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The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-08-19
CHAPTER XIV.


During the first two days l spent
with Huyliger after had first arrived
in the big city, h" had told me. among
other things. of n moving picture show
in town which he said might have a
chance to see while there.
at is free every night in the week
except Saturdays and Sundays he
said, "und once you are inside you
would not be apt to be bothered by
anyone except when they come to take
your order for something to drink.
While there is no admission. patrons
are expected to eat or drink while en-
joying the pictures"
A day or two later. while walking
the streets ut night in search for food.
| had passed this place and was very
much tempted to go in and spend
few hours, particularly as it would
perhaps give me an opportunity to
buy something to eat. although l was
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The German soldiers at the different
tables were very quiet and orderly.
They drank book beer and Conversed
GInong themselves, but there was no
iiIarity or rough-housIng of any kind.
As I sat there, within arms reach
OF those German officers and realized
what they would have given to know
what n chance they had to capture an
escaped British officer. ! could hardly
help smiling to myself, but when |
thought of the big risk | was taking.
more or less unnecessarily. | began TO
wonder whether had not acted fool
.s.Iiy In undertaking it.
Nevertheless. the evening passed Off
un"vcntfully and when tn" show was
over mixed with the crowd and dis
.np"ar"d. feeling very proud of rLysclf
ma with . good deal NOR" confidence
th"n | ha1 enjoyed at the start.
had passed n night which will 1.-Two
In NY Iif" rs IoH@ ~ live. tn" hill
% far" and program and Il throw
away bill advertising the nam" of
tltc attraction which was To be pre-
scented the following week which was
handed to me aS | came out, | still
have and they are among the most
valued souvenirs Of my adventure.
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The place began to fill up rapidly.
Every second person who came in the
p'are seemed I" III" I" be German
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER l-Iniroductory. Pat O'Brien
tells OF ms purpose III writing the story
OF has adventures.
CHAPTER II-Tells of his enlistment in
the Royal Flying corps, his training III
Canada and his transfer TO France foT az
tive duty.
CHAPTER III-Describes fights in which
he brought down two German airplanes
and his final tight in which he was
brought down wounded within the Ger
man lines and WAS made prisoner Of
war.
CHAPTER IV-Discovers that German
hospital staff bgnbarously neglected tho
fatally wounded and devoted their eneT-
gies to restoring those who might DO
returned to the firing lines. Witnesses
death In fight of his best chum Lieut..
Paul Rlney.
CHAPTER Vile Is taken to the Of
fCers' prison camp at Courtrai. There he
began planning his escape. BY great sac
rihCe he manages to save and hide away
two daily ratiOns of bread.
CHAPTER Vile confscates a map of
Germany and !ust half an hour later is
put on n train bound for a prison camp
In Germany He leaps through window
while the train Is travelling at IA rate OF 20
miles an hour.
CHAPTER VII-i'or nine days he
crawls through Germany, hiding during
the day. travelling AT night. guided by tho
stars and subssting on raw vegetables.
He covers 10 miles before reaching LUZ
emburg.
CHATTER vIn-tor nine days more he
struggles on in weakened condition
through Luxembourg in the direction of
Belgium.
CHAPTER 1X-Ho endures terrible
hardshps swmS rivers while delIrous
from hunger. living lll,r Il hunted animal
and on til" eighteenth day after jumping
from the train L. cIosSrs int Belgium
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It Seemed Better to Parrot the Belgian.
little faster. hoped that they would
find another seat before they came to
my vicinity, but they were getting
nearer and nearer and | realized with
sickening sensation that they were
headed directly for the two seats at
my table. and that was indeed the
case.
These two seats were in front OF the
table facing the stage and except when
the officers would be eating or drink
ing their backs were toward me. and
there was considerable consolation in
that. From my seat ! could have
reached right over and touched one of
them on his bald head. 1t would have
been more than II touch, l am afraid,
II | could have gotten away with 1t
safely.
As the officers seated themselves,
waiter came to us with printed
bill-of-fare and program. Fortunately.
he waited on the others first and l
listened intently to their orders. The
officers ordered some light wine. but
my Belgian neighbor ordered Book"
for himself and his wife, which was
what l had decided to order anyway.
rs that was the only thing could say.
Heaven knows would far rather have
ordered something to eat. and I was
afraid to take a chance at the pronun-
citation Of the dishes II set forth.
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the mrr, fact that I selected some
thing that was listed I'm English might
attract attention to me and something
In my RECOMMENDATION might give fur.
tbar roust for susnIcion.
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The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-08-19

CHAPTER l-IntroduCtory. Pat O'Brien
tells OF ms purpose i'll writing the story
OF his adventures
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CHAPTER XIV.



One night shortly before | left this
city, our airmen raided the place. |
didn't venture out of the house ut the
time. but the next night | thought |
would 90 out and see what damage
had been done.
When 1t became dark I left the
house accordingly and mixed with the
crowd, which consisted largely OF Ger
mans. | went from one place to an
other to Sc" what our "stratiing' had
accomplished. Naturally | avoided
speaking to anyone. If Il man or
woman appeared about to speak to me,
| lust turned nv head and looked or
walked away in some other direction.
| must have been taken for an un-
social sort of individual good many
times and If | had encountered the
same person twice | suppose my con-
duct might have aroused suspicion.
| had hrSt-cluSs observation Of the
damage that was really done by our
bulnhs. CA" bomb had landed very
near thc main railroad station and If
it had been only thirty yards nearer
would have con i,,r IL drmuli he'd II.
As the station WAS undoubtedly our
airw"u'~ objective / was very much
impressed with 'ar accuracy OF his
aim 1t Is l'y no means an easy Thing
to hit Il building from tn" air when
YOU are going al WnNNh"r" from fifty
to one hundred u,as ain hour and are
H.
dozen dinrrrn, Hnsl,s-unlr>~, of
course, you are taking one of those
desperate chances and flying 50 low
that yuu Cununf very well miss your
mark All the Hun, can't syry well
miss you either!
| walked hy the station and mingled
with the crowds which stood in the
entrances. They paid no more at
tenton To me than they did To real Bel
giunS, and the fact that the lights
were all ont in this city ut night made
it impossible anyway for anyone 10
get nS good look ut me as If it had
been light.
During the time that | was I'm this
city suppose l wandered from one
end Of II to the other. In one place,
where the German stan had its head
quarters. Il huge German flag hung
from the window, and think | would
have given ten years of my life to
have stolen It, Even If ! could have
pulled It down, however, ii would have
been impossible for me to have con-
,.aolaj II md IN huya carried II AWAY
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Copper River
and Northwestern Ry.
FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN

FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays
and Fridays
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
The above schedule subject to change without
notice.
Dining Car in Connection with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from 9 a. m. to p m except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot office
,.rr nuur before departure of trains.
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M foSs 70 know how | was going TO
usk for what wanted.
While trying to make up my mind
khether 1t was safe for me to go in l
walked half n block past the place, and
when | turned back again and reached
the entrance with my mind made up
that would take the chance ran full
tilt into n German officer who was just
coming out
That settled all my hankerinGs for
moving pictures that night. 'Where
you came from. my friend" | figured,
there must be more like You | guess
it is a good night for walking"
The next day, however, in recalling
the incident of the evening before. 1t
seemed to me that had been rather
foolish. What | needed more ihnn
anything else ut that time was Conif
dcncc. Before could get to the from
tier | would have to confront German
soldiers many times, because ,h"r"
were more of them between this city
and Holland than in any section OF the
country through which ! had 50 far
travelled. Safety in these contlng-
cncicS would depend largely upon the
CalmnesS | displayed. 1t wouldn't do
to get all excited ut the mere sight OF
IL spiked helmet. The BclginnS, | had
noticed, while careful to obey the
orders of the Huns, showed no pnrtic-
ular fear of them, and 1t seemed to
me the sooner ! cultivated the same
feeling of Indifference the better I
would be able to carry off the part
was playing.
For this reason l made up my mind
then and there that, officers or no OIL
lcerS, | would go to that show thht
night and sit II through no matter
what happened. While people may
think that had decided unwisely be-
cause of the unnecessary risk involved
in the adventure, 1t occurred to ME
that perhaps after all that eater was
about one of the safest places | could
attend because that was about the last
place Germans would expect to find
fugitive English officer in even If they
were searching for me.
As soon as evening came, therefore
! started out for the theatre. | fixed
myself up as weI as possible. / had
on fairly decent pair of pants which
IIuyligcr had given me and | used a
clean handkerchief as a collar.
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CHAPTER III-DesCribes fights in which
he brought down two German airp!anes
and his final fight in which he was
brought down wounded within the Ger
man lines and WAS made a prisoner of
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CHAPTER IV-Discovers that German
hospital staff bsrbarously neglected tho
fatally wounded and devoted their ener-
gies to restoring those who might DO
returned to the firing lines. Witnesses
death In fight of his best chum Lieut..
Paul Ralney.
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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
COMMITTEE TO GIVE ADVICE
 ON KNITTING

This afternoon Mrs. George Mac Quarrie will be on hand in one of the rooms of the public library to give instructions in knitting to any who wish them. At the same time anyone wishing to procure yarn may get it at the same place. Many have been having trouble with their knit ting and need advice. so a commit tee was appointed, consisting of Mrs. Cecil H. Clegg. Mrs. John A. Davis and Mrs. Luther c. Hess, to handle the question. This room in the H. brary will be open from now on ev- cry week day between the hours of 3 and 5 P. M.. and any who wishes help may call at those hours and they will always find some compe- tent person on hand to advise them.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
OF
 FOOD DEALERS
 AND CAFE MEN

Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock Luther c. Hess, the newly appointed food administrator for this district, met with all retail and wholesale food commodity dealers of this city, to talk over the new regulations which were laid down by Royal A. Gunnison, food administrator for the territory. It was decided that six pounds of sugar instead of five, as in the order from Gunnison, be made the maximum amount for one house. hold at time, as six pounds are sold for dollar, and five pounds would make uneven change.
 It was also decided that grocers might sell, under permit system, sugar in fifty-pound lots. the per mits being given out by MT. Hess to prevent duplication. Thus ~any regular customer of store who comes in and gets fifty.pound sack of sugar will have a permit turned in to the food administrator for that amount, and it will be easy to check up if anyone gets more than one fifty-pound lot. Hard and soft wheat flour will probably be sold under the same system, allowing one household to purchase fifty pounds of each under permit system.
 The restaurant men met with Mir. Hess at 3 o'clock, and agreed to follow out the requests of the food commission as far as possible, but they will meet again this afternoon to talk over just what is to be done. The meat market reports that there is supply of meat on hand suffi- cient to supply the camp until next season, and that if the eating of meat Is curtailed too strongly they will have large quantity of 1t on their hands and it will grow old on them. Likewise the grocers report that they are long on ham and bacon. and if these are not used this season they will grow rancid and worthless. As it Is the object of the food administration to con serve food, and this spelling would clearly be waste and not conserva. tion, the administrator is going to look thoroughly into the matter, and reports will be made at the meeting today. At any rate, there will be some conserving of beef and ham and bacon, and the requirements with regard to wheatless days and con serving of sugar will probably be exactly followed by the restaurant men.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
GREAT DEMAND
 IS MADE FOR
 STEN0CRAPHERS

There have been thousands of type writer and stenographer appointments made in the past year at Washing ton,- D. C., for the various depart ments which come under the head of the civil service, and there Is room for thousands more - The civil service is trying in every way to get stenographers and typewriters to take the civil service examinations and get on the waiting list.
 The creation of new offices and has made an unprece- dented demand for stenographers, and a constant campaign is being kept up and will be kept up to get enough to fill vacant positions.
 An examination for those wishing to take it will be given by the local civil service board on February 16, in Fairbanks. Already there are sev- eral who have signified their inten- tion of taking the examination, and there will probably be quite a large class by the time for the examina- tion. Anyone inteersted should see the civil service board at the court house at once. so as to be prepared.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
SCHOOL FORMS
 A JUNIOR RED
 CROSS CHAPTER

A junior Red Cross has been form ed among the pupils of the Fair banks public school, and committee has been appointed to look after the work of this chapter. The commit tee is made up of the following teachers: Chairman, Miss Margaret Keenan; Henrietta A. Mirick, Mrs. Josephine Tupper and Margaret Car penter, treasurer
 This junior Red Cross will act just as separate branch of the Red Cross, and will carry on their own work as a separate organiza- tion, though they will be an auxili- ary of the Panama Valley chapter of the Red Cross.
 Yesterday morning in an assembly of all the school students, John A. Davis presented the rewards to those who obtained memberships in the Christmas drive for new members.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
NOVEMBER IS
 BIG MONTH IN
 TRADE CIRCLES

WASHINGTON. D. C.. (By MaiD- Exports during November amount ed to S,OO0.OOO. a decrease O. $555, 100000 from October. 1917. ana of S28,000,OOO from November of Last year. according to statement Is- sued today by the bureau of for eign and domestic commerce.. depart ment of commerce. For the il months ending with November ex- ports were valued at $5.639, 900. against s4.959,O 100000 a year ago.
 Imports during November were val ued at s221 100000. about the same as in October of this year, but $4i, 100000 more than in November year ago. The imports during the II months of this year were valued at s2,725,O 100000, a considerable in. crease over the imports for the II months period of 1916. which Were valued at $2,1S7. .O00,O00
 The excess of exports over i'm ports amounted to S26S.000,000 in November. 1917. against S9S9,000,000 year ago. The excess of exports during the Il months ended with November amounted to S2,914,000,- 900 in 1917, against $2.773,0 100000 in 1916, an increase of si41. 1.000000 in the current year.
 Gold imports during the month amounted to only s3.O00,O00. against $47,000.000 year ago; and gold eX ports amounted to $7,000.000 in No vember. 1917. and $26,OOO.0OO in 1916. During the II months ended with November, gold imports amounted to s535, 100000 and exports to S367. .000,- 900. leaving an excess of impo.ta of $16S,0O0.000 in 1917. against s399.- 100000 in 1916.
 Silver imports during the month amounted to S9,O00.0o0. consider able increase over previous months. while silver exports fell to less than &, 100000. For the II months peri cd the silver imports amounted to SAT 100000, against s29,000.000 ay ar ago, and the exports were valued at $74,00O,0O0 in 1917 and $62,o0o, 900 in 1916.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
GUARD IS
 ORGANIZED AT
 RAILR0AD TOWN

A meeting was held at Nenana last evening for the purpose of organiz- ing home guard in that town. Some fifty men were present at this meet ing, and all signed pledge to join the home guard and perform it's duties. w. J. Hubbach was elected captain, and will have full charge of the guard. The meeting was not well advertised or there would have been much larger attendance, and it is expected that at least a hun dred men will be enrolled in the guard within few days.
 The duties of the home guards at Nenana will be to stand guard for two hours every evening over the commission buildings and govern ment property at the railroad town. Each man is to wake his successor as he goes off shift, and thus a constant watch can be kept.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21

to transmit, in turn, to the various local councils. "We will be pleased to hear what has been done by the Council in your town, and if we can be of as. sistance in any work that you have undertaken, or expect to undertake, please advise us.
 Hoping that the year of 1918 may be one of glorious success for the cause of freedom and democracy,
 Sincerely yours,
 "W. A. CLARK,
 Chairman" JOHN B. MARSHALL,
 Secretary"
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
0UESTIOk'NAIRES OF KEYS BOYS
 ARE SENT HERE

In the last mail the Fairbanks local board received the question naires flied out by George and Ralph Keys in Seattle when they applied for enlistment. At the same time letter was received from the Seat tie board asking for permission to mobilize the boys into service at once.
 The boys surprised the Seattle board with the answers to some of the questionnaires, particularly the question that asked how many hours a week they were employed during the past summer and what they were doing. The boys made answer that they were working on hoist and worked seventy hours a week, which was some shock to the Seat tleites.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
OFFICERS OF
 BRANCHES OF
 THE RED CROSS

Below is given list of the off. cers of the different branches of the Panama Valley chapter of the American Red Cross. John A. Clark was some time ago given authority to create auxiliary chapters of the Panama Valley chapter in the larger towns of this division, and did so, and the following are the officers these branch organizations have elected: NENANA-
 Chairman, Mrs. Thomas Riggs, Jr. Vice Chairman-Mrs. M. S. Love
 Treasurer, G. F. Cramer.
 Secretary, Miss Jane M. Anderson
 Other Member, Dr. M. D. Smith RUBY
 Chairman, Thomas DeVane.
 Vice Chairman, Mrs. H. w. Par. malee.
 Treasurer. A. J. Day.
 Secretary, J. N. Sousa.
 Other Member, Miss Edith LaBelle PANAMA
 Chairman, Geo. F. Bemis.
 Vice Chairman, Emily Selk.
 Treasurer, J. A. Donald.
 Secretary, B. B. Mozee.
 Other Member, J. c. Dehn. RAMPART-
 Secrets y, M. P. Fleischman.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21
CARL DOUGLAS
 INTERVIEWED

From recent copy of the Seattle P..I. it is learned that Carl Doug las. the local road house man. who formerly ran road house on the creeks in this district, is in Seattle.
 MT. Douglas was interviewed by a reporter on the Seattle paper, and his interview reads as follows:
 Seattle isn't the camp she was during the days of the Klondike rush," said c. H. Douglas. of Fair banks. who is enjoying his first trip Outside in nineteen years. "You have more skyscrapers. more autos and more noise than in the old days. but the frontier joys appear to have moved on from these diggings. No more do the returned Alaskan min CTS walk the streets with gold dust. seeking to be entertained and not
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-21

vited anyone who wishes to take part to attend and instruction will be given absolutely free. Compe- tent instructors, in fact. the same ones who drilled those who turned out at the armory last spring. will be on hand.
 At first only the calisthenics will be gone through, and later the more advanced exercises, infantry drill movements and formation will be gone through. The drill is worth turning out for if for nothing but the exercise. and 1t is hoped that there will be large crowd in at tendance Tuesday evening.