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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-01
SUNDAY BULLETIN
Associated Presal

Associated Press,
 LONDON, Mar. 24.-The official German statement issued this morn. ing by the Berlin war office says that the Germans have captured more than 3O,000 prisoners and 600 guns. It also declares that num- Der of French. English and Ameli- can regiments were brought up for counter attack and were thrown back on Chauny. Ham and Peronrr continues the statement, have fallen before the German assaults.
 EXPRESS ADMIRATION
 PARIS. Mar. 24.-Newspapers aii over France make no attempt to con- ceal their admiration for the pro duction of the big gun which aston lshed the ordnance experts of the world by it's great range. The feas.- bility of such weapon has always been denied
 Former Premier Painlicyr believes that the shells for this remarkable gun are made from tungsten. which has the effect of reducing the atmos- pheric pressure. Others discuss the possibility of propeller being at- tached to the projectile.
 The bombardment has lost it's pow CT to disturb the population. and | thousands are attending the usual Palm Sunday church ceremonies.
 2,o37 ,ooo HUNS
 WASHINGTON. D. C., Mar 25.-- Violent fighting between the British and German forces was in progress at 2:30 o'clock this morning between Croisiles and Persenier In this dis trict the British lines are still hold ing firm
 A dispatch received from Paris says that the enemy is using 97 di- visions in the great attack. The Teuton losses are heavy and the British resistance highly efficient Fig uring each division as composed of three brigades, or 21,O0O men. the Germans are thus using more than 2.000,000 men in the fifty-mile front between Croisilles and La Fere
 SITUATION UNCHANGED LONDON, Mar. 24.--Onicial- situation along the British front in France is unchanged. Further fight. ing has occurred in several places. Northwest of the Sommc river the fighting is especially severe The Brit ish are holding their positions at Peronne after defeating several at tacks. The British also hold the Somme river line to Peronne. S.Y- eral small enemy parties attempting to cross the river in the neighbor- hood of Pergny have been driven back by the British.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-01
CHATANIKA TO
 DANCE APRIL 6

The good news is made public that the dance which was to be given early this month by the ladies of Chatanika for the benefit of the yarn fund, but which was postponed owing to the indictment weather. Is now to take place.
 At a meeting of the Knitting Club Saturday afternoon 1t was decided to give the dance on Saturday. April 6. The ladies of the creek town are known to be good entertainers when 1t comes to giving anything of social nature. and they do not in. tend to let their laurels fade. Many
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-01
WILSON CABLES
 BRITISH LEADER
(Associated Press,

tASSOCldteu fTeSbb
 WASHINGTON. D. C.. Mar. 25.- President Wilson this morning sent a brief cablegram to General Haig, the British commander, congratulate ing him and through him the British forces. upon the wonderful stand which has been made against the enemy's onslaught. The President told General Haig that the fight put up by the British in this battle only strengthens the conviction of Am erica that final victory will crown the allied arms.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-01
TREES SHIPPED
 ARE UNCLAIMED

In a recent consignment of par eel post there was received at the local post office a small quantity of fruit trees from the Portland Seed Co.,, of Portland, Oregon. No name was attached to the parcel, and the trees are now at the post office awaiting the owner.
 How the omission of the con. signee's name happened is not known, but the trees are here and should be taken care of. They may be had by proper Identification.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-01

Heilig's safe and l carried a receipt which read flor safe keeping" That is the plain. unvarnished tale.
 Now for the side lights. The Ursa Major officers are elected for one semester. At the opening of the present year the following list of officers were elected: President, Will ma Carlson; vice.president. Lyman Knuppe; secretary, Georgia Johnson; treasurer, Anita Nordale; attorney general. Boyd Herring: marshal. Au- drey Rose.
 The minority. under the leadership of student who had idled away his Freshman year. failed. and was re- manded to do Freshman work again, organized a secret society known as the Royal Gazooks with the above student as president. It's avowed object was to buck" the above Ursa Major administration. control the pol
 tics of the society and its policies, The confession further narrated that they did elect all the officers in Jan. uary except one; that they now had a clear voting majority as they had worked over enough girls to vote with them-"every fellow voted his girl''- and that they voted down everything that the other side wanted. It further develops that inside this secret order Is still small group of four who thrash out in advance the policies of the Royal Gazooks.
 It Is only what every school from
 University down has to meet and thrash out sometime-the problem of the secret societies. This one is purely destructive. and as a further searchlight on its spirit. group of prominent members of the Royal FGazooks were discussing the expendi- ture of the money and declared that they would ."get out the dandiest An nual that ever was published" and the balance? Blow It."
 As to the photograph incident. only an incident though a most illumin- ing one. Combating this spirit of |recklessness. l suggested to the Ursa
 Major 8 plan on which to lay out their work and made one request, that as a debt of honor they tear of that $88 and leave it with the school as a gracious recognition of
 services rendered by the school. and use the remaining $500 for the magazine" They have usually had $100 cash assistance and last year had but $65. They haggled the amount down to $65. and left the de. cision over till the next meeting. In the meantime the Royal Gazooks had . meeting. voted unanimously to down the measure. and they. with others who. for scattering reasons. did not favor the measure. voted 1t
 down. The chief reasons urged against 1t were that they did not know whether there would be enough
 left to finance their outing trip up
 the river this spring and their next
 Christmas party. pointed out to
 them again that they were the reel. pients of service from the school that
 more than totaled $e6: that only one
 member of the high school had sold a
 single ticket. and that ! had given
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-01
OPERATE ON cHATANlkA
 THIS COMING SEASON

For the purpose of conducting ex- tensive operations on the Chatanika this year, Messrs. Ward, Freeman & Bloom are putting everything in readiness on l below discovery. They will soon be in shape to commence operations, and are looking for a good years output from the claim.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-01

from the surrounding creeks will welcome the opportunity of spending an evening as the guests of these ladies, and are sure to make rec ord breaking attendance now that good weather Is at hand.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-01

Editor Alaska Citizen.
 Please publish the following in an swer to inquiries of a number of per sons regarding the misunderstanding which arose recently in our public school.
 Sometime before the play was given at the Auditorium by the school children, Miss Keenan called at my office and said that 1t was necessary to devise some way by which to raise money to pay the expense of the annual publication gotten out by the high school. amounting to from $450 to $500. She suggested various ways and asked me what thought about the school children giving a play. told her that I believed could get the Auditorium for a re- duced rate, and that if charges for admission were fixed at 50 cents for general admission and $1.00 for re- served seats, and if she could get the school children to undertake the sell ing of tickets to the public, that l was confident that they could make more than actual expenses. I told her that thought the study and drill necessary to the successful rendition of a play was excellent practice for the school children in the study, use and particularly expression of our language. She determined upon giv. ing a play. which proved success A few days later she came into mS office with $388 in coin and stated that 1t was the net proceeds of the play. told me how she had turned the proceeds over to the officers of the Ursa Major society. then concluded this was mistake and secured from them a check for the amount and re- sumed possession of the money. and asked me to put it in my safe for safekeeping until the school board could determine the relation that the Ursa Major society should sustain to the whole school and what cog eMzance the school board should take of that society. told her that this brought up the much debated question in many colleges and uni versailles of the existence of school societies. and that in many places they were prohibited as being detri' mental to the best interests of the school and that would consider the matter. During the course of that day several parents of high school chil' ren called to see me and expressed their dissatisfaction with the course that had been pursued. and assured me that if the money was returned to the fund from which 1t had been drawn. the whole matter would be settled harmoniously. concluded
 that unless the matter was quickly
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-01

coach for which in times past they had always paid $50 to $25O, and asked them to rescind their action until they had time to consider. This they did, withdrew my request and the incident was closed so far as was concerned.
 am not combating the Ursa Major proper. I am combating the above spirit of lawlessness which the public is unwittingly aiding and abetting.
 have played clean, ethical. pro- fessional game. My code of ethics prompted me to shield the children with my silence. The public decreed otherwise. Even with the handicap of few idle students the school as a whole was a busy, happy organiza- tion, meeting its issues squarely and making progress until outside infiu- ences intervened. The high school play Is the only sample of my direct or personal teaching that has ever gone before the public. There was just as much order. system and dis cipline behind the scenes as there was in front of the scenes-else the latter could not have been. You dc not achieve that in one evening.
 Personally and professionally I am an American to the core of my soul and have been an intense pro-ally since August 1. 1914. Early that winter was actively engaged in the Cana dian Red Cross work and have a three years record of that kind of work behind me. It did not have to be OUR war before l became inter- ested enough to go to wOrk-it was CIVILIZATIONS war, that was enough. taught in the Fairbanks school that Germany is DIABOLIC- ALLY efficient. that we must analyze back to the elements of her strength. match 1t with a greater and nobler strength if we would win the war, and that we MUST win.
 am custodian of school property, not the owner. and must render 8 strict account for everything in my care As custodian can only pro- tect. not destroy. If admit the right of any individual to destroy what is not to his liking 1 must ad- init the right of every man. woman and child in Fairbanks to go through the building and destroy anything whatsoever that Is not pleasing to them.
 l have from the beginning of food conservation kept one more meatless day and one more wheatless day than the administration was asking for. Since Jan. 1st I have kept one eatless day per week.
 have contributed to every patri- otic fund; gave $50 to help place Red Cross ambulance at the front; give One-tenth Of my salary yearly to the cause of the allies; support four French orphans named Augustine, Henri, Marie and Simonne Boula- doue, by the year; and paid my in- come war tax without asking for an exemption that I could probably have had. 1 dare the assertion that not another school in the U. s. has sur passed the war record of my school.
 My family has given three techni- cal men to the U. s. service-all volunteers. If this be pro-Germanism wonder what patriots are doing. Editor Alaska Citizen.
 Dlooco pnhlish tho fpllnuyinu in an.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-01
LEST WE FORGET

DO YOU HEAR I~no YOUR sAsss THE au"st'ne WERE HUNGRY OF THOSE GUNS, AND COLD THE SOUND GROWS LOUDER ,u .o ., .c. ..'' AND NEARER ''"' EVERY DAY. .... THE SCREAM. OF ME" - = :::: AND sovs .:.. AND WOMB. - THAT YOUR s..ress
  IN AGONY OF DEATH x"f" .... COME DRIFTING OUT OF YOU" PLIGHT :... 7uaovou ,u. :..o q. o,,o. AND THAT THEY oz IVA. '''' WERE WARM AND WE Ho.: AND WELL ::.. -. - AND WASTE N- ''-" WI BUT LAUGH AND SING FRO" 7"t'" TAO. TABLES AND DANCE WOULD AND DINE AND YOUR BABES WHILE OVER 74::s COULD YOU .!t! FIGHT OUR BROTHERS AND LABOR ON AND OUR SISTERS LIKE THOSE POOR SOULS DIE FOR US [" FRANCE THAT WE MAY LIVE H>ve oo"e' AND BUY ONCE MORE FINE CLOTHES AWAKE AND GUM ONCE MORE THINGS ARISE AND KNIT AND HELP LET AWAKE WHILE VET YOU
  ARISE THE EFFORT COSTS
  OUR COUNTRY CALLS so LITTLE
  SHE NEEDS US NOW BUT SUPPOSE TONIGHT IiT MEANS THAT YOU so MUCH
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-01

E. Toldo is in town for business visit.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08

that some of the Crown Prince of
Bavarla's reserves were drawn
down into the Marne salient to help
extrlcate Won Boehn's armies. Rup-
precht still has reserves, of course.
But he has no numerical SUPERIOR
lty on the Flanders, Artois and
Picardy front. The British armies
nave been heavily reinforced since
last April. They have had three
months in which to reorganize and
TO prepare either for an offensive
or defensive.
The French have solved the Won
Hutler method of attack. Next
time the British, too, ought to be
able to meet it and smash it. All
the local fighting of the last three
months on the front from Nieuport
down to Montdidier has been to the
advantage of the Allies. They have
driven the Germans back at dozens
of points, both in the Amiens sec
tor, about Albert and in the Lvs
Valley salient. Yesterday the Brit
lsh made a gain Of 1000 yards on
five-mile front in the Lys Valley,
between the Lave and Clarence
rivers.
Latterly, too, Rupprecht has been
withdrawing voluntarily from ad
vanced positions. These operations,
II they point to anything, point to
strengthening of the German de-
fence-to a policy of caution rath-
er than aggression. An army con-
templating an offensive holds on to
every "jumping-off point" which it
has conquered. But to cling to
such positions becomes burdensome
when the offensive is lost. Nothing
would probably suit Foch better
just now than to have the Grown
Prince of Bavaria attack either in
the Lys Valley salient or in the
Montdidier salient, in each of which
there is temptingly exposed flank
like the flank just crushed by the
Allies on the west side of the Marne
salient.
Ludendorf and the German mill
tary critics will have to wrestle
with the ticklisf problem of regain
ing the initiative, so "unpleasantly
lnterrupted' on July 18 last. That
is their affair. The initiative is
lost. Is Ludendorff willing to face
the cost of hurried, desperate and
probably futile effort to regain it?
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
Paris links Foes
Fleet May Attack
AS Army Strikes

PARIS, Aug. Field Marshal Won
Hlndenburg and General Ludendorf
in order to maintain their prestige
and stimulate the depressed morale
at home. usually we'll informed OBJ
servers here insist intend to strike
blow against the British front in con-
junction with the German feet. An
order issued by the new chief of the
German Admiralty Staff, Admiral
Scheer. is said to express the wish
of the feet to attack the British naval
forces.
Meanwhile, the lull on the Rheims
scissors front continues The Ger
mans. it is believed here, are putting
their heavy artillery in place and dig.
gng themselves in with the intention
of defending the position between the
Nesle and the Asne as long as possible.
The Allies have only light forces
north of the Vesle and are obliged to
await their heavy guns before pressing
the offensive if the Allied commanders
Judge it opportune to push home an
attack on that sector
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
Former Foreign Minister of
Greece Says Repentance
Is Only Pretended
Atrocities of Past
Are Not Forgotten
Cermany's Ally Said To Be
Playing on Friendly
Sentiment Here

ATHENS. Aug. 7.-Bulgaria is en-
gagged in G. peace offensive synchroniz-
ing with the German movement in the
same direction, according to Alexan-
der Carapanos, former Minister of For
eign Affairs. She is playing particu-
larly upon the friendly sentiment ex-
istent. at least in part, in Great Brit
ain and the United States. he asserts.
1.-THE rumors of possible about
face en- the part of Bulgaria have been
confirmed by NJ. Michalakopoulos, our
Minister of Agriculture, who has re-
turned from London, whittier he went
on special mission" says NJ Cara
panos in an interview printed in THE
Messenger" of this city. Bulgaria is
employing her old method of black
mailing her allies in order to obtain
the arges. possible sections of the
plotting the eternal philo- Bulgar illu-
sion in America and England. q pro-
ceeding which has been employed par
tcuarly of late"
Illusions of Past
NJ. Carapanos recalls the "deplorable
consequences of Balkan illusions among
the Entente nations in the past, which
weakened the confidence of Greece in
the Entente" He says;
"Three years of war have shown
clearly the arttul and brutal policy of
Bulgaria. at we'll as her ardent mill
tarism, the purpose Of which is to ac-
complish destruction and to gain lllti-
mate dominion by violence 1t is to be
hoped that by this time the powers
know how to appraise at its true value
the pretended repentance of Bulgaria.
He lays stress on the necessity for
the smaller Balkan allies seeing this
question clarified.
"I believe he continues, that I in
terpret the ardent wish of the Greek
people, tina. it be no longer permit
ted to catch glr>ose Of the unhappy
possibility OF an insane bargaining to
assure the predominance of a pre-
datory race which already has under
Its talons Greek. Rumanian and Serb
ian populations.
Army Avenging Atrocities
"One must not forget that the Greek
army. receiving reinforcements daily,
is sighting On the Macedonian front to
avenge the innumerahle victims of Bull
garian atrocities and the destruction
Of Greek communities in Bulgaria"
Continuing. M. Carapanos speaks in
favor Of diplomatic action to clarity
the opinion of the Allies on the neces-
sites for the existence of the Hellenic
race and the aims CT Greece in this
war He says the Allies are at present
insuticently informed concerning the
rights OF the Greeks.
"The aims of the Creeks he says,
"are inspired net by egotism, but by
the necessities of the existence of
Greece and her independence in the
community of nations"
In conclusion NJ Carapanos expresses
the conviction that the rights of Greece
and the equitable disposition of the
Allies guarantee that sne will be freed
from all danger.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
German Expert Says
Retreat Is Near End;
Calls Reserves Intact

AMSTERDAM, Aug. THE Germans
are not likely to remain on the defen-
sive long, according to General Won
Ardenne, the military critic Of the Ber-
lin "Tageblatt."
ut is clear that the defensive battle
fought by our retreatng troops will not
continue indefinitely" he writes "The
German offensive has suffered an un-
pleasant interruption, but it will Ger
tainly revive, and what will contribute
to its revival is the fact that the ar
mics between the Aisne and the Marine
were able to carry out their operations
with their own reserves, without being
obliged to draw upon the other re-
serves, the unrestricted possession of
which secures the initiative to the Ger
man Supreme Command"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-08
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ought to be free TO decide for them
selves.
The Russian people resented the in
reference of Germany, and they are
more and more seeking Allied help.
We viii not hesitate to give il TO them
wherever possible.
The Czecho-Slovak movement is a
remarkable one. The only desire of
the Czecho- Slovaks is TO leave Russia
They desire TO take no part in Russian
politics. All they wish is to get away,
and they have asked US for ships. We
have arranged to do the best we can
for them, but are not exploiting
this Czecho-Slovak business to inter
fere in internal Russian affairs.
I'VE took ships from very important
essential work elsewhere in order to
send them TO Vladivostok for the pur-
pose OF the Czecho-Slovaks. Acting un-
doubtedly under German duress. the
Bolshevik government refused TO allow
them to get through to Archangel and
Vladivostok. If the Czecho-S -Slovaks
now are the centre of activities hostile
to the Bolsheviki, the latter have only
themselves to blame, and nobody else.
The Czecho-Slovaks are anxious to get
away, and it is impossible to blame
them for getting assistance wherever
they can.
Bolsheviki Employed Germans
We are told that Siberia is Bolshe-
Wiki. but if so, why did not Siberia
support the Bolshevik government?
They could not get sufficient men to
form a decent sized army and had to
employ German and Austrian prisoners
in order to attack the Czecho- -Slovak
forces to prevent them frcm getting
through to Vladivostok.
Il wish to make this clear because
there has been criticism of the action
of the President of the United States
for the decision he has taken, in con-
junction with the Japanese to send
forces to Nladivostok to rescue the
Czecho-Slovaks from plight due to
the organization of German prisoners
Of war into force to intercept and
capture them.
in regard to the question of peace,
the attitude of those persons in every
country who consider any effort toward
peace as dishonorable and reasonable