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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
THEY REASONED
 AND HE BOUGHT

LOS ANGELES. Cal, April 30.--A Liberty Loan worker visited a pump factory here recently and stated his errand; one man declined to sub. scribe or give any reason for refus. ing; his fellow workers moved re. cess in the meeting, took him out. side, and returned in a few min- utes. with the remark that he would now buy bond. He did.
 The committee declined to dis close how it affected the change of heart.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
COMMANDER FOR
 NORTH ELECTED


 TACOMA, May s16.-T. 8. Street of Edmonds. a well known member of the Stevens post number one of the Seattle Grand Army of the Re public. was unanimously elected to be department commander of the Washington-Alaska district.
 MT. Street is a favorite with his comrades and stated this evening that he was highly elated with the honor given him. It is expected that the G. A. R. encampment will break up shortly. They have named Wenatchee as their next place of en- campment. The Grand Army men state they were much pleased with their trip to Camp Lewis today. They were accorded a very hearty welcome by the soldiers there.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20

 BADLY NEEDS
 TRAINED MEN

The local representative of the civil service commission is in re. ceipt of bulletin communication from the commission headquarters at Washington. D. C., in which the urgent need of thousands of trained men for the army and navy branch es is emphasized. The communica- ton is as follows:
 WASHINGTON. D. C.-How many of us realize what would become of our forces in France if the orga- nization at home for producing the materials of war should fali? Charg- ing armies and laundering battle. ships are easy to visualize. but not so easy to accomplish. There can be no going over the top no para lyzing broadsides, unless, to sustain the blow, there is material in abun dance to back up the human effort
 Right now the civilian branches of the army and navy are in urgent need of thousands of highly trained workers, and before this year passes these branches must be increased by at least 10000. The ordnance department of the army needs great numbers of men who are trained as mechanical engineers. mechanical and other kinds of draftsmen. chemists, ,at l1,,, ct nd thousands of inspectors are also want ed for the work of passing upon the quality of everything conceivable in the way of ordnance, ammuni. tion, and other munitions. For of. flee work the ordnance department wants great many statisticians, ac. countants, experts and assistants in business administration, and clerks trained in special lines. such as clerks qualified in business adminis- tration. index and catalogue clerks. and clerks qualified in statistics or accounting. The quartermaster corps of the army is in need of several thousand examiners and inspectors of everything that enters into the personal and camp equipment of the soldier. Passenger and freight rate clerks are also wanted In this branch. The signal corps of the army Is short of aeronautical mechanical draftsmen. The navy has an un. limited number of places for drafts men of various kinds and tor a long list Of technical workers. Practical ly all branches of the service are In need of atenographers. typists, book keepers, statistical clerks, multi graph operators, and calculating ma chine operators.
 The United States civil service commission, whose duty it Is to i'll these civilian positions, urges, as patriotic duty, that qualified persons offer their services for this work, work vital to pushing the war. Good salaries are offered, and the work is all in the United States. With the exception of few of the clerical positions. applicants will not be as sembled for written examinations. but will be rated upon their education. training. and experience. as shown in their applications, supplemented by corroborative evidence. Representa-. tives of the civil service commission at the post offices in all cities are prepared to furnish definite infor. nation and application blanks"
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
BABY BONDS
 FOR HIS ALL

BUTTE, Mont. April BOA miner. with his dinner bucket swinging from his arm, approached the thrift stamp booth in the federal building here recently and listened patiently to the selling talk" of the women on duty there.
 When they had finished, he op- ened the dinner pail and dumped it's contents-nickels and dimes and Quarters-upon the counter They represented his savings, amounting to $330 in all, which he exchanged for "baby bonds"
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
COLOR LINE NOW
 DRAWN ON BEAN

SPOKANE. April 30 (By MaiD.- Only prejudice is preventing the more general use of colored beans, the greatest crop of which in the history of the country was produced by farmers of the west last season according to Charles Hebberd. food administrator for Washington. The colored beans have advantages not possessed by the white bean and they are cheaper. he says. and should be given the preference as meat substitute.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
ARTILLERY BUSY
 ON ITALY FRONT

VIENNA, May 17.-An official re- port states that the artillery duel on the Italian front is very lively in Albania. The big guns have kept up steady roar for several hours.
 The Italian and French forces at. tackled the Austrian mountain posi- tions between the Osum and Devoli rivers. With the exception of the gain of some unimportant terrain west of Corce, the allied forces were everywhere repulsed. The attacking armies suffered heavy losses during the engagement.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20

modities Outside. a few compara- tive prices were made. Eggs are 55 cents dozen. butter 60 cents a pound, lard 25. pork 35. beef 28 and 30; and chickens the cheapest thing on the market at 20 cents a pound. Sugar is sold for g cents a pound and only one dollars worth at a time will be sold to customer Bingham formerly worth IA cents yard has advanced to as high as 40 and 50 cents. while the scent cotton goods range from IS to 25 cents
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20

do not ask them to eat less, but to join in the general effort to con- serve one or two articles, they ap- parently are glad to enter into the movement" he declared.
 "The cooks are doing a great deal. The tables will show great vari- ety and as much to eat as ever, but there is little waste. Steaks not eaten are used as meat pies or hash"
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
LUMBER CAMPS
 CLEAN UP FOOD

SPOKANE, Wash. May l6.-Lum. Der camp cooks in the Inland Elm pire are complaining that they do not have enough table scraps left to feed the camp pigs, according to o. M. Hummer. stockman and educator of Portland. who is giving his ser vices to the food conservation among the lumber camps of the northwest. and who recently returned from a trip through the camps of northern Idaho.
 "As soon as the men find that we
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
FAMOUS CUNLAlN
 DIES AT s IN A
 CHARITY WARD

Jim" Jordan, master gunman. is dead, according to word received here by former crOnies and the police who knew him when he was considered the fastest man on the draw and trigger in the vest
 Jim" died In charity ward of a Boston hospital following an opera tion, ending a life of 85 years. sixty. five OF more of which was spent as a wanderer in many devious paths.
 Jim" Jordan's record was known to every police chief in the land and his exploits were known on two oceans as well.
 Denver was home to Jordan, but even here nothing was known of that far off past when he was a boy. None knew from whence he came or who were his parents. He never married and no relatives are known to survive him.
 Jordan is most remembered in Denver from his famous battle with "Soapy" Smith and Smiths gang in the old Murphy exchange on Lari- mer street. It was October 12. 1892, that "Soapy" and his gang planned to "get" Jordan. They failed.
 With "Soapy" in the room where the battle took place were the late Mart Watrous. Murphy, Tom Ready and Clifford "Griff" Sparks, noted gambler and faro dealer. when Jor. dan entered.
 Somewhere outside nc had been tipped" to the coming play. When he entered Smith after a few words flicked the top of the bar with his shooting irons" and said:
 "Them's my arguments!"
 And poor argument for you Soapy." smiled Jim.
 Quick as flash Jim had drawn" " AS he did 50 three guns parked forth, his own. Soapy's and that of Tom Ready. Jim was not hit. He had a peculiar style of firing from the knee. stopping over quickly to disconcert an antagonists aim and shooting while bending low
 AS the three guns spoke Clifford Sparks in some mysterious manner got between the duelists. He drop ped dead. All three gunmen were arrested and charged with murder. but all were acquitted as it could not be proved any of them wanted to kill Sparks. Some witnesses say an enemy of Sparks pushed him into range.
 After this Jim quit Denver While he was here and in his travels to other points of the west he is said to have made more bad men quit cold than any other man ;n the his tory of the west. He also caused some to be mourned because of his deadly aim.
 From Denver Jim then went to the Atlantic seaboard, where he is said to have headed a band of card sharps on transatlantic liners. He made more fortunes with his wits to add to the ones he had made and squandered in the west.
 Before coming west Jordan had served three years in an Illinois prison for manslaughter for killing hack driver. who didn't drive to suit him." according to friends. In 1900 he was sought for a diamond robbery in Stockton, California. In 1905 he was arrested in Dayton, Ohio. on various charges, but was released.
 Of his enemies "Soapy" Smith was killed in Skagway. Alaska, by the civil engineer Reid. vigilante. Tom Ready was sent to the Colorado penitentiary for robbery and is now undermined in health.
 Jim was six feet one inch tall. At eighty he still was "spry," and only a year ago he was arrested in Chi. cago for working the wire tapping racing bunco. He was acquitted for lack of evidence.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
WAR PRICES ON
 OUTSIDE HIGH

In the last mall was received a letter from Mrs. Chas. Gadt, who formerly lived in Fairbanks but. ow ing to i'll health. was compelled to go Outside. Both Mir. and Mrs. Gadt are now located on farm at Fowler, Michigan. and are doing well. MT. Gadt was at one time foreman for the A. R. c.
 In speaking of the prices of com
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
LITTLE ElDORADO WILL
 BE BUSY THIS SUMMER

Late arrivals from Little Eldorado are optimistic regarding the pros. poets of that creek this year The creek is very lively at present. about twelve outfits operating. ranging from individual claim owners doing their own work to those employing large crews.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
SEATTLE GIVES
 WARFUND

In recognition of the good work done by the Red Cross in Fairbanks, the Alaska Steamship company has come forward with a generous dona- tion to swell the total quota of this district. The good news was tele- graphed to Chairman Wallace Cath. cart by Secretary Davies of the Sc. attle organization. and is as follows
 Seattle. May 16. 1918 Wallace Cathcart,
 Fairbanks.
 Alaska s. s. company has gener. ously donated two hundred dollars to your war fund. Check will be mailed. Wire name bank depository.
 DAVIES" This will be a welcome addition to the fund and Is deeply appreciat. ed by those having the drive in charge here.
 P. J. Sharkey. R. ]. Johnson and John Olson are among the city vfaftOra
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
DRIVE SPEAKERS
 ARE ANNOUNCED

The list of speakers who will ap- pear before the public during the Red Cross drive is in the course of preparation and in a few days will be announced to the public.
 The speaker to appear on Sunday night has not as yet been selected.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20
SMALL BLAZE PUT
 OUT eY THE LADIES

An alarm of ire yesterday morn ing called the department to the home of Jack Bellerby on Cushman street. Arriving at the scene of the blaze. the boys found the fire al- ready extinguished through the ef- forts of Mrs. Bellerby and some neighbor women. The prompt ac- ton on the part of the women un- doubtedly saved considerable dam age.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20

E. B. Collins of Fox Is in town for a short visit.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-20

P. J. Sharkey, R. j. Johnson and John Olson are among the city visitors.
The evening world., 1918-03-07

breakfast. but II never makes me feel
heavy. After breakfast I spend an
hour or 50 with the papers. Then |
start ON "a long walk. | then return
TO my room and attend TO my CORE
s~pondencc. After that | usually have
a lot OF callers. II not | spend the rest
OF the time playing solitaire. box
with Jake kilrain AT the theatre twice
4 day and sometimes ofteucr.
The main thing for a man past fifty
is regularity. DO everything system
n~tIcally and tho system soon gets on
TO what YOU are driving at and helps
wonderfully, Don't attempt any OF
these heavy forms Of exercise, be-
cause they arc foolish. The average
a can get all the exercise he needs
out OF long walks and light exercise
with tho dumbbclls.
A man past nifty shouldn't do much
toward reducing his weight. The cf-
feet will do more harm than good. as
a rule, or course, there are eXcep-
tions, II is natural for the man who
enjoys the good things Of life TO take
on flesh as he grows old. The same
thing rs TRUE Of all animal nature
Take the old dog. He takes his
regular exercise, but he gradually
grows heavy. The exercise necessary
20 reduction Of fat will do more to-
ward weakening the general muscular
system than IL will toward taking of
Fat
The evening world., 1918-03-07
Evening Worlds '
Headpin Tourney j
slnREs

SCORES.
Brooklyn central \ NJ e. : No. / nougherty
lQl. Mason 100. Frank ~. Anderson liJ. Uould'
81. total 49,.
Brookhn Central Y VI. e. 4. No. c-L, Ralns
~ Houi -. Nitola 1903. Mcycr iol, Hcnrcks iO8;
tnta' $50
Hr-,,sEn Central y VI g \ 10. 3-sh.rs.-
s. \ Graly -. \. rolu' 80, pllbern 80. Doitsl
~. total 3.i5.
Tic lure Go In Ncgscr -. phllin m 60.
Ncllurrs a. lsia's -. pom.e lO2i tosal 3gi.
IOR WINNERS.
pough'v 'Oi Mason iOj Anderson ia, Vitoll
io3. Me,or lOl anil Hcuurss lp9 = BrUckyu
Central \. VI &. A aud Domks Of tho Luris
Co. 10
HtG,U TEAM SCORE.
Br1o.ltu Central y. VI G. 4. ~. ?. 4sS.
~CHEptLE
To.n.ht-SordCr brooklyn ~. A-sonia. Rsss.
man ~. American Piano supply Co Calmeth.
Jonah .g|. ftluF Irrshray Go. Success. lounf
Meua Ral,n'r .1I. = t.. Tup'cr ~ 60. ~.
Fria, Sight Nurdua 30. BoFoy Rank, Ber-
ser Manufacturing Co. lrHgpuA, lie harry.
Guardian Iafc Ins. Co. %. Iruus National Rank
~. Key-t,'" ! g Penney Co. Packard Motor
Car q Trombone
EVENING WORLD GOLD For WINNER
Fred Andersen. Brcoalu Central Y NJ, c. L..
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The evening world., 1918-03-07
ALWAYS SLEEPS AS LONG AS
POSSIBLE.

Six years & | stopped drinking
any kind OF i~ntoNicants, and 10 me II
has been the hes; thing hat ever hap
pcned, | awake these mornings feel
ing bright and fresh. | do not have
that feeling OF heaviness that follows
a night at the banquet table or an
evening OF good fellowship around the
card table. ] always sleep as long as
| can. A mar Of fifty years does not
| require as much sleep as a growing
boy, but he should take all that he
can get.
The first thing | do upon arising is
to take five minutes exercise with a
pair Of very light dumhbclls. I then
sit m a chair and run a stiff hair
brush across my scalp 100 times. That
starts the blood flowing in the scalp
and, in addition to preserving the
hair. II relieves any feeling o. hcavi-
ness about the eyes.
Tho original idea Of running a brush
through the hair so many times was
TO prevent the hair from falling out,
Mark Twain tried this, and ons day
he threw everybody into 4 III OF
laughter by saying, Yes, II is GER
tainly a good thing IT gives one Sc
much exercise" While he meant that
for a Joke because he grew tired Of H.
there was much truth in hts remark
The exercise is good for the arms az
well as the scalp.
When I am through with tho dumb
bells and the scalp treatment ] order
my breakfast, | always eat Breakfast
IN my room. This Is partly u TO ms
desire for comfort and partly because
| never like to eat in a public dining
room on account OF curious persons
staring at me,
! enjoy breakfast as much as any
other meal and | partake Of a hearty
meal. My breakfast usually consists
OF a glass OF orange juice am very
strong for orange juice-grape fruit
baked apples and cream, and maybe
A cereal | also eat eggs and some.
times bacon OF sausage, toast anC
coffee. You a see that It Is quite
The evening world., 1918-03-07
Tabloid ReUiew of Local Sports

". Downs defeated ~. Grove In their
match In tho smoker pool tournament
now IN progress at Jack poylc's M
Hard Academy. Downs won hy a score
NJ N0 10 81 Tho winners high run was
- ard his opponents i6
Felix jenkins OF tho Montreal Athlete
Club reached tho mai round OF tho ma
tionnl class n squash tcnnlA champion
ship tournament on tho courts or tho
Columbia club. Jenkins nrst eliminated
J, A., Victor, YRlo cub. by Il score of
i6-S, 10, So tt fourth round match
M later defeated Irving n. Cornell.
Columbia CLUB, l7-l5, l5-ll Harry u,
MiAsell, Princeton club. and 4 r. Ellis,
Harvard club. riso came through to the
semi round IN tho lower hulf, The,
will meet his afternoon iOg tho Tisht 90
face Jenkins In the hual round match
on Saturday,
The evening world., 1918-03-07
McGraw, Camp and Ward
Are the Latest Players TO
Come Into Fold.
THE Yankees are fast signing up

THE Yankees are fast signing up
70" the season. Three moro
payers have deserted the hold
out league They are Pitcher Bob
McGraw, II. l.. Camp, the out
fielder, who played q few games
last fall after the Donovanites we're def
initely out ~ the race for NTH place.
and Aaron Ward. utility inncldor. ward
bids fair to hold the substitute inheld
Job his year unless Higgins picks M
some new talent. Hc played eighty
games with Charleston in the South At
lantic League. ranking second In the
list Of shortstops. and hit .e6l. Camp
was In the same league and hit 1857 for
seventy-seven games
John J. McGraw walked into the
Giants headquarters YESTERDAY after
noon the picture OF health and happi-
ness. lie had signed I'VE recalcitrant
ball players and escaped two train
wrecks. Otherwise his Western trip
produced nothing exciting.
On the way to Louisville. over the
Chesapeake and Ohio at a place called
Greendale, the manager OF the Giants
hung suspended on a car over a chasm
100 feet deep until a freight engine
pulled his train out. On the way back
his enkine hit a pie wagon lust out
side 81. Louis. wrecked the wagon. de
m%olished the pies. but allowed the horse
and driver TO escape. Whercupon John
Foster. the seventh son OF the seventh
son. with a taraway look In his eve.
said:
That means that the Giant machine
The evening world., 1918-03-07
Z Fistic NeWs John Pollock and Gossip

slated frr A.. thor crap on MONDAY nlgI' Ne
meets Terry NcioyrTu. the rugged rhialslfAa
fighter. for oil round. 10 The main event a, "a,
Olympia A. A q rhiIsdeplia
Now that the National A. c. Of PHILADELPHIA
has a hts;lins new matchmaker in Muggsy
1Sylur, the Indications Le that the fight itns
u mat city will be given a Glance To Sc spne
new men IN hoItH there fS a llus tlas
M~atchna e7 jazz Han.oa Of the Olympia A.
aud Jack Michigan. formerly u the Natioual
A. c., kept u-ing The same boAers every 'ry
wecA a. their shows which became tfesGIs D.
the fans.
Foil Frau-hiiL. the former amateur lI5.ruuni
rlSmpiou, was matched to-day 20 meet Ate
slmons, the promising bantamveight Of S-g
Orleans, ior six rounds a. tF NaaouN ! & y
Pi.lde I.aa Oh saturday n.s.t. l'us 60 vii b.,
he semi-fnal 10 tus sar u,i. between JOHNNY
Duulee. the iocal Italian .isl.yea.l. aud
George Ciauey Of lailnu-,.
johnny Erlr. the 81. Pau usutamees., il,
signed M for auotler fgar 40 NeN Orrl4,
lis manager, Tom Audress Il Milgauke, hal,
Just arospted a match tor h-m VITA Immy Azue
Il Duluth. Who h said 20 be a harly yulng,ter
They will come togetler 10 a ten-ru nd bar q,
a dsrson a. the Orleans A e. 90 Mann ~
Although Mike Op,Nd the middlrs.,.
olampnn. Is very .o.u'af with the solder, a.
camp podg' Ia where me d. . private. he
ncycr.lcl'rs f. r@srr.ug uo ayuu Do q letter
% hs manage raid, Mullins. ue SAYS t4a,
We las to go ..r.usa t.t same srau's e. The
others and that h. vii. not h. able 10 b.,
agsin for seycrai weeks.
A match vas arranged to-day by sammy iAf.
Ts. manager Of the rttsw,k A. c. II Baltimore
The tiga,eT whom sammy Als signed ~ ior
The evening world., 1918-03-07
BRlTT0N TRIED HARD
TO KNOCK OUT LEWIS.

ATLANTA, Ga. March Ted Lewis
Of England. w~cltcrwoiEht champion. and
Jack Brlttou OF New York former
champion. fought a t~en-TOund. node
cisiou exhibition boxing contest here
last night for the benefit OF the Camp
Gordon Athletic Fund
Lewis fought cautiously throughout
tho bout. but showed considerable speed
toward tho cud Britton was aggressive
from the first and apparently was try
ing for a knockout.
Newspaper opinion gave Lewis the
third. fourth. flth and seventh rounds,
while Brittou was conceded an edge on
his opponent in the second. eighth,
ninth and tenth rounds, with the first
and sixth even.
The evening world., 1918-03-07
DETROIT BOWLER TAKES
LEAD FROM NEWARK MAN.

CINCINNATI Ohio. March &c.
styles Of Detroit. by bowling 7O2 IN the
singles has topped the high score OF
$50. made by 9 Wagner Of Newark.
y. j.. on Feb. 81. five days after the
tournament Of the American Rowling
Congress began. styles is now the
proud leader OF the individual boylers
who have cssayed to win honors in the
tourney. \ few hours after styles had
assumed the lead in the singles, tbs
Page Dairys of Toledo. Ohio. bov1ea
into second nlaCe In the five men team
event by rolling 1851, being 81 pins be-
hind the Aquilas Cigars Of ST. PAU
who are leading In that class.
The evening world., 1918-03-07
Three More Yankees
Quit HOldOut League

Of l2lS NicGraw's train) IL going to
d"moltSh the National League lunch
wagon Charles +. Weeghman's cubs.
uut mat The horse and driver tWecgh;
nun and Fred MitChelp will ESCAPE and
eek r-r-r-cvenge. McGraw. beware!
You may win this wear. but there Is
another year ahead"
There always is" replied MCGraw.
The National League has received
from the Internal Revenue Department
National LeagH club as TO whether
season subsCr4c on books sold at $40.
paid q 10 per cent. wal tax on the yearly
price. or "A tax on the daily rate of 10
cents. Tho Government rules that the
tax be collected on the yearly charge.
This ruling. how ever. does not apply to
annual and daily passes.
Tho Government department has de-
Ctdcd that nc tax he levied on admis-
slons 10 the space In the major league
parks reserved for the use OF the Base
ball Writers Association Of America,
nor to telegraph operators reporting
games. New sboyg and scureCard aud
peanut and sandwich sellers are also ex-
eInptcd from the tax.
Right on the heels OF a report that
Jack Dunn, manager OF the Baltimore
international team, was endeavoring to
rcorganize the International League,
with Baltimore, Richmond, wilmington
Del). Newark, Rochester, syracuse,
Buffalo n Toronto holding franchises,
comes the report h a James J, McCaf-
frey. President OF the Toronto Club, Is
signing his players for 1918.
The International League ~ going
to be -reorgauized." said McCaffrev In
Toronto. I'VE win so on. There will
be some new clubs, but in general It
Will be the old circuit. Some new cap
ital has been Interested n W. will get
protection from the big leagues. | eT-
pect Lajoie, the manager of the Toronto
team. here for a conference at once
The Cleveland Indians are the first 70
pry off the lid At the psriuE training
camps. Lee Foil. kuhles,
trainer: Covelcskic and Coumbe, pitch
ers, and O'Neill and krojci. catchers,
have arrived n, New orleans, and met
Joe wood. pitcher, yesterday. Other
players are expected to-day.