Suit Reveals Alleged Love
Affair of King Frederick
BERLIN, Dec. 11. (/P)—A hundred
and snxty year-old legal battle, reveal
ing an alleged clandestine love affair
of Ring Frederick the Greait and in
volving an estate valued at $37,500,
000, is approaching final decision in
Germany’s highest courts.
The claimant is Arno von Freders
dorff, while tihe defendants are de
scendants of a historical character,
Marie Elizabeth Daum, beautiful
daughter of a Potsdam merchant,
who lived in the Eeighteenth century.
For many years, the Fredersdorff
family lost suit after suit for the
estate, but several years ago a docu
ment, claimed to be the confession
om Mile. Daum in which she reveals
that she came into possession of the
'property thru intrigue, murder and
•falsification, was found. Th^n Fred
ersdorff won a series of victories an
the lower courts and the defendants
appealed.
Fredersdorff claims the fortune
dates back to his great great uncle,
Michael Gabriel van Fredersdorff,
•secret chamberlain of Frederick the
Great. Many favors and much prop
erty were heaped upon the chamber
lain by the king.
Mile. Daum, with two children,
moved into the palace, where she
was known as Mrs. Fredersdorff, wi
dow of the chamberlain’s brother, and
(was the subject of much attention
by the king, the Fredersdorff peti
tion alleges. The real Mrs. Freders
dorff, it is contended, died under
mysterious circumstances in 1757.
(The chamberlain died a year later.
The alleged confession reveals that
(will, but could not order an investi
(Mlle. Daum met Frederick while he
was crown prince and when the lat
ter became king and heaped favors
upon his chamberlain, she became
Jealous. As a result, the document
•continues,- she poisoned both the
Fredersdorffs, altered the chamber
lain’s will so as to gain his property
and filed a fake marriage certificate
showing she was the chamberlain’s
first wife, whom lie had not legally
divorced before marrying a second
•time.
Fredersdorffs petition contends the
king was shocked to learn the cham
berlain had ignored his son in his
gation for fear of exposing the illicit
dove affair with Mile. Daum not only
to the queen but to the public.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Or. J. A. Baughman
Physician and Surgeon
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Phone Madison 90. Seward, Alaska
W. D. Coppernoll
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
LAW
Will Practice in All Courts of the
Territory
SEWARD, ALASKA
SEE
Curtis R. Morford
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
Dr. A. R. Roberts
DENTIST
Dental and General
X-RAY WORK
New Tecklenberg Bldg.
Phone Mad. 108-Seward, Alaska
Aaron E. Rucker
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office in Benson Building
PHONE MADISON 114
Hugh Dougherty
REAL ESTATE AND FIRE
INSURANCE
AGENT FOR
Equitable Life Assurance
Society
TELEPHONES
Bus. Adams 152 Res., Madison 58
Hornsby Sets New Batting
Mark for Five-year Avr.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. (/P)—Rogers
Hornsby, hard-hitting manager of
.theSt. Louis Cardinals, has removed
any doubt of his place among the
greatest batsmen of modern times.
When “Rajah” led the National
League for the sixth straight time
.this season he also compiled the as
tonishing five-year batting average of
.402, a mark which eclipses by two
points the best five straight years
Ty Cobb ever had. Cobb amassed an
average of .400 indiis best sitretch of
batting, 1909 to 1913, inclusive.
Hornsby’s marks for the 1925 sea
son, his first as manager, were as
follows:
Batted over .400 for the third time,
equalling all records in the history
of the game.
Led both major leagues in home
runs.
'Scored 133 runs and made 203 hits,
including 40 two-baggers, ten trip
lets and 39 homers.
Hornshy, a native of Winters, Tex.,
or rugged build and with 180 pounds
distributed thru his 5 feet, 1 inches,
appeared with the Cardinals for the
first time in 1915. He was purchas
ed from Dennison of the Western
Association for a reported $500.
He came to the majors in an era
that had produced Ty Cobb and Tris
Speaker, and immediately following
upon that which brought forth Hans
Wagner and Nap Lajoie. Batting
records considered impregnable had
.been erected by this quartet.
For a time the bat of Hornsby was
da restraint, for his activities as a
shortstop undoubtedly took much
.from that sturdy frame during a sea
son. It was in 1920 that the Texan
went to second base to remain there
and become, pehhaps, the greatest
batsman of all time.
wnen Jtiornshy started his attack
upon the hitting crowns, Babe Ruth
•was poling looping flies over the far
fences and the nation's fandom thot
in terms of home runs. The old
.time rugged hitter was forgotten, the
men such as Lajoie and Wagner.
Even Cobb and Speaker were obscur
ed by the phenomenal Ruth.
But the Cardinal second baseman
persisted In his quest, smashing away
at the deliveries of National League
pitchers until he became one of the
most feared of batsmen.
He gained his first crown in 1920,
equalled and passed the fourtime
(Championship of Wagner, and then
in 1924 set up a modern season mark
with .423. During Hornsby’s rush
to renown, Cobb, Speaker and Ruth
faltered and today the manager of
the Cardinals is considered the great
est hitter of them all.
--.
“Death Valley” Scott
Deserts Gold Nuggets
for “Bottom of World”
TONOPAH, Nev., Dec. 11. —
Walter Scott, better known as “Death
Valley Ccotty,” is becoming almost
as famous for the products of his
Pianchero Inferno, near Grapevine
canyon in Death Valley, California,
as he was a few years ago for the
gold nuggets he displayed so lavishly
and made such a mystery of.
John G. Kinchen, Nevada mining
man, has visited Scotty’s ranch “down
in the bottom of the world.”
“Scotty,” said Kirchen, “(is as much
a mystery as ever. He is producing
huge quantities of figs, apples, pears,
peaches and grapes, the latter of un
surpissing quality. He treated us
royally, talked a lot and told us
nothing.”
Scotty still insists that Jie has the
richest gold mine in the world some
where in .the recesses of the sinister
valley. When he attracted such wide
attention with has nuggets, he never
revealed their origin.
“It’s too hot and too much work
to dig gold," he now contends. “It’s
lots more fun to raise peaches and
look after my string of sixty mules.”
Scotty’s ranch has amazed oldtim
ers. The land had been considered
irredeemable.
French Humor Still Holds
Sway in Paris Latin Quarter
PARTS, Dec. 11. (JF)—'Stars may
come and go and obscurity in-so-far
as tourists are concerned may con
Brings the Yuletide Smile
There are few things in|life
more highly desired at Christ
mas time than quality Jewel
ry. And here is a Store that
features nothing but the high
est standard of Merchandise,
marked so reasonably low that
every gift-seeker will respond
to this announcement.
k
s
/
*
itnue, buit the gay Latin Quarter cab
arets remain the same as of old.
All the glitter and splendor of the
Follies Bergere and other great mu
sic halls, which are filled with Am
ericans anxious to see Paris at its
full height or naughtiness, are miss
ing in the Latin Quarter shows.
But what they lack in the way
of slightly clad dancers, the caba
rets make up in the suggestiveness
of lines in many of the songs and
monologues. The humor, (however, is
lost on listeners without a thorough
knowledge of French, and it is for
this reason that tourists seldom find
their way here.
Resemb'-'ng somewhat the Flying
Bat. in Moscow, which produced
Bailieff and the Chauve Souris, later
famous in New York and London, the
Latin Quarter cabarets exhibit many
pictures of former artists that have
graduated to the great theaters.
The really famous stars in these
cabarets, howevei, have a large fol
lowing and da not care to give up
careers which are much to their
liking to t.y new audiences.
Many of :ho d-oii entertainer* are
singing to the grandchildren of their
first admirers.
ROME TO HONOR VERDI
BUSSETO, Italy, Dec. 11. (£>)—<Jiu
seppi Verdii, Italian compose!4, the
rtwenty nfifth anniversary of whose
death will be commemorated with
fitting ceremonies here, his natal city,
next January, is to be honored with
a statute in Borne.
A national subscription for this pur
pose has been opened.
Shoes on Skates, Urbach’s. tf
Subscribe to the Gateway.
Army moleskin pants, Urbach’s.
Photo Albums, $1 to $9—Alaska
Shop. tf
SEWARD CLUB
Under New
MANAGEMENT
OLD AND NEW
FRIENDS INVITED
ED ERICKSON
Alaska Interior Silver
Black Foxes, a limited
number of 1925 pups will
be sold this season. If you
wish good foxes to start
your ranch with. Let me
furnish you your breeders
Price $500 per Pair f. o. b.
Kasilof, Alaska
Kasilof Sflver Fox Ranch
Louis Nissen, Propr.
Kasilof, Alaska
i
LAUNDRY DONE ON SHORT
NOTICE
Special Care Taken of Silks and of all
woolens
AMANDA’S LAUNDRY
Next Poor to the Belmont Hotel.
PHONE MADISON 126.
Gas Launch
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
* TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
Ice Cream
MADE DAILY
HIGH GRADE
Candies
■(
FRAMED PICTURES, CURIOS
AND PHOTOGRAPHS
SYLVIA'S
Phone Adame 126