VOL 8. SEWARD, ALASKA. FBI 1)AV EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1914 NO. 79
THEY BRIBED
INSPECTORS
San Francisco, Jan. 9.—At the trial
of the officials of the Western Fuel Co.
today, testimony was brought out that
the custom inspectors had been offered
and bad accepted bribes to overlook
the rough work going on between this
company and the officers of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Co.
GOES TO A
HIGHER COURT
Paris. Jan. 9.—The notorious Violet
Go*.Ik, who, it will be rembered, was
found guilty, with her husband, of the
murder of a girl at Monte Carlo, and
who was serving a life sentence, is
dead. The case was known as The
Monte Carlo trunk mystery.
SALOME HAS
BEEN TABOOED
Boston, Jan. 9 —The authorities have
forbidden the Salome dancing in dear
old Boston.
MAY BE HIDING
IN CHICAGO
Chicago, Jan 9 —Officers have been
given a hint that the bandit Lopez,
who has been dodging the officers for
the past week or more, may be in hid
ing in this city, and a diligent search
is beiug made.
SNOHOMISHRIVER
RECEDING FAST
Everett, Wash., Jan. 9.—The Snoho
mish river that has been on the ram
page for several days past is rapidly re
ceding and will soon be normal. Much
damage, however, has been done to
the property along its course.
ON THE VERGE
OF COLLAPSE
Hancock, Jan. 8.—Moyer, President
of the Western Federation, has re
turned here on the verge of collapse
from the wounds received at the hands
of the guards and deputies at Calumet
the other day.
Finch’s Golden Wedding rye at the
Branch. _ • • #
Meet me at the Branch. *
Ice creepers and ice skates at J. L.
•raef’s.
For reliable information write Can
nes, Pioneer ketel, Knik, Alaska, t
GRAND JURY
INVESTIGATING
Houghton, Mich., Jan. 9.—The grand
[jury has been called and the assault on
| Moyer, president of the Western Fed
! eration will be looked into. Moyer is
! here ready to testify against hisassail
| ants as to what took place on the day
! he was deported from Calumet. Much
; interest is manifested and many mem
| bers of the Citizens’ Alliance are now
! on anxious seats, fearing that their
hasty action may lead some of them
into the penitentiary.
TAFT AGA¥ IN
THE SPOTLIGHT
New Haven, Jan. 9.—It is the belief
here that it is the intention of Presi
dent Wilson to appoint Wm. H. Taft,
ex-president of the United States, to
| the position of Chief Justice of the
United States Supreme Court when
Chief Justice White retires on account
of the age limit.
THE SAYRES
i NOW IN PARIS
Paris, Jan. 9.—-The Sayres arrived
i here todav on their honevmoon trip.
HE IS OUT OF
i
Presidio, Mex., Jan. 9.—Ojinaja, the
rebel leader, has had to cease lighting
because his troops are out of ammuni
tion.
DO NOT WANT
TO CUT MELLON
New York, Jan. 9.—Union Pacific
preferred stockholders have brought
| suit to restrain the distribution of
eighty million dollars of Baltimore
Ohio dividends among the common
| stockholders.
HEAYV RAINS
HAVE SUBSIDED
Seattle, Jan. 9.—The heavy rains of
the past six days have subsided and
the high waters are receding. Con
siderable damage has been done
throughout this part of the state.
Pabsts blue ribbon b»ir at The
Branch. _ *
Meet me at the Branco.
Sleds for boys and girls; sleds for
■ea. At J. Lk Graef’s. *
Badweiser beer at the Braneh. *
MUST MAKE
WORD GOOD
San Francisco, .Ian. 9.—When San
Francisco was striving to get the Pan
am a Pacific Exposition her citizens ;
generously offered to raise live mill
ion dollars toward financing the atlair.
Rudolph Spreekles many times a mill
ionaire, subscribed seventeen thousand j
dollars, and made a great deal of capi
tal out of the transaction, hoping to
further his political ambitions. When
called upon to come through with the
money he renigged, and the matter
was finally taken to the courts to force ;
him to pay. He fought the case, but ;
yesterday the court held that Spreck
les must pay the seventeen thousand
dollars..
HAVE LOWEST
DEATH RATE
/
Washington, Jan. 9.—The city of
Seattle has the lowest death rate of
any city in the United States, accord-!
ing to the population. The death rate
for 1913 was eight and eight-tenths per :
| thousand inhabitants. The state of j
| Washington has the lowest death rate i
| of any state, New Orleans and Aloanv j
show the highest death rate, each hav
I ing a percentage of t wenty per one
1 thousand inhabitants.
JUDGE WAS
WHOLE THING
00
Bridgeport, Conn. Jan. 9.—Judge
j Peck, the presiding judge of the
’court here has been disbarred. It de
| veloped that be was acting as the at
torney for a widow whose husband’s
i will was being probated in the court
i over which lie presided.
ARMY OFFICERS
SUBPOENAED
i
London, Jan. 9.—A tremenduous j
I scandal is imminent here over the,
army canteen management, and many j
army officers have been subpoenaed to j
appear and tell what they know incon
! nection with the affair.
CAPT. KREAMER
ARRIVES ON DORA
Capt. Kreamer, of Seldovia, master
of the steamer Traveller which plies j
on Cook inlet, arrived on the Dora last j
night. Capt. Kreamer transferred the
freight and supplies from the transport
Hubbard which recently went into the
inlet with the men and supplies for
bringing out several tons of coal from
the Matanuska coal fields for govern
ment tests.
Meet sue at the Branch
NEWS FROM
THE WESTWARD
The steamer Dora of the Alaska
Steamship company arrived last night
at 4 o’clock from the westward after
one of the roughest trips for many
years. The Dora encountered rough
weather as soon as she got, outside of
Resurrection bay, and it continued
rough most of the time until her return
last night. Through Mail Clerk
Thwaites the Gateway man learned
that the Dora landed mail at Sarichef
lighthouse on this trip, it being the
first time in many months that it
has been possible to do so. Many at
tempts have been made to land the
mail here in the past few months, but
the sea has always been running so
high that it lias been impossible, but
this trip the Dora got close enough to
get a line ashore and the mail sacks
were hauled in on a line through the
water. The boys at the lighthouse
got their mail, but it was somewhat
damp when they received it.
Tiie mail for Nushagak was landed
at Coal bay on tlie eastbound trip,
where Frank Wills and Roy Gentzler,
mail carriers, were also landed.
Maui Winters, a cook employed at
the C. R. P. A. cannery at Chignak
for the past four years, committed sui
cide early last month by drowning
himStdf.
Tiie quarantine at Seldovia has been
raised, the epidemic of measles having
run its course. There were 14b eases
of measles, six of which proved fatal.
Mrs. L Gilman, the government teach
er, took charge and did all she could
to aid the unfortunate victims
The quarantine has been raised at
Kodiak also, as the epidemic inis dis
appeared.
A. L.Grimes,a merchant at Oazinkie
was a passenger on the Dora *>n her
last trip to the Westward, taking a
stock of merchandise to Perry. He
returned toOuzinkie on the Dora.
ROADHOUSE
FOR MILE 52
Al. Wolf, who has lived in Seward
for the past seven years and v« well
known, left this morning for Mile 52,
where he will start a roadhouse. This
will be welcome news to the many who,
travel over the Seward-Knik trail, as
for some time past there has been no
accommodations at this poinl. Al.
Roberts will freight the outfit to Mile
52 for Mr. Wolf.
LETTER FROM
NEW GOLO CAMP
/ ...
A letter from Kelly Olson to a friend
in Seward, says that he reached the
Nelchina camp in good shape and finds
that it is very promising. This should
encourage those who have hesitated
about going to the new diggings, for
if the camp was a dead one Kelly
Olson would not hesitate to say so, and
he would not linger long himself.
Twenty-gauge, 1913 model sket guns
at J. L. Graef's. J
Field glasses at J. L. tiiraef r9. *