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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-04-10
filters WILL USE FLARES
Aviators Can Detect Drifting in Trans.
Atlantic Flioht,

smoke flares, developed daring the war
and improved recently by American
chemical experts. will be factors in the
Trans Atlantic flight to be undertaken
next month by naval seaplanes. BY
dropping these flares at intervals. the
aviators will he able to determine the
drifting of their planes in the cross
winds and make the corrections noe
essary to keep them On their course.
Numerous experiments with the
planes have been necessary in plan
ming for the fight and officers said
that consequently they had not even
undertaken to select tentative date
for leaving Rockaway Beach. l.. l.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-04-10
HONOR FIGHTING PARS0N

DIR. John II. Clifford, Baptist minis.
ter In time Of peace. but real fighter
in time Of war, has been awarded the
croix de guerre for extraordinary hero
ism in action.
Doctor Clifford, as Y. NJ. G. A.
worker. braved the red wrath of war
Tie has been in the firing zone as much
as the hardest infantryman and was
decorated for most unusual exploit.
He was one Of three men who braved
incessant enemy shell fire while res
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-04-10

cuing Col. Albertus w. Catlin, CON-
manding officer of the Sixth regiment
Of marines. The trio carried the colo
mel to safety on stretcher.
Doctor Clifford went over the top
many times and came near being killed
on several occasions. He is fifty-one
years old.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-04-10
Influenza Increase. in Australia.

Sydney, n. S. W.. April S.-!nfiuenza
Is beco,aing more serious There are
hundreds Of new cases daily and so
deaths occurred last week. The gov.
erEment has closed schools. theaters,
picture shows and race courses. Hotel
customers are allowed to remain only
) minutes in the bars.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-04-10
Great Athletic PROGRAM.

Through the Y. III. c. A. the Ua;.ess
States plans to introduce project for
the development; OF American athletics
III the allied countries. Americas
greatest athletic leaders are being fit.
ed to direct the movement from the
eadQuarters to be established In
1rsx
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-04-10
Praises "Yn Wark

Unqualified praise by Consul Gen.
eral Harris in Siberia for the service
rendeved not only TO the American ex-
peditionary troops. but also to the
Czechs and TO Russian prisoners by
the American Y. NJ. {. A. secretaries,
is contained in an official commanders
ton transmitted to the state depart
r.ent at Washington by Paul S.
Reinsch, American minister 10 China,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-04-10
PERSHING'S WISH GRANTED
War Department Removes courtmar.
tlal Limitations.

Washington, April S.-Regulations
limiting General Pershing's authority
over courtmartial proceedings abroad.
to which the general objected, have
been revoked. An amendment to Gen.
eral Order 81 of 1917, published by
the war department. shows that the
language making mandatory on the
commander recommendations of the
acting Judge advocate general In
France that sentences be set aside,
disapproved or modified has been
stricken out.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-04-10
REPUDIATEs HER CONFESSION
Aged Woman Denies Killing Son and
Grandson

Montrose. Colo. April 8.-Mrs. Nan.
cy Jane Bush the 70-year old woman
on trial here for the murder of her
son, John Bush, and her grandson
Oris. at the Bush home near Olathe,
Colorado. In December. 1917. took the
stand in her own defense and denied
the principal charge. that she had
killed her son.
Mrs, Bush denied the truth of her
confession. submitted by the state,
which the defense claims she made to
give her son an opportunity to escape
after the killing of her grandson.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-04-10
Aviator Flies over Andes.

ean'ia@o Chie, April S.--Liea,enant
CortSnss in a British airplane. few
over the Andes al height Of 1s.Goe
feet.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-04-10

Time is money. Save time by
using the American Want Col.
umn.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-12-12

from me. I was happier for that little
moment with him, alone, and when he
left I gave my thoughts to Christmas
finery. I feared indeed 'twould not be
here in time, but it came two days
before the dance. I would not for all
the world miss the Calverts dance.
January I'd: I am tired, tired,
tired; but, oh what pleasure to re-
memberl Every day. every hour, filed
with joy. I fear me l showed too
much my happiness, for cousin Elinor
Carol reprimanded me and told papa
my spirits should be kept in check.
Papa only laughed and pinched my
cheek. Cross old thing She looks as
If she never had been young.
"Such lovely things as papa gave
me for the Christmas ball, besides my
pink brocade that will stand alone.
Charles told me l was charming when
he saw me in it, but truly it was my
beautiful gown. felt shy and I'M
comfortable with his miniature resting
upon my neck for all to see, and
thought to die of shame at the free
spoken words. Why must such things
be, that maids must blush and hang
their heads for that so near their
hearts? I knew not where to hide my
blushing face and sad confusion. But
twas a magnificent ball and all the
world was there.
1.-The young people danced and
danced, but the measure of my hap
piness was bubbling over when Colonel
Washington did me the honor to dance
a minuet with me- held my head
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-12-12
Clement c. Moore

While the children all over the land
are occupied with the gifts left them
by Santa Claus many New York chill
dren will gather to pay tribute to
The memory OF the man who knew San
ia Claus best. Clement Clarke Moore,
who wrote "'Twas the night before
Christmas" is buried in Trinity Church
cemetery, at Riverside drive and 155th
street, and there the children will go
on Christmas morning to lay wreath
upon his grave.
The man who wrote the poem lived
as boy in big house at Ninth avenue
and Twenty-second street in the days
when Greenwich village seemed far
away from New York. The big square
house had been built by his grand
father. an English army officer who
came over to help the Colonists in
the French and Indian wars and stay
cd TO make his home in the New
World.
He named his big white house on
TOD of a hill Chelsea in memory of
the big army hospital in London. He
left it to his daughter Charity, who
married a young minister, afterward
Bishop Moore, president of Columbia
College, which was called Kings
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-12-12

College while the Colonies still had
a king.
There little Clement Clarke Moore
was born on July Is, 1889. It was
one of his neighbors, a red-cheeked
Dutch farmers son, who first told the
little boy the story of Saint Nicholas,
whose name the Dutch children had
shortened to Santa Claus
So the little boy, who had no broth
ers and sisters to play with, watched
for Santa Claus every Christmas eve.
He did not lose faith even when he
went to Columbia, and in 1922, when
he was married and living in the old
home with it's wide fireplaces, he
wrote the poem for his own boys and
girls
The children had a Christmas guest,
the daughter of Dr. Butler, a minister
in Troy, and she copied the poem
in her album. The next year she gave
1t TO the editor of the Troy Sentinel
and he printed 1t in his paper.
At first DIR. Moore was not pleased,
for he thought the poem was not very
good company for his Greek and He
brew dictionary. He was professor Of
oriental languages in theological
seminary. He lived to see the poem
translated into all the languages of
the world.
He died in Newport in 1868.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-12-12

tended by everybody, old and young.
The ceremony of rolling it into the
fireplace on Christmas eve was one
that was attended and enjoyed by
every member of the family. II the
log burned steadily all night on the
hearth, good luck was thought TO be
predicted for the year to come; If it
burned out, i'll luck was looked upon
as inevitable.
Some people say that the Christ
mas tree is connected in some way
with the ancient Egyptian custom Of
decorating houses with branches of the
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-12-12

high and courtesied with the utmost
dignity, but 1 could not altogether hide
my pleasure. fear he thought me
but foolish maid, yet when he kissed
my hand he asked me for a souvenir,
and gave in return for my faded rose
the ribbon from his sword hilt.
Charles did pretend himself much
angered and thought to quarrel with
me; but takes two to make quarrel,
and 1 would none of it. Will I ever be
so happy again? Farewell my beau
tiful Christmas. Farewell Farewell !"
I read no further. From out the
past a message reached heart sick
with longing, a heart that had filed
with happiness, that had given place
to surging, jealous rage had left
the gay crowd, unheedful of my lovers
explanation of that which needed no
explanation. 1 myself had hung the
mistletoe in place SO that none should
miss so charming an opportunity
Why, then, should I object to a hasty
kiss given to another than myself.
Ashamed, l quickly pinned q cluster
of heartsease upon my breast: We
had picked them together from under
the sheltering box hedge as the snow
began to fall. had cast them aside
as I entered my room, but now they
nestled in their rightful place over my
heart AS l left the room to go back
to the crowd below, and to the happi-
ness that waited there for me, whis-
pered to myself:
"'Takes two to make a quarrel, and
l will none of It,"
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-12-12
New Devices to
Help Air Pilots

for the transeontinentaI service when
it is installed. Heretofore the only
argument against the aerial mail plane
was that railroads we're more depend
able than flying machines for long
hauls, that planes could not make
transcontinental or long cross-country
flights with a surety of success be-
cause the weather might either delay
the start or force landing on unde-
sirable ground
There was much in that argument
until the wireless was called into play
in behalf of the air mail plane"
Cut Down the Time.
Air service across the continent from
New York to San Francisco will cut
down the time of transmission of mail
by almost two days, according to Mr..
Braeger.s He says:
''The proposed transcontinental air
mail from New York to San Francisco
is the result of our inability to get the
railroads to give the Pacific coast
Cities notably Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco and Seattle an efficient mail
service. A letter mailed in New York
and making all connections takes 30
hours to reach San Francisco.
IF you write a letter Monday it will
leave New York at 8 40 O'clock that
night, and if the trains are on time
will arrive in San Francisco at II 30
o'clock Friday afternoon. During %
days in October the mail reached San
Francisco on schedule only five times.
When the trains were as much as an
hour late the mail was not delivered
until Saturday morning.
by the air mail route letters writ
ten Monday would leave New York
Tuesday morning, arrived in Omaha,
Neb., that afternoon in great planes
of the type which are now being COM
pleted for the mail service; arrive at
Battle Mountain, New, on Wednesday
afternoon and be in the San Francisco
post office by o'clock Thursday morn
ing In fact, delivered almost two days
ahead of the mail sent overland by
train.
This route, if congress permits the
carrying out of present plans, will be
operated by multimotored planes car
rying a ton of mail from New York to
Omaha, and then onto the Coast by
planes carrying 1,500 pounds over the
Rockies.
THE West has been aroused in
favor of this service, but what CON
gress will do in the matter remains to
be seen. The trouble with aviation in
America is lack of vision and ignor-
ance of the problems that confront
manufacturers. Until the national
congress obtains a clearer grasp of
this subject the United States will
steadily slip back while Europe goes
forward.
In Death Struggle.
"Few of us apparently realize to-
day that the American airplane indus
try is in death struggle for existence.
People seem to be under the impress
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-12-12
TREASURE DIGGER WINS SUIT
New Jersey Preacher Doesn't Have to
Pay Farmer 5000 on Note
Says Court.

Paterson, n. J.-Frederick Loehrs.
pastor of the Congregation of Enlight-
eminent of Soul and Spirit viii not be
compelled to pay $4,000 for the priv
ilege of digging up a farm in quest of
buried treasure. A jury in the cir
cult court here dismissed the suit
against him on grounds Of mo cause
for action"
The plaintiff was Daniel Balsinger
who said he had loaned Loehrs $4,000
on note. The pastor testified that
Balsinger told him of conversation
Balsinger had with woman, in which
the latter recounted a dream in which
over 100000 worth of jewelry and
gold was buried on Balsinger's farm
in Oakland, N. J.
The pastor agreed to buy the farm.
he said, and gave Balsinger SEC in
cash and the note for $4,000. Then
he and Mrs. Sophie Sautter, treasurer
of the congregation, and Mrs. Marie
Blumer, secretary, dug and dug In
vain for the yaluables.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-12-12
Harvard Observatory Finds 1S Not
Previously Classified Through
Photographic Study.


Cambridge, Mass.-The Harvard col
lege conservatory is making syste-
matte search for new stars according
to Acting Director S. l. Bailey, who
said that every two weeks photo
graphic study of the Milky Way was
made and the new stars charted. Since
this work was undertaken several
years ago, he added, eighteen new
stars had been discovered.
I'VE also are engaged upon de-
tailed study of the magnitudes of
stars" Prof. Bailey said. I'm certain
special areas, in cooperation with
Prof Kapteyn of Groningen, Holland,
we are making an especially intensive
study of both the magnitude and posi-
ton of all stars down to the fifteenth
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-12-12

sion that our airplane industry is hold
ing its own with the rest of the world
and that the air mail service of the
United States is the only one in oper-
alton.
To-day it is the boast of the air mail
service of the post office department
Of the United States that we have
eight airplanes in the air daily, cover
ing a total of 1906 miles of territory
and carrying an aggregate of 2,10O
pounds of mail.
Compare this with the information
contained In an official report from
London detailing the status of the air.
plane postal service in Great Britain
at the close of the month of Septem-
Der, 1919 This report discloses that
81 government airplanes were trans
porting mails daily from one part of
the country to another, the latest
routes including Bristol, Birmingham,
Newcastle, Manchester and Glasgow;
also that multiple motor Handley Page
airplanes were carrying 1,400 pounds
of letter mail to Brussels for forward
ing to Holland and Norway, and bring
ing back on the return trip 1000
pounds of continental mail"
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-12-12

date palm at the time of the winter
solstice.
The Creeks call Christmas the
Feast of Lights" and that makes US
think of the custom of putting lights
on the Christmas tree. Ages and ages
ago a famous minstrel named Wolfram
sang of custom of his day OF going
to the thresholds of houses with green
branches ornamented with candles to
welcome guests whom his people were
eager to honor. Perhaps the Christ
mas tree is just bigger growth of
this beautiful custom
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-12-12
Baby's Daubs on Wall
Better Than Masterpiece

Baby finger prints on the
wallpaper are the finest exam
pie of mural art. This was the
decision handed down In New
York city court by Justice Re-
bitzek, in dismissing suit to
recover alleged damages be-
cause a baby had embellished
the interior decorations of an
apartment by a frieze all its
own.
This would be a happier
world to live in" the Judge said,
IF baby fingers could only
make their imprint on the
hearts of men and women. /
would rather see the print OF
baby fingers on the walls of my
house than have them adorned
with the worlds masterpieces"
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-12-12
The Yule Log

Tn former times Englishnen had no
love for Christmas trees. Their
houses we're heated by means of great
open frenlaces. and the bringing home
of thnir substitute. the Yule log. was
o'sr Of the great festive occasions OF
he year.
Every member Of the family assisted
IN he bewing Of it in the forest, and
It was amid the greatest ceremony
thai Il was carried to the house at
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-12-12
Search Sky for New Stars

or sixteenth magnitudes, or, in other
WORDS down stars about 10000
Tunes too fam, to be seen with the
naked eye. There arc something like
l0O,000,000 such stars.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-12-12

Miss Maude Younger is secretary Of
the legislative committee for the ma
tional women's party of which Miss
Alice Paul is chairman. OF indcpend-
ent means. Miss Younger devotes vir-
tually her entire time to speechmaklng
and lobbying in Washington for the
ratification of the suffrage amendment.
She spent five years in the college set
tlement, New York. where she was
converted to Suffrage through her close
contact with the laboring classes.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-03-13
w. J. Larson went to Ketchi- kan on the City of Seattle.
 The Ripley Fish company shipped four boxes of fish on the City of Seattle.

The parson was denouncing theft to his congregation. If there is any member of this con- gregation who is guilty of theft, he had better repent at once and be saved" On his way home he was stopped by old Rastus, who had listened to the sermon in, tently. Don yo' think, pahson, that nex' Sunday will do jes' as well as tonight to repent?" asked Rastus.
 But, Rastus, why not repent tonight and be saved?"
 Well, pahson, it's dis way,' explained Rastus "I want jes' one mo chicken fo' tomorrow's s dinner, an 1 know wha 1 kin git
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-03-13
Firms Funds We'll Guarded.

Six thnamen were at one time partners in business in San Francisco, says Walter Newton of Seattle. A creditor of the firm, after vain efforts 10 collect what was due him. found out that the money was in the safe. but that the strongboX had six diff fcrent locks. Each member of the firm lad one key, and it was necessary to have a unanimous agreement among item before the money could be taken from the safe.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-03-13

shipped. The Ripley Fish com pany shipped 40 boxes on the Jefferson and 30 boxes on the City of Seattle. The Fish and Cold Storage company shipped fish on both boats. The Van Nlack company shipped three boxes of whole shrimp and six boxes of shrimp meat valued at S1, 800.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-03-13
MUST MEET WAR BILLS
 WITH LOAN--COV. LYNCH

and prosperity. It means that the market price of government bonds will soon stabilize at par or better. It also means that commercial. agri- cultural. and industrial affairs will stabilize. and that the lIun-inspircd olamor will cease.
 We Were advised that the war would last through 19l9, probably through 1920, so We were prepared for that, to have done less would have been suicide. We prepared to crush the Hun on his own ground, and he prudently quit It cost us some money but il saved the lives of half d million of our men, Was money ever better spent'
 Now we have bills to pay, prom ises to make good, our men to bring home. This will take from five 10 six billion dollars Let us get ready and raise it. \ big task, but the last, and therefore easy. All to- gcthcr. shoulder to shoulder. and the loan goes over
 The "Nincty-tirst ' is the Pacific Coast Division: remember their achievement, and honor ourselves by living up to it.
 JAMES K. LYNCH, Governor. Federal Reserve Bank of
 san Francisco: Chairman. Lib
 erty Loan General Executive
 Board, Twelfth Federal Reserve
 District
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-03-13
DR. A. BROWN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Has located in Wrangell and taken over the hospital

J. H. Wheeler of Petersburg visited his family in Wrangell the first of the week.
 It is now one year since Presi- dent Wilson appointed Thomas Riggs governor of Alaska.
 w. J. Carruthers is attending the Native School Fair at Bay view this week.
 Mrs. Edwin Hofstad has re- covered from her recent illness.
 Mrs. Warren reports that an umbrella was left at her home the night of the surprise party.
 John T. Towers, the inning man, was a passenger to Seattle on the City of Seattle.
 Deputy U. s. Marshal H. J. Wallace went to Ketchikan osthe City of Seattle on official business.
 Mrs. Edith Daley and little son were passengers to Ketchikan on the Jefferson Tuesday.
 Alvin Goldstein, representing Chas. Goldstein & Co.,, the largest fur dealers in the North Pacific, was a business visitor to Wran- gell the first of the week. He left for Ketchikan on the Jeffer- son Monday.
 Roy Cole came in from the West Coast the last of the week. He returned the first of this week taking with him Mrs. Cole who arrived in Wrangell two weeks ago en route home from the States where she spent the winter.
 Wrangell is to have another basketball team. Members of the Moose Lodge who are inclined to athletics are now organizing a team which will be composed wholly of Moose. This team ex- poets to get the organization go- ing in the near future so that it will be ready for public games at the beginning of next season. The new team plans to challenge and accept challenges from local teams. But in the event of an outside team challenging Wran- gell it would gladly cooperate with the other local teams by offering as many of its best players as would be needed in the formation of the strongest local team it would be possible for the town to put up against a visiting team. The Moose dance to be given at the Redmen's hall Saturday eve- ming will be for the purpose of raising funds to buy suits and supplies for the new basketball team.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-03-13
Dr. s. C. SHURICK
 Physician and Surgeon
 Office in Wrangell Hotel Residence: Rooms 9 & 26, Hotel

dat chicken widout bein caught tonight. '
 Well ' said the parson, hesi- tating, "I reckon 1 better take dinner with you tomorrow, and we'll talk the matter over. '-Ev- angelical Messenger.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-03-13
Presbyterian Church
March 16, at 7::30 D. m.

March 16, at 7:30 D. m.
 Two kinds of people in the world, according to the division made in the Book of God; His children, and some other persons $ children. We all belong to one of these families. Which do you belong to? Romans 8:16, 17.
 Bible study Friday evening al the manse, at 7::30 p. m. Subject The Church, of whom formed, its work and service. Ephesians and Galations.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-03-13

Nels Nelson of Seow Bay re- ceived word that he is now a grandfather. as an eight-pound boy has arrived at the home of his son, Ross Nelson, now living in Wyoming.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-03-13
PETERSBURG NOTES
lReport)

Albert s. Webster, a salmon fisherman, died here on Saturday from the effects of a severe attack of ptomaine poisoning.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-03-13

Samuel Gaufflin arrived from the south last week and is mak- ing preparations for the arrival of his wife who is expected on one of the next boats. Gauffin will act as commander of the Marion for the Petersburg Pack. ing company this summer.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-03-13
HOME FOR SALE

One Groom, 1K story house, mostly furnished; lot l50 frontage and 165 feet deep; warranty title; price and terms reasonable. Ap- ply to me, VIM. G. THOMAS.