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PUHI.lsHBD DULY SXCKPT SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAY*
BY
GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY, (Inc.)
Harry V. Hoben, P Prank L. Ballaina. S«c: Erich Lucas, Traaa.
Entered as second-class outlier September, 2.1914, at the posloffice at Seward, Alaska,
under act of March 3, 1879. ___
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
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Inic Alaska VYkkkly Ptwr. by mail $3.00 I
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SENATOR LANE ON AMERICAN RIGHTS j
The wide difference of opinion between the president
and some of the republican senators in regard to the right
of Americans to sail the high seas is shown in the follow
ing excerpts from the speech of Senator Harry Lane, of
Oregon, made in the U. S. senate on Febraury 7:
"Any American citizen who would go to Europe and
walk down l>etween the trenches where they were firing
at one another with their machine guns would be an ass,;
and would deserve to get just what he would get. I would
not fight for him. No; I would not take a chance ot be
ing shot at for him. That kind of a citizen is of no value
or credit to us; he puts this nation in peril and does not
bring anything of value in return to this country after
having been nurtured in it to the age of maturity, an age)
when he ought in ordinary decency keep out of truble by;
using a reasonable amount of common sense. So I would
say to him when he starts for the war zone, ‘My dear
brother, we bid you farewell; you may go there if you
want; you can tramp up and down all your life between
the firing tines, but I do not assume any responsibility for
your happiness or good health. It is right up to you.”
"And if a nation should come and say to me that there
is a certain zone about my enemies country inside of which
no ship will be permitted to pass with ammunition or food, I
1 would sav to him, 'Very well, that suits me first-rate. I'
live more than 3,000 miles away from you and our people
at home need all the food we have and more than they get
and it looks like we might need our ammunition after a
while to rehabilitate ourselves from a peace footing to one;
of reasonable war preparation in the event that some
other nation may come to dislike us. It is up to you, gent
lemen. 1 will keep my ships at home.’
"There is many a family in this country today, gentle- j
men, who under the high cost of living, due in part to the |
war, are not getting enough to eat. Right here, within
five blocks of this building there are families that are cut
ting down their food supplies for lack of money to pay
for them. They are short of shoes, short of clothing, and
short of the necessities of life, all due in a degree and in
directly to this great and unforunate conflict which is go
ing on upon the other side of the ocean, and I have no
heart in it or for it.
“I would say to those who want to go across the dead
line, where there are submarines or Zeppelins, “Go, and
God go with yout; but go at your own risk. I will not fight
to save the merchandise of any such Americans as you
are. Go and get killed if you want to, but we, the people,
will not right for you, or the like of you, or for your car
goes of war supplies.’
"I will guarantee to the senate that 1 can take a ship
out to sea, and if the sinking of that ship will cause war
l>etween this country and some other nation I can bring
a war home to vou and this country in ten days. It would
lie an easy thing to do. so easy that I fear it will be done by
those who would profit from such an incident. We are
running a great risk at this time. From motives of sel
fishness anyone may force this country into war in a
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week, if we are going to stand upon our rights to act the
fool in any such manner.
“It is the duty of this country, first and now, as it has
been its duty for some time in the past, to say to its citi
zens: ‘Go yourself or with your ships at your peril; go
with the understanding that you are about to cause the
loss of thousands of liyes of your fellow citizens who are
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just as good men as you are and most of them better; go if
you want to make an excursion into the realms of war
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fare: but go at your own peril. We will not imperil the
happiness and perhaps the very existence of this nation
to fitrht for such as you.' So, also to the man who wants
to ship for profit I would say: ‘Do you also go, but go at
your peril. I will see you to the three-mile limit, I will
give you a book of Psalms and a God bless you, and ‘a
fare ve well to you,' and then watch you fade from view
and sink into the horizon, and if you come back, w’ell and
good; but if you do not come back I will not grapple either
for your body or your cargo. You well know' the risk
yourself, and you have a right to assume it: but you have
no light to push or drag me into your row. The minute
you do, you become my enemy, just as much as foreigners
with whom I have no conflict or anything but kindly
feelings.’
“That is where I stand on this question and w’here the
people stand whom I represent, and whom I believe in
dorse me in the position w'hich I take here and who have
prayed that we be kept out of this war. . ]
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AT LARGE. .
— N«l»on Harding in Brooklyn Eagla.
Cheer Up Folks
THEBES MORE IN THE KITCHE!*
Her Little Mistake
She took a course of first aid to the
injured, and, after long and anxious
waiting, the street accident she had
earnestly wished for took place. It
was a bicyle accident, the man had
broken his leg; she confiscated the
walking stick of a passerby and broke
it in three places for splints. She
blushingly took off her underskirt for
bandages and was enthusiastically
cheered by the crowd.
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, When all was completed she sum
moned a cab and took her patient to
! the hospital.
“Who bandaged this limb so credit
ably?” inquired the surgeon.
”1 did,” she blushingly replied.
“Well, it is most beautifully done,”
| said the surgeon, “but you have, l
see, made one little mistake.”
She felt terribly self-conscious.
“You have bandaged the wrung
| leg,” he said quietly.
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Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
Andy’s Express, phone Madison 143.
SPECIAL SALE
WEEK ENDING MARCH 17
From 25 Per Cent to 50 Per Cent Off
lieginnin# Saturday, March 17, we will conduct a Children’*
Day Sale—Anythin# we carry in Childrens Wear
School Supplies, Etc
At Discounts that will
Surely Tempt You
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
-StWAHl), AIASKA
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Seattle Sailings
Alaska .. March 0
Northwestern . . March 1<>
Alameda . March 2”.
Alaska . March 30
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Dm a sails westward after arri val of S. S. Alaska, due here about
March 0.
For the benefit of those Interested in Alaska in
General and Seward in Particular an
INFORMATION BUREAU
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Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Poultry,
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Butter and Eggs
Orders from the Westward and Cook
Inlet Given Careful Attention.
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THAT SATISFY
It' you ure in doubt as to just what you will need on the trail rail here and
we will tell you just what you need, why you need it and supply you with
WHAT YOU WANT AND A PRICE THAT MAKES
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SHOE PACS UNDERWEAR
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PARKAS TOQUES
WOOLEN SOCKS INSOLES
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The most carefully selected stock in Seward to choose from
JUST RECEIVED
Spring line of Hardeman Hats
New styles, new shapes and shades
All the good ones
Army Shoes
The famous Buckingham and Hecht
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Full line and all sizes in this “hard to get” line.
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Stanfields, and Superior brands
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Remember, we are not pleased unless you are and if you order a suit
and are not “tickled pink” with it, we wouldn’t let you have it under any
conditions.
500 SAMPLES TO CHOOSE FROM
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The MINERS STORE
FRANK J. COTTER, Prop.
THE PLACE WHERE MEN OUTFIT
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JUST TO REMINO YOU
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Union Pacific System
Through Cars
between SEATTLE and Chicago
Kansas City. Denver
San Francisco. Los Angeles
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SEATTLE
Seward Saw Mill Co
A. F. RASMUSSEN. Prop.
Good Rough Lumber of all
kinds $26.00 and up per
thousand, delivered.
Telephone Kenai 2
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MILE 75 ROADHOUSE
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
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Everything for Dog Mushers
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Best Roadhouse on the Line
Green Hands
are all thumbs when they
attempt Blank Book Making
Blank Book and Loose Leaf
work are not tor the novice. It
took us a ong time to attain
our present high efficiency.
TRICK & MURRAY
Blank Book Makers
85 Columbia St.—Seattle.
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