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SEWARD, ALASKA. I'HI RSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1918. ^ v , ‘ ’ ' h N 1 * £®
Tiii.i ilK Ml. NUMBER 131- ___________________ "
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AHOARD STEAMER GEORGE
WASHINGTON. Dec., (Hy Wire
less)— President Wilson spent most
of the first day cut at sea working in
his office aboard the steamer after
acknowledging from the bridge the
greetings given him by passing ships.
He spent several hours with his corps
of stenographers in the a.teino' » aim
laid down kite * and rested on areoun*
of a slight cold. In the evening bo re
ceived calls from the o»”»cials rooard
the steamer •neljdirg the lt;*ii.:» and
French amb-<s..(iors. Eater he w.dk.d
the deck with his .vife.
At dinner last night, the Presi
dent’s party was sensed by the same
waiter v.b.o churned that he attended
the Kaiser and Kaiserine in the ~u*'V'
suite on the Washington':, trial tnp.
Mine sweepers are running before
the Washington’s bow-and destroyers
are nearby.
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WASHINGTON. Deo.. •"«— The
Alaskan Engineering C<»mmi ion
constructing the Alaska railrojv . has
submitted the estimate for next
year’s work, which is slightly o%ci
$4,000,000, The estimate is divided
approximately as follows:
Construction on Anchorage divis
ion $1,286,500.
Construction on Seward division
$718800.
Construction Fairbanks division
$889,300.
Operation Seward and Anchorage
divisions $712,200.
Operation Fairbanks division
330 000.
Office expenses $66,000.
W AS CO!NT. OUTSIDE TO BE
IN \RM V; SOPH! V VICTIM.
.. Among those, listed as ben?
drowned on th*' Princess Sophia wa .
Mr. and Mrs. Harper, ot Fort \ukon,
previously stated from ( ircle. and
Eagle.
Walter Harper "as the son of one
of the old-timers of tho country. John
Harper, and was recently married to
Miss Frances Wells, the government
nurse at F ort ^ ukon. Faking one ot
the last up-river boats it was their
intention to go outside and offer their
services to the country. He, with the
aviation corps, and she as a nurse in
on** of the Red Cross units. Their un
timely end will be mourned by :i large
number of friends in the interior.
Mr. Harper being highly esteemed by
all of the oud timers for his manly
attributes.
JUNE ' IT UFTS FLU BAN.
Juneau lifted the influenza ban.
which prohibited all public gather
ings, the same us in Seward, on Nov
ember 27th. The public schools open
ed last Monday.
' MKROX(ii X. HOU VXD, Oec.,
.> The former Kaiser told the As
v , • . p s ' y th i follov ing:
"*i ■ Tii .i n’ ivite citizen while 1 on in
rlohn::.!. I can make vo stater.'. mt for
oub’ication. You nut l realize my pos
I'on. 1 am h • .t< nod f’vui id* *><lei*
cvimi »al prosecution, the o ore l
lUst statements unfl the
■ * j l owe loyalty to
n (*.‘ *:nan gown meat ami
«*i make a declaration vhioh
• •: J \) opromise others.”
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: i * !. MEN WAN T DOHA
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)o Post!
thor’ti s hi e ?»r»* endeavoring **' have |
hip Dor; rep* iced on the j
•: wad-l>.u *h harbor run and take j
V‘ contract for this rou’e.
Conside . h’e pressure M icing |
k.o ght fo I and it is heliw l the I
tcia will be uccess-j
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j, » i:.M 1'IONKKR l)K,VI».
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.1. !‘ .i Pmrele, pioneer ol Juneaui
. c*. ion, <uc<; reccntij at his home in J
.iU.!e:;.i. Mr. Pcrrele had been bed
hum for s. veral months owing to
frights disease. The deceased came
;4orth 20 years ago and since that
time followed his occupation a. min- i
er.
M.ASKAXS DIE IN SEATTLE
Th“ following Alaskans . all pass- j
ngers on the last trip of the steamer
Victoria from Nome, died in Seattle
jum influenza : Mrs. C. Braten, S.
Griffiths. Louis Carders, Ike Nor
>, g. Ernest A . Peterson, C. L.
Roi.i, F. Rector. Ralph Tapia . John
/.ei; Fi «'<« Wheeler, Mis. Ruby Lew
is, R. ,J. Flynn, John Ohrem. C. V.
Fwinv Erie Satln r. Carl Larron, 1.
R. Williams, Emil Hill, Charles W.
4'cod. Mrs. Kirby. Demis Macuoyui,
Anno U*e, Inez Chagnon , Robert
Wanpole, William Shoulder ami
Franz Lindblatt, who died after
♦ caching Seattle. Norberg. Tapia,
Zell and Larsen were on route to
lamp Lewis.
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IRANDMOTHER OF THE
RUSSIAN RK\ OLCTION
COMINT, TO AMERICA.
T0K10. Dec., .V— Catherine Bro
il!. ovskayu. grandmother of the Ru.-^
Man revolution, arrived today from
Vladivostok cnioute to the Uni t«l
States. In America she expects to
have a conference with President
Wiicon and tell of the Russian condit
ion'; and m ods.
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REELECTED TO OFFICE
HE HAS HEM) 35 YEARS.
HALF MOON BAY, Cal.. Dec., T>
-.John Pitsher, 92 years old, has just
lnon r*'-el ••tod justice of the peace of
this township, where he has held that
office for .*>5 years.
BEARDS TO BE FASHION
LONDON. D?c.. •”>— Beards are to
l>e the fashion in the opinion of Lon
don hair dressers. Returned, soldiers
are allowins; their beards to nfrow to
•ever sea**s or battle and kindly folks
are expected to follow their example.
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Mrs. Harry Whittemoro is now \is
itinpf her mother in San Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs Otto Poehlmnnn ex
pect to return to Seward after Mr.
Poehlmnnn has been mustered out of
the naval sonyo.
'A.\ ' LVii’OX. Doc., 5— “If we
n our sebv . down to 'winnii g the
eace* by drives as wo h: ve to win
{ii. th-. war, the prob’ems of labor
.nil h•» v i v in this alter -the -wai
■mj.m. v.iM ho easily and instantly
.« d.” savr? Louis K. Post, assist
, ,■ it v i■ / oi Labor.
’h’. P dt'c-lares h(* does m l anti
ip.de . particular probhms i:i the
v. ;j”.. niv • i period. "Wo changed
i iit • y from peace to war j oduct
on,” ‘ said, "and it seems to me
i, .1 thoie should ho no ion.! « why
,wr f etories and our wr. lenten
not h ahie to cliiiii v ■ hack
’,(* wai basis to the pea.-e bas
<1 *y, making duo alio anees
!• h h.cl-. of i aw materials :.; may
vl.,; , * u seasonal condition ., lint
v< n the raw materials, plants which
e.e manufacturing articles for
r.» t - id - Iv fore the war sin hi l>e
hh in r assemble their mat emery
:H change their processes beck to
L < p . co production without so
a fusion and delay a. n>
copl ’ anticipate.”
i’h • i bound e> l»e certain shift
ing of Libor from plants at p aen.L
( .? and for war woi k 1 k
!: u that were the big produ ’s in
\v •• * mes, Mr. Post believe.*; hut
: v • } ; th Employment l -rvice
; th » Department of Labor as a
.*;i». h1 ncy lor limiting th • pro
blems that might arise from such
dfting and believes that it ' he
h! ’ t p ovide workers with y > as
veil ;v t«» provide workmen for ’*m
n layers.
rh • e i. an eler ;ent in tlm wage
ue i i which may produce ia ius
‘ *.l unre *t and in that only d. - Die
•our.try face danger from the ccon
tnu* >a necessities, thinks Mr.
>o t. Kven this may be avoid'd by
u !o»vnt agree ment and conf uenee
.*kv. ialnbr and employers, How
C M*. Post declares, “if employers
I rt t > b*- gimleti oy tlv' type* *>• men
(who have figure! ail !irough history
j as ih«* privileged class’, who think it
!u*ir religious duty to refuse to deal
with o g.mi/.cd men, we wi ' have
rouble. If :mu<h dispositii i will
a* shown by employers to adj >t in
iu.t y and its proh’.i ms as tl •• men !
hey hire, the pos ibllity of ouble j
i . til h< reduced to a minimum
!,*. worker who in peact times j
was . ble to ea.n $ttO a week , has
aivk • war \vag«*s and war ov<* time,
. c.ju nt*y b**en enabled t » home
| n p '.y niglit with $100 in his j ticket
I i-ep.vMMiling his work’s wage. The
i man who h ,s experienced this s not
,1 ■ ir {i, h»* \ i-jing to stand, a uiter
1 j. ! >-i duct ion in it. It ti n**, of course
1 Imt he v 'I he wi’lir ; to fore t the
.« iT.,o work lie !i \ been put4 ig in,
>>i (<v;mj u(<^ oilier' tie a ret uction
• ’ \vhi< ems un
, ’,o!v *1 we l;er is not going to :u*
•j)t ;• \ - due <’on cf his wages to his
j ir*s**s. That, however, is
a;4, *r o’ tl., individual. rather than
the union.
v rr ' live bargaining will -olve
:*i b of that. 1 i '■! that there - .multi
>•* nnitlm*' 1 * distance «*f the a ency
i.ed through the NhVional
\'r l.n.hor I! nrd. Tiv* decide s of
•* ho.vd. i*i‘) iding for :i ivvi -w of
ho wago award every six month
ih* basis of changes in tin cos'
f living, and mo e n.rtbuda*1 v tbf
jj| «u* the right of col’ ctivt
ji> »-g. if til -«1 mto til*' eugr
! ’\ ; iid in harmonious spirit i *h
■ worki r a.n*l employns alik \ will d*
; Mvsrh to solve the oroiil m tb ougb
i.«‘ operation of the shop comm tees
“1 do not antichvde any ! **k of
I, ps. People fo t that we have been
v-nt and no**’ r.d 4h*i4 there i • much
production to he enght no w’t! and
nuch essential ■ b d that
bus been neglected or postponed dur
ing the war period.”
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PARIS, Dec., 5— In the music
oom of a hotel at an American j>ort
i in France one night found four
•’.roups of officers- Americans, IJrit
di, French and Spanish, the latter on
i sightseeing tour. Each was clan
nish -till a French girl came in, sat
o *n at the piano and began playing
American ragtime. Mora girls. In
five minutes all the nations got to
gether under the spell. The rug was i
! oiled hack. Dancing.
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WEATHER REPORT
The following is the weather re
i .'ort for the past 24 hours up to 7
lock this morning:
Seward ‘>4, cloudy, south, 4 inches
row snow.
Kerncraek 32. cloudy, strong south,
f WfieYago, 20, cloudy, calm.
Montana. IS, snowing, calm.
Ehickaloon 20, snowing , calm.
Muntnnuska 24. snowing, calm.
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Nothing makes a quarrelsome man
nrmd ns-the refusal of his wife to
talk back.
PALIS, Doc., 5— Several promi
,ent Au tr:an offi irils have in rived
n Switzerland with large sums of
money to further a campaign of ibol
hcvikism. Elsewhere it is reported
.hat a plan is afoot to sprea'd 1 bolshe
vik ism in Alsace end Lorraine.
A former Grand Admiral and a
former Austrian foreign minist r ar*
n the party.
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WASHINGTON, Dee., The
Senate Foreign Relations committee
inaiiimously disapproved of the Cum
min’s resolution proposing to send a
Senate committe to the peace confer
mce at Paris.
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glass nominated
WASHINGTON, Dec., 5— Presi
dent Wilson nominated Representat
ive Glass, of Virginia, for the Socre
taiy of the Treasury from the trans- j
port George Washington, hv wireless,
la>>t night. Unofficial statements
were made yesterday and sent out
that Representative Glass would he
the new treasurer. M»*. Glass enters
his new office on Dec.. under
agreement with retiring Secretary
McAdoo.
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WASHINGTON. I). He...
Sentiment is giowing in I uxoi burg t
n favor of a union w*tK !;*.»«•
conoir.ically at lvart, ii not poli'icul
y, ;•»*.. i, iing to diplomactic di- >U*»u*s
i'd I.ox -mburg newspapers :e-*ived
i Washington.
At the recent elections in Luxem
u;- the worst insult hurled at one
andid.'tf by another was “You're
0 German!”
Mane! Thilges, .-on of a fn-mcr
mb »■ diplomat*. in Lux*1 buig
1) -e ii newspaper publishe
•:\ei': ),i’ g by citizens of the .rand
: broj.d, champions the cause
freedom for Luxemburg, rejecting
\( ■' i!lvemnfor commercial union
•i»h Germany, of which the little
^11>n has been a member. He sutr
vsts an economic illiar.ee with Bel
1 nr. which, he says, “would be a
iarri \ge not only for money b’t for
•ould enable Belgium to noiv i on
■ inr and other products from Lux
mburg without submitting tlv in to
h rrran duties . as is expressed in an-«
ther article by Zeiglor de Zieglcck. i
v member of the Luxemburg pa.alia
mt, in the same paper. He reminds
he public that in 1842. public opin
>n in Luxemburg was opposed to the
ollveroin.
An anti-Gorman paper pun simn
IVXation,” openly espouses the
•ause of a union with Belgium.
The League of Luxemburg Pa
riots, an organization of Luxem
ho following telegram to the Bel
gium minister of foreign affairs:
“Interpreting, the league ol Lux
mhurg Patriots in foreign lands
•omprising many groups of patriots
n allied and neutral countries, ex
resses its admiration for the gbrous
rmies of the faithful guarantors of
iiixemburg. It looks forward to the
Jav when the nation shall owe the
berntion of its people to them.”
( OME TO FIGHT FLU.
The following doctor? npd nurse? |
ro “somewhere in Alaska" having
omo noith from Seattle to helu the
'p.tives at various place? who ur* suf
'ering from the influenza: Doctors
Crulish. J. J. Page, L. W. C!a*k, E.1
Johnson, George Kruse. 1). H.
lontgomery, S, E, Drowolley, Dav
d J. Olcutt or Oiin, Edwin P. Moser
Edward P. Melner, Thos. Renly, and
William H. Grave.
Red Cross nurses are Miss Lillian
M. Turner, Miss Carrie Oakes, Miss
'can Nolan, Miss Rose Hatrick, Miss
Uilia Reason, Mrs. Anna Taylor,
Mrs Lucy Phillips, Mrs Mary Mc
a)rk!e, Miss Marian Rue and Miss
Annie Nelson.
The party has gauze mask' and
• nomine for 5,000 people.
PARIS HOTELS FILLING UP.
PARTS, Dec.. 5— Paris is filled to
overflowing. Twenty five hotels have
been requisitioned for peace confer
ence purposes . The prices of 'ooms
and meals have tripled and still ri&
ing. Breakfast of coffee, bread and
butter, costs between $1 and $1.50. A
, binch costs between $3 and $4.
Read the Gateway..
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The foan on pybii * gathering i
Seward is lift.d tin's afternoon.
Lodges will be permitted to hoi
Juki* sessions from now on.
Clubs will be ;>e milted to neot r
formerly and the chinches and Sui
day Schools can hold their service
and meetings next Sunday.
The Liberty theatre will open ne>
Saturday night.
The public schools will open ne>
Monday morning.
The quarantine on the Seward lu
a l was lifted this afternoon and th
many guest- are again permitted t
come and go as th y ; i as •.
Pass nger. by 1> 07 Irak's wi
bo permitted to go about their bus
ness as in the days before the epi
lemic struck the noi*th.
The Seward Boa*d of Health r.
jue.vts that all ;»* r ons having coh
•eniain an: v from the movie thoati
Y\r Use nw sort time and the Boat
Iso re«. ts th: t those having coh
ike tk be*-1 of car*' o. themselves s
:s to’ * 'eve it influenza which vvoul
again repii >* : nother baa to jo pin
d upon gatherings.
'I he ( a . .*'» rainy jiersons in Sev
•.id to thank for M10 assistance, at
‘.eulion and care th*y gave during t:
ecent epidemic, that the Gateway
not goirg to do it by printing t!
lanes for 011. might be overlook0
But the Seward Board of Heal'
wants to thank all those who hclpe
The Gateway believes that not on
.hr*.* who helped but the citizens wl
•ofused to be stampeded but watehi
• hemselves and kept in good heal
ihotild also not he overlooked.
Anyway. t!i° ' a-n epidemic is o
*r, we all he no for no recurrence, at
o let everybody forget it ami g
’own to the e ven tenor of our wa
• gain and make up for what has he
’ost.
Incidentally the Gateway's fumi
rating p’ant is operating full bli
*.nd any money will be taken at fa
•'abie for subscription or adveilisii
VACCINATION
The S ewurd School Board direc
'ha* the school wi!' be opened
Monday. Dee., Dtli., and requo ts t!
'•adi child present a certificate
Vaccination to the supet inti ndent :
ore Friday, December 13.
(Signed) Oorgc I>,,rt’
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NEW YORK, Dec.. 5— Ptrsid
Ban Johnson, of the American L
guc. announced that the maj
would resume th^ baseball game n
year provided the government gi
sanction. Already mary of the
league players who joined the *
service are writing letters regard
getting back into the game.
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HOGLrXD REACHESSEATTI
SEATTLE Dec.. 5—... Lieut He
luni, making a flight fr^m Sacrer
to to Seattle , to., establish., a. r
route. reach cm! here yesterday af
noon at 2:30 o'clock. Lieut. Hogl
landed at the Jefferson golf links
, Beacon hill. Late this afternoon
early tomorrow, Lieut. Hoglond
leave for his flight south.
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