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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 182.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13,1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
POLICE OF SEATTLE
BELIEVE Oil IS
KILLER OF SYLVIA
NEW INVESTIGATION IS LAUNCH
ED; PRISONER DECLARES
NOT IN CITY IN JUNE
SEATTLE, Aug. 13 (/P)—1The police
launched a new investigation ,to prove
Brown killed Sylvia Gaines. Sheriff
Shay wired to detective Kent last
night, “Brown admits murdering a
Santa Barbara woman on June 24 and
he practically admits another killing
in San Francisco June 10, but denies
* he was in Seattle in June. He declares
he went to Seattle early in the year
on an oil tanker, but won’t fix the
month. He says he did not stop in
Seattle but left on the same day with
a man in an auto enroute to Cali
fornia.
HERRING PACKER VISITOR
W. J. Imlach, herring packer, was
a (brief business visitor in Seward
yesterday, departing again last even
ing for the TTestward. Mr. Tmlach is
scouting for herring which are quite
scarce in waters in his region.
TRAIN WRECKED IN GERMANY
BERLIN, Aug. 13 (^—Twelve were
killed and 30 injured in a wreck when
a Berlin to Munich train near Freis
ing, Bavaria, of three coaches, over
turned.
REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION IN
SOUTH WORST KIND OF
CORRUPTION
POCATELLO, Idaho, Aug. 13 (&)—
Senator Borah said, “Election expen
ditures reveals that money has be
come the moving power in American
politics. The Republican organization
in the South is sustained by the worst
kind of corruption. Don’t be deluded
by the falacious proposition that those
expenditures were due to the pri
maries.” He lauded Chairman Reed’s
investigation.
INAUGURATING CAMPAIGN
AGIST N. T. DRUGGISTS
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. (jp)— Federal
authorities inaugurating a campaign
against the Medico druggists rum
ring said that New York did a whis
key prescription (business which to.
tals $15,000,000 yearly. A number oi
prosecutions of druggists for filling
illegal prescriptions followed the be
ginning of the campaign.
PUBLIC DANCE TOMORROW
Big public dance tomorrow night
at Odd Fellows hall. Everybody and
their brother invited. A good time
guaranteed on the best dance floor in
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the Territoory.
AERIAL BOOTLEGGER E8CAPE8
CLEVELAND, Aug. 13 (£>)-—Forced
to descend because of a leaking gas
oline pipe, an abrial bootlegger es
caped because the arrival of Fed
eral officers, leaving the valuable
* cargo of liquor and his plane to be
confiscated by the agents.
POLICE SEEK PRINCIPALS IN RE
CENT MICHIGAN STREET
BATTLE
CHICAGO, Aug. 13 (/P)—Police re
cognized that Gangland is open to in
discriminate warfare and predicted
early killings. Armed carloads of gang
sters cruised the city last night. Auth
orities vainly sought Sam Jacobson
and Hymie Weiss, principals in the
latest street battle. The police said
the Michigan avenue fight, when Vin
cent Drucci repulsed a rival gang,
demonstrated the severance of gang
alliances. • $!,
HORSE USED HI MM
FOREST, WE DISTRICT
The forestry service in Alaska is
like no other branch of it’s kind in
the States for within the confines of
the Territory’s national forests the
rangers make their patrols via boats,
autos, horses, gas speeders, by foot,
velosipedes, and recently in south
eastern Alaska, by airplane. The horse
is new, however, and was just pressed
into service down at Hope. This horse
named ‘Spark Plug’, is said to be the
first horse used for patrol purposes
by the Alaska forestry department.
Fire guard Warren Neil has the honor
of being the ‘Bill Hart’ of Alaskan
rangers.
ALLEGED STRANGLER OF
WOMEN IS IDENTIFIED
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13 (JP)—
Brown has been identified as Paul
Cameron, an inmate of the Patton,
California insane asylum in 1915.
Brown said he was unable to recollect
attacking any Seattle woman.
COMPLETE CONTRACT IN M. P.
Gust Wicklund, Hans Simonsen, and
Carl 'Erickson, returned to the city
Wednesday following completion of
their contract at Moose Pass for the
B. of P. Roads department. They
expect to leave albout the first of
next Week for Hope to begin work
on another contract under the de
partment.
SPECIAL MEETING
In honor of .Mrs. Theresa Dicken
son, president of the Rebekah as
sembly of Washington, who will ar
rive in Seward Saturday evening
from the Interior, a special meeting
of the local organization will ;be held
Saturday night at 8 o’clock. All
members are respectfully asked to
attend.
LODGE WILL NOT lOLEHITE
VtOLKTION OF DRUM;
ASSERTS DIRECTOR DAVIS
PITTSBURG, Aug. 13. (^.-Secre
tary of Labor Davis, director gen
eral of the Loyal Order Moose has
sent a letter to Moose lodges of the
Pittsburg district notifying them the
order will not tolerate violation of
the prohibition law in Moose clubs.
The letter followed Taids upon a
number of Moose Lodges in the dis
trict by. prohibition agents and a
demand by the Pittsburg council of
churches for revocation of charters
of lodges found violating the law.
PLEADS FOR RETORN OF
BIOT LEFT IN STORE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.l3(^)—Driv
en by twin forces of mother love and
remorse, Mrs. Mary Harris of Oak
land appeared at the hall of jus
tice today to plead for the return
of the baby she abandoned in a de
partment store Fridays T had no
money to support her, my aunt did
not want her, and my husband de
serted me shortly after the baby
was born” she declared. Court ac
tion will be necessary to prove her
right to the child and her case will
be heard before the Juvenile court
tomorrow.
MAPPING PLANES MAKING j
RECORD IN II SOUTH
JUNEAU, Aug. 13 (JP) — Three
planes of the mapping expedition ar
rived from Petersburg. Lt. Command
er Wyatt said Juneau will be their
headquarters until the work is com
pleted. The expedition has flown 30,
000 miles and mapped 30,000 square
miles without changing engines.
FOREST FIRES HELD DOWN
To date there have 'ben but 11
fires in the Chugach National Forest,
stated Ranger Brady, during his re
cent trip to town. The fire hazard
this season has ben reduced to a
minimum due to the care used by
visitors in th£ forest, the rains, and
to the precaution taken by the de
partment in assigning guards at vital
points.
NO ANNEXATION FOR B. C.
VICTORIA, Aug. 13 (JP)—B. C.
MacKenzie King declared, “We never
have been nor never will be in favor
of annexation.”
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. (JP)—Harry
Houdini remained an hour and one-*
half under water at the bottom of a
swimming pool to demonstrate to
Rahmen Bey, Egyptian Fakir, who
stayed under for nineteen minutes.
Houdini, declared Tie is not a miracle
man.
IVJANY WANT SHARE ESTATE
GREENSBORO, Aug. 13 (£>)—A 174
heirs and claimants filed in the fed
eral court a petition seeking shares
in the ten million dollar estate of
!
Mark Hopkins, Californian who died
in 1378.
WHITTMOAEKED
THIS MORN IN PEN
HEAD OF SHATTERED MILLION
DOLLAR CRIME TRUST PAYS
FOR MURDER
MARYLAND PENITENTIARY, Bal
timore, Aug. 13 (/P)—Richard Reese
w;hittemjore head of the shattered
million dollar crime trust, was hanged
at 12:08 o’clock this morning for the
murder of Robert H. Holtman, 18
months ago.
ALASKA OUT OF CORDOVA
The A. S. S. Co. S. S. Alaska left
Cordova at noon today for Seward, ac
cording to a wireless message re
ceived at 1 o’clock this afternoon.
PRODUCTION OF GUSS
IS ON THE INCREASE
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 13. (IP) —
Enough plate glass to make a gigan
tic crystal sheet as high as Mount
Washington and as Ibroad as Manhat
tan island was produced in the
United States during the first half
of the current year, according to P.
A. Hughes, secretary of the Plate
Glass Manufacturers of America.
The production for the year, ac
cording to Mr. Hughes, should be
in excess of 135,000,000 square feet,
or nearly 19,000,000 square feet more
than was turned out in 1925.
ASKS FORMER TROOPER IF
WAS BRIBED TO DISAPPEAR
SOMERVILLE, Aug. 13 (^—Spec
ial Prosecutor Simpson asked San
Francisco police to a^k Henry L.
Dickman, a former Jersey State
Trooper, now a prisoner on Alcatraz
Island, whether he accepted money
to disappear in the Hall-Mills inquiry.
HUGH DOUGHERTY HEARD FROM
Hugh Dougherty, Seward business
man who left for Los Angeles a few
weeks ago, attended a luncheon of
the Seattle Cthambfer of Commerce
prior to his departure south, and
writes local friends there were at
least 800 member^ of the organization
present. E. Lucas, former Seward
banker, now assistant vice president
of the Seattle Bank of Commerce, was
present at the luncheon.
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BEAUTIFUL FLOWER GARDEN
Among the beautiful flower gardens
in Seward which has excited much
comment lately is that of John Stiet
fel on Third avenue. The gorgeous
flowers of every description are a
riot of coloring and there fragrance
is wafted for blocks distant.
COURT NOW PREPARED
ACCEPT RELATIONS
EVIDENCE; CAINES
CASUAL CONNECTION HAS NOW
BEEN ESTABLISHED; MAR
RIED COUPLE QUIZZED
SEATTLE, Aug. 13 (£>)—'The court
ruled that the evidence by which the
prosecution declared it will show the
efforts of Sylvia Gaines to terminate
“the strange unnatural relationship”
with her father caused him to murder
her, will be allowed. After. Mrs. Olive
Memmer, Gaines’ neighbor, testified
to an incident in the home of Sylvia
and her father, Attorney McFarlane
asked the court “Are we to under
stand that a casual connection has
now been established between the de
fendant’s relations with the deceased,
and the murder?” The Court said yes.
George Memmer, Olives husband, tes
tified Gaines and Sylvia were pre
pared to leave their residence and
live elsewhere when Mrs. Gaines
tried to commit suicide last Novem
ber. Memmer said after Sylvia was
killed Gaines declared he knew who
slew her. Memmer said: “Gaines said
something about prison bars, I could
not make it out.” He swore Gaines
changed clothing between 8:30 and
12:30 o’clock, on the night of the kill
ing. He said, “Gaines told me he and
Sylvia had intended getting an apart
ment downtown when his wife came
home.” •
LEONARD RITCHIE, ASSISTANT
TO SECT. HOOVER, EN
ROUTE ALASKA
SEATTLE, Aug. 13 ■(£>)—Leonard
Ritchie, assistant to Secretary Hoover,
ig enroute to Alaska to study the fish
eries. He said, “While visiting the
Pribilofs, I learned something new
about females, for annually the male
stands on shore and waits for the fe
males. I plan to study the field and
hope to find out how they choose
mates. They are popular boys, some
of them having a harem of 125 which
they jealously guard. On an average,
only 25 females will pursue some
males, but that seems enough.”
FOUR MILE FIRE TRAIL
A fire trail is being constructed
from Mile 12, Alaska Railroad, to
Snow river, a distance of approximate
ly four miles, according to John G.
Brady, forest ranger in charge of this
district of the Chugach National For
est who was a brief visitor in the city
a few- days ago. There are six men
employed on the job. The trail from
Gull Rock to Hope was completed
last week by this same crew under
the forestry department.