GHOSTLY SHADOW SHIPS SLIPPED
FROM PORT IN EARLY DAWN WITH
FIRST U.S. ARMY FOR FRAME I
(The following story was written at
the time of the departure of the first
contingent of American troops for
France from an American port and
has been held under a voluntary cen
sorship until the War Department
at Washington gave permission for its
publication.
AN ATLANTIC PORT—In the cold
before-dawn sea drizzle, transports
bearing General Pershing’s force of
American soldiers silently slipped
from their docks ami disappeared sea
ward.
At the mouth of the channel the
great fleet of battleships and destroy
ers waited in the darkness to convoy
them safely on their way toward
France.
Aboard, crammed in every corner
under hatches and in closely hung
hammocks above decks, were the sol
diers, comprising many regiments. Re
ports show that the units came from
every quarter in the United States. All
were sunburned, seasoned regulars,
picked men—and a majority of them
veterans of the Mexican campaigns.
Field guns lay in the holds; aero
planes were packed on upper decks;
automobiles and motor trucks formed
another item.
No warning signs betrayed the de
parture of the fleet to sinister watch
ers. Ghostly tugs and cutters, loaded
with special guards, “appeared from
nowhere” and as inexplicably vanished, i
Red flare lights made the waters about ;
the piers a charmed circle into which
magical craft were seen for but a
passing moment. Searchlights flitter
ed, hawsers were splashing—and the
ships, one after the other, were gone.;
One by one they fell in line while
tugs circlet! about like excited ter
riers. But a single lonely green lamp
on the masthead of each ship betray
ed her presence; fog-tinted war paint
blended with the river and night sky.
Here a signal light flashed intermit
tently, there a snatch of subdued song
was heard across the summer waters
from a crowded deck, a plaintiff fare
well to the home land.
The last transport—her name care
fully painted out and her lines care
fully disguised by false rigging—
joined the procession. For a moment
her outlines were clear aaginst the
pall of light and smoke that hung
above the piers as over the mouth of
some titan furnace Then she became
an indistinct mass in the shadows of
the stream.
The foremost of the fleet, forgetful
—
[of her stealthy role, suddenly raised
her voice in a great hoarse roar. Th.»
brazen note died away—a last fare
well to the sleeping city left behind.
As the sonorous blast died away the
ships were lost to view. The sound
reached back to the forsaken pier:-,
where a vast army of stevedores and
commissary troops were seeking the
nearest corners and were soon in deep
sleep after a thirty-hour fatigue of
final preparation.
Drowsy officers, bedraggled and cov
ered with sweat from their toil, stag
gered into waiting automobiles and
were whirled away.
It was the first days of June that
troop trains began to discharge at this
port great swarms of men in khaki.
Who they were or where they were
bound no one was permitted to learn.
Tents sprang up over night and small
camps spread into great tent cities.
Less fortunate regiments spent more
than a week in cars in the railroad
yards. ,
The men were still on travel rations,
hard bread, canned beef, salmon, jam
and coffee, for little cooking could be
done aboard trains.
lielief came soon from the lied Cross
which sent refreshments, but for the
most part the men were uncomplain
ing. too excited with the prospect of
active service to be depressed, no mat
ter how great the hardship.
But finally to each car’s occupants
would conic the word for which they
waited—one event generally welcomed
by a cheer which could be heard for
many miles. The order to move gen
erally came at night on less than 20
minutes* notice. Men were hustled
aboard the cars, the roll called, the
doors sealed, there as the bump of the
engine and the slow roll of wheels, a
short run and the doors were opened
for the men to fde down the length of
the dock and on board ship.
As the troops found themselves ac
tually quartered aboard ship their
spirits rose perceptibly. The course of
“setting up” exercises was begun im
mediately to take the kinks out of the
men's joints. ,
While the ships lay at the dock the
sides of the vessels swarmed with
! painters and mechanics, while night
and day the quartermasters’ army of
stevedores slung aboard ship the mu
nitions and materials of war that were
a part of the expedition.
Outside the harbor naval vessels o^
every description were sweeping the
waters for possible mines and building
a cordon against submarine attack.
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The careful watch was set for suspi
cious vessels and several schooners
were stopped and searched.
The sailing of the fleet was accom
plished without an inkling of the ac
1 tual event reaching the residents of
the city until the troops had actually
departed. Even then those who missed
the ships at the docks the following
morning did not know when the fleet
left these waters.
But we learned soon after that the
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j MINING NOTES]
( Frank Miller, who arrived at Nome
late in June, reports that the storm
which washed away the dismantled
Bernard dredge, of which reports have
been printed, raised the water in the
Anacovik fully seven feet over night
and in its retreat carried away the
barge to a point two miles from York.
Miller says that all the machinery was
off, although not yet transported to
Swanson creek where it will be placed
on a new barge. Miller assisted in the
drilling of the ground on which the
dredge is to be located and speaks very
highly of the prospects of dredge oper
ation.
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Parties arriving at Nome from Mar
shall report that there was little min
ing work under way at the time the
vessel left although considerable pre
paratory work was in progress on Wil
low creek, the principal producing
stream. Practically all the operators
along this stream were busy at dead
work of various kinds and there will
probably be a considerable increase in
mining as the operators will be far
better equipped than was the case last
year. Considerable prospecting was
done during the winter and much at
tention was paid to Marshall creek,
situated about eighteen miles from
Willow, on which likely prospects were
found. Owing to the great difficul
ties encountered in prospecting, many
miners are reported quite willing to
give a half interest in their claims to
parties possessing drilling equipment
in order to get the ground prospected.
The demand for drilling is- said to be
such that the Guggenheim represen
tatives in Iditarod, who visited Mar
shall during the winter, were contem
plating bringing a drill from the Idit
arod section. Provisions were plenti
ful at prices considered moderate, dur
ing the winter. Potatoes sold for £8
and $0 per hundred, flour $7 to $8 and
bacon and ham was quoted at 40 cents
per pound. Reindeer meat was plenti
ful all winter at 25 cents per pound.
Jack Sherwood, well known in this
section, was the principal purveyor of
reindeer meat and is reported to have
CITATION TO HEIRS AND ALL
INTERESTED PARTIES
In the Probate Court for the Kenai
Precinct, Third Division, Territory
of Alaska.
In the matter of the Estate of Anna
Nimmo, Deceased.
It appearing to this Court by the
petition for Order of Sale of real
property, filed herein on the 17th day
of May, 1917, by Leon C. Booker, ad^
ministrator of the Estate of Anna
Nimmo, deceased, that it is necessary
to sell all of the real estate of said
decedant in order to pay her debts and
the expenses and charges of adminis
tration; therefore,
IT IS ORDERED that all persons
interested in the said estate appear
before this Court on Wednesday, the
25th day of July, 1917, at the hour of
two o'clock, P. M., on the aforesaid
day in the court room of this court,
in the town of Seward, Alaska, and
show cause, if any cause there be, why
an order should not be granted said
administrator, authorizing him to sell
said real estate for the purposes afore
said; and it is further
ORDERED that a copy of this Or
der be published once a week for a
period of four successive weeks in the
Seward Gateway, a newspaper of gen
eral circulation, published at Seward,
Alaska, and the one most likely to give
notice to all parties interested in this
cause; and it is further
ORDERED, that a copy of this Ci
tation shall be posted at three public
places within Kenai Precinct, one of
which three places shall be the U. S.
postoffice in the town of Seward,
Alaska.
WITNESS MY HAND and official
seal this 19th day of June, 1917.
(SEAL) FRANK G. ENNIS,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex-officio
Judge of Probate.
Jun-19-26—Ju.-3-l 0-17124.
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in the district, even the ptarmigan
failing to appear, so reindeer formed
the only source of fresh meat supply.
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Legal blanks at the Gateway.
Serial 01686, Sur. 181
In the United States Land Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, May 24, 1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
NOTICE is hereby given that An
drew Grosvold, as assignee of Deborah
A. Luthy, being entitled to the bene-1
fits of Section 2306 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the
amendments thereto, has applied to
make entry of the lands embraced in
United States Non-mineral survey No.
184 situate on Northerly shore of Bird
Island, Shumigan Island Group, Dis
trict of Alaska, more particularly de
scribed as follows, to-wit:
Beg. Cor. No. 1 on beach at ordi
nary high tide Pacific Ocean, cor. not
set, wit. cor. bears South 1.59 chs.,
from which wit. cor. top of Twin Rocks
bears North 22 deg. 05 min. W.; U.'
S. L. M. Sur. 184 bears N. 69 deg. 17
min W. 3.61 chs.; thence from true cor.
No. 1 South 9.17 chs. to cor. No. 2,
thence West 12.91 chs. to cor. No. 3;
thence North 14.41 chs. to cor. No. 4,
cor. not set, wit. cor. bears South
1.62 chs.; thence from true cor. No.
4 meandering beach Pacific Ocean at
ordinary high tide (1) S. 51 deg. 38
min. E. 3.28 chs.; (2) S. 68 deg. 46
min. E. 4.16 chs.. (3) S. 74 deg. 49
min. E. 6.72 chs. to cor. No. 1 place
of beginning. Area 14.46 acres. Var
iation at all corners 20 deg. 00 min.
East. Latitude 54 deg. 49 min. 56 sec.
N. Longitude 159 deg. 44 min. 00 sec.
W.
As additional to original homestead
entry of Deborah A. Luthy, widow of
Godfrey Luthy, No. 5199 and 5973 en
tered at Boonville, Mo„ which said
scrip is filed in Juneau Serial 01654.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion of the above de
scribed tract of land are required to
file with the Register and Receiver
of the United States Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim
thereto under oath, during the period
of publication, or withing thirty days
thereafter, or they will be barred by
the provisions of the Statute.
ANDREW GROSVOLD,
By NEWARK L. BURTON,
Attorney in Fact.
First publication June 25, 1917.
Last publication Sept. 5, 1917.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
foregoing Notice be published for the
stautory period in the Gateway, a
newspaper of general circulation,
printed at Seward, Alaska, the near
est newspaper to said above described
claim or survey.
C. B. WALKER, Register.
Serial 01654, Sur. 1109
In the United States Land Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, May 24, 1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Andrew Grosvold, as assignee of De
borah A. Luthy, being entitled to the
benefits of Section 2300 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the
amendments thereto, has applied to
make entry of the lands embraced in
United States Non-mineral survey No.
1109 situate on Sand Spit at Sand
Point, Humboldt Harbor, Popof Island,
Shumigan Group, District of Alaska,
more particularly described as fol
lows: . ,
Beg. cor. No. 1 at ordinary high
tide beach Popof Straits, cor. not set,
wit. cor. bears North 1.35 chs. dist.;
from which wit. cor. Sand Point Post
Office bears N. 35 deg. 31 min. E.;
thence from true cor. No. 1 North
19.37 chs. to cor. No. 2, cor. not set,
wit. cor. bears South 0.87 chs,; from
which wit. cor. U. S. L. M. Sur. 1140
bears S. 78 deg. 01 min. W. 13.03 chs.;
Astronomical Station bears S. 75 deg.
29 min. W. 13.01 chs.; thence from
true cor. No. 2 meandering beach at
ordinary high tide, Humboldt Harbor
and Popof Straits (1) S. 85 deg. 58
min. W. 5.19 chs. (2) S. 84 deg. 29
min. W. G.04 chs. (3) S. 77 deg. 41
min. W. 1.76 chs. (4) S. 59 deg. 13
min. W. 1.08 chs. (5) S. 31 deg. 48 min.
W. 1.02 chs. (6) S. 1 deg. 12 min. W.
0.92 chs. (7) S. 31 deg. 11 min. E. 6./0
chs. (8) S. 36 deg. 01 min. E. 4.06 chs.
(9) S. 45 deg. 27 min. E. 3.32 chs. (10)
S. 54 deg. 45 min. E. 7.55 chs. to cor.
No. 1, place of beginning. Area 17.82
acres. Variation at all corners 19 deg.
10 min. East. Lat. 55 deg. 18 min.
44 sec. N. Long. 150 deg. 31 min. 00
sec* W.
As additional to original homestead
entry of Deborah A. Luthy, widow ol
Godfrey Luthy, No. 5199 and 5973 en
tered at Boonville, Mo., which ^said
scrip is filed in Juneau Serial 01654.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion of the above de
scribed tract of land are required to
file with the Register and Receiver
of the United States Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim
thereto, under oath, during the period
of publication, or within thirty days
thereafter, or they will be barred by
the provisions of the Statute.
ANDREW GROSVOLD,
By NEWARK L. BURTON,
Attorney in Fact.
First publication June 25, 1917.
Last publication Sept. 5, 1917.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT
the foregoing Notice be published for
the statutory period in The Gateway,
a newspaper of general circulation
printed at Seward, Alaska, the near
est newspaper to said above described
claim or survey.
C. B. WALKER, Register. „
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