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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-14
LONE SURVIVOR OF BANK RAID, DYING, IDENTIFIES DEAD BODY
 OF OFFICER COMMITTING DEED
Associated Press)


 CAMP FUNSTON, Kas. Jan. 12.-Offcers are search ing in all directions for the who last night killed four and fatally wounded fifth when the army bank the cantonment reservation raided The dead
 C. Fuller Winters, Kansas City.
 John Jewell, Camp Funston.
 o. M Hill Camp Funston.
 Carl Ohsen, Camp Funston
 kearney Worna, Kansas City, fatally wounded
 Mr. Winters was the vice president of the National Federal Reserve bank Kansas City, and in the camp business connected with the camp bank John Jewell the editor of the Funston Camp and Trench, the daily paper published the Mir. Wornall is the cashier of the bank, and Hill and Ohlsen clerks n tine institution.
 The robbers were successful in their rad and secured a sum of money, the of which has been nounced. number of Liberty Bonds also secured by the robbers. One of the murderers the uniform captain of the army, but 1t is not thought that any the bandits soldiers
 WORNALL'S STATEMENT
 CAMP FUNSTON, Jan. 12-Kearney Wornall the sole survivor of five who in the camp bank last night when 1t robbed made statement tonight de clarng that only involved ill the robbery and murders, and that that captain of the army Wo nall positively that he recogrza this It is derstood that the officers has been given the thorities, and arrest is expected in short time.
 The murderer used to kill the men, and all oi them hacked up almost beyond recognition The crime is of the revong in the annals of the Tie floors of the literally covered with blood and bits of flesh from the victims Mr. Wornal badly n jured that there is possible chance for his recovery
 When it became known that Wornal had positively recognized the murderer officer of the army great excitement aroused No nmation has been given regarding the identity of the accused
 LATE REPORT
 CAMP FUNSTON, Jan 12-Captan Lewis Whistler, of the national army, is believed to be the who last night robbed the army camp bank killing four and fatally wounding fifth. The weapon used by the derer
 Captain Whistler, who is citizen of Salna, Kansas, found dead in his quarters tonight with bullet hole in his head Beside him found addressed woman whose is made public stating: T have but I had any good reason for doing Yesterday went out and made reason"
 BODY IDENTIFIED
 CAMP FUNSTON, Jan. l2.-Lying bunk in the camp hospital with his life slowly ebbing away, kearney Worna the sole survivor of the bank officials who iii the bank when it robbed last night, identified the dead body of Captain Whistler that of the who mitted the horrible crime There is doubt that Whistler made the attack alone.
 Mr. Wornall stated that the victims overcome and bound while they asleep, and when he he recognized Whistler picked up hand which in the and killed the four other occupants of the building and thought that he killed Wornall
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-14

CAMP FUNSTON, kaS. Jan l2-Otlcers search ing in all directions for the who last night killed four and fatally wounded fifth when the army bank the cantonment reservation raided. The dead
 C. Fuller Winters, Kansas City.
 John Jewell, Camp Funston
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-12
EGYPTIAN EXPEDITION
 SUSPENDED FOR YEAR

PHILADELPHIA announce ment is made by the University of Pennsylvania Museum that the Eek ley B. Coxe. Jr., Expedition to Egypt has been suspended for at least one year. Dr. Clarence s. Fisher, leader of the expedition, has accepted a commission in the British army, and his assistant has joined a Red Cross unit. The natives who have been excavating at Memphis and Den derah for four years have been paid off and discharged. Many thou sands of specimens which have been accumulated will be held at Cairo until the end of the war.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-12
JAPANESE WORKERS
 TO GET SMALL PAY

HONOLULU-Three hundred and five Japanese passed through here recently on their way to Peru, where they are under contract to work in Peruvian cane fields for one year. They will be paid seventy-five cents a day.
 J. Tanaka, representing the Mori- oka Immigration Company of Tokio, has charge of the distribution of the immigrants to the various sugar plantations of Peru. He said while here that Mexico and South America republics are the only countries open for Japanese immigration and added that there are now l5,OOO Japanese in Brazil, 1000 in Argen- tine, 400 in Chli, 800 in Bolivia and 1000 in Peru.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-12
LANDLORDS ARE HELD IN CHECK
 BY DEPARTMENT

CAMP CODY, N. M-The head quarters at Camp Cody has a hand in the regulation of rentals paid by army officers whose families live in Deming, close to the camp, under an order issued short time ago.
 The order explains that it was designed to protect the owners and landlords as we'll as the military personnell"
 Its primary object" the ex- planation continues" is to promote the efficiency of military service by avoiding the many endorsements and anXieties that inevitably attend a sudden and unregulated demand upon a small community for living accommodations far beyond its nor nal capacity"
 The order prohibits officers and enlisted men from bringing their families to the vicinity of the camp without having obtained permission from the camp commander on pen alty of being deprived of the priv ilege of absenting themselves from the camp to visit their families. This of course, applied only to those who contemplated bringing their families to the vicinity of the camp for resi- dence.
 Permission, the order added, would be subject to the condition that the officers or enlisted men could get quarters for their families in ad- vance of their arrival lat reason able rental, and under a written legal agreement satisfactory to the camp commander covering period of at least six months" These agreements, the order specified must contain a provision that if the station of the renter was changed by proper military orders before the expiration of the period covered by the agreement, the arrangement might be terminated upon one weeks notice " the tenant to the landlord accompanied by a copy of the order transferring him from the camp.
 The order provided for the ap- pointment by the camp commander of board of officers charged with the duty of maintaining a record of rentals and for the cooperation of the board with the Deming Chamber of Commerce ito regulate rentals to a fair and just return upon the proper investment, based upon a reasonable advance over the normal ante-war rentals in Deming
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-12
WAR OF CONQUEST

Germany is waging a "war of conquest" and its victims ''have been enslaved and exploited" Dep uty Geyer, Independent Socialist, asserted recently in Reichstag speech, according to the Cologne Gazette.
 This has never been a defensive war, Geyer said; '.it was and is a war of conquest!
 "The Imperial government, he continued, lis favoring the annexa- tionists. Russia and Rumania have been forced to sign peace of force. The peoples which were to be freed have been enslaved and exploited.
 ''The government thus far has not submitted any clean .,eace pro- gram and has not proclaimed the right of Belgium to independence, and political, military and economic int gritty.
 Thus the war goes on and the end is not in sight. Profiteering and lust of conquest are holding nauseating orgies while the people are suffering from want of food. More than ever it is imperative that all peoples free themselves from the forced domination of mill tarism.
 ''Proletarians of all countries unite. Down with the war;"
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-12
BASEBALL POPULAR
 IN JAPANESE TOWNS

KARUIZAWA, Japan.-Celebrat- ing the growing bonds of amity be- tween the United States and Japan, an All-American nine met the crack Waseda University baseball team at the dedication of a new diamond laid out in front of the new villa of Marquis Okuma, founder of Waseda.
 The Americans gave a fine ac- count of themselves but were de- feated 3 to 0. A large crowd of Americans and Japanese witnessed the game. Among the spectators were Viscount Kato, former minister of foreign affairs, and Dr. Osaki. former minister of state. Marquis Okuma pitched the first ball.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-12
INVENTORS AND THE WAR

If the dreams of numerous British amateur inventors who have been besieging the Ministry of Munitions could be realized, the war would have been over long since and little would be left of the German army. Recent proposals include the follow ing, says an Associated Press cor respondent, writing from London:
 Freeze the clouds and mount ar tillery thereon.
 Train cormorants to fly to Essen to pick the mortar from Krupp's walls so that they will crumble.
 Trail from balloons monster mag nets that would snatch rifles from the hands of the German soldiers
 Perch men on shells to steer them.
 A suggestion often submitted is to attach a searchlight to an anti aircraft gun, project the light on a Gotha and shoot along the beam, Unfortunately, shells will not follow a path of light.
 Other schemes of dealing with hostile aircraft are to suspend heavy guns from captive ballons; to arm defense airplanes with scythes; to provide heat rays for setting Zeppe- lins on fire, and to cover the moon with a black balloon. To prevent polished rails shining at night and acting as guide to enemy air craft. the last coach of the last train is to drop blacking on them.
 A shell containing gravel is to ; lay pathway over mud, and an- other, containing an irritant powder of sticky substance is to hamper machine guns.
 The relay shell" is favorite proposal, the plan being for shell at the height of it's flight to expel a smaller inner shell. As shell does not point directly along its trajectory, it would be impossible to secure accuracy of aim for the second shell.
 Among the more miscellaneous projects are:
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-12

FOR SALE-Beaver Board, in plain and oak finish. Doors and win dows, sash stock and r,ouldings. Inquire Simson's.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-12

FOR RENT-Upstairs residence,
 four rooms furnished. See Slippern
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-12

Hugh P. Gallagher, former Ju- neau agent of the Pacific Steamship company, has been transferred to New York as the foreign representa- tive of his company, succeeding Roger D. Pinneo, who has been made Asiatic representative of the com- pany with headquarters in Japan.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-12
HAWAIIAN EXPORTS
 ARE ON INCREASE

HONOLULU.-Hawaii's exports ot molasses have increased from loo gallons worth S7, in 1910, to eleven million gallons, worth SS92, ,OO0 in the year ending June 30, 1917. Molasses, by-product of sugar, is rapidly becoming an industry of importance in the territory and the great sugar interests are now plan ming to further increase the output.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-12
To petrify German soldiers by

To petrify German soldiers by squirting cement over them.
 To throw snakes by pneumatic propulsion into the enemy trenches.
 To penetrate and attack Germany itself via a tube" built "all the way" from England.
 It is said that about one sugges- tion in ten that reach the Ministry of Munitions is novel and possible.
 The Air Ministry announces that its air inventions committee formed about nine months ago, has eN amined more than 5000 inventions and suggestions.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-12

The sub chaser patrol system will be withdrawn in the near future. as the canneries have all finished their packs, and most of the fish have been taken Outside. It is stated that the presence of the subchasers has had the effect of keeping down agitation among the workmen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-17
War AuOtments.

The War and Navy departments
have approved new system for the
payment Of allotments and allowances
to persons designated by soldiers and
sailors to receive moleties Of their
pay. Through its operation It Is hoped
TO avoid delays and thus reduce to
the lowest possible degree hardships
resulting from slow distribution Of
checks. The scheme provides for the
handling Of allotments of SIS and $50
by the Bureau of War Risk Insur-
ance, while other allowances will be
paid through the service to which the
men making them belong.
We hope this modification of the
present practice will result in speed
ing up the checks. but we confess
that the division of this task among
half dozen agencies seems to us
likely to give rise to fresh misunder-
standings and to introduce more fac
tors of retardation.
Where one set Of bureaucrats, with
one set of bureaucratic regulations to
defend and preserve. has existed,
there will be two; and each bureau
crat may be depended on to fight for
his own pet theories, regardless of
anybody else. Each office will do Its
best to impose its judgment and It.,
ways on the others. Heaven help the
man or woman whose allowance
check becomes involved in n struggle
between Tweedledee of one bureau
and Tweedledum of another!
Everybody will hope the new plan
may work out to the advantage Of the
soldiers and sailors dependents; and
II Old Red Tape succeeds in project.
Ing himself between dependents and
their money, Old Red Tape should be
wound up on spool and consigned to
the eternal flames.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-17
The Field for Women Police Omcers.

Some folks have an odd notion that
women employed as police officers
must of necessity be restricted to-
work OF special character, such os
safeguarding girls and children. This
idea Is nonsense.
There is scarcely any kind of po-
lice duty in which women may not
be useful. Already some Of the matrons
in the New York department have
shown aptitude for detective work,
in catching swindlers who operated
as clairvoyants, in trapping get rich
quick thieves, in obtaining evidence
against loan sharks. Undoubtedly
they have contributed materially to
successes for which men in the force
have received exclusive credit. There
Is no reason why they should not do
everything except patrol duty, and
the only reason why they should not
be called on for that is their greater
usefulness in other activities. If
there Is anything In the universal be-
lief that woman's intuition Is fire.
quently more to be depended on than
a mans reasoning, women should be
very useful us detectives.
The appointment of women as
peace officers is spoken of as an in
novation. Their employment to aid
in the enforcement of the law Is an
old and thoroughly sensible practice,
however. The New York Police De-
partmeDt has made use of their SER
vices frequently for years, with gen
orally excellent results. The uniforms
Commissioner ESRIGHT has bestowed
on them are the only novelties pres
ent in the cases Of the six women
he has selected for designation as
members Of the force.
Undoubtedly the women police Off
GERS will maintain the good reputa-
ton for efficiency, persistence and re-
sourcefulness established by their
predecessors In police work; and If
any joculnr or truculent citizens think
obedience to their orders need not be
given promptly and respectfully,
those misguided mortals will learn
quickly how grave Is their error.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-17
A Professors Choice Between Drudg-
cry and suicide.

Writing in the Independent on the
division of labor, drudgery and kin
dred topics, Professor IRVING FISHER
makes an interesting personal state
ment:
81 have sometimes thought how much
wages l would have TO be paid to give
up my job to put pegs into shoes or to
take up some other monotonous work
II you paid me 81 ,O00.o minute
would not give up my work and go into
an automobile factory or a shoe factory
might for a few minutes. But II It
meant sacrificing my life work, would
prefer suicide. after having had a taste
OF the satisfaction that comes from do
ing work which l love"
That Is an honest statement of n
common, even If selfish, point of view
Fortunately for the Increase of popu-
lation, 1t is not shared by all of Mr.
FISHERS fellow humans. IL it were
this would be n smaller world than il
weary and somewhat useless rounds,
never ask: "Do you like your job?"
If they did the number of Noes would
be amazing
There are millions of men who do
not like their jobs and who never will
like them. but who will go on working
Mt them TO the end OF their days, with
never n thought of killing themselves
Some are rich and ambitious for more
money. More are poor and have no
ambition; at least, no ambition any
longer. They are not happy in their
jobs, but, OH the whole, they are
happy In their lives. They are hav-
Ing what Is the Great Adventure of
90 per cent. Of men: making a living
for their families.
They often hate the bench or the
desk ~ which Circumstance and Time
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-17
CROSSEYED CONSERVATION.
Empty Coal Bins, but the Electric
Signs Burn.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: II
President Wilson's words that the ex
isting scarcity OF coal Is creating a
grave danger. in fact the most serious
which confronts US. and calls for prompt
and vigorous action on the part Of both
operators and miners, stimulate the
greater production of COAL Il would he
conceived in patriotism and not lacking
in efficiency II all the increased output
of the mines were required to be devoted
to war work and the vital needs Of the
people whose health and peace Of mind
make possible the vigorous continuation
of the war to a victory that will insure
the world a lasting peace.
1t has long been n mystery why our
heightened day should find our people
finishing dinner in the shades OF re-
freshing night to save light and then
ind the electric light signs outdoing
the grandeur OF the sun as 1.-The west
opens her golden bowers Of rest"
To the householder whose bins are
still yawning for the promised two
thirds supply Of coal, whose memory Of
last winter runs from the frozen water
pipes to tinglng fingers; 10 the manu-
facturer and his employees, TO whom
the coallcss Mondays are unpleasant
memories. the electric light and adver-
Using signs are about as essential an
industry, compared to keeping the peo-
pie sufficiently warm for health this
coming winter and factory wheels 60
ing. as using sugar to make candy IL
to sufficient sugar for necessary house
hold purposes. D.
ATLANTIC CITY, y. j., August is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-17
Uni lawful Marriages by Telegraph.

We recently called attention TO the
fact that the numerous marriages by
telegraph and telephone which clergy
men have assumed to sanction AZ
some of the military camps in this
State We're not authorized by law
Word now comes from Hampstead
that the Town Clerk has been all
vised by the Attorney-General that
such marriages. are OF doubtful va
lidity; and 1t Is also announced that
the Government will no longer per-
nit the use of the wires in attempts
to wed happy pairs who are unhap-
PLY separated.
All of which suggests that it is n
pretty good idea for clergymen or
other persons who are vested with
power to perform official acts to con-
suit the written law which Is the
source of their authority. The New
York statute relating to the perform
nnce of the marriage ceremony Is
short and easy of comprehension and
nobody who reads 1t with any degree
Of care can doubt that 1t contem-
plates the personal presence Of both
Of the contracting parties, at one and
the same time, before the officiating
minister, priest or Judge.
Not only is the law clear in this
respect, but the reasons for it are
obvious. In no other way can the
possibility of fraud, deception or mis-
take certainly be avoided. 4 bride
groom ~ one end of telegraph line
nj n camp in New York cannot be
sure that his bride Is at the other
end at n village in Kansas. Cases of
mistaken identity, even where there
is no bad faith, have been too COM
mon in the annals of the law 10 war
rant such risks ms would be Involved
in Geographic marriages. and the
State has put It's foot down on the
Objectionable practice none too soon.
Professor JOHN NORTON PoMERoY.
one Of this country's greatest law
teachers, used TO say to his students
when you have duty TO perform
under the law. first look AT the law"
This admirable bit of advice should
be needed by every clergyman and
officer who Is asked to perform
ceremony Of marriage. If the eau
ton which 1t conveys had been OBJ
served in the past, there would not
be n lot Of alleged Geographic mar
rlages to breed trouble for the courts
and, worse Of all, for Innocent off
spring-in the future
Playing with marriage like play
ing with fire, Is n dangerous thing.
The telegraph should no longer be al.
lowed to play part in the formalities
of so serious a subject,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-17

for Congress. "Unless he had done
his utmost" adds Mr.. LAWRENCE, "to
purge his own party Of disloyalists
and obstructionists, the President
would not be able to ask the country
to retain It's confidence In the Demo
cratic party In Congress. That Is the
crux Of the matter"
We take pleasure in presenting the
substance of this able attempt to
show that while pursuing political &C
tlvitlcs of high voltage Mr.. WILSON
is really doing nothing inconsistent
with his declaration that politics is
adjourned. II Mr.. DAVID LAwRENcE's
explanation fails to satisfy anybody
1t is because English words some
times have different meanings to diff
ferent minds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-17

Batum, on the Black Sea. Batum,
while IN important export point for
oil. has, however, no great wells In
Its immediate nelghborhood; its sup
ply reaches 1t through a pipe line
across the isthmus from the Baku
fields. The oil wells of the Baku dis
trict are the only really great source
of supply of the Caspian region. Their
production In 1913 was 7,717, 900 tons
of petroleum, and the development is
not westward to the Black Sea, but
north along the Caspian. With the
seizure Of Baku Germany thus loses
her grasp upon the oil supply of the
Caucasus, the only actual economic
benefit that she has 80 far realized
from her Russian grab.
TO effect the capture Of Baku the
British forces had marched 700 miles
through the wild, almost painless
highland Of western Persia. That
they were opposed on the way only
by tribesmen Is In itself an evidence
of the friendliness Of official Persia
to the Allied cause. Another crafty
ing fact Is that the British found
themselves sufficiently secure In their
possession of the Mesopotamian val
ley to despatch an expedition large
enough to succeed In such a hazard
Gus and important mission.
There is every evidence that they
were materially assisted by the forces
In the Caucasus, which have for
months been fighting the Allied bat
ties in this isolated theatre of the
war. The Georgians, Armenians and
the Don Cossacks, who were united
in a common cause against the Cen
trail Powers through the aggression Of
the Turks, have thus a definite CEN
ire for action. The capture of Baku
furnishes for them stronghold, while
the presence Of the British gives as
surance of a much needed supply Of
war material.
With closing Of the Bagdad route
by the British success In Mesopota-
mia and Palestine Germany had
turned with great confidence to the
new highway eastward over the eau
casus lsthmus. Once again she Will
find 1t necessary to geek n new free
and open" road to the Orient.