davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-04
CANDIDATE FOR
 SCHOOL BOARD

Late yesterday afternoon another candidate registered at the office of the clerk of court for the coming primary election. The candidate was Mrs. Luther c. Hess. who will run for director on the school board.
 To Mrs. Hess belongs the honor of being the first woman to make registration for political recognition Her candidacy undoubtedly will re- ceive strong support at the polls. as she Is of good business and ex- ecutive ability.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-04
GIVE DECISION
 ON S-HOUR LAW

Yesterday Judge C. E. Bunnell an nounced that he would give his deci. sion on the eight-hour law today at two o'clock. This decision is await. cd with much interest by the entire interior. as it has vital bearing on the future actions of many mine owners who claim that they cannot operate at a profit under the eight hour law.
 Many business houses of Fairbanks also await this decision, as they have been put to much additional
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-04
RIOTINC NEGRO
 TROOPS JUCCED

LITTLE ROCK. Ark, Feb. 26.- Twenty-six negro soldiers at Camp Pike were lodged tonight in the guard house as a result of a riot in the mess hall at one of the com. pany barracks during the supper hour. One white non.commissioned officer received a minor scalp wound from a plate thrown by one of the negroes. No other injuries are re ported. The cause of the rioting is unknown.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-04
ASSAULT CASE
 TODAY AT TEN

Today at ten o'clock in the con- missioner's court room will take place the trial of Dan Perisich on a charge of assault on the person of Mike Jancovich. This case was orig inally set for last Monday. being later postponed for one week. Other matters penidng, 1t was decided to hold 1t today. Since Perisichs ar rest he has been out on bonds in the sum of $250.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-04
LADIES SAY ESTER
 MAN GOOD kNiTTER

Thomas Markuson, of Ester, has just sent in the first sweater knit by man to be received by the Woman's Bureau of the Red Cross. The knitting committee Is delighted, not only to nave the sweater to add to the weeks shipment. but with the splendid quality of MT. Marku. sons knitting.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-04
DOCUMENTARY STAMPS
 REQUIRED ON NOTES

The local banks call attention to the fact that all notes must have afixed to them documentary stamps. These stamps are for the purpose of raising revenue for the war. and those neglecting to afiix stamps are liable to prosecution for their ne. glect. The amount of the stamp re- quired varies with the amount of the note. being two cents for each hundred dollars or fraction thereof.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-04
LARGE SUM IS RAISED FIRST
 GROSS DRIVE

The complete returns are in for the Christmas drive of the Rcd Cross. The total sum reaches q large figure. Iditarod. which was originally included in this district. has been segregated from it and another chapter started at that place. Exclusive of the lditarod. which took in 1000. the total sum amounts to $S.313.39
 Below is given tabulated state ment showing the receipts and dis bursements of the fund:
 Total collected ........... .$8,31339 Amount remitted to treasur-
 CT for Christmas drive.
 Seattle .................. o.f4oZf Amount retained by Tanana
 Valley Chapter ........ 1.86515 Cost of drive. telegrams.
 thrift stamps, etc. ..... 6763 Net balance to chapter. $1,79752
 There was expended for military relief, which includes the purchase of yarn, materials for hospital gar ments etc. which were purchased in Seattle and paid for the following amounts:
 Yarn, etc. ................ Io3'3l Yarn, etc, purchased locally 3250 Steamship and railroad charg-
 ca on shipments ........ 3S,25 Yarn orders now enroute .. 100000 VOt8l ...--........ @1''ff'V
 This fund was helped out to large extent by the generosity of the stage company in giving free haulage from Chitina to Fairbanks on many pounds of material.
 Only a small balance will be left on hand after the incoming shipment is taken up. and 1t will be neces' sary to raise more funds in order that the good work may continue.
 AS a result of the Red Cross drive in the Fourth division the membership of the organization has been increased by 72 life members.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-04

expense in observing the law, pend. ing the outcome Of the case. This will probably be the last decision given by the court during the pres ent term. as an adjournment may be taken until the opening of the next term of court. next month.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-04
CITY FATHERS
 HOLD SESSION.:
 FINANCES GOOD

The regular meeting of the Fair. banks city council was held last night at the city hall with Mayor H. T. Ray in the chair. Many bills were considered and ordered paid Much business for the welfare of the city was gone into.
 Among other things discussed was that of the snow question. The practice has been for those cleaning oil their roofs and sidewalks to throw the snow to the edge of the sidewalk or into the street for a way, causing a high embankment to form on each side and leaving only narrow passageway for the use of teams. In some instances the snow has been thrown out in large Jumps in the middle of the street making it impossible for a heavily loaded team to pull o, CT them. Thai phase is particularly dangerous in case of fire. as the fire team could not get by. To overcome this ob jection, all offenders will be notified to smooth off the street in the i'm mediate front of their premises to uniform width.
 Provision was also made for tn protection of the waterfront before the breakup. The protection of chil- dren along the waterfront was also discussed, and all property owners having launch slips leading to the river will be requested to place suf- flcient protection in the way of a fence or gate around the slip so that a child may not fall into the river.
 The finances of the city are in better shape than they have ever been before at this time of the year. The report of the clerk follows: Receipts
 Municipal Court Fines ....s 62OO Real Property Taxes. 1917. 19.024.27 Personal Property Taxes.
 l917 ................. l9,247.52 Sundry Receipts ........... 8.25 Sidewalk Refunds ........ 35.41 Municipal Licenses ...... 130.0O Municipal Court Debt. Div. 3OC Rent of City Dock ....... 250.00
 Total ................... .$3S. .76O.51 Disbursements
 Interest Gen. Fund .......$ 558.18 Interest Salary and Labor
 Fund 413.96 Discount 1917 Taxes ... 3,S21.9S Fire Dept. .............. 2,2OS.62 i Police Dept. ............. 294.O9 Street Dept. ............. 3638 Street Lights, Dec. & Jan. 4S6.55 City Mess ................ 264.71 General Expense .......... 28224 Heating 12S.25 Advertising ............... 1O3 40 Printing .................. 119.5O Tax Refund, 1917 ......... 900 Total ...................$ 8,726.86 Monthly Gain ........... s30, ,O33. .65 Or. Bal. Cen. Fund ........ 3,443.15 | Or. Bal. Sal. & Labor Fund 1.30 Total .$42, ,204. .96 Or. Bal. Town of Fairbanks .$3, ,444.45
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-04

The matter was puSneQ Dy GuStaVe Moynier, and an unofficial congress to consider the whole question ol care for wounded soldiers, was called in Geneva, Henri Dunant's home city, in October. 1863. This was followed by an official congress called the Geneva Convention, called by the Swiss government in 1864 The covenant which was there signed in August 1864. on behalf ol the states represented. afterwards re ceived the adherence of every civ ilized power.
 Under the terms of this covenant each nation pledged itself to worl with other nations in caring fol the sick and wounded of all coun tries alike. and never to fire on { doctor, nurse or ambulance that bore the sign of the Red Cross. Ther, were many other provisions. bu these were the two most construct i've and wide-reaching. as they es tablished a worldwide. international and curative agency. with a humani tarian purpose as wide as humanit! itself.
 Siberia, China. Egypt, and Algier. were among the many nations al lied at this conference. The con vention adopted the Red Cross a. its emblem, in compliment to thu Swiss nation that had called then together. and the city of Genev'
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-04

NldTd OdTlOu udO Iutm CdTTlcQ U the hospital. where she saw to the washing and binding of their wounds, fed them clean. wholesome food, and wrote letters for them to their families.
 The boys mothers heard of Clara Barton through their letters home and wrote, sending supplies of food and clothing which she distributed Later she obtained a pass from the government to go behind the lines There in the midst of the dirt and disease she stayed during the re mainder of the war. nursing north erners and southerners alike.
 At the close of the war, she or ganized at Washington a bureau oi records to aid in the search fol missing men for whom inquiries were made. In connection with this work she identified and marked ths graves of more than twelve thou sand soldiers in the national ceme tery at Andersonville. Georgia. IT 1869 she went for her health te Switzerland. Upon her arrival al Geneva she was visited by members of the International Committee ol the Red Cross, who sought her co operation in the work they were just organizing. The United States had not yet joined the Internationa Red Cross. as no one had takeT pains to explain to the lawmakerl
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-18
YOUR RED CROSS
in Army Without a Gun
THE Red Cross is the greatest instrument
By MEREDITH NICHOLSON
OF the Viqilartes
OF the Vigilantes.

THE Red Cross IS The greatest instrument Of
mercy the world has ever seen. Noble as the
service Of mercy and helpfulness was in Civil War
days. the Red Cross surpasseS it immeasurably not
only in the range and variety Of its effort, but in
efficiency and effectiveness.
The Red Cross IS, may say, the arms of the
mothers of the world reached out to their sons to
bind up their wounds and comfort them The Red
Cross is an army acifhonf gnn that wages war
only upon suffering and heartache Where the
flag of the stars goes there the banner Of the Red
Cross must fly beside it, We watch our boys 60
forth to war with spirit of hopefulness because we
know that this great agency Of humanity presses
close behind them; that its work is not incidental
but the intelligent directed effort Of Of the
most marvellous organizations ever contrved by
American genius.
We have all contributed to the Red Cross; we
shall be called upon again to contribute to its
funds.-agan and perhaps again. And we will
respond again and yet again! For this is a war for
the defense of civilization and we Of great, free
splendid glorious America, have every intention
that it shall be fought with the army Of the Red
Cross solidly supporting soldiers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-18
rHIRp LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN

The campaign for the Third Liberty Loan has
closed with some 100000 Americans purchasing about
$4,000 100000 of bonds.
Hundreds Of thousands individual citizens thou
sands of corporations and associations and practically
every newspaper and bank country gave literally
Of their time space. effort and money make the loan
success. The response Of the people Of the country
was commensurate with the appeal made 10 them
One great feature Of the loan is its wide distribu-
farmers of country the people living in
rural communities. in the small towns and villages not
only subscribed literally to the loan BY subscribed
promptly. In fact very great extent rural com
muntes earlier in making up their quotas than
the larger cities Secretary McAdoo wen calls this wide
distribution of the loan the people the soundest
financing in the world
The sale of the Liberty Loan bonds IS only one
half Of the transaction The government in selling the
bonds is collecting the money from the people From
now until the bonds are finally called In and paid
for the government viii be dsbursing money to the
people It is going he Of ncaculabe benefit not chv
to the individual bondhoders country at large
that these annual interest payments the final pay-
ment of the bonds eing 10 BE widely distributed
among the body of people paid only 10 large
financial Institutions. paid large amounts the
jewellers in cities. paid to banks and corpo-
rations but paid individual citizens the RANK and
dIe of the American people
The Liberty Loan is going to prove great national
blessing TO the Nation and to the people the Nation
Through it is to be enforced against our enemies the
irresistible might OF this inyncble republic bringing VIC
tory America and her allies and thaa liberty and
Justice and civilization which they are fighting for
It is great bond between the people and the gov
eminent great bond uniting in great effort All
Of people. and bringing economy and saving and
prosperity TO millions Of American homes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-18

them wen known industrial officials, do not believe IN
liquor They DO not it and personally they would
forbid it to every other man. But they know that
bone-dry' town is a dead town industrialy and com
mereally. They need who accustomed to take
a drink when they it. and their industry suffers
from new law Therefore they pocket their pride
smother their previous convictions she their Puritan
impulses every other citizen into the Pro
bed of their opinion and these We are now
actually pleading for the repeal this truly obnox-
ious law.
It is an interesting chapter human nature g
duel between individual inclination and financial sue
cess In the end the pocketbook Of course i
always does.
The real reason against every bad law is as fol
lows: No law may properly prevent from i'm
uring another. bat it is bad law bad morals, and IN
American when it imposes upon him the ethics pref
erence. OF morals. of life Of another
against his viii The prohibition law is bad about every
way that can think.
It drives labor away. it Increases drunkenness. il
consests the circulation Of money. ii makes vacant
stores. Injuries business. nterferes with the age
old custom The people prohibition does pro-
hibh- II drives people and their money and their in
dustry away.
Prohibition is one of the many yasaries Of the Amer
lean experiment that contravenes its first principles
personal liberty Calumet Record.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-18
= - - = y y -
THE DEATH OF A HERO.

Joseph Letzan one of West Hammond fine young
cheerfuly gave his life for his country yesterday
across the waters Somewhere in France in haowed,
grave this lies. and lad who loved manly
sports who grew up among US. is al rest It was his
privilege crowd into the last year of his life wondrous
adventure and who is there that the last of
his twentythree not worth fifty ordinary years?
When after receiving shrapnel wounds as he served
an artilley piece in a burning dugout he sent to
Monaco the beautiful spot in the Mediterranean for
cuperaton He looked at Monte Carlo nesting white
before the under wonderful sky and wrote
a letter home. letter from another world than
West Hammond from another boy than the lad who
the and sloughs search of adven-
lure. but he breathed the fire of patriotism. He
taking part in the Great Adventure" He spoke
what he would do when he came home did this young
hero and then back the firing line.
Hun got shell Of him. but they never
kill his spirit the memories Of him, the love Of
West Hammond for Joe Lietzan.
Next week the Red Cross calls US to give.
Let US give gladly and gloriously for Joe Lietzan
and the other boys love there.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-18
Song That Made
Them French Again
Marvellous Transformation of
LiStless, Sodden Repahies
to Life Once More.

The little depot at Evian was
thronged. The afternoon convoy was
arriving with It's hundreds Of repatries
from the desolated provinces of
France, returned by the Germans by
way Of Switzerland.
The cheering that arose at sight of
the putting engine in the distance died
as the jammed cars came TO a stop,
and slowly, hesitatingly, the hundreds
Of children and elderly people ahght-
ed, for a pain Of detection hung over
the reparies. a dependency, limp
Indifference to everything. Home?
once more In France? Yes. But what
does it mean to us?"
The mayor rises for a few briefest
sentences VI welcome. but scarcely a
face turns to his. And then, with a
nod to The musicians. he says:
Let Us sing, my children and be-
gins that wonderful martial prayer
that sets nerves u-tingle and eyes
a-weeping:
"Allons, enfants de la patriel
lie jour Dc gloire est arrive. :"
For line or two the mayor sings
alone, ms voice sounding over the
shuttle Of weary feet as even the tint
est Of the little ones rise. And then a
voice here adds thin note to the
song. There little girls shriller
voice chimes in. Tears start to eyes
long dry. And YOU can feel a gasp, a
tightening Of the throat a sob run
/ through the hail, for not in three
years have they heard those strains.
And 50 the singing swells as voice
+, by voice takes up the song. And then
the mayor reaches that majestic clos
4 ing stanza. and his voice falls as In a
prayer:
Amour sacre de la patrie. :"
And the voices falter. sobs become
audible 1t Is TOO much for human
endurance, and the mayor sings on
] alone. and then the miracle Back
come those voices as the French In
fantry springs TO the attack. There
+ is a new note In the singing. Indif.
& ference has passed. Dependency has
given way to lndomitable hope and
faith as the stanza swings on % It's
triumphant ending. They are French
again lin Francel
Day after day at Evinn that same
scene occurs as the 1000 or 1905
ranatries that come In daily are tolte'
from Tie long years Of detection into
the realization that they are French
TeT
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-18

SAFETY FIRST, While Mr.. Hearst and Colonel
Roosevelt are at innocent bystanders viii look
stray shraDne1
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-18
FUNNY THINGS Happen SOMETIMES

This morning received letter complaining o.
editorial in which the liars who malign the Red
Cross We're arraisned The letter went on: do moi
hear of any Red Cross lies being circulated any more
Wen, we do, OF The editorial would not have been
written.
But 10 show how things work in this world some
lines the following statement was gNen to the press
just after We had read the above letter:
General Manager Gibson, at Washington, Of
the Red Gross, today issued formal denial Of
published statement that the Red Cross would
not accept for foreign service any persons Of
German antccedents for as far as three genera
tons back
That is a typical Red Cross Islander. Some Of tho
most enthusiastic friends Of Red cross work and Red
Cross giving are persons of German antecodens There
are any number OF Red Cross in France today
serving the allies noby and there strain o German
blood in their veins
But they are loyal allies just the same
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-18
LIQUOR AND INDUSTRY.

Comfortable living conditions. including laws that
do interfere with the the people consti-
tute in important factor in the employment depart
ments Of the great industries Of the Calumet region
Last week this paper printed hundreds. if thous-
ands Of positions that going begging. There is
demand for labor absolutely unprecedented in this
try. Consequently the employee has chance to pick
and choose He only thinks OF the wages and other
features Of his work. hut he also examines the living
conditions surrounding the factory Of the place of work
Indiana recently went "bone-dry.' Men who work.
than ninety per cent Of Them are accustomed
take drink when they want it, They can't get II
legally Indiana Therefore is increasingly difficult
&c get work there
That IS the reason we find avowed prohibitionists.
professed dry champions Indianapolis pleading for
personal liberty" and broad Interpretation of the
constitution and other arguments in favor Of mulify-
ing Indiana's recent dry laws. These men. some g
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-18
wHAT OTHER CAUSES?

We thoroughly agree with the Fort Wayne News
which believes that the department would do well
in reporting casualty lists. to drop the designation.
Died of Other Causes and tell what these other
causes are in each instance AS the heading stands
II is full of sinister import, and doubt uniustly be
smirehes the names Of certain gallant soldiers The
department lists having been killed in action
died of wounds died Of disease died of accident and
died of other causes. At loss know what "other
causes" may the public naturally thinks sui
eide murder and military execution and then
Speculation and surmse nothing else Perhaps
there other bur they do not present them
selves and consequence it has come pass that
odum is fast attaching the designation referred TO-
In the English reports of casualties the did
of accident is made Jclude all fatalities NOT due tc
deaths in action deaths from wounds disease and
result the innocent ait home are spared much sun
fering Il might be well for country TO adopt
this method Of classification That at present in use
is unnecessarily cruel.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-18
Governor to Remit
Fine Of Man Who
Hit Austrian for
Criticising U. S.

WABASH, IND, May 19.-Governor
Goodrich has informed the county au-
thorities here that he VIII remit a fine
imposed on Jerry Shea several weeks
ago just as soon as the proper papers
reach his office at indianapolis. Shea
was fined after getting IN a hght with
an Austrian, following an argument over
the war with the Tcutonic powers.
Shea, il IS alleged, was talking with
another man AID said that politics
should not enter this war. At this point
the Austrian is said to nave entered the
CONFORMATION ard 20 have spoken against
the United States entering the conflict.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-18
TIE TIMES NEWSPAPERS

eY THE LAKE COUNTY PRINTING & PUBLISHING
COMPANY.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-18

Larger Psd-Up Circulation Any TWO Other Papers
in the Calumet Region.

you any getting The Times make COM
Inn al {
BE- respons5 bile for the return OF
liteiiS
mo Ini TEA
printed u discretion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-12

VIII receive official recognition
because of the simple fact that there
Is absolutely no way to prove that a
submarine has been sunk when she Is
lying hundreds of feet down on the
shifty bottom Of the ocean.
But from corroborative stories told
by officers In the British service
roundabout and narratives from varied
sources, it is generally agreed that the
job was done properly.
With Ensign Carson were william
Siler of Cleveland and Amos Chord
OF Oskaloosa, Ia. Chord was In front
with the machine gun and bombs.
The trio started out on an early
morning patrol, just at daybreak, &C.
cording to the usual routine. They
had been scanning the North sea for
only 10 minutes when Siler called out
Sub off the port bow. SIR"
The DID headed for the sub.
The undersea craft was lying on the
surface of the water, inactive. She
was ref1lling her tanks and ~recharginf
her batteries. This work Is always
done In the early morning hours, be
cause they r the slackest hours, 4