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! KNIGHTS TEMPLARS TO
HOLD BIG EASTER DANCE
Alaska Commandery No. 1,
Knights Templars, of Fairbanks, are
planning on giving a big dance at
the Fairbanks Masonic Hall, some
time after Easter.
The date of the dance has not
: been set as vet, but it is believed
that it will take place immediately
after Easter Sunday.
I A Belgian farmer saved his bacon
in an unusual way. He heard the
Germans were coming, so he killed
and dressed his one pig, cleaned
it, put it into his bed with only a
part of the underface exposed, and
put a lighted candle at each side
! of the bed. When the Germans
' arrived an officer entered the house,
went into the room, saw what he
believed to be a member of the fam
: ily laid out for burial, saluted and
i went out.
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WAR PRISONERS
IN BGCHE CAMPS
LONDON.—Proof of the eager
ness of war prisoners to find in
work escape from the depressing
monotony of confinement behind
barbed wire is revealed in the Ruhle
ben Exhibition which has been
opened here by Princess Patricia of
Cannaught. It shows too the re
sourcefulness of the English cap
tives in the German camp at Ruhle
ben and how occupation not only
kept them healthy in mind but
actually, according to physicians,
saved the lives of many who would
have succumbed to despair.
In the early days of the camp
the craftsmen among the prisoners
found the greatest difficulty in ob
taining materials. A bit of wood
«r scrap of old iron was a prize.
Among the exhibits is a dainty
little machine, perfect in every de
tail. Before the artificer could make
it, he had to steal the brass knob
from the commandent's door.
A triple-expansion engine in run
ning order represents eighteen weeks
labor. The raw materials were scraps
of metal found in the camp’s ash
can.
You see pretty purses and hand- 1
bags. They are made from the skins
of rats trapped by the prisoners.
Toward the end there was estab-j
lished at the camp a well-organized
handicraft department with about
300 pupils, in art-metal work, book
binding, woodcarving and carpentry.
The exhibition is to help re- \
patriated prisoners, but many ofi
the exhibits are not for sale, the'
makers refusing to part with work
that cost them such patient toil.
CABLE SERVICE IS
NOT RESUMED YET
_ I
The cable between Sitka and
Seattle, which went out of commis
sion l-»n Saturday, has not been
repai. i yet, and the press messages
are still coming in over the expens- 1
ive route, via Bremerton and Cor
dova wireless stations
The cable repair ship was sup
posed to have gone to the point
where the trouble occurred and
make the necessary repairs to permit
of the service being resumed, but
it would appear that this has not
been accomplished yet.
Xo definite information appears
to be obtainable as to when the
cable will go into commission again,
and in the meantime, the News’
press dispatches are received in
greatly condensed form.
DANCING SCHOOL MEETS
TOMORROW NIGHT
The dancing academy conducted,
by Mrs. Belle Campbell .will hold
one of its enjoyable meets to- >
morrow night at the Union Hall.
This date has been chosen in view
cf the fact that the Moose dance
comes on Saturday night.
A great number of ladies, who
are unable to attend the dancing
academy on the regular days, are
always present on Thursdays, and
a rollicking time can be counted on
for tomorrow night.
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FAIRBANKS MERCHANT
LEAVES FOR THE STATES
J. R. Fowle, proprietor of the
Fairbanks Clothing company, left the
upper town this morning on the
Brower 3tage for the coast, enroute
. to the States.
He is going out on a buying trip
to replenish the large stock he lost
in the fire which devastated Fair
banks recently. He expects to visit
the large cities in the States and,
,will also spend a short vacation
with Mrs. Fowle, who preceded him
some time ago. It is expected that,
both Mr. and Mrs. Fowle will re-'
turn North during the early summer.
February had 29 days each year
i once. Then Augustus, aftpr whom
; August was named, not liking that
July should have more days than
his name month, deliberately took
. a day from February and added it
: to August. That is why July and ^
j August are the only two successive
31-day months in the calendar. '
MOOSE MEETING
HELD LAST NIGHT;
OFFICERS NAMEO
The regular semi-monthly meet
ing of Nenana Lodge No. 1193
Loyal Order of Moose was held last
night at Moose Hall, on Fourth and
B streets.
Dictator M. V. Tyler called the
meeting to order shortly after eight
o’clock, with a very good attendance
of members.
Seventeen new members were
added to the strength of the local
lodge during the meeting last night,
and it is expected that several more,
who were unable to be present at
this meeting, will be gathered into
the “herd" at the next meeting of
the lodge.
Those admitted last night were
Pete Jepson, Frank Edleman, W.
A. Dallas, Patrick Breen. William
Albrecht, Charles Nuester, A. Lind
berg, J. Bolton, William Redding.
Fred Hanson, H. M. Riley, Reis
Williams, Sam Clow, A. H. Rider,
James Liska, Dominick Brondino,
and John Knutson.
After the usual routine work had
been completed, the nomination of
officers who will have charge of
the work of the lodge for the year
was taken in hand, with the result
that the following were nominated:
M. V. Tyler, the present dictator of
the lodge was renominated; H. C.
Lowe and Andrew Skattabo were
nominated for the position of vice
dictator; Claude C. Taylor for pre
late; O. M. Jackson and Tom Smith
for treasurer; Archie I.andry for
outer and inner guard; and Hans
Hagen for trustee, to take the place
of F. B. Moore.
Election of the officers will prob
ably he held at the next regular
meeting of the Moose lodge, and
they will later be duly installed.
The meeting broke up a little
later than usual, with the usual
social session for which the local
Moose lodge is justly famous.
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9 STAGE MOVEMENTS **
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Harry Karstens’ auto left this
morning' for Fairbanks, taking away
Mrs. Morrison, James Haney, Albert
Banatetti and another man as pass
engers for the upper town.
Roy Lund, who left Fairbanks yes
terday morning with a shipment of
second class mail, arrived in town
this afternoon.
GERMANS AT COBLENZ
EAGER TO USE MAILS
COBLENZ-—Thousands of resi
dents of Coblenz have relatives or
friends in the United States and
during the first few weeks of Amer
ican occupation there was a line of
Germans every day at the army
postoffice with letters for those
across the Atlantic. The Germans
had gained the false impression that
they could communicate with people
in the United States by use of the
army’s mail service.
The residents of Coblenz and
other towns in this vicinity con
tinued to stream into the United
States branch postoffice each day
in such numbers that eventually, at
the request of the authorities notices
were published in the German news
papers explaining that no German
mail was being received for the
United States. Americans of the
Army of Occupation are not allowed
to use the German mails for com
munication with enemy subjects re
siding either within or without the
occupied zone.
FIRE AT HOSPITAL
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
Yesterday afternoon the siren
summoned the fire fighters of the
town and Commission to the hospital,
from which place the alarm was
turned in; and although the response
to the alarm was immediate, their
services were not required.
A spark from the chimney caused
a little blaze in the roof, which was
quickly extinguished by the hospital
staff, the damage done being infini
tesimal.
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MENANA CLUB IS
ISM RECESS
A meeting of the Xenana club
was held last night at the club
chambers in the Union Hall. The
attendance of the members was
fairly good. F. D. Browne, chair
man of the club, called the meet
ing to order.
Reports of committees were re
ceived and after some discussion
it was decided that the club cease
its activities and take a recess until
permanent quarters can be found.
During this period of recess the
i club will meet monthly at the home
of one of its members, to transact
such business as may come before
it. The club rooms now rented of
the Labor Union were accordingly
released. Should it become neces
sary to call special meetings, such
meetings also will be held at some
member's home.
The resources at the command of
the club are more than sufficient to
pay off ail indebtedness, and it is
expected that the matter will be at
tended to at once. The officers of
the club and existing committees
are continued, and until such time
as the club is rehabilitated, a ma
terial reduction has been made in
the monthly dues.
TUESDAY BRIDGE CLUB MET
AT THE BROWNE HOME
The full number of members jf
the Tuesday Bridge club met last
night at the home of Mrs. F. D.
Browne, for the weekly game. Play
commenced shortly after 8 o’clock,
and came to a conclusion about mid
night.
Light refreshments were served
by the hosteess during the course
of the games and a very pleasant
time was spent by those present.
George C Wilson, well known
printer-prospector, has returned to
the Alaska coast after an absence
of several months in the States.
He is interested in hard rock prop
erties in the Willow creek district.
UNION MEETING
FRIDAY NIGHT
A meeting of the N’enana Labor
Union will take place at,^he LTnion
Hall on Friday, March 14th.
Very important biydness will be
up for discussion, and all members
are specially urged to make an ef
fort to be present. The meeting will
be called to order promptly at seven
o’clock.
The sun on longer day* will make
you feel like throwing away your
old hat and *uit. Certainly those
old *pots do not improve your ap
pearance, but for a trifling sum you
can have them pressed, mended and
cleaned at Mrs. D’Orsay’s Tailor
Shop, Third and A streets.
At Union Hnll on Tuesday^and
Friday nights, commencing at^9:30
and ending at Midnight.
Fox Trotting a Specialty. Rates
on application at Union Hall.
Mrs. Belle Campbell
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