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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
BANK FIXTURES
 BEING REMOVED

Workmen yesterday started the re- moval of the fixtures of the defunct American Bank of Alaska for the purpose of storing them in the build ing formerly occupied by the also defunct Washington-Alaska bank.
 With the transferring of the re- ceivership to Commissioner 'Heilig and the removal of the fixtures to storage quarters no indication of the banking institution will remain ex. cept the sign on the window and that may be removed in the near future to permit of another tenant occupying the premises.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24

commission, MT. Cody said; had writ ten him letter, through J. A. Nc Ilhenny, it's president, declaring that business efficiency tests similar to civil service examinations should be of help to both teachers and pupils in determining whether pupils mea- sure up the required standards of ef- ficiency for government and private employ"
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
EDGAR WOODBRIDGE ON
 CHATANlkA STAGE RUN

During last fall Edgar Woodbridge took over the Chatanika auto stage line. He is now making regular trips, leaving the Nordale hotel at 4 P. M. daily and Chatanika at 7:30 A. M. Woodbridge is ono of the most careful drivers in the vicinity. During the spring he made special trips with pick and shovel filling up holes that his passengers might ride with more comfort.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24

Yesterday afternoon while the horses of Pete Anderson were graz. ing on Garden Island some vandal deliberately shot one of the horses in the left shoulder and chest. The person who fired the shot is at pres ent unknown, but every effort will be made to apprehend him. The team was to have been sent to the Alaskan Engineering commission al Nenana today, but by the woundins of the animal it will be impossible to send them. A strict investigation will be made and the guilty party treated according to law.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
BIG CHENA REGISTRANT
 ARRIVES FOR INDUCTION

Among those subject to the draft who have arrived in town recently is E. H. Nerland, who came in yes terday. Nerland has been logging on the Big Cinema for some time past and is now making his prepa- rations to meet the induction.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
CARD PARTIES FOR YARN FUND
 TO BE POPULAR

Saturday afternoon there was a public bridge party at the Masonic Temple for the benefit of the yarn fund, the ladies playing cards for a small sum and enjoying a most de lightful afternoon in the breezy up stairs parlors of the hall. Five dol lars and twenty-five cents was real ized for the fund. this being credit ed in the name of Mrs. Cora Hamil. ton, who won the high score for the afternoon.
 A plan is under way to make this a regular affair every Saturday af. ternoon during the summer, and all the card players in the camp are asked to take notice and reserve Saturday if possible for social game at the Masonic Temple, at the same time adding to the yarn fund for our boys. Although this fund has reached generous propor tions, further wool has also been ordered, so that there is still a need of about $2,OOO before the funds for the years work are all at hand.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24

For the past few days the auto truck of the Independent Lumber Go. has been busily engaged in hauling bridge timbers and ties to the depot for shipment along the line of the Panama Valley railroad.
 It is the intention to repair every bridge between Fairbanks and Chat anika before winter sets in, and in order to do so many bridge carpen- ters will be employed. All told there are about twelve bridges be- tween the two towns, which total nearly one mile in length. With the bridges put in good repair the road will be in better shape than in years.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24

Gallant Major-It's glad am to see ye about again, me dear lady; but what was it that was troubling ye?
 Convalescent--I was very, very i'll. Major, through ptomaine poisoning.
 Major-Dear. dear, now! What with that an delirium tremens you never know what to eat and drink nowadays.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24


 co-ordinates the efforts of all non. fee-charging employment agencies in greater New York
 Examinations were. taken early this year by HOO boys and girls graduating from the eighth grade in one of the city's school districts Their records were submitted to 300 employers of office workers nearly all of whom testified to the practical value of the plan. This approval prompted undertaking a city-wide test of high school stu dents efficiency the result of which soon to be compiled, will be avail able for use by business men. This will provide kthe most elaborate tria of the system yet attempted.
 At a time when war is calling the trained youths from business, MT Cody pointed out, it is imperative that stress be laid upon the prepara tion of younger boys and girls tt fill their places.
 In his effort to bring about coun try-wide adoption of the employment upon-schoOl.record plan. MT. Cody ha. the informal backing of the United States bureau of education, the fed eral department of labor and the na tional civil service commission, whose heads, at a recent conference 1T Washington, he stated. approved tn, school employment tests.
 The United States civil servic,
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-03
HOSPITALS AT CAMPS TO RECEIVE
100000 OF THE WOUNDED
The American Soldiers viii Be Sent to Hospitals Near
Their Former Homes as P0ssbIe-Ffty Thousand
Expected at the IS Hospitals in -Four Months

London despatch says that the surrender of Will
liam Hohenzolern will be submitted to the Netherlands
government in the of all the Allies according to the
London Express. The views of France and Italy have
been communicated in full to the British government and
President Wilson has also made suggestion to the
procedure in the The Express claims authority for
the statement that although there little differ
concerning points of law among the Allied jurists
The conference at Downing street Monday revealed
unanimity relative to making the former German
peror answer for his crimes.
A London despatch says that the Dutch government
has DECIDED to stop all exports to Germany in reprsa for
stopping the export of German coal to Holland.
despatch from Rome says that President Wilson
will pay visit to Pope Benedict He will go to the Va
from the American embassy instead of the Qurnal
where President Wilson and his wife will be the guests of
the King and Queen of Italy while in Rome.
Washington despatch says that the plans under
which all the wounded from France will go to hospitals
within 800 miles Of the homes of their nearest relatives
was announced by the War Department today, To this
end base hospitals at the training camps have been turn
ed to the surgeongeneral providing Is hospitals
with facilities for 100000 is epeced that $4,000
wounded will be sent to these hospitals within the next
four months
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-03

The sad intelligence of the death of
George E. Lillicrap Somewhere in
France" was received here Tuesday
evening, Nov. 26, by an official tele-
gram from the War Department at
Washington announcing that he was
killed in action October 16.
George Emanuel Lillicrap, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Emanuel Lillicrap, was
born in Quincy, Mass, May II, 1894,
and came to Concord to live when six
years of age. He graduated from the
Essex County Grammar school in
1910. He was machinist, had been
employed by the Gillette Razor Co.,
Boston, and was employed at the
Stray & Davis plant at Cambridge,
Mass, when he was called into mill
tary service. Going to Camp Devens
Oct. 3, 1917, about the middle of
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-03
OUR MERCHANT MARINE
Recruiting for Ship Building Not to
Be Abandoned

Philadelphia, Dec. Assurance
given by Secretary Daniels in re-
cent address here that the nation has
no intention of abandoning its pro-
gram of building up the merchant
marine has had a stimulating effect
upon recruiting for that branch of
the service.
William G. Rice, chief of the Sea
Service Bureau, which supplies Off
GERS and men for TRANSPORTS and
cargo ships, said men are being ship
ped daily into active overseas service
and that this will continue indefinitely.
He declared that there is glorious
future in store for the American
merchant marine, and that the pros
poets Of fame and fortune for those
who enter this service are more al
Turing today than ever before in the
nations history. Recruiting there
fore will go on, he said, for the mer-
chant marine needs many more men.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-03
THE COAL SITUATION
Conditions in Vermont as Bad as Ever

Montpelier, Dec. 3.-Data are be-
ing prepared in the Office of the state
fuel administration today to be sent
to the loc;i! fuel committees explain
ing the erroneous information which
they gathered from articles that ap-
peared in the Sunday papers in which
the inference was gained that the
same conditions exist in the rest Of
the New England states that some Of
the articles seemed to make it appear
represent Massachusetts. The in
formation gathered in Vermont was
that the articles pertained to hard
coal, while it is soft coal that is
meant. There are many towns in
Vermont frcm which the government
has not released the coal embargo in
spite of the. persistent effort of the
Vermont fuel administration. There
were some SO until recently when Il
few were raised. The conditions in
Vermont today are as bad as they
have been.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-03
COUNTY COURT
December Term Opened Tuesday
Morning

|, The December term of the Gale
donia County Court opened at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning with Judge
E. l.. Waterman of Brattleboro pre-
siding. The associate judges are Hon.
Nelson A. Dole of Danville, and Hon.
Oscar Woodruff of Burke. Prayer
was offered by Rev. A. S. Woodworth.
Few attorneys outside the members
of the county bar were present, but
in the number in attendance was Fred
Wright of Woodsville
The docket was called and the fol-
lowing cases set for trial: The Hol-
brook Grocery Co. VS.. A. T. Proven
cal; C. B. Ensign & Co., VS.. William
Bedor; Agnes E. Tillotson VS.. Mrs. E..
D. Kicker; A. E. Counsel & Son VS.
E. G. Foss, Henry Daniels VS.. Gordon
Austin; Hollis Way VS.. Ada Way and
Asa Fellows.
The following cases on the jury
calendar were continued: Elisha
Bigelow, admr. of the estate of Mary
d. Morse VS.. the Town of St. Johns
bury; Will Welch VS.. Frank Hyhill !;
P H. Mcdonald VS.. Dwight Burnham.
There will be no trial in the case of
L. K. Harvey VS.. John Rowell ct ak.
and TT.
These cases were reported discOn-
tinued and settled: F. E. Potts VS..
Henry f. Estabrooks, Passumpsic
Savings Bank VS.. M. r. Mathewson
and Guy Albee; Woodsville Guaranty
Savings Bank VS.. William J. White
hill and Annie Whitehill; Woodbury.
Granite Co. VS.. E. N. Sanctuary and
IT,; W. S. Goss VS.. Pythian Lodge
Building; William Bailey VS.. James
and Chester Burns; P. r. Ziegler Co.
VS.. Martin H. Gibson; A. M. Robie vs.,
C. A. Aldrich; Robinson Oil Co. VS..
John Morency and Tr.; Charles M.
| Wells VS.. Nathan D. Hadden; Lisbon
! Savings Savings Bank & Trust Co. VS..
H. Dolgin; A. G. Perry VS.. L. M
Thayer and Tt.
Only about a dozen of the 43 di-
vorce cases are set for hearing, six
having been discontinued and most of
the rest continued.
The jury will be empanelled this af-
ternoon and it is expected that the
/ first case 20 be tried will be The Hol-
brook Grocery Co. VS.. A. 7. Proven
cal.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-03
IN A PRISON CAMP
The Dreary Life in a Siberian Camp

The Dreary Life in a Siberian Camp
Poor lonely lives were lived within
the walls of those camps. l know a
major whose main occupation became
to gather cigar bands; others gave. all
their attention to stamp collections.
| Petty things occupied great place.
Another major had his watch still
Austrian time Che had been taken
prisoner three years ago), and he told
me with delight that he never had
changed it. Everything is done with
the utmost care, slowly, because there
is so much time. Written letters look
like printed ones. They are illuminat-
ed with red and black ink, with here
and there an underlined word. Writ
ing that letter was a relief; hence, it
was necessary to spend as much time
on it as possible.
Others spent half Of the day with
their dog, teaching it tricks, so that
sometimes dogs became camp famous.
And then big differences of opinion
would arise because AS dog had had
puppies and A had given them to
friends, and they were now spelling
the little gardens of other comrades.
! Hence, the camp would be divided
into dog owners and non-dOg owners,
and the matter would be taken very
! seriously. Some dogs would disap-
pear mysteriously and the whole af-
fair would be the main topic fol
i months.
Another time it would be pigs in
stead of dogs which claimed the at
! tention of all. A certain mess decided
to raise pigs, which example was soon
followed by other messes. Now the
difficulties that those pigs brought
into camp were enormous. The camp
was very small and one mess had used
| the space between two tennis-courrs
for a pen, and another place neat
the hospital. At once the doctor and
the president of the tennis club pro-
tested, so all the pigs were put to-
gether in one pen All went we'll un-
til the pigs had small ones, and then
there came the problem how to divide
the spoils between Austrian and Hun
garian messes. One proposed in ear
nest to paint half of them yellow and
black austrian colors) and the other
half red, white and green Hungarian
eolors), so as to keep track of them
The end of it was that the Russian
commander forbade pigs in camp, and
during the next few weeks nothing
but pork was eaten.-John w. Prins
in the December Scribner.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-03

November, he was transferred to
Camp Gordon, Ga, later to Camp
Upton, N. Y; from there he sailed
about April 10. He has been in ac-
ton since the last of June In August
he was promoted to Corporal. He
was member of Co. D, 327 Infantry,
82d division. Besides his parents he
is survived by four brothers, Clarence,
who is at the Clarkson Technical
College, Potsdam, N. Y, Fred, Fran
els and Milton Albert.
Mr.. Lillicrap was a young man Of
pleasing personality, respected by all
who knew him. The first boy from
this town to make the supreme sacri-
flee for his country his memory will
be revered by all. The deepest sym
pathy of the community is felt for the
family in this their second bereave-
ment.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-03
MUSEUM NOTES

The word knight" makes a strong
appeal to the imagination of many
children and they as we'll as others
will be Interested in new exhibit
at the Fairbanks Museum. In the
central case at the left of the main
entrance has been placed the Decora-
ton of the Imperial Order of Fran
els Joseph, which was presented to
Sir Thaddeus Fairbanks when he was
knighted by the Austrian emperor in
1873. This honor was conferred
upon him as inventor of the Fair
banks Scales, which had been exhib-
tied at the great Vienna Exposition.
Accompanying the decoration is a
letter written in most perfect Ger
man script and signed by Baron Won
Lichtenfels, who forwarded the deco
ration to Mr. Fairbanks for the en-
peror The King of Siam presented
Mr.. Fairbanks with the golden medal
and decoration of Puspamala which
is also on exhibit in the same case.
Another recent addition to the COL
lections is set of samples of the
fine table linens which were woven on
the old loom now in the historical
room at the Museum set up for the
weaving Of rag carpet or rug The
loom was formerly in the home of
Mrs. Angelina Goss Fuller and the
linen samples are the gift of her
daughter, Mrs. Prentiss Prescott.
The first in the series of Saturday
morning talks for the children was
attended by over fifty children who
were most appreciative listeners.
Next Saturday at 1890 the subject
will be "The Story of Wool" Pic
lures illustrating the talk will be
shown on the stereopticon. All of
the children are invited.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-03
SECOND BATTLE OF
THE MARINE
Americans c. Out in Flying

~ z.lblaSs
One of the essential charactcs
of this battle must always be the par.
played in it by the Americans. For
the first time on European soil large
number of American troops, formed
into divisions, found themselves en-
gagged in a military operation on a
very large scale; they were about to
undergo a decisive ordeal.
From this ordeal they came out
with flying colors, in every sense of
the words. The gallantry with which
they fought, the skill of their officers,
the heriosm of the men excited the
wonder and admiration of every
Frenchman who came into contact
with them. Many of my comrades
were delighted to bear witness to
their valor and GOODNESS. General De-
goutte was for long time in Morocco
commanding the celebrated Moroccan
division, which is one of the glories
of our army; all it's regiments have
the .'fourragere," and their flags are
decorated with the Legion of Honor.
In speaking of the American division
which fought at ThieIry the
general declared, 81 couldn't have
done better with my 'Marocaine,' "
and General Gouraud said of the men: ::
"They are as good as the best of our
poilus."
"As to the Americans" Foch said,
"you may say that they are admirable
soldiers; have only one fault to find
with them-they want to go forward
too fast-I am obliged to hold them
back. They want to push on all the
time, and kill as many Germans as
they possibly can"
When these gallant American div
isions received their baptism of fire,
fighting magnifcently beside the war
hardened French troops, a decisive
moment in the war had been reached.
The comradeship, the brotherhood be-
tween the French and the Americans
was strengthened upon the field Of
battle, and their blood, shed side by
side for the same just cause, sealed
forever the union of these two great
nations.-From Raymond Recouly, in
the December Scribner.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-03
OUR TROOPS FOR
RECONSTRUCTION
Former Ambassador Morgenthau
Says Our Troops Should Help

New York, Dec 2-Use of techni-
cal units in the American overseas
army as the driving force in the re-
habilitation of war-devastated regions
and backward countries of eastern
Europe and Western Asia was urged
here tonight by Henry Morgenthau,
| former Ambassador to Turkey, in an
address before the Economic Club.
Citing as precedent the moderni-
zation of Cuba and the Philippines,
directed and to large degree execut-
ed by American military forces, and
outlining a vast humanitarian scheme
of carrying modern education, sani-
tation, industrial, and commercial
methods and governmental ideas to
the oppressed races liberated by the
war, Mr.. Morgenthau advocated that
! the United States give not only of its
financial and material resources, but
of its man power toward their restora-
ton.
With many thousands of Ameri-
cans especially qualified for recon-
struction work fortunately on Euro
pean soil," the former Ambassador
declared, this country has an unparal-
leled opportunity for world leadership
if the public mind is sufficiently i'm
bued with the spirit of usefulness and
sacrifice to support such a policy.
The American army, with its engin-
eers and sanitarians, had been the
agent of humanity in reclaiming Cuba
and the Philippines Islands. These
same forces in the greater army rails
ed for the war now ended, Mr. Nor
ganthau declared, should be employed
in the relief of oppressed millions in
Europe and Asia. He emphasized
particularly "the work which we shall
be called upon to do" in Russia, in
the Balkans and in the Ottoman En-
pire."
"In Russia" he said, "the popula-
ton is 80 per cent illiterate, santa
ton has been neglected, agricultural
methods are exceedingly primitive,
highways are few and far between,
and railroads are most inadequate.
The same conditions exist in the Bal
kans and in Asia Minor The physi-
cal restoration of countries is some
thing for which we, as a nation, have
shown great ability, and we have be-
fore US splendid opportunity to ex-
ercise that ability. We have the re-
sources to finance these restorations
on the gigantic scale which the oc-
casion demands.
"Our army contains one of the fin
est sanitary corps in the world. For
nearly two years it has kept the Am
erican boys free from typhoid, and
other diseases that in the past have
destroyed more soldiers than powder
and shell. We can hardly conceive
the wonders that would ensue if these
scientists were put to work among the
civilian population of Eastern Europe
This army has the engineers that can
build the highways and railroads, and
restore the cities and villages that
have been devastated by war.
"These things we should do not
only for the benefit of peoples more
unfortunate than themselves, but for
the benefit of our own soul. In this
way, we can help.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-03
WILL STILL CONTINUE
Vermont Volunteer Militia Not to
Disband

Adit Gen. H. T. johnson has sent
to the company commanders of the
Vermont Volunteer militia a letter
stating that they are expected to keep
up their organizations, and it is the
policy of the Office to keep up the
organization until such time as the
federal government arranged some
definite policy relative to the replace
ment of the National Guard, which
looks long way off at the present
time. He urges that renewed effort
be made now that the influenza is
over and that the shooting range work
be kept up.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-03
COAL MINING
Anthracite Production Will Be In.
creased

Pottsville, Pa, Dec. 1-Anthracite
mining, which has been tagging ever
since influenza swept over this region,
is about to be resumed on larger
scale than before the epidemic. Hun
dreds of miners who, attracted by the
higher wages in munition plants, left
the mines, are now returning.
The increase of 81 day in wages
recently granted miners is another
reason for the return of the men.
Their number will be augmented by
thousands of young miners to be re-
leased fr,ni the military camps.
In the Minersville. district several
collieries have announced that they
again have their full complement of
workers.
1t is expected that production Of
anthracite, which coal company Off
cials say fell off more than a million
tons in October, will soon become
normal.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-03
NO JOB FOR BOARDS
Johnson Notified They are to Have
No Part in Demobilization

Montpelier, Dec. 2-Adit.- Gen. H.
T. Johnson has received from the war
department an order in which local
boards of exemption are ordered that
they will have nothing to do with the
rehabilitation of troops. There has
been a great deal of publicity to the
effect that they were to be used, but
this order does away with that por-
ton of the rehabilitation. They will
not be used in connection with the
labor work that had been suggested
and when they seal their records De-
eember 10 it looks now as though
their work is completed.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-03
READY TO SAIL
President to Leave the Capital
Tonight

Washington, Dec. s. President
Wilson is expected to leave Washing
ton this evening for New York, from
which he end other American repre-
sentatives will sail for the peace con-
ference. The official time of their
departure was not announced. Early
today it was understood that the
regular cabinet meeting would be
held this afternoon. This precludes
the Presidents departure before eve
ming and the probabilities are that
he will sail Wednesday noon.