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MATE WAR EXPERIENCES AND
OBSERVATIONS OF
LOWELL MELLET
j United Press staff Correspondent)
.^NDON. February 6 (by mail).
j &T bit of the future unrolled fo
today
■ft. thin Londoner, who sometime
« lese things for his friends, too
I knd. closed his eyes and wen
■mi-trance, out of which he spok
ows:
*T sec an ancient house a Frenc
town with troops all about it. I se
Bloom in which are gathered Gei
mien officers. They are busy and e?
felted in a subdued way, seemingl
rawed by the presence of one who sit
t at the center table, though he seem
I In high spirits and careless of th
| deference the others pay him. H
Ms laps his right hand in a jovial mar
flr ner across the thick shoulders of
w general bending above the table at hi
m side. His left hand hangs at his sid
J in a useless sort of way. By that am
by the upturned gray mustaches I ref
ognize the kaiser. The scowling cour
tenance of the thick-shouldered ger
eral is Hindenburg’s.
Minor officers continually ente
bringing messages. The excitemen
grows. Ever and anon the kaiser slap
the thick shoulders. Hindenbur
doesn’t seem to care much for It am
doesn’t respond to his nominal mas
tar’s emotion. He is giving seriou
study to the reports laid before him
Suddenly the kaiser calls to him
little old spectacled man in uniform
The litle man produces a stenograpl
er's notebook as he comes. To him th
kaiser dictates, gesturing as he speak
the words:
“‘Vorwart mit Gott! My brav
troops, incomparably led by my gei
erals, once again have driven back th
enemies seeking to crush the Fathei
land—’
'It is the great offensive. The Gei
mans are winning.
I hear church bells and I see cit
streets. They are the streets of Bei
lin. From windows flags are bein
flung out and crowds in the streets ar
laughing and shouting. Newsboy
pour out of the alleys with bundles o
extras under their arms and crying
’Gffat Victory on the West Front!
“In the papers you can read pos
tive assertions by Capt. Persius an
Count von Reventlow and othere mi
itary critics that the long-predicte
great events on the West front ar
under way. Soon now the allies mus
give the German people the peace fo
which Germany went to war.
“I see men and women, old an
young, eagerly and yet fearfully sei:
ing the papers. They turn over th
scant pages quickly, but that for whic
they are looking is not there. Th
casualties have not been published!
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-j The amateur seer shook himself
r and opened his eyes.
"Finish the picture," I urged him.
3 “Finish it for yourself,” he replied,
i “What do you think will happen in
t Germany when the people learn the
3 cost of this offensive, figured in the
lives of their men and boys? Es
3 pecially when the most ‘My generals'
3 can show for it is a little dent some
. where or other in the allies' lines and
■- peace no nearer?”
3! There being a war on, 1 went last
3 night to hear a lecture on Henry
» Wadsworth Longfellow. The lecturer
5 was William Henry Hudson, former!
. professor of English literature at Stan-;
, ford, who may be remembered in Cal- j
3 ifornia as one of those who quit Stan-;
3 ford at the time of the rumpus over I
j Prof. Ross. He is now a member of!
. the University of London faculty and
. the lecture was one of the university’s
. extension course. It was given in the
Free Library of Fulham, which isn’t
r far from Chelsea.
( . Among the students in the audience
31 was a soldier who looked to be not
, less than fifty years old. He was a
i grizzled, sturdy citizen in cavalry •
boots and would have seemed more at
3 home bossing a section gang. But he!
followed Prof. Hudson closely, mak-|
, ing constant laborious notes in a tiny;
note book as the professor discussed
j “Hiawatha,” “Evangeline," “The
ji Courtship of Miles Standish," etc. I
. should have liked to see his notes on
; “Hiawatha.”
„! Altogether it was a soothing eve
_ ning. It is a long cry from this war-!
a worried city to;
, i “This is the forest primeval.
“The murmuring pine and the heni
; lock—”
. MUSICAL DECADENCE
OF ITALY LAMENTED
r
—
i ROME, March 22.—Italy’s musical;
J decadence has commenced, according
f to Fausto Torrefraca, interviewed by |
, the Idea Nazionale. “Formerly Italy -
’ exported not only musical instruments, j
- musical publications, operas, songs,
1 and the like, but also singers, artists,;
- choruses, and stage scenery,” he
i stated. “In thirty years she has fallen
a behind in all these branches, and even
t her voice may be said to be failing,
r They are two reasons. One has been
i German competition. We have aban-;
1 doned musical culture. The govern-!
- ment has not done its duty in provid
3 ing proper schools and teachers,
l Both Mascagni and Puccini, our’ best
3 known composers, serve purely decor
” ative roles, without helping.”
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AERIAL BATTLE IN PROGRESS
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above huve been extremely few and have not shown to any sense the graphic
tenseness of an actual air fight that is shown in this photograph. The French
plane at the top is maneuvering for position preparatory to swooping down
on its German adversary. After a short but thrilling machine-gun duel the
Frenchman succeeded In downing the Teuton. The photograph was made
by an observer in another French battleplane.
BUSINESS COHO
IN RUSSU OF TUBS!
WASHINGTON, D. C., .March 21.—
"The Russian farmer is back at
work on the land and living on his
own produce,” reports Charles L.
Preston, a prominent New England
shoe and leather man, who has just
returned from a trip to Vladivostok on
a special mission for the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce, de
partment of commerce. "So far as food
is concerned he is not badly off, but
he is putting very little on the market
He barters for the little he needs in
the way of manufactured goods, but
will not accept money for his pro
duce. He refuses to worry about the
fluctuations in the value of the ruble.’
Mr. Preston, who has spent many
years in Russia, went to Russia on
this occasion in behalf of the govern
ment to find out what could be done
to facilitate the shipment of hides and
skins to the United States, but found
little encouragement for the near fu
ture. Fanners are not allowed tc
kill calves for a period of three years
and only small quantities of othei
hides and skins are being bartered by
the raisers. Old stocks are held in
interior warehouses and by specula
tors, but there are no important sup
plies of hides and skins in or near
Vladivostok.
The business stagnation in Russia
explains Mr. Preston, is due in part tc
the depreciation of the ruble and tc
restrictions on the banks. Transfei
of money by banks from one city tc
another is forbidden, and depositors
are not allowed to draw more thar
250 rubies at a time. In ordinary
times 250 rubles is equal to a trifle
more than $125, but is worth a greal
deal less now.
Developments in the Russian hide
and skin business will continue to re
ceive the careful attention of the bu
reau of foreign and domestic coih
merce, and plans are being made foi
an exhaustive report on the industry
as it existed before the war, and dur
ing the war and on the prospects foi
the future, as soon as such prospects
can be discerned with any certainty.
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loss OF SMIIIFS
TOTHS SO HI CENT
LONDON, March 22.—The German*
have never attempted to challenge or
contradict the statement of Sir Eric
Geddes that between 40 and 50 per
cent of the submarines operating
around the British Isles since the be
ginning of the war have been de
stroyed. The percentage at the pres
ent moment, the Associated Press is
informed, is even higher than the fig
ures given by Sir Eric Geddes, and
the new order of merit established by
the German emperor for submarine
crews that have survived three under
sea expeditions is believed to be de
signed not so much as a rew'ard for
successful achievement as a stimulus
and encouragement to submarine
crews to persist in their unequal com
bat with the British and American
navies.
A WAR RESTRICTION
NKW l ORK, March 22.—No person
I in the province of Brandenburg, of
j which Berlin is the capital, will be per
j mitted to keep horses for other than
i commercial purposes, according to an
order issued by the high command,
says a Berlin despatch of February 2,
published in German newspapers re
ceived here.
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NOTICE
By order of the Attorney General
of the United States:
All Germans who have not taken
out their full citizenship papers must
eport to the postmaster between the
dates of March 18th and 23rd and be
registered.
Aliens will give strict attention to
this notice as any alien who fails to
register will be prosecuted.
\ f F. R. BRENNEMAN,
V . U. S. Marshal.
NUTICE.
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| United States of America, Territory of
Alaska, ss. to A. F. Stowe:
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the year 1916
th;ee hundred dollars in labor and im
provements upon the "Big 4,” “Mof
fett" and “Crow’s Nest” lode mining
cla-ms, 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, C'hitina 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.
ORDINANCE NO. 56.
To select judges for and hold an elec
tion, for selection of candidates for
territorial offices and delegate to
congress from Alaska.
Be it ordained b;i the Common Coun
cil of the Town of Cordova, Alaska:
Section 1. That a primary election
in accordance with Chapter 48, Ses
sion Laws of Alaska. 1917, be held in
Ihe Town of Cordova, Alaska, between
the hours of 8 o’clock a. in. and 7
o’clock p m. on: Tuesday, April 30,
1918.
Section 2. That the polling places for
said election shall be the second floor
of the City Hall on Second Avenue, in
said Cordova.
Section 3. That the Judges of said
election shall be C. S. Bretton, Ben
Osborne and F. H. Foster; and the
Clerks of said election shall be H. B
Wolking and C. M. Rosswog.
This ordinance shall be published
once in the Cordova Daily Times, and
shall become effective and in force on
and after the date of its passage.
Introduced, March 18, 1918.
Rules suspended, March 18, 1918.
Approved, March 13, 1918.
(Town Seal)
W. H. CHASE,
Attest: Mayor-.
EDWARD F. MEDLEY.
Clerk.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that a gen
eral municipal election will be held
n (he town hall at Cordova. Alaska,
>n Tuesday, April 2, 1918. Polls will
be open between the hours of 8 a. in.
and 8 p. m. There will be selected by
the votes of the qualified electors of
said Cordova, seven cottncilmen and a
clerk of the school Doard, and a refer
endum will be taken on an ordinance
adopted by the town council granting
the Cordova Power Company, its suc
cessors and assigns, a franchise to
operate a steam-beating plant in said
town.
The qualifications of a voter for
councilman are as follows: He or she
shall be a citizen of the United States,
or one who has declared his or her
intention to become a citizen of the
United States, over 21 years of age,
who has resided continuously one year
next preceding the date of said elec
tion within the territory of Alaska,
and in the town of Cordova for the
six months next preceding the date of
Said election.
All adults, male and female, who are
citizens of the United States, or who
have declared their intention to be
come citizens of the United States,
and who are residents of the town of
Cordova, are qualified to vote for the
clerk of the school board.
EDWARD F. MEDLEY,
Town Clerk.
ORDER SETTING TIME FOR HEAR.
ING PETITION AND GIVING
NOTICE
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.—In the
Matter of the Alteration of the
boundaries of, tbe en'nrgen-ent of
the corporate ’Units of and the an
nexation of new territory to the
town of Cordova, Alaska, incor
porated.
A petition having this day been pre*
sented to the ubove entitled court for
the purpose of instituting proceedings
resuired by law for the annexation of
territory, therein described, to the *n
corporated town of Cordova, .tlaska;
and it appearing to the court that said
petition is signed by enough qualified
electors of said town to constitute
more than one-fifth of the number of
A-ooes cast at the last municipal elec
tion held in said town, and by more
than five actual residents or owners of
substantial property interests in land
oir possessory rights in land or tide land
or improvements upon land or tide
kind within the limits of the territory
.so proposed to be annexed and in
corporated within the limits of the cor
porate towrn of Cordova aforesaid,
said petition setting forth the boundar
ies of the territory so proposed to be
annexed to said town, and being veri
fied by two of the signers of said peti
tion, and having attached thereto a
plat based upon an actual survey by a
competent surveyor, setting forth the
limits and boundaries thereof by metes
and bounds, and stating the number of
inhabitants therein:
Now, therefore. It appearing to the
court that said petition is in the form
and substance required by law,
It is ordered and decreed that said
petition be heard and considered by
the court on the 15th day of April.
1918, at 10 o’clock a. in. of said day, at
the court room of this court in either
Valdez, Alaska, or said Cordova, if said
j day be a day of jurisdiction in said
; court, or if the same be not a day of
| jurisdiction, then said hearing shall
| be held on the first day of jurisdiction
thereafter. It is further ordered that
notice of such hearing be given by
posting printed or typewritten copies
of this order in three conspicuous
places within the limits of the cor
porate town of Cordova, Alaska, and
by posting such copies in three con
spicuous places within the limits of
the territory so proposed to be an
nexed to and incorporated within the
limits of said town of Cordova, and
by publishing a copy of this order for
four consecutive weeks in the .Cordova
Daily Times, a daily newspaper of gen
eral circulation published in said town
of Cordova, such publication to be
made in said newspaper once each
week until five publications have been
made.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 11th
day of March, 1918.
FRED M. BROWN.
District Judge.
March 12-18-25-Apr. 1-8.
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