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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-20

southern locations to Alaska. For several years this has been going on and the old slogan of inexhaus- table supply renewed.
 "The Alaska fisheries have held up well to the present but serious indications of depletion are appear ing such as the closing of several small streams and the Copper River, and the recent refusal by the Com missioner of Fisheries of fishing privileges on the Yukon.
 How soon we will hear the cry stop fishing from the cannery in terests themselves will be determined bv the active, earnest and intelligent manner in which the only conceived methods, thus far, for maintenance of the supply are exploited.
 Artificial propagation as practiced at present is not success and stream closing has not proved to be remedy.
 What is being done elsewhere in the way of experimentation in meth ods entirely foreign and revolution ary to the old practice has not come to our knowledge, but series of very interesting experiments are be ing conducted under the auspices of the Southeastern Alaska Fish & Game Club by their expert MT. A. J Sprague. which have promise of good results. It is not considered advis able at this time to publish the na ture of these tests as they have not been developed to the proper stage and the quantitive value is insuffic tent Results thus far obtained, how ever, justify action on the part o all interested in the salmon question in the intent that enlarged means such as were contemplated in thu Hatchery Bill passed by the las Legislature, be made available with ont further delay and in the mean time the Club be better supported il l it's work.
 Occasion is now taken to urg upon the Common Council Of Ju neau. the Commercial Club and al interested parties the importance Q the visit of the Joint High Com mission to Ketchikan, the necessit. for a session of that body here ant appropriate action should be takel at once toward bringing that to pass.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-20

produce in all coast sections of Al aska at a price which can not be
 met by the Seattle markets, on ac- count of the higher freight rates from Seattle to local points.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-20
Cooperation Must Be Se- cured from Gamers or Else Fishing Will
 Have to Stop.
WHAT A RESIDENT SAYS
An Important Meeting of Fish and Game Club Will Be Held This
 Evening.

There will be an important meeting tonight of the South eastern Alaskan Fish & Game Club in the Hatchery build ing on Front Street, and all members are requested to be present. A resolution will be presented with view of get ting cooperation so that meetings may be held in Jul neau of the Americana -Canad ian Fisheries Conference.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-20

Dine at the Gastineau. Concer' every evening.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-20

Good Home Cooking. 3b cents neal. Circle City Cafe.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-09

Syrian RELIEF. who arrived in Picking
from Tihis recently.
From, Batoum to the British front
in southern Persia the only force OPP
posed to. any German-Turkish adj
vance, he said. Is a comparatively
small number OF Armenians with linn
tied supplies OF food and ammunition
cut OF from all communication with
the allies. on the other hand all the
Tartars are loyal to Turkey and Ger
many. The northern portion Of Per-
STA. he declared, is pro-German and
these elements r ready to take a
hand in the war II equipment and
leaders can be furnished them. There
is O., possibility Of this German sym
pAthy extending to Turkestan and
Afganistan.
In the Caucasus and northern Per-
.sia, Mr.. Yarrow says. the Germans
could mobilize at least a million men,
and while they are not especially
good fighters. they could greatly en-
barrass the English in southern Per
STA and Mesopotamia. Two ways are
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-09

gure, about the middle Of March, as
follows: All communication to Persia
had been cut by the local Tartars.
The railroad south of Erivan had not
been in operation for several months.
Od1cers Of the Turkish army were
working in this section training the
Tartars.
The railroad from Tinis to jBaku was
entirely in the hands Of the Tartars
and they permitted only an OCCASION
al. train to pass and that subject to
the most rigid search at stations en-
route. From tho train following that
on which the Yarrow party came out
nine nen-comb Blatant EnElishmen were
taken at Elisabethpol and although
Yarrew remained in Baku ten days
they had not been released.
On the Turkish front to the west
there was considerable activity. Aft
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-09

open to combat this menace. namely.
strong pressure In Persia and MeSo-.
potamia,-and the more remote possi-;
billy Of striking the enemy through
Siberia.
"The Germans have the CAUCASUS
and southern Russia" Yarrow con
tinued, 'and are pressing on with all
sorts of enterprises and making con-
quests which require little or no mill
tary force. As they go on they are
picking up their var prisoner com
patriots and under ono guise Or an
other getting them armed so aS to
cooperate when h time comes
The Mohammedan races In that re-
sion are getting the idea that the
German arms are invincibie. There
is ceaseless activity Of. German agents
among them pressing this view upon
them, and il events follow logically
a. they have begun It seems almost
certain that the allies will have 2
most difficult situation to deal with"
Mr.. Yarrow described conditions
obtaining at the time Of his depart
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-09
GERMAN WILL
NOTBE TAUGHT
IN Is STATES
Sixteen Other States Are
Now Contemplating
Adjustment. !.

New York. Sept. s.-Thirteen states
in the union have abolished the teach
ing OF the German language in the
schools and in sixteen other states a
campaign to eliminate German is
under way. according to an announce
ment a today by the American
Defense society. Many cities in the
sixteen states where the campaign
against he study Of the German Ian
guage is n progress have thrown
German out of their schools but the
state itself has not taken decisive ac-
tlon, says the announcement Of the
society,". which has been conducting a
campaign against the study Of Ger
man in the public schools.
This announcement was passed
upon a canvass of the, states and
cities which was conducted by DR..
Perry A. Dickie Of New York.
The states listed as having abolish
ep'the study of the German language
from their schools are Alabama, Cali
fornia, Connecticut, Delaware, Lou
tstana, Maine, Mississippi. Montana,
Oklahoma, South Dakota, TennesAee,
Utah and West Virginia.
The following states it is announced.
now have under consideration the
abolition Of the teaching Of German:
1,11oiAo' Manassas e torAud, georgia,
Idaho, Indiana. Kansas, Michigan,
Missouri New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia,
Wisconsin,.
THE. society announced that the fol-
lowing cities have, wholly or partly,
thrown out" the study of German
from their schools:
New York city, Philadelphia, Pa;
Washington, D. c.; Seattle. Wash;
Louisville, KY; Portland. Ore; Jersey
City, N. j.; Grand Rapids, Mich; Des
sale, N. j.; Tacoma, Wash; Bayonne,
N. j.; Wheeling, w. Va; Mt. Vernon,
N. Y; Pawling; N. "; Alton ILL.,;
Champaign, I'LL; Charleroi, Pa; Eu-
gene, Ore; st. Mary's, Pa; Cliffside
Park. N. j.; QwAkertown, Pa, and
Glen Cove, L. I.
The situation in the sixteen states
where the campaign against the Ger
man language is reported as in pro-
Dickie's report as follows:
Acknowledgement is fast being
eliminated by u local boards"
Arkansas-"Many Of our public
schools have discontinued the teach
ing Of German. 1t has been practic-
ally discontinued in all of our high
schools" ~
florida think that practically
all of the Germans have been re-
moved from the schools without>mak-
ing any public demonstration about
it. They just SIMPLY failed of re-
election"
Georgia-"We have discontinued
giving examination in German in or
der to certify teachers in this subject.
There has been no rule or law dis
placing the study from the schools,
though it is becoming more unpopular
every day."
Misunderstanding of German is
prohibited in schools up to and in
Guiding the eighth Teaching of
German in the high schools. is left to
the determination of the local
boards"
Indtana-"With. the re-assembline
df the legislature ample provision viii
be made for the exclusion. Of German
from our schools" r
Kansas-"There never has been any
German to speak of taught in any of
u elementary schools, and since the
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er the sfall OF 1Trebizond. Erzerumi and.
Kars the only way out from Bakna
wasS over the Georgian Pass from III.
Zig to Yladikaykaz by automobile ana
this was becoming Observation-Disclosures
Rostov. The American consul. Smith.
remained in Tiits and expected to
hold on as long az possible.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-09

warlt has been eliminated from prac-
tically half Of our high schools"
Michigan-'It is my opinion that at
least SO per e of the schools Of this
state have dropped German from.
their courses Of study. It has also
been dropped from the courses Of
study iof many higher Institutions"
Missouri-"so far as reports have
come there will be- n Or two high
schools outside of the cities which are
planning to give German next year..
teaching to students who are prepar-,
ing for technical courses. In Kansas
City the teaching has been discon-
tinued altogether"
New Jersey-''The state board Of
education passed a resolution under
which it will be possible for every
local board to prohibit the study of
German. What will be the result
time will tell"
New York-'It appears that regis
tration in German classes has fallen
off about 80 per cent in schools where
German is still optional. Next year
German will be dropped in a, majority
Of the high schools in the state. pr}n-
cipally because the students will mot
have it," (No action against German
by the legislature or state board Of
education.)
Ohio-"No measure have been
taken in this state by the department
| Of public instruction for the removal
Of German from the public schools.
It has not been necessary. They are
removing it in nearly all the schools
in the state of their own accord"
Rhode Island-"Foreign languages
never have been taught in Rhode
Islands elementary schools. Several
towns and cities have recently barred
German from their. high schools"
Texas-'The legislature has enacted
a law that the English language must
be used, exclusively in the conduct Of
work of the schools, except in the
foreign courses permitted in the high
schools"
Virginia-"German in most Of the
high schools Of the state is an elective
study, and the high school pupils are
no electing this subject
wisconsin-'"The teaching Of Ger
man has already been discontinued in
a good many schools of the state,
either through official action by, the
local board, or through the fact that
there are no students asking for the
subject y
The ink on another German prom
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-09
CAUCASUS FULL
OF DANGER TO
ALLIES CAUSE:
Peril in East Told by Re
!. turned American Relief
Chairman.

Picking. Sept. THE political situa-
ton in the Caucasus Is full Of danger
for the entente allies according to e.
"A. Yarrow, chairman Of the Ameri-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-09

The ink on another German prom
Use was hardly dry.
Connecticut western news., 1918-05-02
blank TO me.


Men on my right and left would
stumble and fall. Some would try to
get up, while others remained huddled
and motionless. Then smashed-up
barbed wire came into view and
seemed carried on a tide to the rear.
Suddenly, in front OF me doomed a
bashed-in trench about four feet wide.
Queer-looking forms like mud turtles
were s~Iambling up Its wall. One Of
these forms seemed to slip and then
rolled to the bottom Of the trench. I
leaped across this intervening space
The man to my left seemed to pause in
midair, then pitched head down into
the German trench. laughed out loud
in my delirium. Upon alighting on the
other side of the trench came to with
a sudden jolt. Right In front OF me
doomed a giant form with a rifle which
looked about ten feet long, on the end
Of which seemed seven bayonets. These
flashed in the air in front of me. Then
through my mind flashed the admoni-
ton of our bayonet instructor back In
Blighty. He had said, whenever you
get In a charge and run your bayonet
up to the hilt intosa German the Fritz
will fall. Perhaps your rifle will be
wrenched from your grasp. Do not
waste time, If the bayonet is fouled
in his equipment, by putting your foot
on his stomach and tuggtng at the rife
to extricate the bayonet. Simply
press the trigger and the bullet will
free It." In my present situation this
was the logic, but for the life Of me
could not remember how he had told
me to get my bayonet into the Ger
man. To me this was the paramount
issue. I closed my eyes and lunged
forward. My rifle was torn from my
hands. I must have gotten the Ger
man because he had disappeared
About twenty feet to my left front
was a huge Prussian nearly six feet
four inches In height, a fine specimen
of physical manhood. The bayonet
from his rifle was missing, but he
clutched the barrel In both hands and
was swinging the butt around his head.
I could almost hear the swish of the
butt passing through the air. Three
little Tommies were engaged with him.
AhSy AoohSu AAnS piShh1S uAOhSSAN5 VA
the Prussian. The Tommy on the left
was gradually circling to the rear OF
his opponent. It was funny sight to
see them duck the swinging butt and
try to jab him at the same time. The
Tommy nearest me received the butt
OF the Germans rifle In a smashing
blow below the right temple. II
smashed his head like an eggshell. He
pitched forward on his side and a con-
vulsive shudder ran through his body.
Meanwhile the other Tommy had
gained the rear Of the Prussian. Sud-
denly about four inches of bayoDet
protruded from the throat of the Pru~
sfan soldier, who staggered forward
and fell. I Will never forget the loo&
blank astontshment that came even
Connecticut western news., 1918-05-02
wave get on and near the scaling lad

wave get on and near the scaling lad
ders."
These were small wooden ladders
which we had placed against the para
pet to enable us to go over the top on
the lifting of the barrage. Ladders Of
death" we called them, and vertically
they were.
Before a charge Tommy is the po-
litest Of men. There is never any push
ing or crowding to be first up these
ladders. We crouched around the base
of the ladders waiting for the word
to go over. / was sick and faint, and
was putting away at an unlighted flag.
Then came the word, "Three minutes
to go; upon the lifting of the barrage
and on the blast of the whistles, over
the top with the best o. luck and give
them hell" The famous phrase Of
the western front. The Jonah phrase
of the western front. To Tommy 1t
means If you are lucky enough to come
back you will. be minus an arm or a
leg. Tommy hates to be wished the
best of luck; so, when peace is de-
clared; If 1t ever Is, and you meet a
Tommy on the street, just wish him the
best of luck and duck the brick that
follows.
I glanced again at my wrist watch.
We all wore them and you could hardly
call us "sissies" for doing so. 1t was a
minute to four. I could see the hand
move to the twelve, then a dead ST.
lence. It hurt. Everyone looked up
to see what had happened, but not for
long. Sharp whistle blasts rang out
along the trench, and with a cheer the
men scrambled up the ladders. The
bullets were cracking overhead, and
occasionally a machine gun would rip
and tear the top of the sandbag para
pet. How got up that ladder will
never know. The first ten feet out In
front was agony. Then we passed
through lanes in our barbed wire. ]
knew / was running, but could feel no
motion below the waist. Patches on
the ground seemed to float to the rear
as IL were on a treadmil and seem
cry was rushing past me. The Ger
mans had put barrage of shrapnel
across No Mans Land, and you could
hear the pieces slap the ground about
you.
After I had passed our barbed wire
and gotten into No Mans Land a
Tommy about fifteen feet to my right
front turned around and looking in my
direction, put his hand to his mouth
and yelled something which could not
make out on account of the noise from
the bursting shells. Then he coughed
stumbled, pitched forward and lay still
His body seemed tn feat to the rear
OF me. ] co.. ,.l"~ arp cracks in
the air ahou' were caused
by pas Frequently
to my tile spurts Cd
dirt the air and rico
cher d whine on it's way.
IL 4ould see one OF these
little Spa. - in front OF him, he would
tell the nurse about &c later. -
krpsstnx oS no Mans Land remains .
Connecticut western news., 1918-05-02

their wills In their pay books, under
the caption, "Will and Last Tesla
ment."
Then the nerve-racking wait COM
menced. Every now and then would
glance at the dial of my wrist watch
and was surprised to see how fast the
minutes passed by. About FIVE minutes
to two I got nervous waiting for our
guns to open up. I could not take my
eyes from my watch. crouched
against the parapet and strained my
muscles in a deathlike grip upon my
rifle. AS the hands on my watch
showed two o'clock binding red flare
lighted up the sky in our rear, then
thunder, intermixed with sharp, whis-
Ting sound in the air over our heads.
The shells from our guns were speed
ing on their way toward the German
lines. With one accord the men
sprang up on the fire step and looked
over the top In the direction of the
German trenches. A line of bursting
shells lighted up No Mans Land. The
din was terrific and the ground trem-
bled. Then, high above our heads we
could hear signing moan. Our big
boys behind the line had opened up
and CPS and 15-inch shells commenced
dropping into the German lines. The
flash of the guns behind the lines, the
scream of the shells through the air,
and the flare of them, bursting, was
spectacle that put Pains greatest dis
play into the shade. The constant
pup. Dup, Of German machine guns and
an occasional rattle of rifle firing gave
me the impression of huge audience
applauding the work of the batteries.
Our 1S-pounders were destroying the
German barbed wire, while the heavier
stuff was demolishing their trenches
and bashing in dugouts or funk holes.
Then Fritz got busy.
! Their shells went screaming over
! head, aimed in the direction of the
| flares from our batteries. Trench NOR
tars started dropping "Minnies" in
our front line. We clicked several cas-
uaIties. Then they suddenly ceased.
Our artillery had tapped or silenced
| them.
During the bombardment you could
almost read newspaper in our trench.
Sometimes in the flare of shell-burst
a mans body would be silhouetted
against the parados of the trench and
it appeared like huge monster. You
could hardly hear yourself think. When
an order was to be passed down the
trench you had to yell 1t, using your
hands as a funnel into the ear of the
man sitting next to you on the fire step
In about twenty minutes a generous
rum issue was doled out. After drink
ing the rum, which tasted like varnish
and sent a shudder through your
frame, you wondered why they made
you wait until the lifting Of the bar
rage before going over. At ten min
.utes to four word was passed down
Ten minutes to gor Ten minutes
10 ,liveI We were shivering all 0vee
~ lees felt as II they were asieev
Thea word was passed down; .E1rn
Connecticut western news., 1918-05-02

;;.v Ire step with tne good times In
store for him. He figured 1t out that
in two days time he would arrive at
Waterloo station, London, and then
seven days blissl
At about five minutes to five he
started to fidget with his rifle, and
then suddenly springing up on the fire
step with a muttered, "I'll send over
a couple of souvenirs to Fritz so that
he'll miss me when 1 leave" he stuck
his rifle over the top and fired two shots
when "crack" went a bullet and he
Connecticut western news., 1918-05-02
CHAPTER TX.
Suicide Annex.

Suicide Annex.
was In my first dugout and looked
around curiously. Over the door of
lame was a little sign reading "Sui-
eide Annex" One of the boys told
3ne that this particular front trench
was called Suicide Ditch" Later on
I learned that machine gunners and
Nombers are known as the Suicide
Club
That dugout was muddy. The men
@ept In mud, washed in mud, ate mud,
Ind dreamed mud. had never before
realized that so much discomfort and
misery could be contained in those
three little letters, M q D. The floor
pc the dugout was an inch deep in
water. Outside it was raining cats and
dogs, and thin rivulets were trucking
down the steps. From the air shaft
Immediately above me came drip,
drip, drip. Suicide. Annex was hole
Adght feet wide, ten feet long and six
Feet high. 1t was about twenty feet
below the fire trench; at least there
were twenty steps leading down to it.
These steps were cut into the earth,
but at that time were muddy and Slip
perry. A man had to be very careful
or else he would "shoot the chutes."
The air was foul, and you could cut
the smoke from Tommy's flags with a
knife. 1t was cold. The walls and
roof were supported with heavy square,
cut timbers, while the entrance was
strengthened with sandbags. Nails had
Irsx sv,4@ q
each nail hung a miscellaneous assert
ment of equipment. The lighting ar
engagements were superb-one candle
In reflector made from an ammuni-
ton tin. My teeth were chattering
from the cold, and the drip from the
airshaft did not help matters much.
While I was sitting bemoaning my
fate and wishing for the fireside at
home, the fellow next to me, who was
writing letter, looked up and limo
Gently asked, "Say, Yank, how do yea
spell 'confiagration'r'
I looked at him in es==11s=rt and an
swered that did net know.
From the darkness I'm one Of ths eeg-
ners came a thin, piping voice singing
OaO VI lIIC Populdl IL CASh OlILlCS Gil
titled:
Pack up your Troubles In your Old Kit
Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile"
Every now and then the singer
would stop to cough, cough, cough, but
pt was good illustration of Tommy's
icheerfulness under such conditions.
A machine-gun officer entered the
dugout and gave me a hard look. I
tsneaked past him, sliding and slipping,
and reached my section of the front
1tne trench, where I was greeted by
the sergeant, who asked me, "Where
In - ave you beenw
I made no answer, but sat on the
muddy fire step, shivering with the
cold and with the rain beating in my
face. About half an hour later /
,teamed up with another fellow and
went on guard with my head sticking
lover the top. At ten o'clock 1 was
relieved and resumed my sitting posi-
ltion on the fire step. The rain sud-
denly stopped and we all breathed
tsigh of relief. We prayed for the morn
ing and the rum issue.
Connecticut western news., 1918-05-02
CHAPTER x.
"The DAVIS Work.

"The Days Work"
I was fast learning that there is
regular routine about the work of the
trenches, although it Is badly upset at
times by the Germans.
The real work in the fire trench