PACIFIC COAST SAFE, SAYS TOKYO
(By United States Cab!*)
SAN FRANCISCO, Monday, April 16.--A cable from
Tokyo newspapers says the Japanese admiralty has an
nounced that:
“The Pacific coast of the United States is safe from
the depredations of any enemy by the protection of the
Japanese navy.” '
WILL RECRUIT 100,000 IN 14 DAYS
(lty United States Cable)
WASHINGTON, Monday, April 16. — Secretary
Ihmiels announced today that he expects to recruit one
hundred thousand men for the navy before May first.
DIG TRENCHES ON MEXICAN BORDER
(By United State# Cable)
EL PASO. April 1G.—Soldiers have begun the digging
c,f trenches near the outskirts of this city and are planting
machine guns.
ROOSEVELT'S SON JOINS AVIATORS
(By United State# Cable)
MONTREAL. Monday, April 1G.—Quentin Roosevelt,
>on of Colonel Roosevelt, has joined the Canadian avia
tion corps, to obtain instruction for service with the
American army at the European front. •
FOOD MARKETING
IS SUBJECT OF
CAMPUS MEETING
I'NIYKRSITY OF WASHINGTON.
April.—A convention of foodstuff
dealers and economists will be held
on the university campus the middle
of May to discuss the marketing and
distribution of food products. I>r. Ed
win A. Strut, director of the extension
division of the university, will have
charge of the conference.
The session will extend over a pe
riod of several days and will consider
from all possible angles the problems
involved in selling anti marekting.
l no comnmiee on arrangement* i*
composed of: Henry K. Benson, pro
fessor of industrial chemistry; E. F.
I>ahm, instructor in commerce in the1
extension division; Herman A.
Itrauer, director of the university
bureau of municipal and legislative
research; Burt Kirkland, associate
professor of forestry, and Edwin A.
Start.
A steam shovel and two locomotives
are operating at capacity spee<l, mak
ing cuts around the vicinity of Mile 9.
TUCKER IS TAKEN
TO HOSPITAL FOR
SURGICAL CARE
K. H. Tucker, who has resided in
Seward for the past year and a half,
and been employed at various times
by the commission and city, was taken
to the hospital early this morning in
a delirious condition. His illness is
due to the presence of an abscess in
his ear which has caused him consider
able trouble and pain during the past
year. Although his ailment is in need
of surgical attention, Tucker has post
poned from time to time the under
going of an operation.
About two months ago Tucker
rendered unconscious quite suddenly
while on the street and was taken to
the hospital for treatment, where he
remained but a short time. Tucker’s
condition is considered so serious now,
that further postponement of surgical
attention is liable to prove very dan
gerous, so the operation is being; per
formed this afternoon.
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Stamp* for *ale at Th« Key.
Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
SEATTLE
Invite you to send to them for such items in FURNI- I
TI KE and DRV GOODS as cannot be readily sup
plied by the merchants in your community.
I All such orders received by FREDERICK
A- NELSON receive the prompt, personal
attention of an expert shopper and Parcel
Post shipments are sent POSTAGE PAID
to any point in Alaska.
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NOTE: Inquiries for information relative to the New Spring Linos
of Dry Goods, Apparel and Accessories Will Be Given Prompt
Attention.
Ladysmith Smelting Corporation, Ltd.
Buyers and Smelters of Copper,
Gold and Silver Ores.
WORKS: OFFICES:
On Tidewater 304-508 Belmont Building,
Vancouver Island Victoria, B. C.
INVENTOR. ONCE
NOTED, IS NOW
! IN POORHOUSE
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James W. Paige, inventor of “one
of the most remarkable pieces of me
chanism ever put together,” is today
in the Cook County poorhouse at Oak
Forest. Twenty-five years ago he was
owner of the Paige compositor plant
in Chicago, for the making of type
setting machines. Upward of *2,
000,000 was invested in the plant.
Paige was reputed to be w'orth $),
500,000 himself. Mark Twain was
one of the investors.
In the panic of 1893 Mr. Paige lost
his money. His great invention, al
though a mechanical marvel, proved
impractical in the state to which it
had been brought and needed further
development which never came. Marl
Twain, who lost a large sum by the
smash, went on a lecture tour around
the world in order to pay his debts.
Mr. Paige “disappeared.”
Paige’s name w’as written into the
Encyclopedia Brittanica and of his
work, it was said, “one of the most
remarkable pieces of mechanism ever
put together.”
Keeps His Air of Dignity
An old man with white hair and a
still rugged face, an old man with the
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air of the “great Paige compositor”
still about him, came into the office of
John Welch, the farm superintendent
at Oak Forest. The old man walked
firmly. He wore the “uniform” of the
! poorhouse, the discarded black coat
buttoned at the throat with a safety
pin, the sweater and the heavy soggy
shoes. His hands trembled somew'hat,
his voice was eager. His eyes, un
filmed by age, still shone brightly
forth. It was Paige. He sat ip
straight in his chair as he used to sit
at a meeting of the board of the
“great Page compositor.”
“I am working,” he said. “I am at
work upon a great thing. It will
revolutionize industry and make life
easier for the poor. It will reduce the
cost of light and transportation and
; everything that is run by electricity.
! But don’t give it out yet. There are
still years of wTork necessary. I work
ed tw’enty-one years inventing the
great Paige compositor. In a few
years I will have perfected the great
Paige-”
'loo Soon lo rell About It
The eager old man removed the bat
; tered slouch hat from his head and
sighed.
“No, l mustn’t tell it yet. I would
j like to, but it is not wise. Business
before everything. How long? Oh, I
have been here for some time, work
ing all the while. Yes, I have a son.
He is alive, 1 believe."
There was more talk and then the
bell rang for supper. Mr. Paige arose,
anparently refreshed. A smile li.t up
his face and he straightened his little
w’hite beard. He replaced his hat and
started for the dining-room.
The corridors were lined with old
j men, w'ho wfalked with their eyes low
! ered, who muttered and shivered and
I stared blankly at each other. Paige,
j “ward of the county," passed them
briskly, oblivious to them and with the
eyes of a man wrapped in dreams.
He, too, was muttering. The words
were: “Revolutionize the whole in
dustry by the great Paige."
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j Proof of labor blanks for sale at
I
| Gateway.
Proof of labor blanks for sale at
Gateway.
Remodeling of ladies’ and gents’
clothes, by a tailor, a specialty, next
to Alaska S. S. office. tf
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Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
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Seward Steam laundry
HARRY KAWABE, Prop.
Fifth Avenue Phone Main 157
Best of Work—Latest Machinery
Work Delivered in 24 hours
Extra Charge
Hough Dry 10c a pound with flat
work finish.
Cleaning and Pressing
Cake Won’t
Fall
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When you
make it with
Crescent Baking
Hut it will come
out “light as a
feather” even un
der adverse
conditions.
25c. lb. can
At all grocers.
CRESCENT MFC. CO.
Seattle, Wash.
AMERICAN DYES
UNSATISFACTORY
Though the European war no long
er holds the attention of managers,
actors, and playwrights, it is a sub
ject of great interest on the part of
chorus girls. They are demanding its |
immediate termination on the com
plant that it is bringing them deep
humiliation. It seems that owing to
the lack of German dyes in this coun
try, the members of the merry-merry,
have been compelled to rely upon;
tights tinted with American dyes,
with the result that their stage ap
pearances have often proved ridicul
ous.
Listen to this complaint from a
Baltimore correspondent:
“Thirty or more chorus girls are
exhausting their vocabularies upon
the war because it has forced them to
don tights tinted with American dyes.
During the rehearsal of a new show
at the Palace theatre the other night
they made their first appearance in j
American dyed tights, and little did
they expect what awaited them and',
all went well until the girls began to
dance and get warm and then they
noticed that the tights faded in spots.
After the rehearsal the tights were
removed with difficulty, and the girls
i
found that, while the tights had as
sumed a faded appearance, their limbs
were dyed a bright shade of pink.”
BIG INCREASE IN
USE OF PETROLEUM
ON U. S. RAILROADS
A decided increase in the use of
petroieum as locomotive fuel by the
railroads of the United States in 1916
is shown by statistics compiled under
the supervision of John I). Northrop
and just published by the United
States geological survey, department
of the interior.
Reports submitted by 53 railroad
companies, comprising all that oper-1
ate oil-burning locomotives in the
United States, show' that the quantity,
of oil fuel so consumed last year w’as
42,126,417 barrels, a gain of 5,477,951
barrels, or 15 per cent, over the con
sumption in 1915.
This increase show’s the steady ex-i
pansion in the United States of the
market for low'-grade petroleum from
Mexico rather than any appreciable
increase in the use as fuel of low*
gravity crude oils from domestic |
sources, whose value for refining is
just beginning to be recognized.
The total distance covered by oil
burning engines in 1916 was 140,434,
566 miles, and the average distance
covered per barrel of fuel consumed
was 3.33 miles. Oil-burning locomo
tives were operated in 1916 over 31,
980 miles of track in 21 states.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATOR
Notice is hereby given that Bank |
0
of Seward has been duly appointed 1
administrator of the estate of Flor
ence Foote, deceased. All persons
having claims against the estate of
the said Florence Foote are hereby
notified to present said claims, with
the proper vouchers attached, to said
Bank of Seward at its place of busi
ness, in the town of Seward, in Kenai
Precinct, Third Division of the Terri
tory of Alaska, within- six months
from the date of this notice.
Dated this 10th day of April, A. D.
1917.
BANK OF SEWARD,
H. S. Balderston, Cashier.
April 10-30 '
Ladies' and gents' clothes cleaned
and pressed and repaired; next to Al
aska S. S. office.*. tf
Andy’s fcxpress, phone Madison 143.
THE KEY
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HOT and COLD
DRINKS
THEKEY
PHONE MATH ISON 115
HENRY FATHERS
EXCLUSIVE
Paint and Wall Paper Store
Picture Ei'uining, Pnlntintt, Tin
and Papcrhunifint;
Broadway Bakery and Coffee House
„ and the Be^st Coffee in the City.
Cakes, Pies, Cookies, Doughnuts
Hot Bread 11 A. M. Every Day
I). C. BRYANT
Taxidermist - Tanner - Rugmaker
25 years practical experience
Animals, Heads, Birds, Fish set up
naturally and artistically
2132 Westlake Ave. Seattle
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The RAINIER BUFFET
Ashland Block, corner of
Broadway and Railroad Ave.
WINES, LIQUORS,
CIGARS, ETC.
The House of Good Service.
Quality Goods Our Motto.
For a Good Haircut go to
JUNTE
Broadway Near Adams
TRADE AT
THE BAZAAR
5c to 25c Variety Store
and over
Almost Seattle Prices
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JOE RENO
MILE 75 ROADHOUSE
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
GIRDWOOD
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Everything for Dog Mushers
and Travelers
: Best Roadhouse on the Line
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Seward
• | 1 Geo. A Mitchell
\Jfri 1 I Proprietor
Open Day and Nisrlir
Phone Adam* I lf>
Service Cleanliness
Private 11ox«m for or Parti***
CARGO OF
LUMBER
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Leaves Seattle March 3o
on Freighter Valdez, for
!, BROSIUS & NOON
DEAI.KHM IN
LUMBER-HARDWARE
SEWARO
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Hotel Seward
Zbinden Bros. Prop.
Comfort and Hospitality at
Moderate Coat.
511 Third Ave. Seattle Wa*h.
ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia, Alaska
First-class merchandise at rea
sonable prices, prompt service.
Courtesy Food Service
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
THE ADMIRAL LINE
f Admiral Evans, April 17
SAILINGS I Admiral Farragut, April 25
FROM SEATTLE: | Admiral Watson, May 3
^ All boats go to Anchorage.
Admiral Farragut, sailing April 25, goes to Kodiak.
Through Tickets to Eastern Points at Reduced Rates.
For full information on sailings from Seattle to San Francisco, ad
dress Wayne Blue, Agent, Seward, Alaska.
HOTEL OVERLAP
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - - * ALASKA
H. v. Horen a. F. Davis
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBEN, Manager
Coal, Wood and Ice
ft*
General Transferrin#. F’hones, Main 17 and 41
The Seward News Company
GEORGE PHELPS
Booksellers, Newsdealers and Stationers
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CAFE-ROOMS I ||L I A I ill |" Sh*rm,,n
Pool and Billiard. | _— | fll_rl\/L Freprtatar
Best Liquors and Cigars
j-y—
Lunch Counter in Connection