BLIND HELPER OF BLINDED SOLDIERS
MAKES TOUR BATTLE-TORN FRANCE
WITH XHE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE. July tf, (Staff Correspond
ence of The Asi*)ciated Press).—Blind
himself, and head of the British Na
tional Institute devoted principally to
men blinded in the war. Sir. C. Arthur
Pearson, of London, was recently a
most interesting visitor at the British
front. His enthusiasm for all he
“saw” was unbounded, and he declar
ed he would take back to the sight
less men at home new words of en
couragement as to how “their”
army was carrying on.
Sir Arthur climbed the Vimy
Ridge, and to his great delight some
German shells broke so close they
splashed him with mud and the party
had to take temporary refuge in a
dug-out.
“A man doesn’t have to see to know
when to duck, does he?” laughed Sir
Arthur in relating the incident that
night. “I also find,” he added, “that
it doesn’t take long to know when they
are going and when they are com
ing.”
“Our shells,” he said, “go with a
bang and whiz; the Germans come
over with a whiz and a bang. It all
depends upon the position of the
whiz.”
Sir Arthur was deeply impressed by
the work of the guns. He remained
with some of the batteries for a long
time and listened to their noisy mut
terings with a keen appreciation of
all that was going on aoout him. He
was particularly delighted to hear
above the reverberating echoes the
songs of the larks—always to be re
membered by the soldiers on this front
as their ever-cheerful companions of
trench and battle fields.
Trudging over some of the older
battle fields of the Somme, walking
through the trenches, and standing in
the higher places where the panorama
of battle spread below him. Sir Ar
thur drank in the atmosphere of the
war—the meaning of it all. He “saw”
the “tanks” in repose and heard them
at drill, he stood outside a prison cage
and visualized the round-capped Ger
mans within the barbed wire barriers.
He asked a guard if any of the pris
oners ever attempted to escape.
“Escape, sir?” replied the old ser
geant. “Why, sir, you couldn’t drive
'em away; they like being prisoners,
sir, they does.”
The ruined cities of the Somme, Ba
paume and Peronne, affected Sir Ar
thur deeply.
“I wish the whole world—all but
the Germans who already know what
they have done—could come and stand
in the grand squares of these cities
as I did today,” he exclaimed, ‘‘and
see and feel the desolation and the
wanton destruction. They are ghost
like, these cities of the dead. I know
them on motor trips in other days,
when they were alive and 1 could see,
and I could picture the scene today as
if I were looking at a painting. The
Germans will find, however, the day
of reckoning is near at hand. I shall
take back words of great cheer to the
men at St. Dunstan’s.”
Entertained by officers of all ranks,
Sir Arthur declared his days and
nights at the front had been filled to
overflowing. No visitor ever followed
the workings of the vast British army
machine with quicker, keener appreci
ation and understanding than he. He
was gratified to find in the army a
similar interest and appreciation in the
work at St. Dunstan’s for the blinded
soldiers and sailors.
NOME IS FOR
CORRIGAN
—
Corrigan Endorsed for Marshal of
Second Division by Many
Friends
NOME, Aug. 1(1, (By Mail).—Nome
citizens in all walks of life, including
bankers, professional men, clergymen
of various denominations, mine oper
ators and citizens generally, have sent
endorsements of Philip Corrigan as to
character anti efficiency for appoint
ment as United States Marshal for
the Second Division.
Corrigan was a member of the late
House of Representatives. He was one
of three men endorsed for the posi
tion of United States Marshal by the
Democratic Division committee, the
other two being Representative J. P.
Daly and Paul Kegsted. The under
standing was that the National Com
mitteeman should endorse whichever
one of the three that it was found
had the strongest backing in the East.
Senator J. D. Phelan, of California,
Senators Marcus A. Smith and H. F.
Ashhurst of Arizona, Secretary of the
Interior Lane and others were discov
ered to be strong supporters of Rep
resentative Corrigan, and National
Committeeman T. J. Donohoe gave
him the endorsement.
TEUTON MANUFACTURERS
HAVE NICE LITTLE PLAN
COPENHAGEN, July 13. (By Mail)
Germany is believed to be making
preparations for the establishment in
Denmark and Sweden, of a large num
ber of branches of well-known Ger
man factories and industrial firms,
says the “Svenska Dagbladet.” These
plans, if carried out, would be very
detrimental to neutral trade, since the
countries of the Allies would be natur
ally suspicious of all neutral firms
which might be serving German inter
ests. The paper suggests a combin
ation of industry and finance to offset
this German influence.
We carry Symphony Lawn Station
ery. Seward Drug Company.
The Seward General
Hospital
desires to acquaint the general hospital inter
ests of this country with the facilities of this
institution for giving the latest devised methods
of nursing care to persons requiring medical or
surgical treatment. Special attention given to
patients requiring gynecological treatments.
Hydrotherapeutic treatments carefully follow
ed. This building, just complete, electric light
ed, steam heated, hot and cold water. Physi
cians placing patients in our care will receive
every ethical attention. Prompt readiness for
accidents, obstretrics and emergencies, day or
night. For further particulars address,
SISTER SUPERIOR.
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LIGHTKEEPERS
SEEK RAISE
Lowest-Paid Service by Government
Has Not Been Advanced
for Years
i Lighthouse keepers along the Pa
cific Coast including the coast of Al
aska petitioned Congress to raise the
schedule of pay of all lighthouse keep
ers and their assistants, owing to the
high cost of living. They contend that
the wages they receive were fixed by
Congress many years ago and that
while living has constantly advanced,
their pay has remained stationary, un
til a point has been reached where the
positions are no longer attractive.
The average pay of lighthouse keep
ers is about $f>0 a month or $(>00 a
year. The keepers have sent a peti
tion to Congress asking that a general
advance be granted as soon as pos
i sible.
As the safety of travelers along the
Coast and in Alaska depends on the
efficiency of the lighthouse keepers,
they have asked the genral public to
take an interest in their request for
an increase in pay.
United States Senator James I).
Phelan, of California, has become the
champion of the lighthouse keepers in
FISH PRICES
Prices at noon August 24, at
Seattle, as reported by the Bu
reau of Fisheries, are:
Halibut, 1414 c.
Sable Fish, 4c.
Red Snapper, 214c.
Pickled Sable Fish, $14 per
bbl.
Pickled Herring, first grade,
$1G per bbl.
Pickled Salmon, pink, $14.50
per bbl.
Alaska Agricultural
Industrial Fair
♦
TO BE HELD AT
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
SEPTEMBER
3—4—5
All Alaska and her friends Invited
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REDUCED RATES ON ALL STEAMERS
the United States Senate and is urg
ing. a wage commensurate with the
duties performed.
CHASING THEM
INTO FLATS
Folks Find Cost of Food at Hotels
Way Up, So Take to Light
Housekeeping
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Aug. 15,
(By Mail).—The demand in this city
for flats and apartments has steadily
been increasing due to the war and
the resulting high prices*of foodstuffs.
Apartment owners account for this by
reason of the fact that persons who
have been living in hotels and eating
their meals in restaurants find they
can live more economical',/ where the\
can do light housekeeping.
The apartment with the kitchenette
is being sought, as it provides the fa
cilities for preparing the relatively
easily prepared ham and eggs and cof
fee for breakfast and the light noon
luncheon. With two meals thus pro
vided for, the restaurant may still
continue to retain trade of those who
do not care to enter into all the de
tails of cooking a regular dinner at
night.
The experience of those in seftrch
of apartments at a moderate rental
confirms this view. While there are
plenty of more expensive establish
ments to be found, the less costly
quarters rapidly are being occupied
and the hunt for a home has assumed
the proportions of a considerable task.
_A_
MINER CELEBRATES THE
ARRIVAL OF AN HEIR
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 14, (By Mail).
—It is rarely that a young hopeful re
ceives the demonstration that was ac
corded Louis Husdale, Jr., when he
reached the scene of his father’s min
ing operations on Little Eldorado one
morning last week, according to re
ports from the creek. But the little
man himself, born during the winter
on the Outside and brought in over
the trail by his mother recently, stood
the racket well.
On the other hand, some of the
neighbors who heard the noise which
was going on were certain that noth
ing short of a big cave-in of a mine
had caused it all. Consequently, when
the whistle at the Husdale plant on
No. 2 above, Little Eldorado, blew for
a solid two hours, they came from all
directions. The quartz miners at the
head of Little Eldorado and Cleary,
as well as all of the placer miners on
the upper end of Little Eldorado, has
tened to the scene in response to the
continued tootings of the whistle, to
discover that the tootings were caus
ed by the arrival on the creek and
within the sight of the proud parent
provider, of the son of the-family.
But regardless of the reasons for
the noise, all of those who came ex
pecting to do nothing short of help
dig out entombed miners, stayed to
help “Pa” Husdale celebrate the ar
rival of his son and heir to be.
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Certain-teed Roofing. Guaranteed
5, 10 and 15 years. J. L. Graef’s. tf.
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Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
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City Express. Phone Main \22.
MFTY NEW
DANCING FROCKS
Wool Dresses and Coats
Just Received at
Ellsworth’s
HOT and COLD
DRINKS
at
THE KEY
PHONE MATH I SON 115
Seward Steam Laundry
Phone Main 157
Be«t of Work—Latest Machinery
Work Delivered in 24 hours
Extra Charge
No Charge for Mending Clothes
Rough Dry 10c Pound
Cleaning and Pressing
The RAINIER BUFFET I
Ashland Block, corner of
Broadway and Railroad Ave.
I
; WINES, LIQUORS, '
! CIGARS, ETC. j
The House of Good Service
Quality Goods Our Motto
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For a Good Haircut go to
JUNTE
Broadway Near Adams
JO:R NO
MILE 75 ROADHOUSE
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
GIRDWOOD
Everything for Dog Mushers
and Travelers
Best Roadhouse on the Line
Seward
% I 1 ^eo A. Mitchell
VjTlil Pro»r,"or
0|>'»n Day and Night
Phone Adams 1 10
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Service—Cleanliness
Private Poxes for Ladies or Partie*
i WE PAY- _ ^
8 l-2c pound for lead.
$2.75 a hundred for rags.
$33 ton for cast iron. ,
27 l-2c pound for copper.
5c pound for rope.
18c pound for brass.
7 l-2c pound for rubber.
27c doz. for beer bottles.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1013 It, It. Ave. So., Seattle.
SEWARD SAW MILL CO.
Good Rough Lumber of all
kinds $30 and up per thousand,
delivered.
TELEPHONE: KENAI 2 _
I ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia, Alaska
First-class merchandise at rea
sonable prices, prompt service.
Food Service
Courtesy roou
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
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( Captain C. A. Glasscock
SAILINGS ) ADMIRAL FARRAGUT.AUG. 23
FROM SEATTLE: ) „
l Captain A. McKay
The Admiral Watson, sailing August 31, goes to Kodiak.
Through Tickets to Eastern Points at Reduced Rates.
For full information on sailings from Seattle to San I rancisco, ad
dress Wayne Blue, Agent, Seward, Alaska.
HOTEL OVERLAN I
E. L. WHITTEMOKE, Proprietor
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - * * ALASKA
H. V. Hourcx A- F- Dav,s
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBEN, Managkr
Coal, Wood and Ice
General Transferring. Phones, Main 1* and 41
The Seward News Company
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Booksellers, Newsdealers and Stationers
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Best Liquors and Cigars
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Lunch Counter in Connection
Lynx, Marten, White Weasel,
Bear, Mink, Wolverine, Otter
IN DEMAND
Red, White and Bine, Cross
and Silver FOXES in especially
STRONG DEMAND
Ship to “Shubert”
Write for fclpitort Blfain"
containing valuable Market in
formation you must have.
. n Mitt mrnT w 25-27 WEST AUSTIN AVE.
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