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SES CESSATION 7 DREDGE PROSPECTING 0 RK IN THE INTERIOR .. ;i ictvveei (ii-rmati) and the United States i •,-iilie tor closing down the prospecting Urn's Stream b\ the Hro Mining dt t'aiiiortiia. under the "Uperintendency I 1 .1 .«' Mr r. i auuisun, was ut* sifliuuwm u* \t am rate, the prospecting work has ;: ii t;,i home office of the company • . Mr Hohl "U>" that the war. causing the aterial lor dredge" or dredge ma i : e e .i time, is the chief cause. . ,;;ier in detail last night, Mr. Hohl ..i . it. formation Mime time ago to the .-. tain might have to he taken hy the . eiiug the telegram he received he re uperiors, telling them of tiie absolute g ;1 e work at the present time, only .1. i ..i\" ago, instruction" to dismantle and eing tsed in the pr<ispecting, or to >cil u if possible. , ■ ir-e, ee." tile matter in the same light Upon hung told in wires received by I ■ e in expect the delivery of even the lac iuer\ of any kind within eighteen -cr t: an that, he could readily see .. a i ach conditions is to he unthought ot, n .mtled the drill, as ordered. It was ,k \ esterdav, and will be stored here s disposed ot. lie are not the only ones in which ■ • j which will be closed down by the ■ Hold. There are two big dredges v . . a wine: will be kept working ii pos • .bility o: securing material for new -e\ ei ai more California projects from has hait.'d the (ioldstream operations. h\ the government ol the output o) ;k- is -apposed to he the reason lor . i onditiorr- which exi~t. levistun ol the director ot the mining . i . : peeling operations in interior Maska a a i.e far reaching. I'or it will mean that all u.kcu by the concern during the past year \\ Conradt and K. B. Collins, both well . .. will itave to run their course, and . . v. id eventually go back to its owners. It in. iging -operations on Coldstream, which :< O' mature to some extent not later than ■ ,(r. he halted indefinitely, probably tor lour ii O' practicalk an absolute certainty that oped during the life of the present war, or i a h i the government sees lit to commandeer ..j ii of the steel mills of the country, i oho ii:d i kuldison came to the interior from . a- ix week> ago. They immediately pro i'tnuii: and established themselves on No. 21, • j..g a • 1 rill and making all ol the necessary ; ii ing it. Since that time work has been ....; . . until a tew days ago, when the order t. i.. ,. <1 pn’ution.' arrived. : iengineer.' will probably start on their return lie Out-Tv wit urn tile next lew days. SOI.IRAL STATES , ARE SWEPT BY CYCLONE; HUNDREDS ARE KILLED ( A ted 1 '1 ess) MEMPHIS. IVnti.. May 27. (la laved) Om o ’ 1,. in -l t'-.r.fe tor I:.|lli;■ -s ■ . 1 .- -W I pi ! liruugh tile - .uth ventral i- it’-s Hits afternoon, spreading 1... ■ in its wake. Few reports of tip damage done ale as bt i, ■ t it believed ■ hat .t .. til te.ieh io'.o the millions indi . . lives have a o the fact that o. t it m nearly all direc i i;t • rru,. .1. it is practically il e n the extent the t d i . p ith It is known, ttu ... Fennessee, A; ...n...i and Al.mama were visited. THE AFTERMATH. MEMPHIS, i' iiii., May 28. So au lioritatiVe tioiMe of the damage done by the e.. clone which swept . Tenn ttucky, Alabama t,d Arkansas yt sterday is as yet ob .1 to i certainty, however, that a large number ot people were killed and that the damage was immense. Tiie latest reports place the num ber of dead as the result of the storm a 160 and the injured at ap proximately 5a0, some ot whom will undoubtedly die irom the wounds and hurts sustained. Sixty-six peo ple are known to have been killed and over one hundred Injured in southwestern Kentucky, and from Alabama come reports of forty-six Killed and scores injured. At least thirty-four people were killed by the storm in this .-tale, while reports from Mississippi county, Arkansas, indicate that at h ast ten met death. The property, c.op anil livestock damage in Arkansas is also stated . have been very great. Communication with the stricken districts is being established as rap idly as possible, and as fast as the wires are strung new tales of suffer ing occasioned by the storm come over them. From all of the big business centers of the country help is rushing as fast as steam can carry it, in the shape of doctors and nurses to assist in caring for the injured. IN ILLINOIS. MATTOON. 111., May 28.—The re habilitation of Mattoon and Charles ton front the results of Saturday’s storm will be completed before snow flies, according to announcement, made here today by the citizens' re lief committee. In fact, many of the merchants of this city whose establishments were wrecked by the tornado are already planning to re build. The relief fund collected in this city has now reached $100,000. It is estimated that about $400,000 will be required to entirely rehabilitate the stricken district in both Charles ton and Mattoon. The latest re vised reports of the results of the storm show that fifty-four people lost their lives here and that thirty four were killed at Charleston. C. S Hahn, the science teacher in the local schools, has been named fire guard of the general land of :ice, with headquarters here. He h is not yet started his work, but ., id nter upon the duties of the po sition immediately after the arrival here of George A. Parks, who is due this week. It is known, how ever, that his duties have to do with the keeping down of fires on the public domain in the vicinity of Fairbanks. It is understood that Professor Hahn has taken the position during his summer vacation only. Three Jack London etorlee for $1.50. Inquire Citizdtt, Brazil on Verge Of Declaring War (.Special in liic Citizen) RIO I'K JANKIRO. Brazil, Mh> 2s Brazil Is on lie verge of de daring war against German) This morning the President sent a note to congress suggesting the declaration, and this afternoon < further action was taken by the chamber of doputie- The rea son for the probable declaration is tne continuation <u tne sun marine warfare by the Germans ( B) its action this afternoon the Brazilian chamber of deputies re yoked the Brazilian declaration of neutrality in the German Am erican war This action is con sidered tantamount to a war I declaration against the German empire by the Brazilian govern ment. although the actual decla ration yet remains to bo made. The vote on the question in the chamber of deputies was 13fi to 3. FOOD MEASURE PASSES HOUSE (Associated Press} WASHINGTON, I). C., May 28. The house today passed the admin istration's lood survey bill. The senate is considering a similar bill, and it n- expected that it will pass shortly. After they have passed both will go to conference commit tee for adjustment. From the department oi agricul ture comes the announcement that within three weeks after President Wilson signs the bill a veritabb army of food surveyors will be in ihe field in all parts ot the country. It is planned to have tully 17,000 de partmental employees engaged In the work, and it is estimated that fully 15o,000 more will assist as volun teers. In this manner it is thought that he preliminary survey of food con ditions can be made in a month's lime, and that a rough report, oi ihe situation can then be made. All data on the subject could then be turned over to Food Controller Hoo ver, who could, if he saw fit, take a further survey of the food situa tion at the end of another six months. VOLCANO TO BE INVESTIGATED SEATTLE, May 28. A party of scientists from the east sailed on the steamship Admiral Watson this afternoon for Alaska. The idea of the scientists is to investigate the effects of the eruptions of Mt. Kat mai. It is intended that this inves tigation shall be more exhaustive than those previously undertaken. The party is headed by Professor Robert F. Grigg. DECISION OF LOCAL COURT IS REVERSED On last night’s mail from the Out side Judge Louis K. Pratt, who. with Thomas A. Marquam, represent ed the plaintiffs in the case of Ya chon & Sterling vs. the Northern Navigation company, received noti fication from the circuit court ol appeals at San Francisco to the ef fect that the decision of the local court in the matter had been re versed. The case was sent to the upper court on a writ of error after a demurrer to the plaintiff’s amend ed complaint had been sustained in the district court here. The re versal or the decision, accoruing to the opinion received by Judge Pratt, contains directions to the local court to overrule the demurrer and try the case. The case was an action on two "accounts stated” involving a sum of approximately $1,500, brought in 1915. Prior to that time the plain tiffs were shipping large quantities of groceries and perishables into A1 aska from the Outside, and it was claimed that there was a shortage, consequently the suit was brought The presentation and the arguing of the demurrer of the defendants to the amended complaint of the plain tiffs resulted in the dismissal of the case in district court here, ac cording to Judge Pratt, and it was then that the matter was carried on a writ of error to the higher court. It was argued before the ap peal court on March 6, and the de cision, rendered on May 7, has just been received here. “Say, jeweler, why don’t my watch keep good time?” “The hands won't behave, sir; there’s a pretty girl in the case." KOKOMO MEN I ARE BUILDING A LARGE DAM. That he and his partners are now building the largest automatic dam ever constructed in Interior Alaska at the head of Kokomo creek one that will hold thousands of gallons ot water is the statement or Hilly .lames, the well known Fairbanks creek oldtimer. who is a recent ar rival in town from Kokomo, where oe has been prospecting all winter. It is their intention, according to Mr James, to ground sluice a large .rea of ground In a short time, and then to start shoveling into the boxes in the good old fashioned way. Mr. James' partners in the under taking are Duke anu Jack Kagan, brothers of Dan Kagan, the Fair banks creek merchant, and Jim Gor ham. The four men have been pros pecting on Kokomo all winter and • wive found prospects which will jus i ify a continuation of the work. And in the opinion of Mr. James they will have reaped a goodly supply ol gold when winter closes down again. The partners had intended to ope rate on a large scale and procure machinery for their operations. They have now decided, however, that they will work by the hand method dur ing the coming summer, waiting to see what it will bring forth, before undertaking too much expense. LATEST NEWS FROM NENANA (Special to The Citizen) NEN ANA, May 2S.- The warm ; weather of the past few days has | considerably revived construction i - ork on the Alaska railroad. Camps j eight and Fourteen have been es wiblished, and grading work is being rushed to completion between them as rapidly as possible. Part of it entirely new, and part was let: j over from last year in an unfinished j condition. Five boarding cars, newly complet ed and outfitted, have been moved nut on the line to Camp 10. This means that the steel laying gang will not have to ride to and from heir accommodations at Nenanu hereafter, as board and lodging will be supplied them at their camp. K. A. Williams has accepted a po sition with tlie Engineering commis sion as yardmaster here and is, as a consequence, kept busy “high-ball ing" the flats, dumps and steel Mr. Williams is an old railroad man, therefore his past experience stands him in good hand in his present work. Camp 10, at which point the rails now end, has been named '‘Bailey Station” in honor of Division Kn gineer F. H. Bailey. All outfits for contractors are now hauled out to Bailey on the train and transported from there on to their respective . amps by the contractors, on wa gons. “Big Bill” Landwehr, former ly of the Tanana Talley railroad staff, is forwarding agent at Bailey. E. J. Stier and W. E. Kenyon, ol | Fairbanks, are now in the employ j of the commission. They have desks | In the commissary department. City News. Frank Zachow, formerly of E. It. Peoples, Inc., at Fairbanks, is start ing a mattress factory here. He is now engaged in putting up a build I ing twenty-five by seventy-five feet j . ■ n Market street, between First and Second avenues. He expects to have his business started shortly. Burns & Larsen are now putting up a fine two-story building at the corner of A and First. The con trading firm of Taylor & McDonald Is doing the work. When completed the building will be 50 by 100 feet in dimensions. The lower floor is being constructed for the purpose of accommodating mercantile establish ments, and the upper floor for of fices. The completion of this building will leave Lot 1, Block 12, the lot that sold for $1,900 at the sale last fall, the only one in the block on which a building has not been con structed or contemplated. It is rumored around town this evening that extra guards are to be placed on the waterfront tonight The occasion is the arrival of the steamer Schwatka, which is expected during the night, with fresh meat. Tired of a continuous bacon and bean diet, Nenanaltes are ready to do almost anything for fresh meat, and as a consequence it is probable that a considerable part of the cargo of the Schwatka will be discharged here. The rainbow! See how fair a thing God hath built up from tears Benny Leonard Is Lightweight Champ i Associated Bless) NEW YORK. May 2S 11' knocking out Freddie Welsh in the ninth round of what *u to have been a ten round go at Madison Square Garden tonight. Bennie Leonard becomes light weight champion of the world The fight was good from start to finish Leonard was never at any time in danger from the former champ In addition to being a knockout, the verdict was a popular one, as Leonard clearly outpointed Ills opponent at all times. This is the second time that the two nien have met in the ring, Leonard being given the popular decision at the end of their other bout, last March. The new champion has one of the best records in the history of prizefighting. Ho fought many battles, but was never defeated in 1916. Welsh has been cham pion since 1914 DRAFT PLANS BEING MADE tAssociated rnsi) WASHINGTON, I). C., May 28. t’rovost Marshal General Crowder uni a number of prominent lawyers j are now working out the details of tlie regulations under which rou scription will be enforced. The chief matter being considered is exemp tion under the draft act, and. al though the plans are as yet incom plete, it is stated that no exemptions will be allowisj until names are drawn at the registration places. The officials of each registration district in the country have been given the number of men that the: 1 are expected to furnish. When a drawing takes place the man who.st name is drawn will be examined ’ ally as to all of his qualification.'. 1 and tlie only chance that he will be I exempted is that he cannot pass the examination. When he is ex empted another will be selected to fill his place. ROOKIES CAN’T STAND GAFF (Associated rn-ssj WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 28. The war department has announced tile receipt of information to the el f-'ct that many vacancies are being made in the various officers’ tiain n camps of the country as the result -f withdrawals of candidat - Military honors or for other reasons It is stated, however, that b> t lie larger number quit training :li the reason that they do not con-12 'liemselves suited to a military lu nch as is laid out for the first tv, > weeks' training by the department, ri; • department, however, considers lit t tli first two weeks' disc plttie s absolutely essential to tie mak 1m: of good officers. Word has been received in Fair 'ginks to the effect that Mr. Jam T -dd Cowles and Miss Marcdle -e : • u• -I were married early in month at San Francisco. H> th t formerly well known here. NOTICE OF FORFEITURE. To Sidney Ridge, his heirs, execu tors, administrators and assigns: You are hereby notified tnat dur ing the years of 1913, 1914, 1915. 1916 and 1917 1 expended five hun dred dollars in labor and improve ments upon the Queen Bee lode min ing claim, located on the right limit of Wolf creek, in the Fairbanks min ing and recording precinct, Territory of Alaska. in order to hold your interest In said claim under the provisions of Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, said expenditure being for your share of the annual assessment work for said years, and if within ninety dayB after the last publication of this notice you fail or refuse to pay to the undersigned as co-owner your said proportion of the expenditures aforesaid, your in terest in said claim will become the property of the undersigned as co owner under Section 2324, Revised Statutes of the United States. DAVE SORETT. Co-owner. First publication May 28, 1917. . Last publication Aug. 27, 1917. NOTICE OF FORFEITURE. To L. M. Compton Diebolii and Ray E. Compton, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns: You are hereby notified that dur the years 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915 and 191G 1 expended the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) in labor and improvements on the Comp ton and Woodring placer mining claims, situated on Coldstream in the Fairbanks mining and recording pre cinct, Territory of Alaska, said labor and improvements constituting the annual assessment work for the years mentioned. In order to hold your interest in said claim under the provisions of Section 2324 of the Revised Statues of the United States, said expenditure being for your share of the annual assessment work for said years, and if within ninety days after the last publication of this notice you fail or refuse to pay to the undersigned as co-owner your said proportion of interest in said claim will become the ] property of tie undersigned as co owner und-r Section 2321. Revised Statutes of the United States. VAI. DIKBOI.H First publication May 21. 1917 l.a-t publication August 27 1917 NOTICE OF FORFEITURE. To Chas. Carlson. Ed Strom. Fred Hennanson and Wnr Herzberg, their heirs, executors, administra tors and assigns You are hereby notified that dur ing the years 1914. 1915 and 191b we have expended the sum of three him died dollars in labor and improve I'lonN nn n]nc*t mining f'!u:t.4 y«. f> hove discovery on Cleary creek, in he Fairbanks mining and recording district, Territory of Alaska, said la bor and improvements constituting he annual assessment work for the years mentioned. You are further notified that If within ninety (90) days after the last publication of this notice you, s co-owner having an Interest in the above named association claims, ail or refuse to pay your propor .011 of the expenditures to the under gnod, required to hold said claim > aforesaid for the years 1914, 1915 nd 191b. your interests in said min ing claim for which you failed to pay your share will become the property of the undersigned, under tie' provisions of Section 2324, Re vised Statutes of tile United States. II. RINGDAHL. JOHN CARLSON First publication May 14, 1917 Last publication Aug 20, 1917 ALIAS SUMMONS.—NO. 2252. In the District Court for the Terri tory of Alaska, Fourth Judicial Di vision. • Rosalind H. Tiffany, Plaintiff, vs. Eugene A. Tiffany, Defendant The President of the United States of America, To Eugene A Tiffany. Defendant: Whereas on the 25th day of Sep tember, 1916, the said plaintiff filed it the above entitled court her com plaint, wherein she prayed for a dis solution of the marital relation now "xisting between the parties hereto in the ground of the wilful desertion of the plaintiff by the defendant: and Whereas, on the 26th day of April, 1917, the Judge of said court made and entered an order for service of ih'- summons in this cause by pub lication once a week for six (6) con -ocutive weeks in The Alaska Citi zen, a newspaper of general circula tion published at Fairbanks, Alaska: Now therefore you, the said Eu gene A. Tiffany, are hereby sum moned and notified that you must appear in said court and answer said complaint within thirty days after the completion of sin h publi cation, that is to say, within thirty days from the 11th day of June, 1917, otherwise your default will be en tered and the said plaintiff will ap ply to the court for the relief de manded in her complaint, viz; for a decree of absolute divorce and for the costs and disbursements of the action. Witness the Honorable Charles E. Bunnell, Judge of said Court, by the Cl' ik of «ald Court with !. - : of oftlc. . ox. Ills 26th rlH> Of April 1917 J E CLARK, Clerk Distr.et Court, for the D.s trlct of Aluska. Fourth Division (Seal) F H MACK 1 ieput > Dale of tirst publication April 30. 1917 Date ot last pubi-cultuu Julie 11. 1917 ■ 11 --t NOTICE OF FORFEITURE. To G 'Wllllatt : : i .\U Dougal, their heirs. P.\| clrrors, ad i cnistr.V ■ and assigns Vo t rt hereby notified that dur ,t.. ' in v. is Till Dll'. 1913. 1914 1915 and 1916 I expended the sum of $100 in labor and improvement; upon the Molly Swe< ney group a1 the head of Chatham, Hear. Wolf and Fairbanks oreeks; Dominion. Northeastern Extension. Frogabclla. Comet, Long I,,z Fraction, Molly •iwi enev, Western Extense a of Mol ]y Sweeney. Huffal • and Rochester, to gether with the War Eagle and Pio neer Fractions, on the Wolf c eok lope, all in the Fairbanks .Mining and Recording District, Territory of Alaska, said labor anil Improv.un nts constituting the annual as'os.ii.iont work for the years mentioned. In order to hold your in'crests In said claims under the provisions of .Section 2324 of the K"\ sell Statutes of the United States, said expt-ndi ture being for your share of the an nual asse stnent work for said y< ars. and if within ninety days after th« last publication of this notice you fail or refuse to pa" to 'h» unde" signed as co-owner your said propor lion of the cxpeeditui ■ aforesaid your interests in said cla itt will be come the property of the undersigned as co-owner under Section 2321, Re vised Statutes of tile Fluted State* A .1 SMYTH Date first publication April 9, 1917 Date last publication July 9, 1917. R. M. CRAW F ORD & Co. Conveyancing, Notary Work Real Estate, Mines Loans DR. MELVILLE G. EVANS Physician and Surgeon LOCATED AT BROOKS, ALASKA THE KENTUCKY KITCHEN and BAKERY The Best Meals in Olnes MINERS’ HOME HOTEL OPP TAN AN A VALLEY R R DEPOT P O. BOX 70: FAIRBANKS THE SAMSON MACHINE SHOP and GARAGE Splendidly Equipped ...PIONEER HOTEL... 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