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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-08-06
MAJOR GENERAL MORRISON
 VISITED TO-DAY IN CITY

Major General John F. Morrison commander of the western department Of the United States army with head quarters in San Francisco arrived ir port on the steamship Victoria and continued south to Seattle.
 General Morrison is one of the most popular commanders in the service having attained his high office by hard work. He was born in New York in 1857, and graduated from the U. s Military Academy in 1881; made see end lieutenant of the 20th Inf. June II. 1881: first lieutenant Nov. 27 1890 transferred to 20th Infantry in 1891 cantain, 1898; major, 18th Infantry 1905: transferred to 20th lnf.' 1906: made lieutrnant-colonel 1911; assign ed to Dist infantry 1912; colonel l9l4. assigned to 9th Infantry 1914; brlga dicr general 1915; major general since beginning of war.
 Major General Morrison was retir. cd from service before the declaration of war, and was called to the color and given charge of the Western de nartmcnt. He ranked General Per shirg. and had he been in active ser vice would have had command of/th' American Expcditionary Forces m France
 General Morrison served with d'S. tinction in Cuba with the 20th lnfan' trv in 1899: and in the Philippines through the Spanish American war Hc was military attache with the Jap arcsc army in the Japanese-Russ'ar war: and was Senior. Instructor IF tho Army Staff College Besides h'S arlious military duties he has founc time to write numerous articles fo' military magazines and journals.
 Mai. Gen. Morrison goes to San Francisco to turn his command of the Western Department over to Col. lhg gct then he will 20 to Camp hewiS where he has been ordered. Major General Morrison has just concluded tour of inspection of the mllita': in Alaska.
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MAJOR McANDREW. WHO WAS IN ALASKA. Is NOW
 BACK FROM OVERSEAS

Mai. James w. McAndrew. whg commanded the United States troop: stationed in Alaska in 1914 to l9lG. having his headquarters at Fort Will jam II. Seward. has recently returnca 70 his country from France. where he vas right-hand man of Gen. PerShng being his chicf of staff.
 Hc has recently been appointed chief of the General Staff College at. Wash ington. D. C.. and has been visiting on thc Pacific coast before taking up his new duties.
 The following is the story of hIs participation in the great war:
 "Thcn a colonel of infantry he went to France with this regiment, which was. among the first to cross he Atlantis. reaching the other side June 2l, 1917. Later he was detailed .o organize the corps schools of tho American Expeditionary Forces anC Nav I. 1918. at the time when tho American forces were being prepared for the decisive struggle Of the war General Pershing chose him as chic; of staff.
 50 well did hc perform his task, that his chief conferred upon him the Distinguished Service Medal Sir Douglas Haig pinned to his breast thH badge that made him commander CT the Order of St. Michael and St. Geo ,gc. Marshal PCtain awarded him :Nc Croiy dc GuerTe with two palms and conferred on him. on instructions firm his government. the insignia of the Legion of Honor General Tarvcl' or the Italian Mission representing Cen nral Diaz. bestowed upon him the Or drY of St. Maurice and Lazarus" and Kinr Albert of Belgium mission to award him the Order of Leopold. The ,crvico ribbons worn by General Me Andrew include those of the Indian Snanish-Amcrican. Philippine Insur- rcction. Cuban Occupation and worlc wars"
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ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD
 LANDS POSITION FOR
 OLDTiME NORTHERNER

Comes nov the rroof that if is = mighty fine thing to he member O. tho Arctic Brotherhood. for by wca,. ing an A. B. button, Cant. FranEliI Johnston. a well known old timor o' the North. was able to secure an iH .nvvicw which landed him lucratIv, position which he would not otherwiS, have been able tc got. acrordin" to :" letter received by Arthur c. Shour. says the Ectchiliar Chronicle.
 Writing rom Washington D. c Cart. William C Ward. another vol [rowr A'askan. who was in inc cons ruarI service in the North for q nun. bor of years. and who is now assist au. 10 Edward N. Hurley. head of thr United States shipping board, saya hat Cant. Johnston anpc0rcd at hi, office ono day and asked for an intor view. Tho secretary in the outcr room "oruScd him adnHiSSior and just a' rhnt tirr Capt Ward happened t1 ston ont. He saw tho A. R. button Madn inquiries and tho result was tha' Cant Johnston was appointed por; ,antain of tho !. r. W. Steele Com. raHv. cf Galveston. Texas.
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KICK IN ROOT BEER

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. C. Root beer made at home may not always be as innocent as it's name. Professor Fl. La Wall dean of the Philadelphia Col lege of Pharmacy. cautions the public to look out for the kick. The home brew. he finds. has an alcoholic content of 1.77 percent.
 '1t will take gallons to produce the familiar dizziness" he said "but it may provide some collaboration"
 T was surprised recently" declares Professor La Wall "to notice frieno coughing a little after drinking sev- eral glasses of homemade root beer. I became interested and began an an- alysis of some of the beverage. The re- suit was surprising. I found that the alcoholic content was much greater than had supposed.
 "T discovered that afte standins five days the beverage contained.53 percent of alcohol; after ten days the percentage jumped to 1.36 and a day or so later had climbed to TIT. The alcohol came from natural fermenta- tion."
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LABOR WILL BUILD |
 HEADQUARTERS IN LONDON

LONDON. Aug. 6 Representative. of the principal labor organizations have taken steps for the erection ir London of a building intended to b" the finest headquarters of any demo cratic movement to be found m the world as Arthur Henderson labor leader, explained to the meeting which launched the project.
 It is to be erected in Westminste' district near Parliament. and will con tain the Headquarters of the Trade Union Congress. the British Part? (which is a po'itical party with an or oanizatiou distinct from the Trade Unions), and the Cooperative tradinp bodies. which are powerful in the in dustrial centers.
 There are to hc committee rooms. offices for the staffS, reference library reading rooms. hotel and restaurant, It is prorosed to establish a perma, uent exhibition of cooperative pro- ducts.
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JUDGE OUT
 FROM NOME:

w. A. Holzhcimcr, Judge of the second Judicial Division of Alaska with his headquarters at Nome is passenger to Seattle on the steamer Victoria and visited friends in Seward during the stop of the steamer at this port.
 Judge HolZheimer has been one of the few men who has gone to the Nome district and made good in all senses of the wtrd. There was the us- ual clique there which did it's best to stir up something but the investigat- orS sent to Nome to make probe only found complete exoncration on all mu- liciouS charges against the good old Democratic war horse.
 Judge HoI2heimcr says that tn" Nome district has been at it lowesC ebb and this season started again O. the upward tendency towards furtnc' prosperity and development
 Mrs. Holzhcimcr and daughter Ca thcrinc are accompanying the Judge to Seattle. They will remain this wint- CT but Judge Holzheimer will return north on the Victoria as the next tern of court is called for Sept. 18th.
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AGAINST PART
 OI TREATY
By A ssociated Press

WASHINGTON. Aug. G Senator Watson. Republican of Indiana asked the Senate today to reject that portion of the Versailles treaty which gives Japan control of Shanturg.
 "The history of German and Japa- acquisition of Shantung," said Sens tor Watson "has been one wrong upon the President However the President insists that Japan intends to return Shantung to China. I now ask why hat clause was not written into the treaty. Japan's protection of good faith is unbelievable"
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IN
 VACATIONS

LONDON, Aug. C. By A. P.- Americans who find the cost of vaca- tions so high that they cannot afford his year to go to the mountains or seashore will be interested in the way n which the Young Mems Christian Association is attempting to solve the problem in England.
 Seaside profiteers have made tho vacations so expensive for the avcraG" English family that thousands who be fore the war sought recreation on the oastcoast of England were unable to do so this year. The hotels have jump ed their prices to unheard of figures.
 The Y. M. c. A. is offering thes" families bed and breakfast in these east coast resorts at S420 a week for each person and it proposes to furnish nurses and accommodations for child ren SO that mothers can havXe q real holiday.
 To accomplish this the association vented a hotel at Felixstowe and an other at Southend and established 3 tent camp at Herene Bay equipping them with such furniture as it was ab- le to quickly obtain. All valuableS must be left at home and only old ,'othes can be worn.
 No charge is being made for child ren less than one year old and reduced nrices are quoted for those of less than eight years. This permits fam ily in ordinary circumstances to en- iov the holiday season at much the same price as prevailed before the war
 Y. M. c. A. leaders arc planning to extend their vacation accommodations to other shore resorts and to use for th's purpose two military camps.
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VICTORIA IN AND SOUTH

Steamer Victoria in command ot Cant. Warner. arrived in port carry this morning from Nome on the way to Seattle. The Victoria has 15S pass enccrs aboard many from Nome r. sidents going ont on visits and others from inc interior. The Victoria called at Alntan and took aboard men who have been working on the sulphur pro perties there. took aboard part of the canncry crew at Morzhovoi Bay and loaded fish at Uyak.
 The Victoria is about two weeks be- hind schedule time owing to beinc held up a week at Nome dischargine. on account of severe storm.
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PREDICTS REVOLUTIONS

WASHINGTON. Aug. G Senate. Johnson, Democrat of South Dakota, told the Senate agricultural committee today that drastic action was needed to meet the cost of living.
 "We will have q revolution if noth- is done" said Senator Johnson. Re volution is now in the air.
 The committee will shortly begin hearings on bills proposing a federal investigation of the meat packers.
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TANK PLANS NOT GIVEN
 AT PARIS

WASHINGTON. Aug. 6 Secrc tary of State Lansing told the Senate foreign relations Committee today that the American plan for the Lea que of Nations was not pressed at Versailles. The plan was never pre- Sented, said Secretary Lansing to ;Hc full conference and he did not know il a copy of the American draft was still m exiStancc or not The Secretary stated that he presumed that PrcSi- dcnt Wilson had q copy but did nos know positively.
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WELCOMES I;S
 FLEET ]: :'I' ]I
PROHIBITION AND STRAWBERRIES
 MIXED UP

PHILADELPHIA. Aug, 6 By A P Prohibition indirectly producc1 an extraordinary condition in the strawberry market this year.
 Prices went higher than eyer be- fore because a Chicago packing house opened what was said to be the largest fruit preserving plant in the world m the heart of the strawberry district Of Delaware and the Eastern Shore ot Maryland and bought tho product O great berry producing fields virtually without regard to cost to meet the trS' mcndous demand for ice cream and soft drinks produced by the "dry' per iod.
 Strawberries that normally soil for from five to ten cents a quar- were snapped up at from thirty t' thirtv-scvcn cents The price to the consumer never went below thirty cents this season. Strawberry syrur for f'avoring soda water formerly sold at Sixty-five cents a gallon is no" quoted S2.5O a gallon.
 Farmers are elated. Many of then made an average of 5000 an acre O. their strawberry crop and they ar- looking forward to big profits ncN' year.
 The packers. when the strawberry season vas over. sent their employees to other work and closed the factory.
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Rv Associated PrPss
, s - Sxr PACIFIC FLEET
 AT RENDEZVOUS
SAN DIEGO, Aug. G The Pa cific fleet iS assembling at the rendezvous seven miles south of here off the Mexican Coast. tss sSxs s,

SAN DIEGO. Aug, G Sccrctar, of the Navy Daniels will give the Of ficial welcoming to the Pacific Flee; tomorrow five miles off the boundary between California and lower Califo" nia. Secretary Daniels will board tn, flagship and come into this port.
 Every ship will he opened for in. spcction at every port visited.
 The restaurant proprictorS hay pledged themselves not to raise tn, price of meals during the visit of tn" fleet.
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IS BEHIND
 BILL Of SIMS

WASHINGTON. Aug. G FranE Morrison, Secretary of the American Federation of Labor, told the House interstate commerce commission that labor stood behind the Sims bill en'' bodying labors plans for rcorganiza- ton of the railways.
 The bill points out the theory that the roads should he operated for pub lie service instead of private profits.
 The bill provides public ownership but private operation of the railways.
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RETURNED SOLDIERS ARE
 ROASTING P. NJ. OF PORTLAND

PORTLAND. Aug. G Returned soldiers allege that Postmaster Myers is discriminating against them in en' ploying help. Mayor Baker has sent 9 protest to Postma ter General Burle- son.
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WlCkERSHAM OFF FOR
 NORTH ON THE ALASk

SEATTLE. Aug. G James Wick ersham will leave on the steamer Alas ka tomorrow fer the north to take cvi. dencc in the delegate contest.
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SHOE PROFITS CAUSING 1HE
 H|GH PRICE
By Associated Press

WASHINGTON. Aug G The Fe'' cral Trade Commission today made q report that the present high prices ol shoes was the result of the excessive profits taken by every factor in the shoe industry. packers, tanners manu' factors and rctailors all being includ' ed in the profitecring.
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COUNTER PEACE PROPOSALS
 OF AUSTRIA GIVEN ALLIES

PARIS, Aug. 6 The Austrian counter peace proposals were handed to the Allied conference late this aft crnOOn.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-08-06

Mir. and Mrs. !. F. Simmons of Knik have leased the White House al Anchorage. Their daughter Miss An nie Simmons will have charge of the hostelry.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-08-06

The City Council of Cordova has decided to purchase Ford American La France combination fire engine and hese cart for $2,100.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-08-06

An Italian barber who formerly worked in Juneau has opened bar ber shop on the Douglas beach in the shop that was formerly occupied by a Japanese.
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PRESIDENT WILL
 TALK TO CONGRESS

WASHINGTON. Aug. G. Presi- dent Wilson will address Congress on Friday and make recOmmenda- tions to reduce the high cost of
 living. *st ~
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GERMAN WARSHIP SUNK IN SCARPA FLOW ARE TO
 BE RAISED BY BRITISH

LONDON. Aug. G It was an rounced in the house Of commons thai one battlcship. three cruisers and if. teen destroyers of the scuttled Ger man fleet at Scarpa Flow. now arr ready to be salvaged. Other vessels it is said may be raised at later date.
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KAISER 10 COME: E 'TII'O
 77'RiAI||I ' I||I.

mol, altered their decision try he regarding the trial however, Don Kaiser in London This d until the peace treaty made by Law has been ratified
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Zach F. Hickman. former Fair hanks publisher and mining man. 's TOW resident of Fargo N. D.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-01-30
CHAPTER XIX.
German Prison Camps.

A few days after I had been dashed
to the barbed wire fence some Of the
German officers came to the barracks,
and one Of them who spoke very good
English said: "All of the neutrals who
were on unarmed ships step out"
Only a few stepped out.
Then he called for all the neutra1s,
and the Danes, Swedes, Norwegians,
Brazilians and Spaniards stepped out.
But when did, he said, ''No, not
Americans. Americans are not neu-
trail. America supplies our enemies
with food and ammunition" He raised
his fist, and thought he was going to
hit me, but instead he gave me q
shove that caused me to fall and get
a little cut on the head. Then the
sentries pushed me over with the
British and the French.
After that they took. the Norwegi-
ans, Swedes and Danes to separate
barracks, and gave them clothes and
beds and the same rations as the Ger
man soldiers. When I saw this I
made kick and said was a neutral,
too, and ought to. get the same treat
ment as the Scandinavians. They took
me to the officers again, kicked me
about and swore at me, and the only
answer got was that America would
suffer for all she had done for the al
lies. Then was sent back to the bar
racks again.
The next day at about one O'Clock
they took us from the barracks and
drilled US through the swamps. The
men began to fall one by one, some
crying or swearing, but most Of them
going along without a word. Those.
who went down were smashed in the
head with rife butts or belts.
Finally we arrived at a little rail-
road station, and had to stand in the
snow for over an hour while the en-
CINE ran up and down the tracks hook
ing on cars. When we finally got In
the cars we were frozen stiff. could
hardly walk, and some OF the boys
simply could not move without intense
pain.
They loaded twelve men into each
compartment, and detailed guard OF
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not sick were wounded-that I do not
think man of us really slept. After
a while asked sentry If ] could go
outside for minute, but for some rea-
son he would not let me. had diff
ferent ideas about it, so / stood
around near the door, and when he
turned his back out went and around
the corner Of the barracks.
But one Of the sentries there saw
me and blew his whistle, and a guard
Of eight came up from somewhere and
grabbed me. tried to explain, but 1t
was no use, because every time said
word it meant another swat over
the ear, so finally gave 1t up.
Then they drilled me across the
road to the officers quarters. There
were three officers there, and each or
them asked me questions about all
kinds of things, but never once men,
toned my running out Of the bar
racks. Then they gave the sentries
some commands, and four Of the SEN
tries took me out and over to the
barbed wire fence. There they tied
me, face to the fence, arms over my
head, and hands and feet dashed to
the wire, and with a rope around my
waist, too. thought, then, that my
bunch had come true, and that J.
would be crucified, like Murray and
Brown.
They posted sentry there in addi-
ton to the regular guards, and every
time he walked past me he would kick
me or spit on me, or do both.
One time he kicked me so hard
that a prong of the barbed wire
gashed me over the left eye-the only
one I can see with-and when the
blood ran into my eye it blinded me.
thought both eyes were gone then,
and hoped they would shoot me. It
seemed to me that had got my share
by this time without losing the other
eye, and If it was gone, wanted to
go too.
I coul5 not put up my hand to feel
where the prong had jabbed me, and
it kept On bleeding and smarting. /
had on practically no clothing, you re-
member. The wounds in my thigh had
opened, and it was bitter cold and
windy. So you can picture to your
self how gay and carefree was.
When had been there for an hour
and half they united me from the
wire, and I keeled over on my back.
They kicked me until I had to stand
up, but fell down again, and all the
kicking In Germany could not have
brought me to my feet. I was just all
in. So they blew their whistles and
the sentries in the barracks awakened
two Of the boys, who came and carried
me in.
All the time the sentries were yell
ing, Scott strafe England !" and
"schweinhund !" until you would have
thought they were in a battle. What
their idea was do not know.
The boys had a little water in
can, and one of them tore off part Of
the sleeve Of his undershirt. So they
washed the cash and bandaged it.
Believe me, was glad when I could
see again. I was so tired and worn
out that went to sleep at once, and
did not wake up until they were Civ
ing us our barley coffee next morn
ing. -,
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ed: "Nichts zu essen But we did
not know what that meant, so we just
hung around there and waited. Then
they started shouting, "Zuruck! Zu-
ruck! !" and drove us back to the bar
racks.
Later we heard the words "nichts
zu essen!" so often that we thought
probably they meant ''no eats" We
had our reasons for thinking so, too.
Those words, and "zuruck and
"'raus," were practically all we did
hear, except. of course, various kinds
Of schweinhunde.
It was awful to see the men when
we got back to the barracks. Some OF
the boys from the George, not much
over twelve years old, were almost
crazy, but even the older men were
crying, many Of them. 1t was nothing
but torture all the time. They opened
all the windows and doors in the bar
racks, and then we could not heat the
room with our bodies. When we start
ed to move around, to keep warm, they
fired a few shots at us. I do not
know whether they hit anyone or not ;
we had got so that we did not pay any
attention to things like that. But 1t
stopped us, and we had to stand still.
The Huns thought we would take the
rifles from the sentries and use them,
too.
never saw q yellower bunch OF
people in my life. do not mean peo-
pie. I wish could publish what /
really mean.
We had stoves in the barracks, but
no coal or wood to burn. There were
many boxes piled up there, but they
belonged to the Germans. We would
have burned them If we could, but
the Germans made us carry them
across the road. They weighed about
$50 pounds apiece, and we were so
weak that it was all two men could do
to bulge them. And we had to carry
them they would not let us roll them.
We were so cold and hungry that even
that exercise did not warm us.
About 2 80 the whistle blew again,
and the Huns picked out few men
and took them down the road. We
could not figure out why, but they
came back about three o'clock, all of
them with bread in their arms. They
were chewing away on it when they
had a chance. Whenever the sentries
were not looking they would bite at it
like a fish going after a worm. Each
man carried five loaves.
When they got in the barracks the
sentries made them put the bread
down on the floor, and then, with
their bayonets, the sentries cut each
loaf once down the center lengthwise
and four times across, which meant
ten men to loaf about the size of an