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WASHINGTON. Nov.. 28— Four
teen million dollars, covering the costs
of distribution of articles ranging
from auto- ambulances to safety pins,
have been expended by the American
Ked Cioss in its relief work in Rus
sia., according to figures taken from
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the forth-coming annual report of the
organization and made public today at
headquarters here.
Service was extended to millions
of men, women and children and rang
ed from hospital care for the sick to
foot! and clothing for the starving and
ill clad. The work Was c irrie.’ vn thrj
commissions sent 10 S.*be. !a> W estern
T.j. sia, Southern £»i si r and the l>ai
tic States, a total of persons in
tlvcing 505 Am i.* wen en:p.«yt-i
and 10,000 different articles were dis
tributed free of cost. The commissions
operated sanitary trains with a total
of 75 cars and equipped with 830 beds
with a capacity of 1,550 patients. An
ti-typhus trains operated by the com
mission traveled 11,000 miles, furn
ishing preventative baths to 105,000
persons, disinfection for 1,000,000 and
issuing 500,000 clean garments. In Si
beria alone Red Cross trains distrib
uted 8,000 tons of supplies and 18 hos
pitals with a total of 6,596 beds were
operated.
One of the most difficult tasks
of the organization*! according to the
report, was in helping the people of
£sthonia where there was no ambu
lance service and very little in the
way of hospitals when the Americans
arrived. The army was in retreat and
disorganized and the combined force
of soldiers and civilians to the numb
er of 20,000 was described as a hun
gry, suffering, panic-stricken mob. In
December typhus broke out and for
months the Red Cross workers fought
the disease amid great difficulties.
At one time the dead were piled in
the corners of the rooms with the sick
and no effort at decent burial was
made. In a hospital at Roval, consist
ing of a single barrack with 460 beds
in one room, there were 600 deaths in
one week. Thousands of cases were
treated and with only the untrained
assistance of the people the epidemic
finally was conquered but not until
two American Red Cross officers,
Lieutenant George W. Winfield and
Lieutenant Clifford Blanton, had suc
cumbed to the disease.
Much of the relief work in West
ern Russia consisted in aid to more
than 250,000 Allied soldiers held in
prison camps, but many thousands of
civilians also were supplied with food
and clothing. In the Baltic states, in
addition to ordinary relief efforts, the
Red Cross commissions aided in the
treatment of nearly 20,000 typhus cas
iet and disinfecting stations and hos
pitals to be established on a large
scale. The work in South Russia con
sisted largely in caring for refugees
and in fighting typhus and cholera in
the Crimea.
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LIFE DULL
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov., 2.1—
Americans in Constantinople are find
ing life dull, uninteresting and devoid
of diversion or entertainment. They
have found to their disappointment
that the Turkish capital has no thea>
tres, no amusement centers, no sea
1 shore resorts, few moving picture
houses and only one or two good res
taurants. The places remotely resemb
; iing theatres are a few cheap cabaret
halls which attract sailors, soldiers
and wanderers of all nations, but nev
Constantinople.sop gl
of the Turk. The Turk finds his diver
sion in the coffee houses.
There is littie night life in Con
stantinople. After 10 o’clock the cil \
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is as still as a New England villag,
on a Sabbath morning. Only the hah
itsue of the coffee-houses or the caba
ret and beer halls are seen. Although
prohibition is unknown , refreshments
at these local amusement places come
high. Whiskey is $1.50 a glass, and 7
per cent beer 90 cents.
Americans in the city amuse them
selves by occasional dances, tea part
ies and week-end trips on the Bospor
us. Not many of them enjoy entre tc
the Turkish homes. A three month’s
stay in the city usually is enough tc
make them yearn for home. There arc
now a considerable number f them
here, nist of them being connected
with American relief organizations or
commercial firms.
Although having a population of
nearly 1,000,000, Constantinople has
no taxicabs, few automobiles, and only
a single trolley line. Everybody walks
or rides in the dilapidated horsedrawn
carriages or nondescript street cars.
People living in the suburbs crowd to
suffocation the ferryboats plying the
Bosporus and the Golden Horn. The
lone trolley line runs along the main
street and suspends operation as of
ten as the city runs out of coal, which
is frequent.
The Turkish metropolis has only
one or two hotels. Here the merchants,
political agents and commercial trav
elers of the world gather to discuss
their affairs. The informers and spies
of the Orient mingle among them and
carry on their intrigues. Nowhere are
there so many strange or suspicious
looking characters. Richly dresssd wo
men from Occident and Orient, be
jeweled and painted, frequent the ca
fes and lounging rooms and carry on
open flirtation with the guests.
Constantinople has been well de
■ scribed as a city, not of one nation but
of many. The American visitor finds
here an amazing diversity of races,
nationalities, languages and conflict
j ing faiths. There, is no cohesion of so
, ciety, no civic unity. Only Saloniki or
! Port Said can rival the Turkish city
| for its cosmopolitism and its babel of
! tongues.
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t Breezes ”
PERT PARAGRAPTHS OF SENSE
AND NONSENSE FOREIGN AND
LOCAL, CAUGHT ON THE
FLY BY -THE HUMAN
TOOTHPICK ”
No man can ucceed without work.
The man who works -distantly and
chinks how to improve his work al
ways is bound to reach that happiness
called success. If some men would
chink as hard about their work as they
do how to get out of working, they
would soon be in a position where they
didn’t have to work at all. No social
scheme can alter this. The man who
does not fully realize his respoasibil
.ty to hard work is on the desert isl
uud of failure.
On Thanksgiving night their will
oe a real holliday dance at the Odd
fellows Hall. Don’t eat too much tui
.vcy and trimmin’s for supper or you
won't bo "able to trip the light fantas
tic.
“What a glorious rain this is. It
will bring up everything in the
ground,” said the optimistic farmer.
“1 hope not,” growled the pessimis
tic city man, “for I have a mother-in
aw down there.”
Man is something like a sausage,
Rather smoothe upon the skin,
Hut you never know exactly,
How much hog there is within.”
Lift don’t lean. Push on the wheels
»f progress, don’t jump in and ride,
tome not only ride, but kick about the
pi ogress, they object to the rough
oad and they lash the faithful work
ers. You can’t kick and pull at the
,ame time, so kicking is evidence that
you’ve quit pulling. Lift don’t lean.
Train your soul to build its Para*
disc right here among your neighbors
and you’ll have a mansion to take
with you anywhere you go— either
in this world or the next.
Tact has been defined as “the men
I
-al attitude of sympathy expressed
either in speech, action or silence.”
Some of the residents of Anchorage
believe that they are living in an in
corporated town. Others are positive
that they are not. The recent election
.vhich was to have decided this matter
did not do so is claimed by those op
posed to Incorporation. Those wishing
^corporation claim that two thirdsi
jf the vote necessary was cast. A
tearing will be held in the near future
to decide which is right.
If you want to live in the kind of a
town
L.ikc the kind of a town you like,
Vou needn’t slip your clothes in a grip,
And.start on a long, long hike,
fou’ll only find wnat you left behind,
For there’s nothing that’s really new.
±t’s a knock at yourself when ygu
knock your town,
It isn’t the town it’s you.
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BISHOP AND PRIEST
The Right Rev. J. R . Crimont, Ca
tholic Bishop of Alaska left this morn
ing for Juneau. Father Markham re
turned to Anchorage. The Bishop ar
rived in Seward last Saturday night
from Anchorage. Bishop Crimont is a
wonderful little, man and is thoroughly
alive. He understands the present con
ditions in Alaska and is confident that
many of these conditions will be rem
edied in the near future. Father Mark
ham, in whose parrish Seward is in
eluded will return here about the 14th
jf December. Father Markham is one
of those likeable men who are respect
ed and loved by all who know him. He
is known throughout his parish as the
priest with the'Big Heart
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THE“ANSWRR
A call went out today to recruiting
officers throughout the United States
to enlist 6,088 men at once for the
Second Division, now stationed at
Camp Travis, Texas, which is being
recruited to full strength upon tele
graphic orders from Major General P.
C. Harris, the Adjutant General of the
Army. There ore needed 2,628 men for
infantry, 1,263 for field artillery, 342
for enginers, and 636 for the medical
regiment. These soldiers must be en
listed before December 10, and the
War Department has authorized that
the Second Division take priority over
recruiting for any other special organ
ization.
Until full strength has been reach
ed, all men available for general as
signment who are enlisted for branch
es of the service represented in the
Second Piv’sion will be sent to Camp
Travis.
'Hv* t ap. city of the various Array
schools will be doubled to accomodate
the flood of recruits expected. At
Camp Travis all members of trades
are t.iught; carpentry, drawing, cabi
net making, painting, steamfitting,
plumbing, electrical work, and print
ing. There i» a first-class agricultural
school on the reservation, and a 400
acre farm with a herd of blooded
stock. Quoting a War Department
bulletin:
“The schools for general education
ire working as smoothly as any in the
city of Dallas. It is amazing what rapt
attention the students give to their
.vork. Grades are established and fre
quent examinations held, so that men
advance as fast as their abiity per
mits. The teachers are expert civil
ians, getting appropriate salaries.
Many of them are women, and they
arp also very much enthused with
*heir wrork.
“The choice of the Second Division
as the one to be brought to maximum
itrength is due in greatest part to the
splendid facilities offeied at Camp
Travis for all-year round ^raining and
o its permanency and the exception
al \ agreeable surrounding, for a mili
tary garris n. San Antonio Is now one
of the premier winter resorts of the
United where the gras* is
green and fu-wers bloom all the year
around, and zero weather is never
'mown.”
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WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 40 Cloudy Calm.
Anchorage 5 Cloudy Calm.
Matanuska 6 Clear East.
Chickaloon 10 Clear East.
Wasilla 18 Clear East.
Talkeetna 0 Clear Calm.
Goldcreek 14 Clear East.
Hurricane 2 Clear North.
Summit 10 Clear North.
Healy 4 Clear North.
Nenana 12 Clear Calm.
Fairbanks 16 Clear Calm.
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STANDFORD University, Cal.,
Nov., 23— A total of $38,981 was re
ceived at the gate during Stanford
athletic contests in the year ending
September 30, according to a state
ment made by the Board of Atheletic
Control released here today. Fees re
ceived amounted to $30,369.09.
Football and track were the only
sports to show a profit. Football show
ed a gain of $24,270.29 and track made
$1,705.97. Baseball, basket ball ,crew,
i rugby and minor sports lost money.
TOKJO, Nov., 2& — Lively interest
has been created throughout Japan by
the announcement that Jiro Harada,
a septuagenarian of Osaka, has given
his entire property amounting to the
equivalent of $10,000,000 for public
edcation and general charities, a most
unusual act on the part of a Japanese
millionaire.
TACOMA, Nov., 23— Precise, upto
date science played an exceptional
part here recently in the apprehension
of a thief . A tuberculosis syringe was
found on a man charged with vagran
cy. Dr. C. G. R. Kuns, had reort^d the;
theft of such .a syringe to the police.
Dr. Kuns examined the syringe under
the microscope, found traces of the
vaccine he had used, and convinced the
oourttfce syringe belonged to him.
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