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Tony Zampieri. an Italian recent
ly committed suicide at Anchorage,
by hanging himself from a bed post.
He had broken his leg the previous
summer and after leaving the hospi
tal slipped and fell breaking the
same leg again. He had just been
discharged from the hospital several
days previous and being without
funds was forced to live off the
generosity of his friends. He had
beedane despondent and when Mar
shal Kavanaugh went to his room
to interview him on the charge of
being demented, he found the man
had been dead for an hour or more.
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TOM SMITH, Prop.
SUES GOVERNMENT
Harry S. Harkness, of New York,
has filed suit in the Court of Calims
'for additional compensation for his
yacht, Wakiva II .requisitioned by
the government July 20, 1917, for
war purposes, under the act of July
j 15, 1917.
j This is the first case filed under
that act, which authorizes the presi
! dent to purchase, requisition, or take
• over title or possession of ships and
■ to determine the just compensation
to be paid therefor. If the amount
is unsatisfactory to the owner, 75
per cent of it is to be paid and the
owner may sue for such further
sum as, added to the 75 per cent,
will constitute just compensation.
The vessel had previously been
offered to the government for $875,
000, and a special board for patrol
vessels had offered $275,00 for it.
Last May a contract was formed for
the purchase of the vessel at a price
to be fixed by a board of arbitration
but the board failed to agree and
the negotiations had ended when the
act providing for the requisition of
vessels was passed. About the time
then ended the yacht was gutted,
all joiner work, fixtures, bathroom
fittings, electric lights, furniture,
panels and partitions being removed
from the owner’s quarters, all radi
ators were disconnected, and wash
basins, bathtubs, and toilets removed.
The value of the vessel in its gut
ted condition was fixed at $265,000
of which the statutory 75 per cent
has been paid. Plaintiff sues for
the balance of the vessel’s value,
which is alleged to be $600,000.
The suit will be defended by As
sistant Attorney General Huston
Thompson and G. H. Thorne, of the
department of justice.
H. C. Stern, of Wasilla, Alaska,
stated that he lost money on his
potatoes and turnips because he
could not get a market for them.
He suggests that the government ex
tend aid to the farmers by prohibit
ing the importation of vegetables in
to the North that can be grown here
and also by building warehouses for
storing them.
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ANOTHER STAGE
IN FROM COAST;
1 PASSENGERS
Rig Reaches Fairbanks From Chitina
With Full Load and Lot of
Mail.
FAIRBANKS, April 12.—A N. C.
mail stage reached town at noon
from Chitina with a full load of
passengers, considerable express and
a shipment of mail from the States.
The stage made a quick trip, having
escaped the unfavorable water con
ditions that held up the last stage
from the end of the trail.
The passengers arriving were: S.
E. Kincaid, D. H. Bush, Mrs. A. J.
Pauli, G. T. McCrear, William Hut
man, Mrs. Clar Brown, T. Jepsen.
Still another stage is due from
Chitina sometime tomorrow, but it
is not known whether or not it has
mail.
SECOND $100,000,000 DRIVE
FOR RED CROSS NEXT MAY
The war council of the American
Red Cross announces that a cam
paign to raise another $100,000,000
will begin on May 6 and continue
throughout that week.
In the first drive, which was con
ducted during the week beginning
June 18 last year, the American
people pledged approximately $100.
000.000 to the American Red Cross.
Appropriations to Date.
To date approximately $87,000,000
has been appropriated for war re
lief work. To keep up this work,
which includes services rendered to
the sick and wounded in each of the
and wounded and the dependents of
allied countries.
the Allies as well as to the fighting
men of our own country, will re
quire at least $100,000,000.
When the first hundred million
war fund was raised less than a mil
lion Americans were active members
of the American Red Cross. Today
close to 22,000,000 Americans are
enlisted in the Red Cross army that
makes America its headquarters, but
i carries aid and comfort to the sick
j A BIT OF FINANCIAL HISTORY
! The credit of the United States
! was so high and unquesiionable that
jin 1900, two years after the Span
ish war- 2 per cent bonds were offer
ed at par and oversubscribed. This
is a financial performance no other
j nation has ever equaled,
j United States 4 per cent bonds :n
j 1888 sold as high as 130 and in
j 1901 brought 13974 on the stock
j market.
I The United States has never de
' faulted on any of its bonds. Not
one of its bondholers has ever lost
a cent of principal or interest ex
cept those who voluntarily have tak
en losses by selling their bonds in
a period of temporary price depres
sion. One hundred cents on the dol
lar, principal and interest, has the
United States always paid.
Back of the $250,000,000,000 to
$300,000,000,000 of our national re
sources stands the rugged honesty
of America. Liberty loan bonds are
the safest securitiy in the world.
The steamer Admiral Watson has
replaced the Senator on the Nome
run and is scheduled to sail for the
North at an early date.
; E. W. Smith and Jack Moulton,
j traveling salesmen who recently
| passed through Nenana on their way
; to the coast, via Fairbanks left the
' upper town today.
One hundred and forty dollars in
prizes for four winners in a skii
tournament were recently awarded
j at Anchorage, after a most exciting
| contest. The course was twenty
miles in length and consisted of sev
eral laps around Anchorage town
site and finishing at the starting
point.
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The Serbian National Defense
j league of Ellamar recently turned
in forty dollars to the Valdez Red
Cross chapter.
The Serbian National Defense
league of Anchorage recently pre
sented Captain L. D. Davis with e
handsome gold nugget watch fob.
TRIAL OF LUCKY
ON TWO CHARGES
TOMORROW AT 2
Man Accused of Making Seditious
Utterances Will Be Given
Hearing.
The trial of Harry Lucky on the
charge of making seditious utter
ances will be held in the commis
sioner’s court tomorrow afternoon,
commencing at two o’clock. The ^
case will be prosecuted by John C. i
Murphy and J. Hampton Miles will !
represent the defendant.
Lucky was placed under arrest
last week, upon complaint of Joe
Oates. Pending his hearing, he has
been held in jail, through inability
to secure bail.
There are two charges against the
defendant, one of making seditious
utterances, and the other of poison
ing meat.
Lawmakers of Little P-ovince Are
Eager to Form Union With
Nearby Kingdom.
BASEL, April 12.—According to
telegraphic advices received in this
city last night from Bucharest, the
Bessarabian diet has decided in
favor of the union of Bessarabia
with Rumania.
Bessarabia is a province in Euro
pean Turkey, since the peace of
Bucharest, in 1812, between Turkey
and Russia. It extends in a north
westerly direction from the Black
Sea, between the Pruth and the
Dniester rivers. Bessarabia is 17,
619 square miles in area.
A portion of it at the southeast
extremity, was ceded to Turkey in
1856, but was restored in 1878.
Agriculture is chiefly developed in
the north, pasturage is most chiefly
carried out in the south, and in the
middle portion are extensive forests.
It is watered by the Dniester, the
P#uth and the Danube. The in
habitants comprise Russians, Poles,
Rumanians, Bulgarians, Germans,
Armenians and Jews. The capital is
Kishenef. The products being salt,
wool, tallow, and soap. It has a
population of 1,782,00.
TRIAL OF SMITH
AB0U1 TO BEGIN
Long Delayed Hearing Will Be
Taken Up In District Court
Tomorrow.
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Advices received from Fairbanks
state that the trial of William H.
I Smith, on the charge of embezzle
ment, will be taken up by Judge
'Bunnell tomorrow morning.
The Lindgren case, which has tak
i en up the time of the court during
! the past couple of days, is being
argued this afternoon and should go
•! to the jury before court adjourns
jfor the day. The Smith case is the
i next one on the calander.
j George Tree is among the recent
arrivals in Nenana, having arrived
| from Fairbanks yesterday with his
Jdog team. He expects to return to
the upper town tomorrow.
Loans to your Government Mean
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SECOND CLASS MAIL
The Roland stage is scheduled to
eave Fairabnks tomorrow morning ]
with a iarge shipment of second class
nail, including the consignment
which was delayed for more than a
iveek at Millers by overflows. He
ilso will have the mail which reach- j
?d Fairbanks today.
NOTICE
That there may be neither con
fusion nor embarrasment, the at
tention of the public is called to
the fact that no individual or cor-!
poration is at liberty to sell or
raffle any property or article in
the name of the Red Cross, nor
with the Red Cross as an indicated
beneficiary of such sale or raffle,
without first securing the approval
and consent of the local Red Cross
representatives.
M. S. LOVE
NOTICE
The Nenana club will hold a smok- '
er at the club rooms this evening '
after the picture show. All mem- i
bers are invited to attend.
DRILL THIS EVENING
The usual registrants drill will be
leld at Union hall this evening at
5-30 o’clock.
Further instruction will be given
n the manual of arms. Don't forget
o be on time and also bring your
tun.
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Ike Kolosky, manager of the
Northwestern Fur company, was re
cently arrested at Anchorage on the
charge of having furs in his posses
sion that had been secured out £
season and also operating without a
license. He had 95 beaver skins,
41 mink, and one land otter. The
furs have been confiscated by the
government and are held pending
instructions as to their disposal.
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WAR SAVING STAMPS
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UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
Make Your Spending
Stand This Test
Every time you are tempted to spend a
quarter for some luxury, remember our
brave soldiers under the German guns; re
member the Kaiser’s threats against our
country; remember the German menace that
hangs over your home and loved ones and
Buy a U. S. Thrift Stamp
That is the way to save priceless American
lives; that is the way to make Victory sure;
that is the way to shorten this war.
When you have saved 16 Thrift Stamps, exchange them,
with a few added pennies, for a U. S. War Savings
Stamp, which will pay you $5 in five years' time.
THEY EARN MONEY
THEY SAVE LIFE AT THE
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