MEMBER OF GREW
ON DUTY LEFT POOL
ON ILL-FliTED VESSEL
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept., 17, (/Pi—
Charges that at least one crew
member of the ill-fated San Juan
left his post to play poker shortly j
before the ship was rammed and
sank by the tanker Dodd were re
vealed in the federal trial of the
three ship’s officers held responsi
ble for the crash.
Luther Leathers, helmsman of!
the San Juan, testified that one :
man who was supposed to have j
stood watch left his duties to a sub
stitute while he joined a poker
game in the forecastle.
DIVORCED ACTRESS
MILWAUKEE, Sept.. 17, i iy)— Map j
Busch, movie star, was ’ -ce i
by John E. Cassell, sale.' n..n Ca: - j
sell charged the actress w<t ' 'as
serting him three months a fo •\Ler 1
their marriage at RiverPde Cahf.. I
in 1926.
1
' TS fmieTTttom
NEW YORK. Sept. 18. (/P)—
After 10 years sedentary oc
cupation Burt McConnell, a writ- ,
er, is going to invade the wilder- j
ness of New' Brunswick armed
•vith a pair of spectacles to live
the life of a primitive man and
prove that it is possible and
healthy for the middle aged Amer
ican to revert to the cave man
existance.
PETTE WRACK WINNER
NEW YORK. Sept. 18. (JP)—Pete
Wrack, three to five shot, galloped
home a winner of the Twin City
handicap at Belmont Park, earning ‘
$4,165 for his owmer. Distraction
took second money.
ASIA WAR
MOSCOW. Sept., 17, (/P)-Trouble
along the Siberian and Manchur
ian border has again broken out.
Vladivostok reports the Chinese
troops opened fire on the Rus
sians in the Grodekovo Poltas
koya area.
EASTMAN KODAK* AND PHO- j
rOGRAPIIIC SUPPLIES. Schaller
er's Alaska Shop,
•Ioi?i ITrbaeh i Vaktde’s CIRCU
LATING LIBRARY; 15c to read
a book.
RATES—Fifteen cents per line
first insertion, V/2 cents per
line for subsequent insertion.
Count six average words to a
line. Minimum charge 50 cents.
Spectacles ready-to-wear first class i
reading glasses, S4 each pair;
Bifocal for reading and distance
both S4.45 and S10. each pair; ;
Binoculars very powerful S25. |
Overland hotel, Seward, until
Sept. 23; hours 2 p. m. to 8 |
p. m. Day Optical Co.
APARTMENT for rent; Mrs. Paul
son.
FOR SALE—At Juneau, Alaska,
first class cafe; four-year lease;
good location. Owner must re
turn on account of sickness. P. O.
Box 821, Juneau Alaska.
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WANTED—Extra copies of Seward
Daily Gateway for following
dates; Aug. 23 and 24, 1928; Nov.
29, 1928; Jan. 10, 1929; May 18 to
24 inclusive, 1929; July 1 to 4, 11
to 15 inclusive, 1929.
FOR RENT—Two furnished cabins.
Inquire Alaska Shop.
FOR SALE—Half interest in a
proposition at Grant Lake. The
owner wants the prospective
buyer to come and see it. In- I
quire at Gateway. 15t I
WANTED—Work jy hour or day,
house cleaning, window washing,
o * gardening. Phone Madison 19
for Sam, Japanese boy.
narrow escape
BERLIN, Sept., 17. (/Pi—Max
Schmeling, German heavyweight,
narrowly escaped death or serious
injury as a new racing car the box
er was driving clashed ino a brick
wall.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18. (JP)—
An organization supported by Sec
retary Wilbur and more than 50
college presidents has been form- |
ed to lend money without inter- j
est to persons ambitious for a ;
college education. A drive will
be launched for a $1,200,000 fund.
TYPHOON STRUCK
MANILA. Sept. 18. (/P) — Two
hundred persons have been killed
and thousands made homeless by |
' typhoon which swept a wide j
a t i surrounding the town of In- j
fantn, on the west coast of the !
j stand of South Luzon, in the 1
Tayabas province.
A NEW PARTY
NEW YORK, Sept. 18. (/P)_
Announcement has been made of |
he formation of a league for in
dependent political action, with
professor John Dewey of Columbia j
it its head to help organize a new !
political party.
FOR TAXI CALL
OGLE’S GARAGE
Phone Madison 66
A. F. Davis
Seward Grill stand,
Mad. 119
Or Adams 114
DO NOT TAKE THE CHANCE
of leaving your money and valuables where
some marauder can obtain it.
Put it in our safety deposit vaults.
‘"Somebody deposits the money; why not you?”
4% interest on all saving accounts
Bank of Seward
The
Cold Bites
YOU will appreciate the worth of a good
heating system when cold weather sets in.
Now is the time to avail yourself to the in
stallation and upkeep of the furnace or heat
er. We take care of your plumbing and that
“leaky faucet”
— Plumbing — Steam-fitting — Tin-smithing — and
— Welding —Agent and Service Station for
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
SEWARD MACHINE SHOP
CHAS. LECHNER
SPRUCE TIES IE
ATTSGKED, BEETLES
I
| At the rate spruce trees are dy
ing on Fire Island and along the
I entire Sudtna valley from the
mouth of the Little and Big Susit
Ina rivers to the Oshetna, another
year and there will be few sizable
trees left alive, Seward arrivals
bring word. The destruction is
caused by small boring beetles that
that burrow beneath die bark.
Thus far the birch is unaffected.
The trees attacked range from six
inches in diameter to two or more
feet, and the hitherto verdant for
ests now have the appealance of
having been swept by lire.
FRESH STOCK OF SHOT GUN
SHELLS at Brown & Hawkins Corp.
SCHALLEREIPS
ALASKA
SHOP
DEVELOPING
Printing
Enlarging
Photographs copied
and hand colored
Picture Framing
BOAT WRECKED
NEW YORK, Sept. 18. (/P)—
i ^avid Wood, a member of the
j banking firm of Harriman and
Company, and three members of
his crew of his motor cruiser
Cluny were injured when the bat
was wrecked by an /explosion
while refueling off City Island.
Fresh Haas’ candy. SCHALLER
ER’S ALASKA SHOP.
WANT A GOOD MEAL?
WE SERVE THE BEST
Delectable and appetizing
menu.
Short orders-regular dinners.
COMMERCE CAFE
Mrs. Alfred Rosness
MILLER'S
BARBER
SHOP
Shower Baths
Seward’s Pioneer
and Expert Barber
Fred C. Miller, Prop.
j CLEANLINESS and the best oif
meats our motto. Fry-ISruhn’s.
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The Gateway leads—others follo’-r.
GERHART
JOHNSEN
CONTRACTOR
PLASTERING
&
STUCCO WORK
P. O. Box 473 — Seward, Aaa,
THE
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TRAINS ARRIVE J
Monday and Friday
7: P. M. *
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TRAINS DEPART
Wednesday and Saturday *
7:30 A. M.
CAPTAIN C. E. ANDERSON
NEXT SAILING STR. STARR OUT OF SEWARD
OCTOBER 5
SIN JIN FISHING & PACKING CD.
Chas. H. Jansen, Agent
PHONE MADISON 139
8EWARD, ALASKA
i
Steamer Leave Seattle N’b’d-Leave Seward
ALASKA
ALAMEDA
YUKON
ALASKA
ALAMEDA
YUKON
ALASKA
Freighter Tanana is scheduled
Agent J. H. Flickinger
Mah. 129
t
Go East via
California and
the Panama Ca
nal thru ser
v i c e via the
Panama Pacific
Line. Ask for
Jetails.
SERVING ALASKA
Regular and Dependably
Vessel
Evans
Watson
Evans
Watson
Sails
from
Seattle
Arrives
in
Seward
South
from
Seward
Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 16
Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 23
Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct., 7
Oct., 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 14
Passenger accommodations on all
Admiral Line vessels have be.-n com
pletely and materially improved. Yon
will find them very attractive and
comfortable.
SAILINGS FROM SEWARD, 5 pm.
Wayne Blue, sewara Agent