The Seward Gateway
PUBLISHED DAILY
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HAL B. SELBY
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
Entereo as Second Class Matter Sep
tember 2nd, 1915, at the Post Office at
Seward, Alaska, under the Act of
March Third, 1879.
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COSTLY SENTIMENTALISM
At the navy yards in San Francisco
today workmen started the destruc
tion of warships valued at several
hundred million dollars. This costly
experiment it. destructiveness is the
result of the recent limitation of arms
conference held in Washington, at the
behest of the sentimentalists and
peace-at-any-price adherents of the na
tion, who believe that war can be es
topped by destroying the engines of
war.
With its enormous wealth unim
paired the nations of the world saw
that Araerica would spcedi'v dominate
the seven seas, and snrewdly set
about minimizing her opportunity by
appealing to the sentimental side of
the citizenry, which is usually on tap
for any purpose desired A lew years
ago vast parades were marching in
our cities urging preparedness, the
press and publicists working on the
patriotism of the people to the extent
that they were milling in circles over
Liberty
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the anxiety to fight some country as
yet undetermined. After hostilities
started the cost plus plan was adopt
ed and millions of dollars thrown
away on worthless vessels. Then fol
lowed the reaction and a peace con
gress was demanded. Again the press
and pulpit hammered at the people
showing how war could be averted
and peace descend upon the world if
all weapons were destroyed, the advo
cates of peace forgetting that men
killed and looted in the ages past
when stones were tied to sticks anc
bows made from yew trees.
Within the next four years America
will wish she had not yielded to the
now popular clamor, but had conserv
ed its fighting strength at the highest
possible pitch. Wars will never cease
and men will never cease kilting each
other so long as the spirit of greed
is in the human breast;—and this will
be forever. Destroying our fighting
machines is like throwing our guns
away because there are laws against
burglary.
The oldtimers who were raised on
the open range, when every man car
ried a Colts .45 and was a law unto
himself will remember that those
were the days when there was little
scandal and few robberies and mur
ders, save among the so-called gun- :
men, who obligingly killed each other
off in their differences. As soon as ■
the lawyers appeared and courts were
established property rights were men
aced and extortion began. It was im
possible to swindle a man who was
ready and willing to defend his prop
erty and good name with his life;
but the courts soon stopped all this
and the man who had the best law
yer won.
So it is with nations. When their
weapons of defense are laid aside,
they are easy pickings for the nation
with the best diplomats. A fighting
nation is rarely a diplomatic nation
They have had no necessity to be.
The sure way to keep out of trouble
is to be ready and anxious to meet it
half way. Attempt to dodge or evade
an issue and it will chase one around
the universe and never down.
Only by keeping our navy and army
to the highest state of efficiency can
we hope to repel assaults that are cer
tain to come.
Thomas P. Stamev, one of the old- ;
timers ot the Third division left for j
Latouche last night, after visiting for
a time in Seward.
Edno Jennings was fm outbound
passenger for Latouche on last nights
boat.
C. B. Brooksband, jr., and W. G. j
Earnshaw, jr., left on the Alameda for
the States, after spending the sum
mer at Canyon creek.
The local Sliriners met the Alame
da in a body last night, to pay their j
respects to Potentate R. W. Huntoon.
IS
(Continued from Page 1)
Starr and working his way to Seward,
whence he expected to go to south
eastern Alaska and the states, but
shortly before the launch left the dock
Robert Edwards met an old friend,
G. Davies, who he had known some
years previously at the University of
Time Table in Effect May 7, 1923
‘hrough Service Seward to Fairbanks
'rain Leaves Seward Mondays and
Thursdays, at 8:00 a. m
n’rive
L: 45pm
5:10pm
>: 00pm
5:48pm
) :45pm
Northbound
Seward
Anchorage
♦Curry
Nenana
Happy
Fairbanks
Leave
8:00am
2:15pm
7:30am
5:15pm
9:15pm
Trains leave Fairbanks Southbound
Tuesdays and Fridays
Arrive
7:32am
11:20am
9:10pm
1:35pm
7:50pm
♦Train ties
Southbound
Fairbanks
Happy
Nenana
♦Curry
Anchorage
Seward -
up at Curry over night.
Leave
7:00am
8:00am
11:35am
7:30am
2:05pm
Equipment will consist of buffet
Dbservation, day coach, smoker and
baggage car. This schedule will give
patrons of the road an opportunity to
pass through the Broad Pass and Ne
nana canyon district in the day time.
Trains both north and southbound
stop over night at Curry, where excel
lent hotel facilities are available for
the public.
River steamers leave Nenana every
Wednesday at 10:00 a. m. for points
down river to Holy Cross, and con
necting with gas launch at latter point
for St. Michael. Arrive Nenana every
Monday or Tuesday.
Washington. Davis had been employ
ed in the beach gang at Libbyville and
was helping with the mail.
When Edwards saw Davies, be said,
‘Well, Dave, I’ll see you in Seattle,
md I’ll have to tell you a story that
will make your hair stand on end.’
Davies inquired as to what he meant,
wondering if he was having trouble
with his wife, so Edwards asked Dav
ies to step aside and proceeded to tell
aim in confidence that the third man
in their party ‘had been bumped off,
:lose to the lake’.
“Davies was stunned upon hearing
the details of the story and at first
labored under the impression that Ed
wards was either drunk or crazy, but
jpon hearing the other stories, he
learned that the partners had quarrel
ed continuously. George Edwards, on
ane side and the other two boys on
the other. George Edwards intended
to take the trip to the lake district
slowly so as to get in a lot of hunting,
md to camp at spots for three or four
lays at a time, whereas Robert Ed
wards in particular was anxious to gei
:o Iliamna and from there to Cook In
et. Many arguments ensued, which
sometimes led to fist fights, and final
y George Edwards told Robert he
would drop him from the party and
lot permit him to go further with it.
rhis occurred on the sixth night of the
iourney.
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“The following morning an argu
ment broke out afresh between the
boys and it is said that George Ed
wards, who was lying in his sleeping
bag in the tent, reached for his shot
gun and pointed it at Robert Edwards.
Robert Edwards and Wolf, it is claim
ed, were outside the tent at the time,
where a high-powered rifle was lean
ing against the tent wall. Wolf saw
Robert pick up the rifle and threaten
George. Robert then raised the rifle,
shooting and killing George while he
was still lying in the bag.
“Wolf and Robert Edwards then pro
ceeded to cut about ten feet of sod
in which they placed the body and
covered it with soil, also burying por
tions of the murdered man’s clothes.
Prior to this they had emptied his
pockets of valuables and the journey
back to Libbyville started.
“When Davies heard this story as
told him by Robert Edwards, he asked
him, ‘Doesn’t you conscience hurt you
for what you’ve done?’ and the answer
came back, ‘Don’t worry! I won’t lose
a minute’s sleep over the-.’ R. Ed
wards then made off for the launch
which was ready to leave and as was
learned later on, found employment on
the Starr as deckhand.
“Davies went back to his cabin and
thought the story over, and after a
sleepless night reported it the follow
ing morning to Superintendent George
F. Smith, of the Libby, McNeill & Lib
by plant.
Mr. Smith wired Marshal Weston
N. Reed, at Nushagak, who came over
the following day,*and Wolf, who was
on the beach painting the dory, was
promptly sent for and arrested. This
occurred on Wednesday, Aug. 1. The
young man was handcuffed and placed
under guard in the hospital where a
special room had been prepared. The !
next day Marshal Reed,* Supt. Smith,
Dr. Flanders and two of the guards j
managed to secure a confession from
the boy which practically conoborat- !
i ed the story told by Davies. The re-1
markable feature of Wolfe’s story, I
was that he took all the blame
1 —that he was responsible for every-;
| thing. The confession was duly sign
| ed and sworn to before Notary Mar-!
shal Reed and it was decided to go up
| the Kvichak river to exhume the body 1
j oi the murdered man.
“Friday morning the party, consist
ing ot Chris Nelson, U. S. Commission
i er at Koggiui.g, Deputy Reed and the
: prisoni 1; Dr. Flanders, a special pilot
land gas boat engineer, scar to 1 out in
the gas boat Virginia fox the sc^nc of
the crime. A coffin was carried and
| all instruments necessary to exhume
: the body and to perform a post mor
j tern.
“The confession which had been
' made by Wolf had not been complete- j
ly satisfactory, and on the way up the
j river he was admonished to come
clean and tell a straight story. He
did so, and in his further confession
pointed out the motive for trying to
! shield Robert Edwards. He stated that
Edwards had a wife in Seattle and a
I baby was expected in the family very
soon. For the wife and baby’s sake he
j intended to assume the blame, as he
had no one to care or worry about
| him.
“In his story Wolf said that on the
fatal morning, he and Robert Edwards
who had been asleep on the outside
of the tent, got up and while Wolf was
frying bacon for breakfast, Robert
called to George, who was still sleep
(Continued on Page Three)
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