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SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1915.
In order to get the principal news into the Gateway yesterday it was
fond necessary to cut down the heads as small us possible without making
the paper look horribly flat, and even then not all the news could be squeezed
in. This is jus: mentioned here as a foundation on which to make the state
ment that head lines in a newspaper have a peculiar psychological effect. J
it is well know n to newspaper people that a story might look unimportant
under a small heading and look very important under a large heading. There
were a hundred stories in yesterday’s Gateway which were virtually lost be
cause they had to go under small headlines. Either one of them was big
enough to claim a large heading if the space were available and under a
big heading would have appealed to the public as more important and inter
esting. This is a strange psychological fact which affects all of us whether
we know it or not.
The resignation of Sir Edward Carson from the British cabinet is prob
ably more disastrous to the Allied cause than the loss of a battle; not because
Carson would in himself be a loss to any cabinet or any country if he were
hanged, but because his defection at this time is sure to give the idea all over
the world that the British have at last lost confidence.
The quitting of Carson, however, probably means nothing else than per
sonal and political hatred of Asquith, Lloyd George and the other members
of the cabinet of the Liberal faith. When Carson was given and when he
accepted a place in the coalition cabinet a month or two ago all the great
Liberal newspapers saw trouble coming, but he was put on by Asquith, no
doubt, so that all parties might be represented. No one in the British Is
lands, judging by the newspaper® from there, ever had the slightest idea
that Carson's selection was an act of wisdom. Only a little more than a year
ago that same Carson was threatening rebellion and secured the aid of some
army officers, which shows, by the way, the miserable conception of discipline
prevailing in the military organization that shortly afterwards had to face
the greatest mi.itary machine on earth. Carson hated a member of the Liber
al government of the time as a rat hates a dog. He had absolutely no sense
of patriotism in his make up. He was for Carson and narrowness, and
country came a poor third. At the head of the government was one of the
most mrilliant and broad individuals in the world of politics—Herbert
Asquith. Under him were men of the splendid type of Lloyd George, the
younger Gladstone, Augustine Birrell, John Morley, John Burns, Winston
Churchill, men who always wanted to do right, knew how to do right and
were determined to do right at whatever cost. In such company as that
Carson should be outlawed. He was unflit, the people evidently believed so, ;
and the action of Carson in stabbing the cabinet in the back now before the j
eyes of the world proves it.
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NEWS NOTES
Charles Dean was a recent arrival
from the Moose Pass, where he has
been with the Hoad Commission. He
will spend the winter at Mile 23 or
i with Hank Salisbury in the Moose
i Pass.
'dev. Cook and Mr. Swanson, of
Valdez, ihot 31 ptarmigan the other
! day l; on the mountain side.
The first skating of the season
took place last Monday on the second
lake, or the small lake on the Laubncr
Addition. A skating party was
I formed last night which went out
there and spent a very pleasam *ime.
Captain Cann of *10 City oi Puebla
has been master of 26 steamers and
16 of them belonged to the Pacific
Coast Steamship Co., the company
owning the Puebla. He has been in
Alaskan waters off and on for the
last 26 years, serving much of his
time up here as Captain of govern
ment boats and light house tenders
, to the westward.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Brownell and
D. C. Brownell, Jr., will leave on the
City of Puebla for San Francisco,
where they will spend the winter and
secure expert medical attention for
D C. Brownell, Sr., who has been
very ill.
Andy Simon, Alex Bolam and
Charles Lean left on the car this
morning for Mile 20. where they will
spend the winter at their camp. They
may leave in a few days on a moose
hunt down the lake.
Charles Clark left for the Dum
framwald mine and Canyon Creek on i
the car this morning to spend a few
days at that place.
Rev. and Mrs. E. H. Molony, of
Valdez, made a short trip out the line
on the car this morning and walked
back.
Martin B. Panning, foreman of the
Road Commission Crew which has ,
been working in the Moose Pass re
turned last night after completing
the work. There remains a little
material and supplies to be brought in ,
from Mile 29 when the work out there
this year will be completed.
The small car left a little late this
morning with two trailers loaded to
the guards with freight.
LON'DON—The war will produce a
higher grade of mental stabdity than
; has been apparent for years, aceonl
j ing to Dr. William Graham, famous
( English alienist.
PARIS—“Swat the fly” has become
I one of the mottoes of the medical
l staff of the French army. Individual
swatting, however, has been supple
! mentod by wholesale scientific swat
■ ting. The methods used do not make
delectable reading for the newspaper
subscribers but are most efficacious
in preserving the health of the army.
AMERICANS AS
FRENCH AIRMEN
By WILLIAM SIMMS
(United Press Stair Correspondent) j
PARIS, Oct. 7.—(By Mail)—After
the war is over the American aerial
legion now enlisted with French
forces “for the period of the war,”
will return to America as the
“Escadrille Americainc” and promote
propaganda for more thoruogh
American aerial defense.
American members of the French
Foreign Aerial Legion already have
! asked the French government to in* j
corporate them into a single aerial
squadron under the leadership of C.
j T. Weymann, dean of the American
fliers and once winner of the Interna
tional Aviation cup.
The squadron's individual ex
j ploits would be recorded under the
collective title of “Escadrille Amen*
i caine.”
These American boys have played
and are playing an important part ir
making, through daring ac-rial r*i««r,
France’s reputation for mastery ©f
t the skies.
Weymann has shot down a Ger
man Taube he caught circling over
' Kheims. Other daring exploits arc to
his credit. He is held in esteem by
the Frnech on an equality with the
! best French aviators.
Eight other Americans, by enlist
ing for “the period of the war” and
undergoing the required training
have already received their licenses.
Eleven more arc just winding up
their probationary period.
The licensed Americans include
! William Thaw, already an under- {
i lieutenant; Norman Prince, Elliot
i
Cowden, Frazier Curtis, James Bach,
Burt Hall, H. G. Guerin and Didler 1
| Masson.
' Aside from the regular training ;
; which they have undergone as pilots
th* y have been given by the French
government all of the special instruc
1 .
tion ncessary.
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❖ WAR ODDITIES ♦
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SHEFFIELD—Over 115,000 second >
hand razors hav’e been collected here
ami 75,000 have been repaired, re-set,
and sent out to the troops.
LONDON—Among ships’ cargoes
; captured by the British were: Hu
man hair, buffalo horns, African and
' Indian curiosities, sausage skins,
j tooth picks ami mouth organs.
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MANCHESTER — The Manchester
postoffice is “manned” by a staff of
women letter sorters and letter car
riers while Manchester park gardens
are “gardened” by women.
i
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ZURICH—According to a state- ;
ment published here eighty per cent j
of students of German universities
are serving in the army.
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IN PROHATE COURT FOR KENAI j
PRECINCT OF THE THIRDDIVI-;
SION OF THE TERRITORY OF 1
ALASKA.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE j
OF No-....
JOHN A. MATHISON.
DECEASED.
NOTICE OF HEARING FOR PROOF ,
• OF WILL AND ISSUANCE OF
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY.
Notice is hereby given that Tues- i
\ day, the ninth day of November, 1915, [
at two o’clock P. M. of said day, and
the court room of the above Court in
the office of the U. S. Commissioner j
for the Kenai Precinct, Third Division i
j
of the Territory of Alaska, at Seward,
Alaska, have been appointed as the
1 time and place for proving the will of
the said John A. Mathison, dcceasod,
and for hearing the application of I
; Charles S. Mathison for the issuance j
to him of Letters Testamentary with !
the will annexed, heretofore filed and
j made in this court
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, M. J.
j Conroy, United States Commissioner j
1 for the Kenai Precinct of the Third
' Division of the Territory of Alaska
and Ex officio Probate Judge for said
i Pr**cinct, has hereunto set his hand
and affixed the seal of said court at
Seward, Alaska, within said precinct,
this 1st day of October, A. D., 1916.
(Seal) M. J. CONROY,
United State* Commissioner and
Ex officio Probate Judge.
The All-Alaska Review
Features in October Number:
Richardson-Wickersham Controversy
Stories of Discoveries in Alaska
The Discovery of Chisana
'Fhe Discovery of Nelchina
The Discovery of Nome
Alaska Gold Mines
By Eminent Engineers
Rise and Fall of Alaska’s Home Railroad
Alaska at the Panama Exposition
Personal News from Every District
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