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Washington, ID. C.-(Speciai.) Al
though King Alfonso Of Spain was
enc Of the victims Of the influenza epi-I
demic in 1898 and again this summers
Spanish authorities repudiate any,
claim to influenza as a "Spanish" dis
ease. If the people Of this country DO
not take care the epidemic will be-
come SO widespread throughout the
United States that soon we shall hear
the disease called American" infiu-
enza.
In response to q request for definite
information concerning Spanish inhu-
enza, Surgeon General Rupert Blue OF:
the q. S. Public Health Service has
authorized the. following Official inteT7
view:
What 10 Spanish Intsuenxa2 ls e
something newt Does 1t come from
spain7
"The disease now occurring in thls
country and called Spanish Inauen-
"a resembles a very contagious kind
OF cold accompanied by fever. pains
Coughs ard Sneezes
Spread Diseases
O.
A|al8
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BASKETS FOR THE NEEDY
TOMORROW EVENING ABOUT ONE HI

TOMORROW EVENING ABOUT ONE HUNDRED
baskets will be left at the homes Of the needy persons
Of Bogausa If there is family in need and they do not
receive Christmas basket it will be because their names
were not reported to those who seeking the nfoma
lion If you know Of family in your neighborhood who
should receive one of these baskets, that the name
reaches the Eks or any member of the ORDER by tomor
row Tuesday, evening The baskets being sent by
the Bogalusa Eks and represent expenditure OF several
hundred dollars This is their second attempt to make
the needy happy Christmas day and they hope each
year to make it better than the previous The
this year is due in no small to G. g. Tmberlake,
j. H. Thompson, Jr., w. H. Heslin and E. R. Cassidy.
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Let your boy or girl ride to seso {.
lust received big shipment
.ycIes- N. Marx
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an officers mess room and smoking
room. Eats !, were stacked upon
shelves. Jams, jellies, bread, canned
meat, cigars and cigarettes. Mostly
Yankee stuff to that they evidently
had gotten through Norway, Sweden
or Holland. They left meal of fried
rabbit just at the moment of eating.
Wetenioyed ourselves to the limit but
did not have time to tarry long. From
what some of the prisoners say that
they have had no coffee for four years.
Guess the officers had all Of it. The
German officers are sure the men
they are said to be. Over bearing and
they won't have a thing to DO with
their men more than order them
about. They are we'll dressed, warm,
but the men We killed or captured
were in lot Of cases very young or
very old. The kaiser has sprinkled a
few good soldiers in amongst a lot
of bum ones to try and put their NOR
ale up, but it is rapidly fading and if
the allies and the U. S. can keep the
big push up to the limit till the wealth
er stops them, l think the kaiser will
cry quits and the men lay down their
arms. So good for this serial. My
hand is tired so will close with lots
Of love and kisses. Use the same
address as before in writing. Be
good. Yours still.
GLEN.
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FROM HARRY CHRISTEN.

Waddington Lines, Oct. q, 1918.
Mr.. John c. Oberg,
Bismarck, No. Oak.
Dear Jack:
| received your very kind and in
teresting letter recently and am quite
sure hardly anything could have az
forded me any greater pleasure.
We are having rather cool and
somewhat disagreeable weather here,
as we are being blessed with inces-
pleasant that sfor one that is out in
the midst of it..
Jack, l am glad to hear that bust
ness IS very good in your line, as that
speaks we'll enough for No. Oak. as I
first heard that the crops were a total
failure. You can't keep a good state
down.
/ received word that klett, (Swift
& Co. salesman) is over here in Eng
land in the marines. 1 sure would
like to meet him. He has the old pep
| for the marines are sure there. E.
The damn old Huns have knocked
off few of our boys and crippled
some for life. But we are going to
get revenge and believe me, Jack, it
sure will be sweet. They are just as
yellow as they can be. Now that they
| are getting little OF their own medi-
| cine, they want peace. Believe me,
they are retreating as fast as their
legs can carry them. had planned
on little trip to London, but didn't
! succeed in getting the necessary pass,
/ so will remain here. plan on going
| to Scotland for my seven day rest
leave. which I'll be entitled to, in an
! other month.
I trust these few lines will find
| you in the best OF, health, also enjoy
| ing continued success fin your bust
ness is my best wish for you, / am
Very sincerely yours,
HARRY.
| Address:
CORPORAL HARRY CHRIsTEN,
262 Air Service Squadron,
Care Headquarters American Air
Service, IS Eaton Place, England
P. S.-Best regards to the boys.
| o. K.-Censored,
| P. Hopkins.
End 1t, Air Service.
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SECTION NO. I,

The following casualties are report
ed by the commanding general II the
American Experitionary forces: Died
of wounds, 1O1; killed in action, IL;
died from accident AMI other causes,
3; died Of disease. 81; wounded no-
gree undetermined ll6; wounded
slightly, 10; prisoners, !. Total, ii33.
Privates: e a.. I
Oscar Danieison, Eelview. MINI. J.
Wehleys Brush, Brushville, MINI.
Earl e. Davis Whitney, S. D. =
FREDERICK L. INGVORSEN. Ber-
WIN. c. Spencer, Walker, MINI.
Arthur H. Vedelius, Minneapolis,
Max NJ. Wren, Van Vert, Iowa.
DIED OF WOUNDS.
Alfred Dent, sarpy, Mont.
JOHN. J; SCHNEIDER, Happen, n
AN"' DIED FROM WOUNDS.
Privates: y,
John w. Delong. Truce, la.
( Fred T.. Dwyer, Centcrvllle, S. D.
Harold L. Kirby, Elliott, 1awo. 60
WOUNDED. Degree Undetermined.
corporaIs
Claude W. Oyster, villisca, Ia.
Harold C. Moore, Garrison, Ia.
Privates:
John F. Beglinger Eagle Bend, Minr
Antoine Burby, Marble, MINI.
Roland l.. Dyslin, Aurelia. Ia.
Chas. Gutofski Chaska, MINI.
Lloyd Lee Lowe, Gravity. MINI. -
Byron l.. Wilson, Mount Vernon. Ia
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY.
| Joseph Hruska. Cedar Rapids, la.
SECTION NO. 2.
The following casualties are report
ed by the commanding general OF thu
American Expeditionary forces. Kill
ed in action, 1S6; died of wounds, $50
died Of disease, 1888; wounded severe
ly, %; wounded, degree undetermined
10; wounded slightly p. Total E43.
Sergeant: s.-. >.G-,.... -.'
Benjamin j. Adams, ST. Cloud, MINI
Privates: sa
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o..
ITCHY P|MP[ESS.
HARD AND RED
Body All Broken Out. Felt II, Like
Tearing Clothes Off, Could
Not Sleep.
Trouble Lasted Six Weeks, CUT
cura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment Healed. -

my trouble began with an itchy
sensation, and all of my body was
broken out with pimples. The PIN.
ples were hard and red, at first, and
then they began 10 turn to water and
dry up. They were irritating and
made me scratch all the time. ! could
not sleep at night, and sometimes
felt like tearing my clothes all of
The trouble lasted about six weeks
before used Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment. Ionly used two boxes OF Cut'-
cura Ointment and three cakes OF Gu
ticuta Soap and l was healed"
(Signed) Mrs. Carrie Jordan, o20
Presbyterian Ave-, Madison, Indiana,
June 10. 1917
Clear the pores Of impurities BY
daily use Of Cuticure Soap and occa-
sional touches Of cuticura Ointment
as needed to soften, sooihe and heal.
They are ideal for every toilet and
nursery purpose. ~
Sample Essh Free By NJ, .s. Address post:
card: "Cuticura, Dept. K. Boston," Sold
everywhere Soap Csc. Ointment rs and Soc.
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FROM JOSEPH +. BUSCH.)

Dear Sir:
Enclosed find interesting letter writ
ten by Sergt Glen w. Busch, Co. G,
1854 Infantry, now in France, brother
Of Joseph B. Busch ensign in Y. s. S.
Rehlile Destroyer. Both boys were
residents of Bismarck, sons of Mr.. G.
J. Busch.
MANSUR DRUG CO.,
St. Paul, MINI.
Sunday, II a. m. Somewhere in
France, October 6. 1918.
O. KIM. Keller, Capt.
Dear Clara:
Just a few lines after the battle,
that Is after our part in that battle,
for while. Heinie sent a shell too
close to me and the conclusion knock
ed me out. Am now at base hos
pital, not hurt or wounded, my under
pins are on the bum, rheumatism |
guess. This lying out in shell holes
and bitches filled with water proved
too much for my legs.
Now little about 'Over the top
Our part Of going over consisted of
first night OF watchful waiting on
the side of the line opposite Heinie's
trenches. At 2 a. IN. our artillery
started terrific barrage on Heinie' $
outfits. At $3.50 We got the word to
get up and go. We did when we hit
the top Of the hill and started Oh the
down grade. We met a combination
OF everything. Shells Of all kinds
were blowing through and around us.
The smoke and mist was so thick
one could not see ten feet in either
direction. We had to cut our way
through barbed wire and shrubbery.
Finally we reached small creek and
crossed on to the land the Heinies
had held for four years. Fritz was
now on the move rearwards as fast
as he could go. He left few ma
chine guns and sniper's nests to hold
us but it could not be done. We were
now in heavy timber where the 60
ing was hard. 1t wasn't long before
we reached an open field and could
see the Heinies making great time
over the hills. Fritz did not have
much artillery play on US. Then he
was busy moving his guns out OF the
way. Guess we must have made
about ten kilometers (5-S of a mile
to kilometer). The following day
Heinie had stiffened his resistance
with machine gun nests and snipers
They were SO well camouflaged and
SO thick that We could not advance
much without terrible loss of life
so we waited for our artillery to put
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k&e fHk@E&| 9ta!Ya ! A

him on the run. When the bullets
and shells are flying around like
nest Of bees one can hardly pick up
where the location of the guns are.
The Henies had them in shell holes,
bitches, clumps of trees and in the
tops. They would stick there till the
first, second and third waves had
passed and then pick out our men at
random, made it hard work to locate
them. The first Fritz l put under
the weather was a sniper and l got
few souvenirs off him, but lost them
when l got knocked out. Somebody
thought | had kicked the bucket
guess. Anyway my watch disappeared
also. We were pushing Fritz back
fairly steady. He would hold us up
for a couple hours every once in a
while but our artillery would soon
put him to rout. About this time the
German artillery got strong and he
was busting gas and high explosive
shells among us, that counted for a
few Of our losses. Those old shells
sure make the boys jump. We would
and bitches, anything to get us out
of the way Of shrapnel, mean stuff
and it tears one tao pieces. That is
the stuff that got the best of our pla-
| toon. Don't just know how many we
lost, but it was considerable. Some
, outfits were better off that way. The
ground we were fighting on was a
! natural defensive one and the Heinies
were making the most of it. But the
Yanks were taking to it like ducks
| to the water. The Germans had some
Of their best men on this front, Ba-
| varians. They were good fighters too,
| but had to give way before a supe-
rior enemy, the U. S.
One cannot picture the area nor the
scene Of a battle like this. Can't be-
! gin to get large enough view Of 1t.
| Germany is about on her last legs.
She can't spare men to man the front
where all these drives are now TAX
ing place, nor is their railroads as
capable of work as they were two
years ago. Rumors came in today
that Germany, Austria and Turkey
have asked for an armistice to talk
peace on Wilson's terms. I don't know
whether we will pay any attention to
that because it may be fake and the
IeTuduS IulSHt llSuTe Oh moving
troops to the front during that time
so if Wilson does give them an arm
! istice it will only be after our forces
and our allies are in good position
! to go forward without any opposition
| Germany has not many more tricks
| she can play on us. They are all old
| if she still figures on the play. 1t is
! just like CHECKER board with her
and her troops. 1t is her move and
she has her few checkers in a bum
hole and wants time to move them
! into a good position.
! Don't know how ever came out OF
them with solid person. Maybe my
brain is on the bum, but l guess il
| always was. II my legs would stay
up would be o. k. Have plenty OF
time to write here but no envelopes
so may have to keep this letter a
| while before ] mail it. Don't know
how much OF this stuff will be cen
sored. Have not given away any mill
tary news
Old Heinie has some good stuff on
| his territory that We took. In one
place we took big dugout that was
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DON'TL LOSE YOUR HEAD.

Feace.
Despite the fact that We knew peace must come,
we are as little prepared for peace today as we
were for war-and it comes with as great shock.
The first feeling is one Of joy. Naturally. And
let joy be unconfned. We all have good reason to
lose restraint over this wonderfully good news.
We have peace-and victory! Hip! Hip Hooray!
and thousand of them.
What is your next feeling?
Be careful
Things are coming out all right-but be careful
That doesn't mean "be panic-stricken.''
No army of soldiers is coming back Immediately
to take your job away. There won't be any sudden
mobs of unemployed. There is plenty of work for
ALL
But, nevertheless, be careful. We can't predict
just now what the next step will be. We hope it
will be for the good-but let things adjust them
selves before you decide rashy what should be
your course.
Keep your head! Be careful!
If there ever should be round table negotia-
ton Of peace We hope at least it will result in a
square deal
Tell your troubles to Foch, is now the order of
the day. ".. ,....,
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WOUNDED Degree Undetermined.

WOUNDED Degree Undetermined.
Privates: eg
George Edwin Allen, Great Falls.
Mont. e o.. Co., ...
F. Clarence Berry, Madison, S. D..
Orval Ward, Jewell, Ia
Rene Lambert, McCausland, la.
Macmillan l.. Topic, Bozeman.
Mont.
Henry j. Minke, Long Prairie, Mimi
~ SECTION No. 2. ee
The following casualties are report
ed by the commanding general OF the
American Expeditionary forces: Kill
ed in action. 40; died of disease, 101;
wounded slightly, 10; missing IN &C.
ton so. Total, 440. ",#}l
KILLED IN ACTION.
Corporals: 5 -,
Edward Albert, Jr:: Montgomery, Ia.
GUY V. BENOIT, VERONA, N. D.
Clinton c.. Hendrix, Clinton, la.
George H.. Fritz, Reville. 8. D..
Lloyd o. ,Magee,. Little Falls. MINI.
Lee Walsh, Wfhittmore, la.
James P. Slattery, Waterville. la.
DIED OF DISEASE.
STsVdCeS. 49,
William NJ. Kellerhals, Nobre, la.
Frank A: Warrington, Murdoch
Mimi.
ELMER S. Peterson, Cannon Falls.
Mimi, .,.sE r.
Harry B. Thompson, Alberton Mont.
Edward ]. Zeches, Winona, adinn.
,Axel G. Anderson, MINNEAPOLIS,
MINI. - [sz =. .-s
Fredolph o. Anderson, Mnterrey'
MINI. - %" q
Henry B. UhlenKamp, Hampton, Ia
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.
Capt. Fred F. Moore, Stewart, Ia.
corporais:
James A. Jackson, West Burlington.
Iowa 5s
!. Alvin +. Anderson, New Richland,
MINI. ~
STEPHEN DAVIDSON, Beulah, n.
Oak. S~s.-.-. ~. -"
Charles P. Kessler, Oskaloosa, Ia.
| ALEXANDER Macdonald, Crystal,
-. MISSING IN ACTION.
| Privates: :,
- Gustaf A. Johnson Fergus Fails,
, Mimi ~, - =
John B. Johnson, Hazel Run, Minn.
Julius A. koppel, Watkins, Mimi
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WOUNDED, Degree Undetermined.
,0piuafAes

WOUNDED, Degree Undetermined.
Privates:
William D. Altman, Wayland, Ia.
. r. WOUNDED SLIGHTLY.
Lieutenant:
sergt John s. Mcdonald, Sioux City
Iowa.
Corporal:
Wagner Stacey f. Welborn, Can
trill, Iowa.
Privates:
Joseph Altenburger, Forrest Lake,
MINI.
Olaf Nielsen, St. Peter, Mimi.
Charles F.. Schliewert, Manson, la.
SECTION NO. I.
/ The following casualties are report
ed by the commanding general OF the
American Expeditionary forces: Killed
lin action, 153; died of wounds, lO2;
died from accident or other causes, 81;
died from airplane accident, l; died
of disease, 26; wounded severely, 30 !;
wounded, degree undetermined, S.;
wounded slightly, SO; missing in &C.
ton, 70. Total, 500. : ~ 81 r..
corporaIs: : ". .r1...
William D. Miller, Ogden, Ia.
Elmer BRATENG, Devils, Lake. n. o
Privates: = ~ r. III
! Walter T. Enneberg, stansgar la,
Chester Bishop Lovilek, la.
FRANK L. TOWNSEND, LaMoure
N. D. ~" - -
Thomas E. Wood, Sumner, Ia.
!. ..,v,.s DIED FAo" WOUNDS: .. ] {.
BOYD EAGLESON, Minton, n. D.
WAYNE ]. GENTRY, .Muenster, n
Oak. ~ ~
OTTO f. MOBERG, Minor, N. D.
Isaac Looking Bavk, Little Eagle
! DIED FROM ACCIDENT.
| Pvt. VIM. J. Whitley, Taconite
DIED OF DISEASE.
Privates:
Michael Joseph Kraemer, ,Grenwald
WOUNDED SEVERELY,
Privates: <...
John Dugenski, Princeton
John Lien, Twin Valley, MINI.
Eernhart p Merkel, Dana, Ia:
David Shea, Minneapolis, Mimi
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I5dIelIoKl=lesEd1om

Kelly Boomgarden, Steen, MINI.
Kirk H. Duncan, Lynnville, Iowa.
Owen Lynch, Butte, Mont.
Carrel A. Mcdonald. Wall, S. D.
Henry Meyer, Castlewood, S. D.
Floyd Moore, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Fred C. Subcliff, Clinton. la.
DIED OF WOUNDS.
Privates:
j !, Marius H. Christensen, Ringsted,
Iowa. 80 . ~
FRANK. C. DAY, Price, N. D.
Peter J. Lamaack, Dundee, MINI.
Fred McGillis, Malta, Mont.
Jacob N
JACOB NAGEL, Glen Ullin, N. D.
Nelson F. Ratcliff, Hopkinton, la.
Edward Steineke, Fergus Falls,
DIED OF DISEASE
Sergeant: r. ..~..
Corporais: s.-.. >...-
William T. Bohn, Lamont, Ia.
Earl E. 10y, Larilnore,f la. -
Privates: 49,
Frank j. Anthony, White Sulphur
Springs, Mont. ~. ,..,-s 4 .
Elvine Cecil, Stockport, Ia. f.
Louis L. Larson, Kennedy, Mimi.
Dan Dorian, Minneapolis, MINI.
Edmund P. Crosse, Minneapolis
Emanuel Hodel, Odessa, No. Oak.
Thomas H. Martin, Des MONIES, la.
Albin ;Micka, Hutchinson, MINI.
Bonnie G. Quick, Gayville, S. D.
August Schroeder, Preston, la.
Lloyd H. Scott Eden Valley, MINI
Percy T. Scarf, Becida, MINI. -
George Stewart, st. Paul, MINI.
Everett Taylor, Boulder, Mont.
/ Alma R. Weblock, Henning, MINI.
George S. Wells, Kalona, Ia.
! HAROLD E. WILLIAMS, Hampton
n. D.
! SEVERELY WOUNDED
Corporal: w. &C. 49, .
John William McCarron, Austin
Mimi
Privates: e..
Clarence S. Logue, York, N. D.
Carl Adolph Schmidkunz, Hazel, So
| OAK, II
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TAKE THE AFFIRMATIVE SIDE

To baldlv forbid should be forbidden. Refusal
should be tempered with diplomacy.
Occasionally, it is true, determination doubles IN
the face of nterdict.
Huns placarded Belgium with ''Verbotten
sipns Depressed but not suppressed the Belglans
became firmer in their resolves.
But usually to forbid is to frost the bud OF as
piration, to rebuff genius to damper endeavor ana
to repress that enthusiasm which means ELL
cheney and accomplishment
When circumstances necessitates denial OF
reouest or restraint of an effort, temper the tone
Of the denial, the terms of the restriction.
Whenever possible suggest an alternative course
of action rather than command inaction.
Consider temperament, effect, motive.
If man thinks he has way to 90 thing ell
fectively and we'll and you do not agree, at least
recognize the urge that is in him.
l. is possible to disillusion without discouragmg
even an impetuous, unconventional man if it be
done automatically, affirmatively.
Don't befog with forebodings. Equip your
donts with shock-absorbers Of encouragement and
affirmation
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CLAYTON MUST GO!

Germans, retiring from France and Belgium,
flooded mines, wrecked and stripped factories, cut
down orchards and sterilized the soil Of farms
Why?
Sothat, when peace comes, France and Belgium
will be handicapped in the industrial struggle with
Germany 49,. 49,. 49,. ..
German vandalism was deliberate, cold-blooded,
and ordered with a definite economic purpose-to
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That's How It's Done.

A black mammy's recipes for her
cakes: "Why, sure, honey, III tell you
jess how to do it. YO;.. takes as much
meal rs you wants, mix in some flour
an three or four aigs. put in milk
'nough ~ make it thick as it oughter
be: don't forgit pinch or two O. salt
aud a good-sized lump O. butter; drop
in little sugar. too; den fill de little
pnns an put 'em in de oven .
till dey's done, honey"
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help Germany win back her world trade after the

war.
Remembering that, consider this:
Philander P. Claxton U. S. commissioner OF
education, in speech at Baltimore las quoted by
the Baltimore Sum said: q
81 oppose the elimination Of the German Ian
|guage (from American public schools) because,
commercially, in the future, Americans will have
more to do with Germans than ever!"
Oh, we will, will we! We will have, CONNER
cially, more to do than ever" with the German
vandals who wrecked factories, flooded mines, de-
nuded orchards and defertilized farms, to aid
their own commercial plans-not to speak of tor
turing women and binding children so that France
will have fewer able workers than Germany after
the war.
And ClaXton wants us to study German, so that
in future We may have closer commercial relations
than ever with this beastly system
MOI Never! An outraged nation demands:
Claxton must resign, or be kicked out!
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Wilson decorates Foch with the distinguished
service medal while the marshal decorates Huns
with the extngushed service insignia!
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Tell your troubles to Foch, is now the order of
the day. +'"". ..
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-16
R. S. MCDONALD
CONVEYANCING
GENERAL BROKERAGE
NOTARIAL WORK
LIFE INSURANCE
Local Agent of

Local Agent of
Whitely-Woodward Company
Home Insurance Co., New York
National Fire, of Hartford
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co.
Union Insurance Society, London
Law Union and Rock, London
Look Them Up In Best's
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ACCOUNTANT HAS
TAKING WAYS
IS NOW IN JAIL

Claude T. Boyles, since May 1916,
accountant of the telegraph and tele-
phone department of the Alaskan
Engineering commission at Anchor
age, was arrested several weeks ago
on the charge of having embezzled
S4759.07 of the commissions funds.
In default of bail, which was fixed
at $4,000, he was held in the An
chorage Jail pending a hearing be-
fore United States Commissioner
Leopold David. The penalty for the
alleged offense is Imprisonment in
the penitentiary for not less than
one year nor more than fifteen years
and fine equal in amount to twice
the sum embezzled.
The government was insured
against dishonesty on the part of
the prisoner by the United States
Fidelity and Guarantee company of
Baltimore, and it will have to make
good his shortage.
According to John H. Robinson,
special investigator for the Alaskan
Engineering commission, who ar
rested Boyles, the prisoner admitted
having embezzled the commissions
funds, receipts of both the telegraph
and telephone department, and the
lighting department, but was not GER
tain as to the amount of his pecu-
lations.
The money, it is said, was taken
in sundry amounts since August,
1916, the first defalcation for less
than 500 occurring about three
months after Boyles arrival from
Valdez to take the accountancy posi-
ton. Now that his accounts have
been accurately checked, it is de-
clared that they show he pilfered
almost every month, the thefts rang
ing in sums from as low as $50 a.
month to as high as $500 a month.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-16

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