FRED WEILER SENDS
INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE OUTSIDE
TACOMA. Nov 25.—As this is
Thanksgiving day and also the fact
that It is raining continuously and the(
said rain being accompanied with
many peals of thunder and much light
ning, rnethlnks that hie fates ordained
that 1 should remain at home and In
dite you a few lines which had been so
promised you. Our voyage southward
on the Senator was a very pleasant
one with the exception of one rough
day on the Bering sea side of the pass'
and one rough day on the Pacific side,
outside of that the voyage was un
eventful only for the fact that we made
the trip down in nine days uhd arrived
at Seattle at the ungodly hour of three
a m and even at mat hour there needs
must he some inquisitive N’omeites at
arouse everybody so as to satisfy
he landing who must come abroad anu
their curiosity as to who came out,
and any sleep after Being up to dock
was Impossible. The V ictoria arrived
at a more reasonable hour of nine a
m. and on the dock was a reception
committee of about 000 Nomeites and
...v.,g.st them you would see
timers wiio had shaken the dust from
Nome off their feet for many years,
and the arrival ol the Vic. Is always a
sort of a reunion and a great oppor
tunity to meet many of the old time
sourdoughs.
There appeals lu be a greater busi
ness depression out here this fall tban
last, that Is speaking for the Paclho
coast, many old time business houses
of Tacoma und Seattle are being for •
ed to retire and aie auctioning off their
stocks, and many more vacan’ store
rooms are In evidence than last year
which will be greatly increased wneu
the dry law goes into effect, there is
always a rumor atloat that a majority
5 to 4 of the superior Judges find a
technical error in the election and de
dare same Invalid, but in talking vvlib
ilie Olfieeia ol the liquor tneiVs i ....
tlon they appear to know nothing a bom.
U and have abandoned all hope us also
baa the Hainier people, and personally
I fail to see where the liquor Inter
ests have a chance to knock out tu
election. All cities are now passing
strict ordinances against bootlegging,
etc., in most cases being $200 fine In
cluding three months Imprisonment,
these new- laws are being Introduced
by the drys, who as it seems are going
to see that the new dry law is goln$
to be enforced In the strictest sense
and presume that they will always
be on the alert to capture the "bllnu
pig." At the present time you cannot
purchase on the Pacific coast a case
of vermouth or a case of champagne,
the latter commodity does not worry
me none, but to satisfy my curiosity
about the construction of a cocktail
went into quite a few of the best
emporiums to see how they were get
Ung by and perceived they were build
ing martinis with straight gin. which
goes to show that the war has shut
oft' some of our ammunition, but in
retaliation we are sending them muni
tions that kill and dumage them even
fur worse than the ravages of boose.
I went to see a movie of eight reels
that was exploited by the Chicago Trl-1
bung who had obtained the consent of
the kaiser to take pictures of battle
scenes, etc., within the German lines,
but of course as restricted from tak
ing pictures of many of the big gun3
and other work that would In any way
post the allies, and the operator sure
took some desperate chances, even If
he resorted to a telescope lense, re
gardless of any way that your syrnpa
hles may lean, you would sure have
0 take your hat off to the Germans
or efficiency, you would see an army
if 50,000 men moving upon the forti
fications of Presmyl with clock work
precision, several thousand men at a
line will run 100 yards, then all drop
as one man and lie down, they being
followed by thousands of others the
nine way, and every action in perfect
unison, you could see hundreds of them
fall never to rise again, but nothing
could stop such a trained body of men,
it the same time you could see the
big guns at work, and see the shells
and on the fortifications and the big
joles that they would tear In the mas
onry, ulso showed Presmyl after the]
capture, and It Is an awful scene of
iarnage, bodies are then piled ten feet]
nigh and many feet in width covered'
vlth wood and oil and cremated, suchj
scenes as this would cover many
icres, human life must be held very
heaplv in this war. The wounded of
both sides are given the best of care
by the Germans, and the Red Cross
work Is something wonderful, the
wounded are put on trains and moved
to Germany, it would take to much
Ime to go Into all details, but will
?lve a short description of the badly
founded in u German hospitals, Im
igine several hundred men minus one
Tin. or two. arms, minus both arms
ml both legs Including blindness and
lenfness, whole sides of bodies torn
iff. every conceivable form of mutila
ion, you could see the doctors and
mrses at work, amputating, etc., what
1 Job of nursing It must be to take
tare of these poor fellows who are
o perfectly helpless and then to see
ill these patients, doctors and nurses,
mlllng and Joshing around putting the
bright side on so much misfortune
Vfter these poor devils are patched
up they are moved to the country, all
are equipped with artificial arms and
egs in many cases all four limbs must
be provided to one man, and most of
hose are young men in the prime oT
i life, If you could see one of these col
; onles of patched up humanity out In
the ground* taking the eun. even In
their misfortune looking cheerful*
smoking, smiling and bowing to the
camera, the horrors of this war would
be very forcibly be brought before you,
ind your wish would be that It would
cease and that Immediately, and to hell
with the right or wrong of It.
(To be continued)
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COMMUNICATION
Humps Peterson bas received the fol
lowing Interesting letter from his for
mer employe, Harry Fukuhara, says
,he Iditarod PIPoueer. The quaint use
of English Is not the least Interesting
,*art of the document, which will be
appreciated by all who knewthla polite
and obliging subject of the mikado:
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 18, 1916.
.Ur. Humps Peterson, Iditarod, Alaska.
Hear Sir: 1 have the pleasure to in
form you that 1 arrived here aafe.
yesterday (he 17th 3 p. in. although
.t was the long Journey and was the
tiresome one two. first of all. let me
.hank you for your kindness during
all these years and 1 shall appreciate
your kind thought* wherever 1 happen
jto be.
To full fill my promise a* to the re
port of all particulars of my Journey
is as follows:
nom the Washburn Holly Cross. I
took Steamer Schumethe. there were
twenty passengers from Fairbanks and
Kuby and renewed acquentance with
(hem as i happen to know them all
personally.
about 8 miles out of St. Marckla, 1
took Steamer Szue and we reached
Nome on the 9th day of this month at -
11 a. m. these navigation took prac
tically four days and one meal: and
in Nome we all landea and has passeo
3 or four hours and steamer left the
Nome five In the afternoon on the
same day, the 9th. 9th to the eleventh
the water was very rough, tbara was
hundred twenty passengers, every one
of us was sea sick but I was the only
one was lively, only lost one meals, so
you see, the steamer dln't make any
thing out of me. from tha 13-3 and
14th commence too fogy wa count see
inch ahead but never tha leaa wa all
arrived here yesterday. I will leava
here on the 2lat at 10 a. m. for tha
orient for short visit, hoping you all
enjoying beBt of health and happiness.
I remain, Yours very truly,
HARRY FUKUHARA.
—Iditarod Pioneer.
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