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The Seward gateway., 1915-04-01
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given by the Com mon Council of the Town of Seward, Alaska, that pursuant to and in con- formity with existing law, the annual general municipal election will be held in said Seward on the 9th day of April, 1915, at which election the qualified voters of said town will, by ballot, declare their choice for seven councilmen and for one member of the school board, for ihe ensuing year.
 That at such election, by the laws of the Territory of Alaska, the franchise is extended to women.
 That the town hall, in the rear of Fourth avenue, in said Seward, is hereby designated the polling place for said town; that, as by law so pro- vided, said polling place will be open between the hours of seven o'clock ante-meridian and seven o'clock post meridian of said sixth day of April.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska this 18th day of March, 1915.
 The-Common Council of the Town of
 Seward, Alaska. By G. G. BOe,
 President of the Common Council
 and ex-oficio Mayor of the Town of
 Seward, Alaska.
 Attest: Carl Amy, Town Clerk.
The Seward gateway., 1915-04-01
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Fred McGary:

To Fred McGary:
 You are hereby notified that we have expended Three hundred dollars in labor and improvements upon the Panama Association, Homestake and Wild Cat Association Placer mining claims on Dollar Creek, Left Limit, as will appear by AfIidavits Proof of An nual Labor for year 1914, recorded in the Office of the Commissioner and Ex-O OficiO Recorder, Cook Inlet Pre- cinct, Territory of Alaska, Third Divi- sion, in order to hold said premises under the provision of Section 2324 Revised Statutes of the United States, being the amount required to hold the same for the year ending December 31-1914; And if within Ninety days after this notice by publication, you fail or refuse to contribute your pro portion of such expenditure as Co., Owner, your interest in said claims will become the property of the sub cribers under said section 2324. Dated at Susitna, Alaska January 18th, 1915.
 Andy Taylor,
 J. Foss.
The Seward gateway., 1915-04-01
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
Juneau, Alaska, February l2, 1915


 NOTICE is hereby given that Otto Bergstrom, of Seward, Alaska, who, on September 30, 1914, made home stead application, No, O1722, for the S.W.AS.E.H S.E.HS.W.H Sec. 22, w. lsN.E.AE.hN.W.H N.W.As,E.H N. E. A S. w. A, Section 27, Township 1 S., Range 1 w., Seward Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make five year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the U. S. Commissioner M. J. Conroy at his office, at Seward, Alaska, on the 31st day of March, 1915.
 Claimant names as witnesses: Frank L. Ballaine, of Seward, Alaska. W. A. McPherson, of Seward, Alaska. S. L. Colwell, of Seward, Alaska. George Sexton, of Seward, Alaska.
 c. B. WALKER.
 Register,
The sun., 1915-03-18
BILLY'S D. D.
The Question Of yeracity Between Him
and a College President.

To THs Eo!ToR yF TIE SuS--Sir The
ministers - many churches arc IN
dorsinG Rlly sunday. overlooking his
vulCgri'y, ignorance and coarsenees
simply because they believe 5.ni 20 re
honest He 80 pl. down ~ who's
VINO In America ~ having received
III" degre of doctor Of divinity from
the Pennsylvania college f>- Womcr
The president OF This college saws this
statement & a faisehood
Perm me o. explain 20 the pubic
how Who's Who" is cd''.d Before
publication. eNery living person whose
uarne ss to appca: IN the book receives
from the publishers a proof copy OF
the sketch which is TO tell Who and
what ne IS The publishers are not
responsible FOR the statements II
Billy sunday appears I'm Who's Who"
as doctor or divinity he either
wrote the statement himself or mad II
done. and knew Il was e. he published.
He also knows that the book has been
issued over year. 50 n" question is
one OF veracity between Billy Sunday
and the president Of the Pennsylvania
col cgs: and IL will not .c'ear Billy 70
call the president a pie faced ioor"
or "a molly roller ~ mug nosel
Nrot' or 70 tell m 20 go 20 nell and
fight f. out with the devil"
New YORK. March u. + ". =.
The sun., 1915-03-18
MARS AND BACCHUS.
Tho Founts of Gentle Alcohol Not
Sealed In Europe.

To THE EpiroR OF THE SvH--Str: Your
special cable despatch from Har!s OF
March II headed stops A!cohoi Tor
Troops" .s sp. 20 Tislead the casual
reader II states that the Genera /
commanding the Fifth Army has issued
orders that troops w''l be allowed 10
moro alcohol than that which il dis
t-lbutcd az rA:ious" IN previous
cable rom Paris published or February
90 Z IS, however, stated that the French
Ministry OF War has increased the daily
wine ration Of tho soldiers from one
third OF a liter to one-half'
In the cable az March IA you report
that the soldiers are forbidden 20 buy
a!cohol!zcd liquors. but that they may
buy hyEienlc drinks at wine shops. T.
should ba noted that vhen III" French
nan talks o' "alcOholzed liquors' he
refers 70 spirits, whereas beer. eide
and light wines are officially chlrac-
.erlZed by ;hs Goverrnent as "hy-
gieu!c drinks"
The German Government IL actually
encouraging the gifts OF beer oy thu
various breweriss to the troops The
brewers of Le!psic. Berlin, Frankfort
ping beer N carload lots 20 the various
army corps and tho t;overrnea. IS re-
funding 20 the brewers the TAX paid
BY them on the becr they donate 10 the
soldiers or TO ire Red Cross societies.
HUGH +. FOX,
Secretary United states Brewers
Association.
NEW YORK March -.
The sun., 1915-03-18

the laborers than on anybody else.
Ignorance rules severely when It rules.
The laborers In various fields are
learning this fact.
No one will deny that wrongs have
been done in the business of the coun-
try: but no one will believe that two
wrongs make a right. Granting that
the Government regulations have done
good In certain ways. and no doubt
they have, yet none OF them have done
so much good as the Government can
do now by taking its hands off, letting
people alone, and instructing the
various commissions not to proceed
against corporations as a criminal
lawyer proceeds. but as Judges. fair
minded. open minded and industrious
in learning the facts with regard TO
that which they Judge.
All this may appear TO you a series
Of disjointed reflections; ] am not ex-
pert in writing formal articles. But
| have given what seem to me the
chief difficulties Of the business situa-
ton and the course that should be fol-
lowed TO escape from them.
Henry l.. HioorNsoS.
BosToN, Mass, February 25.
The sun., 1915-03-18
Presidential Primaries.

President WILSON told Congress
over a year ago that the nation needed
a Presidential primary law, ana an
early enactment on this subject was
predicted. The difficulties in the way
soon became apparent 10 the advo-
Gates of the project, and il was
dropped for the time. Now Mr.. WILL
son, having taken counsel with Sen
ator PoMERENE of ohio, is represented
as fayoring the introduction Of n bin
in the next Congress TO accomplish
this plan.
But how are the electors Of Presi
dent and e-presiirnt to he disposed
Of: They are constitutional officers.
who may be appointed in any man,
ner the States may desire, Once in
office, how are they 10 be held account,
able Certainly not by a statute pre-
tending to clip the powers conferred
on them blythe Constitution.
When the Presidential primary IL
seriously put forward II will be found
that its effects viii influence greatly
the whole system OF choosing the
President and Vice. President. unless
the scheme Mr., WILSON has in mind
IL 10 be merely farclcal contribu.
tion to the ridiculousy complicated
The sun., 1915-03-18
STRANGER SEES BREAD LINE
After Looking on for " hilC H'
Doesn't Ask Any Wore Question.

surely we do" SAID Ton Nerr ''s-
terday 70 the tall man In a SIX ra' .-.
frock Goa: who stepped inro THs -.,e
free bread depot and asked. "DH fa
really now, my good man, give t1.s -.f
away for nothing
And whats more" ch.mei 20
Bright, stopping n" line fer ar -s'..
- save rs say, "whcts NOR. sf v
give away tho sunshine
Yes and the conflr; ti5' n.'
from having food IN the stomach ,tis
Tom
And the hope which cones from o..
same Quo;h Dick N elaboration
"B.t--hut, Uha' is the Use e-a1r.- -
the caller.
WHATS th+ Use -e7-atsi f-~ ey.
.ng a gold handled care. WHY s.-.
won't tell you what We th.r& '-, s..
80 but I'll give you ZIP These -t
Nuers wont get so e-"r-y t2a' '.t.
SO around smashing things Ip
want 10 know more about trc -..'.
Just stand over there .. thu -.-c.. tr
watch these men ard women '-- 't
an hour"
Whereupoa the stranger ] ..t
the corner for about f4f .
the End OF which time no st'd ..
know why Tom and -. * fi . '
did know why h- waG'I 'fE. o..
himself Il 'heva -,t 20
The sun., 1915-03-18
On and on Manhattan Island.

Lady GREGORY once outlined what
seemed highly fanclful scheme for
an American theatre. 1t was her
recommendation that theatres in
every large city should produce plays
dealing with the life of the particular r
State in which the town was situated.
This is the view Of person who
does not realize how closely in man
ners and life the dwellers In every
State Of this country are united. The
difference in theatrical taste 10 the
various cities could alone make such
plan practicable. Now 1t seems
that there Is discernible difference
in the taste of audiences in New
York and other American cities. Thus
Is another vexation added to the
problems Of the theatre managers.
1t used to be guarantee OF sue
cess over the whole country once
New York had received a drama with
pleasure. Now there Is no such as.
surance.
There has been indeed a discourag-
ing independence OF metropolitan
Judgment the present season One
commercial drama met with only
mea surable approval outside the city
because It's people we're altogether
incomprehensible TO dwellers 80 re-
mote from the modern Babylon. A
symbolic play from the Hungarian
was the entertainment FOR many
audiences in one OF the most popular
theatres for months. II survived the
change to other stpges but few
weeks
II was possible to say OF this play
that the original had been 80 mutt.
lated as TO make II but the means OF
displaying the virtuosity OF the prin.
cipal actor. Its popularity-so closely
had It been clipped TO his mea sure
ments-would determine It's fate any.
where. There Is. however. in its n
fortune outside New York the ques.
ton OF what managers will have 10
do in the future. Must they select
plays for New York or for other
citiesS
The sun., 1915-03-18
KIND WORDS.
An Enthusiastic Partisan and Rene
nctary Of Divorce

To TIE EpITon oF THE SuN-sir, You
are about as charitable IN your views
of divorce as old John Calvin was about
he'll. Any one who Iares - differ with
the EpsCopalian c-eed or the canons Of
the Episcopal Church abou; divorce "a
a psriah IN your estimation
You have not yet advanced a real ar
gument against righteous divorces, and
here are many OF then as wei as an.
righteous ones You SIMPLY indulge g..
personalities, Th i are the cheapest
weapons OF contrpvcr-y. Personalities
never Yet answered arguments.
DR. Percy St!ckney Grant may be
wrong in his premises but he has risen
above the level OF mud gutter abuse IN
handling the subject.
so far Or. Grants critics including
the Rev Or Manning OF Trlnitv Church.
have INDUCED in hysteria. Reason IS
suhordl0ated 70 Il.
I got a divorce in the state Of New
York and ! am proud OF Il. Let Rome
how. c. l.. {, DITMARs
SUMMIT. y. ], March Il
The sun., 1915-03-18
AREA AND POPULATION.
The United States Coul, Maintain q
Billion and q Half Of Peo lie

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN--Str. In
THE SuH of March IL a correspondent
challenges :he statement OF Senator
O'Gorman that the experience Of Euro
pean countries establishes that a popu-
laton OF 500 can be maintained on
ea'h square mile OF our territory
II the writer will turn 20 his ency-
cloppda he Will learn that before the
war Belgium had population OF $50
square mlie. England 600 square
mile. and Holland 500 square mile.
In our own country Rhode Island main
;a!ns population OF more than 500 "a
square mile Massachusetts more than
400. while Colorado. South Dakota and
oregon have bu. : t'Jh. Idaho and
New Mckee % 8. Montana ,. and
Nevada no; more than one person a
square mile
Exc.ud.ng AlasKl ard The Phlip-
pines. the United states has more than
100000 square lies a territory three
times as large as the combined area
OF England. Scotland. Ireland France.
Germany Austr a-Eungary. Italy and
Spain. II settled a. th.ck.y as Eng
land o. Belgium or Rhode Island, con-
tine1tsl United S.ltes would have a
population exceeding 1000. 900 900.
whi,h IL more t"au the number Of
human beings now on earth
Senator OGounan was conservative
IN his estimate that tais country can
maintain population of l,5o0. 1000, 900.
lie seems - have based us oonclu-
SONS ou an estimated population OF 500
square mile. although ta- experience
of England or Belgium vouli Justify
a basis of 500 a square mile THIS IS
a virgin country with in'.!ess poss.-
h,ities. England. Wales, Holland Rel
g.um and Switzerland. W ~ an esti-
mated population ~ 53.o00.000 could
20 located within She conrues Of the
state OF Nevada. which has more
squar' miles than inhabitants To be
precise Nevada has 10000 square
miles ana 5000 Inhabitants
New York city. with its 32s square
miles. has population Of $500 600 Or
nearly 1000 90 the square mite
Pretud = against foreign immig-a-
ton is more or less prevalent IN var
DGs sections Of the country. but to
the thouGhtful man the future develop
ment OF our vast areas IS depe erdcnt
upon continuance Of our policy OF free
and unrestricted immigration.
NEW YoRX, March u. EEo&N
The sun., 1915-03-18
Government experiment with busi.

Government experiment with busi-
ness. The first discovery by the Fed
eral Trade Commission is that 1t must
accept the hospitality Of the Depart
ment of Commerce for quarters and
must get along for a while with very
meagre funds. There are more than
three hundred thousand corporations
subject to Its jurisdiction and the
money appropriated for its uses works
out at an average Of about 81 a
corpora ton.
In time no doubt the commission
will project vast mass Of under.
takings which II will urge upon Con
gress as an argument for large sup.
ply OF money from the Treasury. In.
cidentally it will presumably make
the discovery that its ample powers
need persistent suppement!ng in or.
der TO make Its work effective. For
a quarter OF a century the Interstate
Commerce Commission has been an
inveterate beggar at the doors OF Con.
gress for more money and more power.
and 1t is still at II.
However. II will do no harm II for
a while the Federal Trade Commits
sion Is obliged to draw its salaries
and the salaries Of Its clerks as com.
pensation for a harmless necessary
compilation OF statistics and a sed.
entary construction OF plans for fu-
ture labors because means are lack.
ing for any more expensive endeav-
ors. The commi ssion is likely to be
dazzled enough by the realization Of
its equipment Of authority TO make 1t
desirable that It should be conscious
Of some limitations, even II these
are only sordid matters Of the where.
withal to spread the gospel Of the
New Freedom, which seems increas.
ingly to resemble a very old and ia
miliar form OF serv!tude.
The sun., 1915-03-18
Is IL Wise?

There is no doubt that the Repub.
Means at Albany have power 10 ex.
clude from the Safe Government all
individuals acquainted with the facts
Of State finance. Just as such unde-
Srables have already been eliminated
from their party councils. The eluci-
dation OF this intricate subject can
unquestionably be entrusted by them
10 such ingenious authorities as Gov
ernor CHARLES $. WHITMAN and As.
semblyman HAROLD j. HISMAN. Yet
disnterested advisers might urge that
at least one or two persons capable
Of recognizing the essential difference
between assets and liabilities be re-
rained in the States employ, and for
this reason:
The good nature Of even 80 amiable
person as Comptroller WILLIAM A.
PRESDERGAsr Of this city is likely
eventually TO be exhausted, and 1t is
conceivable that he may not again be
willing TO render first aid 10 the in
jured with the complete submergence
Of his own personality which charac
terized his recent benevolent enter
prise In the capital. II is possible
that when a crisis once more arises
as it is bound to, with the facts all on
one side and the humiliation all on
me other. Mr. PRENpEsGAsT, who is
not insensitive to his duties to this
ctty. ight firmly refuse 10 become
involved in a mess with the creation
Of which he had nothing to do.
The sun., 1915-03-18

To THE EprNoR or The SvN-Sir: Al
the conclusion Of meeting az the
BOARD OF C!ril Authority of Windsor,
W. Roswell CoHaut -. one ~ ,ho Sc
lcctmeu and veteran o. the civil war.
told this story
Harvey T uhham he'd Jest d.ed. Hr
was ,urrlale sWunrr--a Nays puNiu.
sarettr--aN folks sdIl "N c~s We
use o tobacco caused h., death Wall
We was talk-u' = tuc deceased AZ, 4
kinder mora,izin', NhrH Deacon Truman
S'orrs, who, ) know. - kinder torpid
an SOMETIMES dr,wsy, ne up an SAYS
Wa" I'm - t'trs q. ar I've uovr,
used tobacco, neither 20 chew nor smo.o.
an I'm IN pu''y reasonably good saapn
sim WALL pr Hart Smith the drN-
tis;-y' know he speaks up kinder sharp
Ike now and then. he up an SAYS Why
deacon, who can FAY but what, mehha.
cf you'd took tobacco reg'lar you might
be alive 'u-day "
NEW NoRK. March ~
The sun., 1915-03-18
Score One for Congress.

II our trade. industry and finance
did not have so much 10 think about
on account Of the European war they
would find plenty Of mental occupa.
don in the contrivance of adjustments
which domestic politics Is compelling.
Though We have, taking the Admins
tration's word for IL, come practically
20 the end OF the programme of revo.
lutionary alteration of the legislated
conditions OF business. iawmaking Is
not an end but a beginning. The con
sequences Of new laws remain TO be
dealt with. and the swearing in OF the
Federal Trade Commission formally
launches another great governmental
experiment with business, which was
already sufficiently harassed by other
experiments started in the dispense
non OF the New Freedom
OF all the experiments in question
the most dubious is that which the
Fedora Trade Commission represents
How this is going to work out de
the comm ssion itself. In its favor
il will have the wholesome soundnesS
Of our business enterprise and the
vigorous energy with which business
seeks TO overcome difficulties placed
in irs way. Nevertheless the com
mission. according to the record OF
our political past, is new and for
midahle obstacle in The path of busi-
ness progress.
Armed wirh almost life and death
mowers Of inGuisition and proscrip-
don, which the wisest Of mortals can
hardly he trusted safely TO use. the
new body of business regulators is
the most extreme assertion Of govern
mental control over the activities OF
rhe citizen that has yet been ven
tured upon Nor is there anything
in the history OF commission govern
rnent TO forbid the assumption tha
this control will sooner or later be
exercised in an extreme manner "a
The detTiment Of a people which con
cedes that clerks, nod carriers and
ditch diggcrs are NOT particularly com
petent to manage business or choose
its managers. hut Subscribes 70 The
notion that through process Of nose
counting an indirect choice may be
properly made Of public managers Of
the managers Of business.
II is astonishing, when one reflects
upon It, that a country which is Gus
tomarily credited with democratic
and busincSSlike contempt for bureau
cratic methods should seem 10 &C
Ouiesce in such m enormous develop,
nlcnl aud extension of bureaucracy
as the Federal Trade Comm Ssion con.
notes. II is even more aStoni Shng
that country whose traditions are
utterly antagoniStic to an excessive
unbalanced and unchecked concen ra
lion of power anywhere whether re-
sponshle or irresponsible, should con
Sent 10 such repository Of power as
thr Federal Trade Commission
Under the circumstances il cannot
he considered less than fortunate that
Congress-. de, iberately or negl gently
rrGde q very parsimonious provision
Tor the Inauguration of the latest
The sun., 1915-03-18
MAURICE MAETERLINCK,
Cnkind Suggestion That He Il Imitat-
Ing Shaw and SUNDAY.

To THE EDITOR or THs SrH--Sir: The
cable Informed Us the other day that
Maurice Maeterlinck called tho "vatl-
can unchris,ian" and affectingiy de-
p!ofed its detection from the teachings
of Jesus Christ.
NJ Maeierlinck ia a fallen away Chris
tlan. He long ago repudiated Chris
tinnlty and the teachings OF Jesus Christ
FOR ,he stale and ancient god ot plo
tinus, whom he mas been pleased TO label
tho Unconscious, and about which he
has iiscpursed N many volumes with
horeyed uHction 20 the mystlhed delight
Ct adoring Hcrm.ones BY the ecore In
his latest work, The Unknown Guest" "
VI. Sacter,nck solennly tells the world
that ne ycr!:ab!y believes tha; the IN
conscious Is beginning 20 stir Itself And
e now an unkaowa Guest seeHine TO
1econe manifest by psychic, slbliM!nal
ana other hints IN various WAS 20 deei
mankind even through the E.Oertcli j
trained horses Strange tha. NJ. Maeter
l!nck should take a hint even from Ger
many. Is this not treason 20 Belgium
md "hy should a philosopher who
solemn!y teaches ,ha, the gods On the
heights 1,ust but smile at our graves;
faults as we smile a. III. puppiee Oh
the hearth Jug rebukc any ono for a
failure 10 come up TO 4 standard which
tdc philosopher himself abandoned long
ago as supors;l:!ous
". Maeter.inck Is getting much adver-
;is,rs os late. in this line he IS beco:n-
ing the formidable r!va. OF Two other
vel known premiers shaw and Billy
SUNDAY. How easy il IS Maeterilrck
blows sent..u.nta. bubbles out OF the
s1f, soap Of the Unconscious, shaw
lulates .c5roc.as..c pa-adoxes 70 the
vink!rs man n the moon, and B.ily
Synday, whl-i!ng dervish. :owls his
frensled d!a;rloes 81 furious wh.rl.
wind 0. sound and tae jealous newe-
papers tumble for j: all + 7 BaruuU
didr't KNOW anything about l1veg'is-
ing. Co&DE &. PALifS.
The sun., 1915-03-18
SECRETARY OF Stnte for Pence

To THE EDITOR or Tue SUS-Str; Dr.
Bsn1amn Rush famous surgeon, author,
teacher politician and one Of the signers
OF the Declaration Of Independence. ad.
vocated the creation OF new Cabinet
post whose incumbent should ne known
as "Secrctary nf state Tor Peace.
Would Dr. Rush Il he wor, alivo to-
day he more horrlied than amused n
the antics of the first incumbent of the
post which n" advocated. but which was
never created?
ALBERT r. GALLArIN.
NEW YORK, March u.