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SKWAKD, ALASKA. MONDAY KVENINCJ, .IlINK 28, 1914 * NO.-'IT
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LIONS KILL AND EAT
THEIR TRAINER'S LOVER
to su id:
HINDUS ON
JAP'S SHIP
Vancouver, June 22 Unable to re
gain control of their ship, which was
seized ovei a week ago by Hindus who
were refused admission to t anada,.
officer* of the Kotuogata Maru hu%e
appealed to the Japanese consul for as
sistance. The consul in turn ha- aske 1
' tor a detachment of sailors fiom the
Japanese cruisers due here tomorrow.
As the vessel w ill have t > take the
Hindus back to India, it is probable
that an armed guard will b*sent along.
FEOERALS WILL
HAVE OPPOSITION
SAYS JOHNSON
New York, June 22—Han Johnson,
president of the American league, an
nounced today that organized baseball
was preparing to carry on an active
campaign against the Federal league,
and that a new “big” league would be
formed with teams in all towns now
covered by the Federals except where
National and American team-are play
ing to tight the invaders.
REST ROAD BEI)
- IN ALASKA SAYS
RAILROAD MAN
A. K. Harris, of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul, returned to Seat
tle Sunday on the Mariposa, iiefoie
leaving, he was the gue^tofC oi. Swan
iti on a trip over the line to mile 29.
He was enthusiastic in hi> praise ot
this route, and says that he is more
confident than ever that this will he
the route chosen by the government.
He said that the Alaska Northern has
a better road bed now than any other
line in Alaska.
MAKE TRIP TO
HOPE DISTRICT
Major L. H. French and Charles E.
Herron left this morning for Mile 29,
enroute to the Hope ond Sunrise dis
tricts, where they will inspect some
mining properties. They will make
the trip from the line to camp on
horseback and will be gone about ten
days.
START WORK
PRIMROSE MINE
Work was commenced today at the
Primrose mine which isowned by T^ane
and Toiler, and the mill w ill he started ,
Wednesday or Thursday. Five men
are at the mine at present.
The Alameda sailed west from Ju
neau at 9 a. m. today.
Sew line fancy candies, box choco
lates and hard candies at Martin's,
Candy Kitchen. |
i’hieago, June 2*2 Kmerson D. D»et
rich. theatrical manager, was killed ,
and partly eaten by six lions belong
ing to his tiancee in a local vaudev ille
theater last night. The woman, who
is an animal trainer, is under the care
of physicians.
The details of the trageyy will :
probably never he known, as Deitrich
was alone on the stage at the time.
Kmplovees of the theater say that the
lions were extremely jealous anil that
♦ very time their trainer showed any
attention to people standing near the
cage, they would roar and paw the
bars, 'l'his usedtoamuse Dietrich and
he would take his tiancee in his arms
and caress her just to see her lions
rage. She urged him bot to continue
teasing them for fear they would turn
on her, and he took the advise, but the
lions did not forget him and the way
they carried on every time they saw
him was the talk of the circuit.
It is supposed that he ventured too
near the cage and that one of the big ;
bru’es reached out and dragged him
close enough to the bars to chew him
to death.
KILLS WOMAN j
SHOOTS SELF5
Seattle, .June "J- Mrs. Krnest I’oole, ,
pt >prietor of the Kueluire apartments. .
was >hot and killed by Charles \\.
Abraham, an admirer, last night.
Abraham then turned the gun on him- 1
„elf and vviil probably d*e. The woman
was in Abraham's room at the time
of the tragedy. He left a note saying
that she had ruined his life and that
tie intended to end all.
H: MAKES
A MILLION
IN A AY
—
Cleveland. .June 22 Henry Zimmer-'
man. in debt for money borrowed to
buy a drilling plant Saturday, is a
millionaire today. He struck oil lute
Saturday night. The farm on which
Zimmerman made tin* lucky find is in
the outskirts of the city. Thousands
of people visited the place Sunday and
fabulous sums have been offered for
adjoining laud. It is understood that
options on a great deal of it are al
ready held by agents for the Standard j
Oil company, who have been watching
Zimmerman's prospect.
DENY PATENTS
TO M’DONALD
l
Seattle. June 22—T. P. McDonald of
the Alaska Smokeless Coal company,
has been refused patents to certain
coal claims in the Bering fields on ac
count of alleged fraud on the part of
the original locators, from whom Mc
Donald purchased the claims. McDon
ald is held innocent of wrong, but it is
alleged that A. S. Bjornson conspired
to defraud the government hy specu
lating in the claims.
Seattle, June 22.—Erastus Brainand
has been named by Mayor Gill to
suceed Ed. Cheasty, who was killed j
recently.
O. R. Hansen, of Milwaukee, arrived |
on the Admiral Evans this afternoon.
J. H. Winter, a representative of
the Alaska Packers association, is on
the way to Kodiak on the Admiral
Evans. _
Long distance telephone bootli at the
Branch. *
MEDIATORS
PRESENT A
NEW PLAN
Niagara Falls, June 22— Loath to
give up their attempt to settle affairs
in Mexico, the mediators today pro-!
posed a new plan. They suggest that
the American envois and Constitution
alists hold separate meetings and thati
the negotiations between the Ameri
cans and Huerta’s envoys he continued,
l»oth conferences to he held through
the mediation board.
Wilson Stands Firm.
Washington, June 22—President i
Wilson replied to a statement b* the
mediators today, refusing to make any
concession to Huerta.
Huerta’s Wild Dream.
VeraCruz, June 22 It is believed
here that Huerta is determined to
force a war between Mexico and the
United States to protect himself from
the rebels, hoping that when Ameri
can troop** advance on Mexico City the
rebels will join him in making a re
sistance.
EXPERT VISITS
MOOSE PASS
W. W. Hughes, mining expert, loft
for Moose pass today to examine the
property of J«hn (Kilpatrick. Hughes
is looking over the quartz propositions
in this section in the interest of Cali
fornia mining interests.
JAEKLING
AND PARTY
ON TH: WAY
Seattle, June 22—Col. G. G. Jack
ling, with a big party, sailed today on
his private yacht Cyprus Jl'or Juneau
and Seward and return via Sitka. The
party includes Mr. and Mrs. L. S.
Cates, Frank Judge and his daughter,
Miss Winifred, Irving Cox, naval ar
chitect, H. F. Alexander, president of
the Pacific Alaska Navigation com
pany, and six prominent mining men,
including Eugene Braden, George O.
Bradley, George M. Woolsey, H. A.
Pitch, H. B. Tooker and Charles W.
Stimpson and wife.
It was the original intention of the
party to visit Southeastern Alaska
only, but on advices just received from
the north they decided to go on to
Seward. _
SPEND $750,000
FOR STORE SITE
Seattle, June 22—Frederick and Nel
son, proorietors of a% department store
on Second avenue, have purchased the
Westlake market as a site for a new
store The purchase price is said to
be $735,000.
NEW MIU WILL
COST MILLION
Seattle, June 22.—The Weyerhauser
Lumber company has completed plans
to build a $1,000,000 mill at Snoquala
raie. ___
For bread, pies, cakes, cookies and
ice cream try the Seward Cafe.
VALDEZERS
ARE AFTER
OUR SCALP
- !
Business men of Valdez are trying to
arrange for a baseball game with Sew
ard. Kxpenses have been arranged
for and an immediate reply is requested
to the following telegram which was
received by the editor of the Gateway:
“Can baseball game between Valdez
and Seward be arranged for July 5?
Valdez has a purse of $"5 for the win
ning team and will pay $150 for ex
penses of Seward team and also guar
antee free transportation for team
both ways Wire quick.”
It is now up to Seward’s fans to get
into action. The Valdez team basal
ready been practicing and from that
standpoint has it on tne local bunch.
Seward is to have a first class hall
park, thanks to the Commercial club
and Messrs. Hoben and Davis. The
latter firm has offered to clear the
ground on the water front just east oi
the right of way for a reasonable sum j
and donate $50 toward the work. The ;
Commercial club has guaranteed pay-j
meni and work will be commenced at
once.
GILL WILL NOT !
I
j
i
Seattle, June 22 — Mavor Gill an
nounced todav, that he would not he a
candidate for any office. He said that
he sought re election as mayor to vin
dicate himself, and that he was satis
tied and would retire from polities.
FOOTBALL
STAR KILLS
HIS WIFE
Boston, June 22—Henry Folsom, fa
mous as u football star at Dartmouth
in 92, murdered his w ife while the two
were automobiling on a lonely road
near here. The tw*o had been very
unhappy, as she was insanely jealous,
and constantly accused him of being
unfaithful, lie lired five shots into
her head. A sister of Mrs. Folsom,
Mrs. T. H. Hardy, lives in Seattle.
LAUNCH TURNS
OVER—11 DIE
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—
Syracuse, N. Y., Jnne 22.—Twelve
lives were lost here Sunday when a
launch carrying 19 capsized after strik
ing a rock. The dead are mostly
women and children.
ONLY 195 DIE IN
MINE DISASTERS
Lethbridge, June 22—Fire in the
Hilcrest mine at Blairmore, drove out
the rescue parties after they had re
covered the bodies of 95 out of 195 men
who lost their lives in an explosion
last Friday. __
7 1
Liege, Belgium, June 22—All of the
200 men reported killed in lower levels
j of adoal mine here were rescued Sun
day. They had taken refuge in old
tunnels and were taken out through
an abandoned shaft.
4
First quality Miners’ Rubber Hip
boots $7.50 pair at Brown & Hawkins'.
Quality first.
AEROPLANE HITS ARMY
DIRIGIRLE -NINE KILLED
Vienna, Juno 22. —While navigating
at an altitude of 2;.">tM) feet* a military
aeroplane rammed an army dirigible
balloon, Sunday afternoon, and nine
officers and men including the en’iro
crews of both were killed
The accident was witnessed by an
entire army corps which w as engaged
in field evolutions. The aeroplane and
dirigible were on scout duty. The ac-1
cident followed a break in the aero
plane’s stearing gear. The machine i
was traveling at the rate of sixty miles j
an hour, and after veering from side
to side, it swerved directly into the;
big dirigible striking the gas bag and
ripping half way through it. An
instant later there was a terrific ex
plosion and the whole mass of wreck
age took fire and fell, the flames j
streaming out behind liko a hugh rock- j
et, Several of the dirigible’s crew jum
ped but all were instantly killed. The
bodies found in the wreckage, were
charred to a crisp.
AGRICULTURAL j
OFFICIALS ON
WAY TO KNIK
i
II. II Uennett and T. D. Rice of the
agricultural department, under the
department of the interior, are through
passengers on the Admiral Kvans for
Knik. They will inspect homesteads
in ihe district and remain all summer.
They agree that this is the first place
that looked like a railroad terminal in
Alaska.
Kansas City, June 22—All heat rec
ords since the establishment of the
weather bureau were broken yesterday
when the mercury registered 105 in
the shade here.
WILL HOLD COURT
IN RUBY DISTRICT
Fairbanks, June 22.—Judge Fuller,
of the District court, has called a term
of court to be held atltuby this month,
and the court officials will leave for
down the river on the next steamer.
I.W.W. CONTROL
BUTTE MINERS
Butte, June 22—Five thousand min
ers, who seceded from the Western
Federation of Miners have joined the
new union here. So far they have re
fused to listen to peace overtures from
the federation. It is reported that the
I. W. W. is in control of the new union.
BUTCHER'S NAG
THE BEST HORSE
--—
San Francisco, June 22.—“Birdeye,”
a butcher’s delivery horse, was a win
ner of a free-for-all at Emeryville race
course Sunday. The horse was entered
against blooded stock on a wager that
“any old nag with good wind and legs,
could outrun a bunch of overbread
racers, if ridden by an experienced
jockey.’. The butcher made a nice lit
tle clean up.
Evinrude motors, with magneto, at
J. L. Graef ’6.
FORESTRY
M N GOING
TO INLET
T. M. Hunt, assistant supervisor of
tin* forest service in Alaska, and party
arrived today from Cordova enroute to
Knik, on the forestry boat Restless.
Hunt will remain h»*re for a day or
two, and will probably take a run out
the line to observe the conditions in
regard to the observance of wood cut
ting rules in the forest reserves.
Included in Hunt's party are W. Mc
Donald, II. Nettleton,C. Nettleton and
C. Harwood.
FOURTEENTH
REGIMENT IS
COMING NORTH
Seattle, .lur** 2*2 The artn\ trans
port Uueford will %•».'* f<>r Aluska •'mu*
24 with the Fourteenth regular infan
try, which will relieve the rhirtietii
regiment, now on duty at the various
military posts throughout the terri
tory. __
An attempt will he made to have
tlie Buford stop here after landing
troops at Valdez. It is probable that
the transport will bring north the suc
cessor to R. C. Vrooman, lirst class
set gent of the signal corps, in charge
of tho local cable office. Vrooman pe
titioned some time ago for a change of
location.
SHINGLE MEN
TO CUT WAGES
Seattle, .hint* 22—Announcement
i that a cut in wages would go into ef
fect July 1 was made today following a
! meeting of 100 shingle manufacturers.
; The claim is made that the new tariff
; makes the cut imperative. A strike of
■ shingle weavers is expected.
QUARTZ CREEK
MINER HERE
Jack Du hoi in of Moose Pass is in
town on business. He has been doing
assessment work on his own ground
and on that owned by Prof. Herschel
Parker on Quartz creek. Arthur Aten
will be here in a few days and will
take charge of Prof. Parker’s ground.
REPORT SALE
OF DOZEN LOTS
Dr. Ilornig of the real estate firm of
Romig and Lucas, reports the sale
today of lots 7 and 8, in block 8, to Do
little and Koach for $1,250. Also of
lots 1 to 10, in block 31. to Olaf Hjalm
for $2,500. The latter property was a
part of the John W. McGraw estate.
Felt mattresses at J. L. Greaf’s. 1
Beds, Mattresses, Furniture, Wall
Paper and House Furnishing at Brown
& Hawkins, Hardware and Furniture
Dept- (Quality First).