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CAPITAL STOCK $25,000
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Our Stockholders Are
S. BLUM GEORGE C. HAZELET
M. BROCK FRED GLASBRENNER
A. E. LATHOP DELIA LYONS
JAFET LINDEBERG
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(By Associated Press Correspondence)
KARLSRUHE, Germany, Feb. 8—
At night, when the searchlights flit
from trench to trench of the- enemy j
and when gunners send shells Intoi
hostile works which during the day !
have been singled out for their at
tention, the human mole—the pioneer
—goes tojvork. The present war at
close quarters have made It Imposso
[ ble for him to labor in daylight. Not
alone is every part of the field scru
| tlnized with powerful glasses by the
• observation officers, but men in aero
' planes are also constantly on the
' lookout for a red or brown scar on
\ the landscape that might show pio
| neers busy at work digging trench
‘ es.
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Contrary to general belief, trenches
are but seldoui dug by the infantry
men nowadays. The little spades
they carry serve for the sole purpose
of throwing up cover when during an
attack the firing line, owing to super
iority of fire from the enemy’s posi
tion, must intrench Itself superficially
until reinforcements can be brought
up. The trenches of the permanent
positions are dug by the pioneers, as
also the approach of trenches, bomb j
proofs and tunnels, which make up
modern “position-fight’ line.
What it means to be a pioneer Is
well told in a letter which has just J
been published In the German presH. |
The writer explains that the division ;
staff had thought it advisable to ad
vance closer to the French position, j
Before this could be done a trench j
had to be dug; otherwise the infantry |
sent there would have, been mowed
down by the fire from the other side.
The locality of the proposed trench
lay between the French and German
trenches.
“So we left the half-ruined little vil
lage on the banks of the canal,
reached the highway, and labored
through the deep mud and around
the holes blown in the ground by the
shells.” continues the pioneer. "About
us hummed bullets which seemed to
have lost their way, and the spades
beat gently against the rifles
“After wading through muddy fields
we crossed a pontoon bridge, upon
which our steps resounded in dull con
cussions. Later we entered along the
sphere of the English bullets, and had
to get into the ditch along the road
to escape them. After that we cross
ed more muddy fields, crept through j
barbed wire fences, and finally reached
the spot.
“There we deployed and went to
work. It had started to rain again
unu me ground we worsen m Decame
softer than it had been. We worked j
like maniacs to get. cover against the
(ire of the enemy. Though is was [
dark the bullets hit the walls of n ■
nearby house like hail.
‘‘After a while the (Ire grew worse.
‘Lay down!’ came the command. We
rested soft enough in the mud, but
there was a nasty smell abont it. For j
ten minutes we waited In this posi
tion, and then resumed our work.1
Some of the ground we were on had j
been filled in, it seemed, for after a I
while we hit a layer of brick frag- j
ments, which seriously retarded our j
progress.
“The trench we were digging was
only 180 to 200 feet from the trench
of the enemy, gome of the bravest of
whom had perched themselves in the j
crowns of some willow trees and were
popping awny at us.
“But a winter thunder storm came j
to our aid; its downpour caused the
ardor of the men in the trees to cool.
“We kept on with our work to the j
accompaniament of the incessant ;
heavy artillery fire from both sides.
Now and then the bombardment would
develop into a long, rolling cannonade.j
Shrieking nnd howling, the projectiles !
rushed through the air above us, to j
explode on either side with terrific
crushes.
"Meanwhile we had buried ourselves j
well in the earth, and when the rain S
ceased and the bullets began to come
again from the willow trees they could
no longer molest us With loud
splashes they hit the Boft loam about
us, but we were below the level of
the parapet we had thrown up.
"Another half hour and our work
I
was done. We had not a dry threa
on our bodies, and covered with mm
from head to foot, wo returned to ou
quarters, accompanied by the hum
mlng of the bullets which aped nbou
us.
"Now and then there were stars ii
the clear sky—the same stars as a
home. Rut they look upon a differ
ent scene. To the right of us i
senrchllght lit up the ruins of dr
stroyed towns and viltgaes in shari
contrasts. 1 thanked Rod that suel
a fate had been spared my home.”
DISEASE CLAIMS MORE
MEN IRAN GUN FIRE
(Ry Associated Press Correspondence
LONDON, Feb. 8 Notwithstanding
modern medical science, eighty pel
cent of deaths in the present wai
are due to disease as against twentj
per cent due to gun tire. These ar<
the figures compiled by Dr. F. N
Snndwlth, writing in the current is
sue of “The Hospital.” This same
proportion obtained during the Rus
so-Turklsh war of 1877-78. During
the American civil war there werf
throe deaths from disease to every onf
from wounds, that is to say, a mor
tality due to disease of sixty-six and
two-thirds per cent.
During the French expedition in
Madagascar In 1895, according to the
writer, only twenty-nine deaths oc
Rurreil in action as against seven
thousand who died by disease. In
the United States army during thr
war with Spain fourteen died of dis
sase to every one killed In action, al
though the war lasted a little more
than six weeks. In the Boer war
the losses from disease were enor
mous, notwithstanding the improve
ments in military hygiene then In
force.
The Japanese, however, during the
wnr with Husain, were able by exereis
ng the most, scrupulous care to re
verse the ratio. In the case of their
troops only one man died of disease
to every four who died of wounds.
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I By Associated I’ress Correspondence)
DUNKIRK, Fed. 8—The activities
jf the highly efficient German sharp
shooters have been responsible for a
arge proportion of the casualties of
the French and British armies during
the past two months. Lieutenant
il. G. Vouzier, of the French army,
whites of these sharpshooters:
"During the past three weeks 1
tiave lost more men by the sniper
ban I did in three stiff engagements
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links. Half a mile from the club
louse we are bunkered and nicely un
ler cover, but immediately one of us
shows a head a bullet whizzes past.
In one day ten were hit. and for the
life of us we could not locate the
place where their snipers were con
sealed. At last we found it: four
tiundred yards In front of us in the
ipen were several prominent tufts oi
grass; one of my men fired into one
if these tufts and a sniper fell into
view mortally wounded. A hundred
yards to the right was another tufl
which we demolished with a fusillade
of shots. When It was dark we
found there two dead Germans whc
were warmly clad and wrapped In
rugs.
“We decided to Imitate the tacticr
of the Germans. Two of our mer
volunteered to become water rats
just as the Germans had become fieh
mice. Under cover of darkness the)
wormed themselves into the bank a’
he water edge of a stagnant pond
and the next day they picked of
many Germans before they were dls
covered "
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TRY THIS FOR YOUR
STOMACH'S SAKE
Remember George Washington -am
come to the restaurant in tin
Ranter Grand, Monday, February 22
any time between 2 and 10 p. m. am
get all the sandwiches, pickles coffee
ice cream, and cake you can eat fo
50 cents. Woman’s Society of Churcl
Workers.
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Kinney has a corner on Coffee
What we mean is COFFEE, not tin
wishy-wlshy kind you have beei
buying and nicknamed coffee. Om
can of Dwight. Edwards will convince
, The withdrawn! of two tracts of
land for government railway town
site purposes not heretofore noted
hy telegraph or through the press was
made public last week by the receipt
of a formnl notice by the register
and receiver of the Fairbanks land
, office from the commissioner of the
general (land office at Washington,
D. C.
President Wilson signed the execu
tive order at the White House De
cember 7th, and the lands described
are withdrawn from settlement, lo
cation, snle or entry or other dlsposi
tlon and are reserved for townslte pur
poses and for other purposes in con
nection with the construction and
operation of railroad lines under the!
act of March 12. 1914.
ruuuwiuK i« me omciai aescrip ;
tlons given:
"Fish Creek. A tract on the Yu
kon river near the mouth of Fish
creek described as follows: Begin
ning at a point at high-water mark
on the south bank of the Yukon river
one-half mile below the mouth of
Fish creek (approximately latitude
65 degrees, 20 minutes, 3 seconds, lon
gitude 151 degrees, 1 minute, 30 sec
onds-; running thence clue south one
half mile; thence clue east one and
a half miles; thence due north two
miles; thence clue west one and one
half miles; thence In a southerly di
rection to point of beginning.
“Tanana River, A tract on the
north bank of the Yukon river oppo
site the month of the Tanana river,
described as follows. Beginning at
a point marked by an iron plug set
in a stone monument placed on the
right bank of the Yukon river, about
thirty feet above low water mark,
said monument being 877',4 feet from
the flagstaff of Fort Gibbon on a
bearing of south 71 degrees east mag
netic, the said point being the initial
point of the boundary of the Fort Gib
bon Military Reservation (Executive
order of July 19, 9105); running thence
in a northerly direction along the
eastern boundary of the Fort Gibbon
Military Reservation (Executive or
der of July 19. 1905, and July 25,
1908) to a point one and one-half
miles north of the starting point;
thence due east to tbe low water
mark on the Yukon river; thence a
long the line of said low water mark
in a southerly and westerly direction
to a point due south of point of begin
nnig."
The reservation of these sites would
indicate the purpose of the engineers
to make a crossing of the Yukon river
at one of these points; at least they
Indicate that the engineers think
enough of the sites for railway pur
poses to withhold them from further
entry.
The Kish creek referred to seems to
| be a small stream which flows into
j the Yukon river just opposite Raven
mountain and just below Dragon is
land, about midway between Tanana
and Rampart. The river at that
point is not so very narrow, but the
banks are high and solid, affording a
splendid bridge crossing site. It has
always been believed locally that the,
railway would have to cross tils Yu
kon river in the Rampart country and
this reservation at the mouth of Kish
creek would indicate that the spot
tentatively selected is the mouth of
Kish creek.
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FORMER MARSHAL TO
BE BROUGHT NORTH
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John It. Kilday, who was secret 1%
indicted by the grand jury at Iditarod
last summer, was recently placed un
#»
der arrest in Southern California on
papers forwarded from Alaska in
proper form. The charge against
I him If embezzlement by bailee, the
. specific crime charged being that he
, failed to turn over certain moneys on
I trusted to him by the Kuskokwim
, Commercial Company. Kilday lin
- mediately appeared before the Cali
, fornla authorities and put up a bond
for appearance at the next term of
court at Iditarod, which will be next
June. Notice of the acceptance of
> the bond has been received at Kair
1 banks by the clerk of the court.
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