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The Seward gateway., 1915-07-30
$l4,OOO INCREASE IN
 SEWARD MONEY ORDERS.
Post Office of the Terminal City Shows Vast Increase of
 Business.

The work of the Seward Post office has increased greatly in the past year as can be seen from a few figures which will follow. During the fiscal year which ended June 3Oth. and in- crease of 452 was found in the num- Der of pieces of mail registered over the same period which ended a year previous. For the same period an increase of 1,269 was observed in the number of money orders written with an increase of $24,921.24 in their value.
 In the same period the increase of the amounts paid on money orders showed the substantial increase of $2O,2SL72.
 An increase of $77O.59 was found in the stamp sales for the same periods. The yearly expenditure of the post office department in Seward for salaries, rents, etc., runs about S4,65O.OO
 In the local distribution af mail this office handles about 5000 sacks of papers, parcels, etc., and about 15O pouches of letters and registers for this city alone in one year.
 In the distribution end of the office an average of about 600 sacks of mail per month is received and a like number dispatched. There are also handled in that end of the office year ly about $500 pieces of registered mail.
 The importance of the Seward post office is daily increasing Besides handling the local mail it is the dis tribution point for the great western coast all the year. In the winter it handles mail for the IditarOd country and as soon as the railroad is com pleted will handle all the mail for the Fairbanks and Kuskoquim countries.
The Seward gateway., 1915-07-30
CHATANIKA BUILDS NEW
 BRIDGE AND LOSES IT,

FAIRBANKS.-Chatanika built bridge across the Chatanika river on the road from that place to the Tolo- vana camp, and after they had form ally dedicated it and celebrated it's completion, the high waters washed it out. The loss of the bridge was evidently a great disappointment to the people of that hustling commun- ity, but the rains have so helped the mining there that is is probable that the loss is more than repaid in that way.-Fairbanks Citizen.
The Seward gateway., 1915-07-30

Force 6 Pitcher pumps, iron and steel pipe and fittings at Brown & Hawkins, Quality First"
The Seward gateway., 1915-07-30

Dr. Draney A. dentistry at mod crate prices. Telephone Adams IA. 7-l4-t f
The Seward gateway., 1915-07-30
NEWS NOTES.

It was Mr. and Mrs. Steve White head, of course, who left yesterday on the Watson instead of Guy White head.
 Mrs. Ward entertained a party of ladies yesterday afternoon at the resi- dence of Mrs. W. c. Edes.
 In the passenger list of the Ala meda printed on Tuesday appeared the name of N. Sexton. This is the son of Mir. and Mrs. George Sexton who comes to Seward to spend his vacation. George Sexton returned yesterday afternoon from a fishing trip on Kenai Lake. He reports the fishing to be very good. According to talk out there, he says, this years berry season is unusually poor.
 George Mirlach, the local jeweler, is moving his stock to his new head quarters one door north of his pres ent location, in the place formerly oc- cupied by the Alaska Land and De- velopment Co,
 Benj. Campbell, of the Engineering commission, while out the line the other day was bitten by moose fly
The Seward gateway., 1915-07-30

Visiting cards, invitations, anything pretty is done by the Gateway just as we'll as outside.
The Seward gateway., 1915-07-30

on one of his fingers and now blood poisoning has set in. Dr. Romig is treating 1t.
 It seems that this hot weather eith- CT has caused the porcupines to multi ply or driven them into town for food. Yesterday while Mrs. John Nelson and Elizabeth Romig were crossing the bridge over the Glacier stream one of the animals got in their way. It is hard to tell what happened after the meeting.
The Seward gateway., 1915-07-30
BECKER'S WIFE APPEALS Q.
 FOR HUSBANDS LIFE.
Governor Says He Can See Nothing That Could Induce Him to
 Interfere With Justice.

NEW YORK, July 29.-Becker's wife appealed this evening to the governor to save the condemned man from the electric chair, but the gov ernor says he does not expect to in- terfere with the course of justice Becker himself is said to be bearing up we'll and to be still hopeful that something will occur to keep him from the death chair. The sudden an nouncement that new trial had been refused affected him badly at first but he seems to get more reconciled.
The Seward gateway., 1915-07-30

Wall paper at Brown & Hawkins, ten per cent discount. Quality First"
The Seward gateway., 1915-07-30

Plumbing and tin shop at Brown & Quality First"
The Seward gateway., 1915-07-30

Finch's Golden Wedding Rye at The Branch.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-10-22
Do NOT Be sW|NDLED
N YOUR OWN HOME
A Fake Test" Exposed

Some Baking Powders contain speck
and only speck of dried albumen (some-
times called dried white of egg).
The u. S. Government has declared
this speck Of albumen is no help in
the baking.
BUT, when water is added to baking
powder which contains albumen, such
baking powder, no matter how poor it
may be, will foam up much higher than
any good baking powder which is not
doped with albumen.
Agents for doped albumen powder
come into your home and add water to
their powder, and to one or two good
baking powders which are not doped.
The albumen powder foams up high
in the glass; the others do not foam
80 high.
Then the agent tells you that this test
shows that his powder is much stronger
than the others. U. S. Government
officials say this test is fraud.
K C BAKING POWDER contains
no albumen, and is legal under the
National Pure Food LaaO and the Pure
Food LaU of each and every State.
Ask Your Grocer. He Knows. Y
JAQUES MANUFACTURING co.
z CHICAGO
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-10-22
Presidential Possibilities - Commins of Iowa

On a certain morning number of
years ago a future United States SEN
ator from Iowa stood in the waiting
room of a Chicago railroad station,
grip in hand, ready to keep date
with Destiny. His name was Albert
Baird Cummins, his age %, and he
was on his way, so he thought, to
Denver. Not knowing anything about
his appointment with Destiny, he at
tached no Importance to being in the
station just when he was. Such things
as psychological moments were not
in his thoughts. He was there, so
far as he was able to appraise the
situation, simply because he had
come to Chicago to catch train for
Denver, and the first train available
was about to leave. In Denver job
awaited him. He had just resigned
a place as chief engineer Of the
Northern Central Michigan railroad
to take a similar position on the
Denver & Rio Grande. The new
place carried with it more salary than
he had ever commanded before. Yet
the young man in the station was not
especially pleased over his prospects,
for he was not enthusiastic over be-
ing a railroad man. All his life he
had yearned to be a lawyer-to be
a lawyer and take part in public af-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-10-22

Jeff Davis!" Cummins and his friend
saw no occasion for doing that and
refused. The town boy, however, was
insistent. He drew a revolver, lined
the lads up on the street corner, and
compelled them to shout "Hurrah for
JEFF Davis!" until they were hoarse.
Cummins never forgot that humil-
iation. When he got home he told
his father that just as soon as he was
big enough he hoped to meet that fell
low again and give him a trouncing
that he would remember. In after
years, whenever he recalled the incl
dent, he again swore to keep his boy
ish oath. Just few years ago Sena-
tor Cummins did meet the JEFF Davis
man at point in Indiana. Cummins
does not like to discuss what occur
red.
The man was in poor health" he
says, "and l rather felt sorry for
him"
At the time Cummins was IA years
old long-tailed coats were the modish
thing. Cummins yearned for long
tailed coat. He could not afford to
buy one. Even his everyday clothes
were made at home by his mother.
But he pinned to be dressed in the
prevailing fashion, and finally his
mother humored him by getting some
goods like his Sunday coat and add
ing neat tail to it.
Cummins regarded his coat with
the tail as an exceedingly attractive
garment, and naturally he wished to
60 where it could be seen. He chased
! a horse over an S0-acre pasture until
he had caught it, saddled up, and
rode to town, three miles away. Now,
on the way in something told Cum
Minis that he would have trouble in
town. But being a lad with an in
born fighting spirit, he did not scent
trouble ahead with any great feel
ing of disrelish. He hitched his
horse at rack bordering the public
square and walked bravely up the
main street, all intent on exhibiting
his fine clothes. There was in his
manner that air of cockiness which
comes with the absolute knowledge
that one is irreproachably in vogue.
W thin less than block he met five
young city chaps, who almost immed-
lately began to exhibit a pronounced
antipathy toward Cummins and his
coat tail. They seemed to feel that
for county jake-a hayseed, as they
rudely called him-to appear publicly
in long-tailed coat was going just a
wee bit too far. In a few moments
there was fight. Cummins was fair
ly well put up physically, and, con-
sidering that he was fighting FIVE,
he came out rather creditably. Still
he was badly battered when the
others drew off, and he was willing
to let the fight stop right there. But
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-10-22

as he started away he made horri-
able discovery! The attacking party
had torn loose his coat tail and had
kept it as a trophy. Cummins turn
ed about, pursued his late adversar-
les, and renewed the struggle. 1t did
not cease until he had recovered the
recapture OF the sacred coat tail.
The Booze Issue
Cummins's entrance into politics
was in 1887, about nine years after
he began his law practice in Des
Moines He was away on his vaca-
ton. There was general dissatisfac-
ton with the manner in which pro-
hibition was enforced. Republicans
bolted from the ranks and nominated
Cummins as an Independent candi-
date for the state legislature. Cum
minis believed in high license as a
more practical temperance measure
than prohibition, and that for time
alienated him from many in his party.
But subsequent legislation seemed to
approve his judgment-at least in so
far as Iowa was concerned-for local
option and high license were the
temperance policies of the state for
many years. Cummins made the fight
that was thrust upon him as an in
dependent candidate, and won,
though his running mate was defeat
ed.
It is interesting to note in this con-
nection that Cummins made his en-
trance into politics as an advocate
of high license rather than prohibi-
ton, but that just recently, while a
possible candidate for president, he
declared himself in favor of national
prohibition.
Thirty years ago." he says, II
would have said prohibition was i'm
practical. Under the conditions that
existed then, it would have meant
putting in the field two unregulated
saloons to the one regulated saloon.
But the world has marched along in
these 80 years until now there is SEN
timent enough in the United States
to abolish the saloon. The United
States ought to abolish it, and it
will"
Cummins served only one term In
the legislature. In 1884 he made his
first attempt to reach the United
States senate. Three times Cummins
was elected governor Of Iowa, the
first time in 1901. Owing to con-
stitutional amendment, he served an
extra year, making seven in all that
he was governor. He sought the Re-
publican nomination for the United
States senate against Senator Allison
in 1908, but was defeated. Senator
Allison died in August of that year
and another primary was held in No
vember when Cummins defeated John
| F. Lacey of Oskaloosa by $4,000
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-10-22
Cummins and the Railroads

For years Cummins fought corpor-
alton control of affairs in Iowa. II
was one of the funny little quirks
Of fate that thought he spent part
of his early years working for the
railroads he was to devote number
of his later years to fighting them.
Iowa was once dominated by railroad
interests. The railroads made men
United States senators; they made an
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-10

Barberton, O.-Mrs. R. G. Spear
celebrated the close of her Both year
as LADY of the key the other day
by ticking her SOC, OOOth message off
on the wire.
Mrs. Spear began tapping the key
when she was IA years Of age. She
has made dots and dashes enough to
string a Morse code belt half around
the world. She has filed important
railroad positions and has held sew
eral man sized" Jobs with success.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-10

emily from accidents to which neu-
trails are at all times exposed at the
seat of war on land when they be-
take themselves into dangerous 10
calities in spite of previous warn
ings."
The note gives permission to the
American government, in case it
should not be possible to acquire an
adequate number Of neutral pas
senger steamers, to place four enemy
passenger ships for passenger traffic
between North America and England
under the American flag, though Ger
many is undoubtedly aware that
under the law the government can
not authorize foreign vessels to sail
under the American flag unless they
enjoy American registry.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-10
MORE MEXIcANs ARRESTED

MORE MEXIcANS ARRESTED
FL Paso, Tex, July 1o.-Gen. Jose
AIesio Robes, Huerta secretary, ar
rested by federal authorities on war
rant charging conspiracy to violate
neutrality. Twelfth man arrested
here in alleged Tuerta plot to launch
counter revolution in Mexico. Robes
locked up in default of $3.50 bond.
Huerta and five others are also in
county Jail here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-22
CAPT. LANE HOME; TELLS OF
MEETING WITH STEfANSSON

The story Of one Of the most re-
markablc trips ever made IN the
Arctic Ice. that by Viljhalmar
Stefansson. WAS brought to Seattle
Monday by Capt Louis Lane. vet
eran North sea skipper and friend
Of the explorer. who arrived here
Sunday night from Nome and Cor.
dova.
II was Capt. Lane who. on the
fllmsiest OF chances. hunted Stef-
ansson. long given up as lost. and
found him recently off the north.
ern coast OF Banks Land.
Under the midnight sun the two
old friends embraced. deliverance
coming at a time when the explor-
er's supplies had dwindled TO a
minimum
Depend on Rifles for Food
"Stefansson had Just completed
the longest and most daring sled
trip ever made in the Arctic" said
Capt. Lane. For six months he
and his three companions. Storkin.
sen. Anderson and Thompson, had
traversed the north OF Banks Land
and the new continent he discov.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-22

cred, relying entirely on their
rifles for food
The remarkable thing is that
not once did they miss a meal. so
keen was their hunting instinct
and so true their marksmanship.
The little party lived entirely
on seal. altho they had hoped 10
get polar bear"
VIII Remain Two Years
Stefausson and his party, said
Capt. Lane. are writing the most
romantic chapter OF Arctic history
and viii return TO civilization with
In the next two years with val.
liable fund of scientific knowledge
The explorers plan is to remain
on the newly discovered land for
at least two years.
Supplies enough 10 last for three
are now cached there. thanks 10
Capt. Lanes courage and friend.
ship
The new tribe of so-called
Blond Eskimo" who have an al
most idolntrous regard for Stef
ansson. are migrating North to his
Banks Land camp. according 10
Lane, and will assist the explorer
I'm every way this winter
Lane. after finding Stefansson
sold him his whaler Polar Bear
and quantities OF supplies
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-22

Briefly. the humidity system is
one which pipes water into the
mine and impregnates the air with
moisture. operating like an
atomizer.
The ventilating system carries
the moisture into every Granny and
crevice OF the mine. In dry and
dusty" mines where IL is useh no
dust floats in the air. You can
scoop cut the moist, powdered coal
and press ii into a hard lump.
The Northwestern Improvement
Co. is a tremendous power I'M the
state. II Is generally regarded as
a subsidiary OF the Northern Pa
cific railroad The president OF
the coal company. w p. Cloush, OF
New York. Is chairman OF the board
OF directors or the Northeru Pa
cific
Coroners' inquests and Official In.
vestigatons OF coal mine disasters
generally get nowhere The cor.
oners' iuries are generally made
up Of miners who are dependent
upon the company for employment.
James 6asley. state In.
spector Of coal mines. WAS
foreman OF the Northwestern
Improvement Co.'S mine No. 7
before he received his appoint.
ment by Gov. Lister.
To be perfectly frank about
an unsatisfactory condition.
Bagey. who is a practical coal
miner and an excellent man.
probably viii lose his political
Job when Lister loses his.
AND WHERE WILL BAG
LEY FIND EMPLOYMENT If
NOT BACK THERE IN THE
MiNES7
In England and elsewhere in
Europe the mine inspectors, so
long as they do their work sat
isfaetorily, hold life jobs. They
are independent OF operators
and miners alike. They have
almost autocratic powers.
II Is not fair to Bagley TO ask
him to perform official acts design
ed to offend the company which
can possibly bar him from EN-
ployment when his term of office
has ended.
The Inspector should he 4 min.
inc man, and man OF the miners
own choosing. because they alone
know the hazards of mining.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-22
.31 MURDERED I'M
Mine ACCIDENT!
Owners of Ravensdale Mine Could Have
Prevented Fatal Explosion; Greed
Is to Blame.

mutd
mine
The dead menha laid remons.
The inquest hasbe has been ninvesiR
of ndnextw
therein be a of las TRACED
is himeth to
vehga
For example why the Rvensdae equipped with humidity
tenn? with humidity
the osion could NOT occurred
be 1t is noto
qasou sminc, il is also a and min
the Washington to
the it to
MORE DANGEROUS THAN NTROGIYCERIN
a handful of il and car light it a m and il
explode
devastating
Rvensdae that
and Some of the Injured coal dust could
a fourho shift
When dust in
Ravenda particle of in
mine
"sprnked" dnotla
owned by the Northwest which
Ryn and Gle Elum The humidity Rsyn and
whcr in the state Why NJ a Ravensdae?
tcoudb be nstale at a cost Of about$
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-22
GREECE GIVES
ALLIES TERMS
FOR AID IN WAR

WARRINGTON. Nov. 22.-Rein-
forcement Of the Greek army with
500 900 Anglo French troops. or an
arrangement with Rumanla for
r'nt Greek.Rumanian invasion or
Bulgaria, are Greece's terms for
Joining the allies. according 10 3
source very close 70 the Greek lega-
tion today
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-22
HENRY FORD IN BAD
WITH LONDON PRESS

LONDON. Nov. %. Following
the example Of Lord Northcliffe's
papers. other papers. including the
Globe. which reappeared today. aft.
er two weeks suppression, announc-
cd they wonld refuse Henry Ford's =
automobile advertisements, because
OF Ford's opposition TO the recent
allies loan in America. They did
not print the news that the Cana
dian Ford company had subscribed
81 900. 900 TO the Canadian domestic
lonu
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-22
OFFICER SUFFERS
PARALYTIC STROKE

Patrolman w V. Riley. q. who
lives at the Waldorf hotel, Seventh
and Pike. was stricken with paraly-
sis. at 4s45 Monday morning, just
after he had gone on his beat, at
Fourth ave. S. and Main st lie
managed to walk to police head
quarters when he arrived there
he was unable to speak. and was
taken to the city hospital. later
being removed to the Providence
hospital. He will recover.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-22
CHAIRMAN OF
COMMISSION
Tells OF
Theft

OLYMPIA. Nov. 22.--John Y.
cillies. head claim agent In the
state Industrial Insurance de-
partmens. will be called upon 10
explain why warrants sooreoat
ing si5.o52 40. obviously forQer.
les. have been allowed 10 pass
thru his hands. for several
months. urdetceted.
This annolnerme was made to
day by Floyd l.. Daggett. chairman
OF the industrial insurance commits.
sion. following yesterdays discloa.
ures OF startling shortages In the
departments funds.
Daggett says the Investigation In
to these shortages was begun No
vemhsr s, when a new stenographer
in the department held Mp q war.
rant which had been passed without
claim. Since then IL has been
fonnd that , suspicious claims have
eesn passnd and paid since iast
sprlng. ali Tor employees on county
road work.
Chief Agent Four Years
Gililes has been chief claim agent
since the commission vas created.
four years ago.
Handwriting experts are in Seat
tie today. examining certain OF the
warrants.
A grand jury. which is to he call
ed 60 investigate an alleged Snug
gling ring here -oon. will also probe
the warrant forgeries.
All the forgeries arose from
cases of laborers supposed TO be
working on county roads. all pub
Tic work. There we're none from
factories or private industries
In each case the name of bona
fide physician In the community
where the accident was supposed
TO have happened. was forged.
Several arrests are to be made In
Seattle and Olympia within y few
DAYS. he said.
We haze all the men under sis'
picion where we can watch them.
Daggett said. and will take no ac-
tIon until we hsye investigated
the names We believe TO have been
----------------------------
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-22
CAMINETTrS ON
WAY FOR PROBE
OF SMUGGLING

Not only is Assistant Secrtary of
Labor Deusmore On route TO Seat
tie from San Francisco. but with
him is Immigration Commissioner
Caminetti. II developed today.
To delSe into alleged smuggling
OF aliens and dope" across the Can.
adian border is reported here as
their chief mission.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-22
MAYOR GILL TO TALK

Mayor Gin VIII speak Monday
night at the Commercial Club on
The Problems Of the Executive
Department" Ills will be the slNih
in a series ~ lectures Eivsn ny the
university extension division. Tho
meeting will be public.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-22
DR.. STONE IS NAMED

Or. n. " Stone. Seattle physi-
clan. has been appointed by Gov.
Lister TO succeed Dr Robert Percy
Smith as president OF the state
board OF medical examiners.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-22

VIZ THIN the next week two Seattle is to be
w treated to one of the saddest walls from the
anvil chorus it has ever heard
The walls will be inspired by shippers who
now exempted from switching charges on the
waterfront and from the railroads, which will lose
their profitable srangle hold on the waterfront, if
the belt line railroad, proposed by the Port Of Sc
attic, is approved at the port election Dec. d.
A glance At the above photograph (taken at
the foot of Marion ST. shows the condition these
professional mourncrs desire to continue.
Il shows how the railroads, thru franchises
unwisely granted years ago. when Seattle was in
its swaddling clothes, making storage yard OF
the city's waterfront. Note the needless duplication
of tracks.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-22

CHARGED with grand larceny.
what Tfe Star waits nov is.
The Eagles band Crawford
White is Eoing 10 come thru vith
that just as soon az he reaas this
Two "ruhberncck" siehtseeing
cars 10 TRANSPORT the PLAYERS from
jail TO field and from field TO jail.
And plenty OF rooters for both
teams.