SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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NEW TERROR TO YEGGS
Reports of the successful operation
of a small flask of poison gas called
Lewisite (after its inventor, Prof.
Lewis of Northwestern University)
give promise of its effectiveness in
foiling the efforts of safe crackers
and other bandits.
Placed in the vault of the Citizens’
Bank of Elnora, Ind., the flask
broke as intended when burglars
worked at the combination, the re
leased gas forcing them to rush from
the place leaving the job unfinished.
This most deadly gas wTas perfect
ed during the latter part of the
World war, but not in time for use
on the battlefield. It is so powerful,
it is said, that “a relatively small
quantity would make a large area
worthless for crop cultivation for
ten years.”
Should its use for bandit protec
tion become general, the up-to-date
yeggman will need a highly impene
trable gas mask as a part of his
standard equipment.
TROUBLE OVER MARTYR.
That a man dead 510 years should
cause a diplomatic controversy of
the present day is something out of
the ordinary, but this has happened
in connection with the .celebration of
the anniversary of the death of John
Huss, burned at the stake July 6,
2415.
The celebration was held in Prague
by the new wrar born republic,
Czecho Slovakia, and aroused a storm
of protest by the Catholic Church,
resulting in a severing of diplomatic
relations between the Prague gov
ernment and Rome.
Huss was until within five years of
his death a Catholic priest and rec
tor of the University of Prague, but
had previously fallen under the in
fluence of Wickliffe, whose writings
were publicly burned by the Catho
lic archbishop of Prague in 1410,
while Huss was excommunicated at
the same time.
Huss was charged with heretical
preaching, disrespect to the church
and with hinting that Antichrist
might be found in Rome in the per
son of the Pope.
After his excommunication, Huss
continued to write and preach. He
was finally called before the Council
of Constance, ordered to humbly
admit his error and make public re
cantation. Refusing to comply, he
was bound to the stake, spurning a
final demand that he recant, his last
words being “In the truth of the
gospel which I have hitherto writ
ten, taught and preached, I now joy
fully die.”
Huss has been considered the chief
intermediary in handing on from
Wickliffe to Martin Luther the torch
which kindled the Reformation.
While Catholics are in the major
ity in Czecho-Slovakia, the govern
ment is in the hands of Protestants
and liberal free-thinkers, so that the
outcome of the present rupture with
Rome can not be foretold.
mortgaging the future
Most great public enterprises and
many private ones are financed by
long-time bonds, which run for 30,
40 and 50 years. While these obli
gations when wTelI secured usually
carry a relatively 1owt rate of inter
/
est, even at the minimum rate the
amount of the principal must be
paid several times over before ma
turity.
One of the longest term bonds
that has come to notice is an issue
proposed in connection with the fi
nancing of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railway, which went into
the hands of a receiver last March,
with liabilities exceeding $700,000,000,
of which about $470,000,000 is in
outstanding bonds and notes. The
present interest on these obligations
is approximately $23,000,000 a year.
The receivership of the road re
sulted directly from its inability to
meet maturing old bonds to the
amount of $48,000,00, this being due,
it is said, to increased costs of oper
ation, combined with loss of traf
fic thru competition of the Panama
Canal and motor trucks and busses.
Under the reorganization plan
worked out by New York bankers,
new bonds will be issued to take up
a portion of the old ones outstanding
Some of these new bonds will not
mature until the year 2000. That is,
they will run for 75 years.
Great-grandchildren of the original
holders of these bonds will clip the
final coupons and by the time these
securities mature a generation as yet
unborn will practically all have pass
ed on.
Who can imagine the condition of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway 75 years from now? All
long-distance freight and passenger
traffic may be carried by aircraft
long before then, making railways as
antiquiated as the stage coach is to
day.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
Look On Bright Side Or
Soon Go to Morningside
The following appeared in the Chil
koot Barracks Post, an army publica
tion, the product of the brain of Ser
geant G. O. Russell:
“The question has come up (not
once but many times) why men who
were supposedly well balanced in the
states lose their minds in Alaska. I
believe it is a condition of the mind
to begin with, in a way. Taking for
granted the grandeur of the Alaskan
scenery, let’s look at Alaska as it is
and not through rosecolored glasses.
This is a big, lonesome country,
rightly called “The Great Alone.” But
few people are here and you have
lots of time to think (if you have any
thing to think with) and if your thots
are not pleasant they are poor com
panions.
During my long stay in Alaska it
has been my painful lot to see a num
ber of men become unbalanced and
sent out for tratment. In almost ev
ery case they were men who were al
ways brooding over every sorrom or
imaginary trouble. You can’t have
dark and gloomy thought always and
go out as good mentally as you were,
but looking at the bright side of ev
erything—and Alaska certainly has a
bright side (also a Morningside) —
you will be able to keep your mental
equilibrium properly adjusted.
Alaska has long been in need of a
good slogan and I offer this one for
what it is worth, “Be Light Hearted
or You Will Become Light Headed.”
"iou can always find something to
laugh at if you just look around.
Sometimes it is pretty hard to find,
but it is here just the same. I do not
suppose you can see anything funny
about a big bear chasing a man up
a tree» but if you saw it happen in
the movies you would get a good
laugh out of it.
Look at the “bright side” or you
"ill Perhaps land in “Morningside.”
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
MANY FOREIGN AVIATORS
PAY PORTUGAL A VISIT
LISBON, Aug. 12. (#>)—'The Inter
national Aviation Camp at Alverca
took on a truly international aspect
during June, in which months more
toreign aviators visited the camp
than in any previous month. The
first of the foreign visitors was a
large British plane that gave a va
ried exhibition of aerial activity.
Shortly after its departure for Eng
land a fleet of 14 Spanish planes
soared over Lisbon.
The Spanish aviators were on a
friendly visit to the airmen of Por
tugal and return visit by Portuguese
flyers will be made in September.
FIRST AUTO THEFT
IN SEWARD OCCURS
SATURDAY EVENING
"I don’t why I did it, but I did,”
stated Jim Moore, a young man who
arrived in Seward Saturday to H. E.
Ellsworth, aider Mr. Ellsworth had
nabbed him coming up Adams street
in the big Buick which had been
stolen two hours previously. The
riot act was read to Moore with the
result he was an outgoing passen
ger on the same vessel he arrived
in town on. Thus ended what is be
lieved to be the circumstances sui
rounding the first automobile theft
in this city.
Mother Mary Alexander, assistant
general of the Providence Mother
House in Montreal, Canada, who has
been visiting in Fairbanks the past
two weeks, was an outgoing passen
ger on the Yukon, sailing Monday.
She was accompanied by Sister Paul
who has been stationed at Fairbanks
the past three years.
“Smile with Nile” Saturday night.
NOTICE.
The Mayor and Common Council of
the Town of, Seward, Alaska, will con
vene as a Board of Equalization for
the purpose of making uniform and
equitable the assessed valuation of all
property situate within the corporate
limits of the Town of Seward, Alaska,
subject to taxation, for the year 1925,
and will sit as such Board of Equali
zation for a period of five days, to
wit: on August 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22,
1925, between the hours of 2 o’clock
and 4 o’clock p. m. of each day in
the Town Hall, Seward, Alaska, in
accordance wTith the resolutions and
ordinances of said Town in such case
made and provided; and shall con
tinue in session for such further time
as may be fixed by ordinance as ne
cessary to complete the duties of
such Board of Equalization.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, August
11, 1925.
J. P. HANNON,
Municipal Clerk of the Town of Sew
ard, Alaska.
First pub. Aug. 11, 1925.
Last pub. Aug. 17, 1925.
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FALL AND WINTER SUITS
My fall and winter suit and over
coat samples are now on display. If
you are planning a new suit or over
coat it will be to your advantage to
book these over.
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FOR SALE—Ford Bug Auto, light,
classy, and speedy.—Ogles Gar
age. tf
WANTED—Go to camp, man and
wife, cook and helper, will go any
where. Apply Gateway. tf
FOR SALE—Ford Touring car, self
starter, demountable rims, new, one
spare tire, car 1925 model, run but a
few miles. See Fisher’s Cafe. tf
FOUND—Keys of all descriptions; if
you have lost any keys lately come
to the Gateway.
FOUND—One corkscrew and bottle
opener; no attachments; call at the
Gateway and recover property.
Cabin for Rent
On Fine Trout Stream
Bungalow with fine fire
place. large living room,
furnished for six persons,
plenty of bedding and
essentials, stove and all
cooking utensils. Will be
rented by the day or week
end to responsible parties.
Good fishing in lake and
stream and hunting in
season.
Apply A1 Davis
SEWARD, ALASKA
One Show Tonight—8 Sharp
The 10-Reel Super-Feature
of Wonderful Acting
MMerry
Go
Round”
A very fine picture, way above average
This play made a sensational hit on
BROADWAY, N. Y.
We do not need to say more
SAME PRICES
T. W. Hawkins, head of the local
firm of Brown & Hawkins, returned
on last night’s train from Anchorage.
Miss Cecil Leslie is visiting with
Miss Helen Welch in Anchorage this
week.
Mrs. H. R. Lewellyn and son Louis,
who have been spending the summer
visiting with Judge and Mrs. Pratt,
at Fairbanks, left on yesterday’s
boat for the states. They live in Lit
tle Rock, Ark.
Mrs. Carter, widow of the late Sen
ator Carter, and sister of James Galen
of Cordova, sailed on the Yukon for
her home in Washington, D. C.
FOR ONE WEEK
Lowered prices on all
merchandise.
Friday and Saturday
we will have a DOLLAR
SALE.
BANBURY & OGLE
CRESCENT HOTE
IN
Anchorage
IN THE HEART OF TOWN
Reasonable Rates
J. M. COLLINS, Prop.
Crown Clour
Ham - Bacon
BROOKFIELD
i - Butter
EAT YEAST
The FLOWERS GROCERY
Telephone Main 65