VOLUME 19, NUMBER 25G
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1924.
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Deputy Marshal Jas. Hill Murdered
Shot in Back by Wm. Brooks, Homesteader
REPRESENTATIVE FUR
FARMER MAGAZINE IN
TOWN ON WAY SOUTH
4S -:
A. A. Bass, representing the Fur
Fanner Magazine of Seattle, who has
been touring Alaska the past few
months in the interest of his publica
tion, returned to Seward yesterday on
the Admiral Watson. Mr. Bass has
visited all the fur farms in the vicin
ity of Wasilla, Kodiak, Seldovia and
Cook Inlet, and leaves on the Alaska
for Latouche, from which point he will
visit the fur farmers of the Prince
William Sound district. He states
that after a careful investigation of
the sections visited that it is his be
lief that no finer fur can be grown
anywhere thin in this section, and de
clares that it is necessary only for
the fur farmer to push his breeding
stock and show his fur to get the
business. The average fur is as good
or better here than seen anyw'here.
Mr. Bass states that the largest
mink ranch he has seen wrest of Wis
consin is located at Wasilla, owmed
by James St. Clair. These animals are
doing fine and promise good returns to
the owner. At Port Graham, John
son & Thompson have a large num
ber of animals, also in fine condition.
Two marten farms were visited by
Mr. Bass but the output is dubious as
the animals so far have not bred in
captivity.
While in Kodiak he visited with
Mr. White, of the Southwestern Alas
ka Blue Fox Farmers Association and
also saw Karl Armstrong Wm. Ers
kine and others. He spent a month
in the Cook Inlet district, visiting 39
^ out of 42 farms and saw all the fur
farmers but one. He also visited the
Kachemak Bay district, Bradley river,
Port Graham, Pt. Chatham, Seldovia,
and other points. He believes that
Cook Inlet is an ideal place for fur
fanning. Mr. Bass declares without
boast that no man in the United
States has judged or seen as many
/ fur animals in the -past six months
as he has, and that he returns to Se
attle with the impression that fur
farming will soon be the leading in
dustry in Alaska.
Mr. Bass left at noon to visit the
silver black fox farm of Mr. DeLong
across the bay and will return this
evening.
IOWA PAYS TRIBUTE
TO MEMORY WALLACE
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 30.—All
Iowa today paid tribute to the mem
^ ory of former secretary of agriculture
Henry Wallace, as his body rested in
state under the dome of the state
capitol. The funeral was held at the
Wallace home this afternoon. One
minute of silence was observed in the
schools and business was suspended in
the state for the day.
W. L. Paul, who recently bought
The Skagway Alaskan, has moved
the plant of that paper to Ketchikan,
where he will use it in the publica
tion of The Alaska Fisherman. With
the passing of The Alaskan from
{ Skagway, the honor of being* the old
est continuously published paper in
Alaska fall to the Nome Nugget.
E. F. Gregory, former publisher ot
the Tribune-Review, Edmunds, Wash.,
has accepted a position as editor oi
The Nome Nugget. He sailed for
Nome on the last sailing from Se
attle with his wife and daughter.
STEEL GOES TO NEW YORK
Will Steel, who edited the Cordo
va Times while his brother Harry
was absent to the Republican con
vention, has left for New York state
where he will reside.
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IGNORES DEAD AMERICAN
AT FUNERAL PROCESSION
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PEKING, China, Oct. 30— All for
eign flags, excepted the Russian,
were at half mast today, while the
entire diplomatic corps gathered at
the funeral of Edward Bell, Ameri
can charge d’ affairs.
REV. FRED FLEMING
ELECTED BISHOP CHURCH
SEATTLE, Oct. 30—The Rev. Fred
erick Fleming, of Chicago, was elect
ed bishop of the Episcopal diocese
of Olympia at the convention held
here yesterday.
SALE FEDERAL OFFICES
CHARGED BY SECTY
CIVIL SERVICE COM’N
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Charges
I of the sale of Federal offices in South
Carolina* were made this afternoon
| before the Senate Campaign Fund
Committee, by John T. Doyle, secre
j tary of the United States Civil Serv
| ice Comq^J^ion. According to Doyle’s
report, filed with the committee, Joe
Tolbert, Republican National Commit
teeman fqr South Carolina, offered to
have A. Littlejohn reappoint
! ed postmaster at Belton, S. C., but
| that Littlejohn refused to put up any
money. “If your heart and pocket
book will get light,” Doyle quoted
Tolbert as saying, “I will down this
notice of civil service examination and
give you the post. I have the power
to do that."
COOLIDGE ASKS FARMERS
ADVICE IN APPOINTMENT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—President
Coolidge today asked the Farmers’
Union, the Federated Farm Bureau,
the National Grange and American
National Livestock Association to let
; him know who they would suggest
to succeed Secretary Wallace.
PRICE OF $50,000
PLACED ON WU FU
PEKING, Oct. 31.—A price of $50,
000 was today put upon the head of
i Wu Pet Fu, until a week ago China’s
most powerful war lord. Feng Yu Si
| ang, the Christian general, whose war
j coup wrested the cap from Wu’s con
trol, has offered a reward of $100,000
for the capture of Wu alive, or $50,000
for his dead body.
PATHFINDER HAS BIRTHDAY
The Pathfinder, the Pioneer organ
of Alaska, has entered upon the sixth
year of its existence, and is still
going strong. The Pathfinder is the
only magazine in Alaska, and his
steadily improved since the date of
its first number.
MRS. FRED NICHOLS DEAD
Mrs. Fred Nichols, wife of the road
house keeper at Gulkana, on the
Richardson road, died suddenly this
week from epilepsy. The remains
were taken to Chitina for interment.
Mrs. Nichols left a husband and four
children to mourn her loss.
SCHOONER ACME WRECKED
BRANDON, Ore., Oct. 31.—The
steam auxiliary schooner Acme, was
wrecked today near Cape Arago with
a total loss of her cargo. The crew
was rescued.
ALLIED TROOPS CHINA
TO PROTECT RAILROAD
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—Allied
troops in China including the Ameri
can Fifteenth Infantry stationed at
Tientsin have been ordered out to
protect the railway line between Pe
king and Tientsin, the State depart
ment was advised today.
SELDOVIA MARSHAL KILLED WHILE
ON SEARCH FOR STILL—MURDERER
TURNS GUN ON SELF AND SUICIDES
SELDOVIA, Alaska, Oct. 31.—(Special to The Gateway).—
Deputy United States Marshal Jasftes Hill, better known as “The
Daylight Kid," was shot and instantly" killed yesterday’ at Seldovia
ty William Brooks, a homesteader, who had been arrested for mom
shining by Deputy’ Ilill and Jailer Sam Cramer. Hill and Cramer
had raided the still of Brooks, and arrested the owner with three
companions. Cramer left for the jail with the three prisoners leav
ing Hill to come later with Brooks, the two men being engaged in
dumping the mash and packing up the distilling outfit. When Hid
failed to return Cramer left frr th£ Brooks homestead and found
Hill lying dead on the floor of the cabin and nearby' the body of
Brooks, who had shot the deputy in the back, and later killed him
self.
The bodies of the dead deputy' marshal and his murderer were
taken to Seldovia, and will be taken to Anchorage on the Redondo.
Mr. Hill wa$ appointed to the office about about two y’ears ago
by' U. S. Marshal II. P. Sullivan, and had made good as an officer
the town being practically’ free from bootlegging. He had many
warm friends in the Territory*. He leaves a wife and two children,
who are in Seldovia.
FORMER SEWARDITE
ARRIVES IN SEWARD
Frank J. Cotter, former well known
Sewardite, now engaged in publish
ing the Alaska Weekly in Seattle,
dropped in on his friends here today,
coming in on the Alaska. Mr. Cotter
was as welcome as a Chinook on the
Powder river. He is touring the
coast towns in the interests of an
advertising proposition, and left on
today’s freight for Anchorage, re
turning tomorrow night. Mr. Cot
ter stated that he found Seward has
progressed more materially than any
town he had visited in Alaska, and
that it looked as if we had a sub
: stantial wave of prosperity.
As Pat O’Cotter, Mr. Cotter has
written some very clever verse and
his many poetical articles on the
oldtimers of Alaska are read with in
{terest from Ketchikan to Nome.
CHINAMAN SENTENCED
I Wu Chomr, of Seldovia, was srn
I tenced to serve two yeirs in the FeJ
. rul pear .»• / Judge Ritchie
for having « ;l';m ii i P*n.
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I Franklin D. Roosevelt
Attacks Record Kinsman
BREWSTER, N. Y., Oct. 31—Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary
of the navy, under President Wilson
in an address here last night attacked
the record of his kinsman and suc
cessor, Theodore Roosevelt, jr., saying
that if every citizen had read Roose
velt’s testimony before the Senate
committee investigating the oil leases,
Gov. Smith would be elected unani
mously. Franklin declared that the
Navy department merits investigation
from top to bottom.
DIVORCES GRANTED
At the recent term of the Superior
court held in Cordova, divorces were
granted to J. S. M. Nelson vs. Bessie
Nelson, and to Mrs. Aurora Laennin
vs. Matt Laennin.
W. D. Coppernoll returned on to
day’s boat from a trip to the East
ern States. Mr. Coppernoll has giv
en the Gateway a lengthy interview
w'hich will be published tomorrow'.
A number of blue foxes were re
ceived on the Admiral Watson con
signed to fur farmers near Wasilla.
RAILROAD TIES RECEIVED
Thirteen thousand fir ties were re
ceived on the steamship Alaska, con
signed to the Alaska railroad. This
is the first shipment of ties receivec
from the States in some time.
ANCHORAGE TIMES VERSION
(Special to Gateway)
ANCHORAGE, Oct. 31.—Deputy Mar
; shal James Hill was shot and killed
{ near Seldovia yesterday afternoon by
1 Wm. Brooks, a homesteader. Hill
| and Jailor Hurlburt had raided a still
; and the jailor returned to Seldovia
I with, three prisoners, Hill remaining
j behind. Later the jailor returned to
J the homestead and found Hill shot
through the back. Brooks was a sui
j cide, blowing out his brains.
HILL WAS UNWARNED
■ * (Special to the Gateway)
SELODIA, Oct. 31.—Late reports
: regarding the killing of Deputy Mar
; shal James Hill are as follows: Hill
; and Jailor Hurlbert went to arrest
; some bootleggers near the Brooks
homestead, and apprehended Gagnon
! Lavere and two others unidentified.
| Hill sent the jailor to Seldovia with
the three bootleggers. Hill and Ja
cobson remained to locate the still,
and were in the tent occupied by the
bootleggers on the Brooks’ homestead,
about 400 yards back of Brooks’
house. Brooks came to the tent and
started to shooting with a .35-calibre
automatic Remington. Hill and Ja
cobson ran out of the tent and broke
for shelter in the timber, when a bul
let hit the marshal in the back kill
ing him instantly. Brooks went to
his own home and blew' the top of his
head off.
An inquest was held by Commis
sioner Anderson, the jury returning
a verdict that Deputy Marshall Hill
came to his death from a gunshot
w ound at the hands of Brooks.
Jailor Hurlbert was appointed dep
uty marshal by Marshal Sullivan, and
has everything well in hand.
ESTABLISHMENT MAIL
ROUTE U. S. TO CHINA
DAYTON, 0., Oct. 31.—The estab
lishment of a four-stop mail route
from New York to Peking, China, is
being considered by government offi
cials, flying officials declared here to
day. '
MRS. LEONHARDT MARRIED
Mrs. J. M. Leonhardt, formerly of
Seward, was married in Seattle, Oct
ober 17, to Mr. William Wray. Mrs.
Leonhardt left here several years
ago, following the death of her hus
band, who was a victim of the influ
enza epidemic.
Owing to trouble in obtaining a re
newal of the lease on the plant in
which The Alaska Examiner, Ketchi
kan, is printed, John Frame, publish
er of The Examiner, may be com
pelled to suspend publication, accord
i ing to an item in The Anchorage
Daily Alaskan.
CABLESHiP DELLWOOD
ARRIVES IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Wn., Oot. 31.—The ca
bleship Dellwood arrived in this city
from Alaska today. She has been in
northern waters installing the new j
Seattle-Alaska cable and making re
pairs where needed in the old one.
COOLIDGE VOTED TODAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31.—
President Coolidge voted today using
an ordinary White House pencil to
mark the ballot which he later mail
ed to Northhampton, Mass.
STEAMER ALASKA IN
PORT; SAILS SOUTH
TOMORROW MIDNIGHT
The palatial Alaska, pride of the
Seattle-Alaska run arrived in port
at an early hour this morning from
the south with a bumper load of
passengers and freight. The Alaska
is scheduled to sail for the south at
midnight tomorrow.
Her passenger list follows;
From Seatle—Mrs. Oscar Anderson,
Ruth Anderson, Dr. and Mrs. O. A.
Braafiadt, and daughter, Marjory;
Wm. D. Coppernoll, Frank J. Cotter,
Lillian Faranger, I\ L. Jhortsberg,
and wife and daughter, Dorothy, J.
S. Huntington, J. A. McGill, Mrs. R.
M. McKenzie, A. H. Nordale, G. B.
Stevens and w'ife and three steerage.
From Ketchikan—Cal Hutton.
From Juneau—Blanche Dean, Fred
Munson and J. H. Brokow.
From Cordova—J. Cornwall, John
Norris.
rFom Latouche—P. L. Schjelland,
i Anton Olson, Nels Nelson, -J. Can
| ther, Jack Haust, George Biber, Ivar
Peterson, R. E. Mclvar, Gene Hughes.
WOMAN'S CLUB GIVES
SUCCESSFUL BRIDGE PARTY
The bridge party given by the Wo
man’s Club in their rooms under the
Seward Bank last night was an un
qualified success, a large crowd being
present. C. E. Hinde, for the third
time in succession, won the first prize
for men; Mrs. Wayne Blue the first
prize for ladies; and Mrs. Smith the
consolation prize. Leon Urbach won
the prize for being the greatest cake
eater, storing away three chocolate
cakes in succession.
Whist prizes were won by Mr. and
Mrs. T. P. Lorang respectively.
This is the first of a number of
bridge parties which will be given by
the Woman’s Club this winter.
JEAN PATOU CALLS ON
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Jean Pa
tou, the best dressed man in Europe,
called on President Coolidge today,
and presented him with an autograph
ed toast to the City of Boston written
during the revolutionary war by the
Marquis de Lafayette.
AMERICA’S FUTURE
LIES IN SCHOOLHOUSE;
AVERS NOTED PASTOR
SEATTLE, Wn., Oct. 31.—“The fu
ture of America will be determined,
not in the Senate, but in the school
house,” the Reverend James E. Crow
ther, pastor of the University Metho
dist Church, declared in addressing
the Washington Educational associa
tion today. .
FRANK E. BOYLE TESTIFIES
SEATTLE, Wn., Oct. 31.—Frank E.
Boyle, of the civil service committee,
testified before the City Council de
partent of efficiency committee today
that Mayor Brown recommended the
committee’s actions in various cases
and said that “if the committee want
ed, they would be fir^d.”
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CHAS. F. MARVIN BEEN
NAMED ACTING SECTY
AGRICULTURE OF U. S.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Late yes
terday afternoon after announcement
was made of the death of Secretary
of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace,
President Coolidge named Charles P.
Marvin, for some time past chief of
the weather bureau, as acting secre
tary of agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31.—As
far back as the family records go, an
cestors of Henry Cantwel Wallace,
secretary of agriculture in the cab
inet of President Harding, have been
identified with agriculture. Several
of them attempted new vocations and
professions, but all. for one reason
or another, returned to weld a con
tinuous chain of farmers.
Like many other farmer boy, Mr.
Wallace fought hard for an educa
tion. He worked on the farm in sum
mer and attended a village school
in winter until he was ready to en
ter college.
During the years Mr. Wallace was
out of college, he took up writing
on farm topics and from that begin
ning there grew what now is known
as Wallace’s Farmer. This literary
work also weighed strongly in his
appointment as assistant professor of
agriculture in the Iowa State col
lege. The head of the agricultural
college at that time was James Wil
son. afterwards secretary of agricul
ture for sixteen years.
Three sons of the secretary are
now following in their father’s foot
steps and have become identified
with the institution.
ATTORNEY GEN. STONE
UPHOLDS CONSTITUTION
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 30.—Attor
ney General Harlan F. Stone, in a
speech before the Union League club
here this afternoon roundly attacked
the efforts of La Follette to amend
the constitution to prevent one man
decisions from nullifying legislation.
UGES MOTOR BUSSES
Col. B. O. Lenoir, former officer
in charge of the Alaska Military ca
ble and telegraph system, in a letter
to the Wall Street Journal urges the
installation of motor busses on the
Richardson road, to be used in iuurist
travel.
WORK AT MINERAL CREEK
George J. Love, agent for the com
pany, has received word that work
would start immediately on the group
of claims known as the Little Giant,
near Valdez on Mineral creek. The
group was recently bonded to Chas.
J. Titus, an engineer formerly con
nected with the Culross mines. A.
tunnel will be driven and other work
done.
Gilbert Stevens, United States mar
shal for the Fourth division, and Mrs.
Stevens were home bound passen
gers on the Alaska. Marshal Stev
ens is returning to headquarters af
| ter having delivered prisoners and
1 insane to institutions in the States.
LWhile Outside a visit was made to
the home of Mrs. Stevens at Spo
kane, Wash.
LA FOLLETTE PARTY RUNNING
AWAY FROM THEIR PLATFORM
BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 30.—Secre
tary of State Hughes in an address
here last night, alluded to the na
tional Democratic program as sterile,
and declared that the La Follette
party was running away from the
platform they so deliberately pre
pared.
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