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VOLUME XU. NUMBER 221.
PLENTY OF 1
SHIPS FOR
THE TROOPS
WILL MEET1
W. A. RYAN;
TONIGHT
in order that \V. A. Ryan, special
representative of Secretary ot the In
torior Franklin K. Lane, may meet
the members of the Seward Chamber
of Commerce, a special meeting will
be held tonight at the Fire Hall at K
o’clock. This meeting is for the mem
bers of the Chamber ar.d if you are
not a member, and desire to attend the
meeting tonight, hunt up Secretary
Lucas or President Whittemore and
join by depositing you!1 dues.
NAVAL MENj
IN GRAFT
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON. Feb., 21— Soere
tary of the Navy Daniels today order
ed the courtmartial of two naval offi
cers of the Third Naval district. The
two officers are charged with bribery
and graft. Two other esses are devel
oping.
One of the present cases involves
a medical officer’s acceptance of a
bribe of $1,000 fer passing a man not
physically qualified. The other case is
a bribe of $500 to secure a detail per
mitting an applicant to remain home
indefinitely.
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WILSON WILL MAKE TALK
IN BOSTON NEXT MONDAY
WASHINGTON. Keb.. 21— Presi
dent Wilson will deliver his first home
address at 3 o'clock next Monday af
ternoon in Boston in the Mechanic
Building.
Secretary Daniels announced to lay
that P’-esident Wilson will leave Max
ell ">th tor hi* leturn to Pans.
The battleship North Carolina, ac
companying the transport fleo’g*
Washington to Boston, will replace
the New Meuico as the flagship of
the navy with the President, as the
New Mexico has been forced to drop
behind as a result of engine troubles
The cruiser Denver has been ordered
to sea to meet the transport.
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The Seward Home Guard* will hold
a regular drill tonight at the Arctic
Rrotherhood hall startinc at 7:*0 o’
clock. It is understood that new cuns
will shortly ho distributed tc the Alas
ka Military Units with plenty of mu
nition. Rv the cominc summer it is al
so understood that uniforms will he
>ent to Alaska for the Alaska militia
Xecord’oo *o Junenu papers plans
are alreadv boine mado for an annual
encampment of the Military Units of
the north as well as rifle tournaments.
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By Associated Preaa
WASHINGTON. Feb., 21— The
War Department announced today |
that eight German steamers including
the Imperator had been allotted the 1
United States for transportation of |
troops home and these would provide
accommodations for 50,000 to GO 000
men monthly besides those to be pro
vided for on the regular transport*.
There is sufficient tonnage avail
able or in sight to return every sol
lier in Kurope before the end of the
•oming summer if they desire. To
March 1st embarkations will total
100 000 leaving 1,000,000 in Francej
or Germany. \
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SEWARD SNAPSHOTS j
1
Tho Odd Fellows will give « dance
tomorrow night in their hall at which
Lhe public is Vflcorrte.
Little Jack Kllis is tlying hard to
'.certain just how his antomy re com
posed. Several days ago the little
fellow found a razor and started tc
nake operations with the mtults he
craped his checks, deep cuts; thei
•ut his thumbs. Last night Jack took
"\n ax** and tried to make two finger;
vhere formerly there was one.
Mrs. F. L. Whittemore and dxught j
‘r Margaret will probably leave foi
h“ states on the Alameda where th' <
atter will be given treatment foi
rheumatism from which she is suf
fering.
Frederick Broad well is going tnu
the painting business and as soon a
he secures a business location wil
nake announcement through the Gate
way.
Caboose No. 2. of the Seward Div
sion is now an ordinary Gat car. Thi
•aboose was known as the Ieonhard'
nrivate car. For some time the caboosf
has been at Mile 2* the private ca’
^or Dan Sullivan and time keeper Ott'
Boehm. The other day, from some un ,
nown cause, the caboose caught fire j
rh^ house part was totally destroyedi
ncluding the contents, clothing, fur
nishing and private papers.
Senator F. V. Ray expects to leave
'n the Alameda for Valdez to attend
n l^gal matters.
locomotive No. 27S ami ♦he Mar
•>n 5trtam shovel are now being over
hauled by the shop crew to be ready
v>r service *n the spring.
Hugh Wallace of Tacoma, whf j
huilt the tramway on the Pvea tral
n the early days, has been appointed I
ambassador to France to succeed Am
hassndor Sharpe, resigned.
According to advices received tr
toward, the 155th regiment of engin
eer* . recruited from the Pacific coast
*ncludin,v Alaska* embarks from Bor
deaux, France about the first of next
month. • i
1. L. Fitzwater, A. E. C. employee
it Xenana. formerly in business at
Iditarod Ruby and on Long Creek
nov in Seward, will be a passenger
;outh on the Alameda.
*
E. P. Hedberg, master mechanic or
♦he Anchorage division, will arrive
from the state* on the Alameda.
The Northern lights were most
brilliant at 2 o’clock this rooming,
rays shooting in all diroetioBS,
SUGGESTS
WEIR ON
THE A.E.C.
Editor of the Gateway:—
Will you |
kindly give the Allowing communica- j
tion a little space in your valuablo pa- j
per ? I have been requested to give ray
opinion on the question that is agi
tating the railroad circles at this time.
Now , the question of the A. E. C-. IS
A QUESTION THAT INTERESTS
EVERY MAN, in this part of Alaska.
Now Mr. Editor, we should not get
two questions mixed up, I. E. the A.
B. C. and the management of this
division. When the Commission start- j
d in to do business in Alaska, they
wanted to meet the people of this dis-!
trict half way. What was the answer
they received ? As everyone knows ,
property prices were advanced beyond j
all reason, thus forcing the Commis- j
don to look elsewhere for a construc
tion camp. Anchorage was the place
.elected. What is the outcome ? An-1
horage Is a fine little city.
“It is* true the Commission hut not j
lone the square thing by Seward, but
cho is to blame ? It always takes two
to make a dispute. In this case, it was
the people of Seward and the Com
mission. When the Commission started
\t Anchorage to do business all the >
-oiling stock that came there was new ,
*nd came knocked down ready to be !
out together, locomotives, cars, cranes
and everything ready for service to-;
gather with the money necessary for j
vages, just what the Commission*
wanted to give us. j
“At Anchorage they had little to
’ -ontcnd with except to clear the right
of way, throw up the grade, lay the
steel and go ahead. Now, on this divis-:
•on it was different, they had to raise
►he grade , build the bridges, make;
►he rock cuts, ballast the track and;
•till keep the trains running. The:
management of this div^ion, rot like
he Commission, was fd^nv- the,
lob, morning, noon and night. ' i
•ould always find the manager of th s
livision, Johnny on the spot, and to
•ap the climax, all he had to start with
•vas a locomotive that would not pull
►he hat off your head, a pile of scrap
•ron and two atreaks of rust and all
the time that this was going on, where
was the Commission ? Were they ever
here to see what was wanted ? The
answer Is, No?
“The firet season that the manage
ment took over the road I have had to
Saul ties on a push car for three miles.
Vo cars! No engines! nothing suitable
to work with and yet it was expected
hat the local Engineer would accom
plish as much with such equipment as
vas being done at Anchorage with all
necessary tools and equipment. Now
f anyone wants to take a look at the
-oad between this city and mile 4, they
vill find that they made a fill of
| nboot twelve feet, built a bridge of
four spans across Ressurrection river,
1 drove thtir piling, built the bridge and
kept the trains running at the same
timo. It would have been eaiser to
build ten miles of new road than to
build the two miles between miles 2
and 4 under the conditions On the
whole line, from Seward to mile 45,
! *he building and repairing of the road
was done under the same conditions.
“Now Mr. Editor, I think it would
benefit the whole community if the
manager of this division was promot
ed to the chair of the Railroad Com
mission. Then he would have power to
do as he wants, now he can only do as
he U told. ;;
“After all this dispute it would be
better to have the manager of this
division a member of the Commission
rather than have a stranger. I have
worked for the manager of this divis
ion ever since the road was taken ov
er. I know that every man who has
worked for him. every dollar he got
he had to cam and give value receiv
ed. .
“In conclusion I would say, I am
not now in the employ of the A. E. C. j
and do not again expect to be employ- i
cd by it for I may go back to La
Touche. The manager of this division, (
is no friend of mine and never was. I
was always a black sheep.* But I like
to see a fair field, and fair play.
(Signed)
James McConnell.
EDITORI AL .COMMEN V
Regarding the above, the impress
ion might prevail that the Gateway or
the Seward Chamber of Commerce,
might have attacked the Engineer In
Charge of this division. No attack has
been made upon Mr. W^ir, he is a paid
official of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission and must carry out orders
given to him. or there perhaps would
be a new man in his position. The oth
er idea, have Mr. Weir on the com
mission, opens a new thought. Mr.
Weir is on the ground, knows what \a
demanded for this division and if an
oven break was given would undoubt
edly complete the Seward , Division
Those who have probed into the A. E
C. workings know that Chairman Edes
appeared before the appropriation
committee in 1017 and stated that the
Seward Division was completed and
Httle .aoRoy was needed for work. The
present condition shows what he knew
and knows. ,
A _
1$ SHOT
By Associated Presa
LONDON. Feb., 21— Kurt Eisner
T'emier of Ravaria, was killed today
by Lieutenant Arco Valdey, a Ravar
ian Count. The Count* was wounded by
the body guard of the Premier and is
reported to be dying.
_o--—
No, Maude, that thing you see ,if i
not the North Star in a new position
It is just a large illumination on thr
siren’s tower at the electric ligh'
plant.
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HINDENBURG DEMANDED
SIGNING OF ARMISTICE
WEIMAR, FEB.,21— By A. P.
Gorman armistice commissioner Erz
berger yesterday outlined the histop
of the armistice negotiations to tlv
National Assembly and said that Field
Marshal von Hindenburg demanded
the authorized signing of the firs'
terms of the armistice.
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WARSAW, Feb., 21— By A. P.
It is reported that Kiev is again in the
hands of the Bolsheviki. Fresh troop?
are advancing from Odessa and ap
this afternoon half way to Kiev.
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CANNOT MAKE TRIP EVEN TO
ENGLAND WITH A PASSPORT
WASHINGTON, Feb., 21— By A
P.— The Department of State is to re
fuse passports for travel to England
and France except on strictly essentia1
business, This is due to the transpor
tation difficulties.
ALAMEDA TOMORROW
..... Steamer Alameda steamed from
Cordova at 5 o’clock this morning and
was in Valdez this afternoon. Agent
A. H. McDonald had not received ad
vices, when the Gateway went to
press, as to the probable arrival of
the Alameda here, but it is reasonable
to suppose that the steamer may he
here tomorrow forenoon.
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FRANCE ,S
PREMI i
IMPROVES
By AsMdtt«d Praia
PARIS, Feb., 21— Premier Clem- !
enceau received his colleagues of the •
Supreme Council at his home this aft- .
;moon. The doctors now consider the ;
Premier out of danger and believe ,
hat he can resume his political afctiv- (
ties on Monday.
TROUBLE j
BREWING!
• • . i
By AsMcfktei Pm#
WASHINGTON, Feb., 21— The j
;>tate Department has been officially j
informed of threatening situations in j
Central America due to the concentra • j
tion of a portion of the Costa Ricaj
irmy on the Nicaraguan frontier. The :
United States will not pemit an in- •
asion of Nicaragua.
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RESIGNS !
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By Associated Preea
WARSAW, Feb., 2— General Til-!
rndski has announced that he will re-!
sign as chief of the Polish state.
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General Pilsudski has been the mil- ■
•:tary leader of Poland and previous to i
the reconstruction of the government j
by Padrewski, was the dictator.
STRIKE ? i
. % l
By Associated Press
SEATTLE, Feb., 21— A special j
lispatch this, afternoon from Fort* •
land to the Seattle Times says that
the advisory committee of the Coast
district of Metal Workers Council i ;
deadlocked over the date of the pro
posed strike at San Francisco. The
lelegates oppose a strike prior to
\pril 1st. The Los Angeles delegate*
are supporting the conservative fo
ment. There is a doubt as to the Cal
ifornia and Portland Unions answer
ing the strike call for a general walk*
i out.
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H. G. Kavanaugh, Deputy V. S
Marshall at Anchorage, is returning
on the Alameda.
Robert Hatcher, the Willow creek
mining man. will arrive in Seward on,
the Alameda.
The candle fiah are nxtming strong
nnd experts are grabbing them o'? V
[the hundreds.
t
By Aseodated Pres*
PARIS, Feb., 21— Dr. Alonio Tay
lor, food specialist, returning from a
trip to Germany, said today that the
German government now was the
seme as during the bureaucratic re
gime of the Kaiser's day. This govern
ment, according to Dr. Taylor, does to
represent the forces causing the re
volution and intimates that former
ambassador von Bemstorff, to the
United States, is the head of foreign
affairs and also seems to be taking a
great interest in American affairs.
“The Germans." said Dr. Taylor,
“are afraid to put untried men in gov
ernment service of any kind. The un
employed men in Berlin are paid eight
marks a day , to keep them pacified,
and railway workers and street clean
ers get six marks, which produce n
desire not to work.
“Immoral plays, formerly piohibited
are now permitted and looting is com
mon. The public morale is low, food
situation critical and lack of fuel and
<*aw materials have closed nearly all
the industries."
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THE IRTY
WALLOPERS
By Associated Press
WARSAW, Feb., 21— Members ot
the Inter-Allied commission in Poland,
were fired upon today by the Ukran
ians. The commission was traveling
from Cracow to Lemberg on a Polish
armed train. The delegation includes
an American as one of the members.
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FIGHTING
IN EUROPE
By Associated Prats
COPENHAGEN, Feb., 21— The
Spartacans are bombarding the town
of Rotterop in West Phalia according
to a Muenster dispatch. Assistance is
being sent the defenders.
LONDON, Feb., 21— The Ukran
ians have captured all points between
Przemysl and Grodent west of Lem
berg.
WARSAW, Feb., 21— The Polish
troops hrve occupied Volkovysk, north
ea^t of here, and are holding the line
along the river Nispka, in Lithunia.
The Poles have passed beyond Bialy
stok. The Russian Bolsheviki hold the
town of Olida and a line on the river
Niemen.
Mrs. W . A. Morrison who passed
through Seward several days ago cn
route to Anchorage on her way to Ne
nana, reported at Anchorage that
•nanv valuables In her suitcase wen*
missing.
Master Mechanic Shea is giving the
t'iren at the shops, a home product af
fair, the tests today and it is a shrieky
thing foreboding dismal wails in the
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