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The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-15
HANGING BOY WINS IN
 FIGHT WITH BUZZARD
Giant Bird Gives Up the Battle After
 an Hour'o Terrific Gruelina.

Santa Rosa, Cal.-A battle between a giant buzzard and a fifteen-year-old boy clinging to the root of shrub 25O feet up a straight ledge of rock was won by the boy, who Is now recover ing from an experience that rivals Poe's fictiOnal terrors.
 The boy is Hans Mierbach, 6nd he hung high above pile of jagged rocks for four hours. He was walking on the brink of a precipice when his foot slipped and he fell over Twenty feet below he caught a root and hung on. With his handkerchief he tied his left wrist to the root and then wrote 0 note to a boy friend bidding him farewell and saying that no one was responsible for his predicament.
 Just as he finished writing a huge buzzard flew down upon him and start ed to peck at his head and body. The hungry bird inflicted deep wounds in the boys flesh. Young Mierbach fought the buzzard with his free hand for over an hour. He had been tOrmented to frenzy and was about exhausted when the bird gave up the fight.
 At nightfall a searching party found the boy andq- rescued him. He had nearly lost consciousness from his ex- perience and loss of blood.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-15
NOTICE OF MARSHAL's SALE United States of America, First Division, District of ss:
 Alaska. '

Public notice Is hereby given, that by virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias tor execution), dated May 1st, A. D. 1917, issued out of the District Court, of the United States for the First Division, District of Alaska, on a judgment rendered in said Court, on the 29th day of Jan- uary, A. D. 1916, in favor Of Frye Bruhn Co.,, a Corporation, of which Harriet s. Pullen, is the owner as assignee and against L. Agnes Burke and c. c. Runner doing busi- ness as the Fifth Ave. Hotel, l have, on this 1st day of May, A. D. 1917, levied upon the following de- scribed real estate, situated In skagway, Alaska, to wit:
 Lots Eight (8) Nine (9) Ten (1O) Eleven CID and the South Half (S1a) plus the South Half of the North Half (5k of N1A) of Lot Twelve (12) in Block Ten (10) of the townsite Of the Town of skagway, Alaska, ae the same is shown and designated by survey and by Plat thereof made by Hill k Wet trick, and approved by the Trustee for sail townsite on April 29, 1909, and duly filed in the office of the district Recorder of SkagWay Re- cording District.
 And that I will, accordingly, of fer said real estate for sale, at public vendue to the highest and best bidder, for cash, on the 1st day of June, A. D. 1917, at 10 o'clock a. m., at the front door of the United States Court House, Skagway, Alaska.
 Dated, at skagway, Alaska, May l, 1917. Il
 J. M. TANNER,
 U. s. Marshal. First Division, District of Alaska. JOHN B. MARSHALL,
 Plaintiffs Attorney. 5-2-9-16-23-3O sA u
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-15
ID SAFEGUARD
 HOME GARDENS

2he committee in charge of the movement to plant gardens, togeth- CT with the council and the dairymel are trying to perfect such arrange ments for the berding and control O stock that the gardens will be protected, dairy COWS afforded pas turage and no unnecessary hard sRips put on anyone"
 This was the statement issued today by the loyalty gardens com mlttee. The ordinance to regu-- late control of livestock and poul- try, the committee points out, is stringent. Enforcement of it, how ever. is planned both to safeguard the gardens and to permit neces- sary pasturing.
 Among those who have listed lots at the Bank of Alaska for use as gardens this summer, are the White Passs railroad. Phil Abraham (lots personally owned or control led,) Andrew Stevenson, J. T. Vest erman, George Huh, J. F. Ward, Walter Reinhart, Max Gutfeld, Mrs. Rlckert, Capt. Louis Larsen.
 A map has been made, showing the location of the lots to be dona- ted, so that applicants for garden ground may be aided in making tRelr selections.
 he committee has ordered a ton of seed potatoes, to bedistri- buted tc those who want them for planting.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-15

NIT. and Mrs. c. R. Pierce and son. Earl, who had been here for several weeks, left yesterday for Whi' 'ehCrse MT. Pierce plans to gc into the Big Salmon district for the summer.
 Mir. and Mrs. L. A. McAllister and young son, Ward, of Summit, left today for their home after hay ing visited several days in Skagway. MT. McAllister is the Canadian cus- toms officer at the crest of the White Pass.
 George Milton, owner of the Five Fingers coal mine, and J. P. McA- beer, who has leased the mine, left yesterday over the White Pass rail road on their way to the mine. MT. McA~ ~eer will operate the mine this summer. They arrived in Skagway Sunday on the Alameda.
 J. A. Uuger, secretary to Gener- al Agent Frank B. Wurzbacher of the White Pass railroad, arrived Sunday on the Alameda for the sum mer season in Skagway. This is the fifth year Mir. Unger has been here with the White Pass. He ex- poets Mrs. Unger to come north from Seattle in a few weeks.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-15
Prejudice.

Prejudice is knowing it isn't so when you don't know anything about 1t. Prejudice is something you are sure you haven't bit of yourself, but you are sure everybody else has a lot of. Prejudice Is the mother of laziness, the ally of ignorance and superstition and the worlds greatest bar to progress Osteopathic Magazine.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-15
You Don Eat Half Enough Ice Cream

WHY HERE'S the most NATURAL FOOD there is.- SWEET sKAGWAY CREAM, Hay cred
 AND FROZEN, that's ell-holdip MORE ENERGY and nourishment to
 THE HATEFUL than twice as much
 BEEFsTEAK, and you've been THINKING OF IT as tidbit, A SWEET, to be eaten on rare occasions.
 WHY
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-15
END GOSPEL MEETINGS

Tho Gospel meetings, recently hold in Eagles hall vii be discon- tinued until further notice.
 D. H. Hanson and W. T. Hil- gert, ministers.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-15
Striking Thouaht.

Do you think that the automobile will diSplace the horseT asked the conversational young woman.
 Tt will," answered the nervous young man as he gazed down the road If 1t ever hits him. m."-Exchange,
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-15
FOR SALE

A $500 Filler player piano pur- chased NEW March 1916, and 55 rolls. Will sell for $45O cash.
 DAVID GROVE,
 Ft. Wm. H. Seward, Aaa. May 1-4-8-12-15-19-22-26-27.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-15

Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Eour druggist will refund money i PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure an, .ase of Itching, Blind, Bleeding O. Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. The '--+ application gives Ease & Rest. soc
 -AdVertisement.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-15
ID ALASKA MINE FROM CASTLE
 IN SWEDEN

'I'6 rather be my own man in AL aska than 8 younger son in Sweden. is the way H. Petersen, as he is known in Skagway, or Herman of Petersens as his true name Is, &C., counts for his being in the north country instead of remaining in the place of the third son of noble Swedish family.
 When the Alameda sailed Sunday for the west coast, Petersen was one of the passengers. For the past year and a half he had been in the skagway country, and now he is bound for Seward to seek new advent ures and that will O the wisp, fortune, which he has been following over the world for more than twenty years.
 Bluu eyed and tawny haired slowing his Morse ancestry. and with well-set shoulders, telling of military training, he looked the part of one who would not be satisfied with the role of a younger son in a titled family of Sweden where sons who come after the heir are of even less importance than the vice president Of a republic.
 India and Australia
 Af'or some service in the Swed, ish navy, where he was a petty Of ficer, Petersen, as he told his story Sunday, just before sailing westwar decided to be his own man." Ad' ventures in India Australia ant South America followed. Nineteen years ago he acme to Alaska and joined the gold hunters, mushtng ever the trails that sometimes led to "pay" but more often to barren gravel.
 During these years, in which Pet ersen has become an old-timer 1T Alaska, his eldest brother, August of Petersens, has been made a cap tain in the Swedish navy and cham berlain to the Queen.
 Petersen's father was master oi the Aunt to King Oscar. His mo ther was Countess Stenbach, whost family has played an important par in Swedish history, giving the coun ry one queen and being one of its foremost defenders in 1700 under the young Charles XII.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-04
F A DRUNkARD,
NOBODY WANTS YOU.

Washington, July 31st.-Al-
though this country is involved
in the greatest war known to his
tory and recruiting for the "tirst
to Fight" is being conducted
tightening fast, the sterling stand
ards of the "Soldiers Of the Sea-
must be upheld, it was announced
at Marine Corps Headquarters to-
day.
Upon hearing the report that a
local police judge allowed three
men charged with being drunk to
60 unpunished provided they en-.
listed In the Marines, Major Gen
eral Commandant George Barnett
said: "Drunkards will not be &C
cepted for enlistment in the Ma
rine Corps. We have been get
ting the highest class of recruits
and the enlistment of those who
daily too freely with the demon
Rum would be q serious refecc
ton upon the service itself and
upon the mes who have already
enlisted"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-04
MISSISSIPPI WATER
WANTED FOR IRRI-
CATION RICE FIELDS
Crowley People Seek Short
est and Best Route to Sc
cure Fresh Water to
Drive back the Sea.

Yesterday the rice interest oI
Crowley, says the Lafayette Gaz
cite, employed Major White, q
competent civil engineer to survey
a line for the proposed connection
between the Atchafalaya river
and the Vermilion, in order to se.
cure an abundant and permanent
supply of fresh water for the rice
fields Of that section. 1t Is recog.
nized that this route is not only the
shortest but most feasible to ac-
complish the desired object The
general plan as outlined in the
presentmove and survey by Major
White Is TO cut a canal from the
Atchafalaya to Bayou Courta.
bleau, thence to the Teche, Bayou
Fnsilier and to the VermiIion at a
point above st. Claire. The cost
of this project would be compare
lively small as most of the work
would be clearing distractions
from the channels of the streams
mentioned. Little if any deep
dredging would havs to be done to
secure flow of water as the land
is low and swampy and there is a
natural fall Of ten or fifteen feet.
From thence the water would
have free course in the deep chan.
mel Of the Vermlllon and be con
Quoted 10 points below where it
could be lifted into Hunters Canal
and Bayou Queue Tortue and flood
practically all the rice fields In
this great rice section. 1t is not
thought best to- cut a canal direct.
ly across from the Teche to a point
back of Mr.. Pierre Landry's place
although this would be short cut,
for the reason that the Bayou and
swamp IN this section are lower
than the Vermilion, and would
have to be flooded quite deep to
secure flow into the Vermilion.
1t ia understood that Major
White has been employed by the
Hunter canal interest and he will
make q thorough investigation of
the proposed water connection, as
to distance to be cut, and probable
cost and upon his report the com
pany will base it's action. The
rice people now realize that they
must help themselves out of their
serious predicsment, as just at
this junction the government can.
not extend much il any aid Ma
turally il the connection is effect
ed, az proposed it would eventu
ally open up navigation in the
Vermllion and largely benefit La
fayette, st. Martin and Vermilion
parishes, and so it would seem
proper that these parishes should
extend aid in the project to our
Crowley friends.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-04
Bespeaklng your favorable con.

Bespeaklng your favorable con.
siderati0n:
S. @. Nuckolls,
G. H Colgln,
w. l. Burke,
Jno. K. Taylor,
Mrs j L. DeValcourt,
Mrs. Jos. Norres,
Murat DecOux.
On motion of Mr.. VIllermin. sec
onded by Mr.. Girard and adopted
unanimously, the City Attorney
was instructed to learn the owner
of the property IN question, if not
City property, to communicate
with owner and ascertain, if the
property can be bought at q rea.
sonable figure, and to report to
the Board Of Trustees when ID
possession Of the information.
On motion of Mr.. Sealy, second
ed By Mr.. Villermin, the meeting
adjourned.
H. s. SEALY, Mayor.
L. +. Villermin, Clerk.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-04

Doing hard work in q bent Or
STOPPING position puts stitch in
the back that is painful. II the
muscles have become strained, you
can't get rid of it without help.
The great penetrating power of
BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT will
appeal to you most strongly at
such times, because it is the very
thing You need. Price Csc, SOC and
800 per bottle.
Sold By ESTORGE DRUG co.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-04
A fire can be almost instanil,

A fire can be almost instantly
started by using hollow piece of
bamboo. This is done by Sitting
the bamboo, stuffing it with dry
moss, and drawing a stick to and
fro across it as a violinist uses his
bow. The resourceful world wide
soldiers Of Uncle Sam are expect.
ing to find a substitute for the use.
fol bamboo, in France.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-04
No. Six-Sixty-Six

This 10 prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHiLLS 4 FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
Il taken then 20 tonic the Fever will not
return. Il acts on the liver better than
CsloE4el and does not eripe or sickcn. 25c
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-04

In the-Attskapas parishes:
Iberia-no diseases reported.
Lafayette--typhoid, l.
st. Martin-typhoid, 3; malaria, l
st. Mary-typhoid, /.
vermil,on-ty phoid, 4; Malaria, IA
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-04
MORBIpITY WEEKLY RE-
PORT

For the State of Louisiana at
large and for the week ending
July 2S, 1917:
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-04
Checks have been drawn since
books were balanced against
this fund for about 1000.
To Washington for membership

Mrs. d. A. Dimitry. Treasurer.
Mrs. G. w. Outhwaite, Chairman.
The books were examined by Mr.. +.
w. Bauman.
N. B.-The Estorge Drug Co. ac
count is for Stationery, stamps, books,
for opening chapter, aud telephone
IBIS, which latter they have paid.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-04
STATEMENT IBERIA
CHAPTER AMERICAN
RED CROSS.
From organization April q
1917, to July %, 1917.
RECEIPTS.

..
557 members at 90. ............ .557. 90
Z magazine subscriptions at 100 100
Donations. City of New Iberia % .00
From other sources. .......... II 90
4th of July entertainment. 1872 Is
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
CHINESE BREAK
WITH GERMANY
Seizes All German Ships at
Shanghai and Puts Crews
on Shore Under Guard.
Young China Resents Kaisers Order
TO Make the Word German"
Dreaded In China for
Century.

Washington. American Minister
Reinsch at Pekin, on March IA, re
ported to the state department that
China had severed diplomatic relations
with Germany and that the German
minister had been handed his pass.
ports.
Adyices to the navy department said
that China has taken possession OF all
German merchant ships in Shanghai,
about six in number, placed their
crews on shore under guard and plac-
ed armed guards on the vessels.
China's severance of relations has
been expected here for weeks. The
action of the United States in break
ing relations was received with accla
nation by Chinese officials and press.
particularly young China Feeling
against Germany has run high. not
only because scores OF Chinese on the
way to Europe have lost their lives
through German submarine operations,
but from the memory of the kaiser's
order to the Boxer punitive force to
make the word German" dreaded In
China for century and the seizure
by Germany of the whole province of
Shantung for the murder of two mis-
sionaries.
Seizure of the German ships may be
taken by Germany as an act of war as
In the case Of Portugal. China's ac-
ton may be followed by seizure of Ger
man property in China, which is very
extensive. In addition to all the con-
cessions held by the Germans in Chi
nese cities which II is presumed will
he seized as quasi-public property,
there are extensive private German
holdings in China Latest figures show
there are about 5000 German civil
lians scattered throughout the republic,
but it is not known whether they will
be interned
China's action is expected to have
effect on far eastern his
tory, as II aligns her with Japan and
the other entente powers. German
trade, which before the war had be-
come the most dangerous competitor to
British and Japanese business in |
China. amounted TO about 20 per cent |
OF Japan's trade and offered tempt |
ing prize for the latter
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
GERMANS FALLING BACK
Advance Rapid on Both Banks OF
somms. British Going Through
sixteen Mile Front and French
Advancing -Four Miles.

london The British and French
troops are a~eepihE forward In N,
somme and Disc sectors Ia France
and tho German retreat. which a
nrst wa& slow aad on narrow fronts
seems 70 b. gaining momentum
This latest advance BY tho Britisl
Vas made over front o. Rixteef
miles and BY the French along a front
~ About often milcs. and the entente
allies have penetrated German POSI-
lions In this mes operation 10 depth
~ from tsn 10 four miles
Hapaums. ior many months dc.
scribed a. German stronghold. aow
q Ia the hands OF the British troops.
having been wrested IRON the Ger.
mans after What the British war ofice
describes a. stia nEhtlng Il Is mass
u ruins
Prom hapaume the fortified lines
newly acquired by the British extend
70 tbs western outskirts OF Moneby.
aniiois Prem south Of psronne. the
British have drawn a new line a. far
~ Fresnes Ia ali they have taken
possession q fourteen villages IN their
new advance
The French have taken 40 new
line hetweea Andrcby and she Oise
aud have occupied the important town
% Roye where they wer, enthusiasts.
tieally srse,cd By the remaining eiyn
popaiaiion. whom the Germans left
brbtnd To their withdrawal and have
reached certain points alons the IA
NOUS RoYe NoyOb road
IN the early operations. one by one,
small villages weys evacuated by the
Germans wh0se withdrawal was slow.
~ aae sstrbfu.ly loll0ved by tho Bri,.
tsh. consolidation Of the new positions
and preparations for a further Tor
werd movement be.as most carefully
made. IN lhe last tea Gays both the
retreat and advance respectively have
teeu considerably accelerated.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
GERMANYS BOSS

General Won Ludendorff, officially
chief of staff to Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg, is virtually dictator of all
Germany. Ludendorff is supreme.
All the threads, not only of military
control, but also of civil administra-
ton, food distribution, industry, agri-
culture, and even foreign relations, all
of which are subordinate to military
requirements, now run to the country
seat of the prince of Pless, where Cen
eral Won Ludendorff sits with Won Hin
denburg at imperial headquarters.
Nothing is done unless "Ludendorff' is
for it.
1t was Ludendorff's fat that or
ganized the universal auxiliary labor
service, converted German industry to
an unmodlfied war basis, deported Bel
gian, Roumanian and Serbian work
men to Germany and frightened the
regulations for food distribution. In
the final consideration it was Luden-
dorffs influence that committed Ger
many to the unrestricted submarine W
limitations, of course, are covered by
and authority, but he leaves such non
the hands of Won I,udendorff
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-22
GERMANSS|NK
U.S.STEAMERS
Three Ships Sent to Bottom
by U-Boats, Fourteen
Lives Being Lost.
MAY BRING ABOUT WAR
Vessels Torpedoed Without Warning,
the Attacking Submarine Never
Appearing THAT ships Might
psfena Themselves.

Londoa-The sspking OF The Amer.
ican steamers City OF Memphis, iii.
nois and vlgilancia vas announced
sunday. Fourteen men from the yigi
lanela sre missing. as are some from
the City or Memphis The crew OF the
lilinoia was landed safely
The chg Of Memphis. in ballast
from Cardin to New YORK.. WAS sunk
6y gunire The second officer and
Astecn msn o. tbs crew have been
Handed. The Illinois. from London tor
Port Arthur. Texas. 10 ballast was
suak II 5 o'clock Sunday morning
Z he Nigilaneia gaB tofped0cd without
sAFning The submarine did not APP
pear, The captain. ffst aud second
raAtes. nrst. secona aud third ensI
ners and tweniy.thre men Of the crew
have been landed al the scilly Islands.
The fourth engineer and thirteen men
are missing.
THIRD Engineer Thompson OF the
City OF Memphis. ia an interview
win the Central News. said that the
submarine ared a warning shot Cor the
steamer 70 siow down aud subsequent-
~ sisnaled for her 70 stop and for The
cres 20 abandon the ship.
Tea or eleven shells we're fred at
tbs vessel. which began 10 sink
Then followed terrific explosion,
which caused the vessel to tremble
all over. and within twenty minutes
abs sank. stern HrsI The crew suf
fered = great deal from exposure dur.
ing the night
Washington Win the announce
meni Of the ruthless destruction OF
three pnarmed American merchant
shipn By submarines Il was officially
admitted her that virtually a state OF
var eHists between the United States
and Germany
oaa step the president Ia contem.
plating Is eall for an immediate aes,
sion Of congrtss TO hear an address
asking Tor authority 10 adopt aEgres-
siEe measures againat the submarine
msnsee, Already American ships are
aelng armed 20 defend themselves;
the next move masl be 90 send war
ships 9Th orders to seek out suhma
rinss and clear the transatlantic
Ian