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sfiWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY! DECEMBER 30, 1918. TEN CENTS PEB
VOLUME Xlt M MBER IW- _____—_-_—__________— -———
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HOW EQUIPMENT
FOR NAVY WAS
ASSEMBLED
My Associated I'reas
WASHINGTON. Dec.. “0— Some
idea of the gnat work confronting
the navy when the United States en
tered the war is set foi'th in the an
nual report of Rear Admiral Karie,
chief of ordance. made public t>da\.
To this buieau alone fell the ta<k ot
expending during a single year more
than half a billion dollars tor guns
and equipment.
In discussing seemingly impossi
ble problems. Admiral Karie disclosed
that the navy was called upon net on
ly to arm all American war craft, aux
iliaries and the merchant fleet, but to
provide armament for British, French,
Italian. Belgian and Russian shipping.
Guns of l\ to inch caliber were at a
premium and the demand for their,
was ten times greater than the exist
ing capacity for manufacture. A total
of 9.17 craft of all kinds, not in the re
gular navy, were armed between July
1, 1917 and July 1. 1918.
Gun mounts formed a separate
knotty problem. The facilities created
for their manufacture met all urgent
ne«*ds. The Linderman Steel and Ma
chine company of Muskegon, Mich.,
the report stated, delivered 9.80
mounts for 4- inch guns 28 days
ahead of schedule and established a
record for other manufacture?**.
Only brief reference was made to j
two of the most striving accomplish
ments of th<> bureau, the designing,
building and shipping of the 14-inch
rifles on railway mounts which ef
fectually hammered the German rear
positions in the closing weeks of th*'
war. and the development of a tractor
mount for rifles up to 7 -inch caliber
from which the guns could he fired.
This latter achievement, never attain
by the allied armies, the report said,
was hailed in France with even great
er satisfaction than was the arrival of
the first of the 14- inch monsters
comprising the naval batteries.
Failure to obtain a sufficient sup
ply of depth bombs used bv Ameri
can destroyers, hampered efficient op
erations against enemy submarines.
Ry strenuous efforts, however, the
-hortage was overcome and before
war ended, American destroyers were
using depth bombs freely, and this th *
report said, aided in curbing German
submarine operations in the closing
months of the war. •
The fire control equipment used on i
American war craft is on a par with
that in any navy. Admiral Earle said,
and iange finding and sighting de
vices of the fleet have been greatly
improved.
“The efficiency of cur gunnery as
sisted bv these new instruments, he
added, “should find our ships in the
next sea battle at least equal in gun
nery to any enemy.”
The first of the 16-inch, 50- cali
■ber main battery rifles for new dread
naughts has been tried out. with a suc
cess that exceeded expectations, fix
ing this monster of naval warfare as
“an exceptionally splendid piece of or
dnance.” Another new naval weapon,
an S-inch bomb-throwing howitzer, is
being delivered to destroyers or larger
craft.
By Xssociated Press
1'AKIS. Dee.. :U>-- Premier Clem- !
eneeau told the Deputies toda\ that |
he intends to support England in the j
peace negotiations on the question of
Freedom of the Seas. Premier Clem
eneeau declared hisattitudc in. this
matter hail been approved by Prosi
lent Wilson.
The Deputies gave Clemeneeau a
,*ote of confidence after a stormy de
bate during which Franco’s war aim-j
ere outlined by Foreign Minister Pin j
-chon.
Premier Clemeneeau indicated that
the League of Nations might l»“ ’oi;n
ed with the drafting of the peace trea
ty.
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To the People of Seward:— To
morrow . sometime between noon and
2 o’clock in the afternoon, there is go
ing to be an awful scream from a me
tallic thing. Seward’s new siren is tc
be given a thorough test, between the
hours mentioned, so don’t get excited.
Better have cotton handy to put in
your oars, for the recommendation
comes with the siren that it can be
heard thivfl miles, and practically a’l
Seward is within a radius of seven
blocks from the thing.
MANY ALASKANS
JOIN THE ARMY
%
Probably twelve per cent of Al
aska’s total white ]K>pulation are «r.
the sendee of their country.
The figures, regarding men of tin
21 to U1 class, which have been com
pilled show that 2,525 men between
the ages of 21 and I'.l enlisted or were
inducted into the sendee. This woudi
be at least 10 per cent of the totai
| Zaire population of the Territory. Be
i aides these, several' hundred more,
j . ovc or below 21 or .’11 years ot age,
volunteered.
| Total number inducted through draft
board.' . 2,09?
Total number enlisted . 4’2Z
Total number between ages ot'
21 and 31 in service.2,525
Orders for S7 more inductions had
been sent out and had to be cancelled
>n account of the signing of the ar
mistice.
Had the aimistice not been signed
Alaska would have had 2,612 men in
the sendee at this time, between the
ages of 21 and 31 years.
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TO CONTRACT CURRENCY
TOKIO, Dec., 30— Construction or
the currency which has been inflated
; in Japan owing to the war is recom
j mended in many circles as one means
of lowering prices, the soaring of
which recently led to disturbances.
HOLDUP
OIL UNO
IN NORTH
During tin* past year, the Gateway
has made editorial comment about
bureaucracy at Washington being the
greatest drawback Alaska has at the
present day. Special reference has
been made legarding the oil land leas
ing bill. Finally the Cordova 1 imes
has awakened to the importance of oil
amis in Alaska and the following two
editorials have recently appeared in
that progressive newspaper:
JUGGLING WITH OIL LANDS
All kinds of reasons have been given
for delay in passing legislation which
would permit development of great
areas of oil lands in the United States
now withdrawn from entry or ti »<l up
in litigation with the government.
Think of it, playing politics with
tn industry on which the very ! fe o!
he nation depends. It seems incon
ceivable, but industry and the safety
»f the nation apparently are placed
second to political ambition.
STRANGLING OIL INDUSTRY
At a time when the highest authoii
ties agree that it is absolutely neces
sary to increase the production of oil
in the United States, in order to sat
isfy the consumption, we have the ad
ministration in Washington blocking
the oil and land leasing bill. Practi
cal horse sense ami good business
judgment wants American initiative,
enterprise and capital turned loose to
»nloek the natural treasurers of the
United States, but the theoretical con
servationists and the Socialist press
have used the national crisis to force
their pet theories of federal owner
ship and operation of these vast in
lust rios. For some years ther** has
been an oil land leasing bill kicking
irouml the capitol building at Wash
ington, from one committee to an
other, and to such a condition have
things come that investment in new
oil land territory is practically
stopped. This part of Alaska is suf
fering severely, and how long thif
condition is going to continue, it is
hard to predict. Meantime the pro
luction of oil, so essential to the na
tion’s welfare, is on the down-grade,
and new production is stopned at the
behest of some fanatical statesman
( ?) in Washington.
Few persons in Seward perhaps
re aware of the fact that there arc
>;1 lands at the very doors of this city 1
-but bureaucracy at Washington, re
’use, for some niggardly reason, to
allow us to “open up.” In fact, otic
bureau chief at Washington in a wire
'o he Chamber of Commerce, as mue*
as told the people of Seward to mind
heir own business, and although it
vas known that oil was in this vicin
tv. to shht up and do nothing.
Hut Alaskans are not made of that
kind of stuff, bluffs must be a regu
’ar show down, and the best hand
wins. Seward went ahead, experts
‘»mo here, including a government ex
'crt. and they pronounced the oil near
here as 0. K. from tests.
Seward wants oil for the fishing
fleet and other commercial needs but
bureaucracy ami peanut politicians
bom oil states, protest or something
ind Delegate Sulzer and other Alas
kans are helpless until the people take
kings in hands and make the action
VI t hack in the wee corner of the V.
where the hulk of Alaska laws are
made.
A
ROTARY BREAKS DOWS'.
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The rotary which went out with the
local train yesterday morninpr. broke
down near Mile 7 and returned to the
shops. Repairs are expected to be com
pleted today and a train will leave to
morrow morninpr to connect with the
Anchorage train.
WILSON HAS
MORE PLAIN
1 VIEWS
Bv Associated Press
MANCHESTER. Dec., 30— Prcsi
lent Woodrow Wilson speaking here
today said that America was not in
terested in the slightest in European
politics but that America was inter
ested only in the partnership between
\mcrica and Europe.
“America is not interested in mere
ly Europe's peace," said the American
President/* but in a World's Peace.,
America will join no combination of
lower which is not a combination j? j
us all."
WILSON WELL RECEIVED
MANCHESTER, Doc., 00— Presi
dent Wilson was received with a dem
ocratic air and his mannerism brougnt
him very close to the people. He was
entertained by the Lord Mayor, :i self
made man; housed in the I/ml May
or’s home and had an early dinner
dinner last evening, retiring immedi
ately afterwaixls.
President Wilson’s trip has I een a
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physical strain so far.
ENDORSES TRIP OP
PRESIDENT
By Associated Press
NKW YORK. Dec., “0— Willian
Howard Taft, in a sp<*ech today, ap
proved of President Wilson’s Kuro
pean trip and also the league of Nat
ions plan. “The President has mon
influence with the Knglish common
neople and the other Allies,” said Mr.
Taft, “than their own princes. I attri
bute this to the fact that President
Wilson stated emphatically the orinci
oles for which America entered th'
van and these principles have been
’mown for months and acknowledged
by the other Allies as most practical.”
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10E WILLOUGHBY IS FOUND
TO HR INSANE- SENT OUTSIDE
Joseph Willoughby, formerly of
Juneau, Katalla and Anchorage, a
traveling printer, has been found in
sane at Cordova and will be sent to
Momingside Asylum on the first
steamer according to word received
here.
Joe Willoughby was in Seward
about four months ago and while her?
showed that he was “Slipping back”
again. Willoughby did several queer
acts while here, one leading him to
Die jail under escort of Chief of Po
Mce Guest. An informal complaint was
made at the time that Willoughby was
msano, and would break loose any
Dmo, hut the authorities took no act
ion, extending leniency. Willoughby
worked at odd machinist jobs about
he Gateway, being watched all of the
time, and then went and worked for
Die Alaska Road Commission. From
Reward the man went to Cordova
wh-'re his hallucination about electri
'ity and mercury proved that he was
dippy again and the authorities were
forced to take action. Willoughby w.\s
sent from Juneau about two years ago
to Morningside but was liberated a
year after, as being cured.
WATSON NEARING PORT
Steamer Admiral Watson loft Jun
eau for Seward yesterday morning at
1 o’clock. The steamer is supposed to
call at Yakutat and Katalla, weathe*
permitting, and should reach Cordova
perhaps during tonight and should ar
rive in Seward New Year’s Day.
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VILNA CAPTURED
LONDON, Dec., 30— The Bolshe
viki forces have captured Vilna ac
cording to unofficial advices received
here this afternoon.
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Citizens of Seward, yesterday :u
ternoon at the .Methodist chunk, paid
their last respects to William M. Sau
ers, who died suddenly last hiiduy
Morning. So larg** was the number oi
lersons at the last gathering to pay
ealty to the memory of the departed
lioneer and citizen, that the out* r
loors of the church remained open *d
luring the ceremony so that .hose
tanning in the entry way and even
»*i the steps could hear the final eu
ogies and impressive words spoken.
T'.e body was brought from the ur
lertaking establishment to the c! urrh,
vhcre the Odd Follows were »itin.,
o receive their departed brother. Six
Members of the I. 0. 0. F., Seward
idge, C. 1). Mathison. Louis Wiok
trom, Henry Lindquist, H. L. Lein
Mian McIntosh and John Rosness,
•arried the casket into the church and
laced it before the altar. The Odd
•VIlows followed and during the ri
ualistic ceremony and the short sen
dee by Rev. L. I). Cook, remained
standing about the casket upon wliicli
•estod several floral pieces the prin
cipal one being the Odd Fellows em
blem.
As the casket was taken into th.
•hurch; the special choir gave “Rock
>f Ages.” Worthy Grand A. H. Tim
lay read pail of the Odd Follows n’t
talistic seiwice and he was followed
by Chaplain John Noon, certain parts
being responded to in unison hv the
members of the fraternal organizat
ion.
The choir sang “It is Well With My
Soul,” and the Odd Fellows then plac
'd upon the casket evergreen twig.:,
•aving at the same time” Farewell on
Farth, to you, my Riot her.”
Rev. L. D. Cook stated that he had
mown the deceased but a few days,
but during that time had been impress
-ed by the fact that he had met one
vho was a true friend.
“You assembled here, know the de
railed better than I do,” said Rev.
Cook, “hut I have known those dear to
the one who has passed on. 1 rememb
er a sister, a member of the congre
gation of a former pastorate, who was
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RADIO STATION PURCHASED
WASHINGTON. Dec., 30— All t> '
American Marconi radio stations ex
:ept the four high power plants. h?ne
been bought by the Navy Depart mv i.
it has been officially iearned. At the
^ame time it developed that the
partment purchased the great Sn\ •
ville station recently fcom the alii v
oroperty custody n.
FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Dec., 30— Fish q ic*r
ions today noon were as follower ha.
ibut, 30 cents; ling and red cod, seven
and three eights cents; pickled sa le.
$22 per barrel; pickled herring, $22 '>0
per barrel; salmon, sockeye, $20; sil
vers,'$24; pinks, $20 and falls $13 »v •
Jbarrel.
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By Associated Press
DFRl.lW Dec., .”»<)— The inderr
question has been settled bet'
Germany, America and the Allies.
Got man delegates signed the ar
c.* on condition there be no rest
•on to the indemnities. Germany
cor iir.K to all information know
•'.; to indemnity the occupied dist
>f France and Delirium and pay
civilian for losses.
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By Associated Press
BERLIN, Dec., :*0— Germany
formally objected to a demonatra
entry of Posen by Paderwski, the
(I Polish pianist. The German kovi
nent has promised >afe conduct to
pianist only from Danzig: to the Po
border.
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By Associated Pre*s
LONDON, Dec., 30— Great f
have been started in Constantino
•a Peru across the Golden Horn fi
the city proper. Fires are also raj:
in Kadi Keai, a suburb.
It is also reported that the Turl
Chamber of Deputies has dissolver
the result of opposition from
young Turks.
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I’O 9EP0R
ENEMIES
By Associated Pres*
WASHINGTON, Dec., 30— '
Department of Justice is to reef
mend to Congress the deportation
illy all of the S500 enemy
ions who have been interned in
United States.
AMERICAN TRANSPORT IS
AGROl'ND- ALL ARE SAV
[.ONDON, Dec., 30— The Ameri*
transport Tenadores, bound from N
York fo; Brest, grounded in the I
>1’ Biscay. All aboard are reported
be safe.
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IhVrG FAIRBANKS IS
DIVORCED FROM WI
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NEW ROCHELLE, Dec., 30— M
Roth Fail banks was today awarded
interlocutory decree of divorce fr
IVufRas Fairbanks, the famous mo
actor. She was privon the custody
their eiprht-voar -old son. She says i
coirespondent was an unknown \
man although all those concen
know a former favorite movie star
the guilty party.
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