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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
ASSURANCE BY
 GOVERNMENTAL
 GOOD MEASURE

Any American soldiers lost on the Tuscania were protected by United States government insurance and government compensation. The com pensation in case of death, given by the government and without charge and regardless of rank or pay. rang es from $2O to $75 a month. based on the number of dependents, and is payable to a widow, children ol dependent widowed mother.
 There has recently been given to Wallace Cathcart position on the publicity committee, and his duties consist of inducing those who volun tarily enlist or are drafted to take out insurance with the government to provide for the dependent ones in case of death. The insurance rate runs from 63 cents. at the age oi fifteen years, to s3.35 at the age of 65 years. as a monthly premium or thousand dollars. The time fol making the insurance policies will expire on April 12, 1918. Whether there will be any to take out insur ance in the interior depends or whether the draft takes place before that date. Those who enlist before that date would do we'll to take out policy before leaving for the States
 The scale of monthly compensa ton in case of death follows: (a) For a widow alone, $25.
 (b) For a widow and one child. $33
 (c) For a widow and two chif dren, $47.50, with $5 for each addi tional child up to two.
 (d) If there be no widow. ther for one child. $2o.
 (e) For two children. $30. (f) For three children. $40. w'> $ for each additional child up tt two.
 (g) For a widowed mother. $2O The amount payable under this sub division shall not be greater than sum which, when added to the tota amount payable to the widow ant children, does not exceed $75.
 Insurance can be applied for il amounts ranging from $1.000 to $10 900. The latter is payable in 24' monthly installments of $57.50 each to any one or more of the followin, beneficiaries: Wife, husband. child grandchild. brother. sister. adoptes brother. adopted sister. step-brother step-sister, parent. grandparent. o step.parent of the insured's wife O husband.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
SEND GREETINGS FROM OVERSEAS
 TO FAIRBANKS

From far of France in last nights mail was received letter by Mrs. Charles Blaser from a friend who Is serving in the French forces at the front The letter was written in Paris on January 21, 1918. in Hospital 26. rue Antoine Chantin.
 At the dance given last Novem. Der by the ladies of Fairbanks to raise funds for the establishment of a Fairbanks bed in the American hospital at Neuilly, France. there was circulated a list bearing a mes. sage of cheer to those in France and on which all ladies present signed their names. This list was sent to France, and after being cir culated among those who were in- mates of the hospital in Paris was sent to Neuilly. where the American hospital is located, for the soldiers there to read. In expressing the appreciation felt overseas by those who read the greeting. the writer says: Will you please tell the ladies of Fairbanks how much we appre- ciate the kind thoughts; 1t makes us admire more than ever their charitable work"
 There was also sent copy of the Woman's Edition to the writer, who, after reading 1t, passed 1t along to others that they might see what was being done for them by the women of the north. In mentioning the edition, the writer further says: "I am glad you sent me that paper; read 1t and passed 1t along and now l am reading it again. Please eX- press my admiration for the women of Fairbanks. thought you were living in a small place, but I see from your paper that it is a large city and that the women have a large work to do in their charities"
 Coming from so far a distance it seems as though the writer made prompt acknowledgement of the greet. ing extended, and 1t must be very gratifying to the ladies of Fairbanks to know that their deeds are deeply appreciated at the front.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
ONE ATTACHEE
 IN PETROCRAD

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Mar. g. The state department Is in receipt of dispatches from Ambassador Fran cis. dated at Vologda. which state that all Americans remaining in Rus sia are we'll and in no danger from violence from any Russian sources.
 He also advises that one attache from the American embassy was left at Petrograd with instructions to re main there until the city was evac uated by the Bolsheviki government No details regarding Russian condi tions were given by the ambassador
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
WILL RECONSTRUCT
 VERY ANCIENT RUIN

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 14.-The ruins of Mitla, which are situated in the Tlacolula district of the state of Oaxaca. and which have attracted much scientific attention, are to be reconstructed by the government. These striking monuments of an an. cient civilization have been inspected by Pastor Rouiax. Minister of Flo. mento. civil engineer, who has pre-. pared report on the cost and means of reconstruction
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18

 IS VERY SLOW

It Is very evident that the voters of Fairbanks are negligent in the matter of registering for the coming election. The registration books will close at the end of the present month. To date the total number to register is 112; last year the total registration was about 860. With only a few days more left in which to get their names on the books at the city hall. it behooves the citi. zens of Fairbanks to hasten to the city hall and affix their signatures to the registration books
 City Clerk Buckley urges that all who are entitled to register call at the city hall and do so.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
REDUCED PRICES
 CLOSING MINES
(Associated Press)

DENVER, Colo, Mar. 11.-Twelve mines with daily production of more than 2.500 tons of coal have stopped operations as result of the recent orders of the fuel admin istration lowering the price of coal in this division. Five hundred min CTS are now idle, and this number Is likely to be increased to 1000 be- fore the end of the week. Many ope- rators are unanimous in their decla ration that they are unable to meet expenses at the new price.
 State fuel administrators are in- vestigating the affair, and 1t Is pos sible that they will recommend to the government that 1t take over the operation of the Colorado mines un- less they resume operations at once.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
ISAAC BUTTON
 NOW BENEDICT

In a recent edition of the New Castle Herald. N. Y, appears the marriage notice of Isaac Dutton. a former we'll known wood contractor of Fairbanks. The notice is as fol lows:
 Announcement is made of the mar riage of Miss Hattie Price of this city. to Isaac Dutton of Newport News. Va. which took place Wed nesday. January 23rd. at the Metho dist parsonage in Mayville. N. Y.
 MT. and Mrs. Dutton are spend ing a few days with Dr. Lee and family in Sharpsville. later going or to Newport News to reside.
 Ed Lund. of Nenana. is in towr on business.
 Among the out of town visitors are Victor Kleinschmidt. Joe Wart and c. L. Carlson.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
MILLS
 SHUT DOWN
(Associated Press)

FALL RIVER. Mass. Mar. H. Most of the big cotton mills in this section working on government con- tracts are dark and have been forced to shut down on account of a strike among the firemen in the industrial plants. Secretary of Labor W. B. Wilson wired the leaders of the strike movement tonight asking that the men be ordered to return to work pending settlement of the diff faculties by arbitration.
 The mills in this district form one of the main units in the nations industrial structure, and every day they remain idle costs the govern. ment much money. Many of the contracts which are being held up are vitally important. and the delay is a serious matter for the govern. ment.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
CHINK BANDITS
 CAPTURE TANKS
Associated Press)

PEKING. Mar. 11.-A large force of bandits near Yehsein, in the pro- vince of Honan. captured two Am erican engineers and took from them a large sum of money which they were carrying to pay of several survey parties. The engineers are Pursell and Nyl, and are in charge of some important work being car ried on by the Chinese government. The engineers were escorted by a squad of twenty soldiers who were |overpowered by the bandits. One of the escort made his escape and brought word of the outrage back to the nearest town. A large detach- ment of Chinese troops have been started in pursuit of the robbers.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
BRIEF RESUME
 OF GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS

For the reading public who are interested in the workings Of the grand jury during the present ses. sion of that body. the following are the true bills returned. together with the charge in the indictment and the course taken on the charges:
 U. 8. vs. Cam Basoff, falling to register in compliance with the se- lective service draft; arraignment to- day at 10 A. M.
 U. s. vs. John Gray, murder in the first degree; the indictment charged defendant with shooting F.. T. Townsend at Rampant on Oc- tober z1. 1917. from which wound Townsend later died. Arraignment today at 2 P. M.
 U. s. vs. Andrew Simon, larceny of boat. Defendant pleaded guilty: sentenced to serve two months and two weeks.
 U. s. vs. George Ryan. robbery Charged with breaking and entering an N. c. warehouse and taking two hams and a side of bacon. Pleaded guilty; sentenced to serve five months.
 U. s. vs. Earle Orr. obtaining money under false pretenses. Plead ed guilty; sentence to be passed on March 16.
 U. s. vs. Thomas Mcdonald. rob. bery. The offense charged is that of taking a watch. the property of Frank Harvey. Trial set for today at 2 P. M.
 U. 8. vs. Daniel Morency. burglary 1.-two charges). The indictment charged entering premises known as Halls Bath House and taking per sonal property of Dr. Louise Hall. Pleaded guilty to both charges; sen tence will be passed 3 P. M. March 16.
 U. 8. vs. Lawrence E. Cole. for gerry. Indictment charges forgeries of signatures on time checks of the Alaskan Engineering commission, at Nenana. Will plead Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. | U. 8. vs. Lawrence E. Cole. as-
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18

pute for the possession of the boy. Mrs. De Saulles went to her former husbands home and demanded that the boy be returned to her. as di- rected by the court order in giving her a divorce.
 De Saulles refused to comply and was shot by the boys motfer. Plead ing temporary insanity. the woman was cleared of the murder charge and now has been given the right to keep the son. She states that she will sail for her former Chilean home in 8 few days.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
COLE TO PLEAD
 ON WEDNESDAY

In the district court yesterday morning Lawrence Cole. who was indicted by the grand jury Saturday on the charges of forgery and as- sault with intent to kill. appeared for arraignment. The time set for entering his plea to both charges Is tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
 Pending his appearance. the de- fendant is out on bonds in the sum of $1,000 for the forgery charge and g, 900 on the assault charge.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
LEAGUE OF NATIONS BESET BY MANY DIFFICULTIES; WAR
 SHOULD BE MPRACTlCABLE

economic weapons possessed by var ious nations, weapons as powerful and as real, even If less tangible, than the military and naval arm. It has already been pointed out that the economic weapon might be one of the most powerful and effective means of enforcing the decisions of the League of Nations against any one nation which might be tempted to break the bounds.
 q have pointed out all these diff ficulties, not with an idea of dis couraging or opposing the idea of a League of Nations, but to show that, in my opinion. it will be impossible to work out the idea If any power or powers enter on the attempt with feeling of predominance. aggres- sion, or anything but sincere desire to be rid of the evil of bloated ar. maments and thnt militarist organi
 ation which leads to aggression.
 Whatever happens therc ought to be a good nucleus for the future League of Nations in the continued and expanded friendship of those countries now fighting together the cause of the Entente.
 "The greatest promise for the fu- ture peace of the world today is to be found. l believe. in the union to- day of the Anglo-SaXon races. and in the fact that they came into the war. not to help each other. but be- cause they were driven into 1t by common ideals of freedom and com mon hatred of tyranny.
 "l look upon the maintenance of the alliance and friendships of this war as matter for which every member of the Entente ought to strive with every power. Nobody can contemplate without uneasiness a peace which evolves no permanent stable peace were made. it would be necessary for the great powers, al. though confronted at home with problems of reconstruction the like of which have never been known be. fore. to turn aside from those prob lens. to leave them in chaos and to grapple rather with the problems of preparation for future wars. "The engines of destruction evolv ed by science in this war are such that one can easily picture in imagi nation the entire extermination of civilization if no way is found of putting an end to the destructive development of organization and equipment.
 "The aim of every statesman in every country. then, ought to be to find some means of making war i'm possible.
 "I have a good deal of sympathy with the idea that If every country was an equally free democracy there would be less likelihood of interna- tional conflict in the future. But if this war results in show ing that the democracies of the world can be defeated by military autocracy. l see little hope for the future.
 "It would help, believe, if all nations would agree to abolish con ;cription. But the democratization sf the remaining autocratic countries would be the greatest possible as surance of lasting peace. for the peoples of the world could then de- velop side by side; they would come to have much the same ideas and ideals; they would mix together more and hatred and suspicion would give place to comradship."
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
TACOMA MAY BUY
 STREET RAILWAY
(Associated Preaei

TACOMA. Wn., Mar. 9.-At a spe- cial meeting the city council tonight decided to put the question of pur- chasing the Tacoma Railway & Pow CT company up to the citizens of Tacoma in a special election to be held on April 2. The people will also pass on the issue of $5,200.000 in bonds. of which amount $4.500.000 is the maximum which may be paid for the system.
 There is considerable agitation here for community owned street transit facilities. and 1t is argued that the city will be able to operate the system to a better advantage than is possible under private owner. ship under the present conditions.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18

sault with intent to kill Indictmen, charges assault upon the person of Louise Lohr, at Nenana. Will plead Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
 U. s. vs. S. H. Millwee. embezzle. ment by bailee. Indictment charges selling an overcoat with which he had been entrusted. Arraigned to plead or otherwise move against the indictment today.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
EDWARD c. MoRRissEY Is
 NAMED AS SECRETARY

In a telegram received from Dele gate Chas. A. Sulzer. Edward C. Morrissey is notified that he has been selected to i'll the vacancy of secretary to the delegate which was created by the resignation of Emil E Hurja when he accepted a commits sion in the signal corps. It is prob able that Mir. Morrissey will leave within the next ten days for Wash ington, D. c.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
.OLDTlMER GOES
 ON LONG TRAIL

Sunday afternoon at his cabin in Graehl, Joseph Casey, who for some time has been suffering with an in ternal disease, passed away. His death was not entirely unexpected He had been previously advised that he had but short time to live.
 Not much is known of his rela- tives. Arrangements have been made for his burial at 9:30 this morning. Services will be held at the Catholic church and interment in the Fairbanks cemetery.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
SUGAR FRAUDS
 AREPREVENTED


 LONDON. Feb. l3.--Before you can be buried In England your sugar card must be produced The registrar of vital statistics. before hc issues q certificate of death, is required 10 make certain whether the dead per son was registered under the sugar distribution scheme. This is done, it is said, to prevent fraud, as unscrn pulous persons might continue to use a dead mans sugar card for & long time unless some means were taken of cancelling 1t.
 The registrar not only cancels q sugar card in case of death, but also issues this important document 10 anybody who registers birth.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
SALE OF GAME
 MEATFAV0RED
 BY SP0RTSMEN

Approval was given the principle, and more liberal provisions were urged by the Southeastern Alaska Fish and Game club at it's recent meeting In Juneau, says an exchange, to the bill introduced in congress by Delegate Charles A. Sulzer pro- viding for the sale during the open season and north of latitude 62 of moose, caribou and mountain sheep carcasses.
 The bill provides. "that it shall be lawful to kill moose. caribou and sheep in that part of Alaska north of latitude sixty-two degrees between September 1 and December 31 next following in each year, both dates inclusive, except that no person shall kill in any one year more than two moose. three caribou and three noun tain sheep. ."
 The bill further provides that such carcasses after being tagged by a game warden under the provisions of the bill might be sold in the pub lie market during the open season and a penalty for the violation of the act of s200 fine and three months imprisonment has been pro- vided.
 Moose Quite Far South
 w. H. Babbitt. forest ranger. re- ported that moose have been seen as far south as lower Speel river, Taku river and at Dry Bay. near the Alsec river. As the sixtr-second parallel runs through Copr.. Cen ter. after considerable discussion. the meeting voted to recommend that the provisions be made applicable to all of Alaska for the period of the war This would allow the kill ing of moose which cross the line from Canada in Southeastern Alas ka, and also those on the Kenai Npe- ninsula which would supply great part of the meat used In certain sections of Alaska during the open season. tending greatly to conserve the meat suppiy of the world. It also was recommended that the open season be from August 1 in- stead of September 1, and that in- stead of a fee of 12Is cents for tag ging carcasses that fee of 9 cents be charged.
 The question of an increased boun- ty on wolves, provisions for addi- tional game wardens. the use of poison to exterminate wolves. and the employment of special hunters who would receive additional com. pensation in addition to the bounty were referred to special commit tee consisting of Charles F.. David son, A. J. Sprague and W. A. Clark, who are to report at the next meet ing.
 Other questions referred to the same committee were the killing and sale of deer in Southeastern Alaska during the open season. the providing for hunting license for every hunter and limiting the kill ing of game and the granting of Ii ceI.es strictly to citizens of Alaska
 The committee will report on the matters referred to at the next meet ing of the club, which is subject to the call of the president.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
MRS. DE SAULLES
 GIVEN HER SON

NEW YORK, N. Y.. Mar. H. Mrs. Biancha Errazziz De Saulles
 the noted Chilean hefress. won her light today for the custody of her son Jack against the relatives of hei former husband. The mother was made legal guardian of her boy. and a trust company was appointed guardian of the property of the boy
 Nrs. Do Saulles was recently ac quilted for the murder of her for mer husband. John L. De Saulles former Yale athlete, during dis
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18

George Parks, of the local land office, is in receipt of telegram from N. o. Brigham. timber cruiser. that he left the lditarod Thursday morning enroute for Fairbanks. He will stop over at Ruby for a short time before reaching here.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
WARNING THEM

"I wants to dress a few words O wawnin'." sternly said good old Par son Bagster, in the course of a re. cent sermon, ito certain ambiguous gamblin' brudders and sev'ral sis' tahs, whose names I isn't gwine to enumerate at dis time, dat powdahs deir faces twell dey 'n!agines dey's most white, and titters and totters long de streets wid wide smile and narrer skirts twell dey's sight on earth. Yo' thinks, muh gay an spo'ty friends, dat, yo' kin live c. gedder in dat 'ar lurid state O plu- tonic friendship and git away wif 1t, uh-kaze Adam and Eve wasn't mar'd. No, Adam and Eve wasn't mar-d. and what happened to 'em? Dey kicked up deir heels Tor . spell In joyful abomination. and den-what happened to lem?
 De angel O de Lawd come wid a fiamin' swo'd and driv' 'em out'n de gyahden, and cut of deir perquix. gets! Dat, muh festered friends. am what happened to 'em! A word to do wise ort to be efficient. De choir will now vociferate."
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18
ANOTHER TO BE
 PROVIDED FOR

With the start of new week also starts the movement for provid- ing for m orphan for one year. The latest to obligate themselves in this respect are Eugene and Frank Be-
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-18

raud. who made their first donation yesterday. Four more who have promised to support an orphan for a year also contributed their weekly donation. Many have promised to come into the movement and take care of homeless waif for a year, and those in charge of the fund are hoping that each day during the week will see another name added to the growing list.
 The standing of the fund to date Is as follows:
 Previously acknowledged .$12.00 Eugene and Frank Beraud. ... 300 Teddy Brown ............ IS Roberta Ferguson .......... .76 Mrs. c. H. Clegg ...... .75 Mrs. J. H. Caskey .......... IS
 Total to date $500