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PROVED DEATH TRAPS
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Feb. 20 (by mail).—Carbon
monoxide gas has caused deaths
among patients transported within
the closed bodies of some American- ]
made ambulances equipped with ex
haust gas heaters, it is announced.
All precautions now have been taken
to insure these vehicles being safe
in the future.
Investigation disclosed the presence
of gas in lethal quantities within am
bulances, it having passed through
highly heated iron parts and leaks in
exhaust pipes Poor ventilation was
responsible for the gas remaining in
the closed bodies.
Orders now have been issued for
the boring of one-inch holes at three
inch intervals in a double row through
the wooden front of all vehicles being
used by the American expeditionary
forces. Simi]ar holes will be made in
the tailboards. All exhaust gas heat
ers in the future will be carefully in
spected under operating conditions
and repairs immediately made upon
those found even slightly defective.
All ambulance drivers and orderlies
have been ordered to investigate the
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condition of all passengers within
their cars at five minute intervals.
This will be done by requiring an
answer to an interrogation. Particular
attention will be paid to the condition
of patients when ambulances are at a
standstill with the engines running.
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Eskimos of White Mt., a village:
lying near Nome, recently donated one
hundred dollars to the Red Cross fund.
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DESCRIPTION OF RAID
BT ENGLISH NEWSPAPER
LONDON, March 1 (by mail),—The
Manchester Guardian prints the fol
owing description of the recent air
raid over London as seen from a
might, by a correspondent:
“it was some time after the burst
ng of the maroons that the first sound
if the attack was heard. It came from
the northeast, a series of quiet, separ
ite noises—plop—plop—plop—plop,
like porridge boiling. The firing died
lown and started again from the north
In the same gentle way. Then it be
came quicker, and then died away in
soft, flannelly noises.
“Suddenly the firing burst again to
the northwest and also to the south,
and some nearer guns began to bay.
Then there was activity in the west,
and we heard four or five harsh
noises that we took to be bombs, ac
companied by faster firing. The last
movement was to the south and south
east, and the noise of the guns was
near and loud, till the whole earth
seemed full of barking and the skies
of explosions.
“At the same time the unseen en
emy, that had been buzzing around
our defenses like mosquitoes round a
net, tried again on the north. It was
the last wrestle, and could not con
tinue long. The enemy fell back, and
the firing died down until only a few
distant guns were firing softly, plop
—plop—plop, like a sigh of relief.
The raid was over.”
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Sertf’t Arthur Guy Empey
Serg’t Empey’s vivid and grip
ping story of the great war will be
printed in daily installments in this paper.
Twenty-seven chapters of excit
ing adventures and heart-stirring action;
events that befell this one man from the
time he passed from civilian life to take his
place in the human wall that stands between
‘ civilization and frightfullness.
Serg’t Empey is an American
who enlisted in the British Army on
hearing of the sinking of the “Lusitania.”
He writes in a straightforward way of his own
experiences “over there,” of the life in which
our own American boys are entering.
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Explanation of a mystery t] a for
a long time enshrouded a ca H on
a bleak stretch of coast betwei ^i(’or
dova and Katalla is given 1 y Hon
Goodman, the jeweler and fuj luyer
of Anchorage.
An early break-up a few ye|r ago
having made it necessary forjne to
postpone a fur-buying trip I had
started to the interior, I conclild-d to
return to the coast, where l nitw a
boat would pick me up,” rejinted
Mr. Goodman.
"On leaving the interior Imliii vil
lage, the natives told me not ^jstay
in a certain cabin on the coast b ouse
of spooks—a doctor having com ntted
suicide in it.
“However, I started for the jlace,
having no apprehension in reg pi to
the spirits of dead persons.
“The cabin had been built am ised
by fishermen years previously. Jarly
in the morning after my first ni [it in
the dilapidated structure I he ltd a
repeated and uncanny knocking ir.the
roof. I looked out. and the km jciing
ceased. I could see nothing tl ia: in
any way would account for the s raise
noise. Next morning the same .tling
happened.
“In front of the cabin wa i the
beach and behind was a high rock
wall 250 feet high; so it was mpos
sible for a human being to come jot go
from the cabin unseen.
“Having noticed that the door nade
a noise on opening, I left it op< n the
third night and remained fully dr issed.
Bright and early, again came the ghost
rat-tat; out 1 rushed. A raven vould
dig clams on the beach and ly to
the roof to crack the shells ar S eat
his breakfast—previously the noise
of the opening door had scarei him
away—this was the spook o the
cabin.”
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PARIS, Feb. 16 (by mail).- -^niis
mission of urgent orders to troops in
the first line and the sending® inter
esting information to the reaifby pro
jectile is one of the new develfcoments
of trench warfare, according 10 the
monthly review, la Science et taVie.
One of the instruments employed for
this purpose by the Germans wis cap
tured in a recent successful attack
made by the French Moronvilliers. It
consists of a tin cylinder about fifteen
inches long and an inch and a quar
ter in diameter at the mouth of which
is placed a box containing the mes
I sage.
The cylinder and message box are
placed in a grenade thrower, which
launches it in much the same way as
aerial torpedoes and grenades are
fired from a trench mortar.
The extreme range of these new en
gines is about thirteen hundred yards,
which is generally sufficient to cross
the zone of French curtain fire.
The utility of such a system became
apparent with the development of bar
rage fire that made the carrying of
messages by despatch bearer always
hazardous and frequently Impossible,
and with the wholesale destruction of
telephone lines by intense destructive
artillery fire.
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Notice is hereby given that the
registration book for the registering
of voters for the municipal election to
be held in the town hall, in Cordova,
on Tuesday, April 2, 1918, will be
closed on Saturday, March 30, 1918,
at 4 o’clock p. m.
CHARLES M. ROSSWOG,
Registrar of Voters.
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LOCATED IN GOLDEN HOTEL
Dr. Homer A. Blyth, of the dental
firm of Drs. Daggett & Blyth with of
fices at Cordova, has equipped modern
offices at McCarthy, Alaska.
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BELGIUM Has 397 Savers in 1,000
FRANCE Has 346 Savers in 1,000
ENGLAND Has 302 Savers in 1,000
ITALY Has 228 Savers in 1,000
U. S. Has 108 Savers in 1,000
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