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SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY U»R1L 8. 1916.
We hear an awful lot about the house of commons nowadays and prob
ably many of u, think when w e rend of some announcement by Lloyd George
or someone else that the house of commons is some classic looking place like
what we conceive the Roman senate to have been, but the house is really a
most disappointing looking affair. The great names associated with it in
the past and , r«cnt-the Burkes, the Gladstones, the Pitts, the l’c-els, the
Parnells, the Sheridans, the Balfours. the Asquiths, the Redmonds-all seem
to give a halo to the place until one walks in and sees that it presents no
more classic spectacle apparently than did A. 11. Hall the other night at
the political meeting.
There arc ever six hundred members of the house but six hundred
Cim fit in a ve*y small space. You could fit six hundred people in the North
ern pool room without much trouble and when you think ot six hundred
people in one building like the house of commons there is no reason why it
should give the impression of being an imposing structure. Resides, the
smaller the space the better the voice carries.
Weil, you walk into the house of commons just as though you were
entering a jail or some other government institution. The building of West
minster is beautiful from the outside but when you come to the entrance ot
the house of commons or house of lords it looks mighty plain unless you al
ways remember that the very pluiness is classic. A policeman always asks
you where you are going but he apparently does so only to get a good look
at you. When you go through a big plain hall a policeman might or might
not ask you again very politely some little question or another and then you
art* in the lobby and walking around it and in the same bunch as yourself you
may see the men whose names fill the newspapers every morning. Each
member is permitted to admit two to the house each day and each of the
visitors follows an attendant up a lot of old stairways that look like a rum
or a penitentiary until he emerges into the strangers’ gallery. Tht-e you
sit and see some fellow get up and talk and then another fellow get up and
talk and then another until you begin to think you want to go out and take a
&moke. And those talkers have the names that are now associated with the
world’s history. You hear Sir Edward Grey, Herbert Asquith, Lloyd George
or someone else get up and speak as if they were addressing the Seward city
council. Ther» is no rot about it. Each of those men is saying something
in a business-like tone of voice and apparently he is careless but that man re
members that when he speaks to the lolling members of the house he is
speaking to the British empire and that the British empire will hear his
voice next morning through the press. The house of commons is really onl>
the platform from which the voice of all the people is heard through its rep
resentatives and its physical appearance is disappointing only to those who
have no imagination.
CROWNING OF EMPEROR
WILL BANISH OLD CUSTOMS
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
PEKING, March 28.—When Yuan
Shih Kai is crowned emperor of
China, if he is, it will be the first
peaceful coronation in the annals of
that empire. The attendant cere
monies will be entirely new to Chinese
history, although they have not at) yet
been formulated and perhaps will not
be until the parliament has been call
ed together late in May or early in
June. |
Every other coronation in China has
been either the occasion for the cole- ^
bration of a military victory and a
political overthrow, or it has bmi at-j
tended with mourning over the death
of an emperor.
The custom of the Chinese in the
case of the death of the emperor al- j
ways has been to announce first that
1 the heir apparent had assumed the j
crown and then, within three hours, to
follow that with the announcement of
the death of the emperor.
The announcement of the demise of (
the ruler always has brought with it j
a period of three years of national j
mourning, during which time there j
have been no national ceremonies or!
celebrations. At the end of the period
of mourning the emperor had merely!
laid aside his clothes of mourning and
donned the royal robes.
When the coronation has been the ■
result of a military victory and a
political overthrow it always has been
an occasion for a military celebration, j
the announcement of the creation of
new nobles, a grand military review
and fetes and parades of those who I
are bene fitted by the new regime.
These celebrations have been, like all
j military celebrations, most elaborate.
There has been a great display of
I wealth and pomp and the feting of the
; nobles in the Chinese manner, to
; gether with an array of the military
power of the new ruler and a joyous
j d is pay of the spoils of war.
It seems most likely, however, that
the coronation of Yuan Shih Kai will
be a simple and democratic affair, for
he has chosen as the name of his
reign. “Hung Hsien,” which in Eng
lish means “the reign of the Grand
Constitution.”
The new emperor has chosen to
make this reign one for the people.
It is unlikely that he will create any
new nobles, and his entrance to office
likely will not be attended by any
show of regality of superiority over
the masses, for this is the very thing
Why
Not
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When good fellows get together
in the fraternity house, on the campus,
at the club, in any company, you arc
the more welcome when dressed in
Schoenbrun assi Tailoring
Say “Shayne-Brun” ^
There’s an air and feeling of quality in
its Pure Wool purity, its tailorish workmanship,
in its graceful fit that’s as genuine as it is lasting.
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FRANK J. COTTER, Manager
ANCHORAGE “Don’t Forget the Ptreel Post** SEWARD
the new emporer hopes to obviate
when he starts to build the new liberal
empire of China, a political govern
ment too strong in its unity to be
overthrown or weakened by ambitions
or party dissension.
Hence it is the opinion here that
the coronation of Yuan Shih Kai per
haps will be accompanied only by a
military review and the delivery of an
inaugural address by the emperor.
This is merely a matter of conject
ure, however, for the new empire will
create its own ceremonies ana
customs, and will attempt to deviate |
from those of the imperial powers and j
dynasties that have gone before.
NOME GIRL AWARDED
$20,000 BY COURT
SEATTLE, March 10.—Judge Mc
Intosh of the superior court, and jury
awarded Aina Koski $20,000 in a ver
dict against Charles Larson for se
duction and breach of promise. Both
are Nomeites. Judge Gilmore of
Nome represented the girl. The wit
nesses mostly were Nome people.—Ex
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Alaskan Engineering Commission
ADVERTISEMENT
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furnishing and delivering standard
railroad cross tics and piling to the!
Alaskan Engineering Commission for
1 use in the construction of the Alaska
Railroad, as hereinafter described.
Class I.
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section of line along north shore of
Turnagain Arm between Kern Creek
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Class 2.
150.000 Standard Railroad Cross
Ties to be used in the construction of
Matanuska Branch Line and Main
Line from Matanuska Junction north
ward to Willow Creek. ,»
Class 3.
2.000 Standard Piling in lengths 25
to 40 feet to be used in same territory
as material called for under Class 2.
Native spruce and hemlock timber
for making cross ties and piling can^
be secured from certain designated
sections of the Chugach National
Forest Reserve and from other public
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Conditions and Requirements.
One-half of one per cent of the tot
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oe deposited with each proposal as a
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will execute formal contract with
bond, if required, within fifteen days
after receipt of notice of award.
No bid will be considered for less
than 50,000 ties or 500 piling. "
On or about the 15th of each month,
payment will be made for all ties and
piling accepted- during preceding
month, less 15 per cent, which will be
retained until completion of entire
order.
Specifications, Form of Proposal,
General Conditions and Requirements,
Form of Contract and further in
formation may be had at the Offices
of the Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion, Anchorage and Seward, and at
the offices of the Alaska Road Com
mission in Valdez and Juneau.
Bids will be opened at the Office of
the Alaskan Engineering Commission,
Anchorage, Alaska, at 2:00 o'clock
P. M., June 15th, 1916.
The right is reserved to reject any
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ed from employees of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission. 3-20—9t
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STEVENS 4 VAN PELT
Attorneys at law
SB WARD, — ALASKA
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Igloo No. 9,
Order of Pioneers
j Meets the First and Third Tuesday Xiifhts
of each Month at thu Pioneer Haih
ItANDtR L. JAMES, Jr. ISAAC EVANS, -
President. Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood
Camp Seward No. 21
Meets every Monday at 8 p. tn. at their
Hail,Cor.Washington and 5th Ave.
PERCEY PILIEN. f. 6. ENNIS.
Arctic Chief. Arctic Recoidcr.
Loyal Order of Moose
Meets every Friday night at
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Vessels Leaving (iraud Trunk Dock livery Sunday Morning at II a m.
Hirst Sailing for Ar \ ge Sunday, April 10th.
for SOUTHEASTERN AND S- - fHWESTERN ALASKA PORTS
Vessels leaving on third Sunday of tath Month tails llliamna and Kodiak.
All Vessels call at Knik anchorage During Open Season
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Seattle to San Francisco, evsry Wednesday and Sunday, connecting
with Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California Points.
Kight reserved to change steamers ut.d sailing dates without notice.
FIICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Manager. WAYNE BLUE, Local Agent.
ALASKA
Steamers Alameda and Northwestern sail from
Seattle at 9 p. m. the 10th, 20th and 30th of each
month tor Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau,Cordova,
Valdez and Seward.
DORA leaves Seward about the 17th of each month for Lnalaska, and in
May, June, July and August she goes through to Sushagak.
Regular freight service tor Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, I hane.
Treadwell. Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, %
Valdez, Lalouche and Sew ard
Freight Steamers sailing from Seattle each month: S. S. Seward. 5th;
S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th
(S. S. Sew ard carries Explosives)
Right reserved to change this schedule without notice"^
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