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LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIPTION TIME UP SCON - .n* should reim-iubcr that bu a -h it time r-nia.ns dar ing wh.ch wi •* be giv»n an opp ; un.ty sub.- :ib* to th* Lib j 1 an oi th* government In 1.c*. bu: ’.s • ivc day.- uui iig «hhh subscript, -ns will b* taken yet r* main, for th.* bum will close, in ac curdanc* with tht; announcement mad** by the ollicials of the bn.ted S* .'• > tnasury d»*partm«*nt. on June 15 To datt approximately $7o.o(m» h a be*-:i - il*- rib* 1 te the Lib* rty loan in Fairbanks, according to K < . : • ’ I Nil tonal h’-nh. who is handling tin* b.ind- Of that amount th* First Natloi .il bank and A. U ll*dlig lia\ * -ubr-i ; h. d *h* r< mairirc jlniMiu bring subscribed by fitt«*en indi\-duals Th* bank alon*- took bonds ;n tie* sum ol $5n,eoo, while 1 $10, volt !n sp* iking o: th** Liberty loan l.i-t night Mr Wood stated that, with th* exception ot the two large • unis mentioned, the subscript ions : conn- :n in sums cit Irom ft"" mostly. but that one 01 two ■ pie h i i ubserihi *1 .. It had .11 expected that at hast $100,000 aid b'- subscribed in the Fairbanks trio, but Mr Wood stated last gilt that he tealizes that the pres t is the poorest time of year when disruption.- on the par; of the pro si.. eould be expected. II* think:, however, that the sum so far sub riled in Fan banks "ill 1>. materi ally swelled by the time that tin 1 Mil i- . . d, for tile reason tli::' !.i :• lesnups will have taken place by that time and t i.n-eipiently mom . will be mm r fi e* Tie bonds bear intens; at tin -.ite ■> three and ’He ball per cent. They are as - iod as cash for 111' .. n -li. ' should any purchase! di- n to d--*pose of them, they can he lutgutial ed. Jack (I'N' il. an u|d'inter of this district, was arrested Friday night by Chief of Police Wiseman on the charge o! using obscene language on the e’:eeM a till Of Illtlking Uttd .,ni•. - against President Wilson unu his police-.-. Hr 1- alleged to have called the President an unmention able name, and was promptly re pusted :u Chief Wiseman by by standers for h.s e.mduct. it is un dt rstood that the matter has been taken up with the federal authorities at Washington. FROM NENANA (Special tu The Citizen) NENANA. June 2. The first base ball gano of the season will take place here tomorrow Between the commission team and the Nenana town team The game is expected to la- good for the reason that there is considerable rivalry between the member.-. Of the lwo teams relative to their ability as baseball players The game will be played on the old grounds, which have lately been cleared of the saw logs which have covered them during the winter and placed in shape for play. The launc". Sunbeam suffered an accident this morning which will lay her up for repairs fur some time. The reason was a fault iff her re verse gear, for, as she was being brought up alongside of the barge Sunstroke the gear failed to work, and the nose ot the Sunbeam crashed into the barge, caving the bow of the boat in badly. Tire guard rail of the barge was penetrated for about four inches, showing the force of the contact between the boat and barge. Piling for a double railroad track along the dock is now being driven. After the track laying is completed the whole is to be filled id with gravel. The track will he lower than the wharf, making it possible for any kind of freight to be wheeled from the wharf directly on to the flat cars as they stand on the track, thus saving time in freight handling. A boom derrick on the dock is now being arranged for. Tills will he of material assistance in unload ing boats and barges and loading freight on cars from the dock. It will soon be in operation. The new electric sawmill of the commission has been closed down for a few minor adjustments such ;.s ar* usually necessary when new ji'.an - ,*re started in operation 1 expected t' tie working again w;tt:i;i the next *w days The lain l'he Nenana tennis club i* now supplied w.th full fnn.s regalia, and th»- courts have the appearance of | •’astern tennis arenas "Skipper'' j Itoich is one of those who look the most graceful in their natty white) suits. and all kinds of kitchen and dininv | room help in th ranks of the En | gincering comm ,-sion's employees, i Then ,s plenty o: .*11 unskilled labor I to be had. but in a few branches of j skilled labor there are shortages MOLLIE MAKES A CONQUEST John Moo's plcci evidently 'I"' not close early trough tn suit Mollic. j the mascot at tie fire hall. Per last night about 11:30 o'clock sic broke away from Imr stake hack ot he hall, walked ever to the Glob' and proceeded to take poss ssion Jim O'Neil, who was behind lie bar, 11 rst saw M ilie when she wa coming in the ba< k door. She came toward the bar the first thing, and it did not take Jim long to malt.- hi escapi into the little oilier, from which place of safety he watched Mnllii as she calmly walked behind the bar, proceed, d to pick up tie various bottles tul examine their contents, either by drinking them or breaking the tr eks off the bottles. In the meantime tie- proprietor, Mr. Moe, tame lie did nol w • here Moilie was at first, but wh'-e he saw that sir was behind lie bar doing everything but take rash he made a hasty dash for a pool tide. He did Ji climb up on the iblc, but was i ■ a position to do i should the O' vision demand O'Neil finally managed to eou\ 'he bear to pu' .11 fours on lie uoi ny mi owing igar to noi um u ■ ho found oul whore it was coming front she started after her ben. :actor, evidently with the intention of procuring more, and there en sued a chase through the office, round the end ot the bar and back ■igain, with Molli finally taking up her former eeettp tion of imbibing. John, in the meantime, from be | hind his pool table, was audibly won bring what could be done In put the bear out. lint about this time Jack O’Connor arrived from the fire hall with a iength of chain and quickly corralled Mollie. Whether or not Mollie is suffering with the stomach ache this morning cannot be learned. DUTCH AFTER BIGGEST PORT THE liAGCi:, June 1. The Dutch are making a d> termined effort to build tin large.-f port of Europe. The Dutch parli ment has in hand legislation for the improvement of lie harbors at Amsterdam and Rot terdam with a view to increasing the depths of the water at the quays so that ships with a draught of forty six feet can be admitted for dis charging and loading. The North Sea Canal is being im proved. New locks are being built at Amsterdam and Ymuiden, 1,181 feet long and 111 feet wide. At high tide the depth of the waterway will be 46 feet. SCIENTISTS ARE PRINCETON, N. J., May 28.—Sci entists of Princeton’s laboratories are mobilizing for service in the present national crisis. The organization will be known as the Princeton research | committee, and v. ill co-operate with the national research council on war problems. It is being perfected by Professor E. .T. Conklin, biologist. Enrolled in the committee are Pro fessors E. W. Met ay, G. A. Huhett, chemistry; Professors A. Trowbridge, M. MacLaren, E. F. Northrup, phy sics; Professor 11. N. Russell, as tronomy; Professor H C. Warren, psychology; Professor G. van Ingen, geology. In announcing the organization, the Princeton authorities quote Dr. Geo. E. Hale, of Pasadena, Calif., as stat ing: "In the face of our war every loyal man of science should be will ing to drop his present work, wholly or in part, and devote Ids time and attention to researches on military problems." ARE DESCRIBED (Associated Press Correspondence) WASHINGTON. L> ('. May 5. An official outline ol the method by which military registration is to to carried out under the selective con > r:?*tion bi!! !!,:i,!‘* t>nh»]ir i«>• l »\ with an appeal from the war depart ment lor the voluntary services ol state election and other officials in order that there may be no delay in enrolling and classifying millions of men for army duty. Careful preparation has been made to plate the whole task iii the hands of ci vilian otiicials ol the states and to remove every suggestion of military force a putting the measure into eiiect 1 lie only function ol tin lederal government will be supervi sion through the office of the pro vost marshal general. The depart ment’s statement follows: "There was a time in tin- country history when military c numerators, backed by bayonets, went out among the people to take a compulsory ser vice i i nsus. Today under the prin ciple ol universal liability to ser vice the execution oi the law is pul ■nto tin- hands o! tin people. Tin approval of the new national army bill and tin President’s procla mation thereunder will be co-inci dental. All persons within tile age limits prescribed will be required to present themselves tor registration .it the customary voting place in tile voting precincts in which they have their permanent homes, on a day which the President will announce. The probability is that from 10 ti 15 days will elapse between approval -it tin bill and registration day. "The governor ol each state will be t.h" chief of registration therein. The machinery of registration in each county is lo be in charge of the -lierift, the county clerk and tie . minty physician, acting ex-officio, unless a different board will be an pounced by the governor. In cities containing populations of more than 30,000 the registration will be under the control of the mayor and se lected boards of registration. In or dcr that the designated county anil city officials, and the people generally can get a cleai understanding o! the census methods the following brief outline is given. "The sheriffs or other designated officials, immediately upon receiving notice from the governor, shall ap point registrars for each voting pre cinct. "The proportion ol registrars shall be one for each 170 persons to be registered. Each age to be regis tered will comprise about one per cent of the population. If, for in stance, ail men between 19 and 2i> years of age, inclusive, are to b< registered, the registrar would have to enroll about seven per cent of the precinct population. "It is desirable to accept the set vices of competent volunteer regis trars, to serve without compensa tion. All registrars must be sworn. "The voting place in each precinct must be prepared for registration. Full printed instructions covering ev ery detail of registration will be in the hands of sheriffs and mayors on the fifth day after the Presi dent’s proclamation. "The mayor of a city containing more than thirty thousand inhabi tants, of the officials designated by the governor therein, shall, with ap proval of the governor, appoint for each ward or convenient minor sub division containing about thirty thou sand people one registration board and shall designate one officer of each board to perform duties sitni lar to those imposed on the sheriff, as heretofore outlined. If the mayor desires he may appoint a ceiifral board to co-ordinate the work of minor boards. On the tilth day alter the Presi dent has issued his proclamation clerks of counties and cities of over 30,000 must secure a supply of blanks and copies of the registration regu lations from the sheriff or from the mayor. Absentees and the sick will apply to such clerks to have their registration cards filled out. In no case shall such persons be given registration certificates. They are to be instructed by the clerk that the burden is on them to see to it that the cards reach the regis trars of their home precincts by reg istration day. "Persons absent from their home counties may be registered by mail. If so absent, a man should go to the clerk of the county where he may be staying, on the sixth day after the date of the President’s proclamation. If he is in a city of over 30,000 population, the city clerk is the official to whom to apply. The absentee will he told how to regis ter, but he must mail his card in time to reach his precinct by regis t rat son day Pel-sons too sick to present them selves for registration must send a competent person to the county or . siting of the proclamation Tin lerk will give instructions for reg istration "Officials of educational, charitable and other institutions should apply for instructions to the county or city clerk on the sixth day after the date of the proclamation for Instructions is to a convenient method of reg istration. “The wardens ot jails, peniten tiaries and reformatories should ap ply to the county or city clerk for instructions on the sixth day. "Five days after ttie date of tin proclamation complete regulations will he in the hands of all sheriffs anti of the officials of cities' of over ."0,000 population. ' The Pfesidi n' is authorized 11> call upon all public officers to ns <ist in the execution of the law The plan is, however, to rely on tin icoplt fot tTir i execution ol tlte law. It is expected that ser . ices will be gratefully acknowledged Volunteers for this service should communicate immediately with the proper officials.” IS DESCRIBED (Associated Press Correspondence) CHRISTIANIA, Norway, May. Die proceedings before a naval court . eg.ti ding the sinking of the Nor wegian steamer Storaas have again shown an interesting example ot iiow some German regular naval oili er,. behave when sinking and loot .ng neutral ships. The sworn depo ilion ol' the ship's captain Gudi Due, before the court says: 'Tile Storaas, ballasted, sailed trom doss, Norway, bound for the United States, to touch at Tyne, Ungland, for coal. Midway between Norway nd Ungland in the North sea, March it, a U Boat was observed astern, flic Storaas immediately was stop ped and the crew ordered into the boats. While these got lowered, the U-boat fired twice. The captain rowed over to the C boat and wait ordered to take one German otlice) and three mariners to the Storaas The Germans placed bombs in the ngine room and tunnel, took the munch, filled it with provisions, but ler, sugar, coffee, canned goods, soap, etc. After that they helped themselves to the crew's personal belongings. "The German officer now on board i he Storaas, a lieutenant twenty years old, was second in command ■ f the U-boat. He went downstairs into the captain’s cabin. t aptain Glide Due went after him and found hint pocketing a scarf pin, a silver ■igarette case and two meerschaum pipes belonging to the captain. Cap lain Gude Due took these article back from him, caught- him by the collar and led him out of the cabin, saying lie would rather see these things go to the bottom of the ocean than to the Germans. “The German officer .then ordered lie captain down into the boat, and after a while came out with a load consisting of the captain’s belongings, clothes, pillows, table cloths, nap kins, nautical instruments, charts, chronometer, compass, stationery, picture frames and pictures, books and two Norwegian silk flags. To ihe captain he said: " ‘Look here, you could just as well have given it to me, now l take it anyway.’ "While their leading officer was looting the captain’s cabin the three mariners were working likewise in ihe other cabins—one who was likely a petty officer looted the cabins of the Storaas' officers, while the mari ners rifled the forecastle.’ The German officer had promised Captain Gude Due to tow the lifi boats nearer land, but when tin Storaas was sunk the U-boat sig nailed to steer west, while it, at full speed, steered in the opposite direction. After having suffered great hard ships for three days and nearlj given up hope of being saved, both boats reached the Norwegian coast, and all were saved. The Norwegian press reports the affair under such headlines as: “Germans stole on board Storaas”, "U-boat officer broke into captain’s cabin and rifled his personal belongings,” and “German freedom of the seas.” TROUBLE IN CHINA. PEKING, China, June 2.—The gov ernment officials are expressing con siderable anxiety over the report that a revolution Is imminent in a number of provinces. The reports have not yet been officially corrobo rated. It is claimed that the revo lutionists are displeased with the present premier and will proclaim their independence unless he is re moved. M’CASKLE IS RELEASED FOR Holding that the man i- not in sane, as was harged, a jurj sitting on the case of Joe McCaskle, who has spent considerable time this win ter either in tie- detention hospital or under the surveillance of the fed oral authorities on account of being an insane person, returned a verdict of not guilty The jurors who heard the case were Carl I’eterson, Ueorgf Taggart. Ilert Johnson, J. C. Kinney, 11 l> Marsh and Charles Burke. The defendant in the proceedings was represented by Attorney lands K. Pratt, the government being i ep ics.-ntcd by Assistant l>istriet At tornej Harry E. Pratt. As far a is known, the ease is without piece dent here, tor. although several peo ple charged with being insane have been tried a second time, no ease | can be found wherein a defendant. picked up lor the second nine mi an insane charge and tried. Mas been able to convince a jury of his unity Mcf'askle was irst arrested dttr ins the winter after he had mutilai id himself in a horrible manner He was tried at the time by a jury, but was acquitted of the charge He later went into the Steel creel; country, where, it is alleged, In acted queerly, the result being that his partner attempted to bring him to town When nearing Noyes' bridge McCaskle suddenly broke away from the man with whom lie wa eoming to town and was not recap lured again lor several days, when h" was located in his old haunts i m Steel creek. That was between i wo and three weeks ago, and tin i man has been in the detention bos niial undr the surveillann- of tin I government physician sim ■ ■ that I time. It is believed by a number nl pen Mile familiar with the cilso that Me | (Tiskle's mental condition is super 1 induced by drink. END OF ID IS PREDICTED 1 < Associated Press Correspondence) LONDON. May. The beginning o I end tor Oernianv next autumn j and peace before winter is over, is | . he prediction of Lieutenant General | .11 Christian Smuts, who eommand j d tin victorious liritish expedition I i German East Africa ami win aw is representing South \tr.ea ii he imperial confernce here. '.Morally and politically German.. I tiready is defeated," he said recently, | 'and all that remains is tin . j i sue on the field of battle. ''The submarine.’ Well, 1 am firm .> co tvinced tliat the subn m ine i upaign is not going to settli tliis ■i At he best, it is nothing more or less than a raid on our wide itn peiial lines of communication. The raids will be severe and will incon lenience us very seriously, but tin uni not lead to our deieat. ; .l d on line.- of commun < . i e. j et led to tli" defeat (.: : empire in the world. This sumtm . i think we shall see the submarine effort, on which Germany is relying, fail, and then, earlier than ntan> oi us think, we shall hear of peace. "This nation is not inspired by vengeful feeling, nor by any desire to destroy the German nation. We are actuated by higher motives. 1 am sure the nation will make a wise settlement, not only in its own interests, but in the interests ot Europe. "What can I modestly say about South Africa? We started this war with au internal convulsion in our own country. Unlike other parts ol the British empire, we first had to set our own house in order. This was done. We secured peace and quiet in South Africa, and today, except in a small and fever-ridden district, the German flag is not fly ing soutli of the equator. Fifteen ears ago a very large proportion of this population was locked in deadly combat wi h the Br'tish Em pire. "The fundamental issue in this struggle in which we are engaged is that the government of the wo-td is not military, and that it cannot be taken over' by a military rna chine, but only on principles ot equity, justice, fairness and equality. “You see the effects of this al ready. Germany started enormous ly strong and preponderant in mili tary strength over the world. What have we seen? Simply because we have a just cause and simply be cause she has been trying to hack her way through in a military sense, one country after another has drop ped away from her. Two of her own treatv nations have dropped her, and 1 today, all over the world, you find i'm- nations of the world comine to ether against her '! do not hide from myself that the position is a grave one, that the central empire* arc an enor mously strong military combination, mil when 1 speak of Ultimate vie ton I do not hide from tnyself that we have hard work in trout of n ind that there are difficult times ahead. There is no doubt, however, after tile long time the war has last d almost three years and the ex haustion which is overtaking central Europe, that they cannot continue much longer, and that by this au tunin they will have made tlieii maximum military effort. They are now flouting the opinion of the world in a way they have never done be fore, and in a way which suggests that they must try hard at any (ns: to achieve some result this summer." m HOSPITAL FOR ENGLAND LONDON, June l The kiti st word in military hospitals is the Ontario military hospital in Kent. Its equip aent and organization has been a "w latlon to British hospital mana ge; s. American and Canadian busi ness methods have been introduced with card index systems in all de part incuts. There are at present twenty wards in the hospital, each of I'il'ty-two beds, and an isolation ward of forty beds, bringing the total up to 1,080. In six weeks 1,040 more beds will be ready The staff includes eighty nurses from Ontario, who rank as first lieutenants and wear two stars on their shoulder straps 1'he ma troll. Miss Smith, of Ottawa, ranks is a captain. One of tile features of the hospital’s qulpment is a fine moving picture theatre, where pictures are shown •wire weekly. HOME, Juii" 2. From Austrians taken prisoner by the Italian forces a is learned that large numbers of old men, women and children haw been put to death in Serbia by the Bulgarians. They were accused of uprising against the invaders. (MR TRAIL IS NOT TO START A wire received late >• !■ nls> ternooo by Postmaster T II Deal : i >ni Ohle Mall Clerk Knme tl Cot dova. brings information t<> Fairbanks to the effect that the over the trail mail service between Fairbanks ami Chitina will not start until July 1 The news was received with consld crable surprise here, a it was o\ peeled that the first automobile of the ,-uminer service would b ive here on Tuesday Word of the inaugur.a tion of the service wa - receive.: several months hro. the contract b. iilg awarded to tbe N'.irtheln font mercial company As a consequence all fit -t cl as a well as second class mail teceived in Fairbanks during the month of June will have to come by liver, and there will be no othei tm an- of sending mail to the Outside before July 1 No reason for the elmnpe is known here, although it has been suggested that, through a mistake in Seattle, the mail which should have left Cordova tomorrow was -dtip pod via Skagway and tile boats, which would necessitate a change in the plan of the post office department TO TAKE TH!P Their intention being to spend tew days in the Tolo\aiia eountn looking over the busine-s prospects of that camp, a party of Fairbanl; > business men will leave Fairbank. this morning bound for Brooks. The\ will make the trip via the river route in a launch and expect to be gone for about two weeks. Tile outgoing party will be composed of K < Wood, H. B. Parkin, (kiiiur A Huh ter ami W F Whitep Ed Kludwirj, the Pcdio creek min 1 tg man. is in town tor a ,• w da\ Town Gossip and Stories By I he [attler. | PAINT iS Taint, along with I 30 BUCKS other necessities of 1 PER SWIPE. life, has lately risen greatly in price. Consequently but little painting is being done, according to the paint ers, hut there is no painters’ strike at that, for all of the painters are willing to work The chief reason why the painters are out ul a job is that lots of people are doing their own work, even the women. The high price of paint, it is un derstood, was recently placed on the commodity by a certain city magis trate; we won’t state where he n sides. Suffice to say that he charged a certain woman $30 per swipe for one swipe, and she was doing her own work at that. It was bad enough when she was painting her own house, but when it came to putting a nice green stripe down the back of a certain policeman’s nice blue uniform, there was an extra assessment. Tlie fact of the matter is that the green and the blue did not blend very well. Particularly was that true when the two colors were com bined with another which happened to be a personal matter wiih the policeman. The result was that the woman in question found herself in city court, where the magistrate fined her thirty bucks for that one swipe down the policeman’s back. SHERMAN Ben Sherman is one HELPS OUT of the busiest men in THE BOYS. town these days. He has his many duties at his place of business to attend to, but, being manager of the Fair banks Baseball association also, which is a good sized job in itself the way Sherman handles it, gives him a lot of work. The management of the baseball association was put on Sherman at a meeting at which he was not pres ent, but he is buckling into its du ties with a vengeance. His one de termination is to have a representa tive organization in Fairbanks (his summer, and he is bending evt ry ef fort toward that. end. Baseball in Alaska is not what it is on the Outside. There is no chance of a player, no matter how good he may be, making a living off the game, consequently nil of the players must have some other kind of work. Manager Sherman realizes this, and he i3 therefore being kept busy rustling jobs for the ball players I that are out ot work. Thor*? are a riumbei of good ones hen- now who would remain here and make ball team material provided th«*y could get anything to do. And Manager Sherman has his work cut out for him in hunting jobs for them. He has already managed to plac several of the men. Tin-re are se\ oral more, however, who an- out o; work and who will move on to N» , nana or some place else unless sonu , thing for them to do shows up And Manager Sherman wants to keep them, consequently he is trying to • find place's for them. NENANA I& Nenana a good GOOD FOR place for Mire foot, SORE FEET, according to neeii arrivals The rea | son is that, there are no sidewalks there, the ground being so nice and j soft and sandy that people can just ; walk miles and miles and miles without hurting their feet one little bit. Of course, the company you j are in when you an taking those i long walks may also have something I to do with keeping your feet from j hurting, but the only way that such ! suffering can he prevented in Fair i banks is by riding in automobiles but here the company also comes in again for mention. But they do tell ns how the side' walks of Fairbanks are very hard on the feet of people who have been i usd to treading the sands of the highways and byways of Nenana Maybe when some of the baseball boys come to Fairbanks from Ne nana they will explain just why that is. MUSHON IS “Everybody knows nn HIS REAL by that name, and I'd NAME NOW. like to have a right to it.” said Fred Mushon recently to a Seattle jurist when presenting his petition for the legal change of his name from Fred Jansa to Fred Mushon. And so “Mushon” he now is, for his re quest was granted by the judge. Mushon is well known here, al though he has been Outside for a number of years. He formerly ope rated a restaurant in Fairbanks, and during the early rush to the Klon dike was the proprietor of a road house in the Dawson country. His place was known as the “Mush On.” and it was there that he got the name which has since stuck to him and which he has now adopted as his own.