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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-27
THE SEWARD GATEWAY Sig WARD ALASKA TUESDAY MARCH M M

prices and but two One is that shipping too much of products aboard and the other is that we are cursed with set of spectators who would starve baby to death for a penny.
 Also our production is not keeping pace with the de- mand because our farmers thoroughly disgusted at the treatment they receive the hands of these pecuator are leaving their broad and turning their faces to the towns And thousands of have been seeded to grass and stocked with mch There are none to take these farmers places. As MT. Cleveland once re- marked, "that is a condition and not theory"
 Food spectators know this and are buying up and boarding the supply and laying the shortage to the entente allies knowing that long officialdom be- eves they helping the there will be no nvest gatiOn.
 Foreign demand, Bunk!
 Wholesale robbery? YeS
 When we get rid of four-ffths of the middemen and then jail the spectators and price boosters will have ample supplies at reasonable prices and not until then (Valdez Prospector)
 Among Stewards recently discovered resources is chicken habut" chorus of rare charm. Go on Anchor
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-27

Among Stewards recently discovered resources is a chicken habut" chorus of rare charm Go on, Anchor age, and get jealous
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-03-27
FILED FOR RECORD
Placer Location

By Edgar T. Haun and T. J. Raun on seven claims on Bear creek, near Hope.
 Deeds By George A. Ball to Rena Mclean for lot 30 in block 2, town of Seward.
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21
No. GrosvenoTda|e Personals

Among the soldiers who were home Sunday were the following: Ar rmand Bianchette, Henry Bourque, Sergent Joseph Burton, Willie Leheau and Wilfred Duvsl.
 Missesi ' vonne Gendron aud Blanche Cote of Woonsocket were Lhe guests of Miss Lea Duval Sunday.
 Alvin Dillaber went to Northbridge, Sunday,
 Miss Floretta Berthiaume of Waure- gan visited relatives here, Sunday.
 Miss J. Olson of southbridge, was home Sunday.
 Miss NJ. Martin left for Canads Wednesday.
 J. Labbe who has been to Canada for several months, returned home Saturday.
 E. Austin Is retained at home on ac ]. count of Illness.
 A. Laurion who has been til for sev eral weeks Is gaining slowly.
 P. Ducharme Is retained at home on account of illness.
 Henry Duval returned to Tourtellotte Memorial High school after an absence Of two months.
 Miss Cora Loiselle WAS retained at home last week on account Of illness. MT. and Mrs. T. Beauregard of Sou;hbridge were the guests of H.. Beaur egard, Sunday.
 As.a ts..s,ts .....s.... I, ...s o,,...3 n... ployment in the C rosvenordale mill. MT. and Mrs. F. Lsfiamme welcomed a little daughter born Monday, Dec. IT.
 The TourtelIotte Memorial High school WIS closed Friday on account of the snow storm.
 J. F.echette of Central Falls moved here lasl week.
 At the last meeting held by the members of the St. John the Baptist society, the following officers were elected:
 President, Clodomir HameI.
 Vice President, Henry Derry.
 Secretary Phillip Trndeau.
 Assistant Secretary, Henri Des jardin.
 Treasurer, Arthur Ploutfe.
 For the Indies society, the following were elected:
 President, Miss mslvins Ravenelie. Vice President, Miss Yvonne Dion Secretary, Miss 4 ma Bafrette. Asst Secretary, Mrs. Victoria Lois ellie.
 Treasurer. Miss Juliette Coderre.
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21
An Old Anglo Norman Carol.

LordlingS. listen to our lag- We haze come from fdrdtcdU
 To seek Christmas; In this mdnson toe are told He hts yenrlv feast doth hold:
 Tis toddys May joy come from God dboUe To all those oho Christmas loUei Lordhngs I notc tell you true, Christmas bringeth unto you
 Only mirth,' His house he fills toith many dish Of bread and meat and also fsh
 To grace the day. May joy come from God dboue To all those eho Christmas loUet Lordiin0s. through our army's band They sag. Who spends i0tth open hand
 Free and fast, And oft regaIes his many friends God giues him double uhat he spends
 To grace the day. Mag ioy come from God abope To all those tcho Christmds ioUei LordHn0s, loicked men escheW, In them neUer shall y0u Uietc
 AR9ht thdfs good; Cotcdrds are the robbie rout, Kick and beat the 0rumblers oEt
 To grace the day. May joy come from God dboue To all those teho Christmas Iopei Lords, by Christmas aud the host Of this mansion hear mp toasf-
 Drink it weH Each must drain his cup of tofne. And I the frsf piil toss oT mine;
 Thus I ddtiSe, Here, then. bid goR oil tedssdii, Cursed be he tefo ictH not say Drink
 hail.
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21
MISS IDA HUTCHINSON
 MARRIED
Graduate of the Putnam High School. Formerly Lived in GrosyenOrdale
Family We'll Known Here

Announcements have been sent out by MT. and Mrs. Thomas Hutchinson of Westfield, N J., of the marriage of their daughter, Miss Ida Louise Hutch inson, to NIT Harry Anaole kniiiin, at Westfield, Monday, December i7th, 1917. MT. and Mrs. Kniiiin will be at home at l0i Euclid avenue, Westfield, after the first of Apfil,i
 The Hutchinson family lived for years at Grosvenordale where Mr. Hutchinson conducted A general store. Miss Hutchinson attended the Putnam High school, from which she graduo- ted. She was talented musician and had pleasing voice which wns heard on many public occasions. The fami' ly is we'll known in the Grosvenof- dales and inPutnam.
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21
Eastern Star Elects Officers

Al the regular meeting of'Jessamine Chapter, Order Eastern Star, held in NJ asonic hall, Wednesday evening, the following officers for next year were installed into office by Past Malfon, Miss Anna c. Levitt, assisted by Past matron, Mrs. LiIla E. Rich:
 W. M., Mrs. Nellie D. Bates
 W. F., John c. Bates.
 A NJ, Mrs. Dorothy K. Wright. Gond.. Mrs. Marion Deane.
 ASso. Cond., Mrs. Alice M. Ken nedy. Af.,. secretary. Mrs. JessiesA. Mcintyre. Treasurer, Mrs. iEez ", Hoyie. Adah. Miss Louise Dayison.
 Ruth. Mrs. Bertha Greene.
 Esther, sdiss Adeline E. Bsboitt. Marina. Mrs Edith E Richardson. Flecta. Mrs. Irene Cafmhek.
 Dtganist. Mrs. Martha kichafnson. Marshal, Mrs. Liiia E, Rien.
 Wsrder. Emma C. Phiilirs-
 1entinel, Anson W. Buchanan.
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21
The Cork Convent"

A striking curiosity near Cintra, Portugal. says writer in the Wide World, is an ancient convent built partially in the interior of an immense rock. The convent is situated in a very isolated spot. and was formerly surrounded by a dense wood If cork trees. The convent is known as the Convento da Cortiea, or Cork Con vent" for the reason that the monks cells, chapel. kitchen and refectory are all lined with cork to keep out the damp. From 1J60 to 1884 the convent was inhabited by an order of monks known as the Capuchians remarka- ble feature of their religion being that, except on certain occasions. silence was obligatory. Since 1894. when tiae monasteries and eonvents of Portugal were dissolved. the convent has not been occupied. though il is open 10 the public, q caretaker residing there for this purpose
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21
GESTLEMEn

John W. Cullen, Bernard G Gross. uan, Alexander Naitlx-d. II - Me phefson, Michel MemmoIin, Th0mas Nee, Jasepn Neaston, John Taylor, AadIeW Weieh
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21
Movies of Munitions Factories.

Capt Albert Dawson and First Lieut.. J. T. Mcdonald of the Signal Corps of the United States army will soon begin to take moving pictures of munitions factories in Connecticut. They have been assigned to this work by the Committee on Public Informa- ton, of which George Greet is chair man. Films will be shown in Con necticut under the auspices of the Connecticut State Council of Defense. They will be shown under no other agency.
 The operators will work under the direction Of Walter Niebuhr, assist. ant director Of the division of films Of the Committee on Public Information. The officers will visit Hartford, New Haven. Waterbury, Bridgeport and other cities in the state. Views of Connee ticut shipbuilding activities win also be taken.
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21

Additional stars have been added to the service flag at 1t. Mary's church. There is now total of eighty seven.
 lcemen have begun the winters harvest. A man that has been in the business many years says thnt he new CT saw 10 inch ice formed so early in the season as this year. Ice cut sun dav was from II to l3 inches thick.
 The efforts of Fridays eclipse of the sun seemed noticeable for time in tbe darkness of the afternoon sky. The next and last eclipse of the year will he that of the moon, Dec. 2s, visible ht re,
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21
official Pen Cutter.

For ordinary persons the great draw back to quill pens is the constant mending they require. Alexander l Of Russia found 1t essential to engage servant for the sole duty of cutting pens. He was instructed to have supply of not less than a hundred quiils always ready for use. This num- Der was by no means excessive, for the monarch would never use the same pen twice. Even the writing of a signature spoiled pen, in his opin- ion, for subsequent use. The quill cut ter received q salary of $1,7J0 year, and accompanied the ezar on all his Journeys. even travel ng with him into the field against Aapoleon-
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21
Peach Growers Meet.

FcdNn oTOWSfo NtCths
 Senator Elijah Rogers presided at the executive meeting of the Exeeu- tive Committee of the New England Peach Growers Association at the capitol. The committee discussed
 plans for the marketing of next year 8 crop. The reports of the officers of
 the association showed that the plans carried out this year were advanta- geous alike to the growers and 10 the purchasers of peaches. The commit tee passed a vote of thanks to the Food Conservation Committee of the State Council of Defense and to c. R. Runyan, the federal official assigned by the Department of Agriculture for
 the assistance rendered in marketing the crop.
 The crop of New England last year was about 500. .000 baskets, or 50 per cent. less than what was expected in the early part of the season.
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21
TOurteIIOtte Memorial Hi
 School Notes
Hipll

The .Basket Ball game scheduled for last Friday with Southbfidge High nt Tourtellotte was postponed on ac- count of the sno. storm.
 The Basket Ball fteam played in Putnam Tuesday evening.
 Tourtellotte High closed last Friday ag II o'clock on account Of the snow storm which prevented most cf the scholars from being present.
 The schools will close Friday De eer,apef 2f for two week. < vacation.
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21

-..l..s.s..s.s.i--l.s .l.-s..l~g-i.-f..i-l'.i.. f
 Frank Lowe, Dedham, called on
 Putnam friends Sunday. | Rev. E. r. Benoit will preach In
 French at the Baptist church Sunday
 afternoon al 3:30 o'clock. | Mrs. Ewart Bsann and her mother.
 Mrs. Charlotte Champiin, were in
 Worcester Weaaesday.
 Mrs. Carrie B Gascoigne, South
 Main street, spent 1he weekend with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Thorburn. in Boston.
 Ernest chapdelaine, son Of MT and
 Mrs. Vic:or Chapdelaine, is at the home of his parents for the Christmas vacation.
 Elmer q. Steger oi Bridgeport gave four-minute talks on the Red Cfoss at the Bradley and Empire theatres, on Saturday night.
 Gilbert Perry, stationed at Fortress Munroe, isl expected to spend Christ mas with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Cleo. W. Perry, Providence street. There will be a ci=.l service exami- nation al Putnam, January 26th for rural carrier at Pomfret Center. Forms and blanks for application may be had at lhe Putnam or Pomfret Center | tssrkt mission, Washington. Waller Hopkins, . resident of Put nam some years ago, was in this city for short while Wednesday morning. lie has charge of painting for the New York Central railroad between Boston and Albany. Hts brother Grant is engaged in steel construction work tn Boston,
 Harold s. Corbin, Wilton Green, Michael J Daigle, aud Louis Girard. were home from Camp Devens over Sunday. The boys in camp are hop- ing to get home Saturday and remain until Christmas night. Under new ruling they have to be in camp al 10 o'clock p. III. Advertised letters, nsc. IS, loI7: LADIES Mrs Hopkinsop. oESTLEhEn l John W. Cullen, Bernard c. Gross man, Alexander Nsitlxsd. M :. Me i phefson. Michel Aemmolin, Thomas Nee, Jaseph Neasion, John Taylor, Aadfe~ Weieh
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21
To Make a True Christmas.

Don't forget the lonely, the suffering. the poor. on Christmas. Remember that the first and greatest Christmas gift was sent not to the rich and pow erfui, but to the poor and needy. Give to those who are near and dear to you, but somewhere, somehow, in your ordi- nary life find some one who Is near and dear to no one else and make Christmas for him or her.
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21
PUTNAM NEWS

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Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21

Newton A. Ballard returned 5stuf- day nigh from hunting trip 10 the Kaiahdin Iron Works, Me. lie sh9l 4 deer which he sent home U e1nfess.
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21

Shut Saloons to Save Coal.
 It being the consensus among those
 present that the suggestion of the state Fuel Committee that churches
 be consolidated during the period of the war to conserve coal should carry with 1t at least equal emphasis that such step be followed by the sa- i looms of the city. vote was passed at a meeting of the Executive Com mittee of the New Haven Civic Fed. eration urging that the fuel commits sioner consider this matter As a
 matter of fact. the Vote specified that
 the fuel commissioner consider the
 consolidating of saloons. the shorten
 ing of their hours or suspension of
 some licenses during the war and
 that the county commissioners be also
 asked to take up the matter.
 The suggestion was made by Rev Robert Denison of the United Church, who explained that he and other pas
 tors were quite willing to ge the limit
 in economizing on fuel in the church. es, but that he felt, as did others, that if agencies for civic betterment were
 to be required to make sacrifices and limit their activities agencies not es- sential to civic betterment should be
 called upon to do at least as much. That the saloons of the city should
 be required to open during fewer
 hours of the day or night was the feeling generally expressed. The rais- ing of the point greatly interested those present. and it was unanimous ly admitted that there was much log ic in the iSsue
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21

Hartford. - Officials Of the New Haven road see serious transporta. ton problems ahead if future draft regulations fail 10 contain eonsidera- tions for railway operatives. Superin. tendent Carl A. Mitchell of the Hart. ford division feels that further draft upon the experienced railroad men of this division will cripple the lines. In his opinion only one thing besides exemption of railroaders from future drafts could keep the trains running on normal sehedules-the nullifica. tion, temporarily at least of the so called full crew" laws in force on most of the railroads of the country. In some states. he said. such step would release more than 10000 men.
 The spirit of the New Haven" road had been shown, Superintendent Mitchell said, at the entry of the United States into the war, when. with nearly all of the other roads of the country, it organized, at it's own expense. corps of engineers from among its skilled employees and turn ed them over to the government for service abroad. Draft quotas since that time, however, has drawn heavily from the ranks of operatives and oth- CT employees and finally the volun- ta9y enhstments in anticipation of fu- ture drafts skeletonized the forces In few instances men had to be taken from the railroad offices to help man trains
 It is thought in railroad circles that any attempt to suspend the "full crew laws here would meet with opposition by the organizations of the men
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21
DRAFT AFFECTS
 RAILR0AD LINES
Serious Transportation Prob bIems Unless Regulations
 Are Quickly Changed.
BLAME FULL CREW LAWS

Civic Federation to Urge Control of Saloons as Well as churehes-MO- ton That curtanment Work
 Both Ways Is Adopted.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-17
England's Grain Crop
Showing Below Normal,
Special Statement Says

LONDON. July l3.-England's grain
crop showing is below normal
a special statement issued today by
the board OF agriculture forecasting
yield on various staples and based on
returns July l showed:
Wheat. ~ per cent of normal; barley,
es; oats, 90.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-17
$4,000 A|RPLANES ARE .
AUTHORIZED BY HOUSE;
INVOLVED
Greatest neutrality-suspicious.
Ever Passed by Congress Is
Adopted in Less Than Five
Hours by Members -,

WASHINGTON. July 15.-The WAR
department bill appropriating s64o,o0o,4
900 for construction of $4,000 airplanes
was passed by the house late today
without a roll call 1t was amended
only in minor details.
Amendments adopted included one by
Representative Fitzgerald, New York.
providing that enlisted men drafted for
the aviation corps shall be within the
same ages. 81 to 80, inclusive, as apply
in The general conscription law.
The bill, carrying the greatest aviation
appropriation ever proposed in congress.
and passed in less than FIVE hours. evoked
some criticism of legislative methods.
hut no attack on the general purpose.
Chairman Dent, of the military commits
tee. declaring debate might result in in
formation leaking to Germany. clashed
with MIR. Fitzgerald, chairman of the ap-
propriations committee. who said con-
gress was handling public funds in a
slip-shod and illogical way. and that if
the war emergency. during which the bill
is specifically applicable, continues two
years the appropriation fer such a period
would violate the constitution.
Republican Leader Mann favored &C
ton without discussion. and other re-
publicans criticised the Council of Ma
tional Defense, the senate and the navy
department for published statements re-
garding the aviation program and con-
tracts for submarines.
The bill, which now goes to the senate.
gives no details, but a total personnel
of the aviation section approximating
10000 men is understood to be contem-
plated. Broad discretionary powers are
vested in the president.
The S640,OO0, 900 appropriation is not
only for personnel and aircraft, but for
engines, equipment. guns. armament, am
munition, spare parts. barracks and
buildings, operation of aviation stations.
experiments, creation. acquisition and de-
velopment of aircraft plants and facto-
ries, expense of agents for observation
and investigation abroad and other nee
essary work.
A million dollar airplane factory will
be built by the navy, Secretary Daniels
announced today. 1t probably will be
located near Detroit or in some other
"so-called automobile district" Aerial
experts are now abroad studying for
eign aircraft types which are to be
built here.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-17

congress in the early spring of
1862, and it had the full sanction
of General Robert E. Lee. Every
man in the Confederate army after
April Is, 1852, was a selective SER
vice man, although all who volun-
teered at the beginning of the war
enlisted for only one year.
In 1853 after the states and the
federal government had expended
over seven hundred million dollars
in bounties paid for enlistments,
II resorted to selectivc service.
SO any one who knows anything
about the history of his country
knows that selective service in all
of it's odiousness has been resorted
to in every war of any conse-
uuence since the foundation of the
country.
Some say it is an outrage TO
send our boys to the battlefields
of France. What comfort such a
position must afford Germany!
What an idiotic position for the
greatest and most powerful nation
of all the earth to take. Sit idly
by and tweedle our thumbs while
our allies are In a death grapple
with our enemy on their soil, let
our enemy annihilate our friends.
and then turn the captured guns of
our friends upon us on American
sail What craftsmanship! What
nonsense, Have those who take
this position forgotten the battle
of Montreal; the glories of Cha
pultapec. San Juan Hill and Cavite,
or the siege of Tien Tsin?
May God help us if the kaiser
should ever get command of Eng
lands feet. The consequences, the
sufferings, the blood. the devasta-
ton. the torture, are too horrible to
contemplate.
At the helm of your ship of state
we have a man clear-eyed, with far
reaching vision over the troubled
waters; strong minded, standing for
human rights and American liher-
ties; steadfast in the Christian faith.
You can trust him implicitly in this
trying hour.
believe that: "A land without
ruins is a land without memories;
a land without memories is a land
without history. The land that
wears a laurel crown may be fair to
see, but Irvine a few sad cypress
leaves around the brow of any land
and, be that land barren. beautiless
and black, It becomes lovely in its
consecrated coronet of sorrow and
wins the sympathy Of the heart and
of history. Crowns of roses fade
crowns of thorns endure. Calavaries
and crucifxions take deepest hold
on humanity. The striumphs OF
might are transient; they pass away
and are forgotten. The sufferings
OF right are graves deepest on the
chropicles of nations"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-17
u. S. TO REQU|S|TI0N
ALL STEEL MERCHANT
SHIPS BEING BUILT
Major General GoethaIS Com
pIeteS Plans for Taking Over
Major Ships Under Con-
struction In u. S.

WASHINGTON. July l4-Plans for
requastttoning on Monday all steel mer-
chant ships under construction in the
country were completed today by Major
General GoerhaIs. manager OF the ship
ping boards emergency meet corporation.
All American yards Will be notified that
the government has taken charge and
that they are TO follow the corporations
directions
About dftsen yards in the country are
producing major ships. A government
agent will be put in charge OF each. al
though the present managers probably
viii be designated as the government
representatives.
No ships under construction for the
government will be requisitioned. nor
will any vessels under repair be taken
over Ships under construction will he
speeded up. General Goethals announced.
by the addition OF overtime where nee
eSsary. by additional labor shifts and by
the elimination of nOn-essential refine
ment OF construction As soon as the
ways are cleared, General Goethals will
start construction of standardized de-
signs which can be built quickly.
Contracts will be let Monday for con-
struction OF the two great government
owned shipbuilding plants. in which Gen.
erAA GOelhafS Will nave fabricated steel
ships built These two plants are ex-
pected 10 turn out within eighteen
months or two years 400 vessels OF .
500 600 tons
Although General Cocktails has an
nounced contracts for 34S wooden ships
with another 100 under negotiation,
possibilities OF trouble between him and
the shipping board were still seen to-
night over the wooden ship building
program The shipping board. it is
known. favors construction of a large
number OF wooden ships OF one design.
while General Cocktails is letting con-
tracts only for another design said to
be a better type of ship. but of slower
construction than the one the board
fancies.
The board has cOntended for eonstruc-
ton Of type OF wooden vessel which
viii give the country immediate ton
mage Whether IL will insist on con-
struction under this design has not been
made known, but il is considered GER
tain that the boards members. as stock
holders in the fleet corporation. will
take an active interest in the building
program.
The fleet corporations board of direc-
tors composed of shipping board mem
bers and employees. will meet Monday to
discuss General Cocktails program
There were indications tonight. how
ever. that General Cocktails is ready 10
proceed with his plans and that he IS
determined not to be hampered in any
way.