WHITE SOX STRONGER
THUN LAST AUTUMN
SAN FRANCISCO, April 16—Some
of the local baseball writers who have
been watching the spring training of
the Chicago Cubs express the opinion
that they are a more promising-look
ing aggregation than they were at
this time last season. Special men
tion is made of their strength in the
pitching department, which includes
he famous Alexander, Jim Vaughn,
George Tyler and Phil Douglas.
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Food will win the war—produce it.
MONTANA WILL HAVE
STATE BALL LEAGUE
GRffAT FALLS, Mont., April 16 —
Montana will have a state baseball
league if plans do not fail, to include
Butte. Great Falls, Helena, Missoula,
Billings and Livingston.
The league would possibly be only
semi-pro in character, but it is felt
that it would be self-supporting, which
no professional league has been in the
state for many years. Exchanges of
views between the cities named are
said to give hope of organization.
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Save food or go on short rations.
WM. MALONEY
Candidate for the Democratic Nomination for Delegate to Congress
at the Primary Election, April 30th, 1918.
Your vote and influence earnestly solicited
MY PLATFORM
, I stand for the General Eight Hour Law.
I stand for the Dry Law as it now is upon the Statute Book.
I stand for honesty and efficiency in public office; and I am unalter
able opposed to machine politics and the rule of the political boss.
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Writing to his parents, Mr. an.i
Mrs. C. S. Bratton, from aboard ship,
as he crossed the Atlantic into the
war zone. Lieutenant W. n. Bratton
gives the interesting detail of his
life aboard ship and shows the dis
regard and lack of fear 0f subma
rines characteristic of the American
soldiers and sailors who make the
trip to Europe. The letter, which will
be of interest to all Americans and
particularly the friends of the young
man, was as follows:
"Feb. 26, 1918.
“Dear Mother: I am writing this
on board the steamship-> bound
for . i know the port I am
going to and you shall know where
I am situated later.
Leave-taking of American soil was
a sad proposition. Everything was
thoroughly military, and no feature
was omitted that would contribute to
our safety. Once on the pier, we re
mained there—once on the ship, no
more pier. 1 carefully wiped my feet
on American soil and went on board
the steamer, in the afternoon we left,
and it seemed that the blast of the
whistle just pulled every sentiment I
owned to the surface. Our good-bye
was from the longshoremen and sol
diers on guard—to “Get the kaiser,”
“Give ’em hell,” and all the other
pleasantries that appeal to the popu
lar Imagination. One last look at the
statue of Liberty, the bright cluster
of lights on Manhattan island, the
battleships in the harbor, and we left
the protection of the harbor. America
had gone. I am on a liner that is
very fine. The food and all accommo
dations are as a modern hotel, the
unusual thing, however, being the
darkness surrounding the' ship. Not
a light shows. Nobody smokes on
deck, any door opening thereon has
the light dimmed, and two hundred
men are constantly guarding the ship
to see that no man exposes a light at
a porthole or does any other thing
that might threaten our safety. We
have drills innumerable. Every boat
and life raft is r«ady to launch, all
instructions for launching have been
given two and even three times a
day, and we have boat and fire drill.
Every man has a station and at,every
drill appears at that stations Tin
idea is, drill until these men 'are let
ter perfect. We even drill at night.
Everyone knows we are not immune
from submarines, but no one worries.
If we are struck the ship will remain
afloat from two to nine hours, and
this is ample time for all to disem
bark.
“We have many nurses on board,
and it is interesting to see their lu
dicrous attempts to drill. Because
this is war time, do not think the
small stunts of every voyage are neg
lected. There is the flirting, and the
lady-killers, the card-playing, the lit
tle gambling, the squabbles, walking
on deck, and everything that is a part
of every voyage. The enlisted men
have organized an orchestra, and give
music at meals, and last Saturday a
concert. Every evening on the deck
above the dining room they haul out
a Victrola, and the nurses plaster onto
some uniform and do something some
people call dancing.
“I have been detailed as com
mander of men who are trained to
operate the two forward guns of this
vessel. They are of the depth bomb
variety, and will destroy any subma
rine if the shells strike within 200
feet of it—really blow it right out of
the water. Each day I put th“ men
through a drill, and starting today 1
go on watch for eight hours. We are
now nearing the danger zone, and the
ships zigzag back and forth so much
mac 1 expect u win oe six aays yet
before we reach England.
‘‘This ship is one of a convoy, all
camouflaged and painted with the
queerest designs. It looks as though
a bunch of queer tropical birds were
on the ocean, all of different plumage.
Following us, ’way out into the ocean,
are some sea birds called ‘Mother Ca
rey’s chickens.’ They are remarkable
little fliers.
"We have had beautiful weather.
Now we are nearing the Gulf stream
and the weather is just like spring.
"The American officers on board
ship make an amusing thing of the
English money system. It i3 very
simple, but if you are near a poker
game, someone will say, ‘l bet a
pound.’ The other, if fortunate, will
say, ‘I raise you a ton.* We are ap
proaching the danger zone, and every
one wears a life belt at all times and
in all places, and orders are issued
that no one is to sleep without his
clothes on. Bugle’•s at all stations
are ready to sound the call to boats.
I am on watch eight hours a day at
the guns, and others are on watch
constantly for signs of submarines.
The weather is beautiful, and I could
not wish for more. I have not been
seasick the whole voyage.
“March 3.—I am near the end of the
voyage. Tomorrow morning we ex
pect to be in port. The torpedo boat
destroyers are with us and they are
the source of much comfort. Each one
of them looks after us nfght and day
and neglects nothing in the patrol
that will insure our safety. It was
juite an imposing thing to see them
coming from below the horizon. First
the smoke, then the signal, and finally
dot after dot enlarging to the out
lines of a destroyer. I am inclosing
the ship’s newspaper, which will in
terest you i! the censor allows it to
pass.
“I shall close now, my dearly be
loved mother, and pray that I shall
return safely to your fond embrace,
and thank God for such a mother and
father. Your only son,
“NORMAN.”
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.
Mabel E. Sprague, plaintiff, vs. Herbert
A. Sprague, defendant.—No. C-133.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting, to Herbert A.
Sprague, the above-named defendant.
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the territory
of Alaska, Third division, within
thirty days after the completion "St
the publication of this summons, to
wit, within thirty days after the 25th
day of April, 1918, and answer the
complaint of Mabel E. Sprague, the
above-named plaintiff, in the above
entitled cause, which cause is an ac
tion for divorce in one of the cases
prescribed by law wherein the plaintiff
prays for a decree dissolving the bonds
of marriage between herself and you,
and for such other and further relief
as to the court may seem right and
proper in the premises. And you are
hereby notified that if you fail to ap
pear and answer said complaint as
herein required, the said plaintiff will
take judgment against you for want
thereof, and will apply to the court
for the relief demanded in her com
plaint, as hereinbefore set out.
The order for the publication of
this summons was duly made and en
tered on the 16th day of March, 1918.
Witness the Honorable Fred M.
Brown, judge of said court, and the
seal thereof, this 16th day of March,
in the year of our Lord the one thou
sand nine hundred and eighteenth,
and of our independence the one hun
dred and forty-first.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clork District Court, Third Division,
Territory of Alaska.
By JOHN B. MILLER, Deputy.
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In either of these hats. Both are of
fine Italian rntlan. One has a sash of
blue velvet ribbon and rows of blue
satin buttons, and the other Is adorned
with velvet ribbon and bunches of
gmpea.
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