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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-13
MAIL SERVICE
 ON RIVER CUT

A storm of protest is registered by the towns of Eagle. Circle and Fort Yukon. on the Yukon river, over the proposed cessation of the mail service being received by those places during the winter months. The proposition is to eliminate the service entirely, and the resid nts of those places are placing before the Commercial club the petitions that have been circulated among the residents and among those who de- pend upon those places for the re- ceiving of their mail at all seasons of the year.
 The petitions bear over hundred names of those who will be directly affected should the proposed change go into effect, and to offset the ac- tion as proposed. it is probable that the Commercial club will hold a meeting today for the purpose of assisting those making the appeal.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-13

lars, where once there had been beautiful houses. orchards and vine yards.
 SET FIRE TO BOY
 In Berbeville. they took the photo graph of the bodies of fifteen old men whom the Germans had lined up and shot because there were no young sol diers to kill; heard the detailed story of a woman whose boy of IA, being nearest the age of a soldier, was first hanged to a pear tree in the garden, and when the officer and soldier had left him and were busy setting fire to the next house, she cut the rope. re vived the strangled boy, only to find the soldiers had returned. and while the officer held her hands behind her back. his assistants poured petrol on the boys head and clothes. set fire to him and while he staggered about, flaming torch, they shrieked with laughter.
 "hCu luc 1cIuduS Oul ACu dii tAC houses and retreated the next morn ing, the prefect of Lorraine photo graphed the bodies of thirty old men lying as they fell, the bodies of wom- en stripped and at last slain, while in the next village stood the ruined square belfry into which the Germans had lifted machine guns. then forced every woman and child-275 in num- ber-into the little church and noti fled the French soldiers that if they fired upon the machine guns they would kill their own women and children.
 After several days hunger and thirst. at midnight, these brave wom- en slipped little boy through the church window and bade their hus- bands fire upon the Germans in the belfry, saying they were suffering. And so these Frenchmen turned their guns, and in blowing those machine guns out of the belfry killed twenty of their own women and children. Further indisputable proof of the heartlessness of the Germans is to be found in the letters and diaries taken from the German dead.
 SOLDIERS LETTERS ADMIT
 CHARGES.
 Here is the diary entry. August 9, of Private Max Thomas: Our sol diers are so excited We are like wild beasts. Destroyed eight houses. with their inmates. Bayonetted two men with their wives and a girl of 1S.' In the diary of Eitel finders oc- cured this: Tn Vendre all the in- habitants without exception were brought out and shot. This shooting was heartrending, as they all knelt down and prayed. It was real sport, yet it was terrible to watch. At girl nailed to the outside door of cottage by her hands. She was about If or 16 years old.
 Standing in the village of Heri-
 Standing in the village of Heri- showed me twelve bullet marks against the stone wall where a moth CT, 23 years old, with babe on her breast, with her young sister and sister-in-law of Is and IT, were shot by twelve German soldiers. On a little board in one ruined village we can read these words: Marie. Aged i16. Dead August 24, 1915. Ven geance is Mine, I will repay, said the Lord From Stars and Stripes, France.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-13
MOccAslNS ARE AGAIN
 UP FOR ORPHAN FUND

The moccasins which were recently sent here from Rampant and dis posed of for the orphan fund and won by Si Calderhead, are again placed on the market for the sam purpose. They are now at the Homo Bakery, and the public is invited take chances on them for tho pu pose of boosting the fund durinf the present month.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-13

Harry Warren. who made a trip to the Tolovana, is back in town.
 J. s. Taylor, of the fox farm at Mile 52 on the Valdez trail. IS in town for a few days.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-13

In the drawings for the $100 Lib erty Bonds held at the Fairbanks Cigar Store last week on the night of the final drawing the owner of the winning number in the "S" series was not on hand to claim his prize. Sunday Capt. Henry Gohres turned up with the required slip and was given possession of his bond.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-13

George and Edward Sandstrom. of Big Eldorado. are in town for busi- ness visit.
The Washington times., 1918-11-26
The Welcome Gift.

A learned professor often be-
came so interested in his lecture
that when the noon bell rang he
kept the class 1--WE or ten minutes
over the hour. Some OF the stu
dents decided to give him a gentle
hint. and accordingly bought an
alarm clock. which they set to so
off precisely at noon. and the next
time they came in to one OF bis
lectures placed il on the desk,
trusting that as he was somewhat
abSent-m minded he would not notice
Il. When the noon hour struck
the alarm went of with a crash.
Very quietly the professor waited
until the alarm was over: then.
turning to the class. he said: Cen
tIemen. thank you for this little
gift: had quise forgotten II was
my birthday. An alarm clock Is
something my wife has been want
ing for some time. II Is o very
kindly remembrance on your part."
He then calmly proceeded to fu-
iEh the demonstration
The Washington times., 1918-11-26
CHAPTER XIV.

CHATTER AANs
Philippe, unusually early on the
following morning, glanced at the
empty breakfast table with a little
air of disappointment and rang the
bell.
mills" she inquired. sis no one
DOWN."
''Sir Henry is, 1 believe. on the
beach. your ladyship," the man an
swered, Sand Miss Helen and Miss
Nora are with him"
and Mr. LessinghamZ~
Mr. Lessingham. your lsdyship."
MI1ls continued, looking carefully
behind him. As though to be sure
that the door was closed, has dis
appeared"
what do you mean, MillsF
Il left Mr.. Lessingham last night,
Yo1F ladyahip," Mills explained, Gin
. suit of the masters clothes and
apparently preparing for bod
should say this morning, a. II was
probably about 2 o'clock called
him At half past eight, IS desired.
and found the room empty. The bed
had not been slept in"
was there no note or mesSaSer
Nothing, your ladyShip. One OF
~ maid servants believes that she
heard the front door open At 5
o'clock this morning"
Ring up the hotel" Philips In
oEructed, ~and see IL he is there
MiIIS departed to execute his
sommisison- PhIlippa stood look
ing out Of the window, across the
lawn and shrubbery and down on
to the beach There was still q
heavy sea, but It was merely the
swell from the day before The
wind had dropped, and the sun
was shining brilliantly. Sir Henry,
Helen, and Nora strolled about the
beach as though searching for
something. About fifty yards out.
the wrecked trawler was lying
completely on its side, with the
end of one funnel visible. Scat
tered groups Of the villagers were
examining it from the sands. In
due course Mills returned
"The hotel people know nothing
Of Mr.. Lessingham. your lSdyship.
beyond the fact that he did not
return last night. They received
message from Hills garage, how
aver. about half an hour ago, to
say that their mechanic had driven
Mr.. Lessingham early this morning
10 Norwich, where he had caught
the mail train TO London The boy
was to say that Mr.. BessinEham
would be back in q day or So"
Philippe pushed open the win
dows and made her way down to-
ward the beach She leaned over
the rail OF the promenade and vsy-
"a her hand to the others. who
elambered up the single 70 meet
her.
Scarcely ssSn you yet, my dear,
have r. SIR Henry observed
He stopped and kissed her fore
head, q salute which she suffered
without Response Helen pointed
- the wreck
1T doesn't SSSm p0ssfbie, does
n 80 aiA, that mems lives
ahOaJd hHSS kosn lost In that Mt
d spaca- Two men were drowned.
chso1Gh the breaking Of
The Washington times., 1918-11-26
NAPOLEONAND
FEMINISM

Feninism. and even militant fem
inism. are perhaps not such novel
Developments as the suffragettes
would have us believe. During the
French Revolution at least one
feminist leader Of ability discovered
herself in Olympic de Gouges. First
she published a book in 1I0O. The
Primitive Happiness OF Man; or
Patriotic Dreams" in which she de-
clsred that "our feeble sex that has
been so long oppressed Is ready to
throw of the yoke OF a shameful
slavery. ! stand at Its head" Her
plans included founding a fem
mist newspaper and creating a bat
talon of amazons.'
In 1891 Olympic de Gouges as
summed the active leadership, and
published THE Declaration OF Won
en- and Citizens" OF which the first
article was: woman Is born free
md remains equal to man in rights.
Social distinctions can only be based
upon social utility" The sixth was
that all "citoyennes ct cttoyens
should he equally admissible to all
dignities. places. and public EN-
pIoyments according to their ca
pacitics. The tenth was model OF
punEent phrasing-"A woman has
the right to mount the scanold.
She should have an equal right TO
the platform"
This recalls the reply Of Madame
Condorcet to NspOleOn's brusaue
r~ark:
81 don't like women TO NEEDLE
with politics"
an n country where their heads
are cut or" answered the wife OF
the philosopher. Its natural tina
they should want to know why"
The Washington times., 1918-11-26
BOBBIE AND
HIS PA
BY William F. Kirk.

A sed. but I doant know what
N awful tall & Talented, Ma
n our house last mite. she is
WFUL funny old maid was to
Ma Mems. The naim OF the lady
was Miss Nora Waite Ia sed after
she had went that 1t was a grand
naim for a old maid.
I am so glad you calm. Nora. sed
Ma when Miss Waite calm in. 1t
has been sum years since saw
you. sed Ma How Is everything
back in Duluth? sed Ma.
As hIlly as ever. sed Miss Waite.
I was glad to git away for a short
visit in this wunderful city. / GX-
peck to meet all yure distinguished
friends vile l am here, she sed.
will talk you around, sed Pa,
& introduce you to a few geenyuSes
tomorrow afternoon. They newer
git up in the forenoon. geenyuses,
sed Pa. Thay saIv daylight by not
using II. sed Pa.
/ simply must meet a few poets,
sed Miss Waite. do so hoap ! can
meet one. suppose they have
long. curling locks & dreamy eyes,
sed Miss Waite.
Not on yure life. sed Pa. and most
OF EN- keep their hair short & their
eyes Is about as dreemy as a red
squirTs eyes, sed Pa. wich amt very
dreemy. wen you sit a look at
them.
am so disappointed. sed Miss
Waite. had in my mind Lord
Burns or BobbIe Byron. she sed.
We are often surprised that way,
sed Pa. have had many peepul
tell me that from reeding my stuff
thay hggered ] wud be hansum,
tall man.
can imagine there surprise wen
they met you. sed Miss Waite.
We must talk Miss Waite down
to the Aquarium 4 up to Bronx
Park beefour she goes hoam, sod
Ma.
All rite. sed Pa. we VII talk her
all over this mans town | think
she wud enjoy going to one OF them
litteI Bohemian catays. sed Pa.
II she had It in her hart to see
long hair on a poet. sed Pa. thare
is plenty of 1t in Bohemia. wish
Summer was here. too. sed Pa. so
cud talk her to the Polo Grounds
& see Mister McGraw strGfinE an
Umpire. sed Pa
do not th.Gk that wud appee!
to Miss Waite. sed Ma. Eut thHre
is Paris DrcssmakerS' HonycH-
snun here now. sed Ma. & Mis-
Waite and ] will so tharc toEhTI-
row. need q few new FIcCils.
sed Ma.
& then Pas face diGent have
any grin en ~
The Washington times., 1918-11-26
Advice to the
LOvelOrn
Haunted by Her Rival.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.
am a widow OF twenty-five
and in love with E man OF
thirty-sevcn, who really loves
Ice. But there Is another wom-
an who is jealous OF me and
threatened me that she would
do me harm by going to = for
tune teller. Since then I have
seen her repeatedly IN the hall
Of the house where I live and
at night at the front door. So
my friends tell me to go myself
to a fortune teller at once
about all this. But ! don't
know whom to 90 to. What
would you advise me?
l. r. s.
This woman has frightened you
without any just cause. am sure
II you have the love of this man
in whom you are so deeply inter.
ested. do not give any further
thought TO the jealousy that has
manifested itself. There aren't any
witches abroad nowadays. and ]
cannot see how a fortune teller
could do you either harm or good
so why should you trouble to con-
suit one:
The Washington times., 1918-11-26
An Unsuccessful Marriage.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAN:


have been married four
years srd my husband and
have been parted eighteen
months. We had money dis
agreements. l had incurred va
rious bills for storage, etc. : nd
he had allowed me to meet them
all myself. Recently he wire'l
me for transportation, whica
sent him. But I cannot OYER
look the iGnoble part he has
played in many ways. Tie al
mits he regrets what he has
done. but l am not happy with
him. and do not feel that I An
trust him. I work for my living
and receive quite a large sala:V,
as am "A performer. please in
form me what stops ! should
take. FRENCHlE-
Why not give your husband an
other chance. French!a. zinc, h
corfcsses regret? II you make more
morey than he does, that rather
puts him at a disadvantage. You
alone know whether his offsnss,
have bccn unpardonah'e IL they
hIyer't. don't be unrelen',;ns be.
ct.uSe h" l. hal Up.
The Washington times., 1918-11-26
BY FoNTAINE FOX.

scornfully. Fancy thinking OF
that, when you only just escaped
with your life"
But to tell you the truth. my
dear" Sir Henry explained. my
pocketbook and papers OF some
value were in the pocket OF thar
coat. can't think how ! came 10
The Washington times., 1918-11-26
The "Zepp's"
Passenger
Mills Tells Philippe
of Lessingham's

Dipappearance

He slipped the little packet down
his clothes next to his skin, and
CROPPED about to find the end Of the
line which Sir Henry and he had
fastened to a staple below the
chains. Then ne drew a long breath,
Eripped the rope and shouted. a
second or two later he was back in
the cauldron.
As they pulled him on the beach.
he had but one idea. Whatever
happened, he must not lose con-
seriousness. The packet was stu
there against the calf Of his leg.
It must be his own hands which re-
moved his clothes. II seemed to him
that those few bronzed faces, those
half a dozen rude lanterns, had be-
come magnified and multiplied a
hundredfold. 1t was an army OF
blue jerseyed fishermen which pat
ted him on the back and welcomed
him, lanterns like the stars flash
ing everywhere around. He set his
teeth and fought against the buzz
ing in his ears He tried to speak,
and his voice sounded like q weak.
far AWAY whisper.
Il am all right" he kept on say
ing.
Then he felt himself leaning on
tive brawny arms. His feet followed
the memerie influence of their
movement Was he going into the
clouds, he HTonderedI They stopped
to open a gate, the gate leading to
the gardens Of Mainsail Haul How
did he get there! He had no idea
More movements Of his feet, and
then unexpected warmth He looked
around him. There were voices. He
listened. The one voice? The one
face bending over his, her eyes
vet with tears, her whispers an in
coherent stream OF broken words.
Then the warmth seemed to come
back to his veins. He set up and
found himself on the couch in the
library, the rain dripping from
him in little pools. and he knew
that he had succeeded He had not
tainted.
II am all right he repeated.
aswhst a mess I am makingv
The voices around him were still
\ little tangled. but the hand which
held a steaming lumber to his lips
was PhilippA's-
Drink It all she begged.
He felt the tears come into his
eyes, felt the warm blood stream
lag through his body. felt a little
vet patch at the back OF the calf Of
his leg, and the hand which set
down the empty tumbler was almost
steady.
There's a hot bath ready" Phil
ippa told him; "some dry clothes,i
and a bedroom with a fire in. Do
let Mills show you the way"
He rose at once. prepared to fol-
low her. His feet were not quite
so steady as he would have wished.
but he made a very presentabie
show. Mills, with n little apology,
held out his arm Philippa walked
by his other side.
"As soon As you have finished
your bath and got into some dry
clothes" Philippe whispered, please
ring. or send Mills to let us know"
lie was even able to smile at her.
81 am quite all right" he assured
her once more.
The Washington times., 1918-11-26
Thsy recovered th.Ir

thO ropA ThSy recovered their
bodies this morning"
Everything else seems to have
been washed on shore except my
coat" Sir Henry grumbled. 81 was
down here at daylight, looking for
It"
"Yor eeats" Philippe repeated
The Washington times., 1918-11-26
This Day In Our History.

THIS is the anniversary of the announcement by Andrew
Carnegie in 1912 that he had placed all his yastfor-
tune with the exception of $2500000O in the Carnegie
Foundation the interest to be used for humanitaFah and
educational purposes.
The Washington times., 1918-11-26

Don't forget th?t victory must be
paid for, and that our war expenses
do net cease when SEXUAL Sighting
ceases. Keep your war savings
pledge and buy more W. 3. 8.
The Washington times., 1918-11-26
Lava Warm After Thirty Years.

NEWLY-EJECTED lava from VeSuvius has been tested
and found TO be alta temperature OF one Thousand hVe
hundred degrees Fahrenheit On the volcanoes slopes avas
frpu various ouburss arc definitely isolated and even
now lava thrown out thirty years ago is quite warm
The Washington times., 1918-11-26

forget them. ! think IL was the
surprise OF seeing that fellow
LessinEham crawl on I" the wreck
looking like q drowned rat. JOve.
what a pluck he must have"
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow. J
copyriEht. 1919. AttIs. Brown . O.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-12
CITY DADS
GET READY
FOR MEET
Busy Session of Council Seized
uled fro Tonight Election
and Police Questions
Likely to Come Up.

The city dads are on the job today,
preparing for a busy, and important
meeting Of the city council tonight
the semi-final session to be held this
year.
According to lily DuBose, president
of the council two vital questions
win be brought to the attention Of
the city fathers AS to whether the
city shall hold an election to choose
successor Of O. Coffman, former
mayor, and whether the police shall
be on duty eight or twelve hours per
day.
Some point out that the election
should be delayed pending the out
come Of the Coffman appeal for
new trial and Acting.Mayor c. IT,
Caneman remain in office until same
is decided. Others declare that now
is the time for the election and be-
leve that after the subject is thor
oughly threshed out, Mr., Caneman
win issue proclamation Tor an elec-
ton Of Coffman's successor.
Extensive interest has been Great
ed among the council members over
the police question. A few of the
members contend that Policeman Ha-
ley's successor should be appointed
and that the force be given an eight
hour day Local policemen have
been working twelve hours since Mr..
Haley resigned from the force sew
eral weeks ago. Others declare that
the city's law enfofcers should stay
on the job twelve hours out of every
twenty-four Previous to Haley's res
ignation, the local force consisted Of
eight men, while at present only sew
en- men are on guard against the law
violators.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-12
PUT BAN ON NAMES
LIKE mich" "KIKE"

BY United Press.
Washington, Dec. 12-The de-
partment of the interior, bureau of
education, is trying to discourage the
use of nicknames especially designat-
ing certain classes of foreign born
Americans
Dago Kike, Wop, Greaser, Mick,
Paddy Sheeny, Spaghetti, and SINH
lar names make no hit with the bu-
reau of education, which maintains
that such distinctions tend to pro-
mote lines Of cleavage between
American born and Amercanized for
eign born persons and groups.
The bureau is sending out sug-
gested form of a pledge to refrain
from the use of such names. Schools
and factories viii be supplied with
the proposed pledge, so that Ameri-
can children and adults may stop to
think Of the undesirability Of making
sport OF anybody because he was not
born in this country.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-12

rode over them with their horses.
At last they had to yield
Such treatment as this was only a
small part of their sufferings. In
spite of the excessive work. to which
they were driven like cattle. they
were given les sthan the modicum of
food reasonable for subsistence.
Their total diet consisted Of 400
grams Of bread per day, turnip and
water for dinner. and coffee for
breakfast and supper They were
never given meat and never even
potatoes. Over-work combined with
semi-starvation reduced them to ut
ter feebleness and in appearance to
walking o skeletons But toll was
never remitted.
In the case of prisoners refusing
to work on the enemys defenses.
barbarous punishments were fire.
quently inflicted Holes a meter
deep were dug and filled with water
an dmen were made to stand in
them for hours But the worst de-
vilry was "crucifixion" The Rus
sian prisoner whose report is here
chronicled gives a detailed descrip-
ton Of this practice as applied to
himself He had attempted to escape
an dwas caught As a punishment
he was tied to a tree for three
hours. His wrists were twisted high
behind his back and bound with
thin wire to the tree. Thin wire
was then drawn tightly below his
knees. the loose root on which he
stood was kicked away and he was
left hanging by his wrists After
three hours he lost consciousness
was lowered 10 the ground. and was
caned on the feet until he came to
life again Forthwith he was dragged
to the guardhouse where he re-
manned in a dark cell for % days
on bread and water. Only once, on
the twelfth day. was he allowed TO
ascend temporarily to the light On
the expiration of his sentence he
was put to work with others. hTey
worked Is hours daily, 10 at heavy
labor an dive on lighter work in
garrison.