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Dailv Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post __
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SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 191^ _ittSi
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Seward is responding .slowly
Rod Cross call for M» m:*oi>h p 1> r
owing to the fact that all eon.r *11.
men have iiot got down to •»* k *
earnest, this may account foi t. * ay
parent poor showing at the end • * *
second day of the one week
paign.
Every American citizen, and i.i t'a«*
everybody in the t nited Sta,‘ u1
■*ories, should belong to this Am
erican organization. The lied
work in the war and the Kod Cr<»
work now going on at home and “ov
er there” should make everybody fe l
in duty bouml to assist at least aru
if in a position to do so, takv a n*
bership for $2, or $10.
Associated Tress
ANNA TOMS. Dee.. M— Seerotary
, f the Navy D? riels, addressing the
. Jovei nor’s e n: r nee now in session
I • it 1 ist me : a • and
ibiy two worl 1 be require*l lefore
the nation returm l to norma* »inr s
an 1 r \v*' conditions. 1 ho spe*d\'* s«i"i
it v. odd he fortunate ,-f c< ml:t
on O ;i»l SO taHy a date.
•••;• • • ‘ | States nai must
ev a * said Sec retary Daniels.
« o red to or 1>1 * th»*
T.'nitfd Stat' • to contribute as nan,'
•nd* as any her nation t * the inter
national no’ . ' !’oree.
‘•However,** continued the Srcre
4are.” I export that the peace eon
uwe 'a ill ‘ competitive bij: navy
h-iildimr and p* rhaps one navy wil*
»v‘ rut down considerable end th* war
ships made over into freight o pus
en«ter carriers, for which the or*<
stands in ir»*• it n-«M^at the vv so-*
time.**
The trustees of the Methodist
church held a meeting last night with
the pastor, Rev. L. 1). Cook, and two
temporary officers were circled, a
permanent organization to be had fol
lowing th' holidays. Dr. J. h. Romig
was chosen temporary tveasui * am.
Mrs. Claude Mathison,\emporary sec
retary. Those attending the Trustee
meeting were Mrs. J. L. Green, Dr.
and Mrs. Romig, Mrs. Mathi-on. W. L
Guy, C. R. Morforri and Kuth dry.
Rev. Cook stated that he desired
the church to be conducted in a busi
ness like manor, that a budget made.
The new pastor stated that the Metho
dist church here would be the home o:
baptists, Congregatio n, is, Pro hyter
ians or any other denominate 1 not
having an organization in this local
ity. In other cities the Methodist*
have given way to I'aptists. etc., •'
their denomination had a church, la
Seward the Methodist will lo'k aftet
those not having any affiliation her*
Rev. Cook desires to make the
Methodist church the home for ,\V
classes, irrespective of creed and in
tends to be a part of the comwunitj
himself, helping to do good and lv
prog’ \<sive in modern ideas and . a; .
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The headquarters of the local cam
paign committee is at the Sexton ! »
tel and if the members of the com
mittee happen to miss you, just go in
to the Sexton and George will be then
to take your membership, give you a
button and also a window fag.
The members joining the Red Cross
on Monday were printed in the Gat ?
way yesterday, and those join Mg
Tuesday, up to 8 o’clock last night
were as follows:
B. A. Grier.
R. H. Woolsey.
Mrs. R. Mover.
Mrs. C. I. Sexton.
George Sext »n.
John H. R cc,
1 H. Lauritsen,
F» d C. R tv*
Mrs. John Noon,
John Noon.
John Noon y..
Anton Nelson,
Jonas Jotmsc p.
G. C. H:-.r, man.
Willian Tone
Oskar Li’.on.
A'.l ?n Vd i -vh.
Anton 1 Vo? son,
Melva io *.rerun*,.
V. \ L. Guy,
Ada L. Guy
Paul K. Guv
Father Guy,
Ruth Guy,
Jane McNally,
H. $ Filder io\
Mrs. H. S. Balderston.
Hellen Balderston.
Dr. J. H. Romig.
Mrs. J. H. Romig.
Howard Romig. and
W. N. Reed.
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Tom Gamble and wife, of Gamble’.'
restaurant, leave on the A’ameda and
they intend going to California, re
turning to Seward about the first ot
March.
Conductor Maitland and wife came
:n on the train this morning and will
he passengers to Seattle on the A’a
meda to he absent a couple of months
C. S. CrkW, traveling auditor of
♦he Wells-Fargo Express, arrived
from Seattle on the Mamed" and i«
registered at the Overland. Mr. Cridei
will remain in this section for some
time.
X. Drake, registered at the Ovov
land, came in this morning from out
the line and leaves for Cordova on the
Alameda. !U
Nellie Neal, owner of roadkou <
along the railroad, is registered aM >
Overland having come in op Today;
train. This popular ladv wil* return
out the line after attending to big
ness here.
K. W. Young, wife and children,
from Kern Creek. are registered!
the Hotel Seward. The Young family
will leave on the Alameda for a vis t
in the states.
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B\ Vssue inted Press
LONDON, Dee., IK— Admi;ul Sir
Livid P> ate, commander of th • Brit
h G. and fleet,.in a farewell adores.,
o the Americans today said: “The
Vmorican battleship squadron display
•! a pirit of comradeship through
t the war; were most able sea.** *
1 v rmen and the American licet
'.ml men helped keep the British safe,
•‘Both the British and Americans
ere disappointed in not meeting the
Sorman fleet. The day of the German
loot surrender, was a pitiful day. It
as pitiful to see the jrreat German
<hips come into lino like herded sheep
’>y dopfs to the iold.”
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By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec., 18— Seim
tor Knox declared today in the Senate
chamber that the widest diversity ex
ists regarding the formation of a lea
gue of nations and a definition of the
"freedom of the seas.” Senator Knox
urged that these questions be j>ost
poned for debate until after the peace
. onferenee.
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WILSON NOT TALKING.
PARIS, Dec., 18— President Wil
on lias not expressed himself yet as
favoring any of the various preposit
ions advi/ficed fegttn’jig the cication
of a league of Nation*. British, Fren
ch and other countries arc waiting for
him to give the clue as to what his
ideas are regarding a league o! nau*
s0na also his definition of “freedom of j
the sea .” It is believed that all coun
tries will oe guided mainly by what
the President of the United States
suggests as he has studied the matte:
from all sides.
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JUNEAU, Dec., 18— (Special to
.Ju» Gateway)— John Heaton, wealthy
miner, and the discove r ot the Idi
arod section, arrived in re y« \!ay
o claim the body of his wil a -i ^ '*
. hit*Iren lost in the wreck of the N«
,hia. Mr. Heaton says that the body of
he six year old girl, picked lip on the
shore, was mistakenly Identified as
iis daughter by his partner, Gilbert
dates. Heaton identified the body of
his wife but the bodies of his two
laughtcis are missing. There has been
10 other claimant for the body ot the
leant'ful little six year old child now
n the morgue here.
SITKA. Dec., 18— (Special to the
Gateway)— John Green Brady, died
here yesterday afternoon following a
long illness.
J. G. Brady was governor of Alas
ka from 1897 to 1905. The deceased
came to Alaska as a missionary mor**
than 40 years ago and afterward en
tered business at Sitka. Mr. Brady
lost a modest fortune in a mining and
development company and died prac
tically penniless.
Mrs. Brady and her daughter are
now teaching school at Sitka.
\! . IVaton came out from the in
erior several weeks atfo and remained
in Seward until the Admiral Watson
.ailed for Seattle. Mr. Beaton left
i .j. o Juneau expecting to take his
oved ones to eastern t anada tor in
♦ernvnt. The sad news that the bod
es of his little children have not been
recovered or perhaps having been
claimed by others and are resting if.
far away graves, will only bring out
further sympathy for the bereaved
man from his many friends in Alaska.
M s. J. C. Pollok, from Kern Creek,
s v( gi. tered at the Hotel Seward hav
’ng arrived on the train this morning.
Mrs. Maude Trosper, keeper of the
roadhouse at Mile 45, came in this
morning on the train for a few days
in Seward. While in the city she is a
guest at the Overland.
Lieut. Oliver C. Nelson, from Fort
Li scum, is aboard the Alameda en
route to the states.
Cal Hutton returned this morning
on the Alameda after a visit in the
states.
ASKS HELP j
PARIS, Dec., 18— It is unofficially
reported here that Ebert, in behalf of
the Gorman government, has asked
the Allies to at once occupy the city of
Berlin.
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C. C. Carpenter, from the states,1
arrived on the Alameda and is stop
ping at the Overland.
William Morris, registered at the
Overland, arrived on the Alameda and
is going to Anchorage.
Fred T. Mumma, wife and daughter !
are registered at the Sexton from An
chorage. Mr. Mumma is head of the
T. & T. Department of the commiss
ion.
W. B. Askey, time keeper at Mile
52, is registered at the Sexton, hav
ing come in on the train this morning. ^
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P,v Associated Press
WARSAW, Dec., 18— The mother
of the former Czar of Russia, is now
living in Crimea. It is said that she I
receives letters every ten days which i
are purported to come from the for
ner Ruler. The mother and others are
•onvimed that former Czar Nicholas
till lives somewhere.
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By Associated Press
Paris, Dee., 18— President Wilsor
and Commander-in-chief Koch had i
half hour conference this forenoon r»*
garding the armistice. Presdent Wil
.son is favorably impressed by th
French Commander and Koch, afU
rhe conference, said: “A great mar
He knows what he is talking aboti
no matter what is brought up. Yo
cannot fool him on anything. If a
Americans are like their President,
.hat nation is superor to any other i
the world.”
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SIGNING OF PEACE.
PARIS, Dec., 18— The Echo .
Paris rays that probably the pea
treaty will he signed at Versaill
about June 1st, 1919. Foch will le
Jie allied armies under an arch
Triumph here, fifteen days after t
•diming of the final peace doc! a nil i*
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WILSON KEEPS WORT 'x,~
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PARIS, Dec., 18— A raw day k
President Wilson indoors except f<
ride in a closed motor. Resides con'
ring with Commander Foch, he ha
long conference with the. fon
French foreign minister Cube
Hanokuk. A gala night is being p
\ed for Wilson at the Opera.
President Wilson today expre
a desire to meet Lieutenant R*
Fonck, the noted French Ace.
Wilson worked far into the r
after attending the reception,
night given by Amba
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A straight out protest on the ab
nomiable mail service being perpoi-;
uated upon Alaska today, is contained
in the following communication ad
dressed to the Seward Chamber of
Commerce The protest is as follows:
Gentlemen;
Is it proper to complain to you oi
•ertain conditions in the mail and ex
press sendee here that do not at ali
bear out the wide spread advertise
ment of Alaska’s “opening up.” Thu
facts of my grievance are these.
I left Yakutat in August leaving
with the postmaster there, a very'
•apable official, directions as i > tlw
fonvarding of my mail to So ward. I
expected a quantity of mail to arrive
there within the next few days. It is
now December 3rd, I have been here,
the address to which my ^ akutat mail
was to be forwarded, until today be*,
fore receiving any mail from Yakutat.
The ten letters just received have ali
of them the postmark of August and
were mailed in New h ork and other
astern places.
SEATTLE, Doc.. IS— Two
red and sixty two cases of infl
appeared here yesterday and
have been 14 deaths during th
twelve hours.
Eight stations have been ope
eight different schools where ai
fluenza vaccine is administere
An express consignment oi me iu
nost importance to me in my profess
ion left New York in August Until
today I have not received it. It may
however have arrived last nig' t. At
any rate l l*ave traced it to Juneau.
Is it possible that it should occupy
♦ hree months of the year tor ma 1 and
express to come from one A! iskan
nort, the seat of a large canne y, *o
another, the Terminal of the Govern
mont railroad ? Let me say ther. that
l consider this condition unbearable to
ill who must for business or other
•easons maintain reasonable corr.mun
, ications with the outside world. Alas
ka is made by such service a remote
and almost isolated section of out
country and the impression of this
will be borne increasingly upoo the
minds of all people on the outsid > who
1 over have occasion to comniu licati
with your country.
Let me hope for the cake of your
; own future that bv sure means rea
sonable and reliable communication
| will be established.
Yours Truly
Rockwell Kent..
WOULD HAVE TF
THE PARISiE!
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PARIS, Dec., 18— The Fij
day says that positive evido
been secured which shows
Germans planned to send 35 a
es and drop five thousand in
bombs upon Paris. These bom
have contained burning c
which water would not extin
second squadron was to be
bomb the firemen fighting th
The Moose held a short
session last night and acc<
Dictator Sloan little of in
was transacted.
The Masons at their m*
night will elect officers fo
suing year.