FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1915 PRICK 10 CJKNTS
A GRAPHIC PES PICTURE OF -
IDE BATIIEFM IN FRANCE
On March 15th last v» published
tho first of a series of ieuere tuat
are beiug written by James BrooXs
(.'lose, nephew of \V. B. Close, nead
of tae great financial house of
Close BroB. Ac Co., of lxmdou ana
Chicago. The following is the se
cond of this interesting series, aud
was forwarded to us tuvough the
courtesy of the Chicago branch of
« ,'ose Bros. 4c Co.
February 23, If 15.
1 am writing this before uio post
arrives.
All the ground was covered with
snow this morning. Was ex
pecting to 6eud back my overcoat
ard those Behr waders unless 1
could get the waders into my boots,
but if this weather keeps up will
hang on to my overcoat.
Am going to take over a very I
important post oa our second line !
tomorrow for twenty four hours. Iu
case of an attack it Is to bo held j
"ai any cost." Defiuite orders like
that are much nicer than *'if you
<»ro too heavily pressed." as your
i<!ea and the General's of th«t de
gree of pressure might differ. Be
lieve we shall have fine we-ither,
aud it's going to be a nice lit- |
tie change from trench diggi.tg. It's
a very interesting post for several
reasons I can't write about. It
makes me wonder when I look out
over and beyond the two lines of
German and English, how many'
lives 't will cost to get as f;ir as ;
fne can see?
February 2"tb, 1915
Got through my spell of holding
I hat position quite creditably, 1
think. Found it in a filthy ttate
—tins and refuse of all liescrip
tions scattered around in a way
warranted to spread typhoid etc—
and when my time was up I handed
it over to the next mau clean and
sanitary All mud dug out of
rrenchcf, parapets bullet-proof,
"dug-outs" swept and clear., and It
was a pleasure for me to realize I'd
iU ne a good job. Think our skip
per (senior captain) noticed it tooM
although I cleared out just as he
came iu. Anyway, we recovered
six English rifles and four bayon
OTs and turned theci into the en
gineers, who sent them home to
England, where they will be dono u
and turued out brightly polished
again. Had a fine, clear day, and
a glorious night, but in spite of t:io
bright moonlight tripped over my
own b:irb-wire entanglement and
tnre my breeches. Now the kne"*s
have a conspicuous home-made darn.
Arrived at the headquarters
and "took over," or started to
tako over, at 10 a. in., tut the eth
er fellow was uot much of an
organizer, or lost his head. Any
way, hb hadn't a list of the dif
ferent things—tools, bombs, bra
zi.-rs, coal, etc—which he had to
hand ou as well as orders, etc.
It took till 11 a. m. before he was
out of the Llaee with his dirty
crew. ' Hade a list (had to), copied
orders, etc., and this morning as
tho other officer arrived and his
rieu came up by sections, mine
went out. The whole thing
changed hands in 15 minutes, and
tb<: fellow. I handed over to knew
l ist where to work, what hevhad
got to work with, and what his or
ders. were.
Crawled u" a kuoll inside our
position today and spent an inter
esting hour looking over the Ger
mau lines, and our own towards
, whicli town of course I
could ih very distinctly.
Got about three hours sleep at
night, and had all hands hard at
work at 5 m. (here is where
your alarm watch comes in handy)
so as to get some wcrk done out
side the trenches before daylight,
and snipers came. Lost one man whe:\
I was taking over, and while the
men had to stand about. A
bullet got him from behind, passing
through the unper part of his
thlch without any serious damage
being done to him. However, dur
ing the dar the Germans shelled
u® and mv favorite corporal was
killed at my side, but we just got
into the dug-outs, and after they'd
stepped shelling us they put forty
four high exoloslve shells, firing by
batterfes (four guns going off to
gether) into brewery. AVe had
i fine view of that as it lay in
rut rear. They killed two and
tvounded eight men, which really
lankly paid them. However, they
shelled this town, where we billet
Iv.ring this week, and killed two
little girls, thats's all. Thav is
the first time they hac shelled tho
1 ►ropery. I haven't seen any dam
n^e done to the town yet. The
Germans have been much livlier
lately, and 1 think their victory
over the Russians in F"astern Prus
sian has bucked them up a lot.
Am very fit, and sorry to hear
ive are soou going away again
rr<m here back to headquarters,
ivlicre we get nothing but routine |
liil!. Met some of Kitchener's
We are now showing the Largest
Line of New
Spring and Summer
Wash Goods
ever shown in Skagway consist
ing of Plain and Figured Crepes, ,
Ratinas, French Ginghams, Mer
cerized Plisses, Peacales, Flaxons.
Etc. Ladies' and Misses' and
Children's Ready Made Wash
Dresses at 75c to $2.25. The
newest things in 36-in silks at
75c per yard
If you want to see something that is
real nice come in and look the goods over
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
1'etrograd, April 3—A rumor is
current in t-his city that the gw
jeniinwit lias been aiproatlu'd with
overtures of peace from Austiia,
it bei.'s claimed tliat that coun
try is desirous of making tairas
for herself without tiemuuiy's knowl
edge.
AN VEboL,
10 MLn
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Newport Xt/ws, April -—Si.vtemi
hundred tons of coal ha\e i;ls j
iH'tii put on board i o (>'<■ Muni
cruiser lVnize Eltcl 1-nM i 1.', anil
she Is now taking' on fifteen days' j
supplier of other ue, cssitits.
HI
IV
VESSELS
Loudon, .\|;i il -—'5 he following
vessels which have 1>< < n torpedoed
and sunk by (ieinian siil.marllie*
uithiu tilt- im.s( twenty uiur hums
at widely sqiaiateU points. jaovc-f
ihc extensive range oi (ieiman op
era* ion: s
Xiux*© trawleis. • by I'-IO olf
(ilasgow, Scotland. ( ie«s skived.
'Norwegian bark r. sank in (ho
.Ncitli Sea by l'-20.
ISritish steamer Seicn Seas,
which was attacked without warn
ing an<l sunk within three minutes
off Iteachy Head.
The British steamer Setithpoint,
sunk by l'-2S off Cape Kinisterre.
Spain.
army men going to have a short
suell in the trenches tor their first
tiiut, as I came out. l>ots oi'
Kitchener's army must be oi:t now.
Au. very much aftuid the ni'-'e
new boots you sent. ni>.- must have
gone astray, for I have not yet re
ceived them. it U wonderful,
though, how few parcels get lest.
Juneau, April 2—It is now cer
tain the Alaska legislature will
pass at the present session, a
measure to allow the people of the
territory tp vote . 0:1 prohibition,
without askiug for ti.e affirmation
of congress, as was at first pro
posed.
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HAVE FEAST
In the Masonic calendar yesterday
•vas the 17th day of Nisan, a
date which coincides with Maundy
Thursday, which is observed by
various churches. In one of the
higher b.ancbos of Masonry it is
obligatory that this day be honored
l>y solemn rites, and yesterday
every chapter of the Rose Croix
throughout the worlds observed the
ceremony of Extinguishing the
Lights and celebrating the Mystic
TSanquet.
Th»>re is 110 chapter of the
:lose Croix in Skagway, but "Even
if a Knight be alone in a place he
must, in spirit at least, feast on
this day with his brethren."
It happened that only five
Kuights were in Skagway yoiterday,
but t!icje were enough to perform
tlie ccremeny of Extinguishing the
Lights, which took place last night I
in u private dining room at the
Puilen House, where a sumptuous
repast was served.
Ill addition 10 u>e KMuuiui «i«
liiony, toasts were proposed to the |
national government, and the pre^i-j
Oent of the United flutes. A si- j
lent toast was drunk to the mem-;
ory of him who said: "When I am ]
dead 1 wish my monument to be J
builded only in tlie hearts and mem-J
cries of my brethren of the Ancient i
.lad Accepted Kite, and my name
to bo remembered by theni in
every country, 110 matter* what lan
guage men speak there, where the
light of the Ancient and Accepted
"cottlsh Kite shall shine, and its I
oracles of truth and wisdom be re-1
verently listene.! to." (Albert!
Pikf, 33nd degree. Sovereign Grand !
Commander, deceased).
The Knights present were: Max
G.itfeld, J. A. Nettles, I'. II. Ganty,
William Bunting, Capt. F. Laneas
ler of tlio lower river steamer.
Sarah, whose home is in I.e Claire.
Iowa.
Other Knights, who would have
been present had they not been
out of town, were: W. R. Hillery,
\V. C. Wright and Cel W. L. Stev
enson.
Another thing that niilitr.ted
against the attendance * was the
lack of boat service between Skag
way and Haines. Tills prevented
the presence of Dr. .1. S. Lambfe,
H. O. Banta and W. A. Sprague. |
mi. cmos |
if BE LEASED
Juneau, April 2—In response to
a telegram sent from this city to
Washington, D. C., yesterday by
Receiver Frank A. Boyle, of the
local land office, word was receiv
ed from the department that all
coa' lands in Alaska forest re
serves, as well as in other parts
of the territory, except in the Ma
tai.uska and Bering river fields,
may be leased .
GRASS SEED
Kentuck Blue Grass. 35c per lb.
White Butch Clover. 50c- per lb.
Onion Sets and v Seed Potatoes
expected in a few days
P. H. GANTY ,
OESIES HE HID HOPES Of
INSURING PERMANENT PEACE
\
STUDENTS SEEK ARTICLES
ON HISTORY OF PACIFIC
University ol Washington, April
2—In fcrder to collect the scatte--'
cd material in miscellaneous vol- J
umes and magazines which pe>
tains to the past and present
to~y o£ the I'acific, .Professor Ed
mond S. Meany of the history de- j
inrtment has sent out the fifty
members of his class in "Develop-1
raent of tho Pacific" to collect j
such data and to prepare biblio- j
graphics on the subject. Each
student is assigned to some special
phase of oceanic history.
Since -the popular interest in the
islands of the Pacific has been or
.:onu>aratively recent birth, much of j
the material concerning them ha3
ij.pearcd in magazine articles and
but few authoritative books on the j
subject have been written.
Loudon, April 2—Rjavid ilv'j' |
is re|(<* Ik? at Geneva sock- I
ing t<> make terms of peace for j
Turkey with the allies, and it is j
claimed the latter we wi>lii:g t:> j
enter inti> negotiations.
ike mm-1
IS HOT QHWE
lioine, April 12—Advices fitmi j
the Austrian frontier describe tlie'
international situation of tin- dual .
monarchy a.% increasingly gra-, o
and the opposition to a continua- |
tion of the war is said to he grow
ing stronger daily among the class
es who are suffering most from
lack of food.
Paris, April 2—Tne Temps news
paper of this city prints this morn
ing an interview with President,
Wood row Wilson of the United
States, iu which the president is
'".tinted as expressing his admiration
of France.
Washington, D. C., April 2—
President Wilson, when the article
in the Paris Temps was brought, to
bis notice today, denied that he gave
the interview to the paper with any
hope of insuring permanent protec
tion for foreigners in Mexico City.
The American government, he 6aid,
had proposed to General Villa and
General Zapata that their forces
shall hereafter recognize Mexico
City as being in a neutral zone,
and entirely outside the civil strife
that is now going on between the
different factions throughout the
republic.
FOR HONOLULU
New York, April 2—Five divers
from the United States navy yards
here, left for Honolulu this morn
ing. Tiie.v expressed themselves
:.s confident of being able t"
raise tlie submarine F-4.
THE MS
SPONTANEOUS
Havre, April 2—A chemist here
classes the fire on the liner La
Touraine as having been set aa the
result of an explosion which oc
curred in a large number of cases
of textiles which had been store.l
in the baggage hold.
THE GERMAN ARMY IS
REPORTED O.V RETREAT
Loudon, April 2—The Germans
are reported to be rapidly re
treating before* the Russiars in
the Nienien river district.
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