ITALY'S QUEEN
(By Associated Press)
GENOA, Italy, Jan. 25 (by mail).
Erom Queen Helena of Italy the Amer
>can Red Cross committee for Geno:
has received a telegram expressin;
her appreciation and that of Kin:
■Emmanuel for its “high and benefi
■cent work” in opening a canteen an<
refreshment place in the railroad ata
tion at Genoa. The Genoa committei
was organized early in November
■erected a chalet in the station yar<
and served as many as six hundret
refugees in a single night during th<
height of the Teutonic invasion.
Now that the influx of refugees ha!
■decreased, the scope of the canteer
work has been expanded to ineludf
Italian, British and French soldiers
passing through.
The new work was formally inaugu
■rated this week in the presence of the
municipal and army authorities. Pau'
Grosjean, manager of the Benoa
h-anch of a New York bank and chair
man of the local committee, spoke in
behalf of the whole Red Cross organ
ization in Italy. A Belgian, he has
•enthusiastically undertaken the Ameri
can work.
“The small nations, overwhelmed by
the barbarian, have stronger faith than
ever,” he said. “This is an example
"*® us. To these little nations have
come in aid the great nations in an
outpouring of high idealism of jus
tice. The American Red Cross repre
sents the spirit of humanity that ani
mates the entire American people. It
has given immediate aid to unfortu
nates forced to abandon their homes.
It works throughout Italy in harmony
with the country's institutions. It in
tensifies the bonds of solidarity and
sympathy between the two countries.
'Out ©f the awful struggle a good has
come. Nations understand each other,
draw nearer together and strengthen
their friendly relations. The American
Red Cross and the Italian Red Cross
will work together in a holy mission of
giving comfort and aid."
■Consul General David T. Wilber ex
pressed America’s appreciation of the
• cordial collaboration shown by citi
zens of Genoa. The mayor of Genoa
•'f‘Up<>ntU‘d swarmly for the civilian au
Ufld General Garione for the
military.
American, Italian and Red Cross
hags were flying, and the station was
thronged with a cheering crowd.”
A.
cmm IF FUEL
IS PtTRIOTIC tun
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Five days
-ef saving fuel in heating houses are
described in a timely report just made
by the bureau of mines, department of
the interior.
Van. H. Manning, director of the
bureau, declares that while the coun
try is facing a shortage of coal it is
the patriotic duty of every citizen to
save coal In the heating of his home.
He estimates that there are about 20
000,000 homes in this country and that
if everybody uses ordinary intelligence
and care a ton of coal can be saved
easily at each home during this year.
For the entire country this saving
•would amount to about 20,000,000 tons
of coal, which is nearly as much as all
of the coal mined in France during the
year 1917.
The report describes the most econ
omical method of burning different
types of coal, anthracite bituminous,
'and briquets. It also explains the
' meaning of draft regulations and the
necessity of studying your furnace. It
is suggested that in heating houses
considerable fuel can be saved by
"keeping the temperature in the house
■uniform and five to ten degrees lower
than is customary; instead of the
temperature being between 70 to 74
degrees, it can be kept at 62 to 68 de
grees without discomfort or any dan
ger to health, especially if the air in
the rooms is kept moist. The keeping
of the temperature down means the
saving of 15 to 20 per cent of the fuel
and it may also mean a saving on the
doctor’s bill. It is also fuel saved by
■doing less work. The American peo
ple are urged to save fuel by heating
fewer rooms in the house. In many
houses the family can get along com
fortably by keeping warm three or foui
rooms instead of heating six or seven
rooms. .
The report further states: “If one
stops to think that 55 per cent of the
families in Berlin, Germany, live, |
sleep, cook, and eat in the same room, I
living in three or four warm rooms J
will seem a comfort. If consumptives |
can get well by sleeping outdoors, why
could not well people keep well by
sleeping in unheated bedrooms w'ith
the windows wide open?
I “In some homes the furnace is
started too early in the fall and is
run too late in the spring. The chim
1 neys of these homes are belching
smoke and spreading soot over their
neighborhood, while the neighbors
keep window's and doors open to the
- outside air and even sit on the front
• porches. These faint-hearted people in
i their fear of catching cold heat their
r houses unnecessarily; thus they waste
; the country's coal, increase their coal
. bills, invite sickness into their homes,
I &nd make life unpleasant to their neigh
bors. When mornings and evenings
> are chilly a grate fire for a short time
, in one or two rooms will make the
I house comfortable.
[ “Every householder by endeavoring
■ to save coal in the ways suggested can
render his country valuable service,
i and he will not be doing his full duty
toward his country unless he renders
i such service as he can. In addition, j
he should remember that besides help- |
ing his country he will help to shorten :
the misery and the horror of the great j
wrar.”
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III OBOET OF POLICE j
(By Associated Press)
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 25. (By Mail) j
—The drag-net system has been adopt- |
ed by the police of the capital to cap- 1
ture a daring band of jew'el robbers, I
thus far without success. Recently, |
on two succeeding days, dow'n town 1
jewelry stores were entered by a band 4
of six masked men in broad daylight. \
The loot secured in the first raid |
amounted to 50,000 pesos, in the sec- |
ond to a much smaller sum. After 3 J
vain search for clews, the police w'ent j
through a part of the city known as |
“Colonia de la Bolsa” and brought a |
large and varied assortment of Mexi- 1
can “Apaches" to headquarters, where 1
they were viewed by the robbery vie- f
tims. None of the prisoners, how- gj
ever, was identified as a member of
the band.
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Bargain Notice—For sale one four
foot fireproof safe, three National cash
registers. Adress Prospector. Valdez. F
Nice warm, sanitary baths at the
Ideal barber shop. ,43-1 mo
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It is an absolute sin to waste food.
Food has become sacred.
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Sweaters That Delight the Ymrthfui
A sweater of some sort, la the ward
robe, has come to be taken as a mat
ter of course, like shoes and stock
ings. Everybody, from baby to grand
mother, Is entitled to at least one of
these first aids to comfort—and style.
For they have advanced so far In the
scheme of things to wear that their
manufacturers can always be sure of
a demand tor them, and their task
now Is to present them In snappy
styles. Sweaters are the delight of
the youthful, and these wearers are
the most critical and exacting of all
their devotees.
The hand-knit sweater-coat. In yel
low, blue, rose, green, taupe and
other colors, with collar and cuffs of
white or gray, has a vogue that makes
it bring a higher price than equally
handsome machlne-knlt models.
Colors popular for sweaters and
sweater-coats are not in pale tints, but
In light, beautiful shades. Blue, some
what deeper In tone than the color
that made itself so familiar as “Alice,”
and a light, soft yellow identified as
“golden-rod,” illustrate the strength
of these colors as chosen for sweat
ers. All-wjllte sweater coats and
those in national blue enjoy a per
sistent popularity that passes along
from season to season, with that of
darker colors like navy, khaki, and
dark cardinal red.
For the young girl arrived at the
flapper age an attractive, sweater ap
pears at the right of the group of two
shown In the picture. This is a ribbed
machine-knit sweater-coat In gray, bor
d'ered with dark red, which may be
had in several color combinations, it
fastens with buttons at the front, and
they appear to have a knitted cover
ing. The border at the bottom of this
sweater holds It In rather snugly about
the figure.
A blue and white combination in a
sweater-coat for the youthful, but
grown-up girl, Is made in Yale blue
with white stripes. The collar Is con
vertible and the sweater fastens witk
white bone buttons. The picture por
trays every detail of these smart,
practical sweaters with perfect faith
fulness. For mid-winter sports a cap
to match is the Joy of the youthful
sportswoman. The cap in the picture
of Yale blue, Is knitted with points at
each side that are folded down and
fastened under two white pompons of
wool.
NOTHCE. j
Owing to the danger from trains and
team* skiing and coasting is prohibit
ed on aAl streets west of the east mar
gin line of First avenue.
J. J. MURRAY,
Chief of Polke.
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Your eyes fitted. Compound and
aetigmatk lenses replaced. See Os
borne. I
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The Red Dragon
CORDOVA, ALASKA
Headquarters of Cordova
Chapter American Red Cross.
Club House founded in 1908
by Episcopal church. Open
from 1 p. m. to 10 p. m.
REV E. P. ZIEGLER
Supt.
If You Want
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Springers and
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JOE FRY
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1 RESOURCES LIABILITIES
Loans and discounts.$209,499.39 Capital stock.$ 50,000 00
Bonds and warrants. 203,850.04 Undivided profits. 1^23432
Banking house, furniture and fixtures... 22,987.13 Deposits . 513,580.89
Cash on hand and due from banks 131,104 54 Certified checks . 425.73
Cashiers’ checks. 2,199.66
| T°tal.$567,441.10 Total.$567,441.10 j
RESERVE
Reserve required by law, $102,528.00
Actual reserve held by us
2 (Cash on hand and due from banks) $131,104.54
Secondary reserve
(Liberty Bonds, bonds of govern
ments, county, municipal and high
grade industrial bonds). 199,459.57
S| Total Actual and Secondary Reserve $330,564.11
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