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SEWARD. ALASKA. "TI KSDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1919.___ - - ' "
YOU ME Ml. M MBER 218. -,_ . ____ " ~~
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( Front Seattle lime* )
While no ships d» ipn to tor h a l
Sami Point. Alaska, ami the .-tot ; o*
fish accumulate and other supplies
run low, stronp protest is voic I V
Aim) c-a Gvos\
trader, in a letter to the' Ala.-l:a bu
reau of the Chamber of Common e and
Commercial Club, dated Nov, nrd r 11.
The letter was de’ayed by the scant,'
mail service which reaches the po«*
since the withdrawn1 of the stca it hip
Dora from the Alaska Peninsula am*
the delivery of mails by launch, i1 ’•
stated.
“AH our stores are empty a:u
a number of passengers are -ide
tracked,” the letter says in pari. “This
is about the poorest turn Uncle Sam
has ever done us. while we are <! "tip
all we can to help win this va .
certainly sent out some ti ll his4 sum
mer and have lots more on hm 1, be
sides thousands of ton.- of whale meed.
“We have been con.plyirp with all
the fifty-fifty rules, and don’ even
kick at pmnp without -utrar o i our
berries. We a»*e eatir.tr our ou pies
and fruit until we are pettiny p .n. on
our faces that won’t rub off until the
war is fought and won.”
Two Craft Chartered.
T> relieve the immediate want «»'
the population of this distrie . the
steamship Redwood was cha « e !.
through the efforts of the Alas’ i bu
reau in cooperation vith the 1 i< tu
Fisheries at Bellingham. This
will take supplies to the A’
insula*as far we t a. King C
there thov \ ill be tn’en ' > Cn la
by the Pacific steamship A m'ral
Watson,
by ‘he coast guard l/nalga fo»* di;*vi
bution along Bristol Bay, ,,pd ■' *
ders from Washington P. C. A ad 'it
ionn’ relief the power sehoone” 1* t
Boothe*?, ovwed hv the Ku KeV in*
Fish- g & Transportation Company,
is sc*, 'duled fo l* ave Seattle for >oi’d'*
on the Alaska Pen nsula about h *b
ruary 10.
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butte mines working
BUTTE. Feb., IS— Nearly every
mine closed bv the recent strike is
working full shift again. Uondit'ons
in the city are resuming norma1 times.
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STRIKERS RETURN TO LOOMS
PATTERSO: N I FA., 1
A. P.— Fourteen k1,ousand silk work
ers returned to t’icir iooms today
pending invedigation for the de
mands for a 47 hour week by tbo Wav
Labor Board.
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By Associated I'ress
NVl'IMAR. Germany. Feb., It*—
(;, ! man minister of Finance Schiffer
isionished the German Nationa1 As
sembly today when he said that the
war cost Germany one hundred and
sixty one hi! ion marks.
The Minister of Finance asked
, : ,!it for 2o.300.000.000 marks, the
irreatest loan Germany has yet been
asked for.
Minister Schiffer explained that,
10 000.000,000 marks will alone be
needed to cover the interest payments
this year and further stated that the
oue tion of whether Germany would
b“ able to extricate herself from the
financial situation depended upon the
near? the Allies proposed.
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TWENTY COMING ON TRAIN
LEAVING ANCHORAGE TODAY
twenty passengers for Seward left
>n the special train from Anchorage
thi i morning bound for Seward. The
majority of those coming will he pas.—
»'«*• - v fo** the states on the Alameda.
Th v * is a snow stoim raging toda>
h n Mil;* 71 and Mile 45, two feet
of n snow having obliterated th**
: il >o it wa not known by Engineer
In Charge Weir this forenoon when
’he train would leave Seward to biing
the Anchorage passengers to this ci*y.
The Anchorage contingent should
roach Krrn Creek tonight.
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BRIDGE CU'B FRIDAY
Tho ladies bridge club will moot
•>n Friday afternoon, this week, in
tend of Saturday owing to tho arriv
al of tho Alameda on Saturday.
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DENTIST IS 0\ WAY TO
LOC ATE IN THIS CITY
S c ret ary Erich l.uor* receive ! a
h?eg »rrt lost night fcom Ketehikan
tntmg that D*. H. A. Blytho, dentist,
w. aboard the steamer Alameda for
Seward and will locate permanently.
Dr. . *vthe »s orobnbly the dentist who
1-,r»s br^r. a^soo’atod v ith Dr. Daggett
fo • srv?*T.l ;*o*" s at Cordova and wont
to tl o states about six weeks ago.
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ENGLAND HAS EIGHTEEN
THOUS \ND WAR ENEMIES
IN INTERNMENT CAMPS
LONDON, Fob., IS— It was an
nounced :n the ITousc of Commons to
day that over 6 000 Allied enemies
have been ex pi rated since the signing
of the armistice. Over Eighteen thous
nd are still interned in England.
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\L VMEDA IS DUE TO REACH
JUNEAU LATE TODAY
Steamer Alameda, now on the way
to Seward, is expected to arrive at
Juneau late today. The Alameda sail
ed from Ketchikan late yesterday af
ternoon.
SULZER iS
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Juneau, Feb., 18— (Special to the
Gateway from Juneau Empire*— The
canvassing board is awaiting opinion ;
of the Attorney General on the irregu- j
larity of the returns from numerous !
precincts. Thus far the official and un
official returns practically a^roe ex- j
cept Bethel, Second Division, tfivink
Wickersham 25 plurality instead of 18 i
plurality.
A wireless from the pas boat Eioise. j
which arrived at Kodiak last Satur- j
day, says that election was held at !
Bristol Bay Precincts and all carried <
by Charles A. Sulzer.
Returns from Xome City and other (
Second division precincts did not l ave
N'ome until February 12th.
As far as the delegateship is con
corned, the Attorney general s opin
ion will only effect the size of Sul
zer’s plurality, who has been ,»afdy
elected Delegate from Alaska.
sn.ZF.n IS HIGH MAN
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JUNEAU, Feb., IS— (Special Dis.j
patch from Empire)— Thomas J.
Donohoe received a cablegram last i
night from Armstrong, Kodiak, sav
ing that the Eloisc brought the news
that Sulzer carried all of the Bristol |
Hay precincts. Another cablegram, j
‘his ’forenoon from another source, !
brings the word that Sulzer led in
the Bristol Bay precincts by four to
one.
Official returns from all the First
P.nd Fourth Divisions and from nearly
all the Third, and unofficial returns
from the remainder, show Sulzer is
afelv ahead without the Bristol Bn;
vote. This now settles it and Charles
A Sulzer is elected.
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NOON. SLATER, RAY AND
PATTERSON ARE ELECTED
The Gateway today received a cable
gram from Valdez that the following
candidates, all Democrats, were
elected representatives at the Novem
ber elr*rtion from this division; John
Noon. Seward; H. A. Slater, Cordova:
K. F. Ray, Cordova; and Charles Tat j
tmson , Valdez.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Feb., 18— Fish quota
tions at noon were as follows; halibut,
seventeen and five eights cents; sa
ble, five cents; ling and red cod. three
cents; pickled sable, $22 per barrel;
pickled herring, $25 per barrel; sock
eve $26; silvers, $24; pinks, $20 and
■ fall*, $18.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Feb., 18— Sena
tor William E. Borah, Republican of
Idaho, has asked to be excused from
attending the dinner at the Whit?
House at which President Wilson will
discuss with the foreign relations com
mittee the constitution proposed for j
the League of Nations.
Senator Borah said he was not will- j
ir?g to ho bound to secrecy on the in
formation received, as customary. ,
Senator Borah is one of a group ot ,
both parties who oppose any soil of
internationalism debate.
It is expected that the Senate will
omorrow begin a debate on the Lea
gue of Nations.
Several republican members of the
Senate committee on foreign relations j
said that they did not regard them
selves hound by confidence and would
accept the President’s invitation rr
Htcantly to the dinner which ha* been ,
for the evening of Feb., 28th.
PROTESTS TO LEAGUE !
WASHINGTON, Feb., 18— The- j
discussion on the League of Nations ;
level oped unexpectedly in the Senate ^
his afternoon when Senator Varda- \
man declared that the League was un- |
onstitutional and he criticised Presi
dent Wilson for asking Congress to ,
remain silent until his return from j
abroad.
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I'lTY council meets
ri here was a nuick session of the J
•ity council last rvght. The minutes of
*h.c previous session were read and ap
iloved. Secretary T’. A. Grier, oi the
Fire Department, requested the eoun
•il to make application to the Alaskan i
Engineering Commission, for the re- J
urn of °.60 feet of hose, and nozzle,
loured last winter. The Fire and water
•ommittee was given the request to
ecure immediate action. No furthe
Viriness b ing brought up, adjourn
ment \va.> taken. Those present at the
omcil meeting were Mayor Hoben
'V>uncilmen Cotter, Crawford, Graff,
>oef, Whittemore and Lucas.
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RED CROSS TONIGHT
The executive committee of the
Seward Chanter, Red Cross, will meet
nnight at 7:80 o’clock in the railroad
building. All members of the commit
tee are requested to be in attendance.
STEAMER DORA SOLD
According to private advices reacti
ng Seward from Seattle, the little
teamer Dora, now at Seattle, has
been sold to a western Alaska man
and will bo brought north very short
iy. it is inferred that the Dora will be
nlaced on a run possibly between Sew
ard and Dutch Harbor but nothing de
finite is stated.
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NAVY LOSS
on h: war
By Aaaociated Proas
PARIS, Feb., 18— Naval losses in
the recent war were announced today
as follows:
France. 110 000 tons.
England . 550,000 tons.
America. 17.000 tons ;
The French losses were four bat
tleships, eight torpedo
tleships,ships four armed cruisers, one
fast cruiser, fourteen destroyers, e ght
torpedo boats and 14 submarines.
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WILSON IS OFF AZORES
TRANSPORT GEORGE WASH
INGTON, Feb., 18— By Wireless- By i
A. P.— This ship is now expected
to pass the Azores this afternoon.
President Wilson is taking an cnforo- 1
cd rest.
By Associated Press
PARIS, Feb., 18— The special com
mission of the Supreme Council ha
nearly completed the drafting of th»*
terms of the definite armistice, Ger
many is to hold to until the peace pre
liminaries are actually signed.
It is understood that the new termr
will allow Germany to keep only a
standing army of 250.000 men and
those are for the purpose of maintain
ing order.
Other than war material, munit
ion factories are to be placed unde»
Allied control.
TREATY FOR PEACE
PARIS, Feb., IS— Three Entente
powers plan to take up the treaty ot
peace as soon as the Russian problem
is settled.
It is believed that the new treaty
will bind the new states to be agreed
upon, for a permanent and lasting
peace, urging a lump sum of indem
nities to be fixed and enemy )>owers
will be required to sign a treaty relin
quishing such parts of their former
territories as will be necessary !<
form new states and to rectify old
boundaries.
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CURACAO DUE AT 3 O’CLOCK
Steamer Curacao is due in S\ ward
this afternoon at 3 o’clock according
to advices received by Agent Wayne
Blue. The Steamer will only remain
in port for an hour or soon and then
steam for the south.
WEATHER REPORT
The following ip the weather re
port for the 24 hours ending at 7 o’
clock this morning:
Seward 40, 34, cloudy, calm.
Anchorage 26, cloudy, calm.
Chickaloon 25, cloudy, calm.
Talkeetna 28, clear, calm.
Deadhonse 30 , clear , ealm.
By Associated Press
TREVES, Feb., IS— Mathias Er
berger, German armistice commissio
er, told the Allies today at the disci]
:ion over the renewal of the armi
tire, that the German army now w
composed of only 200 000 men, for
»>er cent of doubtful value.
The commissioner said that tl
army was inadequate to perserve <
der in Germany and stated furth
that Germany was ready to agree
disarmament on land, sea and in t
air.
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WASHINGTON, Feb., 18— By
P.— The House committee has a
proved the appropriation of $'>50,0(
POO for operation of railroads.