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The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

DR. James l.. Condit, general super
intendent of Presbyterian missions for
Alaska, is aboard the Farragut, en-
route for Anchorage, where he will
remain for several weeks.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

Attorney John l.. McGinn, Who Is
now residing in California, where he
scnger on the Northwestern for Cor
duva
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

A. Nc. Field, chief electrician for
the Copper River 4 Northwestern
railroad, reports progress In the In
stallation OF the new telephone line
between Cordova and Chitina. New
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

Sister Frances and Sister Stephanie
of the Seward hospital returned on
Yesterdays train from trip to the
camps in the Copper river valley.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

Mrs. ". {. Mcdonald has received
a wire from her brother, clyde Net
tlcton, at Seattle. saying h" had en-
listed in the naval aviation corps.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

Postmaster and Mrs. Charles Schei
fer are receiving tue CONGRATULATIONS
of friends upon the arrival OF baby
girl at their home.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

w. G. Edes and Andrew Christen
sen, accompanied by J. l.. Mason, went
to the westward Saturday on the light
house tender Cedar.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

H. w. Dubois of the Alaska copper
Corporation arrived on yesterday 5
train and will go to the westward on
the Farragut.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

A meeting OF the Junior Scouts will
be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
sharp A full turnout Is requested.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

The freightcr Wainwright, en- route
north. is going direct to Seward, and
will stop at Cordoya on her south
bound trip.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

Mrs. y. j. McCrary and daughter
who have been visiting friends at Nc
Carthy, returned on yesterday
train.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

Jens Peter Larson is requested 10
Immediately report to the local eN-
emption board
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

ing and experienced no trouble on &C.
count of the recent high water.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

Our former toWnsman, Don Medley.
is now with the fighting boys some.
where in France"
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

Peter Lorensen OF Fairbanks was
an arrival in town on yesterday 5
boat.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

Postoffce Inspector Alvah Eames
returned this morning from a trip tc
Valdez.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-22

\ local left for Chittna this morr
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-03

campaign as a secondary consideration
to Liberty Loans. but while the none
tary consideration OF both is the anne.
the Government regards War Savings
as the most important work that the
people have been called on to do that
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-03
MOTHERS FRIEND
FOR
Expectant Mothers
MAKES the CRISIS SAFER
WAR STAMP DRIVE
IN sTATU QUO
FOR NEXT Z DAYS

Owing to political events, the cleo
ton OF a city commissioner today and
the state, congressional and county
election Tuesday, the likelihood is that
the war saving stamp drive will not
have much of an impetus, but after
these side issues have been eliminated
the earnest work will begin and will
be kept up to the close of the CAM
paign.
1t is well known that the county and
city managers, Postmaster B. ;. Ham
cock and Charles B. Hervey, are placing
the greatest reliance upon the women
of Pensacola at the meeting OF the Es-
Gambia county's women's war work
committee Wednesday further plans
will be made to canvas Pensacola and
Escambia county.
The matter of securing prominent
speakers and men who will put action
and ginger in the drive is now under
consideration. and it is thought that
some time this week the committee
managers will be able to announce just
who will come here and address the
people.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-03
SALE OF STAMPS
in MAY SHOWS
BIG DECREASE

JACKSONVILLE, June 2-(SpeciaD
Sales of War Saving Stamps during
April, which was the banner month of
May, up to the 25th, indicate that this
month will drop considerably behind
the campaign.
The report just issued by State
Director Griggs shows that up to the
18th the sales of May total S242, 50940,
and that the sales for the week end
ing on the 25th only total s43,405.43.
This is explained by the intensive
drive put on by the Red Cross through
out the state, and it is expected that
sales will increase considerably DUNG
the last week of the month. Total
sales up TO date through the post Of
fees only were s1,115, 99S17, which is
behind the ratio that sales should have
attained up to May 25th.
During the month of June the in
tensive drive which has already been
mentioned will be put on, and it is
hoped to either pledge or sell FIori-
da's quota of something over 5000 :
600. Plans for this drive are ma
turing rapidly, and every county in
the state will have an intensive or
ganization to see that they go "over
the top" Many have regarded the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-03

A machine-gun officer entered the
dugout and gave me a hard look. l
sneaked past him, sliding and slipping,
and reached my section Of the front
line trench, where was greeted by
the sergeant, who asked me, Where
In - ave you beenr
/ made no answer. but sat on Sne
muddy fire step, shivering with the
cold and with the rain beating In my
face. About half an hour later /
teamed MP with another fellow and
went on guard with my head sticking
over the top. At ten o'clock was
relieved and resumed my sitting posi-
ton on the fire step. The rain sud-
denly stopped and we all breathed a
sigh of relief. We prayed for the morn
ing and the rum issue.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-03

erse either sIl on the FIRE step, with
bayonets fixed, ready for any emer-
gency, or If lucky, and a dugout hap
pens to be in the near vicinity of the
traverse, and If the night is quiet, they
are permitted to go to same and try
and snatch few winks Of sleep. Little
sleeping is done; generally the men sit
around, smoking flags and seeing who
can tell the biggest lie. Some Of them,
perhaps with their feet in water. would
write home sympathizing with the
governor" because he was laid up
with cold, contracted by getting his
feet wet on his way to work in Wool
witch arsenal. If a man should manage
to doze off, likely as not he would wake
with start as the clammy. cold feet
of a rat passed over his face, or the
next relief stepped on his stomach
while stumbling on their way to relieve
the sentries In the trench.
just try to sleep with belt full OF
ammunition around you, your rifle bolt
biting into your ribs, intrenching tool
handle sticking into the small Of your
back, with a tin hat for a pillow and
feeling very damp and cold, with
y
pits, the air foul from the stencil Of
grimy human bodies and smoke from a
juicy pipe being whitfield into your nos
trils, then you will not wonder why
Tommy occasionally takes a turn in
the trench for a rest.
While In a front-line trench orders
forbid Tommy from removing his
boots. puttees, clothing or equipment.
The "cooties'' take advantage of this
order and mobilize their forces, and
Tommy swears vengeance on them and
mutters to himself, Just wait until /
hit rest billets and am able to get my
own back"
Just before daylight the men turn
to-" and tumble out of the dugouts, man
the fire step until it gets light, or the
welcome order "stand down" is given.
Sometimes before ..stand down" is or
dered, the command five rounds rap
Id is passed along the trench. This
means that each man must rest his
rifle on the top and fire as rapidly as
possible five shots aimed toward the
German trenches, and then duck with
the emphasis on. the "duck"). There is
a great rivalry between the opposing
forces TO get their rapid fire all off
tirst, because the early bird. In this in
stance, catches the worm-sort of gets
The jump en- the other fellow, catching
him unewares.
II
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-03
CHAPTER X.
srThe DAVIS Work"

was fast learning that there is a
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
commences at shutdown. Tommy is
like a burglar, he works at night.
Just as 1t begins to get dark the
word "stand to- is passed from trav-
erse to traverse, and the men get busy.
The first relief, consisting of two men
to a traverse, mount the fire step, one
man looking over the top, while the
other sits at his feet, ready to carry
messages or to inform the platoon off,
Ger of any report made by the sentry
as to his observations in No Mans
Land. The sentry is not allowed to
relax his watch for a second. If he is
questioned from the trench or asked
his orders, he replies without turning
around or taking his eyes from the ex-
panse of dirt in front of him. The re-
mainder of the occupants Of his trav-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-03
|'W[>p Til I'll TOP
90
AN ArlERI(.AN SOLDIER
WHO WENT q =
IAlI11UQ GUY TfpEY
tAsfan!Es ~ meseI
GUNNER 5ERYINdh FRANcE-

misery could be contained IN those
three little letters NJ q d. The floor
Of the dugout was an inch deep in
water. Outside 1t was raining cats and
dogs. and thin rivulets were trickling
down the steps. From the air shaft
Immediately above me came drip,
drip, drip. Suicide Annex was a hole
eight 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 1t.
These steps We're cut into the earth,
but at that time Were muddy and Slip
perry. 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 Tags with a
knife. II was cold. The walls and
roof were supported with heavy square
cut timbers, while the entrance was
strengthened with sandbags. Nails had
been driven into these timbers. On
each nail hum q r,liScnIl annaIsS aSSart-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-03

ment Of equipment rne ngnrng ar
rangements were superb-one candle
In a 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 1 was sitting bemoaning my
fate and wishing for the fireside at
home. the fellow next to me, who was
writing n letter. looked up and inno-
Gently asked, "Say, Yank, how do you
spell 'conflagration'
/ looked at him in contempt and an
swered that did not know.
From the darkness In one of the cor
ners came a thin. piping voice singing
one of the popular trench ditties en-
titled:
Pack UP your Troubles in your Old Kit
Bag. and Smile, Srnile. Smile"
Every now and then the singer
would stop to cough, cough, cough, but
1t was a good illustration of Tommy's
cheerfulness under such conditions
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-03
PAINS In BACK
And SIDE
Yield to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Kansas City, Kansas suffered
from pains in my back and side caused
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-03

has been devised since the war be-
gan. In addition to its money pro-
ducfng feature the announcement OF
new savings accounts is far the mbst
important, but the Appropriation Bill
which was passed last October, $1,000
100000. was set aside to be raised by
the sale OF War Savings Stamps, and
it is now necessary to impress the
people more intensively with the ne
cessity for purchasing to make UP
this appropriation.
Sale of stamps through the Pensa-
cola postoffice. as RENTED to ard de-
posted by depository postoffice at
Jacksonville amounted to s6S, 4S4.s5,
and for the past week. S4,S39.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-03

mans ailments. Mrs. L. TIMMERMAN.
30l1 N. Hutchings ST., Kansas City,
Kansas.
Women who suffer from headaches.
nervousness, backache, the blues and
nersymptomso OF functional derange-
herb remedy trial.
For forty years it has been overcom-
ing such ailments of.women after other
medicines have failed.
If you want special suggestions in
regard to your condition, write Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
The result of long experience is at your
service, and your letter will be held in
strict confidence.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-03

The chaplain led the way, then came
the officers of the section, followed by
two of the men carrying wreath. I'm
mediately after came posr Pete on the
2g-draped stretcher, carried by four
iers. / was one Of the four Be
the stretcher, in column Of tours,
ne the remainder of the section.
10 get to the cemetery, we had to
lass through the little shelI-destroyed
"ivillage, where troops were hurrying
TO and fro.
As the funeral procession passed
these troops came to the "attention"
and smartly saluted the dead.
Poor Pete was receiving the only sa-
aute private is entitled to 'some-
\ where in France"
Now and again a shell from the Ger
man lines would go whistling over the
village to burst in our artillery lines
4 In the rear.
When we reached the cemetery we
halted In front of an open grave, and
laid the stretcher beside 1t. Forming
hollow square around the opening of
the grave, the chaplain read the burial
service.
German machine-gun bullets were
cracking" in sthe air above us, but
Pete didn't mind, and neither did we.
When the body was lowered into the
grave the flag having been removed
we clicked our heels together and
came TO the salute.
/ left before the grave was filled in.
l could not bear TO see the dirt thrown
on the blanket-covered face Of my COM
rade. On the western froAt there are
no collins, and you are lucky to get a
blanket to protect you from the wet
md the worms. Several of the sec
ton stayed and decorated the grave
with white stones.
That night. In the light of lonely
candle in the machine gunner's dugout
Of the front-Iine trench / wrote two
letters. One to Pete's mother, the
other TO his sweetheart While doing
this I cursed the Prussian war god
with all my heart. and 1 think that st.
Peter noted same.
The machine gunners in the dugout
We're laughing and joking. To them
Pete was unknown. Pretty soon, In the
warmth of their merriment, my blues
disappeared. One soon forgets on the
western front.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-03

ITO be continued.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-03
CHAPTER TX.
Suicide Annex.

1 was in my first dugout and looked
around curiously. Over the door of
same was a little sign reading "Sui-
eide Annex" One of the boys told
81 that this particular front trench
was called Suicide Ditch" Later on
I learned that machine gunners and
bombers are known as the suicide
Club"
That dugout was muddy. The men
slept In mud. washed in mud. ate mud.
and dreamed mud. had never before
realized that so much discomfort and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-03

Ny a 4uHCIiOlai uS-
rangement. / was
nervous and had
headaches most of
the time. So many
p e ople recon-
m ended Lydia E.
Pink h ans Vege-
table Compound to
me, / tried it and
after taking six bot
ties | am well. / do
not think the Vege-
table Compound can
hA hnAA2 g.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-19
Bat MastersOn Pays Respects to Ring
Gentry Who Are Running Boxing

New York. the cradle ~ boxing.
ls liable TO prove iin grave IN the
opinion of Hat MaAteraon " the New
York Morning Telegraph Master
son In the one New York sport
writer who has ntecrcd clear of all
entangling alliances aud gives honor
whore honor In due. not to mention
dishonor where dlHhonor IN du.
In sn articl. bcmoaning the fact
that the ''old Rnard' is ahout tu ruin
tn. public confidence again before
tho rislnK genctnli6F ~ scrapperu
who have been developed throurh
army boxing can yet home ana into
the arena. he saws:
"A hiR boxing boom IL predicted
for this country after our soldiers
yet hack home The war n II con
tended, has hcen the means ~ de-
yrloping "a great many ring men who
Will he ANXIOUS to display their
fighting qualities IN the roped arena
after their return from the front
This may all come Ia pass and We
hope II docs. II II viii mean the
elimination ~ our present cgop of
slarkerS from the scene
"tlut n the boxing instructors and
those who have been lolllng around
In the sackers' paradise are to he
allowed To race out In front and
grab tho coin ~ they 20, We hope
the war developing ring men fail to
materiallsc. We would rather pc"
boxing all over the country smashed
into smlthereena than to see one ~
these bullet dodgers get u dollar In
his business And. In saying this
We believe We are volclng the Ernti-
mcnt OF ah per cent ~ the people of
this country
As matter of fact. our entir.
army OF priteflghterS. With two or
thre. exceptions, liant worth 10 cents
Tor any purpose. Why should Kenny
Leonard he recognized any longer ~
the lightweight Champion N i53
pounds ringrldo In the recognized
weight for the class where does
Kenny Leonard III IN ms the cham
plon of the dlvislon7 Every one
with a grain of common SENSE In his
think tank knows that Leonard
wnuld he utterly unabla To come,
within five pounds OF the class
weight at rlnRrlde
NO ono who knows I.eonnrds
present weight would bet NJ much NJ
u ~ note that he would even aEre.
10 make lJN pounds ana weigh
In at fisht time
'ilut su long ~ he can get the
sporting writers to uphold him In
hts stand, Nenny will continue to
fight ns "a welterwcight And there
is Johnny kllhane, who still IL mas
querndlnE M the fentherweighi
champion of the world. while he
hasn't defended his tilie In years
The fact H. the last time he fought
he va. knocked out hy Kenny Leon
ard IN two or three rounds
Does kllbnne ever Intend To figh,
again We mean nv this. fight
some one besides n srt-up. IL not
why " he allowed To run loose as
the fenth"rwclght champion OF the
world7 why sn't he forced To de-
frnd HIS titic or surrender II TO some
one who will defend ~
"iirrc ara Leonard and Kilhane
billing themselves aa champions ~
their respective claaScs when neither
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-19
ALEXANDER SURE
TO Be WITH CUBS.
kilduff Also VIII BE Out of
Service In Time to Make
Infieid Stronger.
THIRTEEN NOW SOLDIERS
All Expected TO BE Avail.
able; Lineup Already
Well Defined.

CHICAGO. Dec. lsThc roster
FOR the coming season Of the thi.
csHo National league team has been
20 f.r completed that It was said to.
day ~ tho clubs headquarters Man.
eHer Fred mitchell would prohnhly
enter the p.nnant race with the
same playets he had al The Gloss of
laht season with the addition ~
urover cleveland Alexander. star
pitcher
Thirteen of the cub players are
ln the United states service ~ pres
tnt but II IN said by tho management
that nearly all of them viii u. dis.
charged before the opening ~ the
hasrhall season
Unless Manager Mitchell makes
some trades II was said The llnoup
at tho start In likely Ia be az FOL
lows
Alexander, pitcher, kllllfet, catch.
er: Merkl.. first bnsc. kllduff. seq
end base; Iiollocher. shortstop; PICK.
third base, Flack. right field, i'as.
kert. center field, Mann. left field.
In addition there likely viii be
Vaughn, Douglas. Tyler and scv~rs
more pitchers on the bench. bessid-s
Infieldcr~ Deal. zolder. workman
ana McCsbe,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-19
Football Fatalities 1918

carr -. SNYDER of New rhiladcl-
phln, ohio. "a years old, died pcto.
Der 30 from broken back, injured
IN q game with an athletic club
II.
Maurice Thompson OF iontaic III.
~ years of age. hlgh school stu
dent. died october q from concuS.
sion OF the brain sustained In "a
game the previous day.
Madell \ watkins ChaunceN
Ohio. 20 years old, student on the
ohio University freshman team
died OF broken back, October I.
william T. Ryan. chicago 81
years old; died october 20 from spine
injury. suffered In ml.profcs-
SiunHl game
Micheal Janowrky. Owesso. Mich,
u sa-iear-old sailor from Great
Lakes naval training station. died
October 20 from fracture OF skull
received IN a game while home on
u furloush.
Gordon Scott, Grand Rapids.
Mich; ~ year-old high school stu
dent. died November ~ from a
broken neck.
chester Harris OF Canal winohes-
tor. ohio. ~ years old died Noyem-
her ss from internl Injuries rcceised
In "a high school game
Gordon sutton Of Los Angeles.
Cal: 20 years old died October 2b
from injuries received In a hish
school game.
Ralph MAY ~ Shelby. Onto. 20
years old, collapsed and died OF APP
oplcxy after playing Ia n university
class game
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-19

has any more right to hr recognized
as such than would two cinnamon
who had never had title OF any
Kind Hut who IL there to correct
these things? No one that We know
Of And II We had n national gov
eynlnR board II would be- as help
less In the matter aH We are
And Jes willard. the heavy
weight champion of the world what
~ no doing BORING fAr oil In north -
western Texas. with no thought ~
defending his titlc. IL What big Jess
IN doing Ana the same question
could In all proprety. be- asked con
carning Jack Dempsey and lhlly
Mskr the two sosrallrd logical con
tenders for the Willard title
after doing their X-round
brother act Ia Philadelphia u week
or ~ ago Dempsey Htrnightwny
matched himself against carl Morris
nt New Orleans Great. isn't ~ Poor
old carl. Who has been dead as "A
fighter for the last two years
And Hilly Miskc is going up
against Pueblo Jim Flynn at Tulsa
okla tomorrow nisht Can yuu
beat it? That's the situation IN the
hcnyyweight class ~ the present
time and still We find those who
wonder NJ crime
IT matters not wha, these birds
do In the ring or before they cntot
n. they manage 10 get 10y The
anortIny writer's AZ "A rule. are eVgi
ready tn apologize for their dirty
work and. ~ a consequence. the
boob public gets II In the neck "
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-19
Con,iskey Takes Slap
at Ban johnson for
Attack on II. Frazee

CHICAGO, lee, ts-Charlc- A.
Comirkey, prs~ident " the chit
cago club OF tho American league,
today came TO the defense ~
Harry FraIce. president AZ the
Boston club. whom rresidrht imn
Johnson Of the league threatens
to remove because gambling was
alleged 10 have been permitted IN
the Iloston baseball park
'Thc suhtcrfuge under whirh
Johnson would force FrnKcc pit
of the league Is that he has gam
bling In his hall park" ComiSkey
said ~ personally know that
Ftazee hns taken every measure
TO keep the yates closed TO Tho
gam bling crowd
"if Johnson has tho good ~
baseball at heart he will lay. Off
the gambling end of II ana not he
so Interested In huNing out own
ers In the American league
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-19
Canadian GOH Champ
At Ripe Old Age of so

In George s Lyon. the oldest
member of tho amateur triumvirat.
IN golf the dominion OF Canada har
"a worlds champion veteran PLAYER.
John Ran. eight times anateaur
champion OF Great britain, is bi
years old walter Travis three times
amateur champion of the United
Statrs and once british champion. i-
hS years, old Lyon recently cele.
hrntcd his Goth birthday On that
occasion the golfers ~ Canada pre-
srntod the tltleholder u superb sill
yer service and salycr ns n token OF
apprcCw wtinn