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MILITIAMEN ARE ORDERED TO SHOOT ON SIGHT ANYONE SETTING FIRE TO FORESTS (Associated Press) I’ORTi.AXP, Vug 2A Reports that member' ol the industrial Worker' oi the World and Mriking mill men are starting lire-* in torests ot the uurthweM to retaliate agamM mi num h and Ioggei - resin e>l m deiaciimeni' oi < hegon :inlitiatneii being ordered into lorests today with niMrin li■ in^ to 'hoot on 'tight anyone caught Marling tires Had conflagrations are raging in many part' m the state, and autlmriiic' have received intorniatioii that law les' 'lriket' and I. W. W agitator' have taken thi' me.ati' ,.f getting even with the mill men who have retiwd to grttnt the eight hour day Phis information led the governor ol the Mate to send detachment' of militiamen into the loreM' to take- the liar'll i'i meaMire' agauiM anyone lound iti the act ol destroying ■ landing timber. -.-—————————— TENDER EDES BIG BANQUET (Spcial t«» Tl.e Fiti/en) NKNANA Aug 1M \V (' Ed* chairman ot the Alaskan Engineering commission: A < 'hrist*-nser chief ot the .and and industrial department • : < (until --.on. and W J Fogel hi idge engineer. wi re banqm given tonigh- a' the Martin MoMil ian hall h> the Nenana Fommemal « Ini* optimism \va> the k* >note ot the speed.<-s made at the banquet. in ag ’he -je. ke;- being Mr labs, Mr *'!.r;sten-en. F.unmiasionei Thus. Higgs. ,li IU F. I. Forbes. Fred S K> us. H F Funis. Dr. IF J Di\en I’: M 1.' Smith and Hichard Morris „ \\ F :imn* on, w ho liad P*-. . Miisl> been appointed toa>;mast . : ii\ M.i-ti : 01 Feremonies Robert honor f> our little city in a most befitting man io*i IF then intro duced the speakers in turn. Fom missionei Kdes being tile tirst to speak. i 111 i iiiiuiii' 'imp i 1 ajm * • ~ v. 11 $-> i c n i astona hment a! tin- growth ot Ne nana during the pa.-i y-eat IB- also expressed enthusiasm lor tin- mum of the eity. assuring the assembled members .,1 the commercial club that he would do all in his power io di what he can toward tie- best inter ests Ol e\eiyOl!o .Mi Christensen. toll owing Mi Kd- also took an optimistic view of • lie- situation lieu A- cfliei of tile land and industrial depurtmeiv ol' the i ominission he i.~ in supreme eharge of all townsite work along tin line of the railroad, and lie as sured his hearers tonight that among ilie projec ts which will in- inaugurat ed hen- at once will be a water system, sewage system, fire protec tion, sidewalks, graded streets and schools. Commissioner itiggs also expressed optimism in tie short address de livered by him. He said that the commission may be counted upon to do anything and everything look ing toward the best ini el ests of N'enana. in fact, the gathering was nothing if not optimistic, and it the spirit manifested at the banquet continues nothing can stop N'enana from being the spaik plug ol the interior. The success of the banquet is greatly due to the committee oil ar rangements composed of Robert K. Burns, secretary of the commercial club; ''Dutch” Rodekeit, M. J. Cooney and Richard Morris. They perform ed much painstaking labor in pro moling the affair, and the banquet itself was evidence that their el lorts were crowned with complete success. Rev Dr. J H. Oondit, superin tendent of Presbyterian missions in Alaska, was an arrival here from N'enana last night on the launch Peerless. HALL MADE In M K Hal!, tie- well known lot al physician, has been made nlfi cial physician for this end of the Alaska railroad by the official- of the Engineering commission and Inis assumed his duties They involve chiefly medical work on the Fa; banks -ml «d the gpvei ninth’ rail road, or on Happy cieek. where on struction work is now going on 1 >1 H:»M returned to town yester day from a trip ol inspection on Happy cn-ek, where he investigated the sariitaiy conditions under- which the men are working and living while at work This is part of his duty He reports the existing con ditions on Happy as good and that there js no sickness among tin* men w ..-king rher** ALLIES TAKE (A. ii : at 0(1 e.s. ; l.()X 1 )()X. Aug. 24. Offi cial figures compiled b\ the war department and made public tonight claims that the British, french, Italians and Russians have captured 168, (XX) soldiers of the central powers since the opening o! the 1'417 campaign this spring. The number ol prisoners cap tured In each of the four a! lied powers is not given, but from unofficial figures it is conceded that the greater proportion of prisoners bv far were taken on the west ern front. BRITISH GIVE UP POSITIONS (Associated Press) I.OXDOX, Aug. 24. \ io lent German counter attacks along the 4 pres-Alenin road drove the British advanced posts trom positions captured in W ednesday’s fighting, ac cording to today’s statement tit the British war office. The report adds that the Germans made staggering sacrifices in order to regain a foothold in the ground they lost in the ! previous battle. F.lsewhere along the Brit ish front the day was marked by but little activity, but small 'infantry engagements taking place between the opposing .armies, with an occasional i outbreak ol artillery lire. Andy Koth is a recent arrAal i town from tin- Tenderfoot country ivlieiv In has been prospecting. Commissioner Samuel K. Weiss, in | Chatanika, is a city visitor. SWEAT SHOPS CANNOT MAKE NEW UNIFORMS FOR ARMY (Associated Press) W ASHINGTON. I). C.. Aug. 24. Secretary of War Newton Baker today announced that he will immediately name a military board of control whose duties will be to prevent the manufacture ot clothing for American soldiers under sweat shop methods. 1 his move is designed to prevent sweat shop estah lishments from obtaining contracts for the manufacture of clothing for the new draft army. The federal government has determined that no undue profit shall be made through the supplying of war material and at the same time will insist that every worker engaged in the manufacture of war supplies shall receive a fair living wage. German C ruiser to Join American Navy . \ <H inted r -1 I NIMTKI' The former Ger man cruser Geier, siezed in a Pacific inot .11 tin ou break of tin- war. will in ready to no into ■ ommission <- < init ol tin- Am ei n an navy on tin- first ot .Sep t ember, an ordim; to a report niadi to tin- navy department Wln-n diplomatic relations were broken oft with Germany, the vi • ■ w or the little cruiser Geier destroyed valuable parts of the engines tiu;etlier with the blue prints in an effort to make the v. it* useless to tiie Americans Repair crews have been at work on the vessel ever since, with 1 'll! result that tit*- •■unities will have been completely restored by •he iirst of next month NATION WILL STILL SUPPLY BELGIANS FOOD (Associated Press) \\ ASHINGTON. I >. C . Any. 24.- The tederal tood commission and the govern intents of several I'.uropean countries have entered into an agreement whereby Bel gians mav get lood more quickly and neutrals may have some ol their lood wants supplied on the understand ing that no food is to be re exported to Germany. This decision relents some what from the decision reach i ed by the United States some weeks ago to prohibit further shipments of foodstuff' to prevent reshipments to Ger i many. Strong protests have been made against this course by I'.uropean neutrals, and these countries have made i strong showings that they : would be brought to the verge - of actual starvation by the American embargo on tood stll ffs. LESTOR’S CASE IS APPEALED That the ease of Charles l.estor, convicted in conimissiorcr's court at N liana during the labor troubles on 1 the charge ot unpatriotic utteram^s, , will be appealed, is the announce ; mein made by his fri< nds. l.estor is now in jail here serving out a ■ prison term to which lie was sen i fenced by Commissioner Robert F ] Burns of Manana. Friends of the man stale that they have made arrange 1 inents to have the case heard in district court here as soon as the : court returns from the lower river and cour; is formally opei <1. Lcs i tor's attorney in the matter is Thou. A Marquam. RAILROAD CAR | The gasoline car of the Tanana I Valley railroad was wrecked and sev enteen people near death or serious injury last night .s the result of the carelessness of a teamster in the employ of the Alaskan Engineer ing commission at Happy. The car was making its regular evening run I to Chatanika with Art Marsh at the j throttle when, upon nearing Happy, | the teamster was seen to be trying | to flag the car, evidently for i I the pm pise of keeping it from run | ning over a te'ephone pole, one end lot which he had placed on the track j as a means of helping him to load timbers on to a wagon. I There is a sharp curve in the j rack at Happy, anil the ihiver of the car did not see the predicament in which he had been placed until almost to the pole. He managed to slow down considerably, however, and the car was not going more than five nines an hour when it struck. Manager Wade H. Jcslin states that there were 11a serious damages other than a broke 1 engine case and a sprung axle, hut that it will lake all day today at least to plac Hi*' conveyance in commis sion again. -Sixl en passengers an- reported to have been on the car. Among them were Sam Weiss, Charles Watson, Guy Marks. Prank Manton anti Mrs. Olson. Mrs. E. I! Collins and daughter Margaret f —ox are city visitors. Billy McNamara is a recent ar rival in town from Chatanika. where he has been working GOOD WORK IS BEING DONE ON THIS END OF TRAIL 1: the plans ot Road Superintendent R J Sommers mature, the trail trom Fairbanks to Richardson, which is Mr Sommers’ division, will be nothing shor* ol a boulevard by the tim* cold weather set* in And nothing but the worst hind ol weath i .iii keep Mr Sommer**’ plan** trom being worked out, tor it is lus intention to have ever) one ot the -event) miles ot trail completed, graded so that the> can be graveled next > ear, if it is at all possible. A representative ot The Citizen had the privilege of accompanying Mr Sonuners on a trip ol inspec tion ot the work being done at the two big road camps, on Sunday. What he saw would fill many pages were it described in the detail which it justly deserves, even though all is said when it is stated that all the work that is possible under pres ent conditions in the interior is now being done to make this end of the big trail a boulevard of which Fair banksaus can be justly proud. There are two big road crews working. The one which is camped at the I'iledriver roadhouse, working uudei the direction of Abe McKin non, consists ot forty-five men. Leonard Gear bus a crew of twenty two men working about tour miles beyond Birch Lake, or within about six miles of Richardson. Both crews are working on portions of the road which is in the most need ot repair. In some instances the old road in merely being repaired, while in others, in places where washouts have made it practically impossible tu grade the ground into any setn blance of a road: also where it is necessary that short curves and turns in the old road be straightened out and still others where the old road was constructed over swampy or boggy ground, complete new- road is being built. One thing that impresses the sight seer on the trail is the enormous amount of dirt that is being moved by scrapers, plows, graders and men with shovels . Twenty-two horses are being used at the McKinnon road camp, and four by the crew working under the direction of Gear. The bridge work that is being done is another feature, and the draining of the ground graded, yet another. The rough places on the old trail are first being plowed, then graded with the big grader, men with scrap ers lollowing after to scrape dirt from the sides of the road into the low places not reached by tin- grad ers. One difficulty encountered by tiie men working, particularly in shady or heavily mossed places, is frost, whidi is often found within a foot or two of the surface. The work in such places is very material ly delayed for the reason that the ground does not have time to thaw by the time the crews are through with that part of their work in other particulars and must go elsewhere. And the cost of returning to such places would undoubted)- be very great; perhaps much greater than could be paid, at least at the pres ent time. The bridges and culverts are all being substantially constructed. Made of saplings adzed on the top side, they present a smooth flooring; al most as smooth, in fact, as would bridges constructed of lumber. These saplings are securely held in their places by cross pieces pinned to the outside with wooden pins. All of these bridges and culverts are a work of art in that they represent •ypical pioneer bridge building And there are many of them, as they are necessary for the amount of road draining that is being done, particularly in low places, where drains are established on the upper side of the road and allow e 1 to drain under them through th- cul verts to the low side. On tli - side hills, too, in places where water seeps through the moss from the side still higher up the hills, muc h draining needs to be done, and it is frequently in these places, more so than in the more swampy spots, that the deepest bogs are found in wet weather. One of these places is on liireii hill about mid-way between Sulcha and Birch lake. For a stretch ot approximately a mile there, on a side hill which would naturally be sup posed to be dry, the road on Sunday showed that the heavy rain of last month made it into a veritable mire for the reason that the water had not at that time been drained away. Since then that particular spot has become rutted bady by passing au tomobiles and wagons, and is there fore very rough, but Mr. Sinimcrs slated on Sunday that it will bo dragged shortly, as will other places in the road. There is another such placa be tween Sakha telegraph station and Munson > That place, however, has i not been worked oil by lilt* road crews Hut in its turn it will be gone over and will probably make as good road as an> ol the remain del when ii is once graded and ..rrjnw) . '! T:1.iCll Those an- the ouly two bud place* between Fairbanks and llirch lake, and they are not impassable In fact, there is no danger of any automo bile getting stuck on account of tbe pour condition ol any part of the trail, as it can all be traversed with ease by the heaviest kind of ma chine. Just beyond Filedriver roadhouse a section of new road is being built through timber. The old road runs along the edge of a slough which frequently overflows its banks, and it is this condition that Superinten dent Sommers is trying to remedy by putting the new trail on higher ground, itoad building in that kind ol territory, however, is very diili i cult lor the reason that large trees and their stumps have to be re 1 moved before machinery and othei l appliances can be put to work. One thing that the road commls I sion is endeavoring to keep away from as far as possible is “corduroy ! ing" the trails. This method of con i struction in the old days was found to be the best in soft places, but as corduroy wore out and also that ! it never presented a smooth surface ( such as is necessary for automobil j ing —anil no one doubts that automo biles are even now being used on ! the trail more extensively than are ! other conveyances it is now thought j that it is cheaper in the long run to remove the roads to higher ground, | even thought it necessitates the con 1 struction of completely new trail in ■ many places. Next summer it will be no trip I at all for a pleasure party to leave j Fairbanks on Sunday morning and make Birch Lake, sixty miles away, . in between three and four hours. I In fact, that kind of time is almost possible now, as a number of parties : who tried the trip on Sunday were able to spend two hours at the lake ; before starting home in time to get ! over the rough places before dark. Where the good time is made is be | tween Fairbanks and Piledriver road j house, in which stretch no obstruc tion, except an occasional small j chuck hole, forces the automobile to i slow up. GENERAL NEWS OF KANTISHNA Arriving in town yesterday from j the Alaska range, where he has been [prospecting for quartz for the past several months, Jimmy Haney tilings the latest news from the Kantishna country. Development work of all kinds there, he says, is slow, but the people who make the Kantishna their headquarters are looking for i ward with great interest to the bene fits which will accrue to that section of the interior as the result ol the construction of the Alaska railroad. In all there are about forty-five men in the Kantishna country. Most j of them are working in placer, but a few are developing and prospecting quartz. Others, in season, are trap ping. Jack Dalton is the only operator in that section who is mining on what could be considered a good -sized scale. He is employing six men in shoveling in operations on Eureka creek. Dalton was one of the original stakers in the Kantishna country in 1904, and so great is his belief in the camp that he still con tinues to make it his headquarters. On Kittle Moose creek good pros pects have been uncovered in placer although the prospectors have been hampered in their operations all sum tiler by high water. There was a small stampede to that stream last winter, and the prospects uncovered prove that it was justified in every sense of the word. In fact, Mr. Haney says, the Kantishna people expect Little Moose to show a good paystreak. The Kantishna is badly in need of three things—a wagon road, tele phone communication and a post of fice. But these the people of that section feel they are now in the way of getting, as the railroad, when completed, will pass within sixty j miles of the camp. It is hoped that by some manner of means a tele phone line, connecting the camp with the railroad telephone system will be constructed, and that the road j commission will see fit to construct the sixty miles of trail necessary to connect the camp with civiliza tion. The petition for a post office is soon to be circulated. Japanese Professor Held For India Plot (Associated Pleas) SAA. KUAN CISCO, Aug Turuk Nulh lias, a professor in the University of Japan, was ar rested here today as he cauie down the gang pank ot a trans Pacific steamship by federal at torneys. The charge against the Oriental educator i^ that he is a ringleader in a plot to foment 1 revolution in India. The Japanese professor made a complete denial of the charge und said lie would voluntarily re turn to Japan to stand trial Representatives ot the depart ment of justice who made the arrest declare that they have in formation that Tarak Nath Das eanie to America for tin- put pose of furthering his plot. They charge that he is being supplied with German money to further the plan SAYS WORLD WILL STARVE IN TWO YEARS (Associated Press) BOSTON. Aug. 24. That two more years ot war will reduce America and the en tire world to the s? re short age of food now existing in Germany, war the declaration made by Chairman l.ouis Kirstein before the conven tion of American scientists which assembled here todav. "(iermany is urging her people to continue the war for just two years more,” de clared the speaker. ‘‘By doing this, the k.'t’ser and his iol lowers declare that it will be impossible to deteat Germany because the rest ot the world will not be willing to endure the same hardships of hunger that is now the lot of Ger many.” The chairman then present ed figures to the scientists to prove that two more years ot war will reduce the entire world to the starvation point. In the meantime, Germane will exert every power ot re sis.anee to continue the de tense, believing that lack of food in other parts ot the world will bring about a peace acceptable to the kawcr, SALONIKI IS SWEPT BY FIRE; MANY HOMELESS (A soeiatetl Pn*.<s) VI III.NS. (i recce, Aug. 24 i'he second tire in a week broke out at the allied base at Saloniki lodav and. destroyed a thousand homes, rendering 60.000 inh.abitants of that city homeless, accord ing to an official report re ceived here tonight. Ihe origin of the lire is not stated. Idle flames swept over the greater part of the residence district, and because of lack o! modern apparatus for fire fighting, the damage was great. COSSACKS VOTE ( \ ill lull'll I’ll ss) I'KTROtlRAl). Aug. 24. A vole o! contiileiice in flat. Kornilot I, commander in cliiel of the Russian army, and War Minister Kerensky, was given today in the as semhk ot tlie council of all the Cossacks of Russia. This action was taken follow ing a criticism ot (lateral Kornilot i A strict a run disci pline appearing in the official organ ot the workmen's and soldiers’ council. subscri.ce for the citizen mOV can make bet ®,'s® ter bread and more loaves Every Baking Day with The Guaranteed Flour- ^ * Costs a little more than others — worth it Your money re funded without argument, if not i satisfied. E. R. PEOPLES | INEXPENSIVE SIMMER DISHES j STRAWBERRY GELATIN Soak half a package of gelatin in half a cupful of cold water and when dissolved add a cupful of boiled water, add a cupful of sugar and the juice of half a lemon to the gelatin while it is hot, and then add the stiffly beaten whites of two eggs as it begins to stiffen. Ar range alternate layers of firm, ripe berries and the gelatin in layers, serve in a large or in individual dishes. Plain sweet cream may b> served with this, hut it is not neces sary. Strawberries with French dressing on lettuce make a most tasty salad to serve at luncheon. FLORIDA FAVORITE. Make a lemon jelly and let it cool partly. Line a mold with thin strips of sponge cake and pour over a layer of the gelatin and allow it to stiffen. The remainder of the gela tin is kept in a warm place. Fill the mold with ripe berries and pour over the remainder of the gelatin. When cold and firm the 'oaf is | turned from the mold and served plain or with a few whole ripe her- ' ries. MARBLE MOUSSE. Whip u pint of cream sweetened j and flavored to taste. Before put ting it into the mold melt two ta ' blespoonfuls of cocoa or chocolate i with the same amount of sugar. Put i a few tablespoonfuls of the whipped j cream into the bottom of the mold, then add a little dab of chocolate, alternating with the plain cream tin til all is used. Pack and freeze as uaual. When the mousse is cut it will have the marble effect. Straw berry jam may be used equally as well for those who prefer those flavors. If you have never tried waffles for breakfast with fresh strawberries | mashed to a paste with sugar serv ed with them, there is a gustatory delight yet awaiting you. Strawberries mashed with powder ed sugar and used with whipped rream as a cake filling is hard to find an equal In deliciousness CREAM ORANGE SHERBET. Boil together three cupfuls of wa ter, two cupfuls of sugar and a lit lb- vllmv from the nm! of mi or ange lot five minutes Remove the mill ami ellill, ihen add a halt cup ful eac h id lemon and orange juice; fi-eezc slightly, turn in a cupful of cream or rich milk and finish freez ing. BANANA TRIFLE. Mix one h'-aping tahlespoonful of cornstarch with tour tablespoonfuls cold milk and add one cupful boil ing milk. Rut in a double boiler; add one tablespoortflll sugar and stir till it cooks ten minutes .Stir in yolks of two eggs, a few drops of banana extract, a few drops of lem on extract and heal tip without boil ing. i’eel and slice three ripe ba nana.-- into a glass dish, sprinkle ove r with a little sugar l’our over the prepared custard and allow to get cold. Decorate with almonds and cherries. STEWED CUCUMBERS. Select small ripe cucumbers; pare and cut into halves lengthwise. Roil carefully in salted water until ten tier, about 20 minutes. Drain, serve on strips of toast with the follow ing sauce I’m two level tablespoon fuls of butter in a sauce pan, w'hen melted, add i»o level lablespoon.ful.s flour; mix, add one cupful water in which cucumbers were cooked; stir until thick and smooth, add salt, pepper and juice of half a lemon These are delicious. TOMATO COCKTAIL. Select firm, ripe tomatoes. Put them into a wire basket and plunge into boiling water for a moment; re move tie skin Put aside in the refrigerator until very cold. At serv ing time cut into cubes, season with salt and lappet and add enough mayonnaise dressing to cover the tomatoes. Serve very cold in tall glasses or small glass cups. Sprinkle a little chopped parsley over the top of each. SPRING SALAD. Mix together three cupfuls of fine ly shredded cabbage, half a cupful of diced apple, one fourth of a cup ful of diced celery, one cupful r>f grated pineapple, all mois tened with boiled dressing and served on lettuce.