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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 188.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20,1926.
PRICE TEN GENTS
B09DSL0F VOLCANO
ERUPTING REPORTS
CUTTER HAIDA DISPATCHED OUT
OF BERING SEA PATROL
TO INVESTIGATE
CORDOVA, Aug. 20 (/P)—The com
mander of the Japanese steamer Yo
kohama Maru reported to the St. Paul
naval radio station that he had sight
ed a great volcanic eruption on Bogos
Island. The eruption commenced at
1 p. m. Tuesday and lasted to 1:30
yesterday afternoon. He believes the
eruption was on the north part or just
south of the island of Bogoslof. The
S. S. Yokohama Maru was 11 miles
distant. The commander of the coast
guard and Bering sea patrol dis
patched the cutter Haida from Dutch
Harbor at S p. m. yesterday to inves
tigate the report and proceed to Um
nak and Atku islands.
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CREEKS IN HONOLULU
DISTRICT MAT SOON
SEE MUCH JCTIUIHf
BARTHOLF, WILLOW CREEK MIN
ING MAN, TAKES IN A
LARGE OUTFIT
A new and big field for future min-i
ing activities is indicated in the re-'
cent movements of Mr. Bartholf, well
known Willow Creek mining operator
for, according to The Gateway’s spec-[
ial correspondent in the Honolulu dis
trict, Mr. Bartholf recently unloaded
five pack horses and, with the assist
ance of two men, is now engaged in
taking a large, outfit to Porter and
Shot Gun creeks. It is reported he
plans opening up some of the huge
ledges that are found in that locality.
Porter and Shot Gun creeks both
lay close to the base of Mount McKin
ley and McKinley glacier is about 20
miles from Honolulu station, Alaska
Railroad. Dr. McCallie, Anchorage
dentist, has ground close by on Ohio'
creek. There is a good strong suspen
sion bridge across the main Chulitna
river just below the mouth of Hono
lulu creek. It is said that particular
district is very good for prospectors,
that it connects with the Broad Pass
country on the southwest, and that it
is easy to get into as prospectors can
follow Dr. McCallie’s train to Ohio
creek.
ATTORNEY WALLER IMPROVING
J. L. Waller, city attorney, who was
operated on for appendicitis by Dr. J.
H. Romig at the government hospital
last week, is reported to be improv
ing rapidly.
Miss Eleanor Jones, wate among
those departing for the Westward a
-few days ago en route to Sand Point
where she will teach school under the
Bureau of Education department.
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[ “I’M INNOCENT, AND NOTHING JURORS sAy CAN
MAKE ME OTHERWISE,” DECLARES CONVICT
ED MAN—ATTORNEY CARMODY ANNOUNCED
| APPEAL WILL BE TAKEN—“HE IS INNOCENT. I
WILL STICK TO HIM TO END,” MRS. GAINES.
JURY FOREMAN REPORTED II WHS NECESSARY TO TIKE
THREE OALLOTS-LAST WAS UNANIMOUS
“Gaines is Man Without Sympathy, Emotion, Conscience
or Soul,” Asserts Prosecuting Attorney Colvin, Ad
dressing Jury—“Killing Was Premeditated—He De
serves No Sympathy.”
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SEATTLE Aug. 20, (/P)—Gaines was convicted and
penalty was fixed at death. Gaines collapsed after the ver
dict was read at 8:40 p. m. The case was given to the jury
at 4:06 in the afternoon. Carmody announced an appeal
will be taken. Gaines said when he was being taken from
the jail to the courthouse to hear the verdict, “Well, it
looks pretty good for me.” On his way back to jail he ex
claimed, “Jesus, what a body blow.” His wife declared, “I
believe now as I always believed, that my husband is in
nocent.” The defense presented motions for the arrest of
judgment and new trial. Edward Townsend, jury foreman
reported he took three ballots in order to reach a decision.
He said, “The first stood ten to two for conviction. Both
of those who held out were women. After two hours dis
cussion as to our rights and duties, and clearing up some
questions we took a second ballot. It stood unanimous for
conviction. We then balloted as to first or second degree,
and the first degree decision was unanimous.” Gaines
walked from the court room erect and indifferent. He was
pacing in front of Sheriff Starwich with the nonchalance
of a spectator just before he stepped into the car to be
whisked away to jail. His wife kissed him, and his brother
i wrung his hand in silence.
GAINES MAKES STATEMENT
SEATTLE, Aug. 20 (/P)—Gaines de
clared, “I’m innocent and nothing the
jurors say can make me otherwise.
| I’m disappointed, as I expected some
thing different, but it does not matter,
I for I’m innocent.” Mrs. Gaines said,
j“He did not do this awful thing, and,
| no verdict of any jury can offset his
innocence. I will stick by him.”
COLVIN’S ADDRESS, JURY
SEATTLE, Aug. 20 (/P)—Prosecut
ing attorney Colvin, addressing the
jury, spoke to them in a voice of
I thunder, “This man took out his
own daughter and destroyed her hon
or, broke down her character and
crushed her soul; what was it to him
to kill the body that remained. He
killed the body and soul that had the
strongest claim upon him. What man
ner of man is he who could do this.
The man who did it was a man with
out sympathy, without emotion, with
out conscience, without a soul. That
man,” and he pointed at Gaines, “you
have before you. He }ias no soul, no
conscience, and no sympathy and he
deserves none. Gaines choked the girl
into unconsciousness. Af;er he struck
her on the jaw he realized his chok
ing would bring all of their past inti
mate life into the open were she to
live. He then stepped up on to a gar
bage dump, picked up a rock and de
! liberately returned. It was in this re
turn that he premeditated the killing.
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He knew that when he went back, he
was going to kill her.’*'
OUT HUNDREDS SKULLS
NOME, Aug. 20 (/P)—Prof. Hrdlicka
is taking several hundred skulls, via
the Cutter Bear, to the Smithsonian
institution in an effort to determine
similarities and differences between
Asiatics and American Indians.
NO SIGN OF ERUPTION
CORDOVA, Aug. 20 (JP)—The cutter
Haida, enroute to the Westward ra
dioed that Bogoslof volcano is quiet
and calm, no sign remains of an
eruption as neither steam nor smoke
are being emitted.
OF EXCELLENT DUE
JOHN MACKWIZ BRINGS TO LIGHT
FINE TWO FOOT FIZZURE
VEIN
Of the utmost importance to Seward
I and to ‘this immediate vicinity is the
; increased interest and general activity
j indevelopment work of the many min
jing profpositions in Moose Pass and at
j points along the Alaska Railroad. Now
! comes the announcement that another
! likely looking discovery was made a
I few days ago by John Mackwiz, a vet
;eran prospector, at Mile 36.
Mr. Mackwiz was in Seward yester
j day an in an interview with The Gate
! way he stated his discovery revealed
a fine ledge, a two fizzure vein, two
; feet wide and that he had traced it
for about three miles. Pans taken all
along the outcroppings were excellent
but as the vein dropped towards the
railroad level, a fall of approximately
5,000 feet, the pans ran considerably
j higher. The ledge is perceptible, at a
distance of 500 feet from the track.
jHe is convinced that his find will
j make a good mine. Already he has
driven a tunnel in six feet. Several
assays taken at random have been
forwarded to the Juneau assay office.
The steamer Starr left Dillingham
this morning on the return trip to
Seward and is scheduled to depart
from Naknek this evening, according
to a wireless message received today
by Chas. Jensen, superintendent of
the local San Juan Fishing & Packing
Company. The Starr is expected to
arrive in port within the next six or
seven days.
NORTHWESTERN LIST FULL
A full list of pas'sengers has been
booked to sail on the steamer North
western, which leaves Seward on her
southbound trip Sunday. Many of the
passengers going to the states are
cannery workers and fishermen, who
have just completed their season’s
work.
NORTHWESTERN DUE TONIGHT
The S. S. Northwestern, of the A. S.
S. Co., will arrive in Seward tonight,
according to the local office of the
company. At 2 o’clock it was an
nounced the vessel might steam into
port at any time between 7 and 11
p. m.
Robert Sanders returned to Anchor
age yesterday where he is employed
by the Cascade Steam Laundry.
RELIGIOUS SITUATION NOT IN.
VOLVED; ENEMIES START
SHOOTING WHEN MET
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 20 (/P)—Colon
el Garrido and Deputy Diaz were
killed in a pitched street jaattle be
tween congressional political factions
yesterday as the result of a dispute
over the July elections. Federal troops
guarded the chamber today. The re
ligious situation was not involved. A
score of deputies started shooting the
opposite sidewalks of Madro avenue
in the business section when Garrido
and his friends met enemies.
VALENTINO IMPROVING
I NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (/P)—Physi
cians announced that Rudolph Valen
tino, movie star who has been ill at
his hotel, has passed the most critical
period.
GREB UNSUCCESSFUL
TAKE TIGER'S CROWN
MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION
BEATS BACK CHALLENG
ER IN N. Y.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (£>)—'Tiger
Flowers, the middleweight champion,
beat back the challenge of Harry Greb
in 15 rounds which were packed with
thrills. Greb, withstanding a terrific
body attack, flashed to a sensational
finish that had Madison Square Gard
en in a frenzy during the last two
rounds. *
BASEBALL RESULTS
NATIONAL—
Philadelphia 3, 0; Pittsburg 1, 4.
New York 1; Chicago 2
Brooklyn 2; St. Louis 6.
AMERICAN—
Chicago 0; Boston 1.
Detroit 1; Philadelphia 9.
COAST—
Seattle 5, 2; Portland 6,1.
Missions 2, 6; Los Angeles 5, 2.
(Second eight Innings.)
Oakland 1; Sacramento 4.
Hollywood 1; San Francisco 3.
TRAIN DERAILED GOING
FIFTY MILES IN ROUR
LEHRTE, Germany, Aug. 20 (JP)—
Nineteen were killed and five serious
ly injured in the derailment of a Ber
lin Cologne express which was making
50 miles an hour. An unknown person
loosened fishplates.
i Don’t overlook ’ the Liberty The
|ater fer tonight.
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