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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 184.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 16,1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MURDERER LEARNING
LORD'S PR1YER TO
ERSE CONSCIENCE
PRAYS ON KNEES EVERY NIGHT;
OPENS HEART TO THE LORD;
HATE AND FEAR WITHIN HIM
BURNING HIM UP
OFFICERS ASSIST TEACHING
Thousands throng depot as self-con
fessed murderer arrives Minneapo
lis; hold-up victims identify him.
MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 16 (/?)—Five
thousand people thronged the railway
station as Johnson returned to face
the Erdall slaying charge before the
Hennepin county grand jury which to
day will hear details of the confession.
Three victims of holdups identified
Johnson who was taken to the scene
of the Erdall killing. He quickly pick-j
ed out the place then was taken back
to jail where he went over a list of
robbery complaints, now and then
picking out one with the remark, “I
did that one.” When asked how it felt j
to be a murderer he said, “You walk
the floors night and day; anyone "who
knew me in Minneapolis, knew I was
never quiet for more than 15 minutes
at a time, because of the hate and fear
which was in me, but today. I’m sane, j
I get down on my knees every night
and pray to the Lord, and I open my
heart. I must learn the Lord’s prayer.”
They, indicating the officers who
brought him from Seattle, “helped me.
a lot and I can recite most all of it J
now.”
COMMANDER DOWLINGWAS
FORMERLY STIITIONED HERE
—
Commander Otto C. Dowling, who j
is proclaimed as the hero of the Lake
Denmark arsenal explosion, formerly
was stationed in Alaska. For two
years Commander Dowling was sta
tioned at Seward, Anchorage, or Mat
anuska, head of the Coal Commission,
determining the value of the Matan
uska coal, shipping facilities, etc., for
the government.
LORD KITCHENER'S BOOT
NOT IN PRIVATE MORTUARY
LONDON, Augt^6 (/P)—The home
office announced the packing case in
which it was said contained the body
of Lord Kitchener, contained obvious
ly, a new empty coffin W'hich had nev
er held human remains.
EAGLES WANT PROHIBITION
SEATTLE, Aug. 16 (IP)—'The Eagles
lodge overwhelmingly defeated the
resolution opposing prohibition. A
Montanan was the only supporter.
COUNCIL MEETING (
The Seward City Council will meet c
in regular session this evening at 8 (
o’clock in the council chambers. i
TENNIS CHAMPS OF PAST 50 YEARS RECEIVE MEDALS FROM
QUEEN MARY AT WIMBLEDON
The Lawn Tennis Champions of the past fifty years lined up before the
King and Queen at Wimbledon, England, the other day, and received their
Jubilee Commemoration Silver Medals. Suzanne Lenglen was among those
to receive one. This photo shows F. F. Hadow, the champion in 1S78, being
presented with his medal, by Queen Mary of England, on the platform.
COllldS INTERESTED
IN NUKA DAT REGION
MAKES SPECIAL TRIP
PORTLOCK FOX RANCHER IS ONE
OF ALASKA’S BEST KNOWN
HARD ROCK MINERS
Few men in the Territory have a
reputation such as is born by James
Collias, who for many years, was re
cognized as one of the few, real hard
i^ck miners in the Territory. Of more
recent years he has been devoting his
time to that of raising fox near Port
lock and in the fox industry he is
carving out a name as he did when
mining. So it is with pleasure his
many local friends state, that they
learn he has become interested in the
Nuka bay quart field, a district which
needs men of the calibre of Mr. Col
lias, men who know the game.
He arrived in Seward two days ago
from the Westward on the gasboat
Rolfe No. 2, Capt. John Smith, and
was due to leave today on the Rolfe
No. 1, Capt. Pete Sather, for the dis
trict where he intends to spend at
[east a week on a general survey of
:he region. A certain property will be
inspected by him and if found to be
mywhere near what he expects, in
The way of a fair mining proposition,
le will, in all liklihood, take an active
part in it’s development.
CHAS. CAMERON IS VISITOR
Chas. Cameron, former business
nan of Seward but for the past few
■ ears engaged in the restaurant busi
less in Anchorage, accompanied by
lis son, Junior, came over yesterday
or a few days visit. Mr. Cameron ex
pects to remain in the city for a week
it least. He and Junior are guests at
he Van Gilder hotel.
MRS. EIDE, MARIT RETURN
Mrs. Anton Eide, wife of the local
uperintendent of the Alaska Road
Commission, accompanied by he#
laughter Marit, returned home Safi.r^
lay from Seattle where they spen£
lumber of months.
£
DES MOINES, Aug. 16 (JP)_Only a
small band of gray-haired women the
last survivors of the army nurses of
the Civil war, will represent their
national organization at its annual
conjunction with the Grand Army of
the Republic encampment, Sept 19 to
24.
HONOLULU, Aug. 16 (JP)—'The
11926 Hawaiian pineapple pack w'ill
have a value between §34,000,000 and
$35,000,000. This figure has been tak
en as basis for fixing the 1926 opening
prices. Last year’s pack was valued at
§35,000,000.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 16 (/P)—Wal
ter Hagen will play in the Western
Open golf championship here Aug.
26-28. He told the local committee
that he looked upon the Western Open
as the next best opportunity to re
tain his high position.
NEW YORK Aug. 16 (/P)—1The
Turkish bath to a certain extent has
replaced the cocktail as refreshment
after a busy day, if the increased
numbers of these establishments here
is a criterion. Swimming is a close
second.
LONDON, Aug. 16 (£>)—London
work girls are becoming more beauti
ful declared Sir Thomas Legge, senior
medical inspector of factories, during
a session of the Royal Sanitary In
stitute Congress at Westminister.
JACOBS ARRIVES AT
TWA FROM NENINI
TANANA, Aug. 16 (JP)—The river
steamer General Jacobs arrived from
Nenana Friday.. Among the passen
gers were Miss C. P. Gilvester, a
hiirse en route to Nome; Miss A. B.
Foster, nurse en route to the Mission
M St. John’s; and Father Delon, en
route to Holy Cross.
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RESULTS OF PRIMARIES
REVEAL NO REACTION
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (^—Sen
ator Wheeler declared the results of
the congressional primaries in 25
states indicated no reaction against
prohibition.
LAD OF SEVEN YEARS
SPENDS THREE DAYS
LOST, DENSE FOREST
AFTER READING ‘TAR2AN’ WANT
ED TO EAT RAW MEAT,
MOTHER SAID
PORTLAND, Aug. 16 UP)— After a
I
| three days search Jack Strong aged
| seven, was found in a rugged canyon
on the lower slopes of Mount Hood.
| The finders offered to carry Jack, but
| he would not allow it and walked two
| and a half miles to a ranger station
unaided. He declared, “I’m not hun
gry. I ate three fish and picked some
huckleberries; frightened? Why no.”
.Much of the time was spent in the
: dense woods which were known to
shelter wild animals. His mother said,
“Jack will eat anything. Last winter
j after reading Tarzan he wanted to eat
raw meat.”
ADMIRAL WATSON IN TOMORROW
According to advices at the local
office of the Pacific Steamship Com
pany the S. S. Admiral Watson is due
to arrive in port tomorrow from the
Westward. The vessel departs Wed
nesday evening for the south.
MEMBERS OE ROYALTY
ON BIG GAME HUNT
LORD FOLLETT OF ENGLAND AND
COUNT MERCADI OF ITALY,
REGULAR FELLOWS
Members of royalty were among the
distinguished visitors in Seward since
Saturday with the arrival from Seattle
of Lord J. R. Follett, London, Eng
land, said to be a member of the Roy
al family of England, and Count Leon
ard Mercati of Italy. Lord Follett is
an Oxford student and comes directly
from England. Count Mercadi, Oxford
graduate, has been residing in New
York City foT the past year.
Alex Bolam and Mel Horner, guides
and big game hunters met the Lord
and Count here and are taking them
down to the Kenai peninsula country
where they will spend the coming
month in quest of moose, brown bear
and sheep. As packers, Jack Hub
schmidt and Erick Eckman are ac
companying the party and C. Clegg as
cook. They left today for Seldovia on
the S. S. Redondo. Upon their return
to Seward the party will go into the
Rainy Pass country for another
month’s hunt.
Bert B. Green, well known traveling ]
salesman, accompanied by Mrs. Green, t
were arrivals in Seward Saturday.
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LETTER WRITER SAYS
OBSERVED COUPLE
GAINES AND WIFE TO TAKE THE
STAND ANNOUNCES THE
DEFENSE
SEATTLE, Aug. 16, (/p)—Letter
from Olympia signed R. D. Jones,
stated the writer saw a man and a
girl walk from east Green Lake way,
on which Wurster observed an auto
mobile, into the alder grove where
the body of Sylvia Gaines was dis
covered. Jones said he kept back the
information until the eve of his de
parture for home in a distant state.
He said he attended the inquest and
recognized Gaines as the man with
the girl. The couple left the automo
bile and walked toward the Lake.
OLYMPIA, Aug. 16 (JP)—Jones is
unknown here.
SEATTLE, Aug. 16 (JP)—'The de
fense said Gaines and his wife are to
take the stand, Colvin said, “In that
case we will produce rebuttal evi
dence that we were not permitted to
offer before.”
1926 SALMON PACK
EXCEEDS TUT 1929
SEVERAL CANNERIES PRINCE
WILLIAM SOUND AREA WILL
PACK COHOES
CORDOVA, Aug. 16, (JP)—The sal
mon pack in the district between
Bering River and Seward reached
720.000 cases Saturday which ex
ceeded the big 1924 pack by at least
150.000 cases, several canneries are
preparing to pack cohoes.
The A. S. S. Co. vessel Redondo,
Captain Newland, brought back an
other large cargo of salmon from the
Westward yesterday morning which
was transferred to the Alaska for ship
ment to Seattle, Westbound passeng
ers on the steamer today included:
Seldovia: Frank H. Foster, Wm. N.
Kaiser, Geo. J. Huber, Lord J. R. Fol
ett, Count Leonard Mercati, Alex Bo
lam, Jack Hubschanidt, Erick Eck
nan, C. Clegg, M. A. Horner.
FLICKINGERS HOME AGAIN
Mr. J. H. Flickinger, in charge of
;he local office of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, and Mrs. Flickinger,
•eturned home yesterday morning on
he S. S. Redondo from making a
'ound trip to Westward ports. The
rip was quite enjoyable as ideal
veather was encountered. The voyage
>resented Mr. Flickinger the oppor
unity to renew acquaintances with
Westward shippers.