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The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18
FRENCH PIERCE FAR
 |NTO GERMAN LINES
Attack By Surprise Results In
 Gain

Paris, Jan. 1S-German forces were again taken by surprise when the French troops yesterday executed a successful thrust into enemy line and penetrated far into the German bat tie front near Callone, invading trenches of the Heights of the Mouse river, according to an announcement of the war office made public yea- terday afternoon.
 French troops did not try to hold their gain but after blowing up large military works returned to their own lines heartened by the victory which they had won.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18
WILL
 SUCCEED BLAIN

Seattle, Jan. 1S-Private messages from Congressman Albert Johnson state that William Pigott will sue ceed Capt. J. F. Blain as northwest representative of the federal ship ping board.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18
GERMAN TROOPS DECIMATEO IN
 ITALY

Italian Headquarters, Jan. lS- Another bloody reuplse has been meeted out to the enemy of the low CT PiaYe sector nearest Venice.
 His attack was thrown back af- ter four hours desperate fighting. German forces suffered heavy losse, the ground being strewn with their dead.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18
RUSSIA ORDERS ARREST KING
 RUMAN|A

Petrograd, Jan. 1S-An order for the arrest of King Ferdinand, Of Rumania, has been issued by the Bo' hlevih. The Rumanian king Is to be sent to Petrograd for imprison- ment in either the fortress of St. Peter of St. Paul. 1;
 BolsheYiki troops have seized IT, kutsk in Eastern Siberia after a ten days battle. l
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18

The steamer City of Seattle pass- ed Ketchikan this morning at 3 o. clock and should reach SkagWay to- morrow night or early Sunday morn ing. .I J
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18
GERMANS WON' l ACCEPT RUSS.
 TERMS

Berlin, Jan. 1S-German delegates to the Brest Litoyak conference say the Russian proposal concerning re goins occupied by the Central Powers are unacceptable, and that q refer endum on the question of rulers Is impractical.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18
.G.T.P. MAY BUY
 S.S. HUMBOLDT

San Francisco, Jan. IS - The Grand Trunk Pacific Steamship Co.,, is negotiating for the purchase Of the Alaska steamship Humboldt.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18
NOTHING DOING TO-DAY
 ON FIGHTING FRONTS
ports from the various fronts in
 London, Jan. IS - Today's re- dicate very little activity.

Taking advantage of the qulet weather Marshal Page flooded the skating rink this morning.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18
LEVINE AND TROTSKY
 ON UNFRIENDLY TERMS

Stockholm, Jan IS - Relations between Premier Lenine and Foreign Minister Trotsky. of Russia. arc strained. -:i
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18
Order Is Effective

Washington, Jan. 1S-Declarn% the needs of . e army are supreme, Fuel Administrator Garfield yester-
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18
US. VARSH|PS
 IN TOKYO

Tokyo, Jan. 1S-A British warshi has arrived at VladiYostok to pro tect Allied interests there, and an A merican warship has arrived in To- kyo-
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18

Among WhitehCrse people leaving on the Princess Sophia were Mrs. L. Henderson, MT. G. w. Curtis and son, II. Young, Mrs. F. Butler, Jas. Ryden, H. Trouten, and T. H. Els wick. '
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18
ADMIRAL SATO
 REACHES SEATTLE

Seattle, Jan. 1S-Admiral Sato, of the Japanese fleet, arrived here this morning and will sail for Japan tomorrow.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18

Albert Spalding, the worId-renowned American VloIinist, has cancelled hls entire concert tour of the United States and Canada for the coming sea- son and joined the foreign department of the aviation corps a: MincoIa, Long leland, as an Interpreter. Mr. SpaIdlng To an accomplished Iinguist speaking Eve languages, and has made extensive concert tours of France, Germany, Austria, Russia and Italy.
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WEATHER REPORT

Yesterday; Max. 27, Min. 21 Today; Part cloudy, slight n. wind
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salt water for three years is in prac-
tically perfect condition; nor has there
been any cracking of cement.
2.50O,oo0 Tons by August, 1919.
"This department has completed the
cargo ship, and 1t Is at work on plans
for 7.5OO-ton type. We estimate that
between $50 and 200 3.500-ton con-
crete hulls can be completed by the
end of this year II we start Immediate
ly, and that If the construction of hulls
of 1900 tons each commences by June
25O can be completed by August. 1919 !;
that is approximately 2.50O,OO0 TONS"
what about concrete ship If at
tackled by submarine?"
"a torpedo would blow hole in n
concrete ship just as In any other kind
of n ship. but 1t would not crack the
hull, as some seem to have thought.
The concrete is not fragile ike a
bowl; 1t Is tough. due to the re-en-
forcing STEEL"
"How does the cost of the concrete
ship compare with that of steel?"
1.-THE concrete costs about two
thirds as much. Concrete ships can
be built in much larger numbers than
ships of steel or wood. mainly because
the concrete vessels do not require a
large plant installation and because
the material is readily available. Even
small steel plant costs $5OO,O0O. On
the other hand. cement ship plant
can be built for $4,000. 1t may be
made so as to be portable. The prin-
cipal machinery required Is a mixer, a
hoist. and derrick. The time re-
quired to complete concrete ship is
practically the same as that in we'll
organized steel yard. from two to
three months.
"The ways used for concrete ship
are the same as those for other kinds
of ships. The first step is to build the
outside form, or mold, which is of
wood. The reinforcing steel is then
placed In position. Next the interior
form is built. Then comes the pour
ing of the concrete into the form. No
interval Is permitted In this 1t is con-
tinued night and day In order to elimi-
nate joints as far as possible. This
operation requires several days. Three
"a iouA "SShS oAc 6i'Sh ioi tue COl-
crete to age Then the forms are
removed, and the ship Is ready to be
launched. Thereafter comes the In
stallation of the machinery.
Material Is Plentiful.
"In concrete vessels n large part of
the materials used can be obtained in
almost any part of the United States.
"The steel used for the reinforcing
is of different character In so far as
Its shape is concerned from that used
in steel ships. At present, with the
decreased amount of building of all
kinds throughout the country, re-en-
forcing steel for concrete can be Sc
cured In abundance and will not inter-
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In New Zealand the minister of rail-
ways Is considering suggestion that
railway locomotives be given names to
perpetuate some of the great events
of the war.
Among many other useful and beau
tiful things for which we are indebted
to the Chinese wallpaper is not the
least. This seems to have first ap-
peared in Europe toward the end of
the seventeenth century. 1t was
brought to France by overseas traders.
and the French Immediately perceived
the possibilities thus offered.
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fere with the production of steel
plates or shapes for steel vessels.
1.-The vessel contemplated in our de-
sign is of the same size, dimensions.
and form as the 350O-ton standard
wood ship, except that the sheer line
amidships has been slightly altered
and no outer keel Is fitted. The gen.
eral arrangement follows closely that
of the wood ship, including the num-
Der and location Of the bulkheads. The
propelling machinery designed for the
wood ship has been provided prac-
tically without change in the concrete
vessel. The length Will be 26S feet.
and the beam 48; draft % feet 9
inches, and full-load displacement
6,175 tons. The comparative weight
of hull Is as follows: Concrete. $500
tons wood, 1900; steel. 1,16O; weight
of the ship, light, concrete. 2.972 tons:
wood, 2.777 tons steel. 1900 TONS"
Faith Built In Crude Plant.
A representative of the Emergency
Fleet corporation who witnessed the
launching of the Faith at San Fran
cisco reports as follows:
1.-The ship was constructed by 40 or
so house carpenters, and the lack Of
machinery of the plant was especially
noticeable. A small power saw, the
concrete mixer, a pile of lumber and
another of gravel seemed to be the
only implements and materials in the
yard.
The installation of the machinery
will In all probability be completed In
month, when the ship will be, at
once sent on long trial voyage.
1.-THE appearance of the Faith at a
distance is very little different from
that of any steel. vessel of the same
dimensions. She has been designed
to carry 5000 deadweight tons. and
steel ship of the same dimensions
probably would not carry more than
G.OO0 deadweight tons. The ship is
painted black. and the imprint of the
mold of the vessel is plainly visible
on close examination of the hull. max
ing the ship appear very much as II
she were built Of lumber.
"The engines will be of the triple
expansion type. AS this style pro-
duces the maximum vibration, the test
of the action of the vibration on con-
crete construction will be thorough.
This seems to be the only uncertainty
yet remaining to prove that the con-
crete construction Of large ships is
wholly feasible. The Faith Is the
first vessel that was ever launched
sideways In San Francisco. . She
was not launched upside down, as Is
popularity considered the manner in
which concrete ships are launched.
Small boats are usually constructed
upside down because of the ease in
cranking and In concrete ships be-
cause of the pouring of the cement.
The Faith was built and launched
right side up"
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into seven sections; for the largest,
that of concrete design, IL engineers
were engaged. Two men were called
to the organization from the bureau
Of construction and repair of the navy
department, and there were represent
atives from Lloyds' registry and the
American bureau of shipping. The
hull section was made up of naval
architects whose duty 1t was to ana
lyze the stability. bending moments.
and shear of the ships hulls. both
those designed in the office and those
submitted for approval. Four sec
tions were concerned with the struc-
tural qualities of the ship.
Not Regarded as Experiment.
Rudolph J. Wig of the government
bureau of standards. who has had
charge of the governments investiga-
tion of concrete ships since the be-
ginning of the war, is In direct super
vision of this department as chief
engineer.
I'VE here in this department" said
Mr.. Wig in Washington the other day,
'do not think the concrete ship may
any longer. We think that the re-en-
forced concrete ship is structurally
Just us sound as the steel ship, and
that the conclusions based on our in
vestigations will be borne out when
observations may be taken from con-
crete ships actually under service.
1.-The one thing we know the least
about Is as to durability. The life of
the concrete ship may not be more
than three years, but even If 1t be
that short we of this department be-
lieve. on account of our great need of
ships, that the construction of con-
crete ships should be begun on a
large scale as soon as possible. We,
here, are ready to go ahead ut any
time.
Damage by the salt water of the
sea? We know that this need not be
feared for three years, II at all. This
conclusion is based on examination
of all the concrete structures In sea
water of the navy department for a
period of three years. I helped to
make this inspection. We know, too,
that one concrete ship has been in
operation In sen water for one year.
That Is the Namsenfjord of Norway.
Tests show that the sea water has had
no damaging effect on the hull. 1t is
true 1t is small ship, GOO tons. while
the Faith. the concrete ship recently
launched by the San Francisco Ship
building company and now being out
fitted for trial trip, has n 5,OOO-ton
cargo capacity.
Another concrete vessel much
smaller than flle Namsenfjord has been
tested in salt water considerably Ion
ger. This is little steamer built in
Boston three or four years ago. 1t
is only 43 feet long. The hull is Of
cement mortar. and after contact with
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tato. Because of the high cost and
scarcity of animal fats, deep frying
Is not so popular us formerly. neither
Is sauteing, for both methods take fat.
Vegetable fats are still on the list Of
admissible fats and they make most
satisfactory ones to use in various
ways; they are not very expensive and
are common In the market. Corn oil.
olive oil, and many of the cottonseed
products are all good.
Potato Patties.-Select potatoes of
uniform size, pare. cut Off slice then
hollow out to make cups. Let stand
In cold water till time to prepare,
then wipe dry and fry in deep fat.
The shell should cook tender In eight
to ten minutes. Drain on tissue paper
In the oven door; sprinkle inside with
salt. Use these shells to hold creamed
peas, sweetbreads or any other desired
creamed dish. Creamed fish or chick
en- are especially good and the shell is
eaten with Its contents.
Yellowstone Potatoes.-Select large,
smooth potatoes; scrub well and bake
until done. Make two cuts in the form
of cross on the top Of each; take up
with towel and crush to loosen the
potato and let out the steam. Set on
n hot napkin on n hot plate. Place a
generous piece of butter in the opening
and feck with paprlka.
Oak Hill Potatoes.-Cut five hard
cooked eggs and five cooked potatoes
into slices a quarter OF an inch in
thickness. Make a sauce of four ta-
blespoonfuls each of sweet fat and
flour. half teaspoonful Of salt, a
fourth of a teaspoonful of paprika,
and two cupfuIs of good milk. In the
bottom put layer of potatoes and COW
er each layer until all are used with a
layer of the sauce. Cover the top with
the sauce and finish the top with a
cupful of buttered crumbs. Set in the
oven to brown. Serve very hot.
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coming the submarine menace; ship
and stone have been absolute oppo-
sites In the lay mind since the first
ship was set ahoat.
In the department of concrete con-
struction of the Emergency Fleet cor
poration. however. no doubts are held
as to the practicability of the concrete
ship. The men there believe thor
ousniy In the proposition; they are
niied with enthusiasm at the thought
thnt, at dramatic and crucial time
IN the history of the world, they are
10 make revolutionary contribution
to the cause of democracy-one that
may be an important factor in the
turning OF the scales against autocracy.
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bottles with his entrenching tool
handle and smash 1t. to give the I'M
preston that Alkali was good shot.
Alkali Ike started in and aimed at
the right of the line of bottles instead
of the left, and the poor boob behind
the scenes started breaking the bottles
on the left, and then the boxholders
turned loose; but outside of this little
fasco the performance was huge sue
cess, and we decided to run 1t for
week.
New troops were constantly coming
through, and for six performances we
had the rs. II. o." sign suspended out
side
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CHAPTER xvIlI-continued.

ID
While they are talking. an old Jew
named key Cohenstein comes along,
and Abe engages him for cashier. After
engaging key they meet an old
Southern negro called Sambo. and
upon the suggestion Of key he Is en-
gagged as porter. Then the three of
them, arm in arm, leave to take pos
session of this wonderful palace which
Abe has Just paid $4,000 for. (Cur-
taln.)
In the second act the curtain rises
on the interior of the Diamond Palace
saloon, and the audience gets its first
shock. The saloon looks like pig
pen, two tramps lying drunk on the
floor. and the bartender in dirty
shirt with his sleeves rolled up. asleep
with his head on the bar.
Enter Abe. Sambo and key, and the
fun commences.
One of the characters in the second
act was named Broadway Kate, and l
had an awful job TO brenk In one of
the Tommies to act and talk like
woman.
Another character was Alkali Ike, an
Arizona cowboy. who just before the
close of the play comes into the saloon
and wrecks it with his revolver.
We had eleven three-hour rehearsals
before 1 thought 1t advisable to pre-
sent the sketch to the public.
The whole brigade was crazy to
witness the first performance. This
performance was scheduled for Friday
night and everyone was full of antici-
patton; when bangl orders came
through that the brigade would move at
two that afternoon. Cursing and
binding was the order of things upon
the receipt of this order. but we
moved.
That night we reached the little vii
Iage of s. and again went Into rest
billets. We were to be there two
weeks. Our company Immediately got
busy and secured the village for a
suitable place In which to present our
production. Then we received another
shock.
A rival company was already estab-
lished In the village. They called
themselves 1.-THE Bow Bells" and
put on sketch entitled. "Blighty-
What Hopes2" They were the divi-
sional concert party.
We hoped they all would be soon
in Bllghty to give us n chance.
This company charged an admission
Of franc per head, and that night
our company went en- masse to see
their performance. 1t really was good.
I had n sinking sensation when l
thought of running my sketch In op-
position to 1t.
In one of then scenes they had a
soubrette called b1ossie. The soldier
thnt took this part was clever and
made a Incorporating and chic girl.
We Immediately fell In love with her
until two days after, while We were
on n march, we passed Flossie with
cher" sleeves rolled up and the sweat
pouring from "her" face unloading
shells from q motor lorry.
AS our section passed her l yelled
out: Hello. Flossie; Blighty-What
Gopes?" Her reply made our love die
out instantly.
'Ah, go to h-lW
This brought quite a laugh from the
marching column directed at me, and l
instantly made up my mind that our
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liked. A little baking powder sifted
into the corn flour will improve the
cakes.
ButterniIk Drops.-With a pint Of
buttermilk, add three eggs, a table
spoonful of fat. teaspoonful of salt.
and corn flour enough to make bat
ter. sitting teaspoonful Of baking
powder to each cup. adding small
amount of soda If the buttermilk Is at
all sour. Bake In hot oven.
Beet Piquante.-Take two cupfuls Of
boiled beets cut into cubes: two table
spoonfuls of butter two of flour (bar-
ley) and one-half cupfuI Of water in
which the beets have been cooked, one
fourth cupful OF vinegar. one-fourth
cupful Of cream, one teaspoonful OF
sugar, half teaspoonful of salt. Melt
the butter, add the flour. and when
well mixed add the beet liquor and
cream. Then add the vinegar slowly
and cook until the flour tastes cooked.
Add salt and pepper and then the
beets. Serve hot.
Baked Bananas Belgium Styie.-Re-
move the peel from six or eight small
bananas, scrape each banana to re-
move all coarse fibers and lay them
side by side in baking dish suitable
to serve them. Crate over them the
rind of an orange and half lemon; ;
mix the juice of the half lemon. the
orange and three-fourths of cupful
of sugar. pour this over the bananas
and bake In quick oven until soft
throughout. Serve from the baking
dish, one banana Deing portion. This
Is nice dish to serve with game or
lamb, veal or fowl.
Use junket tablets for dessert. They
are simple to use. make good, whole
some desserts. especially for the little
people. When topped with sweetened
whipped cream they are still more nu-
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GATHERED FACTS

In high or rough water. In angling
for black bass, light-colored and bright
flies are most effective.
The book Of the Bible called Levitt
icus Is so called because 1t relates
principally to the Levites and priests.
Japanese utilize the hides of sea
lions for the manufacture of a water
proof leather which has various uses,
Virginia. now the only state prohib-
iting women from practicing law, has
taken legislative action to lift the ban.
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MUCH IN LITTLE

In flight the kangaroo is easy prey
a knowing dog catches him by the tail.
overturns him with cunning wrench,
and takes his throat from n safe angle
before he can recover.
The popularity of the easily acces-
sible wrist watch was doubtless what
Inspired the production by Partisan
jewelry designers of ring watch. It
consists Of a tiny timepiece mounted
on finger ring, and, II desired. en-
bellIshed with precious stones.
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sketch should Immediately run in op-
position to "Blighty-What Hopes?"
When we returned to our billet from
the march. Curley Wallace, my the
atrical partner. came running over to
me and said he had found swanky
plnce In which to produce our show.
After taking off my equipment. and
followed by the rest of the section. 1
went over to the building he had picked
out. 1t was a mOnstrous barn with n
platform at one end which would make
IN ideai stage. The section got right
on the job, and before night had that
place rigged out In apple-ple order.
The next day was Sunday and after
church parade we put all our time on
dress rehearsal, and 1t went fine.
made four or five large signs an
nouncing that our company would open
up that evening at the King George the
Fifth theater, on the corner of Ammo
street and Sandbag terrace. General
admission was one-half franc. First
ton rows In orchestra one franc, and
boxes two francs. By this time our
printed programs had returned from
London, and 1 further announced that
on the night of the first performance
program would be given free of
charge to men holding tickets costing a
franc or over.
We had an orchestra of seven men
and seven different instruments. This
orchestra was excellent. while they
were not playing.
The performance was scheduled to
start ut @ p. m.
At :15 there was a mob In front of
our one entrance and 1t looked like a
big night. We had two boxes each ac-
commodating four people, and these
we Immediately sold out. Then n
brilliant Idea came to Ikey Cohensteln.
Why not use the rafters overhead, call
them boxes, and charge two francs for
seat on them? The only difficulty
was how were the men to reach these
boxes, but to Ikey this was mere de-
tail.
He got long ropes and tied one end
around each rafter and then tied q lot
of knots In the ropes. These ropes
would take the place of stairways.
We figured out that the rafters
would seat about forty men and sold
that number of tickets accordingly.
When the ticketholders for the boxes
got glimpse of the rafters and were
informed that they had to use the rope
stairway, there was howl of indigna-
tion, but we had their money and told
them that If they did not like 1t they
could write to the management later
and their money would be refunded I;
but under these conditions they would
not be allowed to witness the perform
ance that night.
After little grousing they accepted
the situation with the promise that II
the show was rotten they certainly
would let US know about 1t during the
performance.
Everything went lovely and 1t was a
bowling success, until Alkali Ike ap-
peared on the scene with his revolver
loaded with blank cartridges. Behind
the bar on shelf was a long line of
bottles. Alkali Ike was supposed to
start on the left of this line and break
six of the bottles by firing at them with
his revolver. Behind these bottles a
piece of painted canvas was supposed
to represent the back of the bar, at
each shot from Alkali's pistol man
behind the scenes would hit one of the
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- a - ~
ship division is
o n ~ a Q W
months old. says
a writer In the
New York Times.
A large body of
engineers quail
fed to make n
study of the many
different prob
lens involved in
this new design
W a s assembled
at Washington at
the beginning of
the year. The
work was divided
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The summer hath so many songs
That set my heart singing.
Such gladness to her reign belongs.
For me joy-bells are ringing
When robins carol clear and gay.
When brooklets dance along the way.
It's good to live-just live. l say.
with summer over the land.
L. Mitchell.