has returned to Camp Devens after spending few days at his home in this city.
 MT. and Mrs. James O'Connor of Seymour street are spending their va- cation touring through Vermont.
 Daniel McKenn is spending his vaca- ton in Bridgeport.
 Miss Lottie Levett of Brooklyn is
New Britain herald., 1918-09-03

the military medal by saving. the lives of two officers and was himself wound ed in the thigh when surrounded by natives while fighting with the French Territorial Forces, in Morocco, in 1913. st@s
 Tells of Getting War Cross.
 z Then according to his own story, Betrand won the war cross in apatro1 exploit in the present war, when, a fter his companions were killed he cap tur- ed whole German cooking. outfit at Laon, having killed most of the cooks. Next, fighting with the British on the Somme he won the military cross by capturing 12 Germans single handed. Meantime he had been captured five time by the Germans but always man. aged to escape
 In the next chapter of his biography Bertrand appears in the light around Monastir on the Macedonian front, where he simultaneously operated four machine guns and wrecked such an awful havoc with the enemy that their attack was beaten off At the battle of Monastir he essayed to rescue an of fioer who lay wounded in No Mans Land and was himself wounded in the abdomen. Despite his pain he dragged out again to rescue a wounded nurse. Tn the last trip his arm was shattered by 8 bullet and later amputated. Outs Off Own Leg.
 Next we find Bertrand a passenger, on
New Britain herald., 1918-09-03
PARIS NOT GAY BUT
 IT'S NOT DESTITUTE
Citizens Forced to Exist Under Reduced RatioDs and Supplies

Paris, July 31 Correspondents of lie Associated Press) Paris is, of course. not the old "gay Paree" of peace time, but it has suffered sur orisingly little from the war when other cities and countries are consid- cred. Pretty nearly everything one needs to live is still available, though n restricted and reduced measure.
 Probably no one but Parisians them themselves have been able to keep track of the decrees and regulations governing food and other consump- ion. Americans may be interested to knoW just how their allies in the great eapital-and many countrymen, too-7 are faring these days. Here is a list 1f the restrictions:
 Meat may not be purchased or eaten on three days in the week, Wednesday, Thursday anCF Friday. Not more than 900 grams (two fiftf1s of a pound) may oe purchased on Tuesday so there can oe no hoarding, and not more than 100 grams may be served in a restau- rant on Tuesday.
 Bread IS limited to 300 grams (three+fifths of a pound) daily for all people between the ages of 13 and 50. An additional allowance of 100 grams a day is made to manual iab1rers and women in delicate health. Persons over 60 receive but 2o0 grams daily.
 Flour, pastry and cakes-woufd-be be purchasers of flour are entitled to half the amount of flour allowed them in bread form, i. e. 150 grams a day, if they are willing to go without bread entirely. Pastry and cake are fogpidden.
 Sugar Is limited to one pound per month, and half 8 pound to per- sons over SO.
 Coal for families of one, two or three eersons--t20 kflos tof 2.26 pounds noxsGhly; families of four or five nerao1fs, 15e kifos; of six or more person, f90 kilos.
 The gas consumption likewise has been considerably cut down; so that he who, in 1918 used two cubic meters day may now only use 1.4 meters. Similarly with electricity.
 Petrol, otherwise kerosene, and gasoline for illumination. are per
New Britain herald., 1918-09-03
M0DERND' ARTAGNAN
 TURNS OUT FAKIR
Posed as Hero With 30 Bullet
 Wounds I'll Arrested

Paris, July -CCorrespondence of 'ploits and hair-bre eadth escapes of D'Artagnan as narrated by Dumas in The Three Musketeers fade into com parative insigniticance when compared with the achievemen ents of Rene Bet rand as told by himself Minus an arm and leg with nine medals glittering on his breast, and asserting that his body bore more than 30 bullet and bayonet wounds. Private Rene Bet rand of the French Colonial Infantry
New Britain herald., 1918-09-03
;. B. MCDONALD,
 Mgr. .Fox's The@ter.

the guest of Mrs. M. J. Kelly of Black Rock avenue.
 Honora Schwartz has transferred property at 49 Beaver street to Peter Perakos.
 George Leghorn, with the chemical division of the aviation corps at Princeton. N. J., spent Sunday with his parents, MT. and Mrs. M. P. Leg horn of Stanley street.
 MT. and Mrs. A M. Beardsley Of Francis street spent the holiday with friends at Sound View.
 The Foresters convention committee will hold an important meeting this evening at the Friendly Club at 8:45.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-03

board ship bound for France. The torpedo which hit the vessel shattered one of Betrand's legs. Calmly ampu-
 tating it with his knife Bertrand bound up the stump, dragged himself to the rail. threw himself overheard, paused long enough to rescue the captain and swan to a piece of drift wood, Where he lived for three days and three
 nights before being rescued by a Span
 ish vessel For this Bertrand said he 1 received the medal of the legion of honor.
 Numerous stars and leaves of palms that Bertrand wore upon his war cross had been acquired, according to his tale, by 12 distinct acts of heroism worthy of the coveted cross but the details of these incidents have not yet been given to the public.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-03
MARRIED IN WINDSOR.

Raymond Dyer of East Berlin and Miss Elizabeth Slaney of Bassett street were quietly married Satur- day afternoon in Windsor, Conn. A sister of the groom acted as brides maid and Gilbert c. Yates of Cor bin avenue was best man.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-03

mitted in the following quantities. two quarts a, month to persons who have no gas in their homes; five quarts a month for those who cook exclusively with kerosene
New Britain herald., 1918-09-03

The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the English Lu- theran church will meet Wednesday afternoon at 2:3o o'clock at the home of Mrs. F. w. Schaefer of 25 Buell. Street
New Britain herald., 1918-09-03


  become  about romE liar but
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-10
DADDSEVENDN(
EARY TALL CT
~ MARY GRAHAalM,.Il. MI BONNER G
BRUSH TURKEY FAMILY.

There are some turkeys" said
Daddy, that can be seen in the zoo.
but they are different from the turkeys
we see everywhere in the country
these days.
Are they called turkeys?" asked
the children
Perhaps they're distant relations"
said Nick.
do they know about Thanksgiv-
ins?" asked Nancy.
II don't believe they do know about
Thanksgiving" said Daddy. "And I
don't think they are given a party
once year by the Fairy Queen, like
our turkeys are given. In fact they
are quite different, but they have the
same family name.
They come from Australia, and
| they are called turkeys, as I've told
| you, but they have one more name OF
! their own.
They are always known as the
Brush Turkeys. The mother and ia
ther of every family of Brush Turkeys
are quite heartless. They do not care
for their little ones at all.
"Now, you know, our turkeys art
very different. When Mrs. Turkey /:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-10

Richard Woodbury., was married to
Corporal Raymond P. Smell on Satur-
day, Jan. >, il South Cambridge, \. y.
Rev Harry j. White was the officiat
ing clergyman. Sunday and Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Smell visited at the home
of Mr.. Smell in Summit, \. Y. Corpor-
al Smell was granted a three days fur
Tough and returned to Camp Devens
Monday and Mrs. Smell returned to the
| home of her mother in East Mortified
| Corporal Smell has recently been trans
ferred from 800 Machine Gun company
to the l4th Railway Engineer company,
which is being equipped for oversee
service. Mrs. Smell, who is a gradu-
ate Of Mortified seminary and North
Adams Normal school, has been EN-.
ployed in tho office of George McMil-
Ian and F. w. Kellogg at Kenarden
hall and she viii resume her work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-10

The change in dtmurrage rates will
act as a spur on the lazy eonsignees.
The advance will 60 into effect Jan. IL.
The charge will be So per day for the
first day after two free days: 81 for
the second day, and 81 additional for
each succeeding day until the rate
reaches $40 per day. This maximum
then will be charged for every day or
fraction thereafter Existing demur-
rage rates in most sections of the coun-
try are 81 for the first day after the
two days free time, 50 for the see
ond day, So for the third day, So for
the fourth day and for each day there
after. Even these rates are several
! times higher than those which prevailed
a year ago and which were raised lasr
spring when congestion on Eastern rail
4 roads became acute. Much higher rate,
are charged on the Pacific coast and il
several other districts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-10
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Opportunity to Attend Officers Train
ing School,

Col. ii. T. Johnson. as adiutant gen
eral, has received notice from the fed
eral military department which pro
vides that men who have seen service
may attend an officers school, enIisting
it is understood as first class privates
and getting the pay which the rank
carries. The information is that in or
der to utilize the military experience
of staff, retired and reserve officers and
home officers of the National Guards
not already in service the secretary of
war has approved a plan which pro
vides that application of such officers
may be made on forms provided, and
these whose records show value fo1
service with troops will be notified By
| telegraph to report to one of the train
/ ing camps Jan. -. In ease more thar
can be accommodated report, selection
of men govern. At the conclusion OF
their training, successful candidate!
will be commissioned, the highest ranl
to be that of major, with age limita
tons governing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-10

the production of foodstuffs, add an
extra hour of daylight for important
work, and will give the New York and
London exchanges an extra hour in
which to conduct direct trading. The
plan has been officially endorsed ny
the chambers of commerce of New
York, Boston and other cities. Experts
believe that the simple expedient of
getting people to work an hour earlier
will save the country at least al hun
dred million dollars, which is worthy
of consideration as war time emer-
gency measure. The average man and
woman will be better off physically
by getting to work an hour earlier and
having an extra hour of daylight fol
recreation purposes at the close of Ia
Dor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-10

laying her eggs, Mr.. Turkey is always
around TO give her a warning 'gobble,
gobble, gobble,' that danger Is near.
''Then the children are carefully
watched until they are four weeks old,
as before that time they must not get
their feet wet. If they are to be strong,
fine turkey children.
Mrs. Brush Turkey leaves the eggs
I'm a heap of old grass and vegetables,
and forgets all about them. OF course
She never knows they are her own
children later on.
Zone day Mrs. Brush Turkey was
taking walk with Mr.. Brush Turkey.
"'Did you see the children playing
around?' asked Mrs. Brush Turkey.
"'You don't mean to tell me- said
Mr.. Brush Turkey, in horror-strick-
en- voice, that you have recognized
your own children? Why, that is terri
bic. terrible. Such thing has never
been known in Brush Turkeyland. We
have never recognized our children be-
fore. What does this mean? l thought
| saw you leave the eggs. Did you
into children? Dear me, it's dis
grace.
"And so Mr.. Brush Turkey talked on
In the most excited sort of a tone.
You can imagine how heartless they
are if they think it is terrible to stay
with their tiny children, and Mrs
Brush Turkeys answers to Mr.. Brush
Turkey were just as bad.
"T do wish you would give me q
chance to speak, she said You KEEP
right on talking. and of course
couldn't get IL word. And I've sew
eral words / want to get in. | want
80 tell you. in the first place, that 70,
are quite wrong
81 am glad to hear it. said Mr.
Brush Turkey. Yes, now feel bet
ter; much, much better
".Please give me chance to speak
said Mrs. Brush Turkey. L have al
ready told you that you were wrong il
thinking I recognized the children
:, Neither did stay with the eggs. lef
> them, just as any Brush Turkey moth
I er would have done
|, "'Good, good said Mr.. Brush Tul
t key, nodding his head.
i "'And l don't know whether tn
a Brush Turkey children / saw playin
c are our children or some other tn
: keys children; and I do not care
= know
Q THAT'S right; that's the way
e talk said Mr.. Brush Turkey. I We
afraid you were changing your nature
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-10
Impossible said Mrs. Brush Tur-


key. 4 saw some turkey children as
1 was walking around, and / invited
them for dinner tomorrow night. But
I told them to bring their own food
"'You're Brush Turkey after my
own hard heart said Mr.. Brush Tur-
key. You don't know whether the
children you've just seen are your own
or not, and you don't care to. You
left the eggs to hatch out by them
selves and the children to look after
themselves.
"'Now you've asked some turkey
children to dinner and you've told
them to bring their own food. That's
the way to give a dinner party. Saves
a great deal of fuss and trouble and
work
"'True,' said Mrs. Brush Turkey
I'm an unusual creature. I leave m!
children, and l do not worry about
housekeeping