SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD. ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
Published daily except Sunday by
Gateway Publishing Co.
Entered m the postoffice at Seward,
Alaska, ns second-class mail matter.
SELBY & HOBEN, Proprietors
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Daily, by carrier, per month ..... $ 1.25
Daily, by mail, per month. 1.00
Daily, by mail, per year. 10.00
Saturday Gateway, per year. 3.00
ADVERTISING RATES
Per single column inch, one to
six issues, per inch . $ .50
Per single column inch, per mo. 3.50
Homestead Notices, . 18.00
Legal Notices, per line per issue .15
Classified Advertisements, line .10
Help wanted and employment wanted
notices free.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
of all news credited to it or not other
wise news published herein.
All rights for republication of spe
cial dispatches herein are reserved.
NOME AND DIPHTHERIA
Word from Nome indicates that the
diphtheria situation there is not get
ting any worse and with the arrival
of the antitoxin it may reasonably be
hoped that it will be but a short time
until all will be well again. The race
to Nome made by the several drivers
of dog teams, establishing a new re
cord, bespeaks the spirit and bravery
of the North. It was a wonderful ac
complishment.
Diphtheria does not often get out of
bounds when proper precautions are
taken, as has been pointed out by
medical associations, physicians and
even insurance companies.
Recently the Metropolitan Life In
surance company issued a pamphet on
the subject which is worthy of con
sideration. It reads:
Diphtheria is an acute disease of
the nose and throat and is very dan
gerous.
It is caused by the diphtheria germ.
These germs not only cause a sore
spot where they grow, but also make
a poison which weakens the heart.
Children and adults may get diph
theria from spoons and cups not ster
ilized in boiling water.
If your child has a sore 'throat, be
sure to call in the doctor. Only a doc
tor can decide whether the case is
one of diphtheria. Use antitoxin. In
the days before we had antitoxin one
out of every three died. Now, if anti
toxin is used on the first or second
day of the disease, 98 out of every 100
children recover.
A child should not be permitted to
get out of bed until the doctor says
to. Diphtheria will affect the heart if
one gets up too soon. Only after the
doctor has said the nose and throat
are free from germs should one min
gle with others.
Some people are able to resist the
germs of diphtheria, others are not.
A simple method has been discov
ered to find this out. It is called the
Shick test. If this shows that your
child does not resist diphtheria germs
it can be inoculated and protected.
This method has been used for sev
eral years and so far no one who has
been tested has contracted diphtheria.
It causes no pain or inconvenience to
even the youngest child.
Diphtheria can be prevented and
many lives saved. Place the patient
in a room alone. Take out all unnec
essary furniture. Have the room well
ventilated and sunny. Do not allow
any person taking care of the sick to
leave the sickroom. All dishes used
should be thoroughly boiled after use.
Soak all clothing in a tub containing
one pound of carbolic acid ia, five gal
lons of "water.
And above all ask your doctor about
the Shick test.
It is reported several new business
firms will enter the Seward field in
the near future. Unless conditions
change here Seward has all the busi
ness enterprises of every kind that
can be supported. Our stores and
restaurants of the best, and leave no
reason for others to invade the field
unless our population largely in
creases, and even then the present
firms could supply a town of 5,000
with all necessities.
Today is Friday the thirteenth. If
you had no bad luck you were lucky.
Henry Holmes, an Englishman,
slept four nights in a tree while in
sane, insisting that he was a monkey.
GERMAN RAILROADS
OUT FOR PROGRESS
AND GOOD PROFITS
BERLIN, Feb. 13.—German rail
roads, now freed of government con
trol and politics, are considering inno
vations and improvements. Under the
general superintendency of Rudolf
Oeser, formerly minister of transpor
tation, careful study is being made of
the needs and comforts of passengers,
the increase of speed, the maintenance
of safety, and a proper margin of pro
fit.
When the tourist season opens next
May, overseas passengers will be able
to take a through train from the docks
at Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven for
Berlin. Thus will a pre-war service
be resumed. Wireless telephones have
been installed on the trains between
Berlin and Hamburg, Frankfurt and
Munich.
The average speed of German trains
before the war was 41.5 miles an hour
and Germany always has enjoyed the
reputation of having fewer accidents
than any other country in the world.
In 1924 the speed average was 34.7
but Director Oeser is confident this
will be increased in 1925. To this
end there will be extensive improve
ments to tracks. Engines and rolling
stock already are satisfactory, the di
rector asserts.
The German railroad system em
ploys about 800,000 men. There are
11,250 railroad stations, 33,000 miles
of track, 106 construction shops and
3,237 administration offices.
One of the director’s chief tasks is
to make the lines profitable enough
to take care of their share of the re
parations burden, and he is confident
this can be done. He has a free hand
to run the system on strictly business
principles. He has dismissed 300,000
men whom he considered superfluous
and who were holding their jobs for
life. He is catering to the business
of the countries surrounding Germany
which needs the German lines for
trans-shipment purposes.
EMIGRANTS TURN TO BRAZIL
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 13.—Although
official statistics are not yet available
for the entire year, it is estimated the
number of immigrants arriving in Bra
zil during 1924 will approximate over
85,000. Most of the newcomers are
Portuguese, Germans, Italians and
Spanish.
lime Has Dealt Kindly
With Some Wallpapers
LONDON, 13..—Antique wallpaper,
200 years old, will be used on the
walls of a room being built in the En
glish furniture galleries at South
Kensington Museum. The room will I
be a copy of an 18th century apart
ment and will continue furniture made
at or about the time when Queen
Anne died. The wallpaper has been
taken from a room in an old house in
Gloucester, where it has hung for two
centuries.
Birth Rate Decline Seen
As British National Peril
MANCHESTER, Feb. 13—Decline
of the birth rate in England has be
come a national peril in the opinion
of Sir Robert Blair, former chief edu
cation officer of the London County
Council, who, speaking at a Manches
ter educational conference, estimated
that within the next eight years there
would be two million fewer workmen
in the country.
“Within the last few years the birth
rate has fallen off tremendously,” he
said, “and appears even yet to be go
ing down. Wa are losing 100,000 chil
dren a year from each age group, in
the schools, and on this basis from
calculations I have made, by 1932
there will be some two million less
workers in England.”
Taking this year as an example, as
serted Sir Robert, the board of edu
cation is budgeting for a million less
children than in its budget of 14 years
ago.
Decrease of the birth rate during
the years of the war in some measure
accounts for the reduction in the num
ber of children who are now attaining
school age, according to ministry of
health officials.
Nictheroy Shuts Up Shops
As Protest Against Taxes
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 13—As a
protest against a heavy increase in
municipal taxes for 1925, the business
concerns of Nictheroy, across the har
bor from Rio de Janeiro, shut their
doors a few days ago and refused to
open them for three days. Everything
closed down, including coffee and milk
shops and vegetable and fruit stores
and the taxicab drivers went on a
strike.
Taxes on many industries and arti
cles have been increased from fifty
to 500 per cent, and many new items
are included, such as sewing machines
and pianos in private homes. The
mayor has defended his action in sign
ing the increased tax bill, according
to local newspapers, by saying that
the city was badly in need of a sewer
system and better paving.
At the end of the third day a dele
gation from the commercial houses
visited the president of the state, who
promised to investigate the situation
and then call a session of the munici
pal council.
INTERNATIONAL GOLFERS
HEADED FOR SAN ANTONIO
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 13.—The
Texas open golf championship again
will have an intrenational aspect.
Last February, Arthur Havers, the
British open champion, and James
Ockenden, French open champion,
competed in the San Antonio classic.
February 12-14 will find the British
pair, George Duncan and Abe Mit
chell, battling with America’s leading
golf stars for one of the richest purs
es, $6,000, awarded in golfland.
The Texas Open is expected to at
FORMER PRESIDENT OF CHINA ARRIVES IN JAPAN
Photo shows former President of China and his wife escaping from
the political turmoil at home and finding refuge in Japan. Li Yunghung
and his wife are descending the gangplak at Kobe.
4 UNDERWOOD. N. Y.
| Liberty Theatre i
TONIGHT—THURSDAY AND FRIDAY if
ONE SHOW, 8:00 SHARP
| SPECIAL! SPECIAL! SPECIAL! (
1 JACKIE 000GAN 1 ■
In the great classical story,
| “OLIVER TWIST” | .
g BY CHARLES DICKENS g
fr The greatest child actor of the age in one of B
# the greatest stories ever written. A special at- M
traction and one you should not miss.
f EIGHT REELS, NO ADVANCE IN PRICES || '
{§ AND A PATHE NEWS B
SPECIAL! SPECIAL! SPECIAL! ■
tract at least 125 professional golfers
from all sections of the United States
and Canada. The cash prizes are put
up by the city of San Antonio.
The Corpus Christie tournament is
to be held February IS, 19 and 20 and
the Houston tournament February 21,
22, and 23, each city having a purse
of $2,000.
t
Danish-American Trade
Shows Return to Normal
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 13.—Writing
in the Nationaltidende on trade be
tween Denmark and the United States
during 1924 Dr. John Dynley Prince,
the American minister to Denmark,
says that although the figures for the
trade between the two countries for
1924 are not yet completed, it appears
certain that the mutual trade has in
creased during the past year and is
probably now at what might be call
ed a new normal, following the hectic
spurt in 1919 and 1920.
“The Danish market is an attractive
one for American products,’' Prince
says, "because of Denmark’s incveas
ed industrial activities, the high
standard of living within the coun
try, and the well maintained purchas
ing power of its people. These fac
tors, together with the almost com
plete elimination of competetive ele
ments, and also a growth of direct
commercial intercourse between the
two countries, have tended to increase
the participation of the United States
in the Danish import trade from ten
per cent in 1913 to 13 per cent in the
year 1923. In fact, the United States
now follows Germany and Great Brit
ain in order of importance as sup
plier of the Danish market.
NORWEGIANS START AIR ROUTE
OSLO, Feb. 13.—A Norwegian com
pany intends to initiate a regular air
service between here and Malmo, in
Sweden, April 15. It has ordered a
number of German airplanes.
i:
Washington Woman Aids
Soldiers and Sailors of
U. S. When in Trouble
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13.—
Men of Uncle Sam’s lighting forces
who get into scrapes in the national
capital find a staunch friend in Mrs.
Andrew J. Campbell. For the last
three years she has visited the police
courts almost daily to assist soldier.'
and sailors on trial for minor offens
es. Her work has been condemned
by array, navy and marine authorities
and by police magistrates.
Mrs. Campbell, who had a son and
daughter in the service, helps service
men in trouble by supplying smali *
funds or by communicating with rela
tives. It is ^er proud boast that no
man she has aided ever returned to
court. She takes pride in another
patriotic service, the placing of flow
ers on every new grave in the Arling
ton semetery.
Judges rejected all poems sub
mitted in an effort to secure a suit
able national anthem, for the Irish
republic, on the grounds that none
of them possessed sufficient merit.
In other days Ireland produced some
of the world’s sweetest singers, but
peace and independence seem to have
stilled the muse that was so elo
quent in times of stress.
SEWARD CLUB
Under New
MANAGEMENT
OLD AND NEW
FRIENDS INVITED
GUS ANDERSON
ED ERICKSON
♦
Yes! no autos
today!
But you auto see our shipment of fresh
Goods that auto satisfy the most auto
cratic appetite in Seward.
EAT YEAST FOR HEALTH
The FLOWERS GROCERY
Telephone Main 65