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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
RUBY COMES IN
 WITH DONATION
 FOR YARN FUND

The good people of Ruby have been anxious for some time to join in the knitting campaign, and have just sent to the First National bank, to the order of the Red Cross. $7OO as their contribution to the yarn fund. This is certainly a splendid showing, and one of which Ruby can well be proud.
 It has been impossible to send wool from Fairbanks to Ruby until this week, when Walter Goyne, the well known Ruby young man who brought N. o. Brigham. of the local land office. to Fairbanks, returned to Ruby with his racing dog team of 19 dogs, and carried with him. as his contribution to the Red Cross, sev. eral pounds of wool and other neces- sities, to start the knitting club at Ruby.
 How to get the wool to Rampant has been another problem of the Woman's Bureau, but this has been solved by Capt. Mayo, who is now in Fairbanks, and who has offered to take the Red Cross wool with him to Rampar: on his return next week.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
OPEN MOVEMENT
 TO TRAIN BOYS
Associated p-ees)

CHICAGO, H.. April "A move ment was started here today to give small boys a short course in mili tary training in the city parks dur ing the coming summer. They will be drilled and instructed in tho methods of modern warfare.
 The new movement probably had its origin in the high school volun teer movement which is being adopt ed in high schools all over the coun try. This latter movement was started by an army lieutenant in Wyoming schools several years ago and has spread rapidly. Its benefi cial results have been so pronounced that 1t is now planned to extend 6 similar movement to include smaller boys.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
ITALIAN PAPER
 WARNS AGAINST
 PEACE ADDRESS
(AcaociQfA6 Rraaaa


 ROME, April 4.-In it's leading ar ticle this morning the Giornale D'Italia warns the Italian people against being deceived or misled by the speech of Foreign Minister Czer. min of Austria, which he delivered yesterday before the city council of Vienna "This address," the article declares, "is especially designed to delude the Italians into an opinion that the Austrians are weakening and ready for peace."
 Austria has spoken of peace be. fore every new offensive which she has undertaken against Italy," 1t says. Tt Is therefore wise to be on guard and not be caught unprepared. The enemy Is preparing to strike another gigantic blow"
 It claims that it has reliable infor. nation that three-fourths of the Aus trian military forces are now em, ployed on the Italian front and that vast quantities of munitions and oth- CT war supplies have been recently transported and distributed at points along the front.
 The winter season has broken, and the weather may allow the Austri. ans to undertake an immediate of fensive movement. Italy must be ready to resist this offensive. says the paper "The safety of the world depends upon this granite resistance from the North sea to the shores of the Adriatic. Italy's noble allies are withstanding the tremendous shocks of the German hordes. and it is the duty of Italy to stand fast against any Austrian offensive un- dertaken.
 READY TO ATTACK
 WASHINGTON, D. C.. April A. The indications are that the Aus trians are only awaiting favorable weather to launch great drive against the Italian lines. According to official dispatches from Rome to- day, the Austrians are carrying on great preparations.
 All the Austrian forces formerly operating on the Russian front have been transferred to the Italian front and are supported by great weight of heavy artillery with which the invaders are sure to try to smash their way through to the Venetian plains and the valley of the Pc. General Mackensen, the noted Ger. man leader. has been placed in su- preme command of the Teutonic fore es in Italy and will be in charge of the drive.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
EXCITING TIME
 WITH ESCAPING
 GERMAN RAIDER

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 1.-Count Felix yon Luckner. former ly commander of the daring German sea-raider, Seeadler, who for seven months roamed the Atlantic and Pa cific oceans sinking, according to his own claim, twenty-five entente mer- chantmen, has been recaptured and reinterned at Wellington after an au- dacious escape from an internment camp here. In their flight, the Count and eleven other German prisoners communicated a launch. captured the sailing scow Moa and forced the scow's captain, William Bourke, and his crew of five men to help sail her to the Kermadec group of islands six hundred miles north of New Zealand. There they helped themselves to stores placed there for the use of ship-wrecking crews. put to sea again but were overhauled by an armed New Zealand steamer sent in pursuit of them and were obliged to sur. render.
 Won Luckner and some of the members of the crew of the Seeadler had been interned in the Motuihi Is. land internment camp in Auckland harbor. Two of the German sailors got possession of the launch Pearl early in December. and took on board von Luckner and the other Germans. They had been making plans for the escape for three weeks and had pro- vided themselves with a rough chart and crude but workable sextant.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08

They had also improvised bombs and von Luckner had $500 in English money and hand-painted German flag.
 Having escaped from Auckland har bor the Germans ran the launch to Mercury Bay where they held up the Moa. The launch was flying the New Zealand flag and when a man in uniform waved his hand, Captain Bourke had the scow stopped with. out the slightest suspicion that his vessel was about to be captured, by German fugitives.
 Brandishing bombs, the Germans boarded the scow. surprising Bourke and his crew, took possession of the Moa. hauled down her flag and ran up the German flag.
 The Germans evicted the New Zealanders from their quarters and compelled them to aid in navigating the Moa to the Kermadec Islands and in the subsequent cruise until they were recaptured.
 Captain Bourke describes Count von Luckner as "a good sport When the Moa was seized by the Germans. Captain Bourke remarked that it was "darned hard luck" and four days later. when the Count was again made prisoner. he turned to Bourke and smilingly observed "hard luck. eh?"
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
BAKER AGAIN IN
 | FRENCH CAPITAL
(Aseociated Pressl


 PARIS, April 4.-Secretary Baker arrived here this afternoon from Rome and the Italian front. He visited the entire front in northern Italy in company with American Am bassador Page, to Italy. and num- Der of high Italian military officials. While in Rome he held several con ferences with the Italian premier.
 Mir. Baker has not announced how long he will remain in this city. or whether he will revisit the western front before departing for the Unit ed States. He says that the Italians are looking for an offensive by the Austrians ip short time and that
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
TWO ARRIVE FROM THE
 WOOD RIVER COUNTRY

Among the recent arrivals from the Wood river country were 4. Van Bibber and George Drinkma, wLy arrived Wednesday evening. They have been at the head of the river for some time. and report their out coming trip as hard one. owing to poor trails, being compelled to break trail all the way.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
ALASKAN FOX INDUSTRY
 MAKES BIG SHIPMENTS

SEATTLE, March 15.-One hundred and fifty fox furs valued at $70,000 arrived here recently from Alaskan Fox farms. The shipment is said to be one of the most valuable ever re ceived here. consisting of fifty silver and pure black fox furs and one hundred of various other grades.
 A special guard was detailed to keep watch on the furs which were sent to New York.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08

HOUSTON, Texas, April 4.-Three American lieutenants of the aviation section of the signal corps were kill ed today in airplane accidents. These men were R. F. Ives, of Chicago: Carl Eckstrand. of Brooklyn. and Russell E. Wiggins. of Waynestown Indiana.
 All of the deaths were caused by falling planes. Two of them were in a collision, and the third fell trying to avert a similar accident.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
FELLOW WORKER
 SWATCHMAN

WASHINGTON. D. C.. April A. James King, a night watchman in the offices of the committee on pub. lie information, was murdered last night. An investigation shows that none of the office fixtures were tamp. cred with. and 1t is not believed to be the work of enemy spies. A negro employee has been arrested It is believed that the negro and King quarreled and in a fight King was killed.
 When the death was first reported it was rumored that the watchman had discovered a trusted employee in the act of rifling private drawers and was shot before he could give an alarm. This rumor was later contradicted.
 NEGRO coNFEssEs
 WASHINGTON. D. C.. April A. Will King, a negro janitor employed in the offices of the committee on public information. tonight confessed to killing James King. a night watch man. who was found dead in the offices this morning with a bullet in his forehead. The negro says that he fired in self defense after the night watchman had drawn his re volver. following a quarrel between the two men.
 Jake Bender. of Tolovana station arrived from there yesterday. He has been employed at the vachon trading post.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
FRISCO MOOSE
 CHANGE EMBLEM
(AssociateI preSs,

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. April A. By unanimous vote. the local lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose substituted the American Flag as the ritual emblem of the order be- cause the regular altar cloth con- tains the flags of Austria. Germany and Bulgaria. It Is believed that the movement thus started will be followed up by similar action on the part of the other Moose lodges all over the country, and that the grand lodge will be asked to design new ritual emblem.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
COMMANDEERINC
 RUSSIAN SHIPS
ssociated Pressl


 NEW YORK, April 4.-Information was received in shipping circles here today that the United States has lrequisitioned several Russian vessels formerly engaged in the transporta- tion of supplies between the United States and Russia. No confirmation of this has been received from Wash ington.
 It was stated in reliable quarters that the vessels will be. placed un- der the control of the federal ship ping board and used for carrying supplies to the entente nations.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
TWO AMERICANS
 ARE DECORATED
(Asso~ia ted preesI

s> WASHINGTON. D. C.. April A. The war department today announc- ed that King Albert of Belgium has conferred personally upon General Pershing the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold and the Belgian War Cross. He also conferred the Cross of the Order of Leopold and the War Cross.
 The department has authorized both of the American officers that they may accept these decorations.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
HOME GUARDS WILL
 DRILL MONDAY NIGHT

Owing to the dance for the bene' fit of the yarn fund being given at the Masonic Temple tonight. the rookie squad which should drill to. night has been postponed until Mon day evening.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
VERDUN SECTOR
 SCENE OF RAID
Associated Press,

es in the Verdun sector last night raided the enemy trenches and cap. tured a number of prisoners, obtain. ing a lot of valuable information. All French objectives were gained.
 A similar raiding expedition was carried out by the French forces in the Champagne sector. Prisoners were captured and two enemy ma. chine guns taken and brought back to the French lines.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08

they are confident of their ability to more than hold their own against the enemy
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
Associated Press)

(Assocate Press)
 LONDON April Iaic reports tonight that the enemy after an un artillery this launched front covered the attack from Arra point of La Fere Between the pulsed artillery infantry But left bank of the
  Albert repu believed that the heaviest attacks will launch ed in this huge concentrated The fighting continues unbed tonight with fresh forces joining hour PARIS 4-Ofcal artillery bombardnen 100000 delivered miles the Frenc from esns north of Amens the Amnsoye road In the a failure
 Met perfect of fire which everything before the div ons succeeded making on small gains the frenh bitterly % fGesg @ eve every % foot o Wui Ranesa and More which occupied
  moved by the French artillery @ which occupied commanding itons and the approaches with deadly Ten times the German advarced the French only melt down At the ages captured thousands of shells The fighting tonight without The has masd heavily here through Thousands lie in little and big heaps doting the battlefield of today
 ADVANCE TOWARD HAMEI. LONDON 4-Ofcal-S launched heavy attacks the allied eed advancing toward Ha where the salient the allied lines buges Attacking the French positions between the Luce and Are succeeded registering Terrific fighting still these
 GREATEST EFFORT LAUNCHED WASHINGTON D. C., 1.-The military observers gathering during might be ready launch the effort the entire The attacks about made will probably be powerful than
 pointed that the previous records the German leaders the gere rom the costly German attack Vrun and other The
  bring forth warfare on hitherto unhead of scale.
 WEDNESDAY
 LONDON April 4-Ofc dispatches received ragged all during Wednesday 
 HEAVY ARTHLERY1NC
 PARIS April 1.-The office this morning that heavy in
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
ALLIED ARMIES MEET DESPERATE HUN
 ATTACKS WITH DESTRUCTIVE GUN FIRE

fighting extending
 
  Picardyf finds the armies Il a struggle
 
  held back inflicted allies to With  will hold this ing of the battle
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-08
HEAVY ARTILLERYING

T. PAR1S, April 4The office a
  [haye apparently been brought through the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13
WILL FORCE ISSUE
Prussian Diet Must Grant Fran
chise Reform.
Otherwise 1t Will Be Dissolved,
Says Hertling.

Copenhagen, Sept. 10, Thursday.
Sept. 1.-THE government is firmly
decided to dissolve the Prussian diet,
if no agreement is reached in the
Franchise reform question, according
to the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger- Cham
celIor Won Hertling, however. will
shortly summon various party leaders
for a conference the article continues.
and every effort will be made to find
solution to the question. 1t adds
that the House of Lords will be given
full opportunity to consider the cues
ton despite several attempted ter
roristie methods plainly referring
to the Social Democratic party's pub
lished demand that the diet be dis
solved Immediately. 1t appears likely
that decision will not be reached for
a fortnight or more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13
FACE OIL famine
Witness Says Reserve Shrinks
$4,000 Barrels Daily.
Judge Covington Testifies Be-
fore Senate Committee.

Washington, Sept. 13.-The country
is facing crisis in oil production,
which threatens seriously to interfere
with the war program. Judge Harr :
Covington told the senate finance COM
mittee today in discussion Of the ST.
900, 100000 war tax bill.
Covington declared the reserve of
crude oil is being depleted at the rate
of sixty thousand barrels daily. De-
velopment OF new fields, upon which
increased production depends, is ham :
pered by refusal of the government IT,
posts in the public domain, he said.
Says Tax VIII Reduce Output.
Covington's statement was made in
support OF a plea for exemption of oil
men from certain taxation in the new
bill, which Coyington declared would
not only prevent such development
work as is now being undertaken, but
would drive some oil concerns out of
business.
Senator Lodge, author OF two reso-
lutions aimed at discovering the rea-
son for the recent "gasless'' Sunday
order of the fuel administration. asked
Covingten whether the fuel admins
tration's figures on the gasoline pro-
ductfon are correct.
81 don't know who gathered those
figures and can't vouch for their &C.
curacy," said Covington. But figures
carefully compiled by the oil men show
a very substantial shortage in crude
oil. The only reason the oil industry
has been able to meet the diversified
demand on it has been the presence
of a huge reserve which now is being
depleted at the rate of $4,000 barrels
daily''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13
TO RUSH NUMBERS
First of New Registrars VIII
Soon Be Called.
Shawnee County Board Goes
Over Its Quota.

The Shawnee county draft board
was the only one of the three boards
in Topeka and Shawnee county that
went over its quota Thursday. The
estimate Of the adjutant generals de-
partment for the county was 2,047
men and late this afternoon, with re-
turns from five precincts still out
2.l34 registration cards had been
counted.
The total registration in Topeka and
Shawnee county will probably be
100. which will be about 1.400 under
the estimates Of the adjutant generals
department. Complete returns from
all precincts under the Jurisdiction of
the two city boards show a total reg
istration of 5,S49 in the city. OF these
men board No. / registered 2,101 and
board No. 2 registered 2,94S. The
estimate for board No. 1 was $500
and board No. was 3,227. There was
a heavy Mexican registration at city
board No. 2 and also at the county
BOARD.
The serial numbers are supposed to
be assigned to each man by Monday.
altho the draft board officials doubt
IL this can be accomplished in SO short
at Washington to decide the order In
which the men shall be called. In a
few days the questionnaires will go out
to all the registrants from 10 to 81
years OF age and from 81 to 81 years
OF age. 1t is understood that men
who do not actually claim exemption
In filling out their questionnaires will
be placed in class La without further
consideration.
After this allotment OF men has
been properly classified, the remain
ing registrants win probably receive
their Questionnaires. The first of the
class 1 men will, probably be called
within a few. weeks, it is thought.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13
TWIN BEDS IS GOOD
Popular farce Opens the Theate
Sea son at the Grand.

Popular farce Opens the Theater
Season at the Grand.
Irwin Beds" q farce. opened the
day night. The ability of the COM
pany was deserving of much larger
house than was played to on the
opening night. The Grand theater
has been redecoFated in gray and
brown and presents a very attractive
appearance.
Last season ''Twin Beds" made Its
first appearance in this territory. but
it is a mighty clever little farce
and full of situations which II well
handled are bound to bring smiles and
laughter to the most hardened theater-
goer. The various parts were we'll
handled by the entire company, with
the possible exception of q tendency
for exaggeration in some of the roles.
Miss Louise Bolton. the butterfly
wife, is the true ingenue type. Petite
and dainty, with a soft pleading voice
truly clingtng vine. ought to make
any mere man glad to assume the role
OF protector against the slams and
buffets of naughty world. She ts
very attractive and ideally fits the
role. Roy Macnicol. who plays oppo,
site her. presents true to life the hns.
band annoyed and forgotten in the de.
sire of his wife to follow many and
various Iu8htS OF nancy. But ne al
ways succumbs to his' wife's ability n
charmer. r. NJ. D'Angelo. the Ital.
ian singer, and Virginia Fairfax, hii
wife, do very good work. Especially
interesting are the views of the wife
| in handling the Temperament" shs
has married. Katheryn Mills, Lucille
Beckett and Thomas H. Manning Civ.
a good presentation of TIE minor parts
Twin Beds" will be presented to.
night. tomorrow afternoon and tomor.
row night. F. F. L
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13
MAKE SHELLS HERE7
Foundrymen and Machinists Discuss
Possibilities at Meeting Today,

A meeting of foundrymen and ma
chinists of the Seventh district in
charge of C. P. Buck. chairman. was
held this afternoon at the Chamber
OF Commerce.
The meeting was held in accordance
with instructions received from the ST.
Louis bureau of ordnance. The gov
eminent is attempting to learn what
facilities there are in the Seventh dis
trict in the way of manufacturing
equipment and supplies for the manu-
facture of shell cases to be used by the
artillery.
1t was expected that E. L. Warner,
chairman of the castings classification
war industries board. would be present
for the meeting. Seven foundries were
represented at the meeting. If the
right sort of equipment can be fur
nished in this district the manufacture
of shell cases in cooperation with the
government supply bureau will be in
stituted in Kansas.
There will be an election held for
the purpose of selecting a chairman
for the division of chemicals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13
ALLIES
Socialist Points Out
Their Democracy.
Declares They Want Peace, but
Not at "Any Price,"

Stockholm, Sept. 13.-Britain and
France want peace, but not peace at
any price. Hjalmar Branting. Swedish
Socialist leader. declared in speech.
There is an enormous difference
between the imperialists of Germany
and the entente he said. Germany
has not attained democratic govern
ment. In England and France the
premiers obtain their power from the
people and not from the militarists.
Similarly their war aims are different.
Wilson has expressed the allies aims
which are identical with those of the
social-democracy. Germany's aims
were expressed in the treaty of Brest-
Litovsk- England and France want
peace, but not ace at any price
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13
FOR FOURTH LOAN
State Representatives Here Planning
Liberty Bond Drive.

An important meeting was held this
afternoon at the rooms of the Y. NJ.
c. A. of federal. state, district and
county chairmen of the Fourth Lib
erty Loan committee.
Plans were. outlined and discussed
for the coming campaign which be-
gins September 20, by w. r. Rowe of
Kansas City, secretary of the federal
district Liberty Loan committee; C. L.
Davidson, of Wichita, state chairman;
Mrs. Henry Ware Allen. of Wichita,
state chairman for the women's COM
mittee; F. w. Freeman, Topeka, dis
trict chairman, Mrs. Silas Porter. To-
peka, district secretary and others.
In addition there were present
Charles Lindley. Atchison; Earl
Fischer. Hiawatha: CIV. Norman,
Troy; e. Y. Blum. Leavenworth; Mrs.
w. p. Lambertson, Fairview: Mrs
John T. Berry. Bendena; Miss Annie
p. Moore. Holton; Mrs. Charles Beck
er. Meriden; Mrs. Harry De Coursey.
Leavenworth; C. c. Scoville. Seneca;
J. r. Burrow. Topeka, county chair
man and Mrs. w. R. Rowe, Kansas
CITY