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H'lll.l'illKD 1* UI.Y . K.VKI’C SlTNIMYH ASH ItOl.lDAY •
BY
• GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY, (Inc.)
Harry V. Hoben, President Frank L. Ballaine, Sec.
Elmer A. Friend, Editor
Entered .. eeeond-elM. m.tter September ?. 1915. nt the Port Offie. nt Sew.rd. Al».k«.
uml«r Act of March 3, 18it).
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ONE YEAR. In advance ..v,11??®
THE ALASKA WEEKLY POST by mail 3.00
PER MONTH, delivered..*luu
ADVERTISING RATES on application.
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for .r°lJJl!),l<;tttl®1'
of all news dispatches credited ot it or not otherwise credited m this papti
and also the local news published herein.
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There will be anothur Red Cross drive on next week
for membership. A committee has been appointed in
Seward to take charge of the drive here and co-operation
is needed from every man and woman and every business'
firm in the city. The membership of the Red Cross in
Seward is about 500, so there must b° a larger number
not yet members. Think it ovi r and get ready to join in
one of the membership classes. You owe it to yourself
and to your land as the Red Cross is the great organiza
tion behind the government t >vaid the sick, care for the!
wounded and give assistance generally. Think it over
and get ready to affiliate with* the Seward Chapter of the
Red Cross.
The passing of C’hauncey W right, the caterer, in Seat
tie, means that many really needy people have lost a great
friend. Chaucev Wright, had in his make-up, many hu-!
mane traits. Not many ever went into one of Chauncey:
Wright’s restaurants, hungry, penniless, without having
the inner man satisfied. Drunks were never given the]
once over hut a hungry man. if he showed he was up
against it, never left without securing a good meal. In
everything that was for the civic upbuilding of Seattle,
Mr. Wright gave of his time and his monev.
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Few oldcimers will recall when James Sheakley was
governor of Alaska. The simple press dispatch received
of his death will mean nothing to many, but to those who
think thev must realize that he was one of those who laid
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the stepping stones which has lead to Alaska’s present;
greatness. During recent years .Mr. Sheakley. although I
an elderly man. has always been active in politics and was;
for manv vears mavor of the ’■own in which he died.
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(1 reenville, Pennsylvania.
Over one million dollars has been asked of Congress
for the operation and rehabilitation of the Seward divis
ion of the government railroad. If the members of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission will give this amount to
Engineer-in-Charge Weir, the Gateway will place a bet
that a great change will take place on the division. But
if part of the sum is used for ether divisions, no engineer
under the sun can accomplish that which is required on
the Seward division. |
I)o you realize that at the close of today there are only j
eight more days in which to do your Christmas shopping?
Do not leave the shopping to the last minute. Do it to-:
night, tomorrow and the next day. Don’t delay. Don’t■
forget also that the steamer Alaska is the last steamer;
south to carry your gifts and at that it is barely possible
that the gifts, either by mail or express, will reach those j
intended by Christmas.
Have you made up your mind to join the Red Cross
yet? It should not take any forethought-in the present
crisis through which we are passing. Next week the big
Red Cross drive is on and when you are asked then is the
time to join. Better still do not wait to be asked.
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Seward looks good to everybody, they are even coming
from Anchorage to spend several days here waiting for a
steamer, stopping in a city, which is an open port the year
round.
German raider in the Pacific, off Dutch Harbor!
Gettin nearer home, isn’t it?
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. — Every
police official in the country will be
come a part of the great machine or
ganised for building the national ar
my, under war department plans an
nounced by Provost Marshal Gen.
Crowder.
Postal authorities also will play an
active part in helping to carry out
the new regulations, and the depart
ment believes that with the aid of
these two agencies local exemption
boards will be greatly assisted in reg
istering the men and getting them to
training camps as they are called.
Police throughout the nation will
he instructed to take into custody
men who fail to report for physical
examination or who violate any of
the new rules and regulations. They
also will be charged to arrest and de
liver to camps men who have been in
ducted into the military service by
the local boards and who fail to en
train for mobilization. Such men are
classed under military law as desert
ers and rewards of $50 will be paid
for their arrest and delivery at the
camps.
Seven Days to Respond
All the elaborate machinery of the
postoffice department will be used to
>ee that questionnaires are delivered
to the men and are returned by them
within the seven days' time allowed
for tilling them out.
Post officials also have been in
structed by President Wilson and
Postmaster General Burleson to co
operate to the fullest extent with the
local boards in delivering and for
warding notices to registrants, par
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ticularlv notices of entrainment, as
failure to respond to this notice
classes the registrant as a deserter.
Slacker Commissions Stopped
So-called “slacker commissions/*
by which mefi of draft age seek to
escape service in the ranks and get
officers’ places in noncombatant
branches of the aimy, have*
struck a snag in the general policies
laid down by Secretary Maker.
These are, first, that no men of
draft age he •commissioned unless it
is shown clearly that they are better
fitted for the special work to which
they are called than any civilian be-j
yond the draft age whose services*
can be secured, and second, that no
function of. the army that can be car
lied oil efficiently with civilians shall
ho placed on a military footing by
commissioning the men needed to
supervise the work.
Hoorn l or Older Men
The problem of commissions in the
staff departments of the army that
have to do with the supply lines,
transportation, construction and a
hundred other noncombatant func
tions of the service is a difficult one.
There* have been numerous cases of
young men of draft age who have
obtained commissions in those ser
vices, and therefore are exempt from
the operation of the selective service
under which the fighting troops are
being mobilized. The policy is found
ed on the theory that there are older
men in the civil life well fitted for the
special duties required to whom such
commissions could he given, leaving
the men of draft ag«* to the operations
of the law.
MEMBERS OF
REICHSTAG.
GO TO FRONT
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Dec.
11. — Insofar as Germany is concern
ed, the German government .evidently
means to do away with the anomaly
that the majority of members of bel
ligerent parliaments have no first
hand knowledge of what real war is.
It is sending the members of the
Reichstag on visits to the front in
parties of eight. Within three months
it is expected that every member will
have been given the opportunity of
making such a trip.
Crepe Paper, all colors, 15c roll.
Crepe Paper in folds for Christmas
decoration, 20c fold. Brown & Haw
kins. “Quahty First”
Make It 15 Million.
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YOUR XMAS PACKAGES |
= TO THE STATES WILL HAVE |
= TO LEAVE ON THE S. S. 5
§ ALASKA, WHICH IS DUE E
E HERB SUNDAY. Therefore |
s if you haven’t yours ready 2
| COME IN AT ONCE and let us =
E fix you up. We have a com- jz
E plete assortment of Xmas boxes ^
2 tags and stickers and will wrap z:
E any package for mailing, re- ^
jz gardless of w'hether you pur- z:
E chased it here or not.
REMEMBER, the Alaska is E
E the last boat that will reach —
jz Seattle in time for Christmas, s
We Again Thank You.
1 SEWARD DRUG CO. |
• CHOP SUEY
! AND NOODLES j
Specialties at the
j MOON
J RESTAURANT
W ash. St., Between !
Broadway & 3rd Ave
CLASSIFIED AD COLUMN
FOR SALE
FOR SAL^fc—One pair high top re
inforced boots, 1 pair 14 in. Red
pacs, one black rubber .slicker coat,
one slicker hat. Each article worn
but once. Will sell cheap for cash.
Inquire at Gateway office. tf
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Make It 15 Million.
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Well made steel frame suit cases,
leather straps all round. 24 in. size,
$4.00. Brown & Hawkins, “Quality
First.”
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Rayo Table Lamps with shadeto at/
Graef's. Ol5tf.
Melver, licensed undertaker.
For sleds and ice skates see Graef.
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Boys Regulation Tan Army Shoes.
Brown & Hawkins. “Quality First.”
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City Express. Phone Main 122.
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Meet me at The Branch.
Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
Audv'a Express, phone Madison 143.;
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Imported Swiss cheese can now be
had at Brown & Hawkins.
Ixmg distance telepnone Dooth at
The Branch.
GREECE WILL BE READY
FOR FIELD IN SPRING
LONDON, Dec. 14. — By March
Greece will be able to put an army of
250,000 men in the field, provided ado- ,
quate financial assistance is forth
coming from the United States,
Great Britain and France. The amount
desired from the United States is less
j than $100,000,000. A big push in the
: Balkans by the Central Powers is
) looked for by military experts.
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IScrippsQGraysDoman
Gas Engines
When you want an engine for a
“gas boat” or anything in the line ,
of accessories or fittings for one, I
send us an order and try out our
thorough knowledge of the busi
ness, get to know our prompt ser
vice, our interest in your behalf
(we do not pack a hundred pounds
in three boxes), and you will then
understand why our service to
Alaska purchasers (where the dis
tance from shipping point makes
absolute correctness in filling or
der a so vitally imporatnt) is fam
ous all over that territory.
S. V. B. MILLER
72 Marion St. * Seattle
We have been here 10 years.
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ALASKA m
Sailings from S*»attl«'
\ Alaska, Dec. 8th; Victoria, Dec. 16th; Alameda,
Dec. 27th. Alaska, Jan. 1st. Northwestern, Jan. 8th; Alameda. Jan. 16th:
Alaska, Jan. 24tlu
Sailing of Alaska Dec. 8th, connects with Dora to the westward
^Sailing of Victoria Deo. 16th, is via the outside passage.
a. h. McDonald, Agent.
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The Seward News Company
GEORGE I’H ELI'S
Booksellers, Newsdealers and Slationers
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SAILINGS \
(•'ROM SEATTLE:
ADMIRAL EVANS . Dec. 11
Captain C. A. Glasscock
Admiral Evans Goes to Kodiak on
this trip
Through Tickets to Kastem Points at Reduced Rates,
i l'or full information on sailings from Seattle to San 1 raneino, ad
dress Waym* Blue, Agent, Seward, Alaska.
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HARDWARE, STOVES AND RANGES
RUBBER BELTING
Doors ami Windows
IX L Parlor Heaters
Air Tight IloaLrs
Aluminum Ware
P. & B. Pai>er
Malthoid Hooting
Marine Engine Oil
Gaa Engine Oil
Lacqueret Paint
Denatured Alcohol
Lang’s Ranges
Gasoline Stoves
Deadening Felt
Weather Strips
Blacksmith's Coal
Wheel Barrows
Fishing Tackle
Alcohol Stoves
♦ielne Twine
Granite Ware
Cook Stoves
Camp Stove#
Oil Stove*
fcpark Pluj.:*
Jump Coil*
Batteries
Asbestos
Tar Fapei
Valve Oil
Floor Oil
linseed Oil
Cup Ore***
Faint*
Ammunition
Bench Forge*
Bruihe*
Varnlfhe*
Ttirpcntln*
Japan
Coal Tar
Lamp*
Lantern*
Tent*
Shot Gan*
(iaeollue
Bellow*
Cutlery
Fire Clay
Rifle*
Fire Brtefc
Lime
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Gla«*
Rope
Mercury
Phone Madison 8/ J. L. GRAEF Seward, Alaska
Certain-teed Roofing. Guaranteed
10 and 15 years. J. L. CrneCs. tf.
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Andy’s Express, phone Madison 143.:
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Waterfill and rrarTor whiskey at
the Branch.
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MEN—Read Otter’s Ad today.
Taylor's Express meets all boats
and trains. Phone Main 122.
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Subscribe for The Gateway.
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Waterfill & Frazier whiskey at
The Branch.
Men's Black and Oxford Gray ca~-i
mere sox, 30c, 8 pairs for $1.0<
Brown & Hawkins, "Quality First
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Proof of labor blanfas for tale at
Gateway.
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Ask your grocers Tor Sewar<’
Bakery Bread.
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For your Xmas dinner Cresca fruit
cake, Heinz’ plum or fig pudding, tin
best ever. Biown & Hawkins.
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Pearl Oil $1.76 a can at Grae/*». tf
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Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
“They do the one thing
I’ve always wished
a cigarette would do;
They Satisfy
-yet they’re Mild!"