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Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12
Zella Lode Claim

Beginning at Cor. No. l, identical with Cor. No. 4 of Alec claim Of this survey. whencoU. S. l.. M No. 17 bears N. 37 deg. 41 min. 31 sec. w.. 44O6.67 ft dist; thence s. 59 deg. IS min. D., 4O9.1 ft to Cor. No. 9: thence s. 7S deg. 20 min. D. 25S.S ft Co Cor. No. 8; thence s. 52 deg. 3G min. E.. 4S3.S ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence s. 4S deg. 56 min. E. 22S.9 ft. Co Cor. No. 8; thence S. 52 deg. lG min W, 5O1.2 ft to Cor. No. 6; thence N 5S deg. 42 min. w., 1lG45 ft. to Cor. No. e; thence N. 52 deg. lG min. D., 5l9.@ ft to Cor. No. 1, Che place of be- ginning.
 The area embraced in tho above described claims Is 5AG95 acres. The magnetic variation at an cor ners is 82 deg. Oq min. cast of north. Tho said claims are bounded on the northeast by the waters of Gastncau Channel. and on an other sides by uusuryeycd public lands.
 c. B. WALKER Register
 First publication May 10, 1918.
 Last publication July 12, 1918.
Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12

The United States army medical serv- ice now has turned over to the Red Cross the task of supplying our army with surgi- cal dressings. The army will furnish the materials and the women will do the work, according to specifications made by the army. It is fine compliment to Red Cross workers.
 One surgeon in the course of seven or eight hours will use between 300 and 400 packets of surgical dressings, or from 4,SOO to $500 individual dressings. Multiply this by the hundreds and thousands of surgeons working at top speed in great battle and still further emphasis is given to the state mcnt that am overSupply is improbable.
 Nearly all the wounded recover. The of wounded who recover in this war is higher than in any other war be- .ausc aid is given promptly right behind he trenches at first aid station in a dug out, then at the evacuation hospital, and finally at a base hospital-Bulletm Red 'rOSS.
Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12
VERY UNCERTAIN YET

According to a report, the house com uittcc on elections recommended that be seated as the Delegate rom Alaska in place of Sulzer. The report las given WickcrSham's supporters the imc of their lives. As though the recon of the committee had settled the question; when as a matter of fact that question will not be settled until it is taken
 p, discussed and voted upon by the entire house. Like any other question when a final decision is made However if the rec ommcndation has served to kindlc a spark of hope in the hearts of the grouchy to the extent of shortening their faces by smile
 he committee should be given vote of thanks
 One of Wickersham's supporters was seen yesterday with a smile on his face for
 he first time since Sulzer was declared elected by the court after the last election "audidly, we prefer losing any game than make hard loser suffer, to the extent of hating everybody, including himself.- Ketchikau Progressive Miner.
Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12
DON'T WASTE YOUR SYMPATHY

We arc becoming weary of hearing such expressions as Il feel sorry for Mir. So-and- So. who had to register as am alien enemy and who is not now allowed to even go to the wharf. He is a splendid fellow, but just ucgIcctcd Co take out his uatmaliza- tiou papers.
 If Mr. So-md-So had not thought more of his native country than he did of. this country he would not have overlooked the matter of naturalization and would moi have been required to register as am alien enemy. He thought more of Germany then than of the United States and 1t IS a ten to onc bet that he thinks more of Germany today. only he exercises sufficient common sense to keep his mouth shut.
 Aeaiu. if Mr. So-aud-So is honest in his claim that America is his ideal country. he cam dIc application for citizenship now True he could do nothing more than file a, he could mot be admitted Co citizenship while the war is on, but it would show his good faith and his papccrs would be acted upou just as soon as the war is over lt he does not fIc such application it is safe tc conclude that. away down in the basement of his heart. Inc longs for the triumph oi hi, native country over that where he is making his home; that he is a German sym pathizcr and that as such Inc is entitled to uo sympathy; that entertaining such sen tmcut. he is lucky to be am alien enemy m America rather than that am American should be am alien enemy in Germany. h. thc latter ease the American would be in iail OF worked as a slave ou half 0tions- possibly have his ears and nose cut off.
 Don't waste any sympathy on alien enc. mics They do not deserve any.
Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12
PRoFANE PREACHERS

The lapse of the ordained clergy into profanity. as am incident of the prevailing war mania. has been remarked with moro or less painful soIcitudc by the true friends ur religion Language has been used by clcrglmcn wrought mp by the eNcitcmcn of war which in Smdry instances woulC sound shocking from the lips of a common chauffeur and is little in consomancc witt the spirit of the lowly Nazmenc, whoso words they preach and whose example the, hold up for the guidance of man. Men O. the cloth who descend from the high ped cstal and belle their own doctrine lose pro por'iuatcly in dignity and authority anC reflect ou the entire church system. Com mcntiug ou this phenomenon, the New York Evening Post says:
 "Sobcr language by clcrgymcn is urged ny the Indianapolis News It appears that am Indiana minister asserted: The only kind of Quaker in this vicinity or any other that I have any use for is one whC fights like he'll The last word, in the opinion of the News, is 'mformatc' but more unfortunate is the fact that the speak cr is mot the only clergyman who has felt called upon to travel the borderland that approaches profanity It may be said that strong times demand strong language, but the News directs attention to the fact that there is no profanity in the Declaration of Independence OF the Gettysburg Address. usually considered fairly strong uttcrauces. Yet it is a truism of psychology that the mind seeks relief from restraint by excess in the opposite direction. Hence, nothing is more natural than that man compelled by his profession to eschew profanity should rcvel in it when the ban is thought to be lifted by changing circumstances. ''
Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12
WHAT LO WAs FIGHTING FOR

John II. Mosicr, attorney and oil man of Muskogcc. okla. was in Kansas City recently with a now Indian story. An Indian soldier, home on a furlough, was walking down tho main street at Muskogee when a white man who know him stopped him and said:
 "well. John. ! see you have be- come soldier"
 "Ycs. me soldier" replied the ln- dian.
 "How you lkc being soldier John?"
 "No Hke-um."
 Whats the mattor?"
 "Too much saluto-not enough shoot"
 "Of course you know what you are fighting for. John?"
 'Yes, mo know" answered John.
 "Well, what arc you fighting for John2"
 Make whole damn world Demo- cratic party" answered the Indian. Kansas City Journal.
Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12
A COMPARISON

The estimate of Dr. Samuel A. Brown,
 lean of the Bellevue Medical college, that there are about 126,OOO doctors in the United States, or one to each 500 of our population, while in France there is only one doctor to each l4,OOO, will possess es- pccial interest for Americans in view of Inc call of 12,OOO more physicians for army service. There are 76,OOO doctors in this country available, as to age adaptability and experience, for war service, according to the figures of the Surgeon-General, and if all of these should be called, there would still be many more remaining, in proportion To the population, than have served for civ ilim duty in France. The drain on Amer jca, however, has been heavier than is indi- catcd by the army statistics, because of the large number of physicians who are now aiding the allies.
Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12
Serial No. O39O7 MINERAL APPLICATION

U. s. Land Onlco at Juneau, Alas ka. May 9, 1918.
 Notice ls hereby given that, pur- mant to tho terms of thc Act Of Congress approved May 10th, 1872, and Acts subsequent thereto and amondatory thereof. and tho regu- Iauous hereunder. J. B. Martin, whose postonicc address is Cincin- nuu, Ohio, has, through his attor- no5 5-lu-fact, John w. Dudley, of Ju- nolu Alaska, made application for a Uuited States patent for 14.9i.2 feet along Che ULELA lode, 14S3.2 feet along Che ALICE lode and l472.2 feet along the BELLA lode. Said Ulcla, Alice and Zella lode mining claims are embraced in U. s. Mineral Survey No. lOG2, situ- ated on the northeast shoro of Doug lar Island. about three miles south cast from Trcadwcll, Alaska, and more particularly described as fol- lows:
Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12
WHAT A GREAT BATTLE MEANS

When 100000 soldiers are in action, the wounded will number approximately 20,- GOO, and major or minor operations will be necessary upon about 10000 of them, while 5000 will require medical attention.
 This gives am idea of the work suddenly thrown upon on army medical service in a battle such as has been raging in France, only instead of 100000 men in action, there are about 100000 engaged. The Red Cross, therefore, is not exaggerating when it tells American women that surgical dressings can not be oversupphed.
Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12
Uleln Lode Claim

Beginning at Cor No 1, at line of ordinary high tide of Gastinoau Channel. whence U. s. l.. M. No. 17 beras N. 35 deg. 12 min. o9 sec w.. 1453.S2 ft. dist, and Cor No 1 of Sur No. 9C5 bears N 70 deg 5l min. w., 23S.5 ft. dist; thence along sald line, S. 5l deg. 20 min. D.. l46.O ft to Cor. No. 9; thence s 31 deg. 41 min. D., 3G1.7 ft. to Cor. No. 8; thence s. 22 deg. 5S min. E. 275I ft. Co Cor No. {; thence s. 30 deg. 90 min. D.. 5OG.3 ft. to Cor. No. 0; thence S. O. deg. 35 min. w.. 7715 ft. to Cor. No. G; thence s. 55 deg. 2S min D., 1G12 ft. Co Cor. No. 2; thence s. 52 deg. 16 min. w.. 55l.O ft. to Cor No. &; thence N. 32 deg. 21 min. W. ll9A2 ft. Co Cor. No 9; thence N. 52 deg. lG min. E. 542.7 ft. to Cor. No. l., thc place of beginning.
Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12

The letter of Secretary of Commerce Bedfcld to Governor Riggs,published else where in this paper, should be read by all who are interested in the development of the Territory and especially of the fishing
 and lumber interests. The secretary's statement that contract would now be let to any shipbuilding industry in Alaska able to fulfill such award is one that should be taken advantage of by some enterprise ing mill man of the Territory, On the wholc the sccretary's letter bristles with encouragement for our part of the country.
Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12

Even when America was a mere colony there was no such word as defeat in a lit eral sense, in her bright lexicon of youth" '" and it is not to be expected that the word has crcpt in now that her population is reckoned by the hundred millions and her wealth is beyond reckoning. And this der kaiser will soon realize.
Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12

"sITKA HOT SPRINGS" Accom- modatlons, American or European plan. For terms apply Co Dr. l.. F.. Goddard, sanitarium, Alaska.-Ady
Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12

Federal authorities in some of the western states have found evidence that the I. W. W. organization is about to change its name from Industrial Workers of the World to Workers Educational League. A skunk by any other name would be just as
Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12

Government ownership is all right, es- pecially when the layout belongs to some body else.
Douglas Island news., 1918-07-12
Alice Lode Claim

Beginning ot Cor. No. 1, idonti- cal with Cor. No of the ulcla claim of this survey, whence U. S.. L. NJ. No. 17 bears N. 34 deg. il mn. 57 sec. w.. 295O.7G ft dist thence s. l1 deg. 2l min. E- G03.S ft. Co Cor. No. 9 thence s. 41 deg. 82 min. D.. 449.S ft to Cor No. 8; thence s. go deg. 12 min. D., 423.7 ft. to Cor. No. 4; theEce s. 52 deg. lG min. w.. 5l9.3 ft. Co Cor. No. 0; thence N. 4G deg 26 min. W" l4S3.2 ft. Co Cor. No. G; thence N. log deg. 1G min. E., 591.O ft. Co Cor. No. 1. the place of beginning.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-30
Q "Tommy-Waacs'
Killed i'm Air Raid
Letter From France Describes
Military Burial Of Women
Auxiliary Workers

The girls in the British Women's
Auxiliary Army Corps in France are
not only as ready to die for their coun-
try as any British soldier, but they al
ready have their roll of honor. In a
recent air raid nine "Tommy Waacs"
lost their lives. Mrs. Philip Warren.
organizing secretary for the English
Y. w. c. A., who is now in "A ,acrica,
has just received letter describing
the military funeral given the victims.
Before us were rows Of plain wooden
crosses marking the graves of men who
had fallen" said the writer. "but now
women's graves were to be added to the
number.
First came the khaki-clad men, lead
women, and then a gun carriage, COW
cred with the Union Jack, with two
girls marching on either side. Then
came more girls, marching four abreast.
and at regular intervals eight more
gun carriages.
"'Nhen the procession reached the
little cemetery on the hill the gun car
riages were reverently unloaded by the
men. The firing party detached itself
from the rest A familiar sound-the
distant whirring of an airplane-broke
the solemn stiffness of the moment An
enti-aircraft gun barked out defiance
Soon the words of the burial service
we're over, the last salute was fired
and rs the final notes Of the Last
Post died away these nine young vic
tins, the first of their corps TO die for
England, were laid to rest"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-30
Army Officer Calls
Workers Here ANGELS

We don't know what to call YOU.
You are more than women, more than
heroines; you are angels"
A cable form Mrs. Benjamin Girault
Lathrop, to the New York office of the
American Fund for French Wounded
states that she has just received this
message OF thanks from high Ameri-
can army officer at St Mihiel The
commendation followed the delivery of
supplies to the hospitals in the St.
Mlnlel sector. which were taken in lust
before General Pershing's recent ad-
vance in Lorraine.
delegate of the American Fund is
row making personal tour Of all the
hospitals in that region, it was an
nounced yesterday, and she reports that
american wounded are we'll cared for bv
%octors and nurses, though they are
desperately in need of the comforts
mat military hospitals cannot them
serves supply. The soldiers are beg
slng for comfort bags" she saws.
at ana IND their chief delight, next to
letters from home" in receiving
1oothbrushes, cakes Of soap, tobacco
and handkerchiefs.
These comfort bags are beinp sont
IN quantities to both American and
french soldiers by the fund. for
winch money is needed. Mrs. Lathrop
also reports that there is urgent need
Tor gauze, ether, iodine, rubber gloves
ana sheeting, canes, towels. sheets
not water bottles and other comforts 8
Tor the military hospitals, dispensaries
ana Vestlaries which it supplies.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-30
Yale Opens With
1000 Students in
Service Uniforms
DR.. Had)ey Delivers Matric
ulation Sermon to Armv
and Navy Men

NEW HAVEN, Sept. 2e.-President
Arthur I. Hadley delivered his matricu-
latlon sermon this morning in Woolsey
Hall to 1000 Yale students, all Of whom
wore the olive drab of the army or the
blue Of the navy. He, in part, said:
wv YEN we say that Yale is demo
cratic college and Christian college
we mean that it teaches loyalty in poll
tics and religion and intelligence in
pursuing unselfish ideals Loyalty plus
intelllgence--this is the combination
which gives man the right to call
himself either public spirited citizen
or true Christian. II democracy is
TO be successful or if Christianity it.
ser is to endure, this combination Of
ideals must be secure
ne man who uses his brains for
selfish ends, and the man who makes
the unseltlshness of his ends an excuse
for not using his brains are both alike
enemies OF the commonwea' If we
are less severe in condemni o uninte}
lgent loyalty than int i err self
seeking it IS because we aot Who'll
~ outgrown our childhood as nation.
ana not because it is SAFE for hris-
tan democracy to tolerate it.
War Brings Problems
To-day the war has brought US face
to face at the beginning of our college
course with many problems which in
time of peace were deferred until the
end. Life confronts the freshman to-
day as directly as it confronted the
senior three years ago. No man can
deal adequately with his own personal
problems or with the problems of the
nation unless he both feels for himself
and thinks for himself. We must love
our country not only with the heart
but with the understanding
Loyalty that fails to meet both of
these tests falls short of what is re-
quired OF the citizen of free common
wealth. 1t is for use to give the best
service we can. 1t is for us to decide
RS wisely as we can how that service
can best be rendered, And if we have
once faced the problem of our duty in
It's entirety we need not fear the judg-
ment of others who may misunde rstand
us. He who really and truly serves his
New-York tribune., 1918-09-30
Fight to Gain Rank
For Nurses Goes to
Congress This Week
House and Senate Commit
tees Will Get Resolution
Adopted at Atlantic City

The resolution favoring military rank
for army nurses, which was passed
unanimously by the American Hospital
Association in conference at Atlantic
City, will be presented to the House
and Senate committees this week. Tie
resolution, introduced by Dr., A. Il
Warner, vice president of the associa-
tion, superintendent of Lakeside Hos
Helen Hoy Greeley, ur New York,
reads in part:
"Resolvcd. That We heartily indorse
the comforting of relative rank upon
nurses, that we depl. re and condemn
the idea of conferri''s 3 upon any nurse
any rank lower that of second
Heutenancy, and tina. we urge the i'm
mediate passage of that amendment to
the House bill which proposes rank as
follows:
"For the superintendent of the Army
Nurse Corps, relative rank of major.
"For the assistant superintendent,
directors and assistant directors, rela-
tive rank of captain.
"For chief nurse, relative rank OF
first lieutenant.
"For nurses. relative rank Of second
lieutenant"
Mrs. Helen Hoy Greeley. who is
counsel for the committee tC secure
rank for nurses, points out that this
relative rank, which is nothing moro
or less than the right to wear the
insignia Of mn officer. is almost i'm
perative to the efficiency of the army
nurse. The fact that the nurses au-
thority to give orders is disputed by
enlisted men has resulted in INJURY TO
wounded men, And the general morale
of the hospital is lowered by an at
mospherc of irritation and resentment
just because the ordcrlies do not recog-
nize that a nurse has any right to
give them orders.
During the last year the War De
partment he made three attempts to
deal with u situation by amending
regulations. The last oyder, not yet in
effect, creates Grade 49, the grade OF
nurse just above a sergeant This
gives the nurse clearly defined posi-
tlon, a thing she has never had before
But it does not give her any insignia
or classify her as an officer.
Relative rank, for which the nurses
are asking, does not carry the pay al
lowances or emoluments incident to
absolute rank of the same grade. 1t
carries the badge and the dignity in
herent to the name of major. captain or
lieutenant. The badge will be CON
elusive notice to the orderly that the
nurses are to be obeyed as officers.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-30
Pastor Recalls How 1rotzky
Tried to Seize Church Here
The Rev Alexander John Chechia Tells of Kicking Present
Leader of Bolshevik Down Steps of St. Mchaes Rus
sian Orthodox Parish House in February, 1917

collar. entirely failing In its mission
of concealing brass collar button
A triangular. lynx-like face was t1ifted
with a black mustache and A tiny
goatee
You know" declared the vision Of
untidiness, "we have chased the CA
out OF Russia and all property now
belongs to the people. That means
not only land but churches. | am =
member o. the peoples party, and !.
want yoL 20 hand over the keys To this
building, including those to the bank
on the ground floor; also the comb =
nation of the safe In that bank"
Utter amazement held Father Che
chilla silent until his caller had
finished. Then, convinced that ne was
dealing with a madman, he seized Leon
Trotzky ~of the peoples party" b. the
ear, towed him to the front door and
kicked him down the steep stairs TO
the street
Visitor Threatens Revenge
Trotzky picked himself up. sns- -ling
like q vicious cat His teeth g1enmed
in the light of a street lamp.
81 will be the ruler of Russis erar,'
he said, land I can wait for my re
venge."
He departed. his head turned to nlaIn-
tain Q fixed gaze at the priest in the
portal, and his teeth showing
he bobbed up unexpectedly severs |
times after that, adopting a wheeling
tone and asking merely for permission
70 use the church printing plant to
publish newspaper. The bank and
the rest OF the propery could wait. His
visits ended when he overheard Father
Chechllla telephoning FOR the police
while he was waiting ir the office. The
next time the priest was reminded OF
that baleful grin was when he read thar
Leon Trotzky. an East Side agitator.
and Nlkolal Lenine, the anarchist the
Germans passed through their lines
had combined forces and threatened
the kerensky regime in Russia.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-30
Y.W.C.A.Girls in Paris
See Wars Real Trials
Woman's Share of the Burdens
Vividly Depicted in Letter
From Worker

PARIS, Ser. (By MaiD-A little
library erected in the corner Of the
foyer of a great French munitions
factory by the Young Women's Chris
tian Association sees, say the workers.
more Of the JOY nd sorrow, the cour-
age and the gallantry Of the French
nation as it is shown by its women than
any other one place in miles. 1t is
here that the women come to write
their letters, to read the books loaned
by the workers, to display the English
they have been learning and to show
their children to the women whom they
have found their friends.
"The girls wear 'culottes,' (trou-
sers)," writes a Y. W. C. A. worker.
"faded and stained with oil from The
machines, but around their hair they
tie pink or lilac tulle scarfs, with biz
butterfly bows at the sides. Then an
older woman hurries by to the canteen,
stopping at the door to listen to the
music. She is quiet and plainly
dressed and she has seven diamond
combs in her jet black hair
Next dirty little gypsy girl wan
ders in, clutching a two-months- old
baby in her arms. The baby is rigidly
swaddled and then wrapped in one or
two shirtwaists (size 36) besides. The
"SNe oiioSh IL IL iIlOule-dSSu woman
who strolls by the canteen. Below her
knee-length 'culottes' is an area of bare
skin and below that mems socks and
Earters.
There are mothers ond daughters
working in the same shop, wives and
husbands, who take turns holding the
baby during their noon hour handing
1T back to It's grandmother when the
hour strikes.
There are women from German
stricken Lille. from Lorraine and from
the Marne. There is one from the
Somme. who just lately came down
from the north. She was dressed in
mourning and was very quiet and digni-
tied, but the tears poured freely down
her face as she told us that every hing
she had was gone. She was working to
support her two babies, which she left
with uurse every day. They cried all
the time, and could we help her find a
safe place to leave them during the
day? We could and did.
There is one girl in particularly
faded blue gray apron. She is small
and thin, seldom clean and always pale,
but she holds her head high. She tells
you-and her eyes blaze-that she has
lost three brothers in the war and
that when she goes to lift heavy she'll
she thinks of them and she his the
strength for her task"