RUSSIAN WAIFS
MAKING TRIP
AROUND WORLD
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Voyaging around the
world to reach their homes, 780 Rus
sia waifs, all that have been account
ed for of probably 6,000 children sent
out of Petrograd by their parents when
revolution gripped the old Russian cap
itol, are on their way from San Fran
cisco to New York by way of the Pan
ama canal. They came from Vladi
vostok under the care of the American
Red Cross of which they have been
wards for twro years. They are going
back to Petrograd after suffering and
wanderings that for some of them
have blotted out every recollection of
their parents, the places of their
birth or even their own names.
^Speaking of the experience of the
children, who range in age from 3 to
17 years, a statement by the Red
Cross said:
“The long sea journey w-rites the
longest chapter in the history of wan
erings and adventure in a revolution
torn country, that can hardly be
matched in the whole record of the
wTorld upheavel in the last six yers,”
the announcement says. “It seems al
^ most a tale out of the Old Testament
or Greek mythology and a thousand
years from now, it is perhaps not too
much to say the Russians with their
dramatic instinct and mysticism will
have made it a part of their rich folk
* lore.”
When the revolution oroKe out in
Russia the report continued, many par
ents in Petrograd .decided to send the
youngsters into peaceful Siberia “un
til the trouble was over.” They were
sent east in charge of nurses and
teachers.
Later, a barrier of fire marking the
battle lines of the opposing Russian
and Czech armies had been stretched
between the youngsters and their for
mer homes. Months passed. Winter
arrived, funds were exhausted and
hunger and war horrors menaced the
wanderers. The Omsk government
appealed to for help, passed it on to
the Red Cross.
Group after group was taken over
by the Red Cross, which established
colonies in western Siberia and had
apparently solved the problem of car
ing jjpr its charges when the battle
line swayed eastward and the Bol
shevilti captured town after town.
Groups of the children barely escaped
capture. Finally it was decided to
take them to Vladivostok.
“Three trains of specially equipped
box cars with a guard of American 1
doughboys transported the precious
cargo on a journey lasting several
weeks through a country stripped en
tirely bare of provisions,” the report
continued. “It may be said that ingen
uity was taxed to the utmost in ob
taining supplies, .avoiding disease ep
idemic areas and evading other troub
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Finally the children were settled at
Russian islands in Vladivostok harbor
in barracks with German and Aus
trian prisoners pressed into service
to do the heavy work. Schools and
hospitals were established, natural tal
ents were cultivated and thirteen of
the larger girls took a course of train
ing which fitted them as -nurses. Sev
eral youngsters showed unusual abil
ity at music, painting and dancing.
The children will visit Panama
Canal ports and in New York City on
their way home.
Sitka, one of the oldest and most
interesting towns of Alaska, was
made an incorporaed town by action
5>f the United States district court.
An election for officers and a city
council will take place at the office
of the United States commissioner at
Sitka on August 31.
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BALDY TOO OLD
ANSWER CALL
TRAIL WORK
Up in Alaska eager young mala
mutes still run the annual sweep
stakes over icy steppes from the Ber
ing to the Arctic; miners crowd the
roadhouses en route, and wager their
thousands on the outcome, but Baldy,
who for eight years led his team to
victory, now deaf and going blind, lies
basking in the California sunshine,
spending his 14th year dreaming of the
past. He is outographing with his new
biography of himself written by Mrs.
Esther Darling, Alaska pioneer
So says the Seattle Star, 'n intro
duction to a story from Berkely,
California, the story of Baldy’s pres
ent days—and his “regrets" at being
unable to take the lone trail once more
with his fellows of the north.
BEREKELY, Cal.—Once more hafi
come the call to action for the mala
mutes, but “Baldy of Nome,” the
greatest trail dog of them ail is roo old
to respond.
“SCOTTY” ALLAN, MUSHER
“Scotty” Allan, musher, now 51, and
and Baldy, 14 are living quiet lives
together but to them has come an
appeal for dogs from the British im
perial antaractic expedition, which is
to set out tor the south pole soon
under the direction of the Royal
Geographical society from London.
John L. Cook, in charge of the ven
ture, knows that “Scotty” and “Baldy”
know as much about the ways of the
Arctic circle as any two living beings,
and although these two cannot go
themselves, they have told the Britons
where Baldy’s kind are to be found,
and how these doughty beasts can
best be used in penetrating the white
wastes where no other animal can
haul white man’s sleds.
THE SKAGWAY TRAIL
Ever since the early Klondike days
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when 3,000 horses were lost in build
ing 40 miles of trail into Lake Ben
nett, the malamute has been the ex
plorer’s most useful help-meet in the
north. When in the great war provi
sions had to be hauled into the Vosges
to the French or in the Alps to the
Italian troops, the allies sent to Allan
for help, and “Scotty” took 440 husk
ies “overthere,” 26 of whom were sons
and grandsons of Baldy.
THE MALAMUTE
“A malamute is a cross between an
Alaskan wolfe and a dog, and is na
tive to the Malamute tribe of Eski
mos on the Bering,” explained Allan.
“But since the ‘rush’ every native dog
I is called a malamute. The best breed
: is the McKenzie husky. They are
half wolf and half English boar hound.
| Baldy is a mixture of malamute, bird
and fox hound.
THE HUSKY'S STRENGTH
“Five McKenzie huskies can pull as
much as a team of horses. I’ve seen
one dog start a ton on the level, and
it is common for a good husky to pull
half a ton. He can carry a 50- pound
pack all day, and can break a half
inch rope. They don’t eat much. Their
usual diet of fish.”
Baldy’s kin are still in Europe as
guests of the allies, and it is expected
that some of them will be taken on the
British expedition to the Antarctic.
KETCHIKAN GRATEFUL
TO ALASKA S. S. CO.
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At a recent meeting of the Ketchi
kan commercial club it passed resolu
tions expressing its thanks to the
Alaska Steamship company and the
Standard Oil Company.
The Standard Oil Company was
thanked for the manner in which it
had supplied southeastern Alaska
with fuel oil at a time when there
was a grave shortage in the states.
The resolution called attention to the
vital place which fuel oil holds in
Alaska industry, and requested that
the company endeavor to be as gen
erous in the future.
E. T. Stannerd, vice president and
general manager of the Alaska
j Steamship company, and the com
| pany, itself, were thanked in a res
j olution for the manner in which
i they have held space in the south
bound boats from the westward for
fish. When Mr. Stannerd was here
recently he was informed of the dif
ficulty experienced in shipping fish.
He promised to reserve space for 400
cases on each westward boat south
bound. Owing to a depression in
the fresh fish market, space has not
been used in its entirety, but never
theless the company has continued
to reserve it. The space will be
available as soon as the market im
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