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The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-26
ROUND THE CIRCLE.
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The doughnut hole maker confronted his employer. 'I've got to have more pay, he stated grimly.
 "Why?" asked the boss
 Because everybody else is getting more," said the employe.
 Every well, ;" replied the boss wearily. "Ill give you fifty percent raise"
 The manufacturer of cord for corduroy pants sat down to dinner. Course by course he proceeded till he came to the doughnut course.
 "Betha," said he, these doughnu holes seem terribly small to me-
 ''So they are,' said his wife "The doughnut hole makers have been given a fifty percent raise so the holes in the doughnuts have been reduced fifty per cent"
 Buy full size holes," said the cord maker. "I'll go up fifty percent on my cords"
 The doughnut hole maker went to the store after supply of cords for corduroy pants such as doughnut makers wear.
 IHeot WILL Dc llIy percent more Ina1l they were,' said the clerk as he wrapped them up.
 And why?' asked the astonished pur- chaser.
 "Well," replied the clerk, ''I under stand the cordmaker has to pay fifty per, cent more for his doughnut holes, so he has to go up fifty percent on his cords."
 ''I see," said the doughnut hole mak- CT thotfully.
 The doughnut hole maker confronted his employer. ''Ive got to have more pay," he stated grimly
 (REPEAT AID INFINITUM)
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-26
SiRIKE AWAKES
 TRENCH SPIRIT
 IN GREAT CITY

LONDON,-(P -(P)-Cheerfuress was shown by Londons millions during the great railway strike. Americans watched and marveled They saw the mass of traffic surging thru the narrow Strand, flush to the curbs with what seemed to be as inextric- able confusion of every kind of vehicle, ranging from mammoth lorries, belching black, acrid smoke nom their furnished copper stacks, to bicycles and "scooters," and ob- served the sidewalks thronged with brisk, smiling pedestrians unable to get a lift on the packed busses.
 Occasionally fine automible would pause to pick up a humble footsore workman trudging home from his job The sight of plumb CT in fustian, lounging comfortably in splendid limousine and smoking d battered pipe by the side of the owner led those Americans to think that the millennium had come. The new brotherhood of the war" re- marked a thotful New Yorker.
 This sense of cOmradeship and sympathy with the suffering was everywhere revealed. London revived the spirit of the trenches. See II thru" was the slogan. Let every body help"
 A better excuse for lodging office duties never presented itself, but those that took advantage of it were surprisingly few. One heard on all sides 6f girl clerks living in the suburbs who, day after day, walked six or eight miles to and from their work
 In the outlying districts where om- nibuses and tramcars have their starting point. lines of people formed as soon as it was daylight The queues extended, six deep, for quarter of a mile, and the patient walters considered themselves lucky if they had to stand only an hour or so. Except at the starting place, it was almost hopeless to attempt to board a bus or tram.
 There was instant response to the appeal made by the Automobile as sociauon to car owners and drivers to give pedestrians a lift. Most cars with empty places stopped to pick up women workers. Sidecars groan- ed with four passengers and the back step of many of the old-fashioned bicycles resurrected for the emer- gcncy carried a balancing man or girl.
 Turnout London the tangle of traffic was amazing. It roared as never before in the streets of the city. But the point" policemen kept their heads, as did the drivers and riders, and the casualty list was un- commonly small.
 London, with it's extraordinary knack of adapting itself to new con ditions, rose 10 the occasion of the greatest strike in the country's history.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-26
MEXICAN REPLY
 EXPECTED SOON
MEXICAN GOVERN MENT WILL SEND NOTE TO
 WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 25.-(P)- ' ate this evening a rumor became current among the newspaper offices No"e that the federal government would despatch it's answer to the not"
 om the American state department Wednesday.
 a0ev he"e regarding Jenkins, about Orl the note was received from
 'a~' in~ton, brot the information that ting has been heard concerning tNe consuls release and it is believed t"ot he is still imprisoned.
 '7'NET CONSIDERS QUESTION
 7TTINCTON, D. C.. Nov. 25.-(P)
 Altho no word had been received om the Mexican government regard 0g the state departments demand that Carranza release Jenkins immed- lately, the cabinet met this afternoon 'r consider the situation. Carranza
 as informed by the state depart ment that further moIestation of Jen- '-ins will seriously affect relations be-
 m the two countries. Mexico's failure to send a prompt reply has c Cated an unfavorable impression e and many think that Carranza
 deliberately seeking an excuse fol trouble. No decision regarding the
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-26

of work, and more than all, general st ate of industrial unrest and disorganization' as a result of the war. These factors have all contributed to an enormous increase in the cost of production, variousIy estimated at from 75 to 15O percent over the cost of production in 1913. Prior to the war, the coal importing countries of Europe were supplied by Great Britain, Germ$my and, to small extent, Belgium. Altho Germany was bound under the peace treaty to deliver 43,OO0O0O tons of coal to France In the next six mOnthS she was not able to furnish this amount and the requirement. was reduced to 20,OOO,OOO tons. Bcigian coal production is proceeding at a satis- factory rate. Her small exports, however, are not large factor in meeting the Euro pean situation. Great Britain has been | worlds greatest exporter of coal both in the form of coal for bunkerage. and exports in the strict sense.
 British production which in 1913 was O0O 000 tons in 1918. Sir Auckland Geddps, president of the board of trade, states tEat for the twelve months beginning July 16. 1919, when the miners seven hour day came into effect, the production of British coal will be approximately between 214,- amount of coal retained for home consunp- tion were kept down to 196,OOO,OOO tons 100000 and 217,OOO,O0O tons. Even if the the strictly ratiOned basis of 1918, there would be available for export only about 2O,O00OO0 gross tons. Not only is the ability of Great Britain actually to produce coal for export and ship bunIlers curtailed but the price of coal is now so high there as to open the field of competition and especially to competition from the United States.
 "Altho the foremost coal producing ma tiOn, our exports of coal have never been large. In the five pre-War years, 1909 to 1913, our exports of coal averaged only about l6,000O00 tons, the greater part of which went to Canada. Whether in the immediate future we are able to supply the coal which Great Britain cannot furnish will depend partly on our ability to in crease bituminous coal production, that be- ing the kind primarily needed both for ex- port and for ship bunkers. It will also de- pend on obtaining adequate tonnage. What ever the outcome of the present situation, 1t seems inevitable, however, that in time the United States will assume in the coal export trade and in the business of bunker ing ships, the position to which her coal re- sources entitle her.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-26
BUTLER TAKING
 ONE TO BROOKS
BILLY BUTLER LEAVES WITH DOGTEAM FOR BROOKS THIS
 MORNING EARLY

At the time when most folks are of the night, Billy Butler will pull out of town this morning headed for Brooks. He is taking Paul Hopkins, chemist of the local bureau of mines staff. Both men will be gone sev- eral days.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-26

lieved to have been employed by l. N. W. today fired at Selden Doam,. president of the Newcastle Steel com nany The woull-bc a-sas in used a revolver firing two shots neither ol which took effect The auagchisf was Immediately arrested and is ha'. pending a tho~o investigation nl 'n attack
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-26
RELEASE EXPECTED.

LAREDO, Texas. Nov %. lP,- According to a despatch from Mexico city, the release oi Consul Jenkins l., nomentarily expected However. rhis despatch came early this morning anf at late hour this evening nothing further has been heard
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-26
GETS THE MEDAL.

A man was thrown -l u"t in q. .. by an explosion and theNm.u TOSS in town docked him for JH. ..w he was away from his work.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-26

WILMINGTON, Del Nov. 24. UP An unknown anarchist, who Is be
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-26

Another reason why a man is a man is because he loses interest in facts when they don bear out his contentious.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-26

situation was reached by the cabinet .rior to the adjournment of the meet
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-06-07
MONTE CARLO
RUNS WIDE OPEN
NEAR PARIS
BATHS AND MINERAL WATERS
USED TO COVER
GAMBLING

PARIS, June 3.-It may not be
generally known that Paris has its
own little Monte Carlo a few miles
from it's gates, with a beautiful Ca
sino where roulette and other
gambling games may be played, and
containing a club without any in
tricacies of election) where baccarat
and it's like may be INDUCED in. It's
name is Enghien-les-B ains, the baths
and mineral waters of the little
town being of medical value suffi-
cient to cover the Casino as a neces-
sity for it's visitors.
The dangers of a gambling center
at the very gates of Paris led the
chamber of deputies to vote in 1913
that no casino should be allowed
within so miles of the capital. The
bill was still before the senate when
the war began and Enghien's Casino
became a hospital and is to be
brought up for discussion again
soon.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-06-07
THOUSANDS attend U.S.. ARMY SCHOOL in FRANCE

the Red Cross membership subscrip-
lions and for every dollar contrib
uted $1.02 was made available for
actual relief by reason of bank
interest. l.. j. Hunter. comptroller
of the American Red Cross in Wash
ington, is now at work on receipts
and expenditures, it is said, and is
expected to make an official report
in June.
Many millions of dollars already
had been raised for the Young
Mems Christian Association, knights
of Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board,
War Camp Community Service,
American Library Association. Young
Women's Christian Association and
the Salvation Army when the
Omitted War Work Drive" was un-
dertaken last winter. The subscrip-
lions aggregated, o than $780,
OOO, 200.
Vast sums were raised in France,
Italy, Japan and Russia and other
countries. including neutral. for the
amelioration Of human want and
woe. When all the figures are CON-
piled, O charities statistical estimate.
1t will be shown that the most dew
astating war OF history Embossed
mankind's purse strings in the most
remarkable and prodigal manner.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-06-07
RED CROSS OFFICIAL
BLUFFS COSSACKS
IN SIBERIA
MARYLAND MAN HAS EXCITING
EXPERIENCE ON RUSSIAN
RAILROAD

TOXIC, June 3.-Major John
Reifsnider, formerly of Frederick,
Md, now of Toxic who is attached
to the American Red Cross in ST.
IBERIA, has arrived here preparatory
to escorting 1900 Czecho-Slovak
soldiers from V~ladivostok by way OF
the Suez Canal to Trieste and thence
to Prague. The troops r chiefly
those incapacitated by illness.
Major Reifsnider who is assistant
to Colonel r. B. Tuesler, of Virginia,
the head of the Siberian Red Cross,
has had some exciting experiences in
Russia. He has conducted Red Cross
trains to Omsk on two different oc-
cosions. Difficulties we're created
by Cossacks as he conducted his
trains into the heart OF Siberia, he
said. Small detachments living in
railroad cars in various places would
connect their coaches to his train
on the plea that they must reach the
front. Sometimes the cars numbered
nine and ten, thOus overburden1ng
the long Red Cross train.
ION my recent trip to -Omsk,"
said Major Reifsnider to the CORE
spondent, 1--WE had rather a dramatic
tableau in the station at krasno-
yarsk. The Cossacks had hitched on
eight cars without permission. and
ordered them taken off. The Cos
sacks refused. The station com
mandant' threw up his hands In de-
spair. exclaiming: What can o
If | interfere on either side. l will
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-06-07
AGAIN HAS
GINGERBREAD FAIR"

PARIS, May 3O.-The coming OF
the armistice has allowed Paris to
have it's pleasure fairs again after
they had been suppressed during the
hostilities. The celebrated Gin
gerbread Fair" was the first to be
held and attracted thousands as it
has done since it's institution nearly
a thousand years ago.
An unpleasant surprise was in
store for the lovers of merry-go-
rounds, which used to cost two
cents a ride before the "a and
four on Saturday nights and Sun
day. The humblest, most Out-of-
date affair which offered mere wood
en- horses or pigs to ride on demand
ed a franc, 20 cents a turn, while
the up-to-date machines offering 4
suspended airplane required a franc
and a kalf, or 80 cents. These ex-
travagant prices Ito the frugal
French mind) did not prevent brick
business, for even the French seem
to have lost their keen sense of the
value of money.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-06-07
ENGINE TROUBLE
STOPS SEAPLAht

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 30
The NC-4 landed on the Mondego
river, 100 miles north of Lisbon,
at which place the seaplane left at
5:25 o'clock Greenwich time, or
1920 this morning Washington time.
Lieutenant Commander Albert
Read SEN a message to the cruiser
Rochester in which he said the sea-
plane was 80. K" The message con-
tinued: 1--WE must await high tide
and cannot make Plymouth tonight.
Request the destroyers to keep their
stations. What is the best port to
the north to land the seaplane with
in 300 miles,"
Naval officers assumed that the
planes engines were not running
properly. The %seaplane evidently
a into shallow water while land
ing, or was left so by the receding
tide.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-06-07

be shot for my pains Then he
went away, whistling.
1.-THE Cossacks began to threaten,
and two of their officers covered
with their revolvers. They said
they could lick me and my small
guard of American soldiers. OF
course, l said they couldn't. Just
behind me, one of my soldiers in his
turn was covering the Cossack Of
ficers and further off other Ameri-
can soldiers and Cossack riders were
glaring at one another, their hands
on rifles or revolvers. 1t was all
bluff of course, but I didn't want
any awkward incidents to happen.
II telephoned to the commander
of the British forces stationed at
Krasnoyarsk, explaining the situa-
ton. He said / was quite within
my rights in going west without the
Cossacks. He said he would send a
detachment right down to the sta
ton. I reported my conversation to
the station commandment
1.-The 'commandant' was no longer
in doubt as to his attitude. He said:
My dear sir, you will leave in Is
minutes-without the Cossacks.'
And we did.
Before pulling out I again tele-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-06-07
IL. S. BUREAU OF SHIP INFORMATION OUT6ROwIH OF WAR

oos Of norris in the United> States
and from attaches in foreign coun-
tries. daily reports from the bureau
=, ~onerations of the United States
navy and offices of the naval in
teligence bureau; daily reports te4
cent Sunday from the British min
;strv of shipping, information OBJ
tanned from steamship companies
and agents. Associated Press cable
grams. the Lloyds' Daily Index, the
United States shipping board; teie-
phonic reports from lookout stations
and guard ships stationed in New
YORK barbor. and from the army
piers of the port of embarkation In
Hoboken.
Tn addition to serving the mari
time interests, the naval communi-
cation service, through its vast
cable, telegraph and radio facilities.
is handling practically all the bust
ness of the government passing
through New York. Another feature
of it's service, regarding which the
wartime ban of secrecy has but
recently been lifted, was Sthe per-
fecting of an electromagnetic sig
mailing device whereby fog bound
ships may determine their position
and be warned away from dangerous
shoals.
This service enables the listen
ing operator to determine not only
the direction from which the call
comes but the distance from which
it is sent. BY means of o bear
irgs. taken from different receiving
stations it becomes but a simple
mathematical problem to determine
an exac location, and the vessel
sending the signal is 20 advised. For
this service alone the marine inter-
, ests desire the department con-
t;Dued.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-06-07

marine. the bureau has thrown open
to the public-and particularly TO
the ship owners, charters. shippers
suran interests and maritime
business generally, the facilities OIL
its vast and far-reaching service.
BY means of a card index a ques-
ton relating to any ship can De
promptly answered-and reliable IN
formation as to her sailing date, es-
timated time of arrival at port Oh
destination, location at sea or In
port, can be readily given.
It Is a service which prior to the
war was maintained in a similar
manner by many of the foreign
maritime nations-some of them
much smaller and having far less
ships than did this country. With
a large merchant marine, such as
this country apparently desires, the
value Of such a service, marine men
say. is unquestioned.
The naval communication service
employs about $50 persons, all In
navy uniform and under direction OF
Lieutenant Commander r. B. Coff-
man. 1t issues daily, and distributes
free of cost to more than 500 ship
ping firms, newspapers, government
officials, maritime exchanges, etc., a
bulletin of 145 pages carrying the
names of more than 10000 vessels
each name showing nationality, ton
mage, location or sailing date. Evi-
dencing the demand for this infor-
nation the circulation of the bulle-
tin is increasing rapidly. Between
the hours of issue, the bureau keeps
ship owners advised by telephone OF
radio messages sent from ships at
sea.
The practical sources of informa-
ton from which the bulletin ac-
quires its data are daily reports by
telegraph and cable from naval Off
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-06-07
RED CROSS CONTINUES
BELGIAN RELIEF WORK

BRUSSELS, June 3.-Since the
armistice, the American Red Cross
commission for Belgium has dis
tributed some 10000 0 francs for
the benefit of various Belgian char
liable works; 100000 francs to
help Belgian refugees returning
home: 1,OOO,0OO francs for the mu-
tilated soldiers and civilians; L.
100000. francs for destitute chill
dren; 100000 francs for organi-
cations combating tuberculosis /;
10000 francs for military hos
pitfalls; 100000 francs for civilian
hospitals, and $4,000 francs for
building wooden houses for Ter
monde which was burned by the
Germans in 1914 and where nearly
1000 people are now living in the
ruins of their devastated homes.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-06-07

NEW YORK, June 4.-The es-
tablishment of a government-con-
trolled bureau Of shipping informa-
ton, through which maritime inter-
ests of the United States are advised
daily through official sources and
without cost, OF the movements of
practically all the merchant ships of
the world, is an o~utgrowth of one
of the activities of the navy depart
ment during the war.
This bureau, conducted by what
is known as the naval communica-
lions service, was instituted shortly
after this country entered the con-
fiict. 1t was made necessary for
the reason that prior to that time
there was no organized branch of
the government through which the
movement of ships could be obtained
on short notice. The demands of
the navy and war departments, the
United States shipping board and
alIleQ wal lutCtCoto AO4uAACN shes
there be at hand at all times a
carefully revised record of all ships
mot alone of their movements, but
details as to their tonnage, speed,
specifications as to build, etc.
Under the direction of a naval Of
ficer, with assistants recruited from
the marine departments of press as
sociations, daily and marine publ
cations, etc., the bureau was estab-
lished and arrangements were at
once made for prompt and reliable
dispatches from all parts of the
world concerning ship movements,
this service embracing not only the
facilities of the telegraph and cable
but the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS wire
less as we'll.
It's value during the war was ines
Unable and, with the coming OF
peace and the efforts to build up in
this country an efficient merchant
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the educational training offered
them by the army school system.
Men in some cases are working
eight, ten and twelve sours a day
at military duties and then study
ing at night in the post schools,
tired in body but doggedly deter
mined. In some cases they have
voluntarily worked at night so as
to be allowed to attend a lecture
or school session in the daytime.
Illiterate men who have been taught
to read and write often ask permits
sion to take their dog-eares primers
home with them when their divisions
start for America. Thousands of
such men have been started on the
road to education in the past few
months. But it must not be mis-
takably assumed that all the soldier
boys are coming back with a
higher education" The big idea of
the Educational Corps Is to give a
man a start and enable him to
find himself" so to speak. Many a
soldier has been a round peg in a
square hole back home. The army
is helping these men to get started
on the right groove.
Practically is the key word of all
the educational courses. The sol
der is not going to school merely
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-06-07

PARIS. June 2.--Scores of thou
sands of American soldiers eagerly
have grasped the opportunity to at
tend the schools which the army
now is providing for all the men of
the American Expeditionary Force,
under the direction of the Educa-
tional Corps.
The post schools which are pri-
mary grades of this school system,
are used wherever they can find n
roof to shelter them. Floundering
through the mud of some little ham,
let where American soldiers are
stationed, one is likely to stumble
upon such a school in full operation.
An army chaplain recently CHANGED
upon such a school, the pupils of
which we're standing on benches be-
cause the floor was under six inches
of water and in a room dimly
lighted by candles stuck in bottles.
The sergeant-teacher was using a
piece of tarred paper as a black
board. 1t was IL o'clock at night
and IA men whose military duties
prevented them from attending in
regular hours composed the extra
class.
This little scene is symbolic of
the spirit with which the American
soldiers have taken advantage of