FRENCH CAPITAL
(United Press Staff Correspondence.)
PARIS, Feb. 12 (by mail).—Every
measure is being taken in Paris to
safeguard the inhabitants against the
further incursions of the aerial Bosche.
Even the ancient catacombs, ex
cavated by the Romans, after Caesar's
invasion of Gaul, are to offer their
impregnable roofs in defense of hu
man life. In addition, the result of
a prompt and efficacious study of the
air bomb situation made by the civil
and military authorities will utilize
rofuge, public and private, to cheat
the ghoulish desire of the enemy to
slay defenseless ones.
A program of complete frankness,
an appeal to the people together with
a statement of “what is to be,” just
issued to the public by the authorities,
is the talk of Paris. Nothing is hidden
or attempted in the combined in
junction against air-raid carelessness,
it. says:
'In general, the inhabitants of
dwellings of more than four stories
will find their cellars a safe refuge.
In dwellings of less than four floors,
the security being less, the inhabi,
tants, if they judge themselves insuf
ficiently unprotected, may find in their
neighborhoods refuge in shelters pre
pared for the public.
“No matter what the nature of the
dwelling, it is urgently requested of
those who prefer to remain in their
homes, to keep away from the win
dows and proximity of windows. It
has been determined that in the last
raid (Dec. 30-31) the major part
of the unhappy victims were struck,
either on public ways or while at
windows It is counselled also not to
remain in the vicinity of staircases
"As for shelters which are to be put
at the service of the public in Paris
and suburbs: these are of two kinds:
public shelters and private ones. Per
sons surprised In the street must
calmly direct themselves toward the
nearest shelter or, unable to reach
this, place themselves against'a wall
er in a niche of some character.
“The private shelters will be estab
lished wherever the authorities con
sider necessary, open day and night.
In fact the government has decided
that the military authority may requis
ition, in any quarter, a number of cel
lars belonging to private houses.
“The identity of these shelters will
be known by large printed posters and
at night by blue lights placed in front
of the houses, doors of which in case
of alarm, will be opened. The co-oper
ation and patriotic willingness of the
people will facilitate this organization.
“The government prescribes that a
certain number of public shelters such
as, the catacombs, quarries, sewer
.chambers, crypts of certain monu
ments, etc., of which the lists will be
widely published, shall be opened for
those who do not feel secure at home,
or those surprised in the street. In
addition a certain number of under
ground railway stations and portions
of neighboring tunnels will be avail
able for refuge. In case of an “alerte”
all underground trains will be stopped
at the nearest station and the electric
current of the third rails will be cut
off. It does not appear prudent to
open all underground stations; several
are not deep enough to afford ade
quate protection.
“The government considers that
measures already outlined are neither
definite nor complete. It goes with
out saying that further experience
may cause modifications. An expert
commission composed of both military
and civil authorities will study the
situation further. But it has been al
ready decided to continue precautions
against dangerous lighting of Paris,
the suburbs, railway stations and rail
ways. Parisians, therefore will not be
stirprised to find gas and electric
lights usually brilliant, painted blue
but remaining lighted even in case of
alarm. Private lights must be ex
tinguished entirely. The government
appeals to the population In order that
each one will apply immediately and
with good grace to the necessary dis
cipline on all the above points.”
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Three soldiers at Skagway are
charged with breaking into the gov
ernment warehouse and stealing the
carcass of a hog and disposing of it to
Tong. The three soldiers involved are
Ray Carpenter, Golden Workman and
Edward Sponger. The three men and
Tong are held in custody.
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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.
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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
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KETCHIKAN WOMAN LOST
FROM SHIP JEFFEHSON
Mrs. F. .1. Chapman, wife of Fred
Chapman, of tho Ketchikan Steam
Laundry, was reported missing from
the steamer Jefferson on which she
was traveling with Mr. Chapman from
Seattle to Ketchikan, when the steam
er docked at Ketchikan.
II. A. Itice. manager of the Revilla
Hotel, was also a passenger on board
the steamer, and was one of the per
sons who last saw Mrs. Chapman be
fore her disappearance. He said that
the steamer left Seattle on Tuesday
morning at 10:30. Shortly before noon
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman and Mr. Rice
were conversing for about twenty min
utes, awaiting the dinner gong, when
Mrs. Chapman rose, excused herself,
presumably to seek her cabin. A few
minutes later the gong rang and Mr.
Rice went down to the dining room.
On coming up on deck later he was
accosted by Mr. Chapman, who asked
if he had seen anything of Mrs. Chap
man. Mr. Rice replied in the nega
tive and the search was started. The
ship was visited from top to bottom
but no trace of the missing woman
was found, and it is believed that in a
fit of melancholia she jumped over
board, choosing the noon hour when
the decks wore deserted to escape
being seen.
Mrs. Chapman, was taken south sev
eral months ago for medical treatment
and had been pronounced cured. Mr.
Chapman went south to take her for
a trip to complete her recovery, but
she begged to be taken home, and Mr.
Chapman was obliged to comply with
her request. Mr. Rice said that she
appeared very well on board the boat,
and in good spirits, but she had evi
dently been depressed or she would
never have contemplated such an ac
tion. Purser Davidson, of the Jeffer
son, in his report of the affair states
that it would have been impossible
for her to fall overboard accidentally
on account of the height of the rail.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Chapman
is survived by four brothers, Charles
Harris, of Walla Walla; Dick Harris,
of Ketchikan, and iwo in England,
and three sisters, one in England, one
in New York and one in Ganmd» She
was 38 years old, a native of England
and had been married fifteen years to
Mr. Chapman, ten and a half of which
were spent in Ketchikan.
Mrs. Chapman owned considerable
property at Ketchikan and was at all
times a very keen and capable busi
ness woman.
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NOTICE.
i United States of America, Territory of
Alaska, ss. to A. F. Stowe:
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the year 1916
three hundred dollars in labor and im
| provements upon the “Big 4,’’ "Mof
! fett” and "Crow's Nest” lode mining
claims, known as the Big Four group,
which are contiguous and in one
group, situate on right limit of Chitti
stone river, about eight miles from the
mouth thereof, in Nizina mining dis
trict, Chitina recording precinct. Al
aska, the location certificates of which
are found of record in book 9, pages
142, 143 and 144 in the office of the
recorder of Chitina recording precinct,
at McCarthy, Alaska, in order to hold
said claims under the provisions of
section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, and the amend
ments thereto, approved January 22nd,
1880, concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount re
quired to hold said lodes for the period
ending on the 31st day of Dec. 1916.
And if within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice, or
within ninety days after the publica
tion thereof, you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion of such ex
penditure as a co-owner, which
amounts to seventy-five dollars, your
interest in said claims will become
the property of the subscribers, your
co-owners, who have made the requir
ed expenditures, by the terms of said
section.
J. J MILLER.
OSCAR HANSON.
First publication January 22, 1918.
Last publication April 2, 1918,
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