davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
R0UNDHOUSE IS DESTROYED BY
 NENANA BLAZE

Shortly before six o'clock yester- day morning the town of Nenana was visited by a disastrous fire which destroyed the Alaskan Engineering commission roundhouse and machine shop. and slightly damaged the rail. road water tank. The fire was dis covered by the watchman, Patrick Gardner, but the alarm was turned in by James J. Fallon, a watchman in another part of the town. The Nenana fire department made a quick turnout, and fought hard to save the roundhouse, but the fire could not be controlled. The department thel. centered their work on saving the water tank, and managed to save it after a hard fight The origin of the fire is still uncertain, but it is thought that it must have started from the fires inside the roundhouse. There were three locomotives in the house, two big engines, and small CT switch engine, and fire was going in each of these. The watch. man made his rounds short time before the fire was discovered, and everything seemed all right at that time. The watchman then went to another part of the yard. and when he looked around the whole building was ablaze. He did not turn in the alarm at once, but tried to raise the nearby residents, and some time was lost in this manner. Under or dinary circumstances the locomotives could have probably been gotten out under their own steam, there being banked fires in each. but when the department reached the scene of the fire 1t was utterly impossible to en ter the building.
 The loss has been figured at be tween $75,000 and $100.000. The real loss, however. will be in the time lost on the railroad work. The three locomotives could not be ex amined until last night, when Il was discovered that one of then could be fixed, and that the othel two might possibly be repaired aftel a long time. The one engine, NO 270, will be on the run again in week, according to those in charge It was one of the larger locomo lives, and was full of water at thu time of the fire. which is the req son it was not damaged 50 much a the others. One of the other loco motives had a little water in 1t, an' this may be able to be fixed ul after a time. but both of the serl ously damaged engines are in ba' condition.
 The loss of the locomotives Is
 severe blow to the railroad construt ton work. as they are needed il carrying supplies and material fo the work to the construction camps and cannot possibly be replaced bs fore spring. when the boats TUT It is encouraging to hear that 6
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
$500 EXPERTS
 TO FIX WELLS
 ON WEST FRONT

FRENCH FRONT.--Next after a plentiful supply of munitions the provision of water for the troops in the trenches is the most important task facing the staff of an army in the field. When the correspondent of The Associated Press. following close on the heels of an attacking force, arrives in the front lines, where the troops are engaged in con olidating their newly conquered po- sitions, he is most welcome when he has with him well.fillcd water-bot- tie.
 The soldiers during the advance have generally exhausted their sup ply, have lost their water-bottles on the march over the ground torn up by shells, or perhaps have seen the water spurt out as bullet passed through the tin gourd. Despite their physical exhaustion and nervous ten sion, the troops must continue to fight and sometimes for days after an at tack 1t is impossible to bring water or food up to them during the night without the sacrifice of many of the | lives of the men of the supply col umns.
 Even behind the front lines. in the cantonments and villages where the troops in reserve or at rest are quar- tered, the supply of water for both men and horses Is surrounded with many difficulties. since large quanti- ties are needed for both drinking and washing, and these are not avail able in country communities. Also the numerous small locomotives of the network of narrow gauge rail- roads consume immense amounts. The closest study has been given to this question by army engineers. and with the progress of the war they have developed an excellent system of supplying the needs of the army in this direction. Special com oanies of officers and men have been organized into what Is called the Army Water Service. Each army composed of several army corps now it provided with a superior officer in command of several other officers and company of expert well-sinkers, borers, plumbers and pump-erectors to whom are attached, according to the importance of the work to be un' undertaken, labor units for the con struction of water channels, the lay ng of heavy piping and the loading and unloading of materials. No few CT than seventy.five officers and 3,50O ,Xperts are employed on the French front in France in this highly i'm portant work, while the number ol labor units they can call upon to aid them is almost unlimited.
 These men have cleaned $500 wells coStaminated by the Germans in theii retreat and have laid over 200 miles of water pipes.
 From the water supply centres motor trucks, each carrying three barrels containing 500 quarts apiece make several trips daily to points as near the front lines as possible. whert they discharge the contents into cis terms. To these cistesrns the mules and donkeys attached to the battal ions occupying the lines are led eacf night and are loaded with smai barrels of water, one on each sid' of the saddle. with which they make their way through the communica ton trenches to the thirsty troopers
 William Gilcher returned to Ne
 ay,tN
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To George W. Fry. his heirs. execu-
 tors. administrators and assigns:
 You are hereby notified that the undersigned has expended in labor and Improvements the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for each of the years 1907. 1908, 1909. 1910. 1914. 1915 and 1916, upon the Last Chance placer mining association on Engin- ger creek in the Fairbanks Mining and Recording district. Alaska. You are hereby notified that ii It the eN- piration of ninety (90) day ; after the last publication of this notice. to-wit. within ninety days after the twelfth day of December. 1917. you fail or refuse to contribute your pro- portion of such expenditures, your interest in said claim shall become the property of the undersigned your co-owncr. under Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the tn ted States.
 HANS P. GODFLESEN, By HANS MADSEN. Power of At
 torney.
 Date first publication. Nov. 12. i3l7 Date last publication. Feb. 12. 1918.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
ALIAS SUM MONS.

Tn the District Court for the Territory
 of Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division,
 at Fairbanks.
 Lillian E. Wilson. Plaintiff. vs. Waite. J. Wilson, dcfendant.-No. 2,3G8.
 To the President of the United States of America. Gre tn: To Waitei J. Wi!i3or. the defend rnt above named. You are hereby required to appear in the n,at"!"' Court for tho Territory of Aiask;l, Fourth Division. at Fairbanks, within thirty days after the date of the pub lication of this alias aumn-0ns, said date of last publication being on the 2Sth day of January. 1918; that is to gay on or before tn" CXpiration of the 9th day of Marcil. 1918. a1d a..- swcr the complaint ot the plaint'I 1 herein; and if you fail to answ"r r"t' complaint within said time the p!,.. | tiff will take default against you and will apply to the Court for 'he r"- l lief demanded Ill said complaint. to- wit. the dissolution of the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant. upon the grounds oi cruelty and inhuman treatment of plaintiff by defendant, as in said complaint more fully described.
 This alias summons Is published bl authority of an order of tn" abot" entitled Court made and entered on the 22nd day of December. 1917.
 Witness the Honorable Charles r. Bunnell, Judge of said Court. this o2nd day of December. 1877.
 (SeaD J. E. CLARK, Clerk | By FRANK B. HALL, Deputy. Date of first publication Dec 24. 1917 Date of last publication Jan. 2S. 1918.
 MORTON E. STEVENS. attorney 1 for plaintiff.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
MONEY AT Fl. YUKON
 FOR NEUlLLY

Seventy-fve dollars was yesterday turned over to Mrs. Luther c. Hess, chairman of the Neuilly bed fund, which amount had been sent in from Fort Yukon for the fund. The money was raised by railing coat a' Fort Yukon Mrs. D. D. Lowery do. mated the coat herself, and tickets were sold at s5 each. The coat was placed in Horton's store. and the tickets were placed on sale there, resulting in the sale of fifteen chanc es. thus raising $75 for the fund.
 Those who bought chances on the coat and thus donated toward tho bed fund were:
 I. Carroll.
 Clara H. Burke.
 F. c. White.
 Lynn Short.
 Joe Horton.
 D. c. Burman.
 Frank Foster. W. c. Curtis. J. Ingle. P. McGueis.
 Frank Jones. J. Carroll. L. Mainline.
 Harry Horton. MT. McCauley.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21

On Thanksgiving Day Miss Rosie Kelly, the well known belle of Long and Carl Ericsson, also of Long were quietly married by Commission CT Vance R. Mcdonald. They an nounced the fact at the dance held that night at Moose hall and created quite stir thereby. Their friends gave them an impromptu reception and dance the following evening.
 On December the hearing of the suit of Collins and McGillis vs Harrington and Rasmussen, all of Tamarack, was opened at Long be- fore Commissioner Vance R. McDon aid. The matter under dispute was question of royalty on lay held by the defendants in the case. The hearing was transferred to Ruby in order to give the defendants op portunity to obtain needed counsel and Commissioner Mcdonald accom- panied the litigants. Commissioner Thos. DeVane. of Ruby. being dis qualified from acting as he was in. terested in the disputed ground.
 On Dec. 6, no decision having been arrived at by the presiding judge, despite the closing of the case after a night and day hearing. a compro. mise was arrived at as follows: De. fendants paid part of the royalty claimed and gave up the lay; plain tiffs granted defendants permission to use the cabin on the ground and to store machinery until they were ready for removal.
 On December 1, c. M. Moore. sup. erintendent of the former Guggen- helm plant on Greensboro, left Ruby for Bottles, where he intends to penetrate into the Koyukuk wilds in connection with a probable loca. tion for the big dismantled dredge belonging to the Yukon Gold Co.,, now stored on Greensboro. He ex. poets to return in February.
 w. M. Withers, placed in charge of the mining operations of the Alas ka-Canadian Mines Development Co., on Birch and Swift creeks, has left the interior for the Outside, and work by that corporation has been suspended.
 The Rev. F. L. Forbes, of Phila. delphia, Pa, has completed his re. ligious work in Ruby and, at last hearing, was scheduled to preach on
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
HONOR MIR. AND
 MRS. 0. NELSON

When Carl Whites stage reached Brooks last Friday he had as pas sengers Ole Nelson and bride-nee Edith Jestland, and nine young peo- pie from Fairbanks, who had ac. companied the newlyweds to give them 8 good send-off on their ar rival home. And 1t seemed that the Fairbanks friends were not the only ones who had planned 8 big send-of, for there was an immense crowd of Brooksites to meet them and who the same evening tendered them a big reception and dance at the Hoffman hall, at which event nearly everyone in town was pres
 ent to wish the happy couple happi ness in their matrimonial venture.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
WILLIAM KIRBY
 IS IN TRAINING

In a recent issue of the Seattle P.-I. appears a list of those appoint, ed to the last training camp. and among those appointed from Seattle IS William A. Kirby, who was for merly stationed here as lineman with the local telegraph office. Kirby was appointed on December p, 1917. and is now at the Presidio at Monterey. the same place where Lieut.. James G. Coleman. also of the Fairbanks city telegraph office. received his training.
 Kirby was stationed in Alaska for a number of years. spending most ..f his time at the Fairbanks sta ton. He left for the Outside last summer on the first boat of the sea son, and has been stationed at the Seattle cable office until the time of his appointment.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21

Magnus Meisenseth, of Brooks. is in town, and will leave for the Out side on the stage this morning.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21

William Gilcher returned to Me- mana on the Robertson auto yes terday.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21

Roy Gotny will leave for the coast this morning. going out afoot over the trail. He is heading for Seattle.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21

George Wolfe and Harry Nudge left for the coast Monday morning walking over the trail.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21

A. Darbettini departed for the coast yesterday, going out with his own rig.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
CEICER TAKES
 2 TO NENANA

Henry Geiger left for Nenana yes. terday with his dog team. taking down William Smith and one other passenger. He will return today. bringing several passengers up from Nenana. Geiger is from Ruby. and arrived in town last week with a passenger from the lower river. He Is now waiting in hopes of taking several people who are enroute from the coast down to. Ruby on his re- turn trip. Geiger is the man who won the dog races at Ruby last year. and has his championship dog team with him.
 Green ink of the kind used in pre- paring Uncle Sam's bank notes was patented in 1857. Its inventor was Stacy J. Edson. This ink is anti photographic. Nor can counterfeit CTS move 1t with alkalies.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21

The Rev. F. L. Forbes, of Phila. delphia, Pa, has completed his re. ligious work in Ruby and, at last hearing, was scheduled to preach on Long on the 9th of January. and
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21

In the District Court for the Territory of Alaska. Fourth Judicial Division, at Fairbanks
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-23
U. s. TAKES CAPE COD
CANAL FOR SHIPPING
Inside Route Cuts OFF 70
Miles and Eliminates
U.Boat Menace
By the United Press

The Government today took over the
presidential proclamation.
AS a direct result of tie U-boat men,
ace off the Atlantic coast and also to
facilitate coal shipments to New Eng.
land. the railroad administration applied
for and today secured executive an.
proval of the privilege Of opera ting the
canal.
Running boats and barges through
the canal now operated by the Boston.
Cape Cod and New York Canal Company
will save approximately seventy miles
between Buzzards Bay and Sandwich,
Mass. as compared with the sea routing
between those points. Also the fog and
U-boat menaces will be removed.
AS result OF the order the railroa A
administration will Immediately put into
effect the following improvements.
Increase the present channel depth
from nineteen feet to twenty-five feet.
which will permit of 100000 tons of
water-borne coal now moving to New
England ports to pass, through the
canal
Restoration OF towaee facilities with.
drawn about year ago.
Establishment of additional termina,
facilities at the west end of the canal
and special towing service from Buz.
yards Bay to Boston and other norts
north of Cape Cod
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-23
HIBERNIANS PLEDGE
LOYALTY TO NATION
Devotion to Cause of United
States in War Is Keynote
at Convention

The desire to be credited with un-
wavering loyalty and devotion to the
cause of the United States in this war
was the keynote of the opening session
today of the firth annual convention OF
the Ancient Order of Hiberians, the
Board of Erin, of the United States and
Canada. held at the Majestic Hotel.
The meeting was opened with prayer
by the Rev. Francis A. Quinn, after
which an address of welcome to the
city was made by Edward j. Cattell
City Statistician,
Mr.. Cattell declared the cause of the
organization was a worthy one and
he predicted it's early success because
of the great demoCratizing power of the
present war ireland will achieve its
independence as a result of this war;"
said Mr.. Cattell,
Mr. Cattell disproved the ancient joke
of Philadelphia's slowness by the fol-
lowing figures. I'm every second in
this city a cigar is made. in every sec
ond a loaf of bread is baked, in every
two seconds hat is made. in every hour
trolley car, in every two hours a loco
motive.
A response was given to the address
Of welcome by the general president,
Dennis J. Hanlon. Mr.. Hanlon declared
it was n mistake to believe the Irish
were not for America and the Allies.
Forget everything except that we
are all American citizens" advised Mr..
Hanlon.
Devotion to America was expressed
by the Rev. Edward F. O'Donnell. chap
lain Of the order. He declared the world
might never know the extent Of Ire
lands work for the great cause in this
war. but that in their own hearts Irish
men would kndw it,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-23
in ALBANIA CONTINUA
L'AVANZATA TALIANA
Anche Sulle Montague in
Italia gil Italiani Operano
con Successo
Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT No. 34l
Authorized by the act Of October o.
d. elphia. Pa
BY order Of the President
A.. 9, BURLFSoN.
Postnaster General.

Roma, 90 luglio.
Dale notizie pubblicatc dal Minfstero
della Guerra, in base al rapport del
tanto In Albania quanto sui frontc dele
montague in Italia lie nostre truppe con.
tinuano con successo lie loro opera zioni
contro gil austriacL
In Albania-dice II communicate uffi-
ciale-gli italiani continuano a qua
dagnar terreno mel gomito del fiume
Devoli. Durante lavsnzata di ieri
raltro le truppe- italiane presero un
centinaio di prigionieri catturarono
sette mitragliatrici.-
Circa le operaz oni al fronte in Italia
II communicate dice:
"Nella regione del Tonale, nella valle
del Brenta e lungo ii Piave Nuovo.
rattivita' dell'artiglieria avversaria fu
efficacemente controbattuta dai nostri
cannoni.
"Squadre di lavoratori, addetti allie
opere nemiche. furono disperse nellarea
di Monte Cividale. come pure fu dispersa
una colonna nemica di auto-carri lungo
Il Piave.
~ nostri aviatori hanno abbattuto
altr due ae-opan nemici.'
In Italia, non soltanto lie autorita'. ma
In generate tutto II popolo. ha ricevuto
con accoglienze entusiastiche gil amer
icani facenti parte della COMMISSIONS
Compassionate | quail. dopo aver visit
alto r1nghilterra la Francia sono ora
giunti in Italia. II tribute d omasgio
che gil italiani hanno reso agli ameri-
cani supera qualsiasi altro che la ma
zione abba reso stranieri. LAM
basciatore Americana, On. Page, spie.
gando cio' ad un congressman" cost 81
espresso:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-23
MANY PHILADELPHIANS
LICENSED AS DENTISTS
State Board Announces Names
of Those Who Successfully
Passed Tests
Harrisburg, July %.

The state Dental Board has an
held at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
June - to 15 Among the successful
applicants are the following who are
now qualified 70 practice dentistry:
Archibald R. Abrams. venanzio An
selucci, Harvey NJ. Aungst. A. Raymond
Baralt, Leonard r. Becker. Leon w
Bivins. Samuel Bragman. Edward Bari
love, Ernest NJ. Breed, Eulogius J. Bren-
nan, Willard S, Broomall. Philadelphia
James r. Brown. Riverton, ~ J.
Vincent r. Buggy. George F. Cherry.
Lawrence n. Christmas, Robert Clayton,
Herbert Y Cohen. Leo A. Collins, John
T. Cologne. Joseph J Connolly, Philadel-
pha.
Alberto J. Cuarda, Philadelphia G; C.
Davis. Coatesville; William II. Dean,
West Chester; Samuel W. Diller, Jr.,
Lancaster; Wilbur g .. Dillman, Rox-
borough; Anthony r. DiNubile. Gregory
Fabiani. -Ienry A. limestone. Samuel
Fisher Francis J. Fitzpatrick. Carl c.
Gage, Marco Giovagnoli. James B. Cos
nell. st John, n. B.. Clyde D. Grooby
Philadelphia.
J. Paul Jeter, Philadelphia NJ. H.
Jossenn, Camden, n. j.; Edward B. Kef-
| fer. Donald J. klotz, Samuel Konwiser.
Clyde y. Kuich William b. Landisbers
Albert Levy Benjamin 4. Lincoln Louis
II. Loehel
Robert Donald MaCLean. Philadel-
phia; David Lewis MaCkey. oxford :;
Sidney David Marcovitz. Albert r. Mel
nicoff, Joseph H. Meyer. Philadelphia !:
Paul @. Offiey. Frankford, Alexis Rosen,
George Joseph Roth, Aubrey Palmer
Sager Harry Milton Sassanan. Harry
Anthony Schell, Wilhelmina Schmelz,
James Harold Scholz, Gordon Westlake
Schurch, Martin T. Shapiro. William
Rudisill Showacre. Philadelphia
Harry Sloane, Martin Mckinley Suter.
Philadelphia Charles Alden Sutliff,
Haddonfield; Harry Norman Taylor.
William Henry Taylor. Camden, y. J. ;
Raymond Thomas, Charles Wilson
Thomson: Gertrude Flora Weaver,
Thomas B. Reed Webster, Philadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-23
STATE DOCTORS WILL
BE DRAFTED AUGUST II
Men Qualified for Limited
Service to Entrain for
Columbus Barracks
By the Associated Press


The first draft of doctors to be made
in Pennsylvania was announced today
at State draft headquarters. White men
qualified for special limited service and
in Glass who possess the degree of
doctor of medicine are ordered to be
entrained for Columbus barracks on Au-
gust II. .... 80 49,
A call for 1928 white men qualified
for general military service and to be
taken from Glass 1 was announced to-
day. These men are to entrain July 81
for Camp Forrest, Lytle, Ga. The
quotas will be announced in few days.
The quotas for the $500 negroes to be
sent from Pennsylvania to Camps Custer
and Sherman also will be announced in
few days.
Calls have been issued for 25 clerks !;
10 stenographers and men qualifed 10
he mess sergeants to be sent to Kelley
Field, San Antonio, Tex, for the mill
tary air service and to entrain August
IL. These calls will be open to 1918 reg
istrants for voluntary induction.
Headquarters also announced the vol
untary induction calls, the men to be
entrained July 20 for Camp Forrest,
Lytie. Ga: axmen, blacksmiths, 6
bridge carpenters. cabinetmakers. /
caulker. concrete foremen, construc-
| ton foremen, 10 cooks 81 electricians.
l6 engineers. farrier, 8 horseshoers. 1
photographer. Sc machinists. 6 buglers, Is
photographers, Is plumbers. l powder
man, 1 quarry man. riggers, 2 shoe
makers, 16 surveyors, tailors. 2 tele-
phone operators, timber men and .
! typographers. -.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-23
IL,
THENEVDSLFE
llet Wounding Woman
Enters Body of Child ,
She Held
URDER AFTER QUARREL
0ther Placed Infant Behind
Her When Husband
Pointed Revolver
UkDER AFTER QUARREL

& sAs the climax to a quarrel, Charles
x&kinsky. twenty-four years old. 2415
E6f4A Orkney street, shot his wife late
tAis Afternoon
After the shooting he went into an.
aether room in the house and sent a bull
~ through his heart dying instantly
His wife. Lena, who may recover, was
eArrying her three-months-old infant
when Lukinsky entered the room He
carried revolver. She placed the baby
beAlhd her as she sensed his purpose.
The bullet struck her in the jaw and
dedecting from the bone. entered the
body Of the child. AS neighbors rushed
INTO the room to find the woman ana
m baby unconscious on the floor, they
heard the sound of another shot. Lu-
kineky had gone upstairs and ended his
life there.
At the Episcopal Hospital 1t was said
that both the mother and her child were
In . serious condition.