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THE STORY OF THE RED CROSS
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HOW THE RED. CROSS BEGAN
Did you ever think what war would
be like if there were no nurses to
care for the wounded men? It wasn’t
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so long ago that there were no wo
men to go into military hospitals to
see that the soldiers brought In from
the battlefield were properly bathed,
fed and cared for. The name of
Florence Nightingale is dear to ev
ery soldier and sailor, for it was
she who founded nursing as a pro
fession for women.
Florence Nightingale, an English
girl of wealthy parentage, was born
almost one hundred years ago. All
her life she tried to protect helpless
or injured things. As a child it
was flowers or animals that she
couldn’t bear to see hurt or injured
Later it was the soldiers of her
country for whom she labored. One
winter in London—It was the winter
of her social debut—Florence Night
ingale visited a hospital. She was
appalled by the dirty, unsanitary con
ditions and decided then and there
to become a nurse, in order to make
just such places clean and whole
some for the sick. In snite of the
that had housed their congress, and
which was the native town of Henri
Dunant, who had conceived the idea
of an agency of International relief
Swiss confederation, the symbol of
Swis confederation, the symbol of
these free states from the year 1339,
was a white Greek (or "Geneva")
cross on a field of Bcarlet. The
new movement took as its sign a
scarlet Geneva cross on a white
background, simply reversing the col
ors. The two words "Humanity”
and “Neutrality” are added, on the
official seal of the Red Cross, as
these are its watch words, its pur
pose being to care for those who
need care, regardless of race or
creed.
Beginnings In America
The work of Florence Nightingale
and the meetings of the Geneva con
vention had all been in Europe. Here
in America few knew of the Red
Cross or of Florence Nightingale’s
work. In the year 1860 the great
Civil War broke out. Care of the
sick and wounded was under the
charge of what was known as “The
Sanitary Commission.” But aside
from this organized group of men
and women working to take care of
our soldiers, there were many indi
vidual women who devoted their
lives to the same cause. Among
these was Dorothea Dix.
Before the war Dorothea Dix was
well known in America and in Eu
rope as a worker for prison reforms.
After the war broke out she saw
in the Baltimore station ill-treatment
of government troops. The next train
protests of her family and friends,
she gave up her society life and for
twelve years traveled on the conti
nent of Europe visiting and study
ing in hospitals.
Shortly after her return to Eng
land to found a hospital there, the
Crimean war broke out. There was
terrible mismanagement in the mill
tay hospitals. Supplies were lack
ing; two thousand wounded men at
Scutari were lying for days in mud
and filth, just as they had been
brought from the battlefield; sick
men were packed together in hordes,
sometimes on the bare floor; the
place—it could hardly be called a
hospital—was alive with rats and
vermin; there was no soap or tow
els, and only one kind of food, Irish
stew, for men so ill that they should
have had the most careful nursing
and delicate food. Into this scene
of misery and squalor came Florence
Nightingale, called by the British
government as the first woman nurse
to enter a British military hospital.
She came with a group of women
from her own hospital and seemed
a real angel of mercy to those sick
and dying men. The dirt was cleaned
away; the men bathed and given
fresh clothing; new temporary build
ings were built; good food was serv
ed the men; letters home were writ
ten for them, and the number of
those who had recovered from their
wounds was increased greatly. All
this was due to the work of this
one woman, Florence Nightingale,
and her corps of workers. It is no
wonder that the soldiers of Crimea
have idolized her and that they
raised a large sum of money to show
their gratitude. This money Flor
ence Nightingale accepted on the
condition that it be used to found
the first hospital training school for
girls. The school, bearing her name,
is in London today.
The Geneva Convention
Florence Nightingale’s work did
not end with the Crimean war. Her
service awakened in others a re
sponsive chord of sympathy. Among
these was a young Swiss, Henri
Dunant, who, several years later,
published a book called “A Souvenir
of Solferino,” giving an account of
horrors which he had witnessed on
the battlefields of Solferino, and his
descriptions were so vivid that the
subject became at once one of great
public interest. Dunant’s great in
spiration was the idea of an interna
tional organization, to carry on the
work that Florence Nightingale had
done alone in Crimea. Its purpose
would be to prepare in time of peace
for war, so that the scenes of Scu
tari might never be repeated; and
to work for this not nation by na
took Dorothea Dix to Washington
and immediately upon volunteering
her services she was made superin
tendent of women nurses. This was
an enormous task, involving the se
lection of nurses, guiding their work,
distribution of supplies, and care of
soldiers
Many of the surgeons and nurses
disliked her because of her severity
with careless or lazy workers. No
one could have accused Dorothea
Dix of laziness. During the four
years of the war she never had a
single holiday. Nor could any ac
cuse her of working in her own in
terests, foi when the secretary of
war asked her what the nation could
do to thank her for her Invaluable
work, she answered: “I would like
a tlag!” The two beautiful Hags
given ber by the country she later
presented to Harvard College, and
they now hang, in her memory, over
the doors of Memorial Hall.
Another woman known in the Civil
War for her fearlessness and will
was “Mother Bickerdyke." It is said
that she once visited a hospital ward
of wounded men at eleven o’clock
in the morning and found that her
patients had had no breakfast that
morning because the surgeon in
charge had been gloriously drunk
the night before. She ordered him
out of the hospital. "Pull off your
shoulder straps,” she said, “for you
will not be in the army a week
from today.” The surgeon laughed
at Mother Bickerdyke, but within
three days he received his discharge
from the army. He went to Majo
General Sherman, in charge, and
told him his tale of woe. “Who or
dered your discharge?” asked the
general . “I suppose it was that wo
man, Mrs. Bickerdyke," replied the
offended and offending surgeon
“Oh,” answered Sherman, whose
word was law, "if it was Mothe;
Bickerdyke I can do nothing for
you. She ranks me.” Such wa;
the respect inspired in the sternest
ui gtuvraia uy mu ui wuuiaii
who devoted themselves to the work
of humanity in the Civil War.
A third worker for the soldiers
was Clara Barton, a woman clerk
in the patent office. Standing one
day in the station at Washington,
she saw. as had Dorothea Dix in
Baltimore, a trainload of wounded
soldiers roll in. The men were in
dreadful condition, in pain, hunger,
cold, and filth, with almost no doc
tors or nurses to care for them
Clara Barton had them carried to
the hospital, where she saw to the
washing and binding of their
wounds, fed them clean, wholesome
food, and wrote letters for them to
their families.
The boys’ mothers heard of Clara
Barton through their letters home,
and wrote, sending supplies of food
and clothing which she distributed.
Later she obtained a pass from the
government to go behind the lines.
There in the midst of the dirt and
disease she stayed during the re
mainder of the war, nursing north
erners and southerners alike.
At the close of the war, she or
ganised at Washington a bureau of
records to aid in the search for
missing men for whom .Inquiries
were made. In connection with this
work she identified and marked the
graves of more than twelve thou
sand soldiers in the national ceme
tery at Andersonville, Georgia. In
1869 she went fo«r her health to
Swizterland. Upon her arrival at
Geneva she was visited by members
of the International Committee of
the Red Cross, who sought her co
operation in the work they wer<
just organizing. The United States
had not yet joined the International
Red Cross, as no one had taken
pains to explain to the lawmakers
tlon alone, but all nations together.
He saw that, like playing a game,
one person could do little alone, but
with team work much could be ac
complished. His book was widely
read, and many people became in
terested in his idea.
The matter was pushed by Gustave
Moynl’er, and an unofficial congress,
to consider the whole question of
care for wounded soldiers, was called
in Geneva, Henri Dunant's home
city, in October, 1863. This was
followed by an official congress,
called the Geneva Convention, called
by the Swiss government in 1864.
The covenant which was there
signed in August 1864, on behalf of
the states represented, afterwards re
ceived the adherence of e^e^y civ
ilized power.
Under the terms of this covenant,
each nation pledged itself to work
with other nations in caring for
the sick and wounded of all coun
tries alike, and never to lire on a
doctor, nurse or ambulance that bore
the sign of the Red Cross. There
were many other provisions, but
these were the two most construct
ive and wide-reaching, as they es
tablished a world-wide, International,
and curative agency, with a humani
tarian purpose as wide as humanity
Itself.
Siberia, China, Egypt, and Algiers
were among the many nations al
lied at this conference. The con
vention adopted the Red Cross as
its emblem, in compliment to the
Swiss nation that had called them
together, and the city of Geneva
at Washington what its purpose and
high aim was.
Clara Barton was in Switzerland
when the Franco-Prussian war broke
out in 1870, and at once went with 1
the Red Cross authorities to the
seat of hostilities and assisted them '
in organizing their military hospit- 1
als. Her experience in practical field
medical work was invaluable to the 1
new organization, and Clara Barton
herself saw for the first time the
medical staffs of two opposing ar- 1
mies working together in the care
of wounded soldiers. Wherever there
was a battle, she saw a squad ol !
doctors and nurses in white, each
with a red cross on his or her
sleeve, working back of the firing '
line to repair the damage done by '
the bullets. Not one unskilled wo
man working alone for an army, bu; 1
a whole group of trained men and
women, serving with the sanction 1
and under the authority of theii
government, each having a definite
share in the nursing. In 1871 Clarr.
Barton superintended the distribu
tion of relief to the poor in S trass
burg, and in 1872 performed a lik
service in Paris.
In 1873 she returned to the United
States, inspired with the idea of in
troducing this same Red Cross ir
America, for she found that th '
ideals that had led the great wo 1
men of the Civil War to work amon
northerners and southerners alike, 1
were the same as those of the Red *
Cross—Humanity and Neutrality. Shi
at once began her efforts to effect
the organization of the United State:
branch of the Red Cross, and to
bring her country to sign th" treaty
of Geneva. She accomplished thi
great task in 1882. She was th'
first president of the American Red
Cross, holding the position until 1904,
and represented the United States
at the International conferences in
Geneva in 1884, iu Karlsruhe in
1887, Rome in 1892, Vienna in 1897,
and St. Petersburg in 1903. Shf
wrote an Official History of the Red '
Cross, The Red Cross In Peace and 1
War, A Story of the Red Cross, and 1
The StoTy of My Childhood. How
she was the author of the American
Amendment to the Constitution of
the Red Cross (which provides that
the society shall distribute relief not i
only in war but in peace-time calami
ties), is, as Kipling says, "anothe;
story.”
The Red Cross in Peace
The Red Cross was established tv
do nursing in war-time. But it wa ]
1882, and in the United States ther<
was no war or shadow of wa\ Clar:
Barton was wondering how thi;
growing organization, now a nation ,
ally accepted institution, could b> ]
of help somehow in peace, wher i
there came the news of a terribl i
forest fire in Michigan that burned i
hundreds of people out of thei |
homes. Clara Barton had an inspi- ]
ration. She did the nearest thinr (
at hand. If the ideal of the Red
Cross was service for others, why i
not make use of it here, where there \
was need, war or no war? So with
the help of her Red Cross nurse;
she set up work rooms, sent out r
call for clothes, food, money—any
thing to help—and the replies poured
in. Supplies were packed in hug
boxes, stamped on the outside with j
the seal of the Red Cross, and ship
ped to Michigan, where they wer* j
eceived by relief workers and dls- -
tributed to the homeless refugees j
They were a welcome surprise, and
warmed the hearts of all who heard
and knew of the work. Eighty thou
and dollars in all was spent by a
'generous nation for this york, and
eeople all ove- the country wer
happy to give freely to such a cause,
when they knew that the funds wt-r<
to be used by an organization tha*
was under the direct control of the
federal government itself.
From this work in Michigan dc
veiupeu me luea oi waning me «ui
erican Red Cross a relief organize
tloo for time of peace as well a
for time of war, as had been don*
by some fo'eign Red Cross societies
That is, it was to come forward and
offer its services wherever then
was need to relieve suffering and
distress. Besides being a war-relief
organization, it was to be an erne
gency relief organization at all timeF
Clara Barton herself was the autho
of the "American" amendment to
the constitution of the Red Cross,
which provides that the society shall
distribute relief not only in wa
times but in times of such oth**
calamities as famines, floods, earth
quakes, cyclones, and petilcnce, and
in accordance with this amended
constitution she herself personally
conducted the society’s relief for suf
ferers from yellow fever in Florida
(1887), the flood at Johnstown, Pa.,
(1889), the famine In Russia (1891),
the hurricane along the coast of
South Ca olina (1893), the massa
ere in Armenia (1896), the Spanish
American war in Cuba (1898), the
hurricane at Galveston (1900), and
several other calamities.
The work of the American Red
Cross in the Michigan forest fire be
came well known th-ough the coun
try and people began to realize that
here was a seed of a great force*
for good, that needed nourishing
So they began to Join, a few here
and a few there, giving their sup
port in money and Interest. Branches
began to aping up over the coun
try as the work progressed. Before
long another great emergency ar
rived. Millions of acres of cotton
and sugar plantations along the Mis
sissippi were flooded and thousand"
of homes dest'oyed. Within three
days seed for replanting the devas
;ated land was on its way, and soon
he valley was again green with
:rops, due to the planning and
houghtfulness of the American Red
Dross.
The Johnstown flood left 4,000
lead and 20,000 unfed and home
ess in the path of the great river,
rhese dead had to be identified; the
lungry must be fed; the sick cared
'or; clothes and homes must be
provided fo' those left alone with
leither family, friends, nor anything
;lse that had been theirs before,
n all this work the Red Cross was
he active agent.
We all remember the San Fran
•Isco earthquake and fire. He-t
100,000 people were fed in the Ion?
>read lines. The sympathy of the
ntire country was aroused by the
itories of suffering that went forth
Honey by telegram, by check, by
etter, and by hand poured into the
ellef headquarters at San Francir
:o. Colonies of tents and wooden
hacks were built to house the refu
fees. Many thousands of people
same to know and appreciate th'
Vmerican Red Cross through its
vork in this great emergency.
Each of the great disasters where
he Red Cross selves, from the da”
>f the Michigan forest fires to th
Halifax disaster of a short time ago
las a story of its own. Since th
vinter of 1903 alone there havr
>een more than seventy-five call
or the Red Cross, due to earth
luakes, fires, volcanic e uptions, cy
:iones, floods, fam’n-r, rpid niics o'
ilckness, shipwrecks, and mining di
astors. And the American Red
Dross has not only work- d in Ani
srica but in other stricken countries
During the masscres in Armenia,
vhe -e people starved by the thou
land, only the Red Cross could gi e
lid. Why? Because the Turkish
fovernment had signed the Geneva
rpjitv and was bound to live U'
o its promise to grant right of way
o Red Cross workers. “Neutrality”
ind "Humanity,” and the symbol of
he once hated cross, were espectrd
>ven by the Turk, before he w^n*
o school to German Kultur.
(To Be Continued)
CREEK HAN IS
WED AT NENANA
Wcrd was received yesterday from
Zenana that Mr. Alf Andresen and
diss Gina Warlow had been mar
led at that place recently.
Mr. Andresen is a mining operator
>n 4 belter 1 ittle Eldorado. The
>ride has also lived on the creeks
or a short time. She recnetly re
urned from the Outside and went
0 Nenana about two weeks ago to
>ay a visit to her sister, Mrs. Gunai
■Jelson, at whose residence the wed
ling took place.
Mr. and Mrs. Andresen will re
urn to their home on the creek in
he near future.
PETWEDDING
LAST EVENING
A quiet wedding was consummat
;d last evening in the marriage of
Mr. Lance Craine, of the Tolovana.
ind Miss Verne King, who lately
irrived from the Outside. The cere
nony was performed by Commit
doner Reed W. IleiUg, with Mr
Max Behlke and Mr. Harry Brown
is witnesses. After the cercmon
1 sutmer was served at the Arcad
with covers laid for four.
The newly-wedded pair will leave
>n this morning’s train for the Tolo
.ana, where the groom is engaged
n business.
LDT1MERS ARE
NOW ON OUTSIDE
In an exchange is noted the fol
owing concerning two former resi
lents of Fairbanks who were at one
;ime also located on the lower river,
rhe comments are as follows:
Percy G. Charles, late deputy mar
shal at this point (Iditarod), is now
iaiding down the job of assistant
general agent of the Northern Ex
press Co., and considers it "most
congenial.
Henry K- Love, who was the mar
tial of this division (Fourth) pre
ceding the incumbent, is now the
constructing quartermaster at the
Pig cantonment near Newport News,
ind Is happy as can well be so long
is he Is not allowed to go to France.
CANDTOATE FOR
SCHOOL BOARD
Late yesterday afternoon another
candidate registered at the office of
the clerk of court for the coming
primary election. The candidate was
Mrs. Luther C. Hess, who will run
for director on the Bchool board.
To Mrs. Hess belongs the honor
of being the first woman to make
registration for political recognition
Her candidacy undoubtedly will re
ceive strong support at the polls,
as she Is ot good business and ex
ecutive ability.
CITY FATHERS
HOLD SESSION;
FINANCES GOOD
The regular meeting of the Fair
banks city council was held last
night at the city hall with Mayor
H. T. Ray in the chair. Many bills
were considered and ordered paid
Much business for the welfare of
the city was gone Into.
Among other things discussed was
that of the snow question. The
practice has been for those cleaning
off their roofs and sidewalks to
throw the snow to the edge of the
sidewalk or into the street for a
way, causing a high embankment tc
form on each side and leaving only
a narrow passageway for the use
of teams. In some instances the
snow has been thrown out in larg<
lumps in the middle of the street
making it impossible for a heavily
loaded team to pull orer them. Tha;
phase is particularly dangerous in
case of Are, as the Are team could
not get by. To overcome this ob
jection, all offenders will be notiAed
to smooth off the street in the im
mediate front of their premises to
a uniform width.
Provision was also made for th
protection of the waterfront before
the breakup. The protection of chil
dren along the waterfront was also
discussed, and all property owners
having launch slips leading to the
l-ltro** will Kn A/! ♦ n r>1nnn (VII f
flcient protection In the way of a
fence or gate around the slip so
that a child may not fall into the
river.
The finances of the city are in
better shape than they have ever
been before at this time of the year
The report of the clerk follows:
Receipts
Municipal Court Fines _$ 62.00
Real Property Taxes, 1917.. 19,024.27
Personal Property Taxes,
1917 . 19,247.52
Sundry Receipts . 8.25
Sidewalk Refunds . 35.47
Municipal Licenses . 130.00
Municipal Court Debt. Div. 3.0C
Rent of City Dock . 250.00
Total .138,760.51
Disbursements
Interest Gen. Fund .$ 558.18
Interest Salary and Labor
Fund . 413.96
Discount 1917 Taxes . 3,821.98
Fire Dept. 2,208.62
Police Dept. 294.09
Street Dept. 36.38
Street Lights, Dec. & Jan. . 486.55
City Mess . 264.71
General Expense . 282.24
Heating . 128.25
Advertising . 103.40
Printing . 119.50
Tax Refund, 1917 . 9.00
Total .$ 8,726 86
Monthly Gain .$30,033.65
Cr. Bal. Gen. Fund . 3,443.15
Cr. Bal. Sal. & Labor Fund 1.30
Total .$42,204.96
Cr. Bal. Town of Fairbanks.$3,444.45
SOCIAL DAKCE
FOR NEWLYWEDS
i
———
Next Saturday night Little Eldo j
i ado will be, the scene of ro^ch gale- J
ty. The residents of that place will I
r,1ve a social dance in honor of Mr. i
and Mrs. Alf Andrescn, who werf
recently married.
A 1 Kn,. (P
.sued to all creek residents to a'
tend and bid the newlyweds wel
come and to dance to their good
health and prosperity. The social
hall has been secured for the occa
sion, and as an added attraction
Pete Peterson’s orchestra will fui
nlsh the music. Refreshments will
be served by the creek ladles, who
will bid the bride welcome to theli
midst.
ASSAULTCASE
TODAY AT TEN
Today at ten o’clock in the com
missioner’s court room will take
place the trial of Dan Perisich on a
charge of assault on the person of
Mike Janovich. This case was orig
inally set for last Monday, being
later postponed for one week. Other'
matters penldng, it was decided to
hold It today. Since Perisich’s ar
rest he has been out on bonds in
the sum of $250.
GIVE DECISION
ON 8-HOUR LAW
Yesterday Judge C. E. Bunnell an
nounced that he would give his'^Becl
■ ion on the eight-hour law today at
two o’clock. ThlB decision is await
ed with much interest by the entire
interior, as It has a vital bearing
on the future actions of many mine
owners who claim that they cannot
operate at a profit under the eight
hour law.
Many business houses of Fairbanks
also await tills decision, as they
have been put to much additional
expense in observing the law, pend
ing tbe outcome oi the case. This
will probably be the last decision ‘
given by the court during the pres
ent term, as an adjournment may
be taken until the opening of the
next term of court, next month.
LADIES SAY E8TER
MAN GOOD KNITTER
Thomas Markuson, of Ester, has
just sent in the first sweater knit
by a man to be received by the
Woman’s Bureau of the Red Cross. '
The knitting committee is delighted,
not only to nave the sweater to add
to the week’s shipment, but with '
the splendid quality of Mr. Marku- !
son's knitting.
THEREWULBE
MANYSHOWERS
Tonight at Nenana will be given
an aluminum shower to. Mr. and
Mrs. Isaac Taylor, who were recent
ly married. This event will take :
place at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Hall.
Following this shower, another
will be given, at a later date, at 1
the home of Dr. and Mrs. M. E.
Smith. This shower will be in tne 1
nature of a linen shower. At the
home of Mr. and Mrs. G. Fenton :
Cramer a miscellaneous shower will
be given Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are already
domiciled and have held open house
to their many well-wishers and
friends.
TO HAVE FOUR
MINUTE TALKS
To further presentation of the
four-minute talk movement that If
now in vogue throughout the en
tire United States, all fraternal or
ganizations have received lnstruc
tions from the government to inau
gurate these talks in the lodge
rooms.
Among the first to observe these
instructions will be Tanana Lodge
No. 162, F. & A. M. Judge C.
E. Bunnell will address the mem
bers of the Blue Lodge tonight at
a special meeting that will be held
In Masonic Temple. At each meet
ing of the Masonic orders a speaker
will be selected to address them
on some question of national ini
portance.
This movement will be taken up
by all fraternal orders in Fairbanks
The government has requested that
this be done In order that all per
sons may be reached and informed
on vital points of the government's
needs.
MOOSEMEETING
IS ON TONIGHT
Tonight at their hall on Fifth ave
nue Lodge No. 1392, I^oyal Order
of Moose, will hold their regular
meeting. Much will come up a»
this meeting that will be of interest
to the members, and It. Is urged that
all be present.
Following the business session a
social session will be held. Th<
committee naving inis anair in nunu
has not divulged what is in store
for the members, and the only way
hey will know Is by attending. Suf
ficient to say that it will be on pai
with past performances and that It
may excel.
RIOTIKGlEGRO
TROOPS JUGGED
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 26
Twcnty-slx negro soldiers at Cami
Pike were lodged tonight in thf
guard house as a result of a riot
in the mess hall at one of the com
pany barracks during the suppei
hour. One white non-commissioned
officer received a minor scalp wound
from a plate thrown by one of the
negroes. No other Injuries are re
ported. The cause of the rioting
is unknown.
REORGANIZATION
OF REPUBLICANS
At tbe city hall tonight at eight
o’clock a meeting will be held by
the Republicans of Fairbanks for
the purpose of reorganizing the Re
publican party.
This meeting was deemed neces
sary by the committeemen, as tbe
party is on the decline as far as
any active participation in political
circles goes, and will be for the con
solidation of the party on all lines.
It is aimed to patch up what differ
ences may exist between members
and have a general get-together
meeting so that some supporting ac
tion can be given to those candi
dates from this party that may run
during the coming election. The
committeemen issuing tbe call are
Leroy Tosier, Cedi H. Clegg and
Tom Marquam.
KNITTERS MUST
OVE ALL WORK
TO COMMITTEE
The Woman’s Bureau of the Red
>088 wishes to announce that the
text shipment <xf knitted goods from
he chapter will leave Fairbanks
he last of this week, and a ro
piest is made that all those having
rarments nearing completion try to
lave them at the knitting commit
,ee room at the library on or be
ore Thursday of this week, so that
hey may be Included in this sltip
nent.
It Is especially desired that all
hose having ued Cross yarn that
vas secured from the January sltip
nent, that Is, yarn secured at Mrs
i<uther C. Hess’ home or at the !t
irary before February 13th, make a
tpecial effort to return their vrorl
or the shipment this week, befo. >
ht> th*rd supply of yarn arrives,
several ladies secured yavn from
he second, or Ft bruary 13th, ship
nent, who still had yarn unreturned
rom the January shipment. It will
lot be possible for anyone who still
las unworked yarn from the first
thlpmcnt to secure any of tin third,
is the demand is great; so every
>ne Is urged to make a sp, cial ef
’ort to finish garments that htoy
nay have on hand, made Com tin
Irat Red Cross woo! reaching Fair
janks. This will help to speed much
loeded hand-knit wool things to the
joys who need them most.
georgiTgIbbs
LAID AT REST
At Eagle hall yesterday afternoon
he funeral ceremonies of George
Tibbs were held, with the hall filled
with those who attended to pay
:helr last respects to the memory
u an cn itv iiicu nn iiu. ivv > > u. 11.
Lumpkin, rector of St. Matthew's
Episcopal church, conducted the ser
rices under the direction of Fsiir
janks Igloo No. 4, Pioneers of Alas
ka.
Mrs. L. B. Willson and Mrs. Form
lohnson, accompanied by Mrs. J. C.
Sayers, sang feelingly the following
beautiful hymns:
"God Will Take Care of You"
Sankey.
“Just for Today"—Abbot.
“Sometime We’ll Understand''
McGranahan.
At the conclusion of the services
a large body of lodge members and
rriends accompanied the remains to
their last resting place in the Fair
banks cemetery.
LARGESUMIS
RAISED FIRST
CROSS DRIVE
The complete returns are in for
the Christmas drive of the J<< '
Cross. Thu total sum reaches a
large figure. Iditarod, which was
originally included in this district,
has been segregated from it and
another chapter started at thn» place.
Exclusive of the Iditarod, wi.ich took
In 1,000, the total : uni amounts to
18,313.39.
Below is given a tabuiat* d stab
ment showing the receipts and dis
bursements of the fund:
Total collected .$8,313.39
Amount remitted to treasur
er for Christmas drive,
Seattle . 6.418.2!
Amount retained by Tanana
Valley Chapter . 1,865.15
Cost of drive, telegrams,
thrift stamps, etc. 67.63
Net balance to chapter
There wan expended for military
relief, which Includes the purchase
of yarn, materials for hospital gar
ments etc., which were purchased in
Seattle and paid for the following
amounts:
Yarn, etc.I 703 91
Yarn, etc., purchased locally 32.50
Steamship and railroad charg
es on shipments . 38 25
Yarn orders now enroute .. 1,000.00
Total .*1,774.76
This fund was helped out to a
large extent by the generosity of
the stage company in giving free
haulage from Chitina to Fairbanks
on many pounds of material.
Only a small balance will be left
on hand after the Incoming shipment
is taken up, and it will be neces
sary to raise more funds in order
that the good work may continue.
As a result of the Red Ctohs
drive In the Fourth division the
membership of the organization has
been increased by 72 life members.
DOCUMENTARY STAMPS
REQUIRED ON NOTES
The local banks call attention to
the fact that all noteH must have
affixed to them documentary stamps.
These stamps are for the purpose of
raising revenue for the war, and
those neglecting to affix stamps are
liable to prosecution for their ne
glect. The amount of the stamp re
quired varies with the amount of
the note, being two cents for each
hundred dollars pr fraction thereof.