WOMEN IN UNIFORM DO WAR WORK
FOR "TOMMY” IN FRENCH TRENCHES
PARIS, March 31.—One of the most
prominent features of the Hritish
army on the continent now is the
woman soldier. The women do no
actual fighting in the trenches, but
they wear military uniforms, are un
der discipline of army officers and
perform military work of importance.
It has just been decided to increase
these regiments of Rritish women,
who attend to the housekeeping, cook
ing and wellbeing of the “Tommies.”
The women prove to have a keen
spirit of patriotism and they show a
line sense of subordination to discip
line and bear themselves as befits
their position in a national army, lhe
women will be employed in every ca
, parity where it is found they are able
, to do the work, thus releasing thou
sands of lit men for the trenches.
Thert' are kitchens and canteens
which women can run quite as well as
men. There are offices and pay depart
ments where the clerical work can be
undertaken by girls in every respect!
as well as by men clerks.
Women are qualified in these days
to drive motor ears and to take charge j
of technical stores.
It this innovation had been sug
gested at the start of the war the
opinion undoubtedly would have pre
vailed that when brought into close
touch with the soldiery women would
grow frivolous, irresponsible and un
disciplined. Experience has proved
the contrary.
The idea of enrolling British women
to work in units on military lines ori
ginated with themselves. Several
women leaders came forward with
carefully worked-out schemes, the
women quickly offered their services,
and in a very little while there were
a number of organizations carrying
on useful war work where the women
wore uniforms and were supervised on
lines of military discipline.
It has been found that putting
women in uniform and housing them
in huts is immensely successful. The
mere fact of wearing uniforms incul
cates a sense of military discipline.
The women are extremely proud of
their position. They show themselves
perfectly ready to adapt themselves
to novel conditions. Discomforts are
treated with a smile. A woman
ploughing her way through seas of
mud in a oump where the ground has
become a veritable morass will treat
it as a joke.
Without uniform it would naturally
be impossible to keep control, and the
sentries on duty would not be able to
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; distinguish the legitimate workers
; from strangers.
It is no longer the woman’s duty to
1 sit at home and watch and wait. The
call has come for her to be up and do
i ing, to equip herself as a soldier, anti
have a soldier’s sense of responsibility
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and the stern necessity for discipline
and obedience to orders.
All-Alaska News
The big warehouse of the E. K, Peo
\ pies company at Terminal, on the
Tolovana river, was totally destroyed
by lire recently, entailing a loss of
from $20,000 to $22,000. The struc
ture will be rebuilt next spring.
Under a lease issued by the natives
and approved by the secretary of the
interior, the J. L. Smiley company
of Blaine, Washington, will erect and
operate a cannery at Metlakahtla this
summer. The lease covers a period ot
live years.
George Swanson was an outgoing
passenger on the Mariposa for Seat
tle, where he will undergo an opera
tion on his foot.—(Valdez Miner.)
J. 1). Jefferson of Valdez, received a
handsome blue fox pup from the west
ward on the Admiral Evans.
Territorial Treasurer Walstein G.
Smith today reported to the house of
representatives that a check had been
received recently from the Kennecott j
company for the sum of $219,000 for
their yearly taxes on their output for
the fiscal year of 1916. This tax was
paid on a yearly output of $21,000,
000. -(Juneau Empire.)
District Judge Robert W. Jennings,
[ upon motion of the United States at
: tomey, yesterday increased from $3,
(f>00 to $15,000 each the bail of
' Michael Sheehan and J. H. Hewitt,
j the two men charged with the hold-up
’at Chiehagoff mine last month during
which a gold brick valued at $20,000
was stolen and for which crime they
have been bound over to await the ac
! tion of the next grand jury.
Four-fifths of the world’s coffee is
j raised in Brazil.
, Fresh Butterkist popcorn at the
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Andy’s Express, phone Madison 143.’
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2 C. Kodak, Jr., Kodak $12.<H>—:
Seward Drug Co. I
Waterfill & Frazier whiskey at
The Branch.
Rutterkist popcorn for sale at the!
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plied by the merchants in your community.
All such orders received by FREDERICK
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Post shipments are sent POSTAGE PAID
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Buyers and Smelters of Copper,
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LOOK TAME WHEN!
“TOMMY" WRITES!
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LONDON, March 31.—Those lurid
descriptions of the famous “tanks”
which war correspondents racked j
their brains to produce some months
ago are cast into the shade by the en-1
tirely untruthful account of the mon- j
sters contained in a letter from a
private in the Middlesex regiment to
his mother. He alleges of the new
war engines:
“They can do up the prisoners in
bundles like straw binders, and. in ad
dition have %an adaptation of a Goss
printing machine which enables them
to catch the Huns, fold, count and de-!
liver them in quires, every thirteenth
man being thrown out a little further 1
than the others. The tanks can trussi
refractory prisoners like fowls pre-1
paved for cooking, while their equip
ment renders it possible for them to 1
charge into a crowd of Huns, and, by !
shooting out a thousand spikes, like
porcupine quills, to carry oft* an op
ponent on each. Though ‘stuck up,’
the prisoners are, needless to say, by
no means proud of their position.
“The cars in question can chew up
barbed wire and turn it into muni
tions. As they run they slash their
tails and clear away trees, houses,
howitzers and anything else in chi'
vicinity'. They' turn over on 5 hen
backs and catch live shells in t:.eir
caterpillar feet, and can ci easily
adapted as submarines; indeed, most j
of them cross the channel in this1
guise.
“They loop the loop, travel forward, |
1 sideways and backwards not only with 1
■ equal speed, but at the same time
They spin round like a top, but fa:*
more quickly, bury themselves, scoop j
: out a tunnel, and come out again ten
miles further oil’ in half an hour.
“The tanks can do anything anti
everything; in fact, if there is.#tiny
i thing which can’t be done the tanks
j can do it.”
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DIVORCED WIFE OF
DENVER BANKER!
DIES A PAUPER!
NEW YORK, Saturday, April 21.—
Mrs. John W. Springer, beautiful di- i
vorced wife of the Denver banker of j
that name, died here today at the
Pauper’s hospital.
It was in a quarrel over Mrs. Spring-1
er that Harold F. Henwood shot and |
killed Sylvester Von Puhl and George'
E.* Copeland at Denver, a few years j
ago.
Mining Notes
Persistent work is going on by the
Keen drill on the flats, without known j
results so far. One drill hole and one j
prospect shaft are reported at 130
feet; the water flowing out over the
top of the hole with little delay after
being encountered. This occurred on
the right limit of the Livengood flats. J
The Nenana News reports that a j
small stampede was in progress re
cently to Little Goldstream, a tribu
tary of Goldstream, coming into the
latter about 11 miles from Nenana.
Harry Conrad is the latest to em
bark on a prospecting trip on the sub
marine. He left yesterday to gather
up his mining gear from a claim ad
joining the Diamond L and will have
these moved out to the scene of his
new vourtfTc.
On ground owned by J. W. Willi
son on Midway creek, Tolstoi district,
pay running 50 to 60 cents to the
foot is reported to have been found.
George Blanusha of Iditarod is said
to have purchased the ground.
Peter X. Peterson has suspended
operations for the present on the
Ingleside and will try his luck in some
other section. This now leaves the
Diamond L the only claim where ac
tive mining is being carried on be
tween the Bessie and Newton and
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ACREAGE—If you are looking frr
acreage that is ideally located for a
suburban home.
ACREAGE—That i9 particularly suit
ed for truck gardening.
ACREAGE—That is bound to in
crease in value in the near future.
ACREAGE—Fronting on the Gov. It.
R. and Lake Kenai Boulevard.
ACREAGE—That is most desirable
for re-subdividing—See me. Will be
glad to show you the land, or fur
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Remodeling of ladies’ and gents’
clothes, by a tailor, a specialty, next
to Alaska S. S. office. tf
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATOR
Notice is hereby given that Bank
of Seward has been duly appointed
administrator of the estate of Flor
ence Foote, deceased. All persons
having claims against the estate of
the said Florence Foote are hereby
notified to present said claims, with
the proper vouchers attached, to said
Bank of Seward at its place of busi
ness, in the town of Seward, in Kenai
Precinct, Third Division < f the Terri
tory of Alaska, within six months
from the date of this notice.
Dated this 10th day of April, A. D.
1917.
BANK OF SEWARD,
H. S. Balderston, Cashier.
April 10-30
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Waists
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