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Those desiring positions will give
qualifications and nature of
work wanted.
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NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB
HELD MEETING SUNDAY
A meeting of the Nenana Com
mercial club was held in the old
office of the U. S. ocmmissioner
Sunday, the meeting being called to
order by the vice-president, in the
absence of the president.
The application of R. I. Waechter
and an additional membership for
the Northern Commercial Company
were accepted. Dr. R. J. Diven was
unanimously elected an honorary
member.
Mr. Earl Brown was elected un
animously as a member of the
board of directors to fill the vacancy
s'd by the resignation and de
parture for the States of Mr. Max
Smith.
Various communications were read
and the secretary was instructed to
wire Delegate Sulzer in answer to
his telegram regarding the bill now
pending in Congress, placing a bonus
on gold production, and giving gold
mining preferential treatment by the
War Priorities Board; the instruc
tions were to support the measure
strongly, and with all possible detail.
Mr. Cooney was instructed to
talk with Mr. F. D. Browne, regard
ing a winter trail through Broad
Pass, in view of Mr. Zug’s letter re
fusing aid for this purpose.
The secretary was given another
week for further investigation regard
ing future quarters for the club
meetings, with various suggestions.
On motion the meeting adjourned
subject to call at such time and
place as the finding of new quarters
might make practicable, it being
agreed that if possible, the time of
meeting be changed to Friday even
ings instead of Sunday afternoons.
Work of replacing the big Can
adian government bridge over the
Indian river in the Yukon country,
is well under way. The brige went
afloat this spring during the flood
that moved down the Indian river
valley.
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NOW!
ISSUED BY THE
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
I
OF
Sinking of the Armored Cruiser
San Diego Is Graphically
Described
On July 19th at 11:30 in the
morning, while she was on patrol
duty the United States armored
cruiser San Diego, formerly known
as the California, was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine off
Fire Island, New York. The cabled
news was published in these columns
at that time The following graphic
account of the destruction of that
I fine vessel is taken from the the
i Official Bulletin.
j Rear Admiral Palmer, acting sec
retary of the navy, authorizes the
following:
I Fuller particulars received regard
ing the sinking of the U. S. S. San
Diego show- that the explosion took
place on the port side just aft of
the forward port engine-room bulk
head. The feed tank and circulat
ing pump were blown in, and the
port engine wrecked. Full speed
ahead was rung, and the starboard
engine operated until it was stopped
by water rising in the engine room.
Machinists’s Mate Hawthorne, who
was at the throttle in the port en
gine room was blown four feet
under the engine-room desk.. He
got up, closed the throtttle on the
engine, which had already stopped,
and then escaped up the engine
room ladder. Lieut. Millen, on
watch in the starboard engine room,
closed the water-tight door to the
engineroom, and gave the neces
sary instructions to the fireroom
to protect the boilers.
The ship listed to port heavily
so that water entered the gun ports
on the gun deck. The vessel listed
8 degrees quickly, then hung for
seven minutes; then gradually listed,
the speed increasing until 35 de
grees was reached. At this time
the port quarterdeck was 3 feet un
der water. The ship then rapidly
turned turtle and sank. Captain
Christy went from the bridge down
two ladders to the boat deck, slid
down a line to the armor belt, then
dropped down 4 feet to the bilge
keel, and thence to the docking
keel, which at that time was eight
feet above water. From there he
jumped into the water. The ship
was about five minutes in turning
over after she reached 35 degrees
heel.
No wake of a torpedo was seen.
The first thing Capt. Christy noticed
was, while standing on the wheel
house, 8 feet above the forward
bridge, he felt and heard a dull ex
plosion. He immediately sounded
submarine defense quarters and the
general alarm.
Everything went quietly and ac-1
cording to drill schedule. The cap- !
tain rang full speed ahead, and sent
an officer to investigate the dam-!
age. At the same time he thought i
the ship would not sink. Two motor
sailors were ordered rigged out, but
not to be lowered until further ;
orders.
At the submarine defense call the I
men went quietly to their stations
and manned the guns. They stood
by the port guns until they were
awash, and by the starboard guns
until the list of the ship pointed
them up into the air.
! When it seemed obious that the i
vessel would capsize, the order was ;
given to abandon ship, except the |
port-side gun crew, which were to j
remain at their stations as long as I
the guns would bear. Boats wer?
lowered, and two sailboats, one din- j
ghy, one wherry, and two punts'
wer launched. The life rafts were
launched and the lumber pile on
deck was loosed and set adrift. Fifty
mess tables and a hundred kapok!
mattresses were thrown overboard.!
Abandon ship was complete before,
,the vessel began to capsize.
Perfect order was presrved, the
men cheering. When on the rafts
they sang “The Star Spangled Ban
ner” and “My Country ’Tis of Thee”
| cheered for the captain, the execu-!
tive officer, and the ship, and cheer
etd when the United States ensign
was hoistd on the sailboat.
Two dinghies with six officers
and 21 men, pulled to shore, and !
arrived safely at 1.20 p. m. The
steamer Malden came into sight and
picked up 370 officers and men.
The steamer Bossom reached the
scene 20 minutes later and picked
up 708 officers and men. The
steamship S. P. Jones came up and
took aboard 78 men. These three!
steamers searched the entire vicin
ity for survivors until 3 p. m. A
fourth steamer came up later, but
so far as known, did not pick up
any survivors. The three steamers
took the survivors to New York,
where they were taken on board i
a United States ship on which every
provision had been made for their j
reception. They were given food!
and clothing. American Red Cross j
representatives were on hand when j
the men arrived and distributed!
1,200 blankets, ocmfort kits, sweat
ers, socks, pajamas, and watch caps.
Army embarkation officers assisted
in eevry way in transferring the
men from the steamers.
The navy department has receiv
ed information that three men are
positively known to have been killed
by the explosion when the vessel
was sunk.
The survivors were taken to port
on different vessels, and one boat
load was landed at a lighthouse on
Long Island. The names of the
the survivors were telegraphed to
teh navy department, and the next
of kin notified as fast as the names
were received.
Reports received of survivors
landed have been compared with the
latest muster roll of the U. S. S.
San Diego and 'ndicate the follow
ing: Known dead 3; missing 47; j
unaccounted for (supposed to be on ■
leave) 12; total 62.
Robert Spraks and Mrs. Robert!
Cragg have ^been appointed by the I
school board to the teaching staff!
oT the Juneau schools for the com- I
ing year.
Robert Spraks, who has been ap-!
pointed superintendent of schools,!
holds a master’s degree from Har-,
vard Univeristy.
Mrs. Robert Cragg, who has been I
elected teacher of English in the *
high school, is a graduate of the j
Univeristy of Washington and has j
had previous experience as a school!
teacher.
Every potato you eat is a bullet i
fired point blank at a “Made-in-1
Germany” peace.
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