Piano Tuner
Geo. Anderson, Expert, is in
Seward and is making his head
quarters at the Overland Hotel.
Orders taken for Pianos and
Player-Pianos. Pianos for rent.
Expert work guaranteed. Main
\2Q. Address orders, Juneau,
liox !>i>l.
CHARLES CRAWFORD
GENKKAL BLACKSMITH
H»r»eshot'inK 'Vhwl» riKhliiiR
SKWARD. ALASKA
The Carstens Packing Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Reef. Pork. Veal. Mutton. Poultry
Lard. Hams and Bacon.
Butter and Egg*
Orders (rum the West Hard ami Cool.
Inlet Given Careful Attention.
BROADWAY AVE. SEWARD
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J. H. KOMIG, M. l>.
Ottice on Broadway
Residence Third Ave.
Phones: Othce, Adams 93; Resi
dence. Adams 4$.
L. R. C. P. & L. R. C. S. Edinburgh
L F. P. & S., Glasgow.
J M. SLOAN, M. D.. C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hours: 1 to 3 and 7 to 3 p. m.
1 >rmerly of Nome.
DR. O. J. KEATING
Dentist
Office over Bank of Seward
Hours: $ a. m. to 5 p. m.
Phones:
Office. Mad. 70 Res.. Mad. 58
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FRATERNAL
V
L. O. 0. No. 1125
Meets every Tuesday 8 P.M., at
A. B. Hall. Visiting Brothers
invited.
M. A. HORNER, Dictator.
H. R. BIG FORD, Secretary.
' ODD FELLOWS
Resurrection Lodge No. 7
Meets 8 P. M. every Thursday
V isitors Welcome
Charles Lechner C. E. Mullin
Noble Grand Secretary
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meets on 2nd and 4th Saturday
each month, 8 p. in., Pioneer Hall;
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Goods
Special Order Work
Promptly Executed
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STVCESSOR TO
GEORGE THE JEWELER
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ALASKA DAY IS TO
BE CELEBRATED OK
THURSDAY, IHE 18th
The Seward public school will celebrate Alaska Day,
October 18th, which is next Thursday. Miss Wallace, prin
cipal, announced today that she had received telegraphic
instructions from Commissioner of Education L. D. Hen
derson, who requested that all school superintendents,
principals and teachers pay special attention this year to
Alaska Day.
Commissioner of Education Henderson suggested that
fhe teachers secure speakers to outline, the full meaning,
in the light of history, of the transferring of Alaska.from
Russia to the United States, what it means to the residents
of the Territory to be a part of the United States, what
America’s mission is in the world and what part each of
us must take in a super-union democracy.
On next Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock the pupils
of the high and grammar school will assemble in the high
school rooms. Judge W. H. Whittlesey will make the ad
dress of the afternoon and patriotic songs will be given
i>v the students.
The actual transfer of Alaska from Russia to the
I 'nited States took place at Sitka on October 18,1867. At
that time the flag of the Czar of Russia was lowered and
tlie American flag was raised. The United States was rep
resented by General Rousseau of the regular army at the
ceremony.
«. S. TROOPS
PAID HIGHER
THAN ARMIES
OF ENTENTES
WASHINGTON’, Oct. 1. (By Mail)
—The pay of the American soldier is
princely as compared with the pay of
the German, and even the British,
French and Italian, taking no ac
count of the “extras” allowed the
American.
With his quarters, clothing and ra
tions furnished him. as they ure fur
nished in all the armies of the world,
the American second-class private, re
ceiving his foreign-service pay of $33
a month, will be a plutocrat compared
with the French soldier who draws
the bare pittance of $1.50 every thirty
days, scarcely enough to keep the
American fighting man in cigarettes.
Incidentally, Americans are being sup
plied the luxury of “smokes” by the
“folks back home.”
Russians Get 3? Cents
Rut the French soldier’s wage is,
in its turn, princely compared with
the 32 cents a month which the Rus
sian government allows its privates,
and the 73 cents which Austria-Hun
gary pays its troops—1 and 2 Vii cents
a day, respectively.
Great Britain is the most generous
of the European governments in the
pay of its privates, who receive ?7 *»U
a month at home and an additional
allowance while fighting in France,
Mesopotamia and other foreign fields.
Italy ranks second in generosity with
_
a monthly minimum allowance of $5.
83. Spain compensates her soldiers
with a $4.42 monthly wage and Ger
many has built up her military engine
of frightfulness with a wage scale be
ginning at $1.65 a month—less than
6 cents a day to do the ruthless bid
ding of ruthless rulers. Japan’s sol
diers at home, with $S a year, fare a
little worse than the Austrians. Tur
key is an indulgent employer by com
parison, granting $11 a year—9‘4c a
month.
A first-class American private
drawing $36 a month, gets $41 a year
more than a Russian colonel, and $64
a year more than a German lieuten
ant for the first three years; $31 a
year more than a first lieutenant of
the Austrian army and $19 a year
i more than a junior lieutenant in the
service of Italy.
Pay of Second Lieutenant
The pay of an American second
lieutenant (disregarding all allow
ances) is $100 a year greater than that
of a lieutenant colonel in the British
army, $73 more than that of a full
colonel in the French army, $62 more
than that of a full German lieutenant
colonel of Austrian troops, and only
$100 less than that of a major general
of the Italian army, the American’s
$1,700 would seem a fortune, as the
; Muscovite of the highest rank gets
only $1,272.
The pay of an American captain
compares favorably with that of a
British brigadier general, a German
brigadier general, a Japanese lieuten
ant general and an Italian lieutenant
general.
A brigadier general of the Ameri
can army, drawing a minimum sal
ary of $6,000, receives nearly $240
more than a marshal of France. $2,
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EPISCOPALIANS i
ARE HAVING A
SPECIAL WEEK
A Pilgrimage of Prayer is to be ob
served at the Episcopal churches
throughout Alaska tomorrow, Sunday,
October 14th, and by the devout wom
en of the church during (he week fol
lowing.
Under the initiative of the Wom
an’s Auxiliary to the Board of Mis
sions, an organization national in
character, there has been carried on
throughout this present year “A Pil
grimage of Prayer” in different sec- ■
tions of the United States. Begin-1
tiing with the first Sunday in Advent,)
December ”, 191(), month by month,
each week has been assigned to the
Women of the Auxiliary to make their j
communion and join in special inter
cessions of prayer.
The Pilgrimage started in the east
ern part of the United States and has
been coming westward week by week
and has now reached Alaska for it*
observance by the women of the Auxil
iary, although men and other women j
are invited to join in.
There are such large things to pray
for as: The Unity of Christ’s Church; \
The binding together of the hearts of j
His people in the bonds of love; the
spread of His Kingdom through all
the world that peace may prevail
among the nations, among the divided,
members of Christ’s body; that organ
izations formed for good may work in
loving harmony together for the one
great aim of making Christ’s name
and love the better known; that our
enterprises of study and gifts and
prayer may all be blest through the
outpouring of the Spirit upon our
souls; that our fellow-Christians, un
reached as yet, may be won to pray
and learn and give.
A general invitation is extended to
all to attend the services at the Epis
copal church and join in these inter
cessions of the Pilgrimage of prayer
by the pastor George John Zinn.
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000 more than a full general and field
marshal in the German army, $2,250
more than a full general of Japan and
nearly five times as much as a-Rus
sian general of the highest rank.
Italy’s highest army officer at the be
ginning of this war was a lieutenant
general, whose annual compensation
was $150 less than that of an Amer
ican major.
Since the outbreak of the war the
French government has revised its
scale of pay in the army. The man
in the first line trenches now re
ceives a franc a day ($0 a month) hut
he is not permitted to draw all of this
amount. He is paid partly in cash,
and for the balance receives a certifi
cate of deposit in a reserve fund which
is to be disbursed at the end of the
war. All those not in the first line
trenches receive their 25 centimes (5
cents a day).
! POPE HAS MADE HIS
LAST PEACE PROFFER
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. — Official
cable dispatches say the Pope has
made his last peace pro Ter. He be
lieves the war must go on at least two
or three years more, until the full ef
fect of America’s vast power has been
felt and either victory or hopeless
%
deadlock in the struggle reached. The
Vatican realizes peace or further ne
gotiations at present are impossible.
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