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Soldiers and .sailors are to receive
a bonus o*’ when honotably uis*
ibarged f:om the United States Arm> ‘
or the naval forces. Those who hav«
been <ii charged will receive this bon
us by malting proper application.
The above is the substance of cable
advices receive*! by Lieut. Stoddard
m charge of the detachment in Sew
ard . at Camp Stoddard.
The provision for this $<»() bonu.
was in the* revenue bill which wa
passed bv b >th houses of Congres
and signed by Prwddcnt Wilson last
Tuesday.
The provision for the bonus was a
follows:—
That a!l per.* as serving in the mili
tary o»- naval forces of the United
States during the present war \vh
have sin-e April 6, 1917. resigned o
been discharged under honorable con
ditions (or in the case of reservists
been p’a d on inactive duty), or win
who at any time hereafter (but no
late** t' an the termination of the cur
rent enlistment or term of service*
in the ca*e of the enlisted persona1
and female nurses, »*r within one yea
after the termination of the present
war in the case of officers, may re
sign or b' discharged under honorable
conditions (or, in the case of reser
vists, bo placed on inactive duty)
shall be paid, in addition to all other
amounts duo them in pursuance of
law, $60 each.
Thrs amount shall not be paid (1)
to any person who though appoints
or inducted into the military or nava
fopces on or prior to Nov., It, 19*8
had n-n leported for duty at hi
station on or prior to such date; n
(2) to iny person who has already re
reived one month’s pay under the pro
visions of See. 0 of the act entitle*’
“An Act to Authorize the President tc
Increase Temporarily the Militarv
Establishment of the United States/’
approved May IS. 1017: or U>) tc
any person who is entitled to retire
pay; or (4) to heirs or Ujra! repre
sentative o* any person entitled to
any payment under th‘s section v-h*
has died or may die before receiving
such payment. In the case of'any per
son who subsequent to separation |
from the Service as above specified i
has been appointed or inducted into
the mi’itary or naval force- of tho
Unit* 1 States and has been or is a pain
seprrated ft m the Sendee as above
specified, only one payment of
shall be made.
The above amour*, in .he ta.e of
sepcration from the Service on *v
prior to the passage of this act. shall
be paid as §OvD a- practicable after
By Associated l*rrs»
I eb., 28— The Ex< -
t . C* *•!! o’ the Marine Worker
! ; rot d ;•> call out 1(5,000 harbor
•omor»ow a< a result of dis
*t• >;i with the award of th?
i War 15 * 1 granting an eiglit
ed wages.
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nrsixEss men strike
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BASEL, Feb., 28— Business an l
.dona! men in several Germa \
•owns have been urged to strike as a
neans of meeting the strike of th>
vexing classes.
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a- i :. age of this act, and in the case
- pc ration from the Service after
pa> age of this act shall be pa'd
,t the time of such seperation.
S’he information received by Lieut,
'to.ldard also says that those who
a b »en di charged from the service
an secure this bonus by forwarding
c u;m direct to the Zone finance on
"c“ ". L *mon Building, Washington,
"). C.. who is designated to settle such
!a:ms. The applicant must send his
••ha ve ••■‘rtificate. or order for dis
1 ai go. add re " to which check must
»' ont. »‘c., the full terms can be
'o ral by consulting Lieut. Stoddard.
For months newspapers have been
ai ng attention to the fact that many
’ischarged soldiers, after paying all
in: 'amts they owed, were turned loose,
nany without the price of “coffee
id.’* The e have been discharged sol
lie s arriving in Seward who have
ad hard sledding to reach their des
inations owing to a shortage* of
funds.
The complamt of the newspapers
'inally reached Washington and the
•e' cnue bill, which was reported out
>f conference on Feb., 6th contained
the bonus clause.
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f.T HEAR!
OF REVOLT
dv Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Feb., 2S— Eng
a id, France and America have stop
ped foreign exchange transactions be
;v. n the United States and Russia.
Thi< i- unde? stood to be to stop the
l financing of the Bolsheviki propo
I gnnda.
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DANTE ON TOMORROW
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The Hard Times Dance to be given
tomorrow night by the Seward Or
•ho^tra is the talk of the town. Men
are picking out clean jumpers, soft
shirts, etc., and the women folks are
making new calico dresses, etc. t
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' RYANISMS
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One week ago tonight, W. A. Ryan
i appeared before the special meeting oi
I the Seward Chamber of Commerce
' and stated emphatically that the Gov
ernment was not building the railroad
in Alaska for the Alaskans, but for
the 110,000,000 in the states. All right,
perhaps the government built the
Roosevelt dam for Alaskans, now that
we have it, Alaskans, what are we go
; ing to do with this dam-thing-a-bob.
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One week ago tonight Mr. Ryan,
special investigator (?) from the De
partment of the Interior, stated that
we should “get wise”. Good heav
ens, what is the A. E. C., special in
vestigators and others going to do
now? Edes told Seward people that
each year, for the past three years
that the Seward division was to be
completed that year. Mr. Ryan stated
that the A. E. C., never intended to
complete the Seward Division until
the government project or venture
was built to the interior. Now what
are they going to slip over?
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Why is it that the government has
been shipping steel rails over the Sew
ard division, using dog teams, (just
think of it, steel rail* transported by
dog teams) when a railroad was sup
posed to be located somewhere out
the - alley. Why is it that the govern
ment: ships hay to Anchorage, by dog
team and tax against the hay 15 cents
a pound? The government had bette»*
use some breakfast food for the hors
es at Anchorage because this would
be * h^aper. And it is true and Mr.
Rye-* said that there had never been
an'- mtention of building the Seward
Di\» mn until the railroad venture
had b >en completed towards the inter
ior. Some nifty little government in
spending the money for the 110,000,
000 people in the states, and not for
Ala°kans, who made the railroad pos
i sib' * by development and prospectirg
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T^e government must use a larg^
number of huge freight carriers to
j tre*' port coal from the Atlantic
coa t to the Pacific Coast for the big
flc' * to be stationed in Pacific waters
th\< summer. But the government has
j coa’ fields about 178 miles north of
So • ard. There are thousands of ton*
of coal already mined in these coal
i fie’ds but during the past three years
. the Seward division was. not put In
shr 'e so this coal could be hauled to
tid' water and used for the fleet. But
thr/ is all right. The government has
mo’wy to spend. Mr. Ryan stated al
so no one should make any criticism,
i of anything, Oh. all right, but what a
bureaucratic view.
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DR. BLYTH OPENS OFFICE
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Hr. H. A. Blyth. dentist, who ar
rive 1 on the Alameda, is now ready
fo'* business in his offices over “The
K Dr. Blyth, was formerly locat
ed n Cordova and McCarthy and
cor’* "s to Seward with splendid recom
mendations for doing capable work.
Dr Blyth intends to be “on the job”
at nil times.
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The Chamber of Commerce will
mort tonight in the fire hall at 8 o'
clock. Much business is’ expected to
co before the organization and a
full attendance is requested of mem
ber* or prospective nwbenh
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No registered mail arrived on tr.e
Alameda or the Admiral Farragut for
Seward although there must have j
been registered mail in an accumuhi- j
tioxi of 17 days.
The above fact was revealed thi;*
forenoon when a registered package
mftiled in Seattle on February 11th.
five and six days before either steam
er sailed, failed to arrive for the Gate
way.
Postmaster Root was reluctant in
making any statement but finally
stated that no registered pouches for
Seward arrived on the steamers.
It is also rumored that $20,000 in
currency from Washington D. C., for
Seward, which was supposed to have ;
arrived here in a registered sack, like
wise did not show up. The first inti
mation of this last Came in a special,
dispatch to the Gateway this forenoon
from an Alaskan paper asking for the
“story” of the lost $20,000.
Possibly all registered mail for
Seward was placed in Anchorage
pouches.
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• TOTAL DISARMAMENT *
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* PARIS, Feb., 28— Deputy Ren
* audel has sent a letu r to the De- *
* puties urging Germany’s total *
* disarmament as a guarantee *
* against future aggressiveness.
BLIZZARD IS
RAGING
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KANSAS CITY, Feb., 28— A bliz
zard is today sweeping Missouri, Kan
sas and Oklahoma. Huge snow drifts
jpr-* blocking the railroads. Livestock
: is ..uffering from the bitter cold. Lin
coln^ Nebraska reports the tempera
! turc as 62 below.
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WHERE IS HE? -
A roquest for infonnation regard
ing the whereabouts of William B.
Gehrenbeck, son of Mrs. Hattie
Ge’.irenbeck of St. Cloud Minnesota,
has been received from the office of
Governor Riggs. It is asked that any
one having the desired information
communicate with the office of the
governor.
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Eight passengers arrived in Sew
ard last night on the train which re
turned at 6 o’clock.
William Kaiser and Duncan Little
are registered at the Hotel Sexton
having arrived last night.
Frank Standfier , from King Coun
ty, Skilak Lake, is registered at the
Hotel Seward. Mr. Standfier is assoc
iated with Louis Nissen in a fox
ranch. The present visit to Seward is
tho fir*t one in three year*.
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By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Feb., 28— Sen
itor Cabot Lodge, speaking befor*
th^ Senate this forenoon, solemh
varned the American people to weigl
arefully the constitution for the Lea
gue of Nations and to insist upon its
undamental revision.
Senator Lodge declare.I that the
League would engender missunder- i
i: standings and strife, instead of safe- j
guarding the world's peace as planned
“The League of Nations as now
planned, as its proposed constitution
s formed, will contravene the Monroe
! doctrine, strike at American sover
eignty, involve America in all foreign
lisputes and substitute International
ism for nationalism,” said Senate, i
Lodge.
‘ The agreement for a world peace i
hould be drawn up calmly and delib
I erately, w hen the world is at peace
and not while the war still exists, as
now. This nation must think well be
fore abandoning all former policies.’
% Senator Lodge was listened to most
attentively by the Senators and the
•rowd which packed the gallerries.
The speech followed the dinner
given by President Wilson at the
White House in which the constitut
RIOTING
By Associated Press
COPENHAGEN, Feb., 28— Riot
ing started anew in Munich late yes
terday. Three thousand Spartacan
soldiers marched to the Parliament
buildings- today in an effort to force
the Diet to proclaim a Soviet Repub
lic.
TROOPS IN HAMBORN
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COPENHAGEN Feb., 28— Ger
nan government troops have occupied
he town of Hamborn in the Fuhr in
lustrial region after a fight in which
i number of Spartacans were killed.
The government troops captured sev
'ra! hundred prisoners.
AT HEART OF
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FIRE AT ANCHORAGE
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Fir? late yesterday afternoon dam
age 1 the interior of the Labor Temple
it Anchorage to a considerable extent
hut the damage was fully covered by
;nsu*ance. The trustees of the bulld
‘ng started today to fix the interior
ip, b jtter than before.
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on of the pro posed League of Nat
jns was given out.
Senator Lodge said that no point
n the league’s constitution had an
J rder for the election of the nations
n the deals, of delegates. Senator
iOdge said that *hese delegates should
)C selected to be named as ambassa
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THE IRISH QUESTION
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WASHINGTON. Feb., 2S— Private
>eeretary Tumulty, to President Wil
on, today formally denied that the
Jhief Executive told the members of
ho Congressional Foreign Commit
tees Wednesday night that the Irish
luestion wa3 a matter between Eng
and and Ireland and that Ireland had
io voice in the peace conference at
present
This statement was issued in deny
ng a statement, to the above effect,
made by at least one committeeman.
This committeeman is charged with
making a deliberate falsehood.
Secretary Tumulty refused to dis
cuss what the President did say about
Ireland.
ITALY FOR LEAGUE
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WASHINGTON, Feb., 28— Prem
ier Orlando, of Italy , has cabled Pres
ident Wilson a personal message de
| daring that the whole Italian people
! comprehend and acclaim with joy the
high value and everlasting signific
ance of the League of Nations.
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WILSON SAILS WEDNESDAY
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—Presi
dent Wilson sails for France aboard
the transport George Washington
next Wednesday after speaking in
New York City Tuesday night. Presi
dent Wilson is going to Philadelphia
Tuesday forenoon to visit his daught -
er Mrs. Sayre and his new grandson.
Tuesday night, following the New
York City speech, the President will
spend aboard the transport.
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MEXICANS TO HAVE
CONSULATE IN ALASKA
SEATTLE Feb., 27— By A. P.—
A Mexican vicecounclate will he estab
lished in Alaska soon, according to I.
G. Gauzman, the consul here.
Gauzman plans to leave for South
eastern Alaska soon to choose a lo
cation.
It is likely that either Juneau or
^'tchikan may be chosen.
JU3AD toTgAYIWAY.