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QUfET NOW, BUT PROSPECTS
GOOD
It would be quite absurd for us to
contend that times are good in An
chorage at this time. Such a conten
tion would be imposing upon the
credulity of our citizens. Times are
not good now. They are quiet. Money
is not plentiful; it is scarce. But we
believe, so far as we have been able
to ascertain, that there is very little
real suffering or want among our peo
ple. We believe that all will be able
to hold out until the coming of bet
ter times—that is, until the railway j
appropriation bill passes the congress)
—and it should pass before the com
ing month is over.
While frankly admitting that times
are quiet now, a survey of the entire j
situation reveals a brighter outlook
than we faced at this time last year.
Bet us briefly revert back to this time
last year and see how the situation
stood then. Of course, local business
was better and there was more money
in circulation. But doubts as to the
future of this town and this section
generally faced us then. We were in
some doubt as to the harbor improve
ments planned for this port. That
doubt has been removed; work on the
proposed improvement is under way.
There was considerable skepticism as
to the Matanuska coal fields, due to
disappointments in development work
that had been inaugurated by local
parties. Some of us had begun to
fear that these coal fields would not
stand up under the test of compre
hensive development and mining. It
is different now. No need to worry
iabout the coal fields. A year’s worrt
has demonstrated that the coal is
there; that the product is of good
quality and that the future of the!
coal'fields is assured beyond the per-;
adventure of a doubt.
We now have the assurance thac
the harbor improvements and the
docking facilities will be provided at i
this port. We now know that coal of|
commercial importance lies in the
Matanuska fields. There is a ready
market for all the coal we can mine, j
There can be no question about that, j
The mining of coal will give employ-1
ment to hundreds of miners. A big [
population in the coal field district
means the consumption of much food.5
The settlers in the Matanuska valley |
will have a market for the products;
raised by them.
We cannot expect to accomplish
everything in a year or two. It takes
time to do big things. But it seems
to us that there is really no room
for discouragement over the outlook,
because the past year’s work, espe
cially in the coal fields, has been en
couraging beyond our expectations.—
Anchorage Times.
SALT LAKE CIT.Y, May 24.—How
ard H. De Weese, self-styled “king of
jewel thieves," chose to be shot for
the murder of his wife, Mrs. Fanny
Fisher of New York. Her body, ter
ribly mutilated, was found in a Salt
Lake City lodging house, September
I 25, 1916. The head had been so bat
tered and the body so mutilated that
: every possible mark of identification
had been destroyed.
The police had as a clew only the
fact that De Weese and the murdered
woman had registered a few days be
fore the murder as Mr. and Mrs. D. C.
Robbins. In December, 1916, De
Weese surrendered to the Chicago
police, explaining his alleged many
jewel robberies, and giving as an ex
cuse for his surrender to the police
hi:; desire to clear himself of any
\
possible suspicion of the murder.
He declared that he and his wife
had been followed by two men on the
night of the murder. He took her to
j tLeir room, then left, he said, for the
purpose of robbkig two or three resi
dences he hud been “spotting.” He
said he found his wife had been mur
dered upon his return to their room
early in the morning, and fearing ar
rest because of his past criminal rec
ord, he fled.
De Weese was returned to Salt
Lake City and tried for murder. The
trial was one of the most sensational
in the criminal history of Utah. Every
peremptory challenge of both the
prosecution and defense was used be
fore a jury w'as secured. The jury
brought in a verdict of guilty a few
minutes after retiring. De Weese
chose to be shot, the Utah statutes
providing that g man may choose to
be either shot or hanged. A petition
for a new trial on the ground that of J
thirteen jurors sworn to try him one
had died during the trial, and that a
new jury should have been impaneled,
automatically delayed his execution,
but the appeal was denied. He ap
pealed to the supreme court for a
new' trial, which was again denied
him, and he was again resentenced to
death, the execution being, set for
May 24.
The murdered woman was the for
mer wife of Henry W. Fisher, a New
York city haberdasher. She met De
Weese when he wras an employe of
Fisher, and eloped with him to Reno,
where she secured a divorce and mar
ried De Weese. After a short stay
in San Francisco, where De Weese
said he committed several burglaries,
the couple came to Salt Lake City.
De Weese was the son of Dal De
Weese, wealthy orchardist of Canon
City, Colo., well known hunter for
the Smithsonian Institution. The
father refused to aid the son or take
any part in the triaL
ADDITI0IU8SCRI8ERS
' 10 RED CROSS WAR FOND
List of subscribers to the second
Red Cross war fund up to noon today:
E. Backman, John Fugi, William
Fujikaura, Mrs. A. Keating, Jack
Sheppard, Jack Rawson, D. T. Phil-i
lips, William Sakrai, George Moody,
Jesse Rice, Norman Rice, Carl J. Carl
son, Mrs. John Larson, Mrs. A. Olson,
Mrs. Mable Sprague, Otto Dresser,
Mrs. Tom Buchard, Charles Nichol,
P. Tammany, G. Ellis, Ed Walsh, Mrs.
D. A. Mosser, Mrs. D. Phillips, Mrs.
M. Brock, Miss Celia Burroughs, Mrs. j
IW. L. Fursman, Henry Brandt Mrs.
■ James Lyons, S. B. Cochran, Price E. I
| Nettleton, Mrs. W. J. McDonald, W.
| J. McDonald, Mrs. Frank Cox, Mrs. A.
| Mauer, C. R. Metzdorf, J. F. Fraisure,
Stella Wallace, Mike Sullivan, Mrs.
j Bertha Davis, W. L. Smith, N. Greene,
Fred Crouch, Charles Whalen, Walter
Hansen, R. Jasperson, W. Koep, J T
Anderson, August Johnson, Carl Roe
den, O. C. Meyer, Clark Beyers. Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Rolfe, Mrs. A. J Ad
ams, Mrs. C. T. Babe, John Ponnot,
John Nelson, Peter Yorkh, R. E. Hegg
Co., A. E. Wilson, James Lyons, James
Kennedy, Charles Cochran, Go's Ohm,
Ole Berg, Oscar Malmquiat, Dennis
Kelly, Albert Samuels, Ben Swerklie,
Charles Christensen, C. A. CarDon,
Conrad Sylvester, J. D. Hollenbeck,
William King, Julius Running, Sam
Hamada, Sam Thomas, Joseph White,
Juliet Steinmitz. Albert Clinkenbeard,
C. S. Bratton, George B. Stewart, W.
A. Nourse. B. O. Graham, Ada Pahl
stedt, Fred Long, George Kennedy,
Mrs. George Kennedy, Charles
Rogers, Richard Lewis, Mrs. Charles
Rogers, Ellen Fraisure, C. M. Ross,
Dr. W. W. Council, Mrs. W. W. Coun
cil, Mrs. Thomas Scott, Mrs. Howard
Ballard, Abe Van Vechten, May Ash
croft, C. M. Rosswog. Margaret As
trap, Genevieve Rosswog, Mrs.
George Purvis, Hazel Palmer.
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PIANO FOR SALE—Price $250. Write
Mrs. J. C. Martin, Valdez. Alaska,
for further particulars.
WANTED—Boat builders and ship car
penters. Apply to Ohm Fish & Pack
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LOST—Key ring,- with three Keys,
return to Times office.
LOST—Bunch of keys; one pass key,
two trunk keys, two safety deposit
keys and beer opener on small ring
Finder return to Alaskan hotel.
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FOR RENT—Six unfurnished cot
tages. Cordova Abstract & Realty
Co., Adams building.
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OVER $100,000.00 IN DEPOSITS
On May 15th deposits were over $102,000.00.
The BANK OF ALASKA has reached its first
objective in less than nine months from the
date of opening in Cordova.
| We wish to thank our patrons for their loyal
support and to invite those who are not now
depositors to become associated with the
Bank of Alaska
THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
BONDS RECEIVED
The. first consignment of full paid Bearer
Bonds have been received. * All those who paid
during the earley part of the campaign may
call and receive their bonds.
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