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PRAISE FOR
THE A.E.O.
A- a couitesx . owing to the fact
that lie is making a personal investi
gation of tiu* resources of Alaska for
Secretary of the Interior Franklin K.
Lane, and also supposed to bo study
ing what the Alaskan Engineering
Comm is '.on has accompli>hed on fh'
government railroad project in Alas
ka. W. A Uvan was last night tb"
gue.-t of the S award (Chamber of Com
merce at a .special meeting .Mr. Ryan
not only made a perfevid attack on
the editor of the (*ateway . also at
tacked the expressions of A. A. Short
beck. of Anchorage, who was called
upon for r. marks; but charged the
people of Seward and Anchoia*re of
mes faith: b*‘ing peccancy in the ex
treme and came out unmistakably that
the work of the Alaskan Engineering
Comm ssion so far was indissoluble.
Going a giie^t. and having been
to talk, no questions wore asked
of Mr. Ryan at the public meeting of
the Chamber, no responses weie made
to his attacks, as this wou’d hav boor
show iug as bad judgement, in view o'*
the occasion, as the charges.
Mr. Ryan w is panegyric of .’cciv
tarv l.nne and the reclamation .>01*
vice ot* the Cnit \\ States: also of th*
Fairbanks Commercial organ?'.atior
and th" Mining-. Association of the
Tanana for >‘cos ‘hoy were taking
secure legislature assisting f rther
exploration of mineral heating land
and accus«ed Seward and Anchorage
citizens of b dng narrow in their view
regarding the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, and the government pro
ject. and the amnppriation. ^ ... -
In closing his talk. Mr. Ryan, point
in" hist finger at the Editor of th<
Gateway, stated thaf he would like tc
make a few straight remarks and ther
‘directly r.ssorted that as an Ed»*o*
was a mold**r of public opinion, hr
should not siir up dissension, should
be extremely broad minded towards ar
organization like the Alaskan Engin
eering Commission, and not make peo
» pie question anything that apparent!
is none of their business: must be r
Solomon, always, no matter if on'
threw his own community down, an^
must not give the truth too blunt!'
The meeting was called to order b"
President Y»'Kittemore who -*Tated the*
the 'primary object was to listen tc
W. A. Ryan and incident!y to vi ntor*
present from other parts of Alaska.
A. A. Shonbcck. of Anchorage,
ing called upon to speak, stated tha'
Anchonige wanted to witness the com
pletion of the government railro-.u ho
tween Seward and Anchorage this sea
son and would work for such; als*
that aside from funds needed far ccr
tain harhor improvements, at Anchor
ago, the entire appropriation availab1
$4,000,000, should be used to complctr
the Seward division, if that amount i
necessary, and even the asked for an
pronriatiop of $13,£00,000. if tha4
amount was required. Mr. Shonbec*
only made this point to prov^ that An
<ho-age was behind Seward in an at
tempt for completion of this divi?;oe
but Inter on. during Mr. Rvan’s talk
the letter referred to this as beinr
se’ fish, ’nconsistent for b*-oad mind
ed persons Mr. ShonbecV made no re
plv as be had b^on called upon tc
talk, and Mr. Rvan was also n gues4
of the. Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Sh^nb*v-k also made the ?tato
ment that Anchorage Chamber o'
Commerce wirhed to stand shouMm- t*
shoulder with the Seward Cham be* or
Commerce for the completion of a^
work between Seward and Anchorage
Mr. Shonbcck alsp stated that the in
terior merchants realized at this tinv
- that owing to inability to get n good
thev are tweed to-carry stocks mucl
as the merchants do farther to the in
terior thereby givativ decreasing thm
“annual tui-n over.” This could hav'
b'c»’ clrainatod if the Seward Hivis
ion had be romple.ed as promised.
John 'Vebster, m;ning operator or
Cleary Creek, Fairbanks district, was I
called upon, and he stated that he he
lieved that the Nonana- Seward over
land route was the coming one, he
having made the trip from Fairbanks
o Reward, by dog team, in ton days
?.»r. Ryan, the gue-l of the evening,
was then introduced and he straigb
away accuse d Seward people of being
petty in their dealing towards the
commission, selfish in their wants, and
stated that Seward citizens were dis
i;:u itlod because more government
money had not.been spent here.
Mr. Ryan was the guest of the even
ing, had been called upon to ta'k, and
| courtesy prevented members of the
I Clwmlur «<f Commerce from giving
j Mr. Ryan the straight upon this mat
| ter.
Mr. !l.a» *at«d that the Alaskan.
) Engineering (Commission had don-'
! perfectly right in starting railroad
i on traction at Anchorage, extending
the branch to. the Chickaloon coal
f-ehl in oid *r to furnish develonmont
to the mines, get the coal out. to '' here
• it could be \ sed; and pay no attent
ion to the Seward division as that div
ision was a mere thought, being on
tide wat **■, open the year a ouiul; and
also construct th railroad to", aids tlu*
interior, thu.-- opening vast sections 01
territory, then return to the Seward
division, and if eveiything else* had
| been completed, then connect Seward,
the ocean terminus, with the other I
j part of the go\C' r.ment project.
\\ k; a \vj me guest oi vro even
ling, and couit'sy prevented members
j t><* the Chamber of C immeico lion;
| giving him tacit business knowledge,
.’dr. liyan did not explain however
- b'. the A. E. C. had promised year
,f‘ , v'ar, to complete the Seward
li\: ion when it had no interi m but
• b\ ling toward the inteiior
Mr. Ryan explained about Secre
tary I a ie « i ring to help Alu^Ka:
•o! n* v t: m with ’he reclamation sot
v*ice, its objects, but admitted that tne
government railroad i* to be complet
ed. as the engineering commission is
subservient to the President >f t:v
L’n ted States and the Secretary of tin*
interior, who have this project in
•huHr *. Mr. Ryan stated that when th**
ail road was completed, it would be
i national benefit, to 110.000,000 !a
he states and the 2o.000 people ir.
\taska. and Alaskans - must not
hink that the railroad project wn<
•’or their special benefit.
Mr. Ryan perhaps has not read
>ow Alaska has come nobly, patriotic
vfly and willing to tho support of th?
government in the war service and
>ver the top, far over, in porportion
’o her population, than any other J-tat
>r territory umb r the Stars and Strip
's.
President Whittemore, fol'owirg
Mr. Ryan’s tirade on the Edit >r of thr
>to * ay, aid: “Alaskan, the o’d tint
came here fir t. W e made the
•ailroad possible bv opening, as bos*
•e could, the territory. Alaskans were
fir>t, the railroad has followed: or is
following.”
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rWO ARRIVE IN SEWARD
SUSPECTED OF BEING OF
THE BOLSHEVIK1 ELEMKN1
Two passengers arriving on th *
Vlameda this morning are being close
y watched by tin* authorities. These
■wo are inspected of being adherents
■>f the Bolsheviki movemem but if
hey remain in Seward longer than the
aext train out. and attempt to start
'.nyrhing, they will be show* \ < nine s
'e.a ! down bay and told to swim
SOLDIERS ARE RETURNING
Seward nv'rr. who went outs'de and
nlirted. a,e graduadly learning
eme after having received honorable
lischarges. On the Alameda today
vere Robert Rornig, Tom Finnegan.
vV. linker and E. S. Jaccard. all Tiav
*ng done their bit.
FARRAGUT DUE MONDAY
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Agent Wayne Blue announced to
lay that he expects the Admiral Kara
gut to arrive sometime Monday. From
Reward the Admiral Farragut goes to
Kodiak and Cook Inlet ports for fish
and oil drums . According to the srhc
lule the steamer will not call at Sew
ard southbound on account of being
operated as a freighter.
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Senator Thomas Price is bound for
Juneau on the Alameda to attend the
Territorial legislature. j
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No Nobler FtcLure Ever Stood In Tho
Forefront Of A Nation s life"
John Richard Creen
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Steamer Alameda arrived in port
shortly after 7 o’clock this mo.ning
bringing 112 passengers for S 'ware;
and a large tonnage. Capt. Clingei
brought the steamer to Seward in re
cord time from Seattle, seven days u;
via the inside passage. Purser Parke;
’’s aboard this trip of the Alann da "
Purser Large is taking a vacation Jr
’an Francisco.
The Alameda sailed for the rout’
this afternoon with many aboard
practically all being from the inter
ior v'ho arc going south on business o
pleasure trips to return north agai?
within a few months a4 the . t.
Those reaching Sewaid cm jh * Ala
meda were as follows:—
H. E. Allen. C. E. H ine, C. 0. That
cher, A. M. Thatcher. W. W. Frrn?l
and wife. Mrs. L. Houston, J. E. N’iv
en, C. A. Cramer, J. T. OVmnor
G. J. Fredell and w’fe, H. E. Kava
naugh. J. A. Haey, G. B. Monroe, W
M. Gunsos, H. C. Dohrman, Thoma
King, R. H. Romig, J. J. Chisholm. C
Larson W. Haker, E. S. Jaccard. W
Blanton, F. A. Policy, A. H. Gordon
E. Ball, ,T. Edgerton, C. P. Campbe11
W. J. McKinnon, B. C. Graham, V.
Pappos, .T. W. Vomm, P. Heitman
R. Landos, D. Tencotte, G. Graf os, K
Lazroff, S. Burmas A. E. Muir, J.
Strasscr, C. W. Wheeler, H. A. Blvth
E. Kodentz. T. W. Murphy, D. H
Young M. Makxivand, .T. Bolan, J. I ut
He, J. H. Hannngan, A. Ystrom, J. C
Clark, A. Lindohn, T. Brock, Mrs. Ca’
:in W. C. Grandyean, T. W. Seerist
wife and child; Emily Borgen, Mr?
Gus Borgen, Hazel Borgen, Eddi'
Boigen. F. F. Hope^ W. D. Stearns
R. L. Hatcher. E. J. Hcdberg, Mrs. C
Halfcrty, F. Gleason, J. Berg, Toir
Finnegan, J. J. Finnegan, H. L. Mor
is Mr*. L. G. Nichols, Sam Baker A
Olron, F. Francein, A. H. Miller, J.
^ultan. J. Theispoulas, O. K. Peterson
V. Gunoff, D. N. Gunoff, H. BaebeL
Pat Lynch, L. Peppcn. G. James W.
Shule, U. Wutasale, P. Westman and
*20 steerage.
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WASHINGTON. Feb.. 22— By A.
P.— The War Department announc
ed this forenoon that '74,313 officers
and 1,164,518 men had been released
from war sendee to ywterday.
am: million men are
Ol T OF EMPLOYMENT IN
GERMANY IT IS REPORTED
BERLIN. Feb., 22— By A. P.
rhe numbc-i of unemployed men in
dennaify is today estimated to be
not under one million.
.VILI. OPERATE STEAMER ON
Tl'UN AGAIN ARM DIVISION
The light draft steamer Alaskan,
I' the A. E. C., is to be operated be
tween Bird Point and Kem Creek ac
uding to advices reaching Seward
today. There is no ice in the arm and
>wing to slides along the arm. pass
ng. rs, mail and express can easily
he handled by boat.
LEGISLATION MAY BE
TAKEN REGARDING THE
PRICE OF WHEAT IN tT.S.
WASHINGTON, Feb., 22— By A
P.— The Hou;e has passed the wheat
ruarantee bill authorizing President
Wilson to use all existing agencies to
*cnto now ones and buy American
•heat and dispose of it at market
prices.
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FIX.RUSS OFFICIAL SALARY
WARSAW, Feb.. 22— The Diet ha?
'ixed the salary of members at >52,000
•early, with free transportation. The
resident’s salary has been fixed a>
he same amount with $5,000 for ex
ien~es.
Large estates belonging to the
iris toe racy will be purchased no man j
>wing over 1000 acres.
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CLEMENCEAU HAS RELASPE
PARIS, Feb., 22— By A. P.— Pro
nier Clemenceau , whose life was at
om pted two days ago, suffered a re
’aps* today being greatly.fatigued and
was allowed to receive no visitors.
FAMOUS WOMAN CHARACTER
EXPIRES AT HOME IN EAST
WATERTOWN, N. Y.', Feb., 22—
A. P.— Dr. Mary Walker, surgeon
>f the Civil War, died suddenly this
norning, at the age of 87 years.
fV. Walker va? the only woman n
‘he Fnitcd States allowed male at
•ire, this having been granted by an
act of Congress.
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TO ATTEMPT
TO STOP
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WASHINGTON, Feb., 22— Sena
tor Sherman today introduced a re-i
' dution designed to prevent President
Wilson from disclosing publicly any
if iho details of the League of Nat
on ; until he has first given these to
he Senate Foreign Relations commit
tee.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, delivered
r!s promised attack on the League of
Nations today and said that it was the
Yiost radical departure of American:
lolicies ever considered.
EXTENDING BOUNDARIES
OF POLAND- BOLSHEVISM
FORCES BEING DRIVEN OUT
WARSAW, Feb., 22— By A. P.—
The Toles have driven the Bolsheviki
forcea out of the provinces east of
Brcstolitovisk and have published a
locree for military and civil occupn
ion meaning that Poland's frontiers
\re being extended to the historic
boundaries.
GREETINGS SENT WILSON
LONG WAY BY WIRELESS
WASHINGTON, Feb.. 22— Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels today trans
mitted telegraphic greetings to Presi
lent Wilson eight hundred miles by
naval radio. The transport George
Washington at that time was making
good speed and should reach Poston
early Monday.
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WASHINGTON STATE MAY
REVIVE THE DEATH PENALTY
OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb., 22— By
A. P.— A bill was introduced in the
Senate yesterday which if passed will
•estore the death penalty and provid
ng also that a jury shall return a sep
irate verdict concerning the punish
ment upon conviction of murder.
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HURRAH
J. L. Graef, chairman of the fish
ng committee of the Seward Chamh
ir of Commerce, today received a ler
ler from the Seattle Office of the
Standard Oil company, which indi
:ated that an oil station would Iw ea
tablished this season at Seward. Ttit
oil station has been one of the bif
things Seward has been after owing
*o the hundreds of fishing boats mak
ing this port their headquarters ©;
calling here to dispose of their pro
duct.
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Seventeen days mail arrived on th
Alameda from the states and Alaskar
ports.
Representative John Noon aeebm
panied by Mrs. Noon and son, an Ala
mods passengers for Juneau.
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3, Associated Press
LONDON, Feb., 22— Disorders a*
Munich, Bavaria, took a more serious
turn today when 10,000 workmen,
quartered in the center of the city,
began violent fighting againot the
government.
The mob ia reported to be plund
ering shops and the conditions are vir
tually those of a civil war.
Minister of the Interior Auer, of
Bavaria, has been desperately woum!
ed by an assassin. This is believed ft*
have been an act out of revenge for
the killing of Kurt Eisner, Premier of
Bavaria, by Count Arco Valdey, whos*
death was reported officially yester
day. Auer and Eisner were bitter op
ponents. Auer was regarded as likely
to displace Eisner in the Premiership
Justice Timm has also been shot in
Landtag and ia expected to die. Min
ister of Social Affairs Underleitne:
has been wounded by an assassin.
REVOLT BREAKS OUT
PARIS, Feb., 22— A communist
revolt has broken out in Budapest un
der the leadership of mesMjr Germans
and Russians. Insurgents stormed the
offices of the Socialist newspaper
Kepeata and occupied the telegraph
office and railway station.
President Karolyi has proclaimed
martial law.
BOLSHEWKi
ORGANIZATION
IS IN PARIS
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PARIS, Feb., 22- The Police late
yesterday searched the houses of 30
members of the Communist Kederat
on and seized large quantities of pa
pers and tracts.
According to the police, the papers
diow that a regular Bolsheviki or
ganization exists here with import
v»t ramifications.
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TIGHT SKIRTS
RAISES HAVOC
PHILADELPHIA, Feb., 22- Tight
drirta worn by women passengers
have upset schedules on the railroads.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, with
<*ntific accuracy, has found that sin
•e women have begun wearing tight
iki U the average stopping time of i
"rain at a station U .:ott seventeen
conds longer than it was when tho
Kirfc- vfre short and roomy around
he ►*•>. **>*.
In reply to a eompiatri of the South
wr m y (Vmmtiters Association that
rains '^rc not run on time the mam*
jemeat gave this information and
stated that unless styles in skirts
•hange very soon the running time of
’ocal trains must be lengthened.
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FRANCE'TO PRESENT BILL
TO GERMANY FOR DAMAGES
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PARIS, Feb., 22— By A. P.—Capt.
Tardieu stated officially today that
France will shortly present a bill to
Germany for 450,000 houses destroy
ed. This damage hill does not cover
less sustained by destroyed factories