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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19
OFFENSIVE IS GAINING
 Ne1uD Driue La,u1chedA1ong Whole Hi,1der,burq Line
OVER 5000 PRISONERS TAKEN BY CEN. HAAI
 M FORWARD SLSEEP

French Attack St Quentin Sector Results in Az of Over a Mile on Sx-Mle Front and the Capture of Hun
 dreds of Prisoners
 EPEHY IS WON BY BRITISH in been blurred by to theaduua  COMPLETE BATTERY IS CAPTURED ata north 5000 prisoners on the right
 ADVANCE TO DEPTH OF THREE MILES enysd esofS edoth Marsha tngh noyL dh the land the AustraL
 
 f carried by the who O. been the a gre depha along the lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19
EPEHY IS WON BY BRITISH

British Headquarters fnmed
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24

R. E. Burns, the Ignite coal
miner, arrived in town on the trail
last night. He will return to the
mine after the holidays.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24
PEACE CONFERENCE
PRACTICAL STEP
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Grey Says Peace Conference l.
Practically A League of
Nations.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Grey, for
mer British foreign secretary, de-
clared today that the coming peace
conference affords the greatest
opportunity for practical step in
the formation of a league of nations.
He said that it will not be neces-
sary to create a league of nations
from the conference, as the confer
ence in itself will constitute the vital
beginning of the proposed league of
nations, the formation of which has
concerned the nations so much
lately and which has been so widely
discussed.
Viscount Grey declared that the
peace conference should be con-
sidered "a permanent organization
and that it should keep itself alive
by adjourning.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24
PRESIDENT WILL
VISIT WITH THE
TROOPS TOMORROW
President Will Eat Christmas Dinner
With the Boys of the Army
At Chaumont.

PARIS.-President Wilson will
visit the American army headquart-
ers at Chaumont tomorrow and will
eat his Christmas dinner with the
troops. He insists on having his
dinner with the enlisted men and
eating it from an ordinary army
mess kit. Later on he will have
formal dinner with General Per-
shing and his staff.
After the Christmas dinner, Presi-
dent Wilson will review the troops
and deliver an address to them.
He expects to leave Calais for
England on Thursday and will re-
turn to France after brief stay
in England.
President Wilson and his wife
were out shopping yesterday. They
visited many of the principal stores
made many purchases and viewed
the gaily decorated shop windows
in the neighborhood.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24
DECORATIONS ON
ELABORATE SCALE
TO HONOR WILSON

LONDON.-or the first time since
the outbreak of the lat war, an
organized scheme for the decoration
of the streets on magnificent scale
has been arranged for the visit of
President Wilson
The entire route from the rail-
road station to Buckinham Palace
is being deliberately and system
atically decked with standards linked
by streamers.
The Stars and Stripes is the pre-
dominant feature in the whole de-
coration scheme.
The banqueting arrangements
made for President Wilson are
similar to those made for the king
of Denmark when that sovereign
visited England recently.
The banquet room in Buchanan
Palace has been decorated in white
and gold.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24
GOVERNORS WILL
COME 10 ALASKA
FOR CONFERENCE
Governors of States and Territories
Want to Confer Far Away
From Washington.

SEATTLE.-A special dispatch to
the Seattle Pr. from Washington
says that the Governors conference
next year will meet either at Utah
or Alaska, preferably in Alaska, as
the governors want to go as far
away from Washington as possible.
At the conference of governors
held this year near Washington, the
complaint was made by some of the
governors that cabinet officers took
up much of their conference time.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24
WILSON To TALK
TO CONCRt CATION
CARLISLE CHURCH
President Is Invited to Address
Congregation In Grandfather's
Church.

CARLISLE, acknowledgement
Edward Booth, pastor of the Con-
gregational church here, which was
built by President Wilson's maternal
grandfather when he was minister
ing to the flock of Carlisle several
years ago, has asked President Will
son to address the congregation
next Sunday. ...:.s.
President Wilson's visit to his
maternal grandfather's home is al
most coincident with his sixty-second
birthday, which occurs on Saturday.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24
STEEL STEADILY
NEARS CROSSING

When the men of the steel gang,
under Foreman Thomas X. Blakey
knocked of work for the day last
night the steel had reached Station
No. 1892, which is just 700 feet
from the Moose creek bridge.
From Moose creek to the Nenana
river crossing it is approximately
four miles, and this distance will be
covered soon. If the work of the
steel gang had not been hampered
by the bad weather prevailing re-
Gently, the steel would have reached
the bank of the river by Christmas,
as predicted.
The steel gang is now building
an 1900 foot siding, extending from
Station $4,000 to Station 1892.
The work was taken in hand this
and will be completed in a
day or two, when the work of ex-
tending the line southwards will be
Rapid progress is being made with
the building the bridge across
the Nenana river at the crossing,
and it is expect 4 that II will be
ready for the EEL in few days.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24
NATIONAL GUARD
TO REVERT BACK
TO CIVIL LIFE
Destruction of the Organization Is
Threatened By the Ruling of
Military Authority.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Judge
advocate general says that the Off
GERS and men of the National Guard
will revert to civilian status when
discharged from federal service.
This ruling practically destroys
the National Guard as organized be-
fore the war.
LEITH
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24
CLARK SELECTED
FOR PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Friends
of Speaker Champ Clark of Miss
ouri, say that he will be put up as
a candidate for presidential nomina-
ton on the Democratic ticket in
1920.
It is reported that Champ Clar' s
candidacy will be supported by Viii
liam jennings Bryan.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24
PADEREWSKI WILL FOUND NEW POLISH EMPIRE
GOVERNORS FAVOR CONFERENCE FAR FROM CAPITAL
LYNN COAL SHOWS
MUCH IMPROVEMENT

also that nearly third of its bulk
was composed of water, but they had
hoped that sooner or later Lynn
would reach a depth and recover
better grade of coal, and in the
meantime were prepared to use such
coal as they could get until the lig-
mite fields had been reached.
The coal received from the Lynn
mine for the past two weeks has
been of much superior grade to
the first consignments, and is also
showing steady improvement in
quality.
AS it will take at least three
weeks to reach the Burns mine, near
the Ignite fields, and in view of
the fact that the coal from the
mine at Mile 20 Uynn's) is daily
showing a marked improvement, Mr..
Browne is now considering the ad-
visibility of putting up dryer
near the Lynn mine of sufficient
capacity to handle all the coal that
will be needed for all purposes in
Nenana. With a very little drying,
the coal has shown a very marked
improvement in qualities of COM
bustion and heating units. A car
load of coal that was not needed for
immediate use was run into the en-
CINE house and was left there for
several hours, with the result that
the slight drying sthe coal was sub
jected to made lot of difference
when it was used.
1t had not been found possible
to conduct a fair test, for various
reasons, but Mr.. Browne said that
just as soon as representative of
the Bureau of Mines can come down
to Nenana, systematic test will be
made.
In the meantime, the coal is be-
ing used right along in the boilers
of the power plant and in the heat
ing plant, and shipments are ar
irving steadily The force employed
at the mine has been increased and
double shifts are now running, so
that a large quantity of coal may
be mined for the use Of the A. E. C.
Superintendent Packer, on being
interviewed with regard to the coal
said that the coal which came from
the Lynn mine at first is known
as surface or blossom coal, and
contained besides large percentage
of moisture, some dirt and sand
which made firing difficult and
rendered cleaning of fires necessary
more often than usual. The fire
men obtained here had no idea of
just how this class of coal was to
be used, and consequently were not
able to get the best results out of
it. They have now educated them
selves as regards the proper methods
to be adopted in firing with this
fuel and are finding no difficulty
in keeping up the required steam
pressure in the boilers.
The coal, he said, is steadily show
ing a vast improvement in quality
with each carload received. This
condition has been noticed for the
past two weeks, and he thought that
if the vein does not pinch out, Billy
Lynn has struck good coal which
could be used to advantage most
anywhere.
The boilers at the power plant
and at the heating plant near the
enginehouse are being fired right
along with this coal and the Commits
sion has not experienced or heard
Of any shortage of power or heat yet.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24

S. B. Waite is leaving for Fair
banks tomorrow morning on a brief
visit to his daughter.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24
RED CROSS DRIVE
VERY Successful

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Approxi-
mately fourteen million members
have been enrolled in the Christmas
Red Cross membership drive which
ended last. night.
Bad weather and the prevalence
of influenza greatly handicapped
the workers.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24


at the Lynn coal mine has during
the past two weeks shown a great
improvement in quality and in heat
ing units, and indications point to
the fact that the vein of coal he is
working on has been penetrated to
sufficient depth to ensure the re-
covery of a good grade of ignite
coal with the chances of further i'm
provement in quality as the miners
penetrate deeper.
An erroneous impression appears
to exist in the minds of some people
regarding the coal mined by Lynn,
as evidenced by the statement APP
pearing in recent issue of the
Alaska Citizen, and some wild
speculation around town as to its
utter unfitness as an economic fuel,
a representative of the News inter
viewed F. D. Browne, engineer in
charge, and CLEANED the following
particulars regarding the coal and
its use by the Alaskan Engineering
commission as fuel in the power
and heating plants.
The Alaskan Engineering COM
mission was fully aware Of the fact
that the vein of coal on which Lynn
was working was a very young coal,
just a little better than peat A
sufficient pressure of the earth
had not been exerted to expel the
greater part of the moisture from
the coal, and consequently the coal
found here was considered inferior
to the coal found in the Ignite
country and at the Burns mine,
which is situated within a mile or
two Of the Ignite coal fields.
The first shipments of coal re-
ceived in Nenana and used by the
Commission were known to be sur
face coal and not much was eX-
pected of it. A third of it's bulk
almost was water and although it
was known that with a little drying
very satisfactory results might be
obtained, it was used in it's raw
state owing to the great scarcity
of fuel. This first shipment ar
rived in Nenana on November ID,
and was used in the boiler which
supplies heat to the engine house
and machine shop. This fuel has
been in use here almost continuously
since that date.
Coal was first used in the power
plant on November rs, and here too
it became necessary, owing to al
most a fuel famine, to use the coal
in its raw state without any attempt
being made to dry it even slightly.
It has been in use at the power
plant almost continuously since and is
still in use.
At the start, and for few days
when the A. E. c. were forced to
use this surface coal, wood had to
be used with the coal, owing to the
large percentage of dirt and ashes
left in the fire box and ash pit.
Mr.. Browne also pointed out that
Ignite is a coal that requires some
experience to handle rightly and the
firemen at the power and heating
plants did ut know, at first, the
rieM meth &c, to employ in using the
coal, to get the best results. They
sre row getting used to it's idiosyn-
racies and the consequence is that
~, y better results are now readily
OBJ y.
n S, tie before, the Commission
.ff;cials were wei aware of the fact
that the Goa was practically surface
coal and of a poor quality at that
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24
PADEREWSK| MAY
FORM NEW POLISH
GOVERNMENT SOON
Renowned Polish Pianist Is On Way
to Poland's Former Great
Baltic Seaport

COPENHAGEN Paderewski, the
world famed Polish pianist, arrived
here today aboard of British
cruiser which had been placed at
his disposal by the British govern
ment
Paderewski is enroute to Danzig
which was former Poland's great
Baltic seaport before she was robbed
of it by Germany.
The Berlingske, commenting on
the journey undertaken by the aged
pianist, belives that he has a plan
for the foundin@ of new Polish
government under Entente auspices
REPRESENTS AMERICAN POLES
NEW YORK.-Paderew left
New York last November with power
of attorney to represent all Ameri-
can Polish communities.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24
SPECIAL MEETING :
OF NENANA CLUB

M. ]. Co,ney. president O the
Nenena club, announces that a sre
cial meeting O. The club will be held
at 8 p. m. SHARP, on Thursday night,
December 20, at the club rooms.
Business CT e cat Importance vii
be up for discu sion and all mrm.
bers Of he club are urged to Ie in
attendance.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24
POLES TO CONFER
WITH THE CzECHS
Disposition of Czech Claims to
Austrian Silesia Will Be
Amicably Settled.

VIENNA.-A Polish delegation is
now on its way to Prague for the
purpose of comforting with the
Czechs regarding their claims to
Austrian Silesia.
1t is confidently expected that an
amicable agreement will be reached
and all disputes settled finally.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24
CH|NK DELEGATES
REACH VICTORIA
Chinese Peace Delegates On the
Way to Europe, Are Due In
Seattle Today.

SEATTLE.-The Chinese dele
gates to the peace conference ar
rived at Victoria, B. C, today and
is expected to reach here at noon
on their way to London.
Lou Tsiang, Chinese minister Of
foreign affairs, heads the delegation.
They refuse to state their terms.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-24
PAUL. M|LUKOFF
LEAVES PARIS
Former Russian Foreign Minister
Who Is Policeman, Obliged
to Leave Paris.

PARIS-Paul N Milukoff, former
Russian foreign minister, who had
been recently accused of Germano-
Paris today. .
His presence in the French CAPT
tai is believed unnecessary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-23

1t was a colonial system founded In
the main on principles Of Justice and
humanity; and 1t Is the lack Of these
elements in the colonization policy of
Germany that has made 1t such a
conspicuous failure.
The Germans are wasting time and
brain power In specializing about
what they ore to get back when the
war ends. The serious question for
Germany Is going to be what more II
Will have to give up by way Of atone
ment for bringing on the most wicked
war In the history Of the world. AIDE.
quate indemnity to Belgium or France
or England or Serbia Is impossible
but there may be some approximation
to 1t. The REIMBURSEMENT Of her CO.
lonial possessions Is a very small por.
ton Of the price Germany ought to
pay for what she has done.
The Beers and the Ansacs will have
something to say. we imagine, about
giving these German colonies back.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-23

1918 permitted n two months open
season in the Northern States begin.
ming October 1, and the same period
In the Southern States opening No
vember 1. The Legislatures Of Ar
kansas, Kentucky, Missouri. Ne
braska. Tennessee and Wisconsin,
realizing the danger from overshoot-
ing and other causes, have closed the
seasons In these States.
The new Federal regulations re-
Gently announced permit two
months open season, but for the flrst
time restrict the bag limit. This
limit Is fixed at six birds a day un-
less State gives better protection.
In such States the State laws pre-
vail. Thus, automatically, the State
laws Of New York and Vermont cut
ting the woodcock limit to four a day
will remain in operation.
The establishment of a bag limit
Of six n day-the smallest bag limit
for any migratory game bird-cuts
the daily bag limit Of the woodcock
in half In practically all the States
in the range Of the mysterious noe
turnal bird. Perhaps by the enforce
ment Of this small bag limit the
preservation of this fne game bird
may be assured.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-23
Ships for Toys.

The shades Of our seafaring ances-
tors must have thrilled, as for the res
toratiOn of lost child, at that
decision of the American toy manu-
facturers to make ships the dominant
feature of their output for the next
two years. The design Is educative.
We are again to be Il maritime people.
Mr.. HURLEY, of course. FASTENED to
indorse the undertaking enthusiastic
cally. The pacitists were shut up
promptly with the announcement that
merchant ships, not armored cruisers,
were to be the pattern, and the mer.
chant marine, not the navy, was the
intended beneficiary.
He would be poor descendant of
his forebears who felt nothing stir
within him at the project. The ac-
cldent of present residence Of Kan
san or an Iowan cannot set Mt naught
that tincture of the Viking which
drove his fathers to sea and was alto
gether too robust to become vitiated
In few generations. We talk less
about the sea than do the English /;
but the period Of our greatness on
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-23
ITO CATERPILLAR"
Light on q Strange Verb From an I'm.
failing Source Of knowledge.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Str: Your
ton Of caterpillar" used as a verb.
Away back in Latimers time G552) a
caterpillar was "a rapacious or extor-
Tomato person" STANDARD Dictionary.
s. W. The worthy Latimer. preaching
on the Lords Prayer. described "thc
children Of this worlde as covetous per-
sons. extorcioners. appressors, cater
pliers, userers."
Now, as ''the infinltive has to a great
extent the construction Of noun" Ger
nald English Grammar Simplifed," p.
S2) and as 1.-The English language often
uses one part Of speech with the con-
struction Of another--a noun as an ad-
jective. an adjective as a noun,' &c.
Ubidem, "A Working Grammar OF the
English Language" p. 81, the construc-
ton ito caterpillar" may be taken to
mean ito extort"
To Phillips, Millions nephew. the cat
erpillers were "envious persons. that do
mischief without any provocation'
G65S), but Stephen Gosson, the noted
opposer Of the movies Of his time G57O.
classified these persons by name in the
title of his famous "Schoole OF Abuse,
Containing a Plesaunt 1nuectNe against
Poets. Pipers, Plaiers, Testers and such
like Caterpillers Of a Commonwealth"
In provincial England. notably in
Herefordshire. the verb ito caterpillar"
Ia used to-day and means Ito torment.
plague or render helpless There such
an expression as IT was never so cater
pillared in my life Is in frequent use.
DR.. SYNTAx.
NEW YORK, August %.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-23

I love to read the stories that We get
from over there
About the way our engineers occasion
ally tear
The lining out OF things.
Slug the Huns with bin, bang. binss!
They've q gosh all-awful wallop. and hght
like grizzly bear!
I reckon It's because they have 80 little
else to do
For Satan still finds mischief for Idls
hands to brew
They'd rather charge a ridge
Than mend broken bridge.
SO their engineering tools they chuck to
smash line or two
They've little else to do except to lay q
mile OF rail
Or stretch q string OF pontoons In q storm
OF steel spllnt hail;
Over swamp to build q road
For the heavy 'tlllery's load
Where clouds Of choking gases would
make hell's own stokers auaill
They only have to cut q forest into nttsd
planks
To furnish comfy quarters for a million
other Yanks.
captured town to clear?
Like loannT In the rear!
And terrifying trenches under IRE they
list as pranks.
The engineers a lazy life are leading
over there:
They're conscientious begEars, though. to
state what's only fair;
They get so little work
They're ashamed to seem to shirk.
SO every time they get q chance they
hEht like grizzly bear!
W -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-23
MODEST AND EAGER"
Praise for American Soldiers From an
Officer Of the Black Watch.

From letter Griften BY on officer Of tn
Black Watch to his father in NetD
York, dated Ju'y q.
As to the war, / really think things
are extremely rosy. I imagine our
counter offensive down by Chateau
Thierry to be not the main effort at
all, but merely gentle hint to the
Boche to show him what he is up against
and principally a morale raiser" for
the people at home.
l have seen a fair amount Of the
Americans out here and they are uni
versally admired. / have not heard a
single word against them, and their
physique Is magnificent, and contrary to
all expectations their modesty and
eagerness to learn from us the things
Of war are very marked, l was down
the line on a fortnight's course In snip
ing recently. There were three Amer
lean officers on the course, all splendid
officers.
We are lucky to be in the quiet sec
tor. The Boche gets a rotten time OF
1t. He gets about thirty shells for
every one he sends.
The other morning he must have got
the wind up and that we were going
to attack. Anyhow, at 3 A. NJ. (stand
to- he put forth a most unpleasant bar
rage. One OF the Argyll officers got a
trench mortar to himself. poor fellow.
We had been together at various places
and I liked him very much.
q disagree with you as to the war not
finishing by a decisive victory. I think
that when We have such an immense
numerical advantage. furnished by the
Americans. to permit the advantage. we
will go right through and the Boche
will not be able to stop us When that
will be of course is the question.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-23
LOUIS THE PIANIST.
when He Reads Doom In the Hand
He Is Very Careful.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. When
persons. utter strangers to me- come to
my studio and after inspecting my
paintings hear me say, Let me read
your palm" it is pleasant to notice
their gaze OF establishment and their
expressions:
you read my hand How can you ?
A man who executes such wonderful
paintings. how cab he find time to do
anything else? l do not believe you"
Never mind" l say, '"just give me
your hand" Then l read the lines,
mounts and other mysterious formations
OF the palm.
"Why. everything is true. I've had
professional readers examine my hands
and they did not tell me so many truths
as you. How do you do IT."
Easy like anything else. time and
study are required. But IL you take
special interest in any branch OF learn.
ing. sure success is tho outcome"
you are a marvel" and she babe
mo goodby.
There are many who frown on the
absolute reliance on palm reading to
Judge a persons character. to prognos-
ticate his future and to pronounce judg-
ment on his life, health and ambitions.
All OF these can be traced in the lines,
&C. Of the hand. Any one with a little
patience can learn palm!stry. Why so
few learn this important pleasure seems
rather singular to me. Say twenty min
utes day devoted to this study, con-
tinued for a month, and you can read
any persons hand. Try 1t,
or course, when l notice signs of sud
den death In her hand. or other dis
quieting events to occur, 1t Is my duty
to keep her ignorant. All say is, be
very careful OF yourself. do Not fret
too much, &c. After all, bliss is living
in rosy mist Of hope and cheerful
expectancies.
LOUIS N. EILsHEMrUs,
Supreme Spirit Of the Spheres.
New YoRx. August q.