GREEK GIRL NOW
IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS
TERRIRLE EXPERIENCE
Cast away in the Mediterranean
when the ship on which she and her
brother were Railing was blown up by
a German submarine, bereft of that
brother by drowning, lying for months
in a hospital In Egypt, a victim of
Illness through exposure and im
prisonment, held as a prisoner by the
English in Alexandria on the charge
of being a German spy—, deported
later to Australia—all these things
have happened within the last year
to a g'lrl from classic Greece, Miss
l,ela Flotiades, now In San Francisco.
At the outbreak of the European
war Miss Fotlades was studying
medicine In Purls and at the same
time taking a conservatory course in
music. But the Germans were threat
ening the safety of Paris and she was
advised by French Government offic
ials to return to her fam'ily, at that
time living In Athens.
The brother of Miss Fotiades a
rising young lawyer, was about to
go to Australia in the interests of
an English firm of manufacturers
and he Induced his sister to accom
pany him.
Accordingly they took passage on
the Bouroulos and sailed from Pira
eus, the seaport of Athens, on October
l, 1915.
The second day out the vessel was
torpedoed by a German submarine,
forty of the passengers and crew be
ing lost, Fotlades among the number.
The brother and sister had been in
one of the lifeboats. It capsized and
Fotlades, with several others, was
drowned. Miss Fotaides was unable
to .swim and went under twice.
“I thought not of my brother nor
of anything while I was in the water,
only how to save myself,” she said.
"I went down twice and then I
thought of my I'ittle dog and I beat
I the water with my hands like this,”
and she imitated the paddling of a
dog.
After what seemed hours of strug
gling and agonizing the half-dead
girl saw a rope near her.
"I saw that the rope had been thrown j
to me from the submarine,” she
said, “and at the same time I noticed
two Chinese, a man and a woman,
near by in the water. Up to this
time I thought I was .-yi alone on
the sea.
“The sailors threw some ropes to
the Chinese, too, and they caught the
ropes and put the c'lrele around their
necks and the men pulled them up
out of the water. So I put my head
I through the rope, too, because I
| thought that was the way to do, and
' I choked and fell back in the sea.
Then I got the rope off my neck and
put it around my foot."
She lapsed Into unconsciousness,
remembering nothing more of her
rescue. The Germans set about re
suscitating her. They removed her
dripping garments, torn to shreds by
the waves, clothed her in woolen
shirt and trousers, massaged her with
alcohol, and when she was sufficient
ly revived put her on a steamer
bound for Alexandria.
Her troubles were by no means at
an end, for when she reached Alexan
dria she was seized by the Eng'ish
as a spy and thrown into jail, where
she lay for nearly a month, the Greek
consul meanwhile making every effort
to secure her release.
He finally convinced the English -
authorities that Miss Fotiades was
what she represented herself to ! e,
and she was released only to be
taken to a hospital, for her experi
ence in the water, and her subse
quent imprisonment had resulted in
a severe attack of bronchitis from
which she did not recover for tl/e
months.
During her stay In jail the Greek
consul had supplied her with food
and clothing. The English office! s
treated her with consideration and
respect, she said.
ALASKA NOTES
(From Our Exchanges.)
..Herman Stcller, a trapper and min
er who has lived on Kenat river for
many years is reported seriously ill
with heart trouble and 'is falling fast.
Capt. Hans ideman and A. Sanvik
of Wrangell were severely burned re
cently as the result of an explosion of
gasoline on the gas boat North Pape.
The indigent fund for the Fourth
Division for the quarter ending March
81 will amount to the sum of $1,588.85
according to a telegram received from
Washington by Judge Bunnell.
A report from Sannak states that
Andrew Grosveld, the well known
Sand Point merchant visited that
place and carried away with him as
his bride, Mrs. Kate Hansen.
Joseph Afric, an Austrian 28 years
of age, was killed recently in the
Beady Bullion mine at Treadwell. A
piece of rock fell from the roof break
ing his neck.
The Girdwood Gee-Pole is the lat
est acquisition to the literary' field in
Alaska, the Initial issue of which has
recently appeared. It is published
at Girdwood by one of the Govern
ment office force.
Sannak Island Inhabitants report
the hardest winter in the memory of
the oldest inhabitant. Fierce winds
have swept the islands Incessantly
and the weather has been bitterly
cold.
Steve Manthen, employed on the
government railroad near Mile 14,
had his shoulder broken a few days
ago by a falling rock and was taken
to the Seward General Hosptnl for
treatment.
Martin Oleson who recently lost
several hundred tons of coal by the
collapse of a wharf at Juenou, has
salvaged a scow load of the fuel and
expects to recover consderahle more
from the bottom of the bay.
Owing to defective electric wiring
the sawmill at Ketchikan caught fire
recently but prompt work by the fire
department extengulshed the flames
before a great amount of damage was
done. The loss is estimated at about
and was covered by Insurance.
Jack Meyers aged 52 a resident of
Wrangell, broke through the Ice on
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Mill Lake, near Unit town recently
and was drowned. The body tins not
been recovered. He is survived by a
son, Lloyd Meyers of Juneau and a
daughter Mrs. Hanson of Cordova.
Charles O. Fisher an old time sol
dier, baseball player, miner and scout
died recently at Eagle. In lS7fi ho
served In Crook's command and for
| some years was a companion of Buf
falo Bill. He was also a pi'el'.ei In
the National League. He went tr,
Engle in 1898.
George Bray, a drug clerk, formerly
in the employ of Z. J. Loussnc nt
Anchorage, attempted to commit sui
cide a few days ago by swallowing a
number of antiseptic tablets. Anti
dotes were quickly administered and
after about an hour’s work by Doctor j
Kyvlg he was pronounced out of dan
ger.
Andrew Swanson, a fisherman, In
the employ of the Alaska Codfish Co.,
at Sannak, perished from cold and
exposure on the night of February
28. The “unfortunate man started
from the Company’s house to go to
Moffit’s Cove station and lost his way
in the darkness. His body was found
but a few rods from the station,
Fred Berger, who captained the
| Alaska rifle team at the Jacksonville
shoot last summer has been appoint
ed Captain of the Staff of the Na
tional Guard of Washington in charge
off the rifle practice, both civilian and
military. For the past two years Ber
ger has lived in Juneau and has been
assistant city wharfinger.
Fred and Al Pauli are reported to
be in the pay on Amy creek. They
sunk seven shafts and finally located
the paystreak at a depth of 130 feet.
The ground pans about $2 to the
Square foot of bedrock. The width of
the paystreak Is unknown. Amy is
one of the left limit pups of Llven
good coming in opposite No. 9 above.
The employes of the Alaska Engi
neering Commission nt Anchorage
have formed an organization known
as the Employes’ Association of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission.
FIRE lURM SlfiNHS
12 .Standard Oil Co.
13 .Carstens Cold Storage
14 .J. J. Season Co. office
15 .Headquarters Saloon
21.The Lobby
94.Pioneers Igloo
25.Catholic Church
81.Polet’s residence
32.Yorkey’s Cigar Store
41.opp. Webb's Market
Engine House, Phone Main 97.
7 Whistles water. 2 fire out
GREAT RADIO
PLANT IN HAWAII
SOON COMPLETED
HONOLULU.—The great Pearl Har
bor naval radio, station will be com
pleted and turned over to the govern
ment within three months, according
to It. H .Woolverton, who arrived here
recently, bringing with him all the
apparatus that will go into the big
plant.
Woolverton said that the Pearl Har
bor station will in many respects out
rank any other station in existence,
and that it will be completed in record
time, so far as the installation of the
apparatus is concerned. He came
here from San Diego station of the
navy department, which he recently
completed and turned over to the gov
ernment. The plant, Mr. Woolverton
says, will be the highest powered of
any In the world .using 500 kilowatts.
It will use a wave of from 10,000 to
15,000 meters. The station is to com
municate regularly with the Arfling
ton station, nearly 5,000 miles distant.
GERMANS HAVE
750,000 PRISONERS
ON FARM WORK
AMSTEItDAM, Hoi lund-Gu many
is employing 750,000 war prisoners as
farm laborers, according to a Bet lilt
dispatch which quotes Gen. Greener,
head of the army feeding department.
General Groener's statement was
made before the Beichst tg committee
which Is cooperating in carrying out
the provisions of the national civil
service law.
He stated that additional war pris
oners would be put to work in the
agricultural districts and that in oc
cupied territories the garrisons would
do spring sowing and harvest work.
MORE MARRIAGES IN ALASKA
THAN BIRTHS OR DEATHS
From the first of March, 1915, to
the first of March 1917, there were
reported to the secretary of the ler
iltory the following vital statistics:
Births 2273, deaths 2591, marriages
2816.
Although this number was reported
in the time stated the statistics are
for those years and for several years
previous, even previous to the pas
sage of the act.
For 1915 and 1916 the following are
the statistics for each division In re
gular order according to the number
of each division:
Births:—649, 283, 331 and 300.
Deaths:—363, 230, 329 and 242.
Marriages:—449, 126, 266 and 184.
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1916 1917
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May 2 . 28 30 :
May 3 . 23 22 i
May 4 . 16 6
May 5 . 18 4
May 6 . 8 8j
May 7.14 12 1
May 9..'.12 14 j
May 10.21 20 j
May 11 .32 28!
May 13. 28 32 j
May 12 . 32 28
May 14.28 28
May 15. 25 33
May 16. 26 31
May 17. 35 *4 !
May 18. 33 38'
May 19. 26 30 j
May 20 . 30 25 I
May 21 . 2 33 1
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