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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
BIG ORDNANCE
 PLANTBENEAR
 TO SMOKY CITY

WASHINGTON, D. C., May H. The war department announces the selection of Neville Island. which lies in the Ohio river near Pittsburg. Pa, as the site for a large govern. ment ordnance plant.
 It is expected that construction on the plant will be started at once, as it is the desire of the department to have the plant in operation as quickly as possible. Being placed near the heart of the steel district, the delivery of many supplies used in the making of ordnance stores will be greatly facilitated. The plant will be accessible to both river and rail transportation, which will help in eliminating any delay in delivery of ordnance stores that may be caused by a congestion of traffic.
 Uncle Sam is not too busy to fo. get his coming mani .od .i wan; a more prosperous and indcpendcn, peopie-ho once War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps. Buy them to show your appreciation.
 Those registered at the local ho. tels from out of town places are Fritz Zimmer. Paul Paulson, Axel Larson, J. McCann. Alois Sagan, D. Thomas, Otto Ambrosius and Emric Nelson.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
FIRST BOAT TO
 HAVESTEAM UP

From Cinema yesterday word was received that the steamer Minneap oils had arrived there from below Hartwig's This is the first boat re ported as being under navigation for the year, although the trip was a short one.
 To permit of the use of that part of the slough which is damned with ice. an effort is being made to clear the packed mass by the use of ex- plosives. When the jam shall have been removed it is probable that the boats now on the ways in that vicinity will be launched.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
NAMES
 PARK MEMBERS

At the meeting of the city council last night one of. the matters done was the naming of the park com mission for the ensuing year. Those named were Claude Kelly. chairman; Ben Sherman, E. H. Mack. H. H. Lumpkin and Pete McMullen.
 The appointments were made sub ject to the acceptance of the ap- pointees. A meeting will be held some time in the near future and the selection of other officials of the commission made. This board will control business matters of the park. and 1t is understood that al ready many interesting things are being considered for the public's amusement.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
GERMANS TREAT
 RUSSIANS LIKE
 POOR LACKEYS

PETROGRAD, April 20.-One of the requests put before the Russian delegates at Brest-Litovsk, according to the Petrograd newspapers. was a demand from Emperor William for the safeguarding of the former Rus sian Empress Alexandra Alix. The following account of this incident is taken from the Wogyn Courier:
 At the first meeting, after the rep resentatives of the Bolsheviki govern ment and the delegates of the Rus. sian army had assembled in the large room which had been devoted to the meeting, General von Hoffman with his staff came in. The two parties his staff came in. The two parties bowed to one another and Russians sat down at the table.
 General Hoffmann remained stand ing and addressed them. "l speak to you" he said in a stern voice, mot as the representative of the German army. nor of General Hindenburg. speak to you as the representative Of the four central powers. request you, therefore, to stand while you hear what have to say"
 The members of the Russian dele. gation looked at one another, there was a little hesitation, and they stood up.
 General von Hoffman continued: Before proceeding to any negotia tions respecting an armistce. think it necessary to make the following statement. Within the area of Rus sia, in circumstances threatening her personal safety, Is living most aug ust relative of my sovereign master, the Emperor William, namely Prin. cess Alix, your Empress Alexandra with all her family.
 q demand that most decided measures be instantly taken for the safeguarding of her person and for her transfer to Germany under a rr- liable guard. request your i'm mediate reply"
 The members of the delegation did not know how to reply. and asked that they should be given timo for consideration, and for consulta, tion with Petrograd over their di, rect wire.
 Scarcely had an interpreter trans, lated these words than General von Hoffmann said, with great show of temper, q demand an instant re- ply" and struck the table with his fist. This demand" he continued lis in the nature of an ultimatum In the event of your not accepting it, the negotiations will cease forth with, and hostilities will be at once recommended by us''
 There remained nothing for the members of the Russian delegation to do but to give their consent to the demands made.
 The Petrograd correspondent of the London Morning Post asserted in a dispatch sent to London on Feb ruary P that the former Empress Alexandra, as the guardian or her son. is the favolite German candi date for the (Russian) throne"
 Unconfirmed reports that both the former Empress and former Emperor Nicholas were to be taken from To bolsk, Siberia, to the Ural district were received recently from Petro- grad.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20

which the Germans are now threat ening.
 Coupled with the fall of Sabastopol and the overthrow of the Ukrainian rada, in conjunction with the estab lishment in Ukrainia of a bourgeoi sic government which is wholly un. der the domination of the German government, the capture of Rostov has created great uneasiness in Mos. COW and Petrograd.
 It is now considered that the So viet government must either submit to all demands made on it by tho imperial German government or else retreat to the eastward. Such a move would place the Russian capi. tai somewhere in the Ural district
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
YOUR CROSS AND MY CROSS

Your boy and my boy
 And how they go today. From your home and my home To the trenches far away! Brave lads and true lads They never think of fear; Young men and strong men We hold them all so dear; And the one cross, the Red Cross.
 the cross for me and you, Will succor them in every land
 heath the red and white and
 blue.
 Your heart and my heart Throb as though to break. While your hands and my hands Garments of comfort make. Your thoughts and my thoughts Follow them each day; To your God and my God For them we fondly prayi And the one cross. the Red Cross,
 the cross for me and you, Will succor them in every land
 heath the red and white and
 blue.
 Your food and my food
 We know must guard and save That your flag and my flag May ever proudly wave. Your gold and my gold.
 Of it we freely give, That your son and my son In foreign climes may live. And the one cross. the Red cross.
 the cross for me and you. Will succor them in every land
 meath the red and white and
 blue. Chicago News.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
SON OF 4 FAMOUS
 HUNTER IS DEAD

LONDON. April Is (by maiD Cap tain Frederick Selous. son of the dis tinguished African explorer who was killed in German East Africa a year ago, has met his death in action on the western front. Young Selous was an aviator. and some time ago was awarded the Italian Silver Medal for valor in the field.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
CUBA HASDONE
 HER PART IN
 THE GREAT WAR

HAVANA, Cuba, April 25.-Since Cuba's war declaration, many activi ties, some military and naval, others economic. have been put in motion here to aid the United States. From the time when the German and Aus trian steamships seized in Cuban waters were turned over outright a gift to the United States shipping board, until the present. when Cuba
 is mobilizing her military resources to send force of from 10000 to 20,- 100 men to France, the whole policy # the republic has been to subordin- ate other matters to those obliga lions of alliance which her declara. ton of war entailed. The Cuban army and navy have been reorgan- zed, and experts from the United States army staff have estimated that Cuba's military force could be enlarged to maximum of 100000 men and maintained at that figure indefinitely.
 The Cuban navy has assumed pa trol duty not only in Cuban terri torial waters, but also far out in the Caribbean. and it has been aug mented by fleet of submarine chas- CTS, while other craft are under con struction. In addition to these mili- tary and naval measures. many young Cubans are now in the French bat tie lines as infantrymen and aviators. As instructors for the Cuban Escua- dille, which is intending to sail shortly for the French front. the al lies detailed two of their leading airmen to Havana, and both of these flyers were native Cubans.
 Economically, Cuba's service has been conspicuous Cuba's crop of sugar this year totals 3,600.000 long tons, which is said to be the greatest sugar crop ever raised by one country in the worlds history. The entire crop has been turned over to agen- cies of the United States food ad- ministration and is being marketed at a figure which. while 1t brings a diminished profit to it's patriotic pro- ducers, at the same time has tended to safeguard the world from pro- fiteering and extortion in this essen tial food commodity.
 Besides this, Cuba is developing her agricultural resources in other lines to a great degree; so 1t is hoped that the necessity for insisting this year on the usual importations of foodstuffs from the United States will be diminished in the months to come.
 The Cuban Red Cross headed by Madame Mariana Seva de Menocal, wife of President Menocal, has raised $1 100000 for its work, and is now equipping a hospital unit exclusively of Cuban physicians and nurses in service in France.
 Granulated cork shot gun wads in vented by a Frenchman are intended to lessen the recoil of guns in which they are used without impairing the efficiency of the weapons.
 -----.
 Ed Stevens. the engineer on the A. E. c. piledriver, is a recent ar rival in town.
 In a new railroad snow blow snow and even earth and broken rock are
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
ENEMY CAPTURE
 OF R0STOV MAY
 PROVE SERIOUS

MOSCOW, May 14.-Through the capture of Rostov. the Germans have gained control of the large Cau easus grain districts which lie in the Donethe basin. The valuable coal iron and oil fields of northern Rus sia are now cut oil from the Cau casus except for a single railroad
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20

In a new railroad snow blow snow and even earth and broken rock are cut away by belt conveyors that lift the debris into hood from which it is blown by a rotary fan.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20

Ed Stevens. the engineer on the A. E. c. piledriver. is recent ar. rival in town.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
CITY COUNCIL
 HELD SESSION
 LAST EVENING

l in regular session last night at the council chamber in the city hall Many matters were gone into al length. included in which were the granting of certain matters to resi- dents pertaining to the usage oi streets.
 The reading of bills on the labor and general fund was passed upon and warrants ordered.
 The bonds of the peace officials and the members of the fire depart ment were read. approved and or dered placed on record. In the submission of bids for sup plying the city mess for the ensu ing month, those submitted were as follows: N. c. Co.,, s249.13; E. R Peoples. $251.50; L. Golden, s235.97 with the exception of certain articles amounting to about three dollars The bid went to the lowest bidder A yearly report of the warrants paid out by the school board was read and placed on file. A request was made of the school board to ren- der quarterly report of the money expended.
 The matter of the height of avn. ings was taken up. and the street committee instructed to see that all awnings be placed at height of not less than seven feet from the sidewalk, and to enforce the ordi. nance regarding such.
 Mention was made of certain street Instructions and authority in vested in the street committee to see that the Instructions were re- moved.
 Under the head of new business it was passed that call be made for bids for the auditing of the books of the city and the school board.
 The question of heat, light, water and telephone rates was passed upon to remain the same as the preced- ing year.
 Many other matters were discussed, the riprapping and the reducing of the waterfront and the filling in of the riprapping mad the reducing of the old bridge approach. Street grading was also discussed and will be reported on at the next meeting. An adjournment was taken until the evening of May 2S.
 The following is the fnanical re- port of the city clerk from April 10 to May 2, inclusive:
 Receipts
 Court Fines =. 10000 Penalty and Interest ..... S.49 Taxes, 1917, Real ......... 71.00 Municipal Court Debt. Div. HOO Total 290.49 Disbursements
 Interest s. & L. Ed. .... 100 Fire Dept. 540.75 Police Dept. .............. 157.5O Street Dept. ............... 171.75 City Mess ................. 4.50 General Expene ......... 1OO.75 Waterfront .............. 69.6O TotaI ................. $1045.85 Town Of Fairbanks Deficit
 o-o-lo .............. .$36SO.6I
 Total .................. .S4726.52 Expenses for month .....S 290.49 Montnly LOSS .............. 755.36 General Fund Overdrawn =. 189782 Salary and Labor Fund Over
 oId"u ............- lISZ.So
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
PLENTY SMOKE
 BUT NO BLAZE

In response to an alarm turned in about o'clock yesterday afternoon. the fire department made run to the Hotel Northern. from which building could be seen considerable smoke issuing.
 Hose lines were run from the near est hydrant, the N. C. crew was on hand. and the chemical had the hose unreeled ready for the blaze when it should be discovered. A minute search of the building failed to re- veal the presence of a fire. Investi. gation traced the smoke as coming from the furnace of the Igloo Grill next door. the smoke following the space between the studding of the building and coming out on the oppo- Ssite side. several feet away. Be yond a board or two taken of the side of the building for investigation purposes. no damage was done. Pa. what's a specialist?" "A man who has discovered which of his talents will bring him the most money. my son"
 The substantial men of coming years will be those who formed the saving habit in their youth. Start with Thrift Stamp today.
 The lieutenant halted the company and said:
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20

Granulated cork shot gun wads in vented by a Frenchman are intended to lessen the recoil of guns in which they are used without impairing the efficiency of the weapons.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20

The lieutenant halted the company and said:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24
Sure Relief For
All RheumatiCS
II So Crippled You Can't Use Arms or
Legs. Rheuma VIII Help You.

II you want relief in two days.
swift, certain. gratifying relief, take
a small dose OF Rheuma once day
II you want TO dissolve every par
ticle OF uric acid poison in your body
and drive % out through the natural
channels so that YOU will be free from
rheumatism, get a bottle OF Rheuma
from W L. Gokay or any druggist at
once II must give the joyful relief
expected or money refunded
rheumatism Is a powerful disease
strongly entrenched in joints and
muscles In order to conquer It a
powerful enemy must be sent against
H. Rheuma Is the enemy of Rheuma.
iism-an enemy that conquers Il in
nearly every instance.
Judge John Barhorst. Of Ft. Lora.
mic Ohio, knows H. He was walking
with crutches. today he is well. It
should do as much for you; it seldom
fails.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24

Secretary of the Interior Franklin
X. Lane soon will visit Vermont in
the interests OF better roads for this
state The subject is one of vital in
terest to Vermont; and incidentally,
it might be noted that whatever i'm.
provement is made in Vermont condi-
tons is an Improvement to the coun-
try as q whole There are few
stretches OF good highways in this
state; but there are. also many
stretches of cxecrable roads Com
pare the cost pf highway mainten-
ance today with that of twenty or
thirty years ago, and we find that it
takes several times the amount of
money now for their up-keep that it
did in those days To begin with bet
ter roads are demanded. What would
do for the wagon will not answer for
the automobile Also by reason OF
much higher wages and less efficient
help, hundred dollars will bring
about only small fraction of accom-
lishment in road repairing that the
same sum formerly would do But the
state assists the towns and the ma
tional government is beginning t
help the states; so. with strong
pull altogether and with wastefu
methods discarded, we may hope t
see our highways not only maintained
but also improved We cannot legis
late a man into Heaven; neither car
we legislate excellent highways Blu
we can lcgisiate system of road
building and road-repairng that, will
cooperation on the part of the people
and with national aid. viii work
wonderful Improvement in our high
ways. 1t Is worth striving for. ant
We welcome whatever advice or en-
thusiasm that may be impaired to u
by any and all workers for the goo,
roads movement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24

II men are the helpless creatures Of
their environment how then do you
account for the fact that in this prison
there are three separate and distinct
grades? Since the environment is pre-
ciSely the same, how do you explain
the segregation Of the inmates into
three wholly dissimilar classihcationS?
--Leayenworth New Era.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24
Lesson for Pig Raisers

Efficiency IN pig raising was shown
In Louisiana, where two men selected
litter mates eight weeks old. At Hic
end of the fauening season one pig
weighed 40 pounds, the other only
81. The expenses were respectively,
$l5.J4 and 50; and the one sold for
$5S, the other for IS. This means
weight in the proportion of TO s;
expenses, 3.l1 to /; selling price, 7.25
to l. Thus, scientific raising can
eliminate the notorious 'razorback"
hog.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24
NOTICE
bennington County savings Bank

Bennington County Savings Bank
The annual meeting OF the corpora.
tors OF the bennington County say.
ings bank will be held at the office
Of said bank in its bank building in
Bennington, VT, on the first Wednes.
day LIST day OF January, A. d., 1919 at
? o'clock p. m, for the purpose Of
electing a board Of trustees for the
year ensuing and the transaction of
any other business found necessary
when met especially to fiji vacancies
IN the number Of corporators and to
alter and revise the bylaws.
Charles H. Dewey Secretary,
Dated at Bennington, w., Nov. 80,
1918.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24
Going Ahead Too Fast.

The young detective was enthusiasts
tic but inexperienced. Rushing into
his chiefs Office in great excitement
he cried: 1--WE found the assassin.
I've got him cornered 50 that he can't
escape" The chief regarded him
with whitening scorn. "Alow me, he
said, ito draw your attention TO the
ffct that at present We are looking
not for the assassin, but Tor clucs."-
Judge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24
Water Hxacinth Haa 49,

The water hyacinth, whicl so rap
Idly fills up certain streams, is found
to have high value as fertilizer.
On account cf the large amount of
water the green plant contains the ma
terial is partially dried before slack
ing and after becoming well rotted It
proves to have about the same com.
position as farmyard manure. except
that ii is richer in potash.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24
Ability of the AGED.

80 1t has often been said that n man
Cannot learn n new trade after he is
forty, hut this statement has frequent
lly been disproycd. Peter :. Du Pom
tceau was eighty when he wrote his
valuable treatise on the Cochin Chi
lnese Language, and had only then re-
lcently taken MP Inc study; and the late
kJohn Bigelow was still I'm author turn
king out a book when he passed his
ninety-ffth birthday. 49, Philadelphia
Public Ledger,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24

/ fnere In moro Catarrh In. this sectloi.
ht the country than all other diseases
but together and for years Il was sup
posed 90 be incurable Doctors prescribed
lpcal remedies. and by constantly falling
o euro with local treatment pronounced
II incurable. Catarrh IL a local disease.
Greatly influenced by constitutional CON
oitious and Therefore requires conutitu-
ponal treatment Halls Catarrh Med
fine, manufactured by +. J. Cheney &
60. Toledo, Ohio Is constitutional
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfacen
81 the system one Hundred Dollars re.
fard II offered for any case that Halls
catarrh Medicine fails TO cure. Send for
Circulars and testimonials.
Il n. y. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
Il Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Iiali's Family Pills for constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24

Has man between thlrty-six and
forty-five got a claim for a pension. ON
account of wasting so much time in
filling out his QUESTIONABLE?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24
Some wait for their ship

! o come IN, others row out to meet
IT, Those Who anticipate the needs
bf tomorrow by providing them today
bre those who enjoy the protection OF
bur monthly income policies Send
for illustration National Life lns.
20. OF Vt. tNlutual) Earle S. Kin.
sley General Agent Mead Building,
Rutland, VI ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24

p. Autocracy's hempen necklle should
he adjusted in accordance with inter
national law and not by the lrrespon-
Sible mob
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24

80, Do you enjoy hot lemonade and bIistering foot
A5S BATH Better results obtained by taking before
~ bedtime Lanes cold and grip Tablets. They are
pleasant TO take, and you will wake up in the
49, ing surprised at the of relief obtained
Us - Thousands them and they are guaranteed
-AG@R Sold by druggists everywhere
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24

The fellow. who only shayes every
other day might welcome general or.
der to wear gauze masks.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24

All of which teaches us that no man
can fool all Of The people all Of the
time-no, not even the German peo-
pie
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24

Next toa gold brick, how would you
like TO have someone try to unload ON
you a cargo Of German-made toys?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24

Peach on enrth!" Read it again.
"Peacd On carth!'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24
GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER
German Minister to Denmark Re
eelves Appointment.

Copenhagen, Dec 81 Count Won
Observation-Disclosures, The German min.
lister to Denmark. has been appointed
German foreign minister, say Berlin
reports
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24
FOR LUMBAGO
y Try Musterole. See How
Quickly II Relieves

You Just rub Musterole in briskly, and
usually the pain is gone-a delicious,
soothing comfort comes to take its place.
Musterole is clean, white ointment,
made with oil of mustard. Use it instead
of mustard plaster. Viii not blister.
Many doctors and nurses use Muster
ole and recommend it to their patients.
They viii gladly tell you what relief it
gives from sore throat, bronchitis, Group.
stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, congestion,
pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains and
aches of the back or joints, sprains, sore
muscles, bruises, chilblains. frosted feet,
colds of the chest (t often prevents
pneumonial. Always dependable.
so and Coo jars; hospital size $3.50.
I|!Hlzzz!j
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24

Also remember that the war Is over.
but the after effects are just setting in.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24
Saturday, December 81, 1918.
Merry ohristmasl

Christmas cheer is abroad in the
land.