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The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16
ARMY TRANSPORT
 SENT 10 BOTTOM
 BY A COLLISION
Two Big Boats of a Convoy Fou' Each Othe-; One Is Sunk and
 Other Damaged.

ATLANTIC PORT-A Swedish steamer arriving here this morning brings the news of the sinking of the American transport Oosterdijk at sea after colliding with the Ameri- can transport San Jacinto which was badly damaged, on July 11th.
 Both of the above named vessels formed part of a convoy of trans ports manned by naval crews and carrying army supplies for our over seas forces. The Oosterdijk was a large ocenan liner belonging to the Dutch line, and was only recently requistioned by the government for transport purposes. The San Jac- into, the other colliding vessel, was also large merchantmen.
 The heavily laden convoy was pro- ceeding under moderate speed under naval escort, when well out at sea the San Jacinto rammed the Ooster- dijk which, sank almost immedi- ately. The cause of the collision is not definitely known, but it is thought to have been the misunder- standing of some signals from the escorting fleet relative to the speed of the conovy.
 The San Jacinto, though very badly damaged, was able to rescue the crew of the Ooosterdf3k, ere that vessel sank beneath the waves.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16
ENGLAND WILL NOT BE
 SHORT OF POTATOES

LONDON.-To relieve the food shortage England is growing more potatoes this year than ever in its history. .-,
 Announcement was made recently by the ministry of food that approxi- mately 100000 acres of potatoes had been planted in Great Britain this year. The returns upon which these figures were based came fror-. persons farming one acre or more and showed an increase of per cent in the 1918 planting as com pared with that of 1917. (
 Allotments and cottage gardens
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16
AMERICANS CAPTURE TOWNS

LONDON.-Official reports re- ceived from the battlefront today state that the Americans launched counter attack and routed the enemy, recapturing the towns of Fos- soy and Crezancy with considerable territory in the immediate neighbor- hood of Crezancy.
 On the south bank of the Marne the violent attacks of the enemy continues at noon with unabated fury, with but little change in the general situation.
 The deepest penetration of the enemy on the salient to the west of Rheims is four miles on a twenty five mile front.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16
MORE MEN ARE NEEDED BY ARMY
 10 BE TRAINED
Seven Thousand Additional Draft Registrants for Special Train
 ing Are Called.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Orders were issued today by the war de- partment calling on fifteen states to supply seven thousand registrants
 These men will be drafted in the usual way, but will not be sent to an ordinary training camp. They will be selected according to their qualifications and receive special training for special service in the different branches of the military establishment.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16
GERMANS LOST HEAVILY
 IN PLEMONT OFFENSIVE

WITH THE AMERICANS.-Evi- dence of the heavy German losses in the recent offensive often is ob- tained from German war prisoners. From one of them it has been learn ed that the Seventh German division of reserves lost about 1,20O men in a fruitless attack at Plemont.
 This may explain why the Ger man commander, on the following day withdrew that division from the firing lines.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16
ANOTHER HOSPITAL
 BOMBED BY HUNS

PARIS.-Reports received in this city today indicate that the Ameri- can Red Cross hospital at Juoy had been bombed by. German aviators today, who did considerable damage to the structure.
 As result of this dastardly act two of the soldier inmates were killed and nine of the attendants and Red Cross workers were severe ly wounded.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16

WITH THE AMERICANS.-The latest reports received from the area attacked by the Germans would indicate that the stout resistance offered, together with the brilliant counters by the. Allies and the re- suits obtained were entirely unlock ed for by the enemy, whose plans seem to have been completely upset. The official military review of the situation, so far, indicates that the German offensive is an unqualified failure. Except for few and un- important minor successes in certain localities that would give them ab- solutely no advantage in position, none of the objectives have been gained by the Germans.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16
CABINET MEETING HELD 10 DISCUSS
 RUSS SITUATION
A Special Meeting of the Japanese Cabinet Has Been Called;
 Conclave Important.

TOKIO,-1n accordance with in- structions issued by the Mikado of Japan, a special meeting of the Jap anese cabinet was held here today.
 The nature of the business tran sacted at the meeting has been kept secret, but it is thought that the need for calling the special meeting was prompted by the receipt of a communication from the Govern ment of the United States, touching on intervention in Russia.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Senato

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, today urged President Wilson to appoint com mittee to conduct thorough in Sestigation into the conditions exist ing in Russia now, with view of extending American aid toward the rehabilitation of Russia.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16
SLIPPERN SUSTAlNS
 INJURY TO HAND

J. A. Slippern, the we'll known cabinet maker, had the misfortune yesterday to get his hand too close to the whirling knives of the joiner machine, and had the bone of the index finger of the left hand cut The wound has been dressed and $ healing very nicely
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16

Donald Leehy, son of Maurice D. Leehey, the Seattle lawyer, left for West Point recently where he will enter the military acadmy. He has spent his summers at Sulzer for many years working in the mines
 Twenty prospectors from the Ne.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16
ENEMY SPIRIT BROKEN WITH THE AMERICANS-T

W11H HE AMEHICANS-The spirited defense put up by the Allies on the Marne front, especially in the sector held by the American troops, has broken the spirit of the at tacking Germans, who have been re- pulsed time after time. To the east of Rheims the American gunners kept up an intensive artillery fire which worked havoc in the ranks of the Germans.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16

2 GREAT SHOWING LN
GERMAN LONG RANGE GUNS LOMBARD PARIS AGAIN

Dormans, where the enemy have bent the Allied line for a distance of TO and one-half miles between Dormans and Rheims, penetrating to depth of about two miles. The slight ad- vantage gained here by the enemy has been at fearful cost.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16
BRITISH IMPROVE POSITIONS

LONDON-In the operations con- ducted to the east of Amiens, the British have again scored a victory as the result of magnificently ex- ecuted counter attack delivered dur ing last night. The Germans were compelled to evacuate their posi- tions, which the British siezed and consolidated, improving their posi- tions in this sector to a very great extent.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16

were not included in the census of the food officials The proportion of land this year planted in pota- toes by allotment holders is also far greater than in any other pear.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16
WITH THE FRENCH-Orders is-

WITH THE FRENCH-Orders is-
 sued by the German high command and found on the Hun officers cap- tured on the first days fighting, have disclosed the fact that their objectives called for a penetration of the Allied lines in the first rush of the offensive of twenty kilo- meters (about 12 miles), whereas the actual achievement of the Ger man troops in their penetration of the Allied line nowhere exceeded four thousand yards and that was on small sector to the southwest of Rheims. The enemy advance to the east of Rheims was held completely in check ere they had well begun to advance. "
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16

The Alaska Gastineau in April treated 125,435 tons of ore assaying 1.148 per ton. Extraction was 81.- 45 per cent. This is a reduction of nearly 25,000 tons from the March output.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16

PARIS FORWARDED
 PARIS.-It is officially reported today that the long range lombard ment of this city has been resumed this morning by the Germans.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-16
GERMAN OFFENSIVE
 FAILS COMPLETELY

move the Germans may make on any part of the battlefront.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-21
 RELICS OF SAXON KINGS ARE FOUND
GondOn Times.)

Capt. Vaughn Williams of Old Wind sor has discovered what he believes to be the site of the palace of the Saxon kings and the pre-Conquest town of Windsor. He is communicat- ing with the London Society of Anti quaries with a view of obtaining their assistance in the matter.
 It is believed that there once stood at old Windsor the Palace of Edward the Confessor, but although several Saxon urns have been eXcavated here from time to time the actual position of the palace has never been decided.
 Tighe and Davis, in their Annals of Windsor, say that Old Windsor was probably selected by the Saxon kings as a residence for the same reason as it was subsequently repurchased by William the Conqueror, on account of it's convenience for hunting in the forest. The lands of Windsor, granted by Edward the Confessor and eX- changed by the Abbot of Westminster with William, appear to have had ref erence to Old Windsor, and did not in- clude the site of the present town ol castle. King William held Old Wind l sor as his own demesne.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-21

a country where gracefulnes is a masculine rather than a feminine at- tribute. Whether one would say that he is more open to persuansion than to conviction; and the voice of the latest persuader seems to have most influence with him, 1 say 'seems,' be- cause whether this susceptibility to influence is based, in the case of the king, on real weakness or strength l do not pretend to know. The young tree swings and sways to the winds, but only the storm can prove the depth of its roots or the strength of their anchorage in the soil.
 It is possible, indeed, that in some things he is too modest. Where his own instinct or judgment would be true guide to him, he seems at times to act on the advice of those whom he possibly feels to be better informed than himself, and besides whose judgment he perhaps deems his own to be increasingly founded. The fear of acting indiscreetly is always being installed in the mind of the occupant of throne; but King AL fonso is in unique position, in which he can do more to influence his coun- try by his own character and ex- ample than any other among the diminishing number of constitutional monarchs
 We talked about this one day. and he was remarkably frank and clear minded about it. He loves his Spain, there is no doubt about that; more than once in our talks he has said:
 Remember, I am a Spaniard first, a Spanish soldier next, and a king or a pro-this or anti -that-after- wards"
 His first anX.ety is to do wisely and rightly for Spain; how to do 1 it and wherein wisdom consists is naturally not always clear. The army is what he knows best in Spain. Mili- 1 tary science has been his special | study, and in his role of soldier he 1 takes himself very seriously indeed l But the millions in his country are necessarily cut off from him person. l ally; between their lives and his life their difficulties and his difficulties | is interposed a peculiar system o1 government, over which, in fact, nei- ther they nor he have much actual control; although I like to think that the crowds of poor people who loa1 | dll udy III tiIc sun III liic vel y shadow of the palace walls, who bring Y there and play their games there symbolize an intimacy that exists in the heart, even if it finds no other outward expression.
 Don Alfonso has this attribute nf kngship; that in more than one re- spect he is in advance of his people In this attitude toward sport, for ex- ample he comes nearer to the English ideal than possibly any other Span iard. He has little use for the kind of sport that consists in looking on at bull-fights and betting on pelota matches. He loves the active role In polo his is a courageous, dash ing, hard-ridng. and rather rougf game, variegated by a streak of stunt shots. In polo, as in motor-driving it is the danger and the pace thai he loves. He is one of the best partridge shots living and an i'm placable killer. Here also it is th5 pace that he loves and the danger in this case to the partridge.
 I once said to him that the req danger to a king in his position lay not in the poor people who hat not enough to eat, not in the striker;
Arizona republican., 1918-03-21

The young man who came forward with just a touch of formality to greet me seemed to be a denizen of the historical rather than the actual world; and the arched eyebrows, long Hapsburg chin, and the divided nous tache. la Philip ", under the long Bourbon nose, produced a strangely foreign impression which it took lew moments of the easiness of the modern manner and the well -modu- lated English of the quiet voice to dispel. But only few moments.
 Nelazques faded, and the little boy on the horse and the youth enjoying himself in London became so real that presently l told him about the cabbys remark. It was obvious that it rep resented just the kind of feeling the sportsman in him would wish to in spire; and the wide, slow smile spread over his face as we talked of hondon and England-especially of King Ed ward, of whom he spoke with an af- lection and regret that were very touching to an Englishman. The love of life that endeared Edward to his world found a ready echo in the young heart of Don Alfonso.
 He was my professor" he said, eNilh lIt bON " lO lldu never hHOWn a father found in the worldly wisdom of the English king a supplement to the loving though stricter influences of his own circle. He told me of the dozen ways in which King Ed ward, by showing a ready sympathy with youthful high spirits, could hold them back from follies or excesses by a single ord or hint, and at the same time win the heart of his young fellow traveller on the different road of royalty.
 'I was his most loyal subject" said King Alfonso; and very graceful ly said on the part of his Catholic Majesty.
 l have had other talks with his majesty in the same and other sur roundings-among them in those of the royal palace at Madrid, perhaps the most magnificent of the inhabited houses of kings. There the setting is so elaborate that one could hardly be surprised to find the man being a little obliterated by the monarch But it was not so in my experience When. after being passed from hand to hand, one traversed alone the great chamber under the glowing can opy of Tiepolo, it was the same friendly and unaffected graciousness that waited for one and led the way to the little ante-room, where chairs and cigarettes were substituted for l inclinations and formalities. By dwelling on what he has in common with you, and seeming to ignore the rest, he throws a light bridge across
Arizona republican., 1918-03-21
K|NG 1T SPAIN
 DISCUSSES JOb
 BEING MONARCH

NEW YORK. March 9.-The follow ing interview with the king of Spain, written by Filson Young for the Lon don Daily Mail, is, by special ar rangement with that paper. made available for members of the As sociated Press:
 The first time l saw the king of Spain' he was running up the steps or the Ritz Hotel in Lcndon, and inc cabman 10 whom l was paying my fare remarked, Good old AL fonso.' He certainly was not old, and it was possible that at the moment he was not being particularly good but the words expressed faith fully enough the attitude of mind sympathetic, proprietary, wholly lndulgent of the British public to- ward the boyish monarch of a friend ly but foreign land. It was enough that he was coming to England for a wife, and that he was the friend and protege of King Edward; he was 'onc of us"
 The next time I saw him was at his mothers palace of Miramar, in Sebastian, where he did me the honor to receive me in private audience. The first touch of autumn was on lHt roses and Ut must De COnIeSSeQ) the geraniums of the palace garden. but the sunshine lay hot and bright on the blue waters of the shell-like bay, where. under the very windows of the palace, the great yacht Giralda was rolling at her moorings.
 On the walls of the room where I waited, there was but one picture an enlarged photograph of a little boy on horse; little boy sitting firm and upright in his saddle his face turned to look you straight in the eyes with an expression of keyed-up courage, of anxious boldness, as though to meet whatever destines might lie before him. l thought, as l regarded the picture, that some good influences must have been at work moulding the little mind that looked out through the windows of those smiling. fearless eyes; and the words of the London cabby came back to my mind and gave me the sense that in a foreign country and amid the uncustomary environment of royal state. l was about to meet with q familiar friend.
 Just at first. on being ushered into his presence. that sense forsook me.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-21

against economic injustice, but in the idle young men of the upper classes who do nothing, sacrifice nothing, create nothing for the good of their country.
 I quite agree with you he said and proved it by telling me of some of his schemes for training and induc- ing this idle class to take some real part in the work of the country. His influence on them can only be for good; but it is an appalling task even for a king to undertake almost single-h -handed-the reformation of a whole class. But here also, whether he succeeds or not, it will not be for lack of courageous effort.
 Of course we talked of the war; but here he asked questions more than expressed opinions, and I can honestly say that on no occasion did he say anything as to where his private sympathies lay. But I am entitled to my own opinion, and it was of a nature to make me like, and not dislike, telling him about the war as I have seen it by sea and land.
 His courage is perhaps the noblest and the most conspicuous thing about King Alfonso. It is courage of the very first temper. I spoke of the young tree swaying in the winds. un- tried by the tempest. Really l have no doubt as to the result of the trial. Courage like his can bend al- most infinitely. but it can also stand firm as a well-rooted tree in the storm.
 And the storm is coming. When or how, from what direction, I am wise enough not to predict 1 can | only say that in Spain are all the elements. ripe and oyer-ripe, for a | commotion of the first magnitude. 1t is often threatened; l have seen him l in one moment when it seemed inn minent, and found him ready to meet 1 it with the smiling gravity, the calm
Arizona republican., 1918-03-21

but alert courage, that has visualized the worst that can happen and finds it neither terrifying nor unbearable.
 When the trial does come, whether it takes the form of violent crisis or the long drawn agony of the birth of a new Spain. it will find King Al fonso ready and resoureeful. He IS not afraid of the coming storm. Per haps-who knows?-he may find in it his true hour, his supreme oppor tunity At any rate, to hope so is to wish him well in the highest and best sense.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-13
EXPERT OPINION

That cooks are good judges in other
things besides cooking goes without
saying. The other day cook in An
napolis who has been in the family
many years, and is a regular old
southern nanny, was given the priv
ilege of hearing a speech her mistress
was to make. in public. After listen
ing attentively the old darkey stood
akimbo, eyed her mistress and said:
"Dey SEES Mars Calvert do take his
brains from de jedge, but SEES he
takes them from his mother"
This was indeed high compliment
to the mistress.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-13
WHAT THE SCRIPTURES SAY


In that day will | raise up the tab
ernacle of David that is fallen, and
close up the breaches thereof; and |
will raise up his ruins, and l will
build it as in the days of old:
Behold, the days come, saith the
Lord, that the plowman shall over
take the reaper. and the treader of
grapes him that soweth seed; and the
mountains shall drop sweet vine, and
all the hills shall melt
And will bring again the captivity
of my people of Israel, and they shall
build the waste cities, and inhabit
them; and they shall plant vineyards,
and drink the wine thereof: they shall
also make gardens, and eat the fruit
OF them
And | will plant them upon their
land. which I have given them, saith
the Lord thy God-Amos 9:11. IS. IA
is.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-13
WRITE SOLDIER ABROAD
LETTERS FROM HOME
War Department Expresses Belief Sol
diers Need Home influence
Now Most of All

In order to break down the bar
rier created by three thousand miles
of ocean, between the American SOL
diers and their homeland, an appeal
has gone gone forth to write them let
tiers with the home flavor.
This appeal is made conformity by
the war department commission on
training camp activities and Secre-
tary of War Baker
Since our soldier cannot come
home at once it is for us more than
ever to carry the thought of home to
our soldier. We must by our letters,
carrying messages of interest and
sympathy. bring him back into the
family circle and hold there unwav-
eringly,'' says a statement issued on
behalf of Raymond B. Fosdyck, chair
man of the committee, who is on his
way to France on the United States
Steamship George Washington.
Secretary Baker, in a letter. TO Mr..
Fosdyck, declared the postponement
of the home coming of soldiers would
often be uppermost in their minds,
and that perhaps now more than at
any other time these soldiers needed
to be inspired and strengthened.
Il believe that among all the in
fiuences which may be focused upon
this object" Secretary Baker wro.e,
the strongest and most far-reach-
ing is that which emanates from the
fathers. mothers. wives and sisters
of our soldiers overseas 70 express
themselves earnestly in their letters
as their share in seeing that the high
standards which America represents
both here and abroad shall be con-
stantly upheld"