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The Alaska Weekly Poat
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GATEWAY (M HI ASHING COMPANY. (Inc.)
ELMER V. FRIEND. EDITOR \ND GENERAL MANAGER
Harry V. Hobrn. President , Frank L. Ballainc, Sec.
t.t.r^ •• aee«md-cla.a matter September t. 1915. at the Poat n®ce at Seward. AUaka
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and also the local newa published herein.
TROOPS ON THE
MEXICAN FRONT
GIVEN PRAISE
WASHINGTON. Sept.. f»-- Offi
cial detailed reports <*n tin* reeen:
punitive expedition into Juarez t>>
drive out Villa troops, w 1 en the Ual’« *
th**»e threatened lives of Americans in
K1 Paso, tfivo especial praise t«> the
work of both the artillery and tbe »a\
al» v.
>* said that >ome of the achieve
!•», Tv - of Second battalion of the vjno
field artillery under command of Lieu
tenant Go'one! H. L. New bold wore as
spectacular as any in the ifreat \va»
when the small nattro o' the entrap
mentis taken into considers*ion.
Th*‘ . ports s:»y ( olonol .Newt** il
had his m«*n and tuns in >«* chxoh ** •
hin i tho skirmish line that ♦hev we* *
ivaily to f o before the infantry had
mad*' * .a*;, t. an*! the instant the com
mand of fire was jriven. the sh*apn**l
hetran sw«*epinj? tho fence co’neis an!
j?ran*l stand of t*.* race track, whe* *
the Villa troops were, exact’y on tin*
target.
t'olom \e\vbold*s batteries •.?*»♦ **ff
>ixty -foil round* with sneh sn«*ed an i
accuracy that ohs**rvers report the ac
tion l:ke a performance o<* th»* piiz<*
j?un t* an>s in France which made no***
records w ith the French 7«Vs. When
the infantry dvanced. every point or
vantage around the M* vican positions
was found riddled v. itIt steel bullet s.
The cavalry comes in for a fu'i
measu e of nai> r *r its rapid ru**v* -
ment to cut off the ma;,i reb*l body
while per fort am*** of the * ngim ers
throw in#? a* oss the Kio f*ran*le in le^ s
than an hou*. a pontoon bridge capab! *
4**’ boarin#? the heaviest equipment i
reported as having set to w records in
Where
Recently thoroughly Renovated.
-\\ E It \MH.K ONLY FIRST CLASS
GOODS"
“WE CNDERSTAND HOW TO
PREPARE THEM"
Cleanliness and Courtesy
IS OCR MOTTO.
PRIVATE DINING ROOM
FOR LADIES
Charles Cameron — John C. Gaffne)
eat fish and other
SE \ PRODUCTS.
i know how’ to cook them and cai
prepare fish as you
want it served.
BRANCH
GRILL
JOHN S PLACE
that line.
•*The "doughboys" of the infantry
of course come in for their usual share
of praise which is in no way dimmed
by the mention of the success of the
engineers, cavalry and artillery.
IIOKKIHI.K VOOHOOlSM KITH
|‘K UTK Kl> HY WOKSHUTKKS
H AVAN AN. Cuba. Sept., <i— With
tie* recent sudden outbreak ot canni
halistic practices hy Voodoo worship*
i> >. w hich have resulted in the deaths
of at h ast three innocent children and
a halt* dozen of the Voodoos, the 'at •
h» the application ot "lynch law
for the first time in this country *
his’.ory, fatheis and mothers are liv~
ii:<j in constant tear that their litthj
ours mav he spirited away by the sup
e -sMt'ous negroes to he offered un *n
sacrifice to “Chango," the god o!' the
-i: r jos.** as they an* called ii tb *
CasMIlian language.
p (» Voodoos are divided into va'i
ou< sects, each with its separate god.
Tie* latter include “ttahaguoye.’’ ged
of sickness: “Kcleciia,’ god ot injury:
"Olorrun.” god of misery and **t luiu
1-0.’* the terrible god to whom human
sac» if ices are made.
‘•Chango.’* accoiding to the \ ood< *
Mi. f. was the son of Olorrun ar l
Anaragua. lie was slain hy Klecii ’.
t;o **god of injury.“ and ascended
irito 1 oaven from a t eiha. or god-tre
in the month of May. It is in
month of May therefore, that th »
“l’.ruios” observe their holy week,
when Chango is expected to make a
weekly visit to the earth, discending
J*v the Ceiha. his sacred tree, alwaj s
on Monday.
The followers of F.lecna do not
iPrertty offer human sacrifices. n»
• hough their healers sacrifice tin*
lives of some pat'ents hy giving
them poisonous concoctions, suppos
edly a mysterious cue for some ail
ment. in old**** to* restore health to
some other patient. Klecua. Icing
*he “god of injury’', his followers be
hove tha* good can come to one per
son only through injury to another.
Voodooism is not practiced hy the
negroes alone. Many wl ite persons
, etl> take part in
their religious meetings, and accussa
tioas have been heard in various
quarters of the difficulties encount
ered hy officers seeking to break
JUST RECEIVED !
New stock of Batteries for 1
EVEUEADV Flashlights i
\
Fresh supply of AUGUS
TINE & KYER’S Candy.
NUT HOUSE NUTS
New Book—
The Recreation of Brian
Kent By Harold Bell Wright
SEWARD DRUG GO.
The Kexnll Store.
up tl\l: temples because ot tne ob
sta iOS p.aced in their way by pel
st ns of Influence.
An active campaign by the authoi*
S ities in Havana and other parts of the
island have resulted n the capture of
j nu norous “Urujos” and the seizure or
I nun. * curious and weird objects usetl
[ by them. •
_ - mV- - — —
! NOKWKtilAN LAIJOK
sim.ittim; into (itfons
LONDON. Sept., 0 - There h; -
|„ (n a split in the Norwegian lab »*
party a ft i t its decision to alVbia r
v ilii the .Moscow inti nuiiioiiul g o'lji.
according to information r ‘chived
hen*. A new democratic group c impo>
ed of moderates and hended by .Mr.
Ihien. president of the Slarthing ha
h eii 'ornted in opposition jo the p u v.
The hihot movement :n \oiwa\ i <
organized somewhat on the lines oi
the Uritish movement. There is a
♦ ,nle union organization including a I
the ship d unions, with a total mom*
h rship of about lOX,000. 'l'his guards
the economic interests of tlu* vorheis.
Pure'y political questions an* dealt
v th by the Socialist party or No
wegian labor party, which, it is stated,
has a paying membership ol Pl.iKid
members.
I \ki I • GR \PE > IXEY \RI>
i\ WORM) IS ( OM'ERTKI)
INTO A I'RUT l; VMM
- ORTAUIO. Cal.. SVpl . 0— W>:tt
is claimed to be the largest vie van;
in the 'V(/,0d. own* 1 h\ Segundo thun
ti. .Tr.. of Los Angelos and located
few miles no th ol here, has h*vn con
vert* d ln*o a fruit ranch. I In* 'n(H)
aero tract cr 1: nd will he ivrig ’ d in 1
set ont to wa’n"t and fvtiit trees, nc
coning to Mr. (hiasti who recent L*
announced the completion of the sink
»ng o? four wells oil the idpch and
the construction of a reservoir with i
capacity of 1" 000 000 gallons..
Afore fhan a year ago. in anticipa
tion of prohibition, trees were set o
among the wine grapes, on the land.
Now these grapes are being la’ .*n oir
entirely. a
FORKHiN WOMEN OF
HONOLULU \KR NOW
KKINti AMKRK'AMZKI*
HONOLULU, T. H., Sept., f>— The
THE KEY
CARLTON CLUE
NEWEST and Best
Smoking Tobacco.
For pipe or cigarette
work of Americanizing tin* foreign
women of Honolulu lias been undei
taken by the Y. M. C. A.
and < lasses in English, sewing and
domestic are being organized. Kilipin »
women are attending the classes ir
la go mimic * s and Japan* se, Chines*?
and Koreans a v also taking up the
work. The Y. M. C. A. far some time
past has be-»n doing similiar work for
tin* foreign men.
■
SENSATIONAL KCMOIJS
\i:e positively henieo
in SK \TTLK M \c \/JNK
Humors lmvo reached Alaska
various times that the Japanese <»\v i
every hotel in Seattle and it is ovl
<t« nt that the same talk ' voing
around Seattle. 1 he Had way an 1
Marine Xc'-s for August *!cnirs it
editorially under th«' head of “Jn
panpholda.” hollowing is a part
of the editorial:
**No loss than a dozen prominent
men have whispered to the writer
within a month that the Japanese
own every hotel in N'iiJ'e.
supposedly start ling anHouncerne''
i,a* been folio rod by a general dis
cussion of the question and niuca
unwarranted gossip and specula
tion. Who is responsible for tb •
piepagand’i and the really vi ain- •
r pit . ( falsehood pure and
shuttle, for M;irmadnke and hi*
Mends slill run the Washington,
the Collins estate has the Seattle,
the Frye family the Frye. Sweeney
has the Savoy and the Fuller. Tb •
Rainier Grand, the Washington An
nex and the Washington Apart
merits a o still handled by well
known Sea-tie people, and a syndicate
is to put up a now hotel. I here a *e
dozens of others, so why this unreserv
ed and -’weeping falsehood should If*
• n thoroughly passed around is a mys
tery. F n ally wouldn’t matter if it
were true, but as it is wholly inlse,
there must bo some ulterior motive be
hind the propaganda.”
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WANT MON FA TO FIGHT
FOREST FIRES IN WEST
AMSTERDAM, Sept. f> The San
pavtment of Agriculture has aske i
Congress for an appropriation of two
and one half million dollars to fight
the forest fiers in the western states.
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The all-year-round 50ft drink.
Leadership, eia.ce established,
is strep^ihencd and confirmed
by its followers and imitators**
Bevo’s leadership is proclaimed
hy the largest rear guard that
ever followed a leader.
Sold everywhere * families supplied hy ,
^rocc!,i and dealer.isitors
are cordially invited to inspect out* plant
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