CORP. DOOLEY
WAS IN THICK
OF JFIGHTING
George Dooley is in receipt of an
interesting letter from his cousin
Corporal Frank Dooley of the Motoi
Truck Company No. 433, American ex
peditionary force, who is now in Ger
many. He incloses a number of post
cards showing some of the hills
crossed on the way, views of street
scenes in towns visited, and the fol
lowing: “This is the Rhine, now called
the Ryan. The ferry and the little
building with the clock on it are not
flying the German flag now; neither is
the old fort on the hill across the
river.”
Corporal Dooley gives the following
account of his experiences since en
tering the war:
“Coblenz, Germany, Jan. 2, 1919.
“Dear Cousin George: For the first
time in a long while I have found time
to write a few lines to you. We are
up here keeping the watch on the
Rhine for a while, and hoping we will
be relieved before long. I don’t know
whether or not I have written you
since I came over, but I will try and
give a description of my experiences
anyway. We left Jacksonville, Fla.,
on July 5, 1918, and arrived at New
port News, Va., in the forenoon of the
8th, and on the afternoon of the 10th,
at 1:30, we hiked to the boat which
was in Hampton Roads. Got there at
the 18th day of August, and were
6 a. m.. boarded transport Aeolius at
7:30, and sailed out at 9:30 a. m. It
was an interned German passenger
ship, and on our trip carried around
4,000 and crew. It had a big five
inch gun on the front and one on the
back end of the ship, and a few guns
on the top, which we could not see.
When we got under way there were
thirteen transports and a big battle
ship in our convoy. We made the
trip without many scares, and en
countered a little rough weather
when we hit the Bay of Biscay, off
the coast of France, what was then
called the ‘war zone.’ We landed
after eleven days on the water, at
Brest, France, July 21, 1818. We
stayed there about a week and went
via box car to St. Nazaire, where we
stayed two more weeks. We were
then shipped to the city of Dijon, just
outside the zone of advance, aud were
called out at 12 p. m. about the 18th
of August and given our trucks at a
big motor truck assembly park there
and sent to the front. We traveled
about two days and got into the city
of Toul, in the Toul sector, which was
pretty lively then, making prepara
tions for the drive on St. Mihiel and
Metz.
Well, ueorge, wtj iiauieu a uinum
tion and rations to every nook and
corner *n the front, and about six
dajs bifore the drive opened \ve
hauied’the shock troops down on the
line tc open the drive. Talk about a
hot phce! About two nights before
the rr.'ve opened 1 hauled the ma
chin» gun company of the Third bat
talion Twenty-eighth infantry, down
on ne line, and that was what I call
jny worst night in hell. The lads I
h£ in my car had gone over the top
a^Soissons and Chateau Thierry, and
V5 got in such heavy shellfire and a
oche plane dropping ninety-pounders
til around us, that those lads left the
truck, so you can imagine how bad
It was when those lads couldn’t stand
it. And believe me, I went to the dug
out with them. Them sure were some
I nights!
j “Then on the morning the drive
„ opened, September 12, 1918, our ar
tillery put up a barrage from 1 a. m.
I till 5 a. m. That was supposed to be
the worst barrage ever given the
I Fritzies. I was down among the light
! field artillery, and I thought the world
had come to an end.
“Well, George, we were never taken
out. We stayed in it every day, and
the armistice went into effect on the
11th of November at 11 a. m., and I
was up in the vicinity of Thiacourt,
France. I could have driven into
Metz in fifteen minutes from where I
was wbeit the whole works stopped.
Then we were told we had been picked
for the occupation army and to keep
on the Dutchmen's heels.
“I hauled the headquarters of the
310th field signal battalion, which was
operating the advance wireless sta
tions and aero stations of communica
tion lines. We went across the old
line half way between Verdun and
Metz and into Luxemburg. I drove
by the duchess’ palace and saw the
Duchess Adelaide, who has since ab
dicated. When we got to the east
boundary of Luxemburg, right on the
Ifoselle river (one side was Luxem
burg and the other Germany), we
were one hour behind the Germans.
We got In at 10 a. m. and they had
crossed the river at 9 a. m. So we
stayed there about a week and crossed
over into Germany. We would mak
about thirty miles one day and the
rest two days. We got into Coblen
on December 15. It is a very prett
country around here, but everythin
in the towns is old-fashioned. Th
Dutchmen are behaving pretty wel
We have only had a few shootin
matches. They really like the Amer:
cans as a general rule, but they hat
the British and French.
“It seems as if all the people li
Europe are brought up to hate on
another. That’s the whole trouble
Believe me, I'll be glad to get bad
amongst decent people again.
“Well, I expect by the time you ge
this I might have a chance of beini
on the way home, and will drop yoi
a line later on, when I can give yoi
an address to write me.
“I am inclosing a German soldier’!
shoulder strap that is a real battle
field relic of the Metz front, and alB<
some cards of towns we cami
through on our way here.”
FAMILIES TO GET FULL
DETAILS OF CASUALTIES
The families of more than 1200 mer
who were killed or wounded with th«
91st division in France will sliortlj
receive very full information as to th«
circumstances under which the casu
alties occurred, through the office oi
the northwestern division of the
American Red Cross.
Lieutenant Colin V. Dymert, Rec
Cross searcher with the 91st has this
information which he collected him
self with infinite pains and scrupul
ous accuracy. Mr. Dyment is sailing
from France with the 91st division
and will be added to the staff of the
northwestern division of the Red
Cross as soon as he arrives in Seattle,
which will probably be late in March,
Lieutenant Dyment, who is on leave
of absence from his regular work as
ean of the school of journalism of the
University of Washington, sailed foi
France in June, 1918, and was as
signed to the 91st division as Red
Cross searcher. Steadfastly refusing
requests from the Red Cross to un
dertake important administrative
tasks, he chose rather to remain with
the 91st division and secure informa
tion for the people of the Northwest
concerning the men who are not re
turning. In many instances Mr. Dy
ment will be able to give exact in
formation as to where the casualty
occurred, what the man and his unit
were endeavoring to do at the time,
details of the casualty, exactly where
the man is buried if he was killed out
right, and names of American ad
dresses of one or more men who saw
the man killed or wounded.
Bringing Detailed Maps
Mr. Dyment is bringing with him
from France detailed maps on which
he will be able to show exactly what
every part of the 91st was doing
throughout the two offensives in
which it participated while he was at
tached to it. He will also be able in
many cases by the use of these maps
to show relatives of men who were
killed exactly where they are buried.
Mr. Dymet will serve the north
western division of the Red Cross
through the courtesy of the University
of Washington which gave him leave
of absence for foreign service and
which has extended this leave to per
mit him to carry on this important
work. He was formerly Northwest
editor of the Oregon Journal and
later Professor of Journalism at the
University of Oregon.
Letters to Mr. Dyment should be
addressed in care of the Northwestern
Division, American Red Cross, White
Building, Seattle. It should be re
membered that his information is con
fined to men of the 91st division.
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Efficiency and economy are the aims
of a new automatic device for mixing
gas and air for industrial gas appli
ances so that a constant flame of even
temperature is maintained.
i COMPILATION
i OF ROYALTY
: IS DIFFICULT
i
s PARIS, Feb. 10 (Correspondence of
• the Associated Press).—The swift
: march of history which has reduced
to waste paper value most of the ex
1 Isting works of reference about Eu
• ropean state affairs has been too rapid
1 for the old Almanach de Gotha. In
1 peace times this compendium of statis
tical data concerning princes and pot
1 entates and their dominions went to
press about the end of October, when
1 its information was supposed to hold
1 good for another year, and it gener
ally did, barring some coup d’etat or
other in South America.
Now, however, its issue for 1919,
which went to the printers in Decem
, her, is affected in several important
respects by sudden developments in
volving many of the former ruling
houses of Europe.
Amusing to students of Germany’s
eastern border policy is the naive pref
atory remark that “the editors regret
that after having prepared three new
articles on Finland, Poland and the
Ukraine, they were obliged to cancel
all three, owing to the change in the
course of events.”
In other words, Prince Frederick
Charles of Hesse, brother-in-law of
the former German emperor, will
never seat himself upon the throne of
Finland, and there is to be no Prus
sian predominance in Poland and the
Ukraine. •
The downfall of the houses of Ho
henzollern and Hapsburg has not
caused the compilers of the Almanach
much racking of brains. The prefix
“ex” is apparently held to be suffi
cient to define the present status of
William II and Charles I, although
the former is still credited with his
full fifty-three titles and the latter is
still styled, among other things, “king
of Jerusalem, prince of Trentino and
lord of Trieste.”
Much the same treatment is given
to the score of German princes and
princelings who abdicated. They ap
pear in the Almanach as they were—
but for the “ex.”
Democratic infiltration in Germany
has set in from the top, instead of
from the bottom. For although the
administrative branches of the Ger
man government are filled with the
usual array of excellencies, professors
and councillors, yet at the head of the
government stand the names of Ebert,
Scheidemann, Dittman, Landsberg
and Barth. Nobody is supposed to
care about their Christian names.
The German national colors are still
given as black, white and red, and the
war flag still blazons the Prussian
eagle.
This year “provisional” govern
ments abound. There is Poland, de
scribed in the Almanach as “an an
cient kingdom,” whose “chief” is Gen.
Pilsudski. Finland, “formerly grand
duchy,” has no president, hut Gen.
Mannerheim is the present "regent.”
The Ukraine is described as "a con
stitutional monarchy on a republican
basis, with General Skoropadski as
hetman. A footnote, however, ex
plains that "according to news re
ceived December 15, 1918, the hetman
has abdicated and the power is in the
hands of a directorate consisting of
Winnitshensko, Petliura, Schwetz and
Andreievaki.”
Russia, or, to give it its modern
name, the “Federative Socialistic Re
public of Russian Soviets,” at whose
head Lenine (Vladimir OulianofT) and
Trotzky (Leon D. Bronstein) figure, is
in a chaotic state as far as its inter
nal administration is concerned. The
Almanach enumerates the eleven
“more or less independent” states into
which the empire has fallen, as fol
lows: Poland, Lithuania, Baltic
ir '•
states (Courland, Livonia and Es
thonla), Finland, Ukraine, Bessarabi(
(occupied by Rumania), Georgia
Northern Caucasus, Territory of th(
Don and Territory of Astrakhan, Tur
kestan and Siberia.
Vanished are the pomp and panopl)
of the sonorous-sounding names of tht
Russian aristocracy that once filled
the higher administrative posts in the
old empire. The seven members ol
the "council of commissaries of the
people” are immediately followed by
the dignitaries of the Greek Catholic
church, if there are any excellencies
or other functionaries or officials in
present-day Russia, the Almanach
does not give them.
As for the diplomatic corps at Pet
rograd, all the ambassadors and min
isters, except one from Spain, are
significantly designated as “absent.”
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GOVERNMENT TAKE8 OVER
VOLCANIC RESEARCH WORK
HONOLULU, March 21.—The w»rk
of volcanology investigation conducted
at the active volcano of Kilauea, on
the island of Hawaii, for several years
past by the Hawaiian Volcano Re
search Association, has been taken
over by the United States government,
according to word received here from
Washington, and hereafter will be di
rected by the weather bureau of the
department of agriculture. Professor
Thomas Jabber Jr. will continue in
charge of the work at Kilauea.
The Hawaii Volcano Research Asso
ciation has retained title to its prop
erly at the volcano but has granted
free use of all its equipment to the
weather bureau.
Professor Jagger has so thoroughly
learned the many varying moods of
Kilauea that for months ahead he ac
curately predicts the movements of
the groat pillar of lava in the central
fire pit of the volcano.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
ACCOUNT
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court, Cordova Precinct, Territory
of Alaska (In Probate).
In the Matter of the Estate of Gun
nard Johnson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that V. G.
Vance, administrator of the estate of
Gunnard Johnson, deceased, has ren
dered and presented for settlement to,
and filed in the probate court of said
Cordova precinct, his final account as
such administrator, and that Tuesday,
the 15th day of April, 1919, at 10
o’clock a. m., at the court room of our
said probate court at Cordova, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the pro
batasourt for the settlement of the
dnal account, at which time and place
any person interested in said estate
may appear and file his exceptions in
writing to the said final account and
contest the same.
Witness the Hon.
(Seal) A. J. ADAMS,
Judge of the said Probate Court, and
the seal of said Court affixed, this
NOTICE
The registration book of the town
- of Cordova will be open at my office,
in the corner store, Michelson & Cur
rier building, First street, Cordova,
every day from 12 o’clock noon until
8 p. m.
The registration book will be closed
at 4 o’clock p. m. Saturday, March
29, 1919.
C. H. LAMPREY, Registrar.
Keist Furniture
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New and Second-Hand
Household Goods
OUR PRICE8 ARE RIGHT
Next door to Alaeka 8. 8. Office
SMITH &
M’CONAGHY
Plumbers and
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Phones—Residence, 116; Office, 133
DR. W. H. CHASE I
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store.
Residence, Alaska Hotel.
DR. W. D’ARCY CHACE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
WINDSOR HOTEL
Hours:
1 p. m. to 3 p. m. and 7 p. m. to 8 p. m.
O-o
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Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
DENTISTRY
# Special attention to
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^ PHONE 200
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
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AT LAW
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CORDOVA. ALASKA
DONALD C. FAIRMAN
Will accept a limited number of
pupils for
PIANO INSTRUCTION
Studio, Empress Bldg. Phone-19-3
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MRS. T. N. HUBBERT
TEACHER OF VOICE AND PIANO
Residence:
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Adjustment
Company
K. G. ROBINSON, Mgr.
• Collections, Reports,
Insurance
Ostrander Bldg., Cordova, Alaska
NEW NEEDLE ART SHOP
All kinds of Stamped Em
broidery Goods, Fancy Knitting
Yarns. Sweaters and Socks
knit to order.
Lessons Given in
EMBROIDERY, KNITTING
AND CROCHET WORK
IDA DOWALDER.
C St., Adams Bldg.
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Auntie Keating’s
Wee
Shop
has outgrown It* original
location, and has reifioved
Into the
WILLIAM8 BUILDING
First 8tre*t
with a complete line of
Men’s, Women’s and Chil
dren’s Goods.
Come In and look my
stock over.
TOKENS OF RESPECT
A well conducted funeral is a
token of respect to the deceased.
Our methods of conducting a
funeral have given us an oppor
tunity to serve you In a manner
that will command respect. We
are equipped to serve you satis
factorily.
K. E. HOLDEN PARLOR
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! Cordova 1
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INSURANCE
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BOND8
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FOR SALE
New Boat Hulls
Pish and Clam Power Boat
Hulls now ready at shop on Sec
ond street, next to jail building.
E. D. LACY
Alaska
Barber
Shop
Has been removed to Kenny
Holden’s pool room, where the
best of service will be given.
Two chairs, with Frank Cun
ningham and Ben Sherman,
formerly of Fairbanks, always
on the Job.
WINDSOR HOTEL
L. WALN, Prop.
WHERE YOU GET
COMFORT AND SERVICE
And the Rates Are Right.
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