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"OLDIG LOKYMu
America For Americans"
I'KINTKD A CLim.NG
■ a another column of this paper
:.-day appears a potest against the
Mi le whiuh. wo printod in Wednes
..i i uaper relative to a. dispute that
.Margaret Keenau got iato over
ilub funs of a sc'iool club in
Fairbanks. are printing the
'.otesr without common:, but in ex
..lu.iiic.. of our action in printing
•' trti e about tUe former principal
; 'In Skagway school, we wish to
o.'j that this article was taken
•in a ucxehange, aud i;inc« print
ing it wo find that it has been re*
:.t> d in several of the papers to
; t: westward, and we have been ad
i»td tiiat copies of the article have
been received by several pe sons
-•■re in okagway.
MAM.IK
At me ripe age of Si, Maggie
Mil 1.. t ,e most popular juvenile
••ctrtsse of hvr time, died a fejy
>ia>s -bo. The event was almost
:ict-d by :he orese, owing to th«
tr .adous pressure of war news.
The memories of many former
theater-goers whose hair is silver
id will be stirred, ati(> their own
yoath will be recalled by the plc
u e of this favorite comedienne
•vl.o was tae embodiment of childish
glee and childish pathos. Born
in Is 17, entering on a stage car
i-i r a' the age of 12, starring be*
-- . she y.as a national favorite
tore the Civil war closed, retiring
ls'JU—Ma-gie Mitchell was one
>■' t.:e few actresses who refused
Srow old. She took her leave
-ruiu 'he stage in the same play in
which she won her first great suc
ce»<, "Fanclion, the Cricket."
\o cue who ever heard Maggie
U in this play can forget ii or
1 .for it is by Fanchon that she is
L«- : remembered by those whose
privilege it y:as to hear her. To
Hnote the voids of one of the old
timo critics: "The little girl, curi
ounly ragged and uniVpt, who
cuae bounding through an open
window in the side-scene, her voice
not especially sweet or muscal, yet
arely modulated, clear and decided;
h»r utterances -lightning quick,
a 1 every movement, gesture, pose,
e'ectric with energy; her laugh
u wild, careless, jubilant child's
laugn, resonant, ringing and per
fectly natural."
iler plays were full or the ten
direst bits of pastoral poeey im
aginable. As the late Eugene Ficfldv
hep contemporary, once wrote:
"They were fresl. as a June morn
ing, pure as a mountain brook, and
as fall of the smell of daisies and
rosobud6 as the breezes that blow
fresh from the flow-err meads. The
moral tone is so pure and os ex
q"i Ite that to h 'ar Miss Mitchell
The story of how her «on, W.iltour
Wilkerson, met death, and of his
burial iu a little French, cemetery
.near 'be seen® where ho fell a
victim to the Hua w&a received to
day by Airs. Ora Z. NVilgerson, 2711
Garfield' avueue, Kansas City, Kans.,
from Major Ruby D. Garrett, 117th
field battalion, signal cores, of wblc
*hf young man was a member. It
was the first official notification
.Mrs. Wilkerson had received of her
son's death.
The letter, written March 19, the
Jay of the young soldier's funeral,
tells of the presence of Secretary of
War Eaker at the gravesidie; of two
major generals who paid tribute to
hia sa'.antry on the ba,ttlefelld, and
of a French officer who decorated
thfi boy's casket wthi tha "Cross of
War," one of the highest honor® the
French government awards for
bravery.
"It is with feelings of the dle«P*
est regret that I wxit« you of the
death of your son, Wilbur," Major
Gsrrett wrote.
"At 12 o'clock, midnisht, March
16, 1918, 69 men of the battalion,
with your son, began the construc
tion °f lin«s of communication near
the front. At shortly after 6 o'clo<lS
ia the morning, March 17, th« en
emy opened a terrific bombardment
and shells began falling ng^r tho
area in which our men were work
ing.
"They were under the Immediate
command of Cayt. Richard T.
Smi'h who commands the company
of which your Boa was a member.'
Cantaln Smith at once directed tH
men tc cease work and start for a
place of safety. When, within about
JOvds.of the trench lead<tag to the
dugout toward which they w«ra mak
ins. a large shell buret among the
men, fatally wounding your son.
wounding one *>ther man, tearing
the clothing of four or fire men
and knocking several to the
ground.
"Cantain CLmi'th p»rri«d VOUr SOU
through tbe tranches until he fall
exhausted. First aid tj-eatnient was
riven as soon as a place of safety
was reached, and men were sent out
tor the nearest medical aid1.
"He was treated, by French do tors
who were nearby and then by A*
me-iran medical officers. He reach
ed the hospital early in the morn
ing, and died' at 10:05 a. m. Your
son. at the time he was wounded,
was talking to Private Maxy Phillips
of ConiDai^y B, this battalion, of a
letter he had just written to you.
"With the company "Wilbur was a
favorite. The boys loved to gather
around and listen, to his violin. But
they loved most his splend'id, genial,
e'.rai;htforward, clean personality. I
have examined his record in this bat
taiion and it is clean. He did no
thing while with us that he could'
not have explained to you. It Is
your honor to be the mother of the
first boy belonging to the American
signal troops who has glvem his
life to the great cause.
"We buried him this morning in
a. little French village near the
place where he fell. He waa buj-ied
in a ueat oaken casket, purchased b
the battalion, and across its head'
was draped the American flag and
across its foot the French tri-color,
and over it were the beautiful offer*
in-rs cf flowers tought in. loving
memory by his comrades.
"It was a remarakble funeral. A
ba^d from an infantry regiment
volunteered to furnish music. As
tli?. procession moved' from a little
village church through & part of a
French village, theBtreets were lined
with the soldiers of our allies, with
l oid men, women and children. Just
before we reached the grave nine
little children, carrying a large
beuquet of evergeen. and followed by
four women, stepped into tha pjooes
sion and followed the casket.. I do
iK>t know who they were, but; the
flowers were on the coffin and now
.rest on his grave. When we reach
ed the grave we found) there the
commanding genral of this division/
amther major general and the sec
retary of wax.
"The chaplain who baptized your
hoy at Camp Mills, N. Y., coaduct
is not only to be pleased', but to be
bettcri d."
Among Maggie Mitchell's personal
friends and admirers were Lincoln
and Longfellow, and professionally,
her name was always linked' with
Joseph Jefferson, Sol Smith Russell.
Annie Pixely and Lotta—five noted
stars who were beloved, admired ,
and, respected' for their personal
charm, their histrionic genu Is and,
thsir high character.—Seward Gate- j
W- . ! • !-H—
ed a short gravo Bervlce. A French
officer who has been with ua for the
last three months. placed' upon the
coffin a French Cross of War, award
ed Dy the French government in,
appreciation of the bravery and
gallantry of your splendid boy. Only |
the brave and loyal are honored by
this decoration. The men ^i&ed
me to say a few; words, which' I
did.
"As we lowered his casket we
could hear the roar of the big guns
and the noise of bursting shells on* I
ly a short distance away. And? row
he rests by the roadside ta tthe
midet of other American heroes.
"His grave is covered with
ftowens. He was loved by officers
and men alike, and all of us. by his
death, have sustained a great per
sonal loss and' the signal service
is deprived of an excellent man."
The cross of war awarded young:
Wilkerson is being forwarded to his
mother, a second letter received*
from Major Ruby X). Garrett thi£
morning states. The letter reads:
"Under separate cover I am to
day forwarding the Cross of War
awarded your son by the 14th
French division. It is in accord^
ance with statement in my previous
letter. You will notice the ribbon
bearing a silver star. This _indi-j
ctes that this is the next high
est order awarded by the French]
government. While it does not
remove the sting of dearth of your
son, it affords me real P leasure
to transmit this token of the ap
preciation of the French govern
ment for his splendid Brovice."
Little-Known Dominican City.
Ulguey is one of the principal In
land cities of the Dominican Republic.
Like Its native land. It is quaint, his
toric, isolated, immensely rich In natu
ral resources, almost poor In actual
fact, and practically unknown to the
world at large. It Ues in the eastern
half of the republic, which Is the least
settled, the least developed and the
I least known. It Is a city of Some 2,000
' souls, the center of a considerable
primitive trade ami the site of the
most famous shrine on the Island.
Tills latter is the shrine of the Vlr
j gin of Alta (?rada. which Is visited by
j devotees from every part of the coun
try. The church which houses the
shrine Is built In tlue old Spanish archi
tecture. the quaint and enduring style
which lias stamped Its features on the
buildings (f a continent, from Pata
gonia to Colorado.
YOUR HAT
May Be a StylUfc Oar, Bat ft Makes
Trouble.
A man usually buys a hat that's "In
| style." but the modern bat for men has
lots to answer for.
j Baldheads are growing more numer
! ous every day. Hats make excellent
breeding places for the parasitic germs
which »ap the life from the roots of the
hair.
When your hair begins to fall out and
your scalp Is full of Dandruff It Is a
sure sign that thes^ countless germs arc
busily at work.
There is but one way to overcome the
| trouble and kill the germs—that way Is
I to apply Xewbro's Herplclde to the
! scalp—it will kill the germs and healthy
i hair is sure to result.
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Arctic Brotherhood. — I
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me«t| every Mcond »od j
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
ing brctLers cordially welcome. •
Kxlwnrd A. Rmdirno, Arctic Chief.
William B. Qr»y, Arctic Recorder.
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Fr*terniU Older
Eagles—
Sk«#wajr Aerie,
No, 25, FT*tor
daI Order of
£ifjri meet the tint ami thlnl
W'-dnewUjr night of eactt uKWifa. »t
tlieir ball an Fifth Avetoio. VUitv
iu« brothers amllAlly Invited to
*tfeud.
John IL Keller, W. P.
J. Bj. QrtestSCb, Secfetwy.
F. Jt A. M.
Whiu Pas# Lodre
F. Ma. M. No. 11*
me«U 2d *ud 4tb
Saturday BT«nlnn
at «avh months. Visiting Brethren
*r« welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
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a P. O. KldES
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OSCAR SELMER, E. R
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P1om« ot MMta Igloo, No. 12,
meet* to A. B H*U ftm UcaaUj la
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Vie It lug Brother* cordially ,wel
com.
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