. GROUSE LIKE IS
CHOSEN US SITE
EOH NEW HATCHERY
LOCAL COMMISSIONER SECURES
BIG PLANT FOR VICINITY
OF SEWARD
II BE STIBTED SOON
Plant May Be Used for Either Kings
^ or Red Salmon and Will Have
Capacity 5,000,000 Fry
At the meeting of the Territorial
Fish Commission, held in the Federal
building, Saturday afternoon, by the
Territorial Fish Commission, it was
decided to erect a $17,500 king sal
mon hatchery at Grouse lake, work to
be started immediately, and the
buildings to be ready for operation
by spring. The establishment of the
local hatchery is due tc the efforts »i
H. E. EI'5w> *h, local member of the
Territorial organization, and recom
mendations by Governor Bone, chair
man of the commission.
The new hatchery will have an out
put of five million fry years.
The idea of the Commission is to
operate one red salmon hatchery at
Cordova, a humpback hatchery at
} Ketchikan, and a king salmon plant
at Seward. Following tl,s meeting a
visit was made to the proposed site,
by Mr. Ellsworth, Gov. Bone and
the other members, and its excellent
adaption for its purpose was agreed
upon. The lake can be easily controll
ed in keeping out the enemies of the
salmon, and all predatory birds and
fish will be destroyed.
The amount allottee for the new
hatchery is $17,500, for mamtainence
and construction, whiic the Cordova
hatchery will get a like sum. Tne
appropriation for the Kctciiikan plant
will total $25,000.
Everything will be made ready this
year, and the plant wiirbe ir. readi
ness for the spring run next season.
The members of the ~i erritorial
Fish commission are H. E. Ellsworth,
Seward; Scott C. Bone, Juneau, wno
is chairman; J. R. Heckman of Ketch
ikan, and Calvin Hazelett of Cordova,
all of whom were present at the
meeting.
Following the adoption of the reso
lution to give Seward a hatchery the
^ Commission discussed the budget for
the following year.
The operation of this hatchery wiii
give a number of men and boys work
stripping the salmon, and will make
Resurrection bay an important fishing
center for king salmon in the future.
The Seward plant will be built so it
can be used for the propagation of
either red salmon or kings, giving it
a longer season of operation.
WILLS™ 111 fill
UNTIL WE IRE Pi,
DECLARES POINCARE
GONDRE, France, Aug. 27.—“It is
said Heaven helps those ' who help
themselves; we will stay in the Ruhr
until we are paid.” These were the
words of Premier Poincare here today
in a speech at the dedication of a
plaque memorializing the arrival of
the first Americans at the trenches.
“The American army broke the main
spring of the German mechanism,” he
said.
YUKON Iffifi POINTS
Major J. C. Gotwals, who was in
Seward Saturday to meet the Gov
ernor’s party, states that about 3000
tons of freight were handled this sea
son by the Yukon river steamers of
the commission, and that thfe amount
was rapidly incqaasing to a point
where more commodious boats would
be required. According to Major Got
wals this amount of freight left over
1100,000 in the territory, Nenana mer
chants profiting greatly by the river
service.
Saturday Gateway, $3 per year.
KUUEI KILLED IN
RIOTS STARTED BY
HOODED PIPERS
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 27—One hood
ed Klansman was killed and several
wounded during hours of rioting, fol
lowing an attempt made by Klansmen
to parade through the village of Car
negie, a suburb of this city last night,
after a spectacular demonstration on
a nearby hill.
They were ordered to disperse by
the authorities, and during the rioting
which followed, the shooting started.
LIST BOAT FOR LOWER
YUKON SEPTEMBER 19
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—Boat ser
vice to the lower Yukon by the Alas
ka railroad between Neuana and Holy
Cross will be suspended until next
spring, the latter part of September,
the Interior Department announced
today. The last boat will leave Ne
nana for Holy Cross Sept. 19.
ANVIL WILL MAKE ONE
MORE TRIP TO BETHEL
SEATTLE, Aug. 27.—The steam
ship Anvil will make one more trip
to Bethel, this season, Capt. Kreo
flich announces, and if sufficient car
go is offered will proceed to Nome
and the Kotzebue Sound district.
PUMA MIL mS
MOPE 11 PAID
FOB CONSTRUCTION
NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—The Panama
canal is operating for such profit that
it has more than paid for itself many
| times over, said Governor Morrow of
! the Canal zone, who arrived here en
route to Washington. The toll re
ceipts for the first fifteen days of Au
i gust were more than a million.
issorniLiT
SELLS BLOCK BONOS
NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—The Asso
; ciated Oil company of California sold
| $34,000,000 worth of bonds through
j Kuhn, Loeb & Co., to purchase oil for
I storage.
POLICE BREAK UP PARADE IN
NEW YORK AND DESPERATE
FIGHTING FOLLOWS — KLANS
MEN INVADE EDITORIAL ROOM
—
BINGHAMPTON, N. Y., Aug. 29
Three men were rescued by the po
lice after a meeting called by Klans
men had been broken up by rioters.
Desperate fighting followed in which
several hundred participated.
Klansmen Raid Newspaper
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 29.—The edi
torial rooms of The Excelsior were
the scene of heavy fighting last night
between the editorial staff and mem
bers of the Ku Klux Klan who invad
ed and attempted to wreck the news
paper office.
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.—Peter Joseph,
the noted architect who came to Chi
cago from South America to help
build the exposition buhTlings at the
world's fair in 1893, died Tuesday of
pneumonia. He was bora at Cologne
59 years ago. He assisted in plan
ning the city of Buenos Aires.
BRUTAL MURDER
ROBERT EDWARDS IS CONFINED
IN SEWARD JAIL AS RESULT
OF RECENT SHOOTING
(Anchorage Times)
One of the most brutal murders
ever committed in the Bering sea dis
trict occurred about the nineteenth of
July when George S. Edwards, a
young man 28 years of age, was shot
to death by one of his partners as he
lay in his sleeping bag in a camp 85
miles up the river from Libbyville, on
Bristol Bay. This is the report brought
to Anchorage yesterday by Dr. John
A. Flanders, who arrived from that
district on the launch Laida.
According to the story, Ralpe E.
Wolf, twenty years of age, one of the
partners, was arrested a few days lat
er and in a signed statement told ol
the crime in detail and stated that
early one morning the other partner,
Robert S. Edwards, no relation to G.
Edwards, grabbed a high-powered rifle
and deliberately killed the third part
ner. It later developed that the reason
for the murder was because the trio
could not come, to satisfactory terms
as to which way they should go into
the hills. Through the confession of
Wolf, R. S. Edwards was arrested on
board the steamer Starr and is now
confined in the Seward jail, while the
other boy, Wolf, is on his way to the
Valdez jail.
The story in detail as related by Dr.
John A. Flanders, resident doctor at
Libbyville, who performed the autopsy
over the body of Edwards follows:
“In the hospital at Libbyville a male
nurse by the name of Robert S. Ed
wards was employed. He hailed from
Seattle. Living at the ranch of “Hung
ry” Peterson, close by, was another
{ young man by the same name, but no
relation, George S. Edwards who had
1 been employed by the Bristol Bay
‘ Packing company and who had come
I to the country from San Pedro, Calif.
I George Edwards quit the Bristol Bay
| Packing Company about the first of
; July and started to secure an outfit
! to go up the river to Iliamna lake on
| a hunting trip and possibly to remain
i throughout the winter. He purchased
| a dory and spent several weeks going
between the B. & B. plant and Libby
! ville, completing his outfit, and re
I peatedly dropped in at the hospital at
i Libbyville to visit with the nurse, R.
I S. Edwards. On July 4, Edwards quil
i the hospital, giving as his reason that
| he wished to accompany George Ed
! wards on the trip to Lake Iliamna. A
i third party then joined the pair and
I on the night of the 12th, they left
Libbyville in George Edward’s dory
I for Iliamna. The trio made fairly good
' progress and on the sixth night of the
1 journey camped at a place about 18
j miles from the lake.
“Two days later Robert Edwards
and Wolf appeared at Libbyville in
I the dory owned by George Edwards.
I They told the story that George Ed
| wards had sold them his outfit and
i had gone on to Lake Iliamna and that
I they intended to go to Egigik and
! break through there to Cold Bay dis
| triet. Their story caused considerable
j comment, as everyone knew that Geo
Edwards had owned the outfit and
that Wolf had no money and Robert
Edwards had received only $15 as the
balance due him when he gave up his
position at the hospital.
“Both Robert Edwards and Wolf
made various attempts to find employ
ment, but were unsuccessful. About
this time (July 26) the Starr was due
to reach Naknek anchorage, so the
cannery launches left for the mail.
Edwards succeeded in’boarding the
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
Washington. Davis had been employ
ed in the beach gang at Libbyville and
was helping with the mail.
When Edwards saw Davies, he said,
“Well, Dave, I’ll see you in Seattle,
and 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
him in confidence that the third man
in their party ‘had been bumped off,
close 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
upon hearing the other stories, he
learned that the partners had quarrel
ed continuously. George Edwards, on
one 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,
and to camp at spots for three or four
days at a time, whereas Robert Ed
wards in particular was anxious to ge-.
to Iliamna and from there to Cook In
let. Many arguments ensued, which
sometimes led to fist fights, and final
ly George Edwards told Robert he
would drop him from the party and
not permit him to go further with it.
This occurred on the sixth night of the
journey.
“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 tenc 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 wras 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 Georgt
F. Smith, of the Libby, McNeill & Lib
by plant.
Mr. Smith wired Marshal Weston
1 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
managed to secure a confession from
the boy which practically conoborat
ed the story told by Davies. The re
markable feature of Wolfe’s story,
was that he took all ' the blame
—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
of the murdered man.
“Friday morning the party, consist
ing of Chris Nelson, U. S. Commission
er at Koggiui.g, Deput. Reed and the
prison! 1; Dr. Flanders, a special pilot
and gas boat engineer, Siarto 1 out in
the gas boat Virginia foi the scene of
the crime. A coffin was carried and
all instruments necessary to exhume
| the body and to perform a post mor
tem.
“TiH- confession which hud been
made by Wolf had not neon complete
ly satisfactory, and on the way up the
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
baby was expected in the family very
soon. For the wife and baby’s sake he
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
ing inside the tent, ‘Get up you lazy
d— fool,’ and walked over to the tent
and grabbed a rifle saying, ‘By God,
I’m going to kill you if there is a shot
in this rifle.’ Simultaneously Wolf
heard a shot and upon turning saw
blood spurting from George Edward’s
ears and mouth. Robert dropped the
rifle and after a short silence told
Wolf to give him a hand in burying
the body, which was done. They also
buried parts of the clothing and threw
other portions into the river. Then,
taking the outfit, in which were two
rifles, a shot gun, Kodak and automat
ic timer, tripod and money amounting
to $18 in each and a check for $52.50
which was endorsed to Geo. Edwards
by the Bristol Bay Packing Company,
the men hurried away, and R. Edward
who did not know how to handle the
boat yielded to Wolfs demands that
they return to Libbyville. which they
did, going with the current of the
stream, and reaching Libbyville two
da^s later.
t|olfs story sounded true to those
aboard the gas boat and did not sound
like a story told in order to escape
punishment. He described details of
the camp and gave landmarks as to
location, proving himself on the whole
trip as a pleasant lad, who after reflec
tion had made up his mind to tell
everything which had occurred. He
showed a keen memory in relocating
various former stopping places and
though the topography of the Kvichak
river is very similar, pointed out the
site of the last camp without difficul
ty. When the body was found it was
pretty well decomposed. The camping
spot did not prove suitable for an au
topsy, so it was decided to place the
body in a coffin and return to Libby
vile for the inquest.
‘‘Wolf had been watched while the
body was being exhumed and his ex
pression, while serious, did not betray
any sign of a murderer. The rest of
the dead man’s clothing was also ex
humed and the party proceeded back
down the river to Libbyville where
they arrived the following day.
“On Sunday, August 5, the inquest
was held. The jury consisted mostly
of men who had been in that part of
the country for years. A brother of
the postmaster at Iliamna, Sam Foss,
was selected as foreman, and after
hearing witnesses and findings of the
autopsy the jury returned the verdict
that George S. Edwards had come to
! his death by a gun shot wound inflict
| ed upon him by Robert S. Edwards.
! They also recommended’that Ralph E.
! Wolf be held as an accessory to the
crime.
“In the meantime Robert S. Edward
had been apprehended aboard the S.
! S. Starr and taken to Seward, where
he is now in jail.'
The crime, according to Dr. Fland
ers, is said to be one of the most bru
tal ever committed in the Bering sea
j district. The victim was shot to death
I while asleep, the bullet entering the
j left eye close to the nasal bone and
1 emerging about on inch t» the right
of the external occipital protuberance,
leaving a hole about one and one-halt
inch in diameter. Death was instan
taneous, according to Dr. Flanders.
After the inquest Wolf was taken to
Nushagak and is now in the Valdez
! jail.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 28—A reward
of $7500 was offered today by the lo
cal Ivu Klux Klan for information as
to those responsible for the riot at
Carnegie in which a Klansman was
killed and several wounded.
The sheriff and deputies attempted
to break up a Klan parade, during
which shots were fired on both sides.
' DAVIS SAYS PLENTY OF MEN
FIT FOR HOLDING PRESIDENCY
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 28— Secretary
[ of Labor Davis in a speech to the
! Moose said there are plenty of men
in the country better fitted to hold the
office of President than Calvin Cool
idge.
DEUVILLE, Aug. 28.—The French
aviator, Maneyrol, Saturday establish
ed two new records for gliding when
he covered 12% miles in*a motor avi
ette with a minimum consumption oi'
6.75 litres of gasoline and then rose
to an altitude of 157 feet in 54 min
utes.
DANISH EXPLORER
REACHES WINNIPEG
FROM BAFFIN LAND
KNUD RASMUSSGN MAKING WAY
BY NORT 1WEST PASSAGE TO
COAST Or ALASKA — EXPEDI
TION SENT CUT BY DENMARK
WINNIPEG, Aug. 2& —Hr. Burkel
Smith of Copenhagen arrived htre to
day after a year trip exploring
Baifin Land, a- second in ci mm and to
Knud Rasmussen, who Is making his
wa' to Alaska by the Northwest Pas
sage.
Li. Snit-h t»ui! he was under obli
gallon to n:»k-* Ms S. s« ivport to the
King of Denmark, upder whose au
thority the journey was made.
LOW TEMPERATURE PREVAIL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—Many low
temperature records for this date are
broken today in the states around the
Great Lakes.
H DISH
ASSAYS 900 PER
TON IS ALLEGED
GAS BOATS LEAVING ANCHORAGE
AND SEWARD FOR SCENE
OF RECENT STRIKE
MAY DEVELOP DID CAMP
Excitement Reaching Fever Heat and
Many Old Timers Gettirg Out
fits Together for Flitting
The new discovery of a large quan
tity of free milling ore at Nuka Bay,
just outside of the entrance to Re
surrection Bay, between this point
and Portlock, has caused considerable
excitement among the old timers of
this vicinity, and a number of pros
pectors and their outfits have taken
gas boats for the scene of the strike.
A boat load of stampeders left An
chorage last week and passed Seldo
via yesterday, expected to arrive on
the ground todaj'. Other boatloads
have left Seward, all anxious to get in
on the ground floor.
Frank Skeen, the discoverer, and
associates had specimens assayed
at Anchorage during the week, and
assays showed the rock was even
richer than at first supposed, the
specimens showing values of over
$3000 per ton. As there is a consider
able width to the vein and it increas
ed with depth, it is expected that a
good camp will be started. Mr. Skeen
has made one fortune already out of
his discoveries, and indications are
that he has another at fiand.
The history of the discovery was
published in the Gateway a month or
so ago. Mr. Skeen who has a claim
near the new strike was burning off
some claims and noticed a piece of
rock protruding from the ground. He
investigated and found it carrying
gold. Digging in a few feet he uncov
ered a large ledge so rich in gold as
to fairly stagger him. Investigation
showed the reef widened with depth,
and that gold values increased. He
came to town with a few pounds of
the rock, and his partners returned to
the strike. The recent assays showed
the values as stated.
SIMM
t
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28.—The
destruction of seven fine ships of the
line, under provisions of the Washing
ton Arms Conference started here to
day. Among the number which will
be destroyed is the partly completed
battleship Montana, one of the largest
of the new style of ships. The others
are the^Georgia, Connecticut, Nebras
ka, New Jersey, Rhode Island and
Vermont.
NUMEROUS HIJACKERS ARREST
ED BY SEATTLE AUTHORITIES—
TOOK CARGOES AT POINT OF
REVOLVERS IT IS ALLEGED
SEATTLE, Aug. 29.—Charges of pi
racy on the high seas are contained in
an indictment filed in the courts of
Vancouver, B. C., against several rum
runners who have boarded Canadian
vessels and transferred liquor cargoes
at the point of revolvers.
Hijackers named in the indictment
include Theodore Hggers, H. H. Kel
ley, Tiny Palmer and a scere of oth
ers who have been plying bootlegging
crafts on the sound.
M’KELLER IN RUSSIA
MOSCOW, Aug 28—United States
Senator McKeller of Tennessee arriv
ed here for a week’s visit.
SUBMARINE IS LOST
TOKIO, Aug. 29.—Divers are still
unable to locate the Japanese subma
rine No. 75 which sunk off Swaji isl
and while returning from a trial trip.