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VOLUMETtrNUMBWt 13. ” TEN L'Saa=
OH! WHAT A
WALLOP
LA FOLLETTE, Tenn.. (By Mail)
Or. A. M. Riggs. * prominent busi
ness man and postmaster here, wrote
the following letter of resignation last
week to John C. Koons. First Assis
tant Postmaster General at Washing
ton. after having been asked by the
department to resign unless he could
devote his entire time to the business
of the office:—
“Your kind favor of the 4th inst.,
received, informing me that now the
war is over and consequently less de
manded of its loyal citiiena. the gov
ernment can now manage to wag
along without my service* as Post
master at La Follette, Tenn., unles»
I devote my entire time to the office.
Therefore.
44 I resign.
“It pains me to do this, and I shal*
ever look back with regret to this rude
separation from this ideal position re
quiring twelve hours a day service
with the munificent compensation (al
ter paying all expenses) ot two do*
Jars a day. I have neglected my pei
sonal affairs to serve the government,
doing any and everyth* required;
selling Liberty Ronds and War Sav
ing Stamps galore, earning water an i
sweeping the floor, as Uncle Sam ha
studiously avoided making any allow
ancos for incidental expenses.
“Selling War Stamps and immedi
ately cashing the same has been on'
of my pet diversions-. When I realiz*
l am no longer compelled to do al.
things, and a host of others
equally edifying . such as explaining
why the mail carrier took the flu. an l
the postmaster on a certain occasion
(as reported by an inspector) wnt an
employe to the office for his mail in
stead of going for it himself; and wh.
Rockepelter & Co. were not deprive.!
of a mail box the moment they fade.',
to pay when due; why the flies wen'
allowed to speck certain lobby notice;
required to be kept posted there- when
I say. i contemplate all these things.
“I again resign.
“I an made to cogitate on me
tiUty of so conducting the office tha'.
the patronsdo not complain, of pro
perly keeping the records and punctil
iously accounting for every dollar o«.
Uncle Sam's money, made to under
stand that 1. in the midst of the fight
ing.’ must be on the spot eight hours
a day and every day. regardless, aoth
ing else sufficing.
« i would gently inform you. m>
dear General Koons. that what you
i* a man as postmaster here who can
support a family of eight on two dol
lars a day. I /rankly confess that I
do not know how to do it. Do you.
Realizing this, it is with a comforting
^nse of resignation that
•*I resign some more.
“And , now in my grand finale of
resignation. I avail myself of the op
portunity of congratulating the Unit
ed States of America on having so ef
ficient an Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral as your horored self. I am con
vinced that nothing escapes your vig
ilent eyes. 1 am made to shudder when
l contemplate what may happen to
this great country of ours when th'
fateful day comes when you. even you.
will be summarily and unceremonious
ly kicked from office (the public wel
fare requiring it) as you now, witl.
out feeling or justice, depriving me o:
mine.
“Crape is on the post office door,
and the town is in mourning. God Kav-:
the Republic! -
“Respectfully and dejectedly yours
* “A. M. RIGGS."
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HYDRO-ELECTRIC WORK
GREAT SAVER OF COAl.
SIDNEY, Feb., 12— Three grer;
hydro-electric generating stations arc
being constructed in the Auckland,
Wellington and Hawkes Bay districts
in Australia. They are of 96 000, 24,
000 and 40.000 horsepower respect
ively. The total cost will amount up to
$37,000,000. It is estimated this- will
be recovered in seven years in the
04at of coal which will be saved
PIONEER IS
FOUNDDEAD
George Slayback. pioneer of th
Hope district . was found dead on his
gas boat at Seldovia. about ten days
ago according to advices reaching
Seward today.
Mr. Slayback, had been absent from
his usual haunts around Seldovia. to.
several days, and friends went aboard
the gas boat to ascertain the reason.
Slayback‘*s body was found in the ca
bin of the little craft, death evidently
having conn* suddenly as the pioneei
was fully dressed. Stomach trouble i."
believed the cau^e of death.
George Slayback wa< a college mar
and went to the Hope section year
ago, coming from the Atlantic foas4
Until three years ago Mr. Slaybac'
engaged in mining and prospeotirg
Three years ago the pioneer engage?!
in gas boating around the inlot in :•
neat craft which he built himself.
Mr. Slayback was about 60 year i
of age.
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FUNERAL OF MOTHER
WHITE HELD TODAY VT
ANCHORAGE BY PIONEER.
The funeral of Mrs. Martha F
White, known as “Mother" White
was hold at Anchorage this aft rnoo
under the auspices of the Pioneers.
This information came from Fraiv
Cotter, he and Mrs. Cotter havini
reached then' yesterday.
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ALASKAN GETS f
GOOD BERTH
WITN S. S. CO.
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Word has reached here of the ap
pointment of A. F. Zipf to bo traffi
manager of the Pacific Steamship C<
Mr. Zipf is welL known on the P:*.
cific coast, and especially in Alaska
He has been for years traffic manage
with the White Pass & Yukon route
His appointment became effectiv
January 15, according to announce
ment by A. F. Haines, vice-presider
and general manager of the company
Mr. Zipf will have full charge o!’ th
company’s freight and passenger d*
partments.
The Pacific Steamship Company op
erates the Admiral line of carriers r
the California, Alaska ami Orient:*,
trades, and has been acting as man
aging agent for a large number o ,
vessels of the United States Shippin
Board. The company has plans fe
still further expansion and the increa
-ing burden of multitudinous dutie
falling on the shoulders of Mr. Hriine
has resulted in the creation of the pc
sition of trafic manager.
General Freight Agent t . h. riyr
and General Passenger Agent K. (J
McMicken of the company will com'
under the purisdiction of Mr. Zip!
who will report direct to Vic'' P»e-‘
dent and General Manager Haines.
By establishing the new office th
Pacific Steamship Company strength
ens its organization and relieves Mr
Haines of some of his duties connects
with the traffic department of th
company, which has grown to treme?*
dous proportions with the increase o
the Admiral line fleet. Mr. Zipf wi!
at once and will have offices on th'
fifth floor of the L. C. Smith building
Seattle.
The newly-appointed trainee hen
of the Pacific Steamship Company b"
gan his steamship career in 1S9K (V
purser of river craft plying on tho Yu
kon. From 1901 to 1902 he was agcr.t
of the Northern Commercial Compart'
and the Northern Navigation Com
pany at St Michael; from 1902 unt.'
1903, agent of the two companies ii
Nome; from 1903 until 1904, agent of
the two companies at St. Michael;
from 1904 until 1914, traffic manage
of the Northern Navigation Company
and from the spring of 1914 until Dec
ember 31, 1914, assistant superinten
dent of tho Ameriean-Yujcon Navi gat
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Whose birthday we celebrate today.
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He knew the value of a merry jest and a hearty laugh
He was simple in manner, dress and bearing, but wa>
nr of heart and brain.
lie was too great a nature to care one way or anothei
,bout his ancestry. The living generation was of vital ini
jortance to him. „ - i .
He did not advocate war for his own glorification, bu!
;o liberate human beings from slavery. All men were his,
mothers and his equals before his creator.
Born in Hardin county, Kentucky, February 12th, 1809
Shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 and die(
he day following. Buried at Springfield, Illinois.
on Company, with headquarters at St. f
Michael. On January 1, 1915, Mr Zip*.' j
became traffic manager of the White [
Pass & Yukon route, with headquart- |
jrs in Seattle.
Mr. Zipf was bom in Idaho, going
to San Francisco in 1889, where he
entered the employ of the Wells Kargc
fix press Company. He vent to Alaska j
aboard the famous gold ship Po tlanr |
i .n 1898, sailing from San F.-ane?*r« |
with crews for vessels of the Alaski
Commercial Company’s Yukon rive*
I fleet.
During the Alaska gold excitemeiv.
days of 1898, when packets of the Mis
sissippi river type helped make trans
portation history on the Yukon, M’
Zip! was a prominent figure in th<
Noiih. He says that St. Michael wa
a real shipbuilding center in tho.«
days, turning out a total of. thirty
"me vessels during the winter of 18
98. a!! being ready when summer came
for the grand rush to the gold camps
The vessels did a thriving busines
the summer of 1898 and during ruc
.reodirg summers, the masters, pilot
nnd engineers being sent to St. Mich
•- ! from points along the Missippi.
WEATHER REPORT
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The following ?.y the weather re
>ort for the 24 hours ending at 7 o’
•lock this morning:
Seward 30, cloudy, north.
Anchorage 16, cloudy calm.
Matanuska 12, cloudy, calm.
Chickaloon 6 below, cloudy, calm.
Talkcetna 16, cloudy, calm.
(TRACAO DtTE AT MIDNIGHT
t
Steamer Curacao is Hue in port a'
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midnight according to cable advice;
received by Agent Wayne Blue. Th»
steamer will probably be here two o;
three hour* before proceeding to th*
westward.
SKPKRATK CHURCH AND STATi
BERLIN, Fob., 12— Separation o
church and state in Russia was fixe'
by the Ebert government for Apri
1. The clerjry and others dependen
on the State Lutheran establishmen
were notified of withdrawal of priv
ilege* on that date.
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ALAMEDA SAILS SATURDAY
Steamer Alameda will sail fror
Seattle next Saturday forenoon at !’
o’clock. This is the information receiv
ed by cable from Seattle by Afcent A
H. McDonald. It was reported that th
Alameda would not sail until Monday
Feb., ITtb.
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LADIES AID MEETS
The Ladies Aid Society of th«
Methodist will meet with Mrs. Or
lander tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’
clock.
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SOLDIERS1 WIGGLE ,.
TO BE CAPITALIZE!
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb., 12 B.
A. P.— The United States Federa
Board for Vocational Education, in it/
j latest report assures everyone who
has been in the army or navy, and i
| crippled in some way, that he will no:
jhatve to sell pencils or live in a sold
j ieris home. If he can do nothing
more than to wiggle a finger, th
[ wiggle vrill be capitalised and assure
i h»m of a good living, in addition tr
to what he draws from War Risk In
surance Bureau.
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WHERE MADNESS STARTS
LONDON, Feb., 12— When an oul
break of rabies in England was in-,
vestigated it was found that the first
il*« *«*et*4 *«* * *»p*o»4.
WILSON TO
RETURN TO
•iy Associated Press
PARIS, Feb., 12— P.esid. nt Wilso'
!ans to return from Washington b.
larch 15th, and then expects to giv
is personal attention to the work o
le Supreme Executive Council whic j
romises to be the most import .in
! rature of the Peace Conferei e afte
ic Society of Nations is cm duded.
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FOR SUPREME COUNCIL
PARIS, Feb., 12— The Sup<ene
Economic Council, about to be organ
ized, is expected to consider th
French and Belgian propora’s thri
Essen and other Gciman industria,
towns be occupied to prevent the mao
ufacture of munitions a id aims.
The British believe that ti e rrenc
and Belgian losses shoid.i.b.* • coup*
by cash indemnities rathei
stoppage industries.
The War Council today appoint'
a committee of eight to study •;<* |
blems raised by the armistice.
SHORT ON PRESS
Only one file of press was receive
by the Gateway to o’clock this a11
ernuon, owing to cable into; veptio^
■»o this issue is not up to th* usuc
standard of late news but it can't b
helped, we will have that mud mor*
tomorrow.
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OPPOSED TO
MONARCHICAL
• GOVERNMENT
VIENNA, Feb., 12— Ry A P.~- R
turn to the monarchal! system of go’
ernment in German Austria i.> out o'
the question in the opinion of some <
the government leaders here. One l’-h
official who is believed to repre
the views of government circle?
quoted as saying that the dyna.-.ty h*
lost nearly all its popularity duiit
the war, while republican ideas hr
made extraordinary progress < von :
the most remote parts of the countr
Besides, he said, the mass of die pec
pie certainly was not inclined to con
tribute to the cost of maintairing a
expensive royal court after th * "‘not
mous financial sacrifices entail d by
calamitous war.
Vienna is the heart ol (iorm: n Au
tria and all that relates to the cor.
merce and prosperity of this mrt o
the old Austrian empire is of burnin;
interest. Government officials poin
out that the German Austrian indu
tries are in nee<l of raw materials
and machinery which only German
can supply. The paper mills, Icathe
and woodw&re manufacturers,: gricu1
tural machinery and engineerin'
works, especially qthe electro- techn.
cal establishments have been c mduc
ed on a scale to fulfill the require
ments of a great empire. The mam.
facturcrs now see that their r a
will bo less extensive than un
empire, il is expected that the C o
I Slovaks, the Poles, the Hun v» re
and the Jugo-Slavs will erect i u-ion*.
; barriers tending to exclude froi \ '.o
separated countries German- A i«
goods. Besides, Austria will l ave ?
make formidable Czech com pet ti >n
Poland and expects to be e::riud'
from competition in the Borierue
market owing to the cheaper co f r
living in Bohemia and the pr'xmv*,
of coal supplies there. Apart fv'n 1
i magnesite ores in Syria, Germra
tria is poor in natural resource, whi •
her stocks of raw material a c *r.
to be more depleted than those ar>
| of the former great nations cf Etr
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SUBSCRIBE POR THE GATEW.W
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iiy Associated Press
PARIS, Feb., 12— More light wa
thrown today upon the trouble be
tween Japan and China. It b come
officially known —today that wh *n
the Chiiiere delegate.. ar:ivi*d h»“i > ♦.#
attend the Peace Confeience th
hinted at secret trr-atirs made wi*.
Japan under prrssme, ami indicat !
that they de i ed t • pear* , junci! t •
take a hand in the matt r. When
Chinese delegates wer. ashed for con
*es of the* tr- al es’ it developed that
their baggage had burn opened, whi’
passing through Japan, ami copies
he secret treaties removed, the (’hi:*•
‘so delegates were thus unable v >
nakc them public.
WASHINGTON. Feb., 12- Tr *
American position, unoff:c:aily, is or *
»f oppositi m to Japan’s do- ire to an
nex the i; lands of the Pco if’c Mar
hall’s 1 Irnl. and the Caroline I.-1
und>. Japan want > to !iu d’redly east
uf the Philippine.-.
I
I5v Associated Prow*
LONDON, F:l).( 12— The Ling in
» sprcch from the throne today to the
tlou e of Parliament urged resolui*
ojri lation .tamp dig nut pover y, lo
oning the um mpl .yi." at situation
'ituation and also for improving the
inti >n's health.
VMERK \N TANKER IS
IN DISTRESS ON OCEAN
HALIFAX, Fob., 12- Hy A. P —
The American oil tunke J. M. Ooff y
has \\ ireless d d tress' • C Ra
The Tanker is taking water in the
forehold.
SOPHIA INVEST!!', \TION
VICTORIA, Fob., 12— Hy A. P.
Captain Troup, manager of the casu
alties division of the coastal sendee
of the Princess Sophia wreck investi
gation, gave all wireless telegraphic
messages between his office and Lie
officials at Juneau, Alaska.
Captain Troup said that his com
pany had spent $7S,000 to date for tie*
;eaivh for bodies anti other items. II *
stated that everything v.as done at
the time, that could he done.
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HAVE TO RKEAK TRAIL
Passengers from Anchorage arriv
ing this morning on the train, hnd a
hard trip yesterday from Mile: 71 to
Mile 45. The trail was boa A* and in
many places large drifts we e encoun
tered. For miles the trail had to bo
broken by those hitting it f >r Mile 45.
PEACEFUL USES FOR
IMPLEMENTS OF WAR
LONDON, Feb., 12— By A. P- *
Millions of trenching tools ar* likely
o be turned to the peaceful pursuits
•)f gardening. Farmers and ga’dners
could find them very useful. Surplus
khaki is to be s< rapped for making
shoddy and is ex poet °d to bring do* *»
the price of men's clothes. Barbed
wire is recommend ' I or fencing and
duck-boards for the building of ch’ck*
en houses and pg-pers.
HEADED OFF “FLU"
Captain B ’1, of the Whitehorse
station- of the N. W. M. P.. reports
there has not been a single case of
“Du" across the summit, keeping
Whitehorse. Atlin and Dawson clear
i of the epidemic.