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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 177.
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SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ATTORNEY DECLARES
' GAINES KILLED HIS
DAUGHTER WHILE IN
INTOXICATED RAGE
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STOKE’S TESTIMONY MYSTIFIES
COURT ROOM-MAN OF VILLIAN
OUS COUNTENANCE SEEN VERY
CLOSE TO MURDER SPOT BY
HUSBAND AND WIFE—SWEAT
ER IN CASE HAS NOT BEEN LO
CATED
SEATTLE, Aug. 7. (JP)—Attorney
Colvin declared tliat Gaines killed his
daughter Sylvia while in an intoxica
ted rage. Carmody demanded in de
tail the proposed evidence otherwise
the charge would be squashed.
SEATTLE, Aug. 7. (JP)—'The Stoke’s
testimony which Attorney Colvin in
4 a statement to the jury on Thursday
forecast, mystified the court room.'
Mrs. Stokes said she and her husband
saw a man of villianous countenance
nearly on the spot where the body
was found.
“He wore a dark cap, was shabbily
clad and had on a sweater open down
the front and his pants were baggy,”
Mrs. Stokes stated.
On a redirect examination Colvin j
asked “Aren’t you very nervous and
always inclined to be alarmed when
you see a man in the dark?” The wit
ness said she was not unusually ner
vous and when Colvin tried to press
other questions the court sustained
the objection of Carmody that Colvin I
couldn’t cross examine the state wit
ness. Mrs. Stokes said Gaines was j
not the man she saw.
SEATTLE, Aug. 7. (£>)—'The S. S.
Alaska of the A. S. S. Co., left for Al
aska at 9 o'clock this morning with
195 reservations. Passengers for
Seward include Mrs. A. Eide and
daughter, Doctor and Mrs. F. R. Hag
ner, P. E. Harris, Miss Dora Lantrip,
Faith Bell, Miss D. Talbot, D. J.
Shay and son, F. B. Bachus and two
daughters, Mary Edelbrook, Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. Hitchkiss, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Lamb, N. O. Berghschold, Geo.
J. Huber, W. N. Kaider, Mrs. Watters,
Jacob Gloechner, Mr. and Mrs. H. F.
Barry, Miss Anna Barron, Mrs. L.
Hunkel, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Herlman,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foundholf and
son, J. R. Follett, L. P. Mercati and
five steerage.
SEARCH BEING IDE I
ALASKA, JOHN M.BROOKS
Friends have appealed to the gov
ernor’s office for information regard
ing John M. Brooks, last heard from
in 1909, then in Fairbanks in the ice
and fuel business. At one time he
was a member of the city council of
that town. He was formerly from
Portland, Oregon. Any information
regarding him should be sent to the
Governor’s Office, Juneau, Alaska.
CAPACITY LOAD OF FISH
The S. S. Redondo, Captain New
land, arrived in port at an early hour
this morning from the Westward
bringing the largest cargo of fish pro
ducts this season. Approximately
1100 tons of salmon, herring and
clams are being transferred from the
vessel to the S. S. Yukon for ship
ment to the states.
AOVERTISINE TROPHY
WON BY W. P. FULLER GO.
COAST COMPETITION
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 7. (JP)—
Proof of the value of a complete ad
vertising campaign to the manufact
urer is contained in the announcement
today from the Pacific Coast Advertis
ing Clubs association, awarding the
trophy for the best advertising used
by a Pafcific Coast manufacturer.
The advertising of W. P. Fuller &
Co., in competition with the most im
portant maniffacturing concerns on
the coast, was adjudged to be the
most complete of any advertising used
during the year. The campaign was
conducted by Johnston-Ayres com
pany, advertising agency with offices
in San Francisco, Oakland, Los An
geles and Salt Lake City.
The campaign included practically
every medium of advertising, but
featured the use of newspapers.
CAFE OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Gabriel Santos, proprietor of the
Overland cafe, said this morning he
was going to throw the keys of his
establishment out in the back yard
for from this date on he will keep
open day and night. This arrange
ment has been possible owing to his
procuring an expert baker and cook
who joined the staff today.
FISHING AND BERRY PICKING
■ PLYMOUTH, President Coolidge
went fishing in Pineyhollow brook, a
quarter of a mile from the Coolidge
farmhouse. Mrs. Coolidge went blue
berrying.
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GERTRUDE EDERLE
SMASHES WORLD'S
RECORD IN SWIM
AMERICAN GIRL CHAMP IS FIRST
WOMAN TO SWIM ENGLISH
CHANNEL
DOVER, Aug. 7. (JP) —Gertrude
Ederle of New York City is the first
woman to swim the English channel.
She made the 20-mile swim in 14 and
one-half hours and broke the world's
| record. The best previous time was
16 hours and 23 minutes which Sebas
tian Tiraboshi of Argentine made
three years ago. i
BASEBALL RESULTS
: COAST—
j Oakland 8, Mission 3.
San Francisco 8, Portland 9. (10 in
nings.)
Sacramento 1, Hollywood 2.
Los Angeles 5, 3; Seattle 6, 0.
NATIONAL—
Pittsburgh 5, Boston 4.
"Cincinnati 3, New York 6.
I Chicago 2, Philadelphia 1. (10 in
nings.)
St. Louis 7, Brooklyn 3.
AMERICAN—
Boston 4, Chicago 7.
New York 8, Cleveland 7.
j Washington 12, Detroit 8.
i Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 3.
GUS BROWN, SEATTLE, DIES
, SEATTLE, Aug. 7. (/P)—Gus Brown,
.financier will be buried Saturday. His
j brother Felix has been engaged in
the clothing business in Anchorage
for many years.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the fire department last night George
Guest and E. Mattschei were admitted
i as members of the organization.
SKEENA PROMISES TO YIELD VERY LARGE
WILL EXCEED LAST YEAR’S PACK,
JOHN P. BABCOCK, DEPUTY
COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES,
B. C., FORECASTS—NAAS TO BE
DISSAPOINTING—CATCH IS AN
ALYZED—MORE GILL NETS
After his trip through the fisheries
of Northern British Columbia, John P.
Babcock, Deputy Commissioner of
Fisheries, reported to Hon. William
Sloan, commissioner, that a satisfac
tory sockeye pack was assured this
season provided the catch continued
as heavy as it had up to the first of
August. Mr. Babcock will be recalled
by numerous Seward citizens as hav
ing paid a brief visit here last sum
mer while en route south from the
Pribilofs, where in an unofficial capa
city, he inspected the seal herd.
The British Columbia salmon in
dustry naturally has a tremendous
bearing on the Alaska industry, or
vice versa. In part Mr. Babcock’s re
port to Mr. Sloan which has just been
received by The Gateway is as fol
lows:
“Conditions in the north are fairly
satisfactory. If the catch of sockeye
for the balance of the season is as
good as it has been since the season
began on June 20, the pack will be a
satisfactory one. The catch of sock
eye at Rivers inlet up to July 23 is in
excess of expectation. Our records
for fifteen years at Rivers inlet show
that the sockeye runs consist of four
year and five-year-old fish in varying
proportions. The pack of sockeye at
Rivers inlet last year exceeded all
previous records and, like all the re
cord high year packs, it consisted
largely of five-year old fish. The pre
vious high record of 1915 of 130,000
cases consisted of 87 per cent of five
year old fish and but 13 per cent case
pack of 1920 contained 95 per cent
of five-year old fish. *
Catch Analyzed
“The high record pack of 1925 was
made up of 77 per cent of five-year
old fish and but 23 per cent of four
year olds.” The preponderance of
five-year old fish in the sockeye catch
of any year at River inlet has almost
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LARGE NUMBER RESERVATIONS
* .
Practically all reservations are sold
out for the southbound trip of the S.
S. Yukon, Captain Glasscock, which
leaves port tomorrow afternoon. The
Yukon arrived yesterday afternoon
from the south bringing a fair size
listing of tourists and round-trippers.
HIGH ISdC OFFICIAL
WALTER F. AAEIRER, HERE
EN ROUTE TO FAIRBANKS
To renew the friendships made up
on his visit last summer, Walter F.
Meirer, Grand Master of the Masonic
Grand Lodge of Washington and of
Alaska, is in Seward today. On his
present journey he is paying all the
lodges an official visit and upon his
arrival at Cordova from Fairbanks,
the latter part of next week, will dedi
cate the new temple there. He leaves
for Fairbanks in the morning and will
return to the coast over the Richard
son highway.
Mr. Meirer returns to Seward this
year clothed with new honors for up
on his visitation last year he was Po
tentate of Nile Temple, Seattle. Mr.
Meirer has long been identified with
fraternal work in both the Mason and
B. P. O. Elks’ lodges. He is one of
the most prominent attorneys in the
State of Washington with law offices,
Farrel, Meirer & Hess, in the Henry
building.
NEW STRIKES MADE III
MIA quart; district
Big things are quietly under way in
the Nuka bay quartz region owing
| to three recent strikes made by A1
Blair, Jack Smith, and one other pros
pector. Details of the strikes will be
given The Gateway within the next
j few days or just as soon as staking
'the claims is completed. “There’s go
ing to be a stampede down to Nuka
bay,” The Gateway was informed last
evening by a recent arrival.
Last night Earl Mount and A1 Blair
were brought back to Seward from
I the bay by Captain Berger, of the gas
iboat Hazel. Both were on separate
missions, A1 Blair especially, to make
an extra survey of his new find. On
the trip down to the bay Captain Ber
ger took Andrew Blair and I. Carne
gie, two newcomers into the field.
MRS. BALDERSTON DEPARTING
Mrs. H. S. Balderston, wife of the
vice president of the Bank of Seward,
accompanied by her two daughters,
take passage on the S. S. Yukon to
morrow en route to Seattle where the
girls will re-enter school.
FIRE THREATENS TERMINAL
TACOMA, Aug. 7. (;P)—The Ash
ford terminal of the Tacoma Eastern
mountain road is threatened with de
structibn by forest fires. Six hundred
men are fighting the fire.
STARR RETURNS TO PORT
The S. S. Starr, Capt. O. A. Johan
sen, returned to port this morning
from Knight’s island. The vessel is
scheduled to depart for Bristol bay
and Westward ports on August 9th or
10th next week.
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Don’t overlook the Liberty The.
ater for tonight.
RATLIFF INTERESTED
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LOCAL YOUNG BUSINESS MAN
MAKING SPECIAL TRIP OKLA
HOMA; RETURNS IN FALL
Among the local residents who are
leaving tomorrow for the states are
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ratliff, popular
young couple who have made their
home in Seward for almost a year,
j They are going to Oklahoma, to the
^home of Mr. Ratliff, where, following
a short visit Mr. Ratliff will devote
the coming months to a mining inter
est acquired at Chulitna. They re
turn early in the fall en route to the
property.
; JHis partner, W. F. Deaner, has been
actively associated with the operation
of mines for 40 years, 20 years in the
Mother Lode district of California,
and 20 years in the Leadville region,
Colorado. Mr. Deaner arrived in Al
aska last March having been sent
north from New York to make an
I
; examination of mining property in
southeastern Alaska. Upon the com
' pletion of his work he decided to
make a trip to this and the Interior
'district and while at Chulitna con
cluded a deal with Moose Johnson
and Harry Wertz, owners of the Mint
Ruby mine. Since that period Mr.
; Deaner and Mr. Ratliff have had a
couple of cabins erected there as well
as a barn or warehouse next to the
railroad track at Chulitna station.
Mr. Deaner passed thru Seward last
week on his way to Juneau and while
here was interviewed by The Gateway
representative. He stated it was the
| intention of the company to sink 300
feet on the vein which he felt would
justify it’s development to the point
'where it would be the largest produc
ing mine in the Territory. It is the
intention of Mr. Deaner and Mr. Rat
liff to move machinery onto the
j ground early in the spring.
The ore contained in the Chulitna
; properties is similar to that produced
! by the famous Premier mine in the
Portland canal district, containing
.both silver and gold, and the work
thus far done by the owners indicates
that there is a large body of ore in
the ground, rich in values and very
accessible, with an ideal mill site and
an abundance of water power avail
able.
YOUTH SHOT IN STOMACH
PASSES AWAY, TQLOVANA
TANANA, Aug. 7. (/P)—Arthur Fol
get, youth, who accidentally shot him'
self last Monday, died at Tolovana on
Thursday. The body was brought
back for burial in the mission launch
Pelican, which then continued on to
Nenana to meet Mishop Rowe who is
an up-going passenger on the Yukon.
SISTER PASCAL RETURNS
Sister Pascal, superintendent of St.
Joseph’s hospital in Fairbanks, and
Sister Bernard, also a R. G., but a
new recruit for hospital work in Alas
ka, are in Seward today en route to
the Interior. Both arrived yesterday
from the south. >
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