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LONDON, Jan. 2 (Correspondence
of the Associated Press).—Colonel T.
E. Lawrence of the British army, who
recently arrived in London with a son
of the sherif of Mecca to give Infor
mation concerning the Arabs’ aspira
tions for independence, is character
ized by some London newspapers as
“one of the most remarkable men pro
duced by the war.”
A fair-haired young Englishman of
29, smallish of stature, Colonel Law
rence gave such services to the Arab
cause that he was treated as a sherif
and given the additional rank of emir,
which is equivalent to that of prince.
No other European or Christian, ac
cording to the London Daily M*il, has
ever received such a distincfion at
the hands of the royal family which
Is the' senior descendant of Moham
med. ^
Before the war Colonel Lawrence
was a student of history at Oxford.
As he was able to speak two Arabian
dialects, he was sent by the war of
fice in 1914 to do intelligence work in
Egypt. Later he was assigned to aid
in the negotiations with the l^ing of
the Hedjaz, who revolted agaipst the
Turks at Medina in June, 1916, after
ward joining the sherif’s military
service. He adopted the full Arab
f^ld kit of flowing robe, headpiece
and golden dagger.
With Sherif Feiseul, he planned the
Mowing up of troop and munitions
trains on the Hedjaz line, and'-io suc
cessful were their operations that the
Turks put a price on their heads of
$85,000 each if taken alive, and $35,
000 dead. «
They blew up seventeen trains, one
a great troop train which contained
Djemal Pasha, commander-in-chief ot
the Turkish army, and his staff. For
this train Colonel Lawrence lay in
wait for nearly three days and nights.
Several trains were permitted to
pass in safety. Then came the big
one, and Colonel Lawrence pressed a
button that set off a mine. The two
huge engines were toppled into a ra
vine and the train was wrecked. Dje
mal Pasha’s car, near the end, was
derailed, and the commanderdn-chief
was launched into space. Uninjured,
he picked himself up from the sand
and fled for life, tearing of( «Mu ran
his medals, decorations and epau
lettes. These were found later and
given to Colonel Lawrence.
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In the flood of Gold creek, near Ju
neau, last September, it has devel
oped that all the trout planted in
that stream were washed out. To re
plash the fish, members of the Alaska
Fish and Game Club have planted
20,000 Colorado brook trout, hatched
and developed in the experimental
hatchery of the club at Juneau.
PITCHER BURRY
IS RECOVERING
FROMWOUND
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 4.—Paul E.
Burry, former pitcher for Notre Dame
University, who passed up a three
year contract with the New York Gi
ants when he volunteered for army
service in October, 1917, is recovering
from a wound at Fort Benjamm Har
rison, near here. Burry was wounded
in the hip at Verdun, when an Aus
trian shell exploded near a group of
eighteen men. Of the eighteen men,
Burry alone escaped death. He has
recently recovered and hopes to be
able to go south with the Giants in
the spring.
Burry entered service with Hank
Gowdy of the Boston Braves. He and
Gowdy, as the battery, won the base
ball championship of the American
expeditionary forces for the Twenty
third infantry.
At Notre Dame Burry wrs a four
letter man, but baseball was his
strong point. He was picked up by
a scout for the Giants after an 18
inning contest with the University of
Michigsfft. He was beaten in that
game, 3 to 2, by Georgy. Sisler, who
was signed up by the St. Louis Amer
icans.
Iowa Football Team
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Feb. 4.—Fred H.
Lohman of Fort Madison, Iowa, a
junior in medicine, will lead the 1919
football eleven of the University of
Iowa. "He played halfback on the 1918
team and was regarded as one of the
greatest line plungers in the Western
Conference. Besides Lohman, it now
seems probable that Coach Jones will
have Slater, Kelly, Belding, Parking,
Sunhorst, Heldt, Mockmore, Block,
Sykes, Justin, Cumberland and Smith
as veterans around whom the 1919
eleven will be constructed.
Football at Minnesota U.
MINNEAPOLIS', Feb. 4.—Football
prospects at the University of Minne
sota for 1919 will be considered at
the annual Gridiron feast, to be held
soon. The captain of the eleven may
be elected at the banquet, as several
stars have one more year to play and
will not be able to attend. They are
still in military service.
Coach Williams has received word
froth "Shorty” Long, quarterback,
that he will return next fall. Long
and Wyman are with the American
army of occupation. No word, how
ever, has been received from Wyman.
It is expected that Parker Ander
son, halfback in 1916, and Theron Ge
row, both back from France, will re
turn to school. Frank Mayer, ail-con
ference tackle, also' will attend the
university, but he has several irregu
larities in his conference record.
"There is a chance that these will be
cleared up,” said Coach Williams.
Boxing at St. Paul
ST. PAUL, Feb. 4.—The St. Paul
Athletic Club may receive the exclu
sive privilege for conducting boxing
bouts in this city. The suggestion
that the club take over the privilege
was made by Frank B. Thompson,
chairman of the state athletic com
mission, who said individuals and pri
vato clubs that have staged bouts
did not conduct them satisfactorily.
Local promoters have declared that
it is impossible to successfully pro
mote boxing bouts because two-thirds
of the enthusiasts insit upon being
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IDAHO IS AIDING
SOLDIERS TO GET JOBS
BOISE, Ida., Feb. 3 (by Associated
Press).—Counties of Idaho are or
ganizing labor bureaus to aid return
ing soldiers and sailors to obtain em
ployment. W. J. Libby, employment
agent for Boise, and chairman of the
Ada county bureau Bays that his
bureau is co-operating with the coun
ty council of defense. A complete
consus of all oportunities and open
ings for work in the county is being
made, and a ^complete record is to
be made.
A register for returning soldiers
and sailors with their requirements
is also kept. Mr. Libby says that each
county in the state is to be handled
in this way. The organisation of
these bureaus was requested by the
United States department of labor for
this specific purpose and the people
of the state have been found more
than willing to cooperate. Soldiers
are coming in rapidly and are testing
the efficlnecy of the organisation.
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DOGS RENDER
GREATSERVICE
TO SOLDIERS
LONDON, Dec. 29 (Correspondence
Jf the Associated Press).—England’s
Jog army rendered gallant service in
the war. Many a soldier owes his life
to some poor, uncared-for stray dog.
For nearly two years dogs were em
ployed by the British as messengers,
as sentries and as guards.
Early in 1917 a war dog school of
instruction was established by the
British war office, and Lieutenant
Colonel Richardson, who has devoted
his life to training dogs for military
and police purposes, was appointed
commandant of the school. Game
keepers, hunt servants and shepherdB
were called up from the army to as
sist in the work of instruction.
After a thorough training in Eng
land the dogs were sent to Prance,
and on the battlefields their skill, cour
age and tenacity amazed the army.
Often wounded in the performance of
their duties, they never faltered while
strength remained to carry on. The
official record of their heroic work
tells of successful message-carrying
through darkness, mist, rain and shell
fire over the most difficult ground. In
a few minutes’ time the dogs have
brought messages over ground that
would take a soldier runner hours to
cross.
During the great German advance
last spring part of the British line in
front of a famous French town was
cut off by severe enemy barrage. A
messenger dog was released with an
urgent appeal for reinforcements. It
ran two miles in ten minutes. The
result was that a French colonial divi
aion was Bent up and prevented a dis
aster. The messenger was a High
land sheep dog.
Another dog with a message ran
nearly four miles in twenty minutes,
and still another in the same time
carried back from the front a map of
an important captured position, when
a man would have taken an hour and
a half to bring it in.
The dogs which have been found
most successful in war work are col
lies, sheep dogs, lurchers and Aire
dale, and crosses of these varieties,
while in a number of cases Welsh
and Irish terriers have given excellent
results.
The work of sentry dogs has been
valuable, especially in the Balkans.
One gave warning of an enemy about
300 yards away. On many occasions
dogs have given warning of enemy
patrols long before the soldier sen
tries were aware of their presence.
Large numbers of dogs have been
used for guard duty, many on the
Italian front.
BIG MONEY FOR CABBAGE
AS RED CROSS BENEFIT
Alaska-grown cabbage sold at the
rate of $25 a head at Rampart re
cently, at a sale held for the benefit
of the Red Cross. Rampart has but
thirty-five white residents.
GOVERNOR OF* .EOF MAN
RETIRES FROM OFFICE
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Feb. 4 (by
Associated Press).—Lord Raglan has
resigned the governorship of the Isle
of Man after sixteen years of service.
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French lessons, private and class,
for children and adults. Ida Dcwald
er, experienced teacher. Adams build
ing, C street. 34-3t
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