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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 270
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5,1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
Zev Defeated in Latonia Derby
BODY C. F. MILLER
FOUND BY HUIYTERS
DECEASED SLASHED THROAT
WITH A RAZOR, LEAVING
EFFECTS ON STUMP
The decomposed body of C. F. Mil
ler, alias C. F. Kelly, were found Sat-:
urday, by Henry Metzger and Howard
Sefervich, at a point about 200 yards
east of the wagon road, near the old
powder house, death having apparent
ly been the result of suicide.
The two hunters were out rabbit
hunting and saw the white skull thru
the bushes and at first took it for a
rabbit, but upon investigation found it,
to be the badly decomposed remains
of a man. They hastened to town and
notified the authorities, who had the
remains brought to town, where ex
amination of papers and personal ef
fects showed them to be those of C.
F. Miller, or C. F. Kelly, as he was
sometimes called, who arrived in Sew
ard on the steamship Starr from the
Alaska Sulphur Company’s mines at
Lost Harbor, where he had been work-.
ing, under the name of C. F. Kelly.
Kelly or Miller, as his papers de
noted, arrived in Seward last spring,
and shortly afterwards disappeared.
He had walked out to the location
where his body was found, and after
piling his papers and $7.25 in cash on
a stump nearby, had laid down on his
back, and holding a small mirror in
his hand had deliberately slashed his
jugular. From the state of the re
mains the deed had evidently been
perpetrated about six or eight months
ago.
Nothing was known as to the ante
cedents, of Miller, save that a note
found in an account book showed he
was employed by the Alaska Sulphur
Company under the name of C. F.
Kelly, from October, 1922, up to Janu
ary, 1923. Nothing in his scant per
sonal effects revealed the address of
any relatives or former residence.
A coroner’s jury was empaneled,
and returned a verdict of intentional
suicide. The remains were interred
yesterday afternoon, following the in
quest.
FORMER GOVERNOR OF
MASSACHUSETTS IS DEAD
WINCHESTER, Mass., Nov. 5.—
Samuel W. McCall, former governor
and former congressman of Massachu
setts, for forty years prominent in
State and national affairs as a repub
lican is dead of pneumonia.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION COV
ERED WITH FIRST SNOW
CHICAGO, Nov. 5.—Rusty snow
shovels are being brought out of cel
lars in the Rocky mountain and mid
west sections today to clean sidewalks
or in preparation for the flurries fore
cast.
Snow from one to five inches covers
Colorado, East Wyoming and Western
Dakota and rain and snow accompa
nied a gale which swept east over the
Northwest and Great Lakes region
last night. Western Minnesota and
sections of Montana and Idaho report-j
ed snow last night.
Lowering temperatures are preva-l
lent throughout the Northwest today.:
Points on the northern Great Lakes'
last night issued storm warnings and
shipping men were warned of the ap-l
proach of heavy winds, expected to be
followed by snow.
Texas and New Mexico were promised
rain and snow for today, and Miami,
Fla., haven of Northern residents,
seeking refuge from icy blasts, report- -
ed the lowest temperatures in 20
years. Thermometers registered 52|
degrees.
SEATTLE, Nov. 5.—Richard E.
King, a world war hero, was sentenced]
to serve six years in the penitentiary]
here last week, for opium smuggling,'
and began serving his term today.
Remains of Suicide Found by Hunters
FRIER OF WILSON
USE GREATLY ELATED
EXPECT HIM HAVE IMPORTANT
PLACE IN COUNSELS OF
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—Friends of
former president, Woodrow Wilson,
ai'e elated over the improvement in
his physical condition, which has tak
en place in recent months, and are
expecting that he will have an impor
tant place in the councils of the Demo
cratic party next year.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 5.—
William J. Bryan will not be a candi
date for the governorship of Florida,
but if tendered the nomination for the
United States Senate would be pleas-.
ed "to consider it in the light of larg
er opportunities, which such a position
would present for service to my party:
and country at large,” he said in a
letter to Frank Drew of Live Oak.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—Directors
Meyer and Mondell, of the War Fin
ance Corporation, returning from a
tour of the wheat growing areas, sug
gested to the president today as a pos
sible remedy for relief of farmers in
the matter of the wheat problem, an
increase in the wheat tariff, and fav
ored price fixing accompanied by the
necessary control of the what trade
by government purchase of the so-call
ed surplus with the view of exporting
it to foreign countries, and the dis
tribution of the $58,000,000 profit made
by the Grain Corporation during its
existence.
WASHINGTON IKITT
DEFEATS OREGON AGGIES
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CORVALLIS, Ore., Nov. 5.—Scoring j
two touchdowns in a great second
quarter spurt, and outclassing the|
Oregon Aggies all the way, the Uni
versity of Washington won its second
coast conference battle, 14 to 0.
PLEBISCITE BE CALLED BEFORE
DECEMBER ELECTIONS TO
ASCERTAIN SENTIMENT
ATHENS, Nov. 5.—General Panga
os has posted a proclamation on the
stalls of Athens demanding a plebis
cite to determine whether people fav
jr a continuance of the monarchy, or
;he establishment of a Greek repub
ic, the vote to be taken before the
general elections in December.
A large crowd of jurors and wit
nesses will be aboard the Alameda en
route to Valdez.
Try the Gateway a month, $1.25.
COPYRIGHT KEYSTONE VIEW CO, NEW YORK/
SWIMS ENGLISH CHANNEL IN RECORD BREAKING TIME
Not only did Tiraboschy swim the English Channel, but he did it in re
l cord breaking time. He made the long swim from Calais to Dover in 16
hours, 25 minutes. Tiraboschy, who is an Argentinian, made better time
than the 27 hour mark set recently by the American swimmer, Sullivan, and
in addition has the distinction of being the first man to swim from the
French side of the channel, a harder feat than from the English side.
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FRANCE IS CIFFIRENI
OH CONFERENCE
ON REPARATIONS
—
WILLING TO TALK OVER REPARA
TIONS BUT WIl.L NOT ALLOW
CONFERENCE TO ACT
PARIS, Nov. 5.—“Our position ini
the conference on reparations is this:
There must be no consideration by;
I the commission of lowering the repa-|
j rations or of the exports of Germany!
being used to pay the debt,’’ declared
Premier Poincare this afternoon in a
speech before a monument to the war
dead at Frive, answering Secretary
Hughes’ note requesting a precise
statement on the French attitude.
FORMER IDAHO GOVERNOR WILL
LEAVE RECLAMATION BOARD
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i SALT LAKE, Nov. 5.—D. W. Davis,
former governor of Idaho, for four
years president of the Western States
Reclamation Board has announced his
resignation from the organization, ac
cording to the Tribune.
Mr. Davis, who was elected presi
. dent while governor of Idaho, says he
j finds it impossible to devote the time!
to conduct of the affairs of the asso-|
ciation in a proper manner.
A call for a meeting of the associa
tion, to be held in this city November
19, has been issued.
ROADS SHOULD SOLVE
THEIR OWNS ...PROBLEMS,
SAYS RAILROAD OFFICIAL
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 4.—Railroads
should be let alone to solve their own
problems without undue interference
trom the public, W. F. Ingram, assis-j
tant treasurer on the Southern Pacific
company, told members of the Rail
road Treasury Officers’ association, of
which he is president.
Mr. Ingram told his hearers that
railroads paid 85 per cent of their
earnings from transportation, out for
taxes and expenses. Out of the re-1
maining 15 per cent, he said, must1
come equipment, rents, fixed charges
and dividends.
PENDLETON4 SHOW WILL
EXHIBIT AT PORTLAND
PENDLETON, Ore., Nov. t—The
Northwest Hay and Grain show held
in this city annually over a period of
years will be a part of the Pacific In
ternational Livestock show In Port
land early In November.
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WORLD’S RECORD SMASHED BY
WINGED MERCURY WITH A
SPEED OF 274.2 MILES
MITCHELL FIELD, N. Y., Nov.
5—Lieutenant Alfred J. Willfttms and
Lieutenant Harold J. Brown, navy air
men, today fought a speed duel in
the air and Williams won, after both
had smashed the world’s record. Wil
liams’ time averaged over 266.6 miles
an hour over a three kilometer course.
Brown, however, traveled faster than
ever mortal man had done, doing one
lap with the wind at 274.2 miles an
hour.
MONTANA MURDER TRIAL RE
VEALS TWO VERSIONS
BOZEMAN, Mont., Nov. 5.—Two
versions of the killing of Mr. and
John Sprouse, South Dakota, automo
bile tourists, who met their deaths
near Central Park, Mont., Nov. 14,
1920, were before the jury in the Seth
O. Danner trial when it was recessed
at noon yesterday. The first version
as told by Mrs. Danner, child mother
and former wife of the defendant, was
that Danner shot Sprouse to rob him
and then killed Mrs. Sprouse to pre
vent her from informing on him.
^ The second version is that Mrs.
Sprouse had surprised her husband
and Mrs. Danner in improper associa
tions. and had killed her husband with
a shotgun. Then, while attempting to
kill Mrs. Danner, Mrs. Sprouse v/as
hit on the head by her intended vic
tim, with a liandaxe, dying in r*c vu'
sions Iv.-oDiy ronuses later.
COURT ACTION A3KL.0 BY
OREGON GRANGES IN HOT
INCOME TAX CONTEST
PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 4.—George
H. Palmiter, chairman, and Bertha J.
Peck, treasurer of the Oregon state
grange, yesterday brought a manda
mus action in the circuit court against
Cyril G. Brownell and Wm. McConnell
officers of the Income Tax Referen
dum league to compel them to open
their books to the inspection of offi
cers of the grange, so that the sources
of moneys being expended in a cam
paign against the income tax meas
ure to be voted on at the election
next month may be ascertained.
Amer. Legion Dance Sat
night Odd Fellows’ Hall
LEGION MEMBERS SERVE NOTICE
ON CONGRESS WILL BE NO
LONGER PUT OFF
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—President
Coolidge has been told by party lead-,
deds that the insistent demand for a
soldier bonus law can no longer be de
nied, and he was informed that a bo
nus measure must be enacted by the
next congress, no matter what may be
his official attitude. It is-stated that
pressure by the American Legion has
become so great as to alarm politi
cians who see their defeat unless the
| demands are acceded to.
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CHICAGO, Nov. 5.—The physical
and psychological atmosphere of their
native jungle freedom with woods,
mountains and streams, unchecked by
metal bars or other evidences of re
straint, are to be the surroundings of
wild animals dwelling in the Chicago
Zoological Park colony, only a few
miles from the center of this city.
Dens will be provided for the lions
in which they will be able to move
about at will, with no bars, the public
being protected by concealed moats
beyond wihch the animals cannot go.
Goats and other climbing animals will
be in enclosures where there will be
crags and rocks and various other
natural fixtures that will permit them
I to exercise their natural instincts.
The constructive methods employed
to prevent the animals from escaping
are novel. The sides and back of the
various narks will be of some inac
cessible rock formation while the
front will have a wide, deep moat of
water with smooth retaining walls
which will give the animal no foot
hold, even if he should swim the moat.
STATE DEPARTMENT
FLATLY REJECTS
PUS OF PUNK
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—The State
department today flatly rejected the
suggestion made from Paris, by l ie
mier Poincare that France would ap
prove a full inquiry into Germany’s
capacity to pay if the United States
would accept simultaneously consider
ation of a reduction in her interna
tional debts.
COURT IY1ARTIAL OF j
COM. EO. WATSON
STASIS SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 5.—A court mar !
tial of Capt. Edward H. Watson, com
mander of the destroyer squadron
which was destroyed on the California
coast, with the loss of 23 lives, began
today.
The American Legion will give an
Armistice Day ball Saturday night,
November 10th.
The steamship Northwestern is due
at 7 o’clock tonight, according to late
returns.
Colder weather is promised by the
Juneau weather bureau tomorrow.
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KENTUCKY BRED HORSE ROMPS
IN WINNER OVER ZEV AND
MY OWN IN DERBY
LOl'ISVILLE, Ky„ Nov. 5.—In the
great Latonia derby Saturday after
noon, In Memoriam, a Kentucky bred
horse owned by Carl Weidmann, ol
Newport, Kentucky, defeated Zev, the
winner of the International champion
ship, and Admiral Cary Grayson’s My
One, which was at one time selected
to go against Papyrus, In Memoriam
willing the $50,000 purse. Zev was
beaten four lengths and My Own by
ten lengths in a sensational ride from
the three-quarter post. The race was
a mile and three quarters.
The bookmakers were hit hard by
the dark horse, Zev being the favor
ite with My Own for place.
SEATTLE, Nov. 5.—Charges of em
bezzlement were brough by Mrs. K.
R. Peterson, a wealthy widow ot XV. M.
Peterson, former cashier of the Dex
ter Horton National Bank, against
Henry \\. Ramey, a Seattle attorney,
were declared to be without founda
tion in a report by D. V. Halverstadt,
court referee. Mrs. Peterson claimed
that Ramey, her former sweetheart,
had embezzled $40,000 of her fortune!
\\ hen a man grabs your money and
also tries to take your reputation, it
is time to fight for both,” said Mrs.
Peterson, who is socially prominent.
“I do not propose to be so besmirched
by a mere referee’s report, but will
carry the case to the highest courts
of the land.”
FURTHER SPEED CONTESTS
PROHIBITED BY OFFICIALS
W AoHINGTON, Nov. 5.—Further
speed contests between the naval air
service flyers were prohibited for an
indefinite period under orders issued
today by Rear Admiral Moffett, chief
01 “ie naval aeronautics.
NICE CLEAN-UP MADE ON
PROPERTY of joe WILSON
Jos. Wilson, from Canyon Creek
soilT f!.?™ ,‘0tla-v with 120 ounces or
SOM flora las property on Canvon
creek. This sum was taken ou, in 12
days „ ls reported, the gold being of
gieat fineness and very clean.
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international aspect seen in
SCHICK DISAPPEARANCE
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov 5 _Th* i
-station into the mysterious dls^
OeorgeCE TPeC,e<i »f
<e™Uona,SaCS
A new angIe deveIo d t
Z.’S-J'T p°nd,a* z°
lullie °r the inquirv as th^
-rz aErr
Moore, a volunteer witness lifThe
In addition, Sheriff Byers of q.n
Diego countv due- i,™ °
iieved to have h', several bones be
skeIeton° m a ,-a, “ T °‘ a hu™°
former home “ °f Schlck’s
the theory that 1 w^ing on
»ave been
buried in San Diego arm d Part °f U
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