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SEWARD. ALASKA? SAT! KDA Y, OCTOKKR 2.'.. I' If. _TEN CENTS PER COPY
VOLUME XIIL NUMBER 143. _____;-—
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Sidney Anderson, who has been *n
Se'.'ard lor the past week, will return
t • Anchorage on tomorrow'* train.
Moose members and families \v !l
t l.ioy a dinner tonight at t> o'clock c
the A. Ik Hall, in honor of the .”.'*1
anniv«M>ary of the founding of the ••»■
il« r. :;m| at o'clock the public \ II
he admitted for daneing.
!.. A. drier will he a passenger • >
SoaM le on the Admiral Watson.
Claude Mathi,son says he ha"> hern
handling cider for years and years hut
until he received his own cider mill
and put his own apples through the
grinder, did he know* what cider ua;.
Now he wonders what the other eider
IN made of.
James Murray will be a passenger 10
the states leaving on the Admiral
W’utson.
Judge S. O. Morford and wife will
be passengers for the south ou the
steamer Alameda.
Steamer Northwestern is scheduled
to sail from Seattle tomorrow morning
at 9 o’clock.
The Christian Science society win
hold services tomorrow forenoon at 11
o’clock anti Sunday school at 12:0"*
o’clock.
H S. Br.ltlerston anti I rank ('otter,
with their moose, will arrive in Sew
ard late this afternoon 01 evening, on i
the wtuk train from Mile 2M .
The officers anti men of the l'. S. S.
Saturn will give a smokei at the A. Ik
Hall next Thursday evening at which
the male population of Seward is in
vited.
L. I>. Henderson, commissioner >f I
Education for the Territory, leaves on
the train tomorrow for Anchorage.
Assistant chief engineer Gerig, here
on official business from Anchorage, |
expects t*» return to his headquarters
leaving on tomorrow’s train.
Louise Bell is coming in on a work
train this afternoon from out the line.
Charles Lean anil George Nelson,
who have been out hunting, will coine
to Seward this afternoon or evening
«>n the work train.
ALAMEDA in PORT
Steamer Alameda arrived in port
at 2:.°>0 o’clock this afternoon and will
probably remain in port not longer
than an hour or an hour and a half.
The Alameda made good time south
bound from Anchorage.
W \TSON RXPE41 ED TONIGHT
The steamer Admiral Watson is ex
pected by Agent Wayne Blue to ar
rive in port before midnight although
he had nothing definite at the time of
the Gateway going to press.
BALLAINE GOING 01 T
Frank L. Ballaine leaves on tie*
Alameda for Seattle hut may return
to Seward within the next thirty days.
If he does not he will return to Seward
in the Spring with Mrs. Ballaine and
son Francis.
WILL MANUFACTURE
PAPER FROM WISTE OF
THE COTTON PRODUCTS
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct., 26— Two
mills will be soon erected for the pur
pose of manufacturing papet stock
from the cotton linters.
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All docks in Seward will be turned
back one hour at 2 o'clock Monday
morning. October 27th . This will be
m accordance with the act for the re
peal of the daylight saving law. Of
course ro one in Seward need remain
up until Monday morning until 2 o’
clock just for the purpose o! turning
the hands of the clock hack. Hotter do
the turning Sunday night upon retir
ing, then go to bed and gain that hour
lost last .May when the clocks were
advanced one hour.
Operator in charge Perry, ol the
local cable office, announced this aft
ernoon that he had received instruc
tions t»> turn the clock back at 2 o’
clock Sunday morning and he will fol
low instructions. Those having busi
ness with the cable office tomorrow
will find the office hours at the cable (
office to be from 8 to 9 tomorrow
morning and 4 to 5 in the atternoon,
for what will for one day be railed
Seward time.
By all others changing the clocks
on Monday morning. no confusion
should result. !
CKNKRAI. K K. STRIKK
—
WASHINGTON, Oct., The Am
erican Federation of Labor officials j
<ie' hire a general railroad strike vote
v\ i!i be taken if either house of con
jr 10.“' passes the anti-strike vote will
be taken if either house of congress j
p *j;>es the anti-strike legislation in th *
p tiding railroad bill.
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IS GETTING EXCITING
LONDON. Oct., 25— Railing untie*
Trotsky’s command, the Bolsheviki ha>
savagely attacked the northwestern i
Russian army and parried Yudenitch*.-;,
drive for Petrograd.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 25— The anti
Bolshevikis have captured Trotsky’. ;
staff. Trotsky is reported to have es
caped in an automobile.
LARGE POSTERS ARE
OUT ASKING PEOPLE
FOR A MONARCHY
BUDAPEST. Oct.. 25— The city has
suddenly become placarded with large
posters summoning the pronto, regard
less of race or creed, to rally to the
monarchy and demanding an immedi
ate meeting of th** national assembly
for the purpose of bringing about
monarchy.
The government has just niade
public figures showing that the soviet
rule in Hungary cost th** country l’t.
675.000.000 crowns.
MANY "COUSINS" ARK
CLAIMANTS IN SHARK
OF CALIFORNIA KST VTR
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct.. 25— “Cous
ins” from many cities of the United j
States have filed claims in the super
ior court here tor parts of the $142,‘Mo
estate left by William Geistenberg,
who, witnesses testified, starved him
self to death rather than pay th«* high
prices charged for food. W. Geisen
hot’er a friend of the dead man testi
fied that Geisenberg had mentioned
to him only relatives living in New i
Orleans.
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Grace Ralston, born and raised in i
Fairbanks, and Roy Blair, young min
ing mail, were recently married at
Fairbanks and left for the states on
their honeymoon.
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'COMPLIMENTS
THE SCHOOLS
OF THIS CITY
in LKSTFtC n. HFNDKKS >X
Territorial Commissioner of I'du
cal ion, now visiting in Seward.
The Public School is the biggest and
most important institution in any com
munity.
We. as a people, have within the
past two years had impressed upon us
the truth of the statement, “The
schools make the nation.”
Wo are now realizing as never be
fore the fact that the education of all
the children is not only an obligation
und a necessity hut also that it is *iu
investment which yields real, tangibl'*
returns.
It is emouragmg to observe the in
terest which the school board aiul re si •
• dents of Seward manifest in tie*
school. This interest, together with the
proper degree of cooperation on tin*
part of all interested, should menu
much in the further development of
both the school and the community.
1 find conditions in the school to h'*
very satisfactory. The teachers are
highly competent and the pupils in
terested in their work. The scope of
of the subject matter presented is,
with slight exceptions, as extensive ns .
the present enrollment will, perhaps,
justify. Some slight additions can well
he made to the material equipment.
The school is in need of a gymnas
ium in order that further attention
may he given to physical education.
No school will, in the future, he eon
sidered complete which does not make
as adequate provisions for the physic
al well being of children as for then
mental development. If a gymnasium
proj«n:t could be backed by every or
ganization and individual in the com
munity it would soon become :t reality.
In the past we have prided our
selves on the fact that our schools of
fens! equal opportunities to all.
We now know that they have not j
meet this test. Not all children are :
academic in thought and life. Some j
are eye minded and motor minded.
Too many of these drop out of school
before they have completed the curri
culum. Such pupils would be held in j
school and would secure that training
which is needed in order to fit them
for full citizenship if they could he
permitted to elect vocational courses!
such as manual training, domestic i
science, commercial subjects, etc.
A Small school cannot offer this j
work to the same degree as a large .
one Some attention could, however, !>■•
given to such lines in Seward without
materially increasing tlx- cost of j
school maintenance.
The community affords facilities
for the dental examination and medi
cal inspection— including vision tests
_of children . The school board «
would do well to make some provision
for this matter during the present
year— Statistics prepared -by compe
tent authorities show that m the aver-1
age one hundred pupils of the public
schools we will have approximately
the following percentages of phyaiifd
defects:—
Seriously defective teeth 40 per
cent.
Malnutrition 10 per cent.
Enlarged tonsils or adenoids l.r» per j
cent.
Tuberculosos 10 per cent.
Defective vision 20 per cent
Defective hearing *p> per cent.
Spinal curvature or other hone de
formity 5 per cent. ;
Organic heart disease 2Vi per cent. ;
The nation fell down physically under
the stress of war. Thirty per cent of j
the men examined for entrance .into ;
the army were rejected because of
physical defects of a more or j
less serious nature. The school child* 1
ren of Alaska may be physically more |
perfect than is indicated by the fore- j
going table. However, it would be well [
f.,i us to know the facts before arriv
ing tut such a conclusion.
TKore never has been a time when ,
the educational outlook in both the na- .
tion and the Territory was so encoun* ‘
aging as at present. There is now be i
fore congress what is known as the
Smith— Towner bill, which provides i
for a Secretary of Education in the
President's cabinet and carries an an
nua* appropriation cf $100,000,000 for
co operation with the States in carry
ing out an edmational program. Alas
ka is not yet inclined within the ben
efits of the bi’.l id l hough an effort ;s
being made t., br.rg this about.
In so >’ar a-* the Territory is coo
cevr.ed, there is an interest in educa
tion manifes by people in all walks
of life which is extremely encourag
ing. Various communities are launch
ing movements looking toward the
betterment of the material equipment
of the Schools.
Petersburg and Ketchikan , have ;u
ready taken steps pieparatory to the
erection of new >*.ool buildings. The
Cordova school has expanded to the
e ’tent that tin school board and busi
ness men of the community are con
sidering steps preliminary to tin*
launching of a building project. Fair
banks now has on foot a campaign to
raise funds for the purpose of erect
ing a school gymnasium. Schools
throughout the Territory are devoting
more attention to physical education
and to the addition of vocational train
ing courses to the curriculm. The time
should soon arrive when no parent in
any community will feel that his or
her child can secure better educational
opportunities on the outside than in
Alaska.
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RICHARDSON
SAYS LENINE
RULE ENDING
That Lenine was nearing his end
and that the Russians of the north
like and trust Americans was the
story Gen. YV. P. Richardson, who
went to war from Alaska, told th *
peace conference in Paris. (Jen.
Richardson arrived in New York last
week. Before leaving Paris he gave
an interview to Kenneth Latour, sta'*!
correspondent of the Universal Ser
vice, a newsgathering association, i
which appeared in the San Francisco
Examiner of Sunday, October a, as fol
low’s:
PARIS, Oct., 4— (Special Cabin
Dispatch,)— Brigadier General YV. 1*.
Richardson, formerly American com
mander of the Archangle front, w?»o
has returned from north Russia and
is stopping in Paris to report to the
peace conference, told Universal Ser
vice tonight he thought tin* Lonine
Trotsky regime in Russia was on the
blink of downfall.
Since this means tin* elimination of
the possibility of a German-Bolshe
vik alliance, he said there “is now
no further reason for continuing com
batting intervention by American
troops, who fought on the border 'o
protect the military stores from the j
Bolsheviki, known to be in alliance i
with Germany, who is still officially
an enemy.”
He continued:
“The North Russians trusted us as j
their friends. It was remarkable !
how pouplar t.ie Americans were j
with the Russian girls. Five out of j
fifteen of my headquarters detach- ,
ment are now married to Russian
girls . They asked my consent until
I saw their sweethearts.
“The girls were then presented to 1
me. They were fine women, fair ;
haired and pink cheeked; and came l
fiom good families.
“One girl was much worded about.
loosing her man. She said to me
confidentially:
“It will take a few days to ar- j
range the church ceremony. I hope
my finance won’t be ordered off in
the meantime.”
“I assured her that her man was
safe and would be delivered in good
shape at the altay whereupon she i
thanked me and went away, the
happiest girl in the world.
“The women of Archangel are in-1
dependent and not troubled with false
modesty. When they want to marry ]
a man they are not afraid to ask him. i
Every year is leap year in Archangel.”
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WILSON GAINING
OFFICIAL— Washington, Oct.. ?*>
—President Wilson is slowly gaining
itron^th. He passed u good night.
WASHINGTON. Oct, 25— Senator
Thomas has introduced a resolution
calling upon the President to vindicate
the power and majesty ot the Ameri
can law in the threatened coal strike.
The resolution says the strike would
provoke violence, bloodshed and insur
rection.
President Lewis of the United Mine
Workers and other mine unions has
notified all members to stop work next
Friday night and he says the strike
will last “until the gover nment of the
I United States is able to induce stub
born operators to deal humanely with
the miners.”
COLUMBUS, ()., Oct., 25 The
governor has ordered pratically the en
tiro Ohio National Guard mobolized
riot duty at Canton where it U re
ported rioting has broken out in con
nection with the steel strike.
WASHINGTON, Oct., 2f>— A cabi
net meeting is being held this attoi
noon and it is understood a definite
program stating the government’s at
titude toward the coal strike is to be
made and the program will be placed
before President Wilson.
Private Secretary Tumulty said the
cabinet will be firm. The government,
according to Secretary 'lumulty, is
nut considering control of the mines.
TOKIO, Oct., 2f»— Count Terauch*',
repoed dead last Wednesday, is still
alive. Physicians reported him dead
when he sank in a state of coma. Cam j
phor injections restored him howevei ;
to consciousness. His death was offic-1
iaily pronogneed. The Courts today re
stored the. supposedly dead head of the
army to a “posthumous state."
NEW CONFERENCE MAY
BE FORMED TO CARRY
ON NECESSARY WORK \
WASHINGTON, Oct., 25— Secre
tary Lane has written to President
Wilson supporting the recommenda
tion that the public group of the na
tional industrial conference be insti
tuted immediately to carry on the
work. Secretary Lane said the natio’j
needed the conference, composed ol
sane men acting without bitterness to .
form a new council of the National
defense against a civil war which som
think they see. Secretary Lane said
further the conference died at its birth
because the questions brought before
it were to large to be handled.
REJECT NOMINATION
WASHINGTON, Oct, 25— The Sen
ate banking committee has rejected
the nomination of John Skeleton Wil
liams as comptroller of the currency.
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WASHINGTON. Oct.. 25— The
State Department has sent President
Carranza a demand that the Mexican
government effect the release of .Am
erican consular agent Jenkins, un
harmed, although Mexico must pay
the $150,000 ransom the bandits have
demanded for the safe return of Jen
kins. Myers, of Montana, today intro
duced a resolution asking President
Wilson to use all America’s armed
forces in securing Jenkin’s release.
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HISSED
FIUME, Oct., 2The American
flag was hissed last night by an audi
ence at a theatre and the people crie l
“Down with the American” and fur
ther hissing was engaged in.
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WANT MRS. ASTOR TO RUN
Plymouth, Eng., Oct., 25— Conserva
tives have asked Viscountess Astor to
become coalition candidate to succeed
her husband as Members of the House
of Commons. The viscountess was
formerly Mrs. Nannie Langhorne
Shaw, of Virginia, U. S. A.
NAVY TO SELL SUGAK
WASHINGTON, Oct, 2f>— Secretary
Daniels said today the navy depart
ment is to sell 3,000,000 pounds of su
gar to hospitals and navy employees to
help relieve the present shortage .
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