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The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-25
Burning Water.

Particularly pat, at time when the shortoce of coal has required many emergency regulations of business, Is tha announcement that chemist has fopnd n way in which it will, It Is claimed, be commercially profitable to use water as fuel A man who saw the process excmplifed describes 1t to the Christian Science Monitor in these words: "I have seen water burning, l have seen water streaming into flame of hloZing oil, and, instead of putting ont tha fire. 1t made the fame rear up- word and develop q temperature or 9 OOO degrees Fahrenheit, enough to melt copper" It should be said that tho water alone will not burn now any more than In the past, but, combined with equal parts of any oil that Will flow freely. 1t becomes excellent fuel, This Is the way the observer explains tbe process technically: "The comOus- tion of water is based upon the fact that when a fine stream of water is put through an intensely hot metal coll 1t Is not only turned into vapor, but the water molecules are split up into their constituent elements, oxygen and hy' drOgcn."
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-25
ID TALK IN VAR
 CONDITIONS

Friday evening, at the Pres0yter- ian church, MT. Andrew stevenson will speak on the present. conditions throughout the United states brought about by the war.
 Mir. Stevenson will tell of the pres ent war conditions that confront the American people, passing his remarks solely On his personal observations in his recent travels and his talk will be confined to the impression that this condition made upon him and the manner in which the Ma ton at large is responding to the call to stand back of the sol diers who are fighting our fight and offering their lives in the dear est principles of our country, de- mocracy.
 There will be no stipulated charge for admission, but silver offering will be taken up and the proceeds will be divided as fol lows: 50 Der cent to the local Red Cross, 25 percent to the Ar manian relief fund, and 25 percent. to Local w. c. T. U., under whose auspices this lecture is given.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-25
ADDING HORROR TO SITUATION
Conversation as Reported by Boston HHumorlst" Would Seem to About
 Approach the Limit.

"The coal situation Is getting very accuse, isn't it?" asked ma' as sne looked over the morning paper.
 "Yes," said Peggy. "I was reading where Mir. Stomorrow, the fuel demon strator Is trying to get coal from the mInds."
 But the paper says there is a short age of anthrax coal" interrupted ma' "and that we should use voluminous coal" ,
 "Not 'voIuminous,' ma" corrected Peggy, "buytoomany coal "
 q don't care what they call It." said ma. "you can't get any, anyhow. It's just too aggregating for words. A pound of sugar or bod of coal teddy Is worth more than all the wealth or the ancient inkstunds."
 "Who were them?" asked Peggy.
 "Them was Indians as used to live down in Texaco," ma told her. Tt does look as If this war would never ter minal."
 "It will be terrible if the kuSslahs continue their armature with the Ger mans, wouldn't 1t, ma?'
 "Oh. he's a terrible, terrible man" sighed ma.
 "Whom is?" asked Peggy.
 "Why." said ma, as she went to get dinner, "who but the geyser"-Joe Toye in the Boston Post.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-25

is still in force, but motor cycles are not permitted to be run on any sidewalk whatsoever.
 (sgd.) Frank Page, Town Marshal.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-25
TRAIN LEAVES AT SIX
 O'CLOCK FRIDAY MORNING

"Tell 'em the trains goin' out at o'clock tomorrow morning" was a message received today over the phone, and so it is printed that those wishing to travel On Fri days train may not be left. The early hour of the departure of trains this spring has been deemed advisable so as to allow the train to be taken across the White Pass during the daylight hours, and all sc to avoid possible slides which might occur later in the day.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-25

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The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-25
VICTORY FOR
 THE MA1RONS

Treadwell, April 20.-In the final match of the ladies bowling tourna- ment, which took place on the Treadwell alleys last night, the married ladies demonstrated that them in the championship class. at tenpins. II |
 One of the largest crowds yet seen on the Treadwell alleys were present when Mrs. (Stroller) White team won the game which placed them in the campionship class: Score;
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-25
BICYCLE ORDINANCE
 TO BE ENFORCED

Tha ordinance prohibiting the rid ing Of bicycles and motor cycles on the sidewalks of Skagway which provides a penalty for the violation thereof, shall from this date De rigidly enforced.
 A resolution was made by the Common Council amending this or dinance so as to permit the use of bicycles on sidewalks north of Seventh avenue was passed, and
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-25
Single Ladies
Total,
NEatrOns
Total ..... .. :.

In behalf of the ladies of all the teams, Mrs. Frank Le Noir, in g. neat speech, thanked the manager of the tournament, Gabe Paul, throueh whose energetic efforts the tournament was such an enthusiastic success. :!
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-25
Latest Telegraph Record.

Within the past few weeks a seven league stride has been made in high speed telegruphy, says Popular Me ,haniCs. An apparatus, which in Rc- mal tests has proved Its ability to transmit over a single grounded wire 5000 words a minute has been evolved.
 The real significance of this escapes ont antil it iS realized that 5000 words set in type will nil -. standard mag aZine pages.
 Details ot what appears to he a,i apoch-making achievement must be mithhrId for military reasons. It is war invention and has for its chief purpose tho liberation of hundreds of expert ou. .ruturS to" tho signal corps without d:.nrganiziu@ our mu"hneeded commercial lines. No secret is dl- vulged, however, when ihe apparatus is descrlhrd as st printing telegraph system depending upon universally used recording instrument that has never before been associated wi;h te- Iegraphy. The system is ap- plIcal,lc to wireless hut so fur has not been actually used in conEsction with it.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-25

perpetrated successfully upon the parents of soldiers in various camps.
 4. telegram is sent informing that the soldier has a furlough and re- questing funds by wire to come home, waiving Identification. The rest is a mere matter oof detail. Parents and friends should be warned of this game and of the sim liar one where the telegraphic re- quest is to mail money to the sol dier care general delivery.
 Respectfully,
 R. H. VAN DEMAN,
 Colonel General staff. Chief, Military Intelligence Bu.,
 By w. c. SMILEY,
 Captain National Army.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-25
VOTER ASKS \ QUESTION


 NIT. Shaw, you ask for the votes iE Skagway. You state you are 6 Democrat. Thanks, But if you should offer your house for sale We would be moro interested in the condition of the house than the color cr your coat. What is your platform? What do you stand for? If elected, what will you do?
 A VOTER.
 Ed. Adv. 4-24-6t. Subscribe for The Daily Alaskan.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-01-10
sNsNFa ' ' !.
 NOTICE.

Pursuant to an order of Court entered on the 11th day of Decem- Der, 1917, notice is hereby given that a Generad Term of the District Court. Second Division, Territory of Alaska. will be held in the Court House, in Nome, in said Division and Territory of Alaska, commenc- ing at tho hour of eleven o'clock A. M. on Saturday, January 12, 1918, and to continue thereafter ac- cording to further orders of the Court.
 Given under my hand and with the Courts zeal affixed this 11th day of December. 1917. (SEAL)
 THOS. McGANN. Clerk, District Court, Sccord Divi-
 son. Territory of Alaska.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-01-10

LONDON, Jan. S.-Workers in Great Britain have been granted an increase of 25 per cent in their injury payments under the work mems compensation act.
 Tho increase is to be effective for the period of the war and six months thereafter. The new scale resulted from recommendations made by the Commission of En- quiry into Industrial Unrest who re- ported that labor is deeply concern cd over the increased cost of liv- ing.
 The investigation disclosed that
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-01-10

Not for Alaska's hidden wealth,
 Were it all mine to give, Would exchange my former lot
 And know l had to live AS I have lived and suffered
 Since when upon that day, Alone upon that dreary trail I fell upon the way. Almost thousand miles I toiled, And toll { did, indeed; An army was behind me, For 1 was in the lead On the rush which came soon after,
 Where I had blazed the way, And slowly added up the miles From Dawson, day by day. One awful January day, And one I'll ne'er forget, Ire icy blast swept by me My God! I feel it yet. | Since then the boys have told mo When they found me in the snow The thermometer had registered
 Some seventy below. Rcnumbed with cold, I realized That I was nigh to death, That the Yukon wind was piercing
 With it's chilly, icy breath, And with a mighty effort I looscd my robe and tent And wrapped them close about me | Then all my strength was spent. My moccas:ns had fallen off,
 knew my feet were gone; A little piece of bacon raw Was all I lived upon. Those awful days, each day a year, AS in the snow Lay,
 And prayed that some stamp 2ders
 Would p.ss along that way. Sometimes, compelled by thirst, I reached and got some snow, That's how I lost some fingers
 And the rest are cripplel so. For five long days end nights l lay
 Who're on the spot I fell, Ard through the misery I passed
 I'll not attempt to tell. The two kind-he.,rted doctors, l Like angels to my sight, Appeared upon the scene. and sonc Relieved me from my plight. We started up the river
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-01-10

To where Fort Gibbon stands Two companies ot infantry
 WEich Major Booth commands; They're of the Seventh regiment, Of Companies F and E, Ard they end all upon the trail Were very kind to mo.
 Slowly I regained my strength; As soon as was ablo They took me out and laid me
 On the operation table. With knife and saw they carved me And left me as I am, But glad to be alive
 On the soil of Uncle Sam, With Yankee ingenuity,
 His gallant boys in blue Did everything within their means To try and help me through. With iron scraps and old tin cans, With wood and nails and leather They made a pair of legs that will Not freeze in any kind of weather Then on to Nome I journeyed!
 By my heart was sad and sore Whom l found I could not prospect Through the mountains any
 more.
 That land up there is hard enough In many ways to beat But the Eskimos are behind the
 times
 In artificial feet; And 50 I have returned again
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-01-10
IAISF0RTUNES 0FA PROSPECTOR
 UPON THE YUKON TRAIL

To get myself in shape, But my heart is in Alaska,
 And I'm longing to escape. From the land of automobiles To my dear old northern home. The first b5at leaving in the spring Will carry me to Nome. Your cities and your meadows Are very fair to see, But the old Sour Dough" mala-
 mutes
 Are good enough for me. There's something, spite of bleak
 ness
 And barrenness Up there, That always drags you back again I guess it's in the air; You feel up in Alaska
 Like a free American, A millionaire is just as good As an honest working man. The old Sour Coughs will tell you When I have made my pile I'll go beck home and blow myself For just little while; But up in old Alaska
 Is where I want to die; It is the poor mans country, A home for You and l. Some of my bones are up there now,
 I'm going back to stay Until "Old Gabricr' toots his horn Upon the Judgment Day.
 FRANK O'CONNOR.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-01-10

The following was composed by an unfortunate Miner who resided in Nome in 1900. When last heard from he was in Dallas. Texas. When from out the icy Northland The sight of Klondike gold Set nations ia frenzy
 With dreams of wealth untold. When thousands swarmed upon the
 trail
 To reach the wondrous spot, All danger at p7ivations
 For the moment were forgot. l was young and strong and
 healthful,
 All the world seemed fair to me When I joined tho mighty caravan That started OCT the sea. Der mountains, lages and rapids, My courage never failed, Until with joy unspeakable
 At length the Kiondike hailed. But alas! the joyous visions
 I had fostered passed away At the knowledge forced upon me, That we merely were the prey Of & most rapacious set of rogues, Sent officially to bleed The honest working miner,
 And in their mighty greed. They trampled on the rights of all Nor spared the working man, Their tools and their accomplices The thief and courtesan. For three long years vainly hoped, For hope is hard to kill That justice would be done at last, But fraud prevailed until A rumor of the wondrous strike In the golden sands at Nome Revived my dropping spirits And turned my thoughts to home; For any place is home for me
 Beneath the stary flag, And Dawson life makes "aliens"
 Respect the. British flag. So on a cold November day
 l took my little sled, With but a small supply of grub And blankets for my bed, And started on the dreary tramp That left me as you see Ore-half of life's sweet pleasure
 Have passed away from me.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-01-10
INCREASES COMPENSATION
 FOR INJURED WORKERS

because of the greater demands upon tho family pockctbook tEe ac- cident compensation had become in adequate. Relief was given prompt ly by the government as 8 means of protecting the nations labor power end of reducing friction.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-01-10
BOWLING ALLEY REOPENS

BOWLING ALLEY REOPENS. The Bowling Alley next door to the Eagle saloon is now open foe business. Everybody cordially in- vited to como and enjoy themselves. Hot Rolls. Bread and Pies at o'clock. every aftsrnoon.
 at ARCrlO RAKERY.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-01-10
WE CAN DO IT.

Peoples Laundry wash everything. except the Baby.
 w. J, WILLIAMSON, Prop.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-01-10

LADIES 6 GENTS TAILOR. Your Clothes Cleaned, Pressed and
 Repaired. SUITS MADE TO ORDER from select fabrics and trimmings. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. Cor. Lanes Way and Front Street.
 M. PASCOFF. Prepare for the winter by patron izing the advertisers of your paper. Mr. AFinerl
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-04

world began with their meeting over -boss
thee wretched babies. This happened in
June. That same month they met again
only this time il was in an evacuation
hospital back OF the lines where Nurse
Mimi was at last swabbing the wounds
and bandaging the fractures Of her fellow
countrymen. Baker few over one DAY TO
visit brother aviator wounded 10 thc
death. and he and Nurse Mimi remained
by the bedside until the gallant young
flyer went west"
No one OF course. knows when ne 60.
clared hts love. He seemed 70 have so
little time when he did come 20 earth. bui
evidently these first two visits settled mat
tiers for them both man and a girl who
have gone through such experiences &c
gether as this Princeton hockey player and
this Newport belle did during that mouta
o. June could never be casual acQUaint-
ances. II was one Of wars paradoxes that
they should have their greatest hapDiDe-.
when they we're helping others 70 endure
great sorrows.
In July Miss Scott was ordered % Paris
by her superior officer to rest up. She was
trotting through the Bots her second morn
ing with Mrs Aston when Lieutenant Pake-
jumped from an official gray ar. he
too was In Paris for The week. and what
a week they had
This time no immediate lraze3- faced
them, and they could no, her orgetting
the cloud OF terror that hov-red - the
north Of them. They were iE love ard II
was Paris! From letters received in Sep
TENDER and b. putting two aE3 two to
gether. Miss SCOTS fam'y AID friends
have decided thst IRE grss: uu=s ION vas
settled during that week
BY August Nurse Milai YVES Do x ~ ne,
post, working twenty hou-s a day enc
always with that strained. 1aAinr COX IN
the eyes that women wear Us9se hearts
are somewhere in that great gray nghtiry
mass In France or FLANDERS - ooursa
there were flying visits-literauy "1yins"
to keep I'D her spirit. In: tire de-. fnaty
came when she eab'ed her srapdmcthsr
not 70 be surprised % hear 81 her marrisye
any day.
She and "Hobey." she wrote both fs.t
that under the circumstance they welt
get what happiness they oSuli sven ;s~y
could. The day the csbls vas ps-f Bat-f
was sent 70 another seTtc7, ors that = :op
active 70 be mentioned a1i. slas SEQ active
10 permit OF those aforesaid 49, Ttsi's
70 his sweetheart g p thf n 1ment. ~ q
question OF Their marriage e on re Ap@~s
OF the gods.
The three baby cssysses1 TSsy aavs besa
adopted co. Ete bv Nurse Mimi nrI
HOBBY" mi ihs.r lortuns VII uLdo15..
edly be l@sVv az he htraFs of their
guardian E1seis. vhtcii does not mean trst
Nasss Mi.nl Will lrlne .he ohillFen up gs
asr 90 Mt t6al zhs ap& HOBBY heve
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-04

the machine; one had his glasses trained
on q patch of woods some distance away.
Suddenly the great plane circled higher
and then 1oated easily TO earth In the fat
meadow across from the refuge. The avia-
tor hurried over to our heroine. and thus
cid her great romance come to her.
1t Is said that Mimi looks even more dis
tracing in her nurses cap and kerchief
than she ever did in her liveliest and most
expensive party frocks The aviator. who
was unacceptable because Of his helmet,
let fall his words very quickly-he has al
ways been speedy in everything.
There's three kids lying in a heap in
that woods over there. | don't know
whether they're dead or alive. but some
thing ought to be done. Can you take en-
In here7 I'll go and get EN-"
Not giving Miss Scott a chance TO reply
he disappeared round the side of the
refuge and in another minute was clank
ing over the rough fields in the only Ford
the nurses possessed.
Miss Scott watched the Ford disappear
toward the woods that we're fully mile
away. Then watched it come back again,
and from the car fell three dirty. ragged
youngsters, all girls, less than ten years
old
They had been wandering in the woods
two days with nothing to eat. and they
were literally starving to death when the
airman's powerful glasses brought them
into view OF course they were fed and
washed and put to bed, the strange man
waiting around outside until all this was
done.
Then out came Miss Scott, and there
stood a man whose face seen without his
helmet. seemed oddly familiar. He
grinned. It's a long time since ! saw
you last, Miss Scott. And this place Is
not much like Princeton is it2"
Princeton" exclaimed Miss Scott
why. you are HOBBY Baker. and We all
had lunch together after the game. How
long, long ago that seemsl And now you
ere fighting over here"
Which was all perfectly true. Although
she had long ago forgotten that football
game and subsequent lunch at Princeton.
and she had never since recalled Baker,
the greatest hockey player ever produced
by Princeton or any other American col
lege Neither our hero nor our heroine
had been carrying round memory pictures
OF each other. but they did develop
mighty sudden interest right away IN each
ether.
"Hobey," as all the sporting world knew
him. Is now Lieutenant Baker, but Miss
Scott cared little for his title She Just
wanted 20 make him a cup OF tea. and.
yes. he must have some cigarettes and so
on He stayed an hour, perhaps two-tbs
once starving children were asleep and
somehow he found himself telling OF the
tragedies he had seen. How many they
were!
She in turn had her tragedies 10 tell
II was queer, but these two, who hac ma
four years before IN the heautifrl tow
OF Princeton, amid normal pPsosfS1 Szz-
roundings never rafsT~eE - th%i- ives :
home.
To al intents. soE os.y Nss at -
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-04

player and never lacked for partners, and
1t did seem though every game she
played became a love game. She also
drove motor. rode her horse and swan
as we'll as Eleanor Sears. 1t was said in
Newport that whenever anyone wanted
man to fill out in any sport. all one had
to do was TO call up Miss Scott. The man,
no matter who he might be- II free, white
and Of good birth. would be found. in
eTtably, somewhere in the heiress's vicin
ity
But all this changed when George Scott
died For more than a year his daughter
withdrew from society and devoted herself
70 working for the various French and
Belgian charities She spent FIVE hours
every day at the Red Cross making surg
zeal dressings and bandages. and when
nOthine else needed 10 be done she made
layetteB for the poor little war babies
over there"
Then came our entry into the war. This
happened Just at the time when our hero
me was planning TO return 20 her former
social fe She intended OF course. TO keep
on with her Red Cross work, but she felt
that she might now begin 10 dance and
play a bit Our declaration OF war how
ever changed her whole scheme Of life.
and ten days later she entered the Won
ems Hospital, way uptown IN New York,
and bez gan her nursing course
All summer, when Newport was IN the
widest throes Of excitement When her
young friends were flirting and frivoling
with tie myriads OF Naval Reserve stu
dents stationed round about the colony.
Miss Scott worked from eight o'clock in
Copyright 1918 b. star COMPANY
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-04

the morning until six o'clock at night
every day and Sunday in the hospital
wards. She had no time for parties, nor
even for beauX. When she went on duty
every night she was so dog-tired she
dropped of to sleep at dinner many, many
times.
Hospital work is deadly work even for
girls whose muscles have been used to
hard work, and whose lives have been,
oh, so different from our pretty heroine's.
This girl who had never had fewer than
twenty servants 10 wait upon her, who had
two French maids TO do her slightest bid
ding. spent ten hours daily waiting on the
pauper sick. scrubbing grirny backs and
rubbing aching arms and legs, and alp avs
on her feet. with practically never
chance 10 rest All this she did so hat
she might become fitted 10 60 overseas and
help nurse our wounded soldiers. II vas
the highest form OF patriotism that Kept
her 8 her self-appointed labors.
LssC November, her course OF trait ing
ended, Miss Scott sailed for France, ex.
Decting to be stationed as a nurses al at
one OF the American base hospitals. At
that time. however, General Psrshing did
not want aids in these hospitals, 50 liss
Scott was sent 70 one Of the devast. ted
sectors with Mrs Astor to work an ong
he children. Refugees we're then b ing
sent back from behind the German ! mes
at the rate OF a thousand day and fiss
Scott had her hands full
One afternoon IN June Miss Scott was
standing In the doorway Of the re uge
watching a battle plane which was 4 ing
unusually low. There we're two meI in
Great Britain Rigats Reserved.