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The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19

Rome, June 19.-The Italian Prime Minister. made a statement this morning to the Chamber of Deputies on the war situation in which he states that the enemy con tinues his pressure of our troops along the mountain front and i'll the region of Montello.
 The enemy has made repeated efforts at various points along the
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19

Rome, Wednesday. - A state- ment issued by the Italian !" war Office today in speaking of the Italian resistance says, "The valiant troops of our army were strenuously tried by the terrific onslaughts of the enemy but the Austrians were not able to increase the short depth of their advance in the strip of ground within which the fighting has been raging for the past four days. While we have suffered a heavy loss, the loss to the enemy has been many times greater"
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19

MT. and Mrs. Mcdonald arrived out from Dawson on last nights train and will be passengers on the Princess Alice for Vancouver to which place MT. Mcdonald is taking his wife for treatment as she sus- tained a fracture of the left ankle some time ago. MT. Mcdonald is an old employee Of the N. C. Com pany.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19
EXTENSION OF LIMITS
 SATISFACTORY TO BAKER

Washington, June 19.-Secretary of War Baker has authorized the statement that if congress decides that 1t necessary at this time to extend the draft age limits below 20 and above 30. or either or both, no opposition would be offered to such a measure by the war depart ment.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19

Mrs. HerDster, Mrs. Matthews and I. D. Tillen of lower river points ar rived out on last nights train from Whitehorse and will be passengers for Vancouver on the Alice.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19
ADMITS PRUSSIA . JAN l WIN

Amsterdam, June 19 - George Bernhardt stated in an article which he had written and which was printed today in the Vossichs zei- tung, published in Berlin that i've see more clearly each day that this war cannot be ended by g milf tary stroke but can only be endeo by political action.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19
MADE CONTRACTS AND TOOK
 MONEY

New York, June l9.-Lieutenant James C. Staeley a reserve army officer was arrested by government agents and charged with protiteer- ing. Staeley is said to have ac- cepted money from certain manufac' turers for placing contracts for the manufacture of raincosts for use gy the soldiers with them.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19
Nc. NOW
 IN ALSACE

Washington, June 19.-The War Department announced yesterday that Major General John E. Morri- son has been appointed to sue ceed in command of the Western department. and also reports that the 32nd Division of the National Guards are now fighting in Alsace.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19
TANKS PUT UP :
 FIERCE BATTLE

Washington, June 19.-General Pershing reported a desperate en- gagement between two patrols, the Germans having forty and the Amer jeans thirteen. The Americans were ambushed but put up g terrific bat tie and most of them returned Ia safety to their own lines.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19

An Atlantic Port, Wednesday. n An American steamship with eighty passengers arrived in this port this morning after having passed thru a most thrilling experience.
 She was making the voyage from Havana over the regular Cuban courst, and narrowly missed strtk- ing 8 floating mine which had just
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19
AMERICAN U-BOAT SINKS HUN
 SUBMARINE AND GREW PERISH

ticulars are given other than it was a complete victory for the Ameri- cans. the entire German crew per ishing. 9s%;
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19

Paris, Wednesday. - A desper- ste attempt to take Rhiems last night at any price was completely blocked by he defenders of the city is the announcemet made by the French War office today.
 The assault was made over a 10 mile front between Vrigny. Fortla- pon and Heele. which formed a con-
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19

New York, June 19.-According to the report of prisoners arriving on an American ship an American sub sank a German sub off the Virginia coast yesterday. No par
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19
.NIGH7 ATTACK BY GERMANS ON
 RHEIMS BLOCKED BY ALLIES

plete semi circle about the city on the north front and east to west.
 Thirty six thousand German troops participated in the attack, and the fighting was very furious at all points, the enemy suffering great losses at the hands of the Allied defenders of the city.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19
SC, ,OOO, 900 ACRES LAND 1
 OPENED IN RESERVATION

Washington, June 1s.-The Sen ate yesterday passed bill opening thirty million acres of land in the western Indian reserve.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-19

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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-08
DADDSEVNDN(
.ARY TALL 0J
~ MARY GpAHANf BONNER
THE ELEPHANTS.
~ MARY GpAHAMRQNe

'Mr. Jock Elephant was very
smart animal" commenced Daddy.
HE had fine memory as most Of
the Mr.. Elephants have and was real
ly a good deal brighter than Mrs.
Jock Elephant.
''They had two fine children, one was
a boy elephant named Ted and the
other a girl elephant, only two months
old, named Tillie.
Now Mrs. Jock Elephant had been
very cross for whole month after TIL
lie had been born. She had been so
afraid something would happen to her
beautiful elephant baby that she was
angry with everyone else who spoke
to her and who took her attention
away from her baby.
.sMr. Jock Elephant remembered that
Mrs. Jock behaved the same way for
a month after Ted had been born. She
was so jealous and so careful of her
babies; she loved them so much that
no harm must come to them. And for
~ nuOlC niOhth th6iG WUo AiNuSo
ger. After that they were stronger
and better able to look after them
selves.
Mrs. Jock Elephants home was In
the zoo and the keeper took excellent
care of her and of her family. But
still she behaved just as she would
have acted IL she had been out in the
jungles where she would have guarded
her baby SO carefully. The keeper
knew this and understood how she felt
so he was kinder to her than ever.
"But the time was past for Mrs.
Jock to be cross, and once more she
was very pleasant. They had a fine
meal one day of water and hay which
they like above everything else and to
show how much they appreciated 1t,
they began doing their tricks for the
keeper.
"Not only did the keeper watch
them, but many children who were In
the elephant house and who saw that
the elephants were about to perform,
came over and watched them. Mr..
and Mrs Jock Elephant had many fine
tricks. Ted had learned number of
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CHAPTER XIII-continued.


We lined up In front of the baths,
soaked with perspiration, and piled
our rifles into stacks. A sergeant OF
the r. A. M. G. with a yellow band
around his left arm on which was
IS. P" (sanitary police) in black let
tiers, took charge, ordering us to take
off our equipment, unroll our puttees
and unlace boots. Then, starting from
the right of the line, he divided US
into squads of fifteen. happened to
be in the first squad.
We entered o small room, where we
were given five minutes to undress,
then filed into the bathroom. In here
there were fifteen tubs (barrefs sawed
In two) half full of water. Each tub
contained a piece of laundry soap. The
sergeant informed us that we had just
twelve minutes In which to take our
baths. Soaping ourselves all over, we
took turns In rubbing each others
backs, then by means of a garden bose,
washed the soap off. The water was
Ice cold, but felt fine.
Pretty soon bell rang and the wa
ter was turned off. Some Of the slower
ones were covered with soap, but this
made no difference to the sergeant,
who chased us into another room,
where we lined up in front of little
window, resembling the box office In
theater, and received clean underwear
and towels. From here we went into
the room where we had first undressed.
Ten minutes were allowed In which to
get into our "clabber"
My pair of drawers came up to my
chin and the shirt barely reached my
diaphragm, but they were clean-no
strangers on them, SO was satisfied.
At the expiration Of the time allot-
ted we were turned out and finished
our dressing on the grass.
When all of the company had bathed
1t was a case of march back to billets.
That march was the most uncongenial
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Once More She Was Very Pleasant.
them for the keeper taught them lots
Of things in his elephant school and
Ted was going up to higher class
every day.
"The elephant school is the school
the keeper started In which he taught
the elephants TO do tricks, for 1t would
be Of little use to the elephants II they
were taught to do sums and to write
and read. No one can quite think of
an elephant sitting up with pair Of
glasses before his eyes and trying to
hold a book before him with the aid
Of his trunk.
Besides very few books would in
terest the elephants IL they could read
except books on hay, and there aren't
many written on that subject.
$50 the elephants learn to do tricks,
and the keeper calls his time for show
ing them how to do the tricks his les
son time. You know that in circus
they have school for the different
kinds of animals and they have les
sons every morning. If they didn't do
their lessons well they wouldn't be able
to give such fine performances.
"Mr. and Mrs. Jock were looking
forward to the summer when they
would take real baths instead Of the
oil ones the keeper had given them
through the winter to keep their skin
from cracking.
zone Of Jocks best tricks was the
way he could catch pennies which were
thrown to him. He put them In a lit
tie bank in his cage and every time he
did this he rang a bell which the keep
or gave him. And when he is given
peanuts he Is very wise, for he takes
as many as he can get and holds them
in his trunk II he hasn't time to eat
them all.
''1e had his toe nails cut the other
day, for when an elephant is In the
Jungle he keeps his nails In good con-
dition by going over rough ground.
They find plenty Of oil in the marshes
for their skin, and they harden their
feet by rough sto les which the keeper
tries to take the place of with sand
paper.
"When they drink they use their
mouths, which of course is what all
sensible folks and animals do--in fact
7 believe everyone drinks that way.
But then, you see, elephants have long
trunks and we often wonder just how
they can manage.
"They throw their trunks over their
heads when they drink. OF course
they get their food to their mouths by
the help of their trunks.
-"And tomorrow, for treat, we're
going to see Mr.. and Mrs. Jock and
their two children In the ZOO so I've
told you lots Of secrets about them"
And both Nick and Nancy screamed
with delight.
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Important 70 Motnara
Boy Had Reasoned ShrewdIy Before
He Bought Those Particular TWO
Bars of Candy.

And then there's the office boy |
heard about the other day.
One of the employees had to work
after hours, and he got mighty hungry.
Jimmy" he said, calling the office
boy to his aid, "here are twelve cents.
You go down to the lunchroom and
buy me two of those nut chocolate
bars that cost six cents apiece"
Jimmie went on his way.
Soon he returned.
Here you are /" said the employee,
his mouth watering for chocolate bars
as he reached for the candy.
Instead of chocolate bars, the Office
boy placed two sugar-coated peanut
bars In his hands.
Il thought told you chocolate
bars said the employee, slightly
peeved,
"You did, returned the office boy.
"But they didn't have any slx-cent
bars; they only had twelve-cent bars"
The older person looked with pity at
the boy, who said;
"Don't you know that one twelve
cent bar would do just as well as two
six-cent barsT
II know" replied the boy, with a
grin, but thought you'd give Inc
one."--Charles II. Tracewell, In Wash
ington Star.
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two hundred yards from the Germans
(the trenches at this point were sia
hundred yards apart.
Two winding lanes, five feet wide.
had been cut through our barbed wire,
for the passage Of the diggers, From
these lines white tape had been laid
on the ground to the point where we
were to commence work. This In or
der that we would not get lost In the
darkness. The proposed trench was
also laid out with tape.
The covering party went ont first.
After short wait, two scouts came
back with information that the work.
Ing party was to follow and "carry on"
with their work.
In extended order, two yards apart,
we noiselessly crept across No Mans
Land. 1t was nervous work; every
minute we expected machine gun to
open fire on us. Stray bullets Cracked"
around us, tor ricochet sang over
head.
Arriving at the taped diagram Of
the trench, rifles slung around our
shoulders, we lost no time In getting
to work. We dug as quietly as pos
sible but every now and then the noise
Of pick or shovel striking o stone
would send the cold shivers down our
backs. Under our breaths we heartily
cursed the offending Tommy.
At intervals star shell would 60 up
from the German lines and we would
remain motionless until the glare of Its
white light died out.
When the trench had reached a
depth of two feet we felt safer, be-
cause 1t would afford us cover in case
we were discovered and fired on.
The digging had been In progress
about two hours, when suddenly hell
| seemed to break loose In the form OF
machine-gun and rife fire.
We dropped down on our bellies In
the shallow trench, bullets knocking
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up the ground and swapping in the air.
Then shrapnel butted in. The music
was hot and Tommy danced.
The covering party was having a
rough time Of it; they had no cover3
just had to take their medicine.
Word was passed down the line to
beat 1t for our trenches. We needed no
urging; grabbing our tools and stoop-
ing low, we legged 1t across No Mans
Land. The covering party got away
to poor start but beat us In. They
must have had wings because we low
cred the record.
Painting and out Of breath, we tum-
bled into our front-llne trench. / tore
my hands getting through our wire,
but, at the time, didn't notice 1t; my
journey was too urgent.
When the roll was called we found
that we had gotten 1t In the nose for
63 casualties.
Our artillery put barrage on Fritz
front-line and communication trenches
and their machine-gun and rife fire
suddenly ceased.
Upon the cessation of this fire,
stretcher bearers went out to look for
killed and wounded. Next day we
learned that q of our men had been
killed and 81 wounded. Five men were
missing; lost in the darkness, they
must have wandered over into the Ger
man lines, where they were either
killed or captured.
Speaking of stretcher bearers and
wounded, 1t is very hard for the aver
age civilian to comprehend the enor-
nous cost Of taking care Of wounded
and the war in general. He or she gets
so accustomed to seeing billions Of dol
Lars In print that the significance OF
the amount 81 passed over without
thought.
From an official statement published
In one of the London papers, 1t is
stated that IL costs between six and
seven thousand pounds $780, 900 to $780,
000) to kill or wound soldier. This
result was attained by taking the cost
of the war to date and dividing 1t by
the killed and wounded.
II may sound heartless ans thurman,
but 1t is fact. nevertheless, that from
a military standpoint IL IL better for a
man to be killed than wounded.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Picks and ShoveIs.

/ had not slept long before the sweet
voice of the sergeant informed that
"No. section had clicked for another
blinking digging party" smiled to
myself with deep satisfaction. | had
been promoted from mere digger to
member of the Suicide club, and was
exempt from all fatigues. Then came
an awful shock. The sergeant looked
over In my direction and said:
Don't you bomb throwers think you
are wearing top hats out here. Cord
In to orders you've been taken up on
the strength of this section, and will
have to do your bit with the pick and
shovel, same as the rest of u.s."
/ put up a howl on my way to get
my shovel, but the only thing that re-
suited was loss Of good humor on
my part.
We fell In at eight o'clock, outside
of our billets, sort Of masquerade
party. / was disguised as common
laborer, had a pick and shovel, and
about one hundred empty sandbags.
The rest, about two hundred in all,
were equipped likewise picks, shovels,
sandbags, rifles and ammunition.
The party moved out In column Of
fours, taking the road leading to the
trenches. Several times we had to
string out in the ditch to let long col
umns of limbers, artillery and supplies
get past.
The marching, under these condi-
lions, was necessarily slow. Upon ar
rival at the entrance to the communi-
cation trench, / looked at my illumi-
mated wrist watch-it was eleven
o'clock.
Before entering this trench, word
was passed down the line. mo talking
or smoking, lead off In single file, Gov
ering party first"
This covering party consisted of 30
men, armed with rifles, bayonets,
bombs, and two Lewis machine guns.
They were to protect us and guard
against a surprise attack while dig
ging In No Mans Land.
The communication trench was
about half mile long, zigzagging
ditch, eight feet deep and three feet
wide. &
Now and again, German snrapnel
would whistle overhead and burst In
our vicinity. We would crouch against
the earthen walls while the shell frag-
ments slapped" the ground above Us.
Once Fritz turned loose with ma
chine gun, the bullets from which
Cracked" through the air and kicked
up the dirt on the top, scattering sand
and pebbles. which, hitting our steel
helmets sounded like hallstones.
Upon arrival in the fire trench an
officer Of the Royal Engineers gave us
our instructions and acted as guide.
We were to dig an advanced trench
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There are so many instances of he
roic deeds performed under fire In res
cuing the wounded that 1t would take
several books to chronicle them, but
have to mention one instance per-
formed by chaplain, Captain Hall by
name, In the brigade on our left, be-
cause 1t particularly appealed to me.
A chaplain Is not fighting man; he
is recognized as n0ncombatant and
carries no arms. In charge or trench
raid the soldier gets a feeling of con-
fidence from contact with his rifle, re-
volver, or bomb he is carrying. He has
something to protect himself with.
something with which he can infiict
harm ON the enemy--in other words,
he is able to get his own back:
But the chaplain Is empty-handed,
and is at the mercy Of the enemy IL
he encounters them, so 1t Is doubly
brave for him to go over the top. under
fire, and bring In wounded. Also a
chaplain Is not required by the kings
regulations to go over in charge, but
this one did, made three trips under
the hottest kind Of fire, each time re-
turning with wounded man on his
back. On the third trip he received
bullet through his left arm, but never
reported the matter to the doctor until
late that night-just spent his time adj
mlnistering to the wants of the wound
ed lying on stretchers.
The chaplains of the British army
are fine, manly set of men, and arc
greatly respected by Tommy.
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Delight In Their Crouch.

Delight IN Their CROUCH.
There are people from whom we
never receive word unless they have
something to complain about.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-08

Empey tells of many ways the
soldiers have of amusing them
selves, In the next instaIlment.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-08

In olden times 1t was customary for
an officer to 90 around the towns and
villages to see that the inhabitants had
no weapons of war. On one of these
tours an officer called at the house OF
worthy Scotch couple and put the
question to the old man:
"Any weapons Of war In this house"
After scratching his head Sandy look
ed at his better half and said
"Deed, aye; pit GOT your tongue,
guIdWlfe!"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-08

and advise all ailing women to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound and I will guarantee they will
derive great benefit from 1t. Mrs.
FRANK FITZGERALD, rs N. 41et Street,
West Philadelphia, Pa.
There are thousands of women every
where in Mrs. Fitzgerald's condition,
suffering from nervousness, backache,
headaches, and other symptoms OF O
functional arrangement. 1t was Q
grateful spirit for health restored which
led her to write this letter SO that other
women may benefit from her experience
and find health as she has done.
For suggestions in regard toyour con-
dition write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass. The result of their
40 years experience is at your service
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one imagined. just cussing and blind
ing all the way. We were covered with
white dust and felt greasy from sweat
The wooden underwear issued was
Itching like the mischief.
After eating our dinner of stew,
which had been kept for us-it was
now four o'clock--we went into the
creek and had another bath.
If "Holy Joe" could have heard our
remarks about the divisional baths
and army red tape he would have
tainted at our wickedness. But Tom
my is enly human after all.
Just mentioned "Hoy Joe" or the
chaplain In an irreverent sort Of way,
but no offense WAS meant, as there
were some very brave men among
them.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-08

bCCA& ga bGA4, AiV&AsAA
and had several at
tacks Of nervous
prostration until it
seemed az If the
organs in my whole
body w ere worn
out. / was finally
persuaded to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Veg e table Com
pound and it made
q well woman of
me. / can now do
oil vy.v hoIraawork
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GRO BE CONTINUED
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-08
A Simple Advancement,

Hardly-Does your wife ever both
er you about her new bonpets?
Easy-Not in the least. When she
wants one she simply gets 1t and has
the bill sent In.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-08
EMrEY JOINS PICK AND SHOVEL SQUAD AND DIGS
TRENCHES IN NO MANS LAND.

synopssFred the sinking of the Lustana with the loss OK
Arthur Empey American living In Jersey Cy
private the British After
experience recruiting officer In London he sent to train
the sound of big and
After brief period training
Employs company ntne trenches where he takes
while the bullets whz overhead Empey
death turks always in the trenches
Chaplain distinguishes wounded under hot
fire. pick Empey experience trench digger
Mans
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NERVOUS
PR0STRATION
May be Overcome by Lydia
+. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound This
Letter Proves IL.

West Philadelphia, Pa. During the
thirty years ! have been married, have