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Evening star., 1918-06-30

He is such a hard-working soldier
that the following story will serve
to emphasize the many hours a day
he puts in on his Job.
For Maj. Dan Donovan. director OF
the draft In the District, has made
the sky his limit when 1t comes to
working on the job Of putting local
registrants into camp. Day and night
he may be found at work-early in
the mornin' sending men to Camp
Meade-late O. nights inducting them
into the service.
The moon has peeped into his oftice
at the District building many night
and seen him hard at work at his
desk.
But one morning last week he must
have oversight himself, because he
failed to show up at the office as
early as usual. There was big line
Of registrants in the outer office wait
ing for the major to come down.
Now, there is in the office mes
senger boy.
one OF these clean-faced little fell
lows that make likable boys and
splendid men, and here's hoping he
grows up that way.
Truth is one of the finest things a
boy can tie to. all agree in saying
A boy should be truthful.
Still, when boy is sort OF con-
fdential messenger to a major, he
ought to use-er. tact. After this
particular boy has been working some
months longer than he now has
weeks he will learn to say: NO,
sir; the major Is in a conference" or
mo, sir; the major itsn't here right
now-he has just stepped out OF the
Office"
He won't do as he did that other
morning, when some one called up
on the telephone and asked for the
The bright-faced boy picked up the
"Heilo?" he called.
as Maj Donovan there"
mo, sir" replied the truthful boy.
Maj. Donovan hasn't come to work
yet"
It was the bowl of fate.
Held in the hands of Capt. Charles
r. Morris of the provost marshal gen.
erals office, the bowl contained 1900
numbers inclosed in isinglass cap
sules, which were to be drawn to de-
termine the order in the draft Of the
100000 twenty-one-year-old men who
registered June s.
Capt. Morris held the bowl tenderly.
as betting its dignity and the place
which 1t will occupy in national his
tory. Secretary Baker stood at his
side and Provost Marshal General
Crowder stood nearby. All stood on
the steps at the southwest corner en-
trance of the Senate Office building
just before the drawing commenced
Thursday morning.
All looked with respect at the bowl.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
Lauxuase Difieultlss,

Language Dihieultlss.
$50 you think the Germans and the
Russians can never agree"
eyes. It's partly . matter Of language
difficulties. After few questions have
teen translated from Russian into
German and the answers have been
translated from German into Russian
there's bound to be whole lot Of mis-.
understanding"
Evening star., 1918-06-30
Clearing the
Rotunda.

The Star of June 81, 1858, says:
THE Senate did a sensible thing yes
terday in voting to keep the rotunda
clear of the pictures and plaster ot
paris rubbish, brought there on exhi-
bition by all the daubers and mud
molders of the country. The neSt
clearing out should be IN the old hall
of representatives"
Evening star., 1918-06-30
Shivering June.

ShtvertnG June.
Oh, Juno come a.shiverin' down de lane
Pas d rose bush hlossomin' once
again,
But de robin bird he hushed his tune,
Cause lie felt sorry foh shivsrin' June.
I breads Do sun whom Il shines too hot.
An 70 fond Of nice, cool. shady spot,
But Do regular summer can't come too
soon.
rs tired Of dis worry bout shiverin'
June.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
Limitations.

Limitations.
"You believe - the power Of sug-
gestion."
"Ycs. But IL has its limits. never
knew anybody who always told tho ab.
solute truth simply because his parents
had named him George Warrington"
Evening star., 1918-06-30

Numerous inquiries have beer
reaching the bureau of mines recent
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15
FORT YUKON IS
 REBUILDING NOW

The reconstruction period at Fort Yukon has commenced, and within a short time all traces of the dam age done by the high water will be removed. The flood, while doing considerable damage, had the effect of causing better town to be built for the residents there will p,oft by the course of the flood and build away from all possible chance of it occurring for years to come.
 Among those who are putting up new buildings are T. A. Horton, the merchant; Lynn Short, the road house keeper, whose building was carried away by the high water; the warehouse of the mission has been moved back from the river bank for some distance; Fred Buhr. man is putting up a new home; Dr. Burke of the mission has started the concrete foundation of his new home. Commissioner White has add. ed a new front to his store building and improved the post office quar-. ters, which are the largest and fin. est in Fort Yukon. Within a short time the old place will have the ap- pearance of newly constructed town.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15
INTERESTING
 TALES OF LORE
 OF THE ESKIMO

NOME, June 15.-"Adventures of Ki-ya-yuktua-look,' tale of the wanderings of character in Eskimo lore. was the only article published in the recent issue of the Eskimo a native school publication issued here. The story, written by native, is believed to be as vivid to the natives of this country as the stories of Ulysses were to the Greeks and the Sagas to the Norsemen.
 Joe Sekonik, an Eskimo, the au, thor of the tale, is said to have spent much time gatherins his material from the old people of the Kavalina section near here, many of whom heard it from their fathers. Ac, cording to the tale, "Ki-ya-yuk-tua- look" the hero of the story was the father of the Kavalina tribe.
 The hero wandered into many parts of northwestern Alaska, meet. ing strange adventures, fighting hos tile natives and finally killing a giant The tale tells of the life of the early Eskimos, of their belief in magic and their harsh treatment of strangers.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15
AMBER FLUID IS
 TURNED LOOSE

Tuesday at the brewery was en. acted another step in making Al aska bone dry when several hundred gallons of beer were turned from the vats into the Cinema river, the operation requiring many hotrs of time owing to the large quantity being destroyed
 A large crowd was present to wit ness the mixing of the cooling bever- age with the waters of the Cinema, and many expressions of regret were heard that it was not permissible to even take a sample home for reference in future years. About a thousand suggestions were made as to what good uses the liquid could be put to; the main one. however, was as dust wash or heat alle- viator during the hot spell.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15
P0PPEL MAKES
 DELIVERY 0. K,

The marshal's office yesterday re- ceived a telegram from Deputy Mar. shal Edgar Poppel stating that he and his party arrived at Seattle on July 8 and that he had turned his charges over to Marshal J. M. Tan. ner of the First division, who also had prisoners for McNeils Island.
 Incorporated in the telegram was his resignation as a deputy marshal effective on that date. It is his in. tention to enter some branch of the military service of the United States in he near future; what branch he did not state. R. Y. St. George, who went out as a guard, will also try and enter the service.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15
ANOTHER RAID:
 BOOZE SEIZED

Late yesterday evening the mar. shal's office conducted raid on the Miners Home on Garden Island for the purpose of seizing some liquor which they had reason to be- lieve was stored there. Their eff. forts were rewarded by the finding of ten-gallon keg of port wine five cases of rock and rye, three cases of Maraschino and five bottles of whiskey.
 A warrant was issued about a month ago for the searching of the premises, but was not used until last evening. awaiting sufficient evi- dence to warrant the raid. Frank Miller, the owner of the establish ment. will appear in the commits sioner's court at 10 o'clock this morning for arraignment.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15

have gone ashore on Carysfort reef as an army chest and other wreckage from the vessel later were found there.
 Armed with IS guns and carrying a crew of 140 men, the Hornet, with Commander Otho Norris as skipper foundered in a gale off Tampico on Sept. 10, 1929, with loss of all hands.
 The Sylph, small naval schooner also is believed to have foundered a few years later as she never was heard from after her departure from port.
 The Sea Gull, which left Orange Harbor for Valparaiso in company with the Flying Fish on April 28, 1889, lost her consort one night and is believed to have sunk in a severe gale, from which the Flying Fish took refuge under false Cape Horn.
 The Grampus, Q schooner of twelve guns, sailed from Charleston, S. C., about March IA, 1843. and was due at Norfolk, Va., between the 9th and 18th of April. In June, the navy department abandoned all hope for her safety.
 The Jefferson, steamer engaged in the coast survey, was lost near the Straits of Magellan in 1850.
 The Albany, sloOp-of-war with 21O men under command of Com mander J. T. Gerry, sailed from As pinwall on September 29. 4o54. for New York. After long wait the steamers Princeton and Fulton were sent in search of her, but no trace ever was discovered.
 The Levant, also sloop-of-war with 21O men under Captain William Hunt, departed from Hilo in the Sandwich Islands on September IS, 1860. Vessels of the Pacific squad ron searched for her many months, but the only traces ever found were an oar and broken spar, believed to have belonged to her.
 The only case in recent years of a naval vessel, other than the Cyclops, disappearing from the face of the sea is the tug Nina, which officially was declared lost by the department on March 15, 1910. She is believed to have feundered with all hands in a gale off the Atlantic coast.
 Naval annals also contain the brief notation telling of the loss of the Reprisal in 1877. This brig, which was the first American war vessel to visit Europe and which carried across Benjamin Franklin soon after the Declaration of Independence, went down on the Newfoundland banks. The cook, proverbially, was the sole survivor.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15

able of admitting a vessel of hel draft, has been carefully searched She had not enough coal in hel bunkers to make the transatlantic trip to some German port Moreover one engine was out of commission cutting down her speed to ten knots an hour. Even if additional coal hat been procured she hardly could have slipped past the British patrols into some German port. Her limpine gait would have made her an easy victim for the fast allied destroyers or cruisers.
 | Did the crew succumb to the eff fects of a poisonous gas given off by her cargo of manganese? Hardly it is thought, because all shipping men used to cargoes of that char acter take precaution to eliminate the danger.
 Did the big vessel of 19,OOO tons displacement, constructed with a view to withstanding the heaviest weather, founder in a severe tropical storm? This theory sounds unreason able to many who believed the shiI capable of riding safely out of any storm she might encounter, yet in view of all the known circumstances the explanation is accepted by most naval officials as the most probable account for the disappearance.
 The Cyclops although of deep draft and broad beam carried remark ably high and heavy superstructure Eight great steel derricks lowered over her hull, and there was other heavy framework placed above decks to give her maximum of efficiency in loading or discharging coal.
 In case of a heavy list to port or starboard, perhaps to the extent of 45 degrees, the Cyclops, burdened with her heavy de1ricks, was perhaps unable to swing back into equilibrium crashed over to one side and quickly settled. The heavy cargo of mangan. csc might have shifted and hnidered the vessel from fighting after a severe list.
 Moreover, vessels which returned to Atlantic ports about the time the Cyclops was due reported that un- usually stormy weather had been en. countered in southern waters. Caught in the trough of heavy sea, the Cyclops might have capsized and gone down quickly, dragging down beneath her hull all deck equipment which otherwise might have flOated on the surface as an indication of her fate.
 The theory that the Cyclops sud. denly went down in a storm is about the only theory that adequately would explain her failure to wireless in case of danger. The fact that no radio calls ever came from the yes sel is one phase that characterizes the disappearance of the ship as one of the most mysterious in modern sea annals.
 Leaving the West Indian harbor on March 4 the Cyclops was expect ed to touch at an Atlantic port on March 13. When attention was call ed to the fact that she was a few days overdue, no anxiety was felt because it was known she had one engine out of commission. However when a week passed and there was no news that she had been sighted, feeling of great apprehension swept over the navy department. Every effort was made to find her, but on April IA the department gave permission to publish the facts, which long had been withheld
 Secretary Daniels still clings to the hope that the mystery will be clear
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15
QUIET WEDDING
 HELD LAST EVE

Last evening was performed the marriage ceremoney of Alexander Garfield Atworth of Gilmore and Miss Ervilla Margaret McCandless of Fair banks. The witnesses present were the brides mother, Miss Adeline Fer retti and MT. Leo Rogge.
 The groom Is connected with the T. V. R. R. as station agent at Gil more and has been a resident Of the interior for several years. The bride has lived in Fairbanks fol some time and at one time was en gagged by the Alaskan Engineering commission as stenographer. They will make their future home at Gil more.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15
SECOND QUOTA
 TO BE CALLED
 ON AUGUST lST

Orders have been received by the local board concerning the calling of the second draft quota. The to- tai number to be called in the sec ond draft will be 69, sub-divided into three sections of g men each.
 Those who have volunteered will be included in each draft section, but not to exceed eight men to a section. The required number of men for the first section has already volunteered, and all that now re- mains for them to be inducted will be the passing of a successful medi- cal examination.
 The order issued to the local board from the governors office is as follows:
 Juneau. July g, 1918. "Heilig, Fairbanks.
 "No. ATOP. Under induction call No. S80, you are hereby directed to induct 69 white registrants, to be credited your current quota, to re. port for service at the following times:
 "1. August l, twenty-three regis trants, of which number accept not to exceed eight registrants by vol untary induction, provided such regis. trants for voluntary induction notify you not later than 10 o'clock on morning of July 22. Involuntarily in- duct registrants in the order of lia- bility for service to fill balance of this part of quota.
 "2. August 20, twenty-three regis. trants, of which number accept not to exceed eight registrants by volun- tary induction notify you not later than 10 o'clock on morning of Au- gust 10. Involuntarily induct regis trants in the order of liability for service to fill balance of this part of quota. Note that you are to fur nish by inductiOns, voluntary and involuntary, by August 20, forty-six men.
 8. On applications received by you not later than 10 o'clock on morning of August 31, accept seven registrants by voluntary induction, to report not later than 10 o'clock on morning of September 10, and in voluntarily induct registrants in or der of liability for service to fill balance of quota, all to report not later than 10 o'clock on morning of September 10. If, during the time between August 31 and Sep tember 10, registrants not subject to involuntary induction then apply to be voluntarily inducted. you will accept not to exceed two additional white registrants. You will give pref. erence to unemployed registrants for voluntary. induction. If at any time prior to dates specified for induc- tion, sufficient number of volun- teers and regiStrants invOluntarily in ducted are assembled, forward them without delay to mobilization camp nearest the place at which they are located. If registrants for induction are at other places in Alaska, or in States, instruct them by wire to re- port to nearest local board. have them wire you name of board. and mail induction papers, as required by section 148. Except as to volun- tary inductions, quota must be called in order of liability of white regis trants for service. You will par ticularly observe the requirements of section 158 and 169 and other regu- lations regarding the mobilization Make no variation unless specifically authorized.
 Acknowledge receipt by wire, stating whether fully understood. Then immediately publish notice that voluntary inductions will be accepted as herein provided.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15
ARMY
 IRRICATES IN
 MESOPOTAMIA

WITH BRITISH ARMY IN MESO. POTAM1A, June 15.-The peaceful penetration of the Euphrates coun- try from Feluja to Hilleh began in April last year, a month after the British army entered Bagdad. Before the Turk was finally routed on the Tigris. Great Britain had begun to tap the resources of the Euphrates.
 For months during the hot weather the roads from Hilleh and Museyib to Bagdad were obscured by the dust of camel and donkey convoys bringing in corn. Arab levies were raised to police the roads, villages, and towns, and the country was cleared of bands of marauders. This year, owing to the success of the Euphrates irrigation scheme, the SUD- plies from the Euphrates side will be enormously increased and the trans port of the country will be hard put to it to bring in the grain The British engineers have been at work on the irrigation scheme connected with the Hindieh Barrage, or dam, which was finished before the war, but the Turk neglected to profit by 1t. The equalization work connected with 1t was left incomplete. and the area to ba cultivated was never brought under irrigation.
 The Euphsatrs divides al IIindreh into two branches, the Shat-el-EIilleh to the east and the Shatt-el.H Hindieh to the west. and the two channels oi the river meet again few miles above Samawa.
 The function of the dam was to provide water for the Hilleh branch, which was filling with silt This year nearly a hundred canals on the Hilleh branch which had fallen into disuse have been dug out, 3OOOOO acres have been brought under cuti- vation. and there is promise of the greatest harvest in the memory of man, possibly the greatest since the days of NebuchadneZzer.
 But the Shatt-el-Hilleh develop ments arc only part of the scheme. For several years the land on both banks of the iiindieh branch below the dam down to Kill has been out of cultivation, as the canals pro- vided in the schemes to irligate that area were neglected. The British invaders were not long in getting to work at them. In May, as soon as the Tigris operations were completed, they began to open posts on the Flu pirates. The work on the canals was started early in Juno; they were finished by the end of October; and the ground they irriSate is now un- der cultivation.
 There was a gap in the British communications between Nasiriyeh and Hilleh in the hot weather. but the army has lately bridged it, es- tablishing posts south of Ililleh and north of Nasiriyeh, so that it now administers the whole country from Basra to Ramadie. It has been singularly peaceful penetration.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15
MOSQUITOES ARE TOO MUCH
 FOR WILD GAME ANIMALS

From out the trail word has been received that the mosquitoes are so numerous that some instances have been noted where the wild game ami. mals have been driven down from the hills to seek refuge among the lowlands and lakes where they may get rid of the pests. At some places 1t was noticed that both moose and caribou had taken refuge in the lakes to brush the large number of flies of them. At those periods they may be approached to within Q short distance. as they seem to lose fear of the human in their desire to get rid of their tormentors,
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15
TOURISTS VIEW
 MIDNIGHT SUN

For the purpose of viewing the midnight sun from the Arctic Circle, a large party of tourists from New York, Pennsylvania and Minnesota made trip to Fort Yukon on June 22nd from Dawson on the steamer Casca. They expressed themselves as delighted with the view and short ly after returned to the upper river town.
 Among the passengers was c. D. Osborn of Minneapolis. Minn., who at one time was identified with the Stefansson expedition to the Arctic regions. being instrumental in the outfltting of the expedition.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15

ed, but there are not many in the department who share his view. The call of blue water always has stirred and will stir the blood of men. But just as much as in TO- nance, the seven seas abound in tragedy.
 The ocean has taken it's annual heavy toll of human life from the time of the modern ocean liner and floating steel fortress, back to the days of the ancient Phoenicians who braved the wild seas of the Mediter- ranean in their frail craft and pick ed their way even to far-off Eng land to barter for Cornwall tin.
 The loss of merchant shipping ever has been great-particularly in these days of the ruthless undersea rover-but fortunately the United States navy has carried America's flag over the worlds waters for nearly a century and half without particularly severe losses, due to the clements.
 From the records of the navy de- partment there has been compiled a brief list of naval vessels which sailed and then went down in the oceans maw without leaving soul to tell the story.
 The Saratoga, ship of IS guns, commanded by Captain John Young, was lost at sea with all on board in March, 1781.
 A few years later, the General Gates, also a ship of IS guns built in 1777 or 177S, was lost without a trace.
 The Pickering, brig of 14 guns, weighing 1S7 tons and carrying a crew of ninety men, sailed from New castle, Del, on August 20, 1900. in command of Lieut.. B. Hillar. Bound for the Guadaloupe station, she never was heard of from that date, it being believed that she foundered in an equinoctial gale in September that same year.
 The Insurgent, which had been captured from the French in 1779 by the II. s. s. Constellation, sailed from Hampton roads on August 8. 1900, for a cruise in the West Indies She also is believed to have gone down with her crew of $40 men in one of the equinoctial gales that caused the Pickering to go under.
 The Wasp, with 14O men under command of Commander Johnston Blakely, engaged and captured on September l, 1874, the British brig Atlanta. A Swedish brig reported having spoken to her three weeks after that date, but no further news ever was had about her. She is sup. posed to have foundered in gale.
 The Hamilton, one of Commodore Chauncey's squadron on lake Ontario, capsized on the night of August 10, 1913, while trying to weather the enemy's squadron. "All hands," says the official chronicle, "are supposed to have been. at quarters"
 The Epervier, ship of IS guns and complement of 12S captured from the British by the U. S. s. Peacock, sailed from Gibraltar for this country on July 4, 1915. She last was seen by a merchant vessel on August IA in mid-Atlantic.
 The Lynx, schooner of guns with 50 men on board, commanded by Lieut.. J. R. Madison, sailed from St. Mary's, Fla, for Jamaica on New Years day, 1921. She was last sighted on January 22 that year.
 The Wildcat, with 8 guns and 31 men, commanded by Lieut.. J. E. Legare, sailed from Cuba for Key West in 1924. She is supposed to