STARTING WORK
AT END OF LINE
1>. ESTES MADE RESIDENT
ENGINEER AND GOES
CU T WITH CREW.
A. D. Estes has been npponted resi
dent engineer in charge of the work
of rehabilitating the Alaska Northern
railroad between Mile 4.' anti 11 and
he went out this morning with a crew
of tivc men to begin the preliminary
work. He was accompanied by Road
master Morse and will report to R. J.
Weir, engineer in charge, who ap
pointed him to the position of rest*
dent engineer. Mr. Estes is an en
gineer and has had charge of railroad
work before in Virginia ami other
states where, it is said, he was very
»uccesj“ful. His going out is the first
step in the work of opening the road
aU the way through to Kern creek
immediately,
NEWS NOTES
Herbert Tozier went to Cordova on
the Mariposa.
Cius SeitTert passed by on the
Mariposa enroute to Seattle from
which place he will go to Nome and
Kotzebue Sound where he has large
mining interests. He felt severely
the necessity of being compelled to
leave Anchorage while his little son is
so ill. Mrs. SeitTert and the boy re
mained at Anchorage.
Ernie Levin ha.*» closed the Com
merce Cafe because of the inability to
secure a lease there. He has been do
ing business in that place for ten
years.
(*, W. Adams is in the city from
Mile 34 and will return home about
Monday.
The story appearing today aoout
the trial of Lawyer inneu is the same
about which something appeared yes
terday, the girls connected with w hich
were supposed to be living here In
Seward. It has since been learned
that the real name of the man who is
d for is Patrick Buckley,
most likely, and not Paul Buckley.
Since the story appeared some people
have thought that the man connected
with the matter might be our well
known former citizen who has been
appointed deputy marshal to the west
ward but. of course, Depu*y Marshal
Buckley is not the man at all. In
deed, the coincidence in the names Has
caused some smiles. Evidently, how
ever. the man Buckley who was men
tioned yesterday was here last sum
mer, but whether the girls were ever
here or not cannot be told.
FREED AT TRIAL FOR MURDER
OF GIRLS, LAWYER INNES
FACES LARCENY CHARGE
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
"ATLANTA, Ga., May 29. — Tried
and acquitted in Texas on the charge
of murdering the two daughters of
Mi's. John W. Nelms of Atlanta,
Lawyer Victor E. Innes and his wife,
Ida May innes, went to trial here to
day for robbing one of the girls ot
Mrs. Nelms* two pretty daughters
disappeared in June, 1914 and have
never been found.
“i am still convinced,” said Mrs.
Nelms today, “that my girls are dead
and that Innes knows how they died
and is resp« nsible for it; but the
Texas jury acquitted him and we can
only try him for larceny.’’
U>is Nelms was married to Walter
Dennis anti lived here. In 1913 she
went to Carson. Nevada and employed
Innes to get her a divorce.
From the first meeting of Lois and
Innes. according to Mrs. Nelms, dated
the beginning of the alleged swindl
ing. insincere promises of marriage
and similar events which led to the
alleged murders.
Beatrice Nelms, the other lost
daughter, disappeared after she fol
lowed her sister Iams to Texas in 1914
to wean her from Innes.
The only person to whom Lois talk
ed much about her affairs was J. P.
Weathers, a local real estate man,
who will be the principal witness for
the mother of the two lost girls.
One of the things Weathers is ex
pected to testify that Lois told him, is
that she and Innes were to be married
ami, after a honeymoon in India,
would return to this country to es
tablish in Salt Lake City a new reli
gious cult, of which they were to be
the joint leaders.
Weathers asserts that Mrs. Dennis
often consulted him about the “invest
ments’* which Innes was supposed to
be making ofr her, with money in
question.
Weather says Mrs. Dennis told him
that she had sent Innes mony to buy
a lot in Salt Lake City, and ranches
in Montana ami in Sonora, Mexico.
t»n the occasion of a visit by Innes
and his wife to Atlanta in May. before
the disappearance of the girls in
June. Weathers declares Mrs. Dennis
introduced him to “Mrs. Margaret
Mims, aunt of Mr. Innes.” Weathers
in the presence of numerous newspap
er men, identified Mrs. Innes as the
woman introduced as Mrs. Mims. He
also identified Innes as the man who
met Mrs. Lois Dennis several times
1 in Atlanta.
Weathers says he read a number of
! Innes’ letters to Mrs. Dennis, both on
the subject of their rt ligious cult and
the investment scheme. Mrs. Nelms
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declares lnnes had Mrs. Dennis return
every letter to him so lie could destroy
it, and Mrs. Dennis, her mother as
serts, blindly and implicitly followed
the lawyer's instructions.
Mrs. Nelms declares her daughter
was madly infatuated with lnnes,
and she entrusted him with practi
cally all of the money left her by her
father, the late Sheriff John W.1
Nelms, about $14,000 in all.
The mother of the missing girls de
clares that in June 1013, Lois began
to send money to lnnes. She told her,
Mrs. Nelms says, that she was to be
married to lnnes.
Mrs. Nelms and her son Marshall
have found ten receipts, either from a
telegraph or express company, for
sums of money it is alleged Mrs.
Dennis sent lnnes; also copies of mes
sages alleged to have passed between
the two.
Statements made by lnnes indicate
• he will deny any communication with
Mrs. Dennis after he secured her di
vorce for her, and that he will assert
she did not leave here to meet him in
Texas or anywhere else.
Mrs. lnnes will assert she never
posed as Mrs. Margaret Nims and
has never known Mrs. Dennis.
The beginning of the trial of the
Inneses marks the climax of a light
against them begun by Mrs. Nelms
and her son Marshall immediately
after the disappearance of her
daughters.
The Inneses were arrested in Port
land. Oregon and extradited to Texas,
where they were tried in San Antonio
on a charge of murdering the Nelms
sisters. The state was unable u*
prove the girls are dead, and the case
| was thrown out of court.
While the murder case was pending
nine indictments charging misappro
priation of funds fiom Mrs. Dennis
were returned here, and the fight to
extradite the Innesse to Georgia be
gan when the Texas case was dismis
sed. On technical grounds lnnes car
i ried the ease to the supreme court of
the United States, staving off extra
dition more than a year. His final
; card in the tight against extradition
was the plea to the governor of Texas
that he had received threatening let
ters from Georgia and feartd that he
would fall victim of mob violence if
extadited. This plea did not avail.
We carry the genuine imported
white enamel ware only. It is priced
within your reach. Brown & Hawk
ins, “Quality First."
Long distance wieptione booth at
! The Branch.
! Royal Bakery has reopened. Fresh
| Bread daily.
BIDS INVITE I)
Bids for a 5 foot roll top desk, and
swivel chair, are called for, and same
to be submitted to City Clerk not
later than the fifty day of June, 1016,
! and subject to the approval of the
City Council.
0. H. POEHLMANN,
5-31—-5t. Municipal Clerk.
JUST ARRIVED AT
NALTTTT & SCOTT’S
j Beautiful Line of
DRAPERY FABRICS
In Chintz, Rep., Baronet Cretonne
ZION LACES & EMBROIDERY
RIBBONS for Fancy Work, Trim
mings & Children’s Hair Ribbons.
LATEST NOVELTY
IN HANDKERCHIEFS
Howard and Hamilton
W atches I
George the Jeweler
PROSPECTOR KILLS BIG
MOOSE WITH AN AXE
Fairbanks Citizen:—According to
reports lately received in Fairbanks
from the Totatalanika country, Tom
Burns, a prospector and trapper who
makes his headquarters in that re
gion, hud an experience during the
past winter which is without preced
ent, as far as can be learned. Conse
quently, he enjoys the unique distinc
tion of having killed a large bull
moose with an axe. Some would say
that such a feat would be easy if the
animal were wounded and unable to
travel, but such was not the case, the
fact being that it was not hurt, but
was unable to move rapidly in tnr j
deep enow.
According to the report, Burns
started out on a trip over his trap line
one morning with his dog team. It
was in February, after the first thaw,
and, consequnetly, traveling over the
unbroken waste of snow was easy, as
a thick crust had frozen during the
previous night.
The trapper had not gone very far
when suddenly his dogs became un
manageable. He knew that they had
smelled a moose or some other animal
and did his best to stop them, but as
he had no brake on his sled his efforts
were all of no avail. Therefore all he
could do was to hang on to the hand*©
bars of thes led and keep up with the
racing dog team.
Pretty soon the outfit came up to
the moose. He was standing in snow
belly deep and was unable to run.
For every time he would take a step
his sharp hoofs would cut through the
crust into the deep snow and would
keep him from moving at any speed.
Being evidently of the opinion that
to try to escape was useless, the
moose came to bay when the dogs and
man reached him. The dogs started
barking, which seemed to anger him,
for he turned on them and charged
| with his head down. Then there was
some mixup. For dogs and moose
! were piled up in one snarling, butting
mass.
The prospector could easily see that
: the moose would win the battle, as it
was evident that he would soon have
the dogs trampled underfoot, harness
ed as they were to the sled. He haa
no gun and therefore could not shoot,
i but he did have an axe. And so he
| soon got busy and mixed into the me
lee himself, the result being disas
trous for the moose,
j Burns is a man 65 years of age and
j weighing but 140 pounds.
Sidney Anderson will return to An
chorage on “one of the next boats” and
will spend the time bet wen the two
towns.
SHIPPING |
The Mariposa arrived this morning
with the following passengers for
Seward from Anchorage: D.
Vucetich, Sidney Anderson, H. David
son and J. J. Grady. She left with
the following passengers for the
south:
Mrs. J. Sherman Haynes, J. C.
Heim, J. T. Bradley, Fred Johnston,
Mrs. Johnston, A. G. Mink, Miss Ruth
Dean, and Herbert Tozier.
The Farragut which left Seattle
i last Monday is the next boat due here.
She should arrive at Cordova today
sometime.
1916—POLITICS—1916
How can the political aspect affect
Seward? What does it matter to us
what the President's answer to Ger
many is? Or how the Mexican situa
tion is handled. We are not doing it.
Seward will still be Seward and oc
cupy the same place on the map one
hundred years hence. Headquarters
for the U. S. government in Alaska—
By that time we will have an auto
mobile road to Kenai Lake. An air
line to Nome But you can hardly af
ford to wait that long. You might
just as well wise up—Now. We are
tired of making predictions. Every
thing will be alright anyway. But to
make it double sure, you should trade
where you get the Best Goods, honest
weights, and surely the best treat
ment. We carry everything in the
General Mdse, lines, everything for the
home or trad. If you don’t see it,
ask for it. W'e have it. Don’t say
“we didn’t know you carried it.”
Everything but Fresh Meats and
Drugs.
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
“Snowflake Bread,” as clean and
pure as the name. Wrapped in sani
tary wrappers. They will be valuable
in the near future. 6-2—2t
Oyster Cocktails at “The Branch.”
URBACH
Price, $3.00
METHODIST SERVICES
Tomorrow at the M. E. Church at
11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m., services will
bo held. The morning hour Rev. W.
0. Forbes, Synodical Superintendent
of Sunday schools for Presbyterian
church will preach. At the evening
hour Mrs. Eva S. Gilmore, special or
ganizer for W. C. T. U. will lecture on
the subject; “Hitting the Prohibition
Trail." Come and hear these visiting
speakers. Sunday school at 12 at
which time Dr. Forbes will speak to
the school. Dr. Forbes will speak for
a few minutes at the evening service.
All are cordially invited to attend.
C. T. COOK, Pastor.
Order your sandwich bread today
for Sunday’s picnic. Phone 'Ho*
Home Bakery. Adams llo. 6 2 ~2t
Hot Parker House Rolls, and Hot
Bread every morning and evening at
The Home Bakery. 6-2 2t
BANK OF ALASKA
ANCHORAGE
SKAGWAY KGELL
ALASKA
Capital $50,000 Surplus $10,000
OFFICERS
President
Vice-President
Vice-President
Cashier
Asst. Cashier
Asst. Cashier
Asst. Cashier
Gkn’l counsel
Attorney
ANDREW STEVENS* >N
ANDREW A. BENTON
J. T. WESTERN ANN
W. H. WARREN
GEORGE BETH
W. L. LANDSBOROUGH
JOHN KENNEDY
ARCHIBALD E. STEVENSON
H. L FAULKNER
CORRESPONDENTS
Seattle National Hank, Seattle
Wells Fargo Nevada National Hank. San Francisco
Liberty National Bank, New York
Guaranty Trust Company, New York
CASH OR COMMISSION
Second-Hand Goods Bought Sold
MATT BUTTON, 4th and Railroad Ave.
1= C ME--= 8
This Space Belongs to g
FELIX BROWN & CO.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA jj
Clothing and $
Gent’s Furnishings $
All New and Up-to-date Merchandise. Sj
STYLEPLUS
E CLOTHES
New Spring Stock Just Arrived
Changing conditions in the markets of the world cannot alter the Styleplus Ideal—
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offer them exceptional value at the easy-to-pay price of 4 •1/1/
The man who buys “ Styleplus ” knows the price
before he goes into the store . . . And he knows
that his next suit of “Styleplus” will cost just the
same .... No more. No less.
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Styleplus Guaranteed Wear ... A written guaran
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"QUALITY FIRST” /
Anchorage SEWARD /Knik
PHONE MAIN 1 J
PALACE JINGLES
The Outside Bunch are milling
Like flies around a lamp
Because we’ve got $2,000,000,
And it’s bound to make a camp.
Hard times are soon forgotten
Now let every fellow try
To paint a rosy future
With a drop of Sherwood Kyc.
THE PALACE BAR
Furnished Rooms for Men
JOE MORRIS | Cafe and Lunch Counter in Connection \ BILL DEVINE
PALACBJINGLES I
There’* a welcome at the Palace
That makes good with the Bunch,
So call and join the booster’s Club,
When next yon get a hunch,
Come try our Scotch or Sherwood,
Or smoke a good cigar.
And then you’ll boost for Sherwood,
And The Famous Palace Bar.