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LUCAS IS
PROMOTED
AS BANKER
Erich Lucas is now Vice-President
and cashier of the Harriman Nations.
Bank of Alaska, at Seward and Ga >
ton Hardy, formerly Vice-President, is
President. The promotions were made
at a special meeting of the Board ot
Directors of the Harriman Nation ’•
Bank of Alaska. Mr. Hardy will not
return to Alaska but will make hib
residence in New York City. Mr. Lu
cas will have entire charge of the
bank’s affairs in Seward and also be
comes manag r of the Harrman R a.
ty & Development Company.
Mr. Lucas, by ms promotion, is pet
haps the youngest banker in Alaska
and has won his present position by
hard work, starting in at the bottom
and going through all the importan*
positions in a bank. Mr. Lucas was
cashier of a middle west bank at th-*
age of 21 years , latter went t* New
York City and previous to coming to
Seward had been for two years wi*h
the Harriman National Bank in the
metropolis. Mr. Lucas now holds the
dual position of Vive-President and
cashier having been cashier s»nc*' t1'
local bank was established here in
1915.
Mr. Gaston Hardv established th*'
Harriman Nat;ona! Bank of Ala ka in
Seward in 19*5, Mr. Lucas also com
ing north wifh Mr. Hardv from New
York City. At first the bank was lo
cated in the store room now occupied
by Borgens dry goods Departmor.*■
Upon arrival here, the corner of Fifth
avenue and Adams was purchased an t
a contract let for the splendid two
story reinforced concrete building now
on that corner. The occupancy of the
present building took place in 1916.
Previous to com ng to Seward M *.
Hardy was a dealer in government
bonds in New York City, a member of
the Stock Exchange and well known
in all financial circles. Mr. Hardy
went east about two months ago.
With the changes in the local bank
as given above, the bank’s officer
now are:—
In New York: Gaston Hardy Presi
dent; John A. Noble, Vice President;
and H. B. Wesselman, Vice President.
In Seward: Erich Lucas, Vice Presi
dent and cashier; Luke B. Spencer,
Ass’t Cashier.
The Directors of the Bank are:—
Joseph W. Harriman, Gaston Hardy.
Hugh Dougherty, Gustav W. Borgan
and Erich Lucas.
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George W. Glass, mining man of
the Knik district, arrival on the Ad
miral Farragut, is at the Hotel Sew
•pj
Rt Associated Prea*
WASHINGTON, March 2G— T!e.
Navy Department announces that a
commission of three naval officers, a
mining engineer and a geologist will
be sent to Alaska and ^>lan the deve
opment of the Matanuska coal field.-*.
The preliminary investigation d
termined by the Navy Department
will center efforts in the Matanuska
field to secure a supply of navy fue'.
The special commission will leav
Bremerton next Tuesday, April 1st.
Sumner Smith, at present superin
tendont of mining in the Matanusk;
and other nearby fields and Theodor*
Chapin, h™’ at Anchorage, geologi r
Alaskan Engineering Commi*
sion, will be the civilian commission
ors.
One million dollars for develop
ment of the coal fields will be con
sidered again by the new congress ac
cording to announcement here today
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FRENCH ARE
IN TROUBLE
LONDON, March 26— Secretary "*f
.’a'1 Churchill, discussing the Russian
tuation today in the House of Com
mons, said that for the last two or
hree months events in Ukraine had
S en extremely disastrous for the
French who had entered from tne
outh and went some distance from |
he coa t to meet a superior force. Th
French encountered hostility from thal
eoyde, said Mr. Churchill.
Today the French and British are
*«f rd n^ Odessa against Bolsheviki j
'tael's. The Bolsheviki forces ar< |
threatening to invade Rumania.
HOME IN
TRIUMPH
NEW YORK, March 26— Major
General Oryans and the twenty fif'h
Division, formerly the New York Mil
itiamen, those who broke the Hinden
tmrg line, marched triumphantly down
Fifth Avenue todiry before one million
cheering spectators.
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W. W. Wade and wife are at the
Overland . Mr. Wade has just been
discharged from the army at. Fort Lis
cum.
A. Sessions and J. W. Galloway,
♦he operating Department of the
A. E. C.f at Anchorage, arrived on the
Admiral Farragut and arc at the Ho
♦«1 ^e'^rd.
Hans Simonsen, who has been at the
T^na^c* Hot Springs- for several mon
ths. is at. the Hot*! Seward having re
turned home on the Farrafut*
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In spite of the assertions sent out
from Anchorage that Cook Inlet is
clear of ice and open for navigation,
two unsuccessful attempts have been
made by the navy tug Oneonta, in
command of Capt. Christiansen.
reach Anchorage with the Alaska El
gin 'ering Commission's barge Law
rence . Two weeks ago word was sent
from Anchorage that Cook Inlet was
dear for the navigation of steamers
and efforts were also made by An
horage officials to induce the steam
hip Companies to make early rout
;ngs to Anchorage. The Seattle offic
als of the transportation lines refus
'd to “fall", and with the exception of ,
a small gas boat, no craft has reached
Vnrhorage yet.
The Oneonta made one attempt to
•each Anchorage but encount^r-'d
’hick ice off Ninilchik. The tug tow. d
the barge Lawrence back to Seldoviu.
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then came to Seward. Seven days ago
the tug again went to Scldovia, pick
ed up v Lawrence and started
through “open navigation on Cook In
let.”
Three days ago the tug reached
Fire Island. For forty eight hours the
tug and tow battled with the ice.
“It couldn’t be done/’ and Capt.
Christanson, knowing that he would
be responsible to the Navy Depart
ment if he lost his craft, struggled
out through the ice again and went to
Seldovia. The barge Lawrence is again
tied up at the lower Cook Inlet city
and the navy tug will return to Scat
tie, a; unnecessary expenses are ac
cumulating on account of a mistate
ment of facts regarding “open naviga
tion” on Cook Inlet.
Oneonta returned to Seward last
night at 10 o’clock and was to sail f>.
Seattle early this afternoon.
PEACE IS
INSIGHT
WASHINGTON, March 26— A me
ape from the American delegation i
'aris to the White House says th.\
Treater progress towards peace is b
ng made than appears on the surfa
>ut no details are given.
DISCUSS UPHEAVALS
PARIS, March 26— President W:
an and Premiers Lloyd George, Clen
nef au and Orlando are meeting
ril on’s study in the Paris Whii*
lou e trying to clear up the gre*
"e :>ns which are obstructing th
ompl^tion of the peace treaty. Differ
nces of opinion arc being discusse
‘T.r’cl;/. Several hours have been ta\
ro with a discussion of the Germa:
•'‘parations and the Hungarian up
heaval.
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LADIES AID MEETS
The ladies Aid Society of the M E t
Tui ch will meet Thursday afternoor j
it 2 o’clock in the Sunday school ’
•oorv*. of the Church. Any of the Lad* |
es 'wiring to help with this gootj
•or’*, are cordially invited to meet to* j
noi rov with the members.
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TRAIN OUT FRIDAY
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TVre will be a train out for the
ior*h end Friday forenoon. Passeng*
rs for Anchorage, arriving on the
Vdirhal Farragut yesterday, will
’nav*' on the train with the mail and
express.
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ALBERS GETS 2 YEARS
PORTLAND, Or., March 2A— T.!
Tor y Albers, the miller, convicted ef
ed:r*>us utterances during the wa'* |
Viu f entenced to serve three years In
ho f-deral penitentiary at McNeil’0
slnd. Washington, and to pay fine of
^lO.'^O. Albers is a man of great
veahh and is a German.
ri PORTED ASSASSINATED
HERNE, March 26— An unconfirm
ed i mport has be*n received here that
fo n,A~ Premier Karolyi, of Hungary,
has hren assassinated.
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Mrs. F. Courtland, hotel keeper at
Talkeotna, is at the Hotel Seward
^avio" arrived on the Admiral Fnrra
<nit. Mrs. Courtland has been visiting
her *on who has been ill in the navy
hospital at Mara Island.
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• FOR TERRITORY TO
• RUN BOATS TO ALASKA '
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• --
• Just before the Gateway went
* to press this afternoon a dispatch
was received from Juneau stating
| that Gov. Riggs sent a'special
message to the legislature today
urging that the territory enter
the steamship business. The full
dispatch will be printed tomorrow.
FAKES OAT!!
TO YIELD
LAND
BERLIN, March 26— ‘‘I take so!
mn oath that the government will no
unender one inch of German tern
ory either east or west-” This v a
he statement made by Dr. Schiffei
’bunco Minister, addressing a grea
ro d in front of the Chancellor’s pm
ice last Sunday.
BERLIN March 2G— The Germa
government is to submit to the Na
:onal Assembly a proposal for incor
orating the Soviet system in legisla
ion in an effort to establish a thre<
•hamber governing organization.
ALLIES ARE
FORCING
FIGHT
!
WITH THE ALLIES IN NORTI
RUSSIA, March 2G— The Bolshevik
forces are entrenched being reinforc
-d both by artillery and infantry a*
Boi shift and Ozera against nn expected
Allied attack.
Yesterday the American and Brit
ish forces attacked from the west sid
of the village but were unable to make
headway because of the strong Bol
sheviki defense. Other sectors ar
quiet but developments are expected
U. S. Assistant district attorney J
C. Murphy, who has been stopping a
the Hotel Sexton, left for Seldovia or
th* Admiral Farragut.
t, Associated i’reit*
SEATTLE, March 26— The Po. t
ntelligencer, in a Washington, D.C.,
;pccial dir patch says that James
Wickersham sent Secretary of the In
terior Franklin K. Lane a voluminous
letter virtually demanding Lane’s
vithdrawal from the management or
uc A^a ka government rad road.
James Wickersham, in the letter,
’er’arod that Lane’s adminstration
va-» a failure through incompetence’
rn l petty political partisianship.
Viokersham charges a waste and mi •*
res of the funds, levying of unjust
at os on the completed portions of the
•rreroment railroad and also charges
aue with a*sirt;ng the Guggenheims
n imposing unreasonable charges
•gain *t Alaska Shipper’s.
Wickersham also charged that Go'’
diggs, formerly a member of the
Maskan Engineering Commission,
•a* not a railroad man and his ap
'ointment to the commission was
nade on account of social and political
ea-ons.
The f’i*st installment of Wicker
ham’s letter in today’s Port Inteld
▼oncor was four columns in length.
In concluding the first instalment.
Tr. Wickersham says “Elaborate ter
minals were completed at Nenana but
nly three miles of the mainline " a
"lilt at Nenana during four years;
md part of this line was abandoned
ccovnt of floods.’’
La t Saturday, The Cordova Time ;;
ndcr a seven column headline “(?
'ames Wickersham Responsible?”
ublidied a ten column story setting
orth “some of the aiguments which
nay have been responsible for failure
o provide funds to continue construc
ion” of the government railroad in
Vlaslca. The Cordova Times intimates
hat James Wickersham was alone rc
pon^iblc for the failure of the fi'v
just ring Senators to act upon the
tppi opriation bill for the railroad.
The Times article is a long one and
hat newspaper prints part of the let
cr Wickersham wrote to Secretary
,ano. While the Times attacks Wick
rsham as the chief party causing
he blocking of the appropriation
nuch of the article centers around the
.ttnck upon the Guggenheims.
The Times says: “in concluding his
2mcrkable letter to Secretary Lane,
am as Wickersham says:
In conclusion, the facts seem to
u€tlfy me in repeating to you:
(1) That your administration ji
he government railroad in Alaska has
>eci: a failure through your incompe
ency and petty political partisanship.
(2) That you have wasted and mis
tsod the funds appropriated for con
duction of railroad, and you are now
eady or may be obliged to abandon
he enterprise in a disjointed condi
tion, so that it is useless as a through
ine railroad as contemplated by con
fess in the railroad act, unless that
body shall make further large pp*' ^
wiations and grant further authoriza
tions.
(3) That you have levied and fix'd
unjust and unreasonable rate ove
’
| tho short completed portions of the
road , so high as to be burdensome on
settlers and miners, and such as to
prevent settlement and development
a’ong the line.
(4) That you have aided and assist
ed the Ala ka Syndicate transporta
tion corporations and those connected
with them in unjustly boosting their
xccssive freight rates on Alaska
hippers , and especially over the gov
ernment railroad, thereby driving pop
u’ation out of the region along the
road.
(5) That you have uniformly failed
land refused to assist in securing re
l’ef from unjust and unreasonable
rates imposed on Alaska shippers by
the A’aska Steamship Company and
^ those a sociated with it. when it was
•our duty as administrator of govern
ment owner hip and operation of Alas
ka transportation, and when it was
within your power and duty to give
such assistance.
(6) That you have approved thm>
unjust and unreasonable rate control
of the ternrnal of the government
railroad, and compelled the shippers
on the railroad to pay the same on
your railroad waybills as advanced bv
M e government railroad and collected
>n local waybills at the rail delivery.
(7) That you have drawn the Alas
kan Engineering Commission and the
mployes of the road into party par
ti an politics, to the great injury of
the ra lroad fund, and when they have
committed crimes against the con
gressional election laws you have ao*
proved and condoned their offenses
and advanced some of the worst of
fenders to the highest offices in the
territory.
(8) You have so mi managed the
admiri trat on of the Alaska coaMeas
**\g ’aw in the R 'ring River coal field
as to give the Alaska Syndicate it*
’ong desired nionoply of that field,
with unlimited control over the selling
pr"ce of coal over the Matanuska
b anch of the government railroad.
(0) You have also leased a strate
gic control over the Matanuska coal
field to another great corporation,
with a practical control of transporta
tion of its coal over the Matanuska
branch of the government railroad.
(10) In short , your administration
of these great trusts, under and in
the name of the President of the Unit
ed States, is more than a failure. It
ij a positive injury to the develop
ment of Alaska— it is just what con
gress attempted not to do.
I am informed you have made some
suggestion of placing Mr. John E.
iia lainc of Seattle in charge of som*-;
of the activities of this road. While
it may be conceded that he is a gooel
citizen and familiar with local condi
tions at Seward, where he is a large
property holder, he is not a practical
rail, oad man and ought not to have
any official connection with the man
g ment of this road.
Finally, in my judgement there is
no remedy for bringing success to the
"nterpri.-e or which can save it from
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