davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
COLONEL BOYLE ACTS CAPACITY
 PRESS CARRIER

LONDON, June (By MaiD war has restored some of the old time romance to the business of news-gathering from places that Americans might regard as the far ends of the world. When the Ameri- can settles down into his easy chair at night and lets his eye run casual ly down the column of his favorite paper over the date lines of the far corners of the world he does not al ways realize what an effort it often cost to lay before him the news of these far places.
 Take some of the Associated Press despatches from Jassy, the capital of Rumania, for an example. Things were going pretty bad for little Ru- mania last March. The Bolsheviki had turned things topsy-turvy in Russia and King Ferdinand's country was left alone on the eastern front to face the hordes of Germany and Austria. Rumania was quarreling with the Bolsheviki over the disposi- ton of Russian troop which had been on the Rumanian front. There were serious possibilities for Rumania in the situation.
 There was an Associated Press correspondent in Jassy, but the only way of getting news out was by the way of Odessa. where the Bolsheviki held sway. Communication with Odessa by wire was impossible and no trains were running as bridges were destroyed.
 The Rumanian government was sending Colonel Joseph Boyle form erly of the Canadian army from Jassy to Odessa in an airpIane with peace treaty and when Colonel Boyle flew 200 miles over the noun tains he carried not only the treaty but dispatches from the Associated Press correspondent for forwarding to the United States.
 That is how some of the news started on it's way from Jassy, through Russia, Finland and Sweden to London and finally to America.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
JULY LEADS IN
 ORPHAN FUND

All expectations for the orphan fund for this month were exceeded by the receipt of over $500 yester- day. The amounts came from two different sources, locally and from the Tolovana, and shows to what eX- tent the movement has spread in the interior. There have been some good donations received from the Tolovana country, but none as great as the one yesterday.
 The funds from the Tolovana were derived from the Fourth of July celebration there. The ladies who won in the contests turned in their winnings to the fund, as did their supporters who made wagers on their ability. A raffle was also held that netted handsome sum.
 The standing of the fund is as follows:
 Previously acknowledged .....$534.0O The people of Brooks ....... 341.O0 Junior Knitting Club ........ 600
 Total to date $881.00
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
VOLUNTEERS OF
 EENANA ON WAY

NENANA, July 26.-The boys who volunteered their services to the colors departed for Fort Gibbon on the steamer Panama shortly after midnight Those leaving were Hafa old Anderson, Ariel Slippern, Mic Larsen, Andy Sorokoviroff, Nick Henz and William Mellish.
 Four registrants from here also took passage on the boat for the post. Kenneth Case, Ralph c. Darl- ing and Claude Spence, who were registered here, and Mike Meagher, who is registered Outside, composed this party. Meagher reports to Ft Gibbon in compliance with orders from the board with which he is registered.
 Before the departure of the steam CT the boys were given rousing sendoff, and the whole town was at the dock when the boat left.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
AMERICAN HAS
 EXCITING TRIP
 TO HIS WEDDING

VOLOGDA, Russia, March 20 (By Mail).-A wild three-day sleigh ride through the battle lines of the Fin nish White Guards and Red Guards brought Lieutenant Alfred w. Klie- 10th of the United States army, to Petrograd just in time to keep his marriage engagement.
 Lieutenant Kliefoth, who was American passport control officer at Toreno, the Finnish border city at the Swedish frontier. left Toreno for Petrograd at a time when the rail- way communication was interrupted by the Finnish civil war.
 He was forced to leave his train, but obtained sleigh and after three days journey across the barren, snow covered and wolf-infested interior of Finland, reached another railway line and made his way to Petrograd.
 On the night of February 20, after hurried preparations. Lieutenant Klie- 10th and Miss Barbara Alexandria Leslie were married at one of the larger Petrograd churches. The next day Lieutenant Kliefoth and his bride left with train of American refu- gees who were fleeing from Petro- grad. But, instead of going all the way through to America as he had planned, Lieutenant Kliefoth was re. called from a little station on the Trans-Siberian railway to join the embassy staff at Vologda.
 Lieutenant Kliefoth's home is in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of the University of Wis consin. He met his bride while at. tached to the American embassy at Petrograd.
 Mrs. Kliefoth is a Russian. She is daughter of General Leslie, a descendant of one of the Scotch of. ficers at the court of Peter the Great, is a niece of Countess Tol. stoi and was lady in waiting at the Russian court in the old regime
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
SALMON ARRIVE
 DAWSON NOW

DAWSON, Y. T., July 25.-The first run of king salmon arrived here yesterday, and oldtime fisher men say that it is the heaviest in years, although delayed for many days.
 Letters received from the lower river state that the breakup there was delayed for days and that the ice did not leave the mouth of the river for four weeks, causing the salmon run to be late. Those en. gagged in the fishing industry here one of the heaviest ever recorded in the Yukon country
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
BARNETTESUES
 RECOVER0N
 DEED OF TRUST

In dispatches received from the Outside the information is conveyed that Mrs. Isabelle Barnette has in stituted proceedings against the Wells Fargo National Bank of San Francisco and F. G. Moves, receiver of the defunct Washington-Alaska bank, for the recovery of $52 900.
 In the complaint 1t is set forth that the money was derived from the sale of certain properties which she owned and which were disposed of by the parties named as defend ants in the suit.
 The instituting of the suit brings back some of the history of the oc- currences transpiring in Fairbanks shortly after the failure of the bank. At the time of the going under of the bank Mrs. Barnette, fearing for the safety of herself and husband at the hands of the angry depositors, executed a deed of trust to some property on the Outside to the de- postors to secure them on what was coming to them. This trans pired in 1911.
 Shortly after the execution of the trust deed suit was instituted by Mrs. Barnette against the receiver to have the trust deed set aside on the grounds that it was obtained from her by threats against the lives of both herself and her husband by the depositors, which suit was not sustained in the courts.
 A sale of the property was held at later date and the sum of $52,00O realized, which is the amount sued for in the complaint The money derived from the sale was placed on deposit in the Wells Fargo National Bank of San Francisco, and on it an attachment is now being sued for. At the same time that the complaint was issued against the bank the private fund of MT and Mrs. F. G. Moves, which is on deposit in the same bank, was at tached by Mrs. Barnette as security for the sum realized from the prop erty sale.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
 LARGE SUM TO
 AID YARN FUND

Circulating a subscription blank in Eagle and vicinity, Mrs. c. A. Thomp- son, the representative of the Wo- mans Bureau for that section, met with the very generous response of $229.5O. To forward the money took 50 cents, leaving balance of $229 to be placed to the credit of the second $5,O00 yarn fund which already is well under way.
 The subscription blank bore this heading: "The following have sub- scribed the amount opposite their names to the Eagle Red Cross yarn fund for the purpose of buying yarn to be knit by the ladies of Eagle into socks for the boys in the trench7 es. They are willing to give their lives for the cause. We should be only too willing to give our dollars. Subscriptions received at any and all times."
 The subscribers were Lawrence Anderson, J. McWm. Bourke, U. G. Myers, F.. K Buck. Martin Garrity, August Fritsch, c. A. Bryant, w. H. Selvig, Louis Madigan, Rufus Buck, J. s. Mcdowell, Wm. McLendon, Jas. Campbell, John Pierson, each s1; Thos. King, G. B. Burgess, each $1.50; Chas. Ott, Ott & Scheele, John Olson, P. J. Hilliard. Jas. Du- bois, Jesse Samis, s. G. Cox, Geo. Lysoll, J. B. Powers, Magnus Daniel son, R. M. Cook, c. A. Thompson, R. E. Steel, each $2; Robt. Beggs, $3; Al Fish, MT. Turnor of Franklin, Jas. Weeks, J. P. O'Callaghan, F. J. Herbstor, Chas. Ott, each $5; J. J. Hillard, $750; Volney Richmond, Wells Fargo Express Co.,, each $1O; Miscellaneous, $S; Midnight Sun Ex- cursionists, $115.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
SALMON RATTLE
 SOON BE HELD

The chances on the case of sal mon donated by E. R. Peoples for the Red Cross, and which are on sale at the Fairbanks Cigar store, are being disposed of at good rate. Yesterday there were a few tickets left, and those who desire taste of the products of the Yukon can nery should avail themselves of the chance to acquire a supply while they have the opportunity.
 The chances have been priced at 25 cents each, and the entire pro- ceeds will go to the Red Cross. This is an opportunity to go good turn and acquire something for yourself at the same time. The drawing will be held shortly after the last chance is sold. First prize, 12 cans; six other prizes of six cans each.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
R0LSTON HAS
 BEEN PLACED

In one of the recent mails word was received from Howard Rolston, who is serving with the colors in France. While his letter was inter- esting, no definite address was given owing to the censorship maintained
 Yesterday there was received a by his brother, Ted, in which was stated the location of the base hospital to which he is attached. His address now reads as follows: Sergeant Howard W. Rol ston, Base Hospital No. g, Chateau roux, France.
 Since entering the service Rolston has advanced to the grade of ser geant and has charge of the base hospital at the above address.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
NICHTINCALE'S
 SONG GOES ON
 UNINTERRUPTED

HEADQUARTERS OF AMERICAN TROOPS WITH BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, July 5.-The war seems to most of the newly arrived men of the American army here to be still very far away. Aside from the air raids that reach far back of the lines there is little to suggest that gi- gantic struggle is going on almost within hearing distance.
 How far is it to this war, any way?" asked one of the recently ar rived men. He was swinging his legs from the doorway of what would look in America like toy boxcar as train pulled into a small sta tion on the way from somewhere in France" to somewhere else in France"
 We've been here 'steen days al- ready" said another, "and we've scar just nothing that looks like battl,"
 The distance from that station 70 part of the line where some of the boys may "go in' some day is not so far as seems to them but al. most right up to it the grass is still delightfully."- fresh and green, the wild flowers are as thick as they are wont to be at this season in France, and the birds sing with as much zest as they do hundreds of miles from the battle front The weather aids the illusion of peace. There has been just enough rain to wash the dust from the foliage along the beaten roads. The nights are just cool enough to induce good sleep. the days just bright enough to bring out all the beauties of fertile re. zion.
 The line between this unstricken region and the country where only shells have plOughed the land for several seasons is a sharp one On the other side the villages have crumbled. Some larger towns give out no other sound than the burst. ing of shells and tho falling of .u.ns. None may go into the wrcc',age for in the shell holes, among the piles of debris turks the subtle poison the shells bring from the German lines. The streets are kept clean of debris by the British army. As soon as shell knocks down the remnants of a wall the masonry is picked up and carted away.
 Just outside this dead zone the yi- bration from the fire of big guns shakes the branches of the trees, but the birds perched upon them are unmindful. Shrapnel sent from Ger man guns in reply bursts dll around but the nightingale's song goes on quite the same as it does farther back from the lines where the war appears to the American boys to be still so far away.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
NEW MANAGERS
 FOR OLD PLACE

By deal put through recently the management of the Pioneer ho- tel will change hands on August 1, when Jack Raymond and s. K. Stew art will conduct the establishment The deal has been pending for sev- eral days, but was only concluied Thursday.
 Dave Petree, who for many yea.- has conducted the establishment, viii in the near future go Outside for medical treatment and to take well earned vacation. Desiring to have no business worries was the main reason for his leasing the property.
 The new managers are well known business men and will be able to give the public the same service that they have formerly received.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
NUMBER ONE IS
 NOW ACCEPTED

The local board was advised yes terday that Harry Ingle Staser had been accepted for service at Camp Lewis on July 10. Staser for some time previous to his acceptance was living in Nevada.
 With the news of his acceptance the list of Fairbanks registrants in the States is gradually being cleaned up. Staser lived in Fairbanks for some time and on his departure went to Reno, Nevada, where he married Mrs. Barbara Boerner. For some time trace of him was lost, but the news of his acceptance To- cates him for some time to come.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
Jacques and His Story

put tuOuSu we Cdu never give Jacques father back to the boy, there is something we can do right here and now in America where there is no threat from the northern hills. On July 4th we celebrated the birthday of the nation that we love today with new passion.' And ten days later in France Jacques and his friends waved tri-colors and did their little bit to be happy because that is the day the Bastille fell. On other Fourths you and the children have shown that you are true Americans by shooting off fire crackers and saying "Ah" as the rockets spilled their sparks among the trees, which was only right and proper. But this year they are sending up rockets over "No-Man's Land" in Jacques country and there is little feasting there even on Bastille day.
 So what you can do for Jacques is this. Tell the children that instead of fire crackers and rockets you are going to give a child in France chance for the life that your children have so abundantly. Tell them that you are going to keep Jacques out of that grim institution and let him stay home where he can run out and talk to his poplar every now and then and salute the soldiers that were papa's friends.
 It is just another chance for you and the children to show that you believe in your America that was born in Independence hall. You can add in the name of your children to the ten cents day that the French government gives to the fatherless children of France an equal sum.
 There is an American society call ed "The Fatherless Children of France" that has made arrangements to take your money and get it into the homes where it is most needed. For sum as low as $36.50 a year, you can keep child safely at home under mothers care. As soon as you send your money to the society you will be given the name of the child that you are caring for and some fine day you will receive let ter from that child telling what your generosity has meant. That letter will be more to you and the ones you love than whole wagon loads of fire crackers.
 Since last December the generous hearted people of Alaska have been sending in contributions, which have been acknowledged in these columns, and many hundreds of dollars have been sent by the treasurer of the Alaska Committee in Fairbanks to the national headquarters in New York.
 Have YOU helped to keep an or phan for even one day? Ten cents will do it.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
FAMINE CAUSES
 MORE REVOLTS

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 26.- Authentic reports state that the food situation is becoming worse in Hun gary. In Prague food riots are more common than ever and many have become so large that they are as- suming the form of revolts. There has been no bread in Prague since July z. Nearby cities are very short in their flour supplies and cannot come to the aid of Prague.
 By telegram received from Stockton, California, yesterday John A. Clark was advised that Mrs. Clark had been successfully operated on there for appendicitis and was now on the road to recovery.
 Prior to her departure for the States the patient had expressed having symptoms of the afflictioh and stated that should her condition not improve on her arrival Outside the operation would be undergone. Her many friends here will rejoice in her safely passing through the or deal.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
COMMISSIONER
 ROSS AT RUBY

Advices have been received from the lower river that Road Commis- sioner H. H. Ross is now at Ruby, having arrived from the Iditarod at the same time that the court party came up river.
 He will visit that place for a short time and from there will go to the Salatna district to inspect the work done by the crew in that sec tion. How long he will be on his trip is not known.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
July 4th-14th, 1918.

Jacques stood in the shadow of a poplar by the long white road that wound away from the village far over the hills to the north. From behind those hills the little French boy could hear the mutter of. distant firing.
 It was year ago that Jacques had waved his chubby hand at the broad back of papa swinging along the road to the north country. At the top of the hill papa had turned to fling back the cheeriest sort of au revoir so that Jacques would know very we'll that soon papa would be coming home again.
 Summer with it's panorama of singing men marching north and broken men dragging wearily south ward, winter with snow where the white dust lay, and now spring again and still papa had not come.
 To be sure, there was the letter in the long envelope from Paris that made mama cry, but Jacques knew in his heart that mama was mis- taken She had told him on that gray day when the laundering behind the hill was very loud that he need not go out to his poplar any more. But what was a woman to know of such things? Had not papa promised? And then there was the boche hel- met that Jacques was to have for his very own.
 So the boy kept hopeful eyes upon the blue hills and went regularly to his post by the poplar despite mama's tears and the statement of his kindly, gray-haired official that soon Jacques must leave his home to go to live with other little boys in great institution.
 Try as he would to be brave, however, Jacques was troubled this afternoon. He would stand stiffly at salute as new attachments went silently by. As they gravely acknowl- eged the salute, some of the blue clad man would turn to look back at the little figure under the poplar He seemed to be shaken by sorrow that such a child should never know
 No, the world was not kind to French boys whose fathers had gone quarrelling. To be sure, the old man had said that mama was to have ten cents a day from the government, but that was so little to feed and clothe family. And with papa so long away and mama so sad and very little to eat and nothing at all to play with, we can hardly blame Jacques if his head dropped bit as he trudged away from the poplar For the first time the awful thought that all these older people might be right and that papa would never again come singing down the hill was having its way with him.
 On all the poplar-lined roads of France today there are children looking to the north for fathers who will never return. We can do but little to make their vigils easier. They have been made fatherless that the world they are to live in may be free, but this they cannot understand. Despite the gentle sun light of north it's youth
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
AMERICANS ARE
 GIVING METALS

SPOKANE, Wash, July 5.-Old metals recently were contributed to the Red Cross here during a "trinkets and treasures" campaign Much silver and gold was among the donations. although all sorts of metals were ac- cepted.
 Some rather rare coins and pieces of silver were given. and these are being sold in their present form. Among them was a Sheffield plate syrup jug of the Civil War period.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29

Yesterday evening Clarence. Porter arrived in Fairbanks from Chitina, to which place he had gone with his wife and daughter, who are go- ing Outside on a visit to Portland, Oregon. The last day of the trip was made over slippery trail. which made fast travel exceedingly difficult. At some time in the near future he will make another trip to the coast carrying passengers and light express.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29

Jones-"If MT. Oldboy makes any such assertion I will denounce him as liar"
 President-"Mr. Jones, call you to order. Our bylaws do not allow you to go that far"
 Jones-"Then I call MT. Oldboy a liar as far as it is permitted by the bylaws of this association"
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
MANY WHALE
 BEING CAUGHT

VICTORIA, July 26.-With the sea son only half over, 264 whales have been caught on the west coast of Vancouver Island and among the Queen Charlotte Islands. Large numbers have been sighted, and the whalers are sure of catching many more. A record season is expected
 The meat is being used as beef substitute and is claimed by many to be superior in flavor and texture.
 Ed Brooker, proprietor of Brooker's
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29

 HASBEEN MADE

NENANA, July 26.-Announcement was made yesterday of the appoint ment of Frank Doner to the posi-. tion of line auditor for the A. E. c. For the last two years he has been acting in the capacity of chief time keeper.
 Succeeding him to the timekeeper's position will be M. A. Schaefer, who formerly was an assistant to Mr. Doner, but for some time past has been filling the office of voucher clerk vacated by M. T. Murray.
 Prior to coming to Nenana Mr. Doner was connected with the com. mission at Anchorage in the time. keeping department and was trans. ferred to this place two years ago His successor has been in the em. ploy of the commission for about year.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29

Ed Brooker, proprietor of Brooker's cafe at Nenana, Is a visitor in town.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-27

Draft List Big During May and June.
Washington. Record breaking calls
for draft men during May and June
have been decided upon, it was learn
ed. The Army General Staff, it is un-
derstood at the War Department, al
ready has transmitted to Provost Mar
shall General Crowder an order to in
duct into service next month number
of men which exceeds by far any
monthly quota previously called.
Other big calls will follow in rapid
order Trained troops are being moved
overseas at surprising rate, and new
troops will be sent to camps.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-27
GUESTS OF GREAT BRITAIN
American Labor Delegates VIII Be
Aided In Every Way in Obtaining
information.

The British government Will treat
as It's guests members of the American
Federation Of Labor delegates headed
by James Wilson, president of the Pat
ternmakers' League Of North America,
which is to visit England.
Every aid will be extended TO the
delegates for obtaining information, as
well as to explain American labor's
viewpoint and the vast energies all
classes in the United States are de-
veloping in behalf of the entente allies.
The delegation will confer with the
Trades Union Congress, parliamentary
commission and British Labor party
officials.