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VOL 8. SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1914 _NO~!>l
POLICE BATTLE
SIX GUNMEN
New York, Jan. 23.-“Gyp the
Blood,” the murderer of Murphy, the
squealer, in the Tub of Blood saloon,
is still at large. The police surround
ed six gunmen in a tenement aud a
fierce battle followed. Four of the
gang were captured but the other two
escaped through the roof of the tene
ment.
mcbrIdTurges .
ANNEXATION
Vancouver. Jan. 23. Sir Richard
McBride has written to Premier Bor
den at Ottawa, urging annexation of
the Yukon Territory to British Col
umbia as part of the plan to build a
railroad from Seattle to Alaska.
DEFENSE WINS
GOOD POINT
Seattle. Jan. 23.—In the trial of the
Mundy-Shields coal case today the de
fendants won an important point when
the court ruled that the government
must limit the prosecution to a misde
meanor and not a felony charge.
JudgeS. O. Morford, who has been
transacting business in V aldez for
several days, returned to Seward on
the Sampson this morning.
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The commissioner of the general l.
S. land office considers 160 acres big
enough for an Alaska homestead.
William Ansley, the defeated candi
date for the post mastership at Iditarod
was supported py a petition signed by
700 patrons of the office, all of wnich
indicates that the democatic machine
is working nicely.
The Morning Mail of Ketchikan,
comes out flat-footed in favor of pat
ronizing home industry and the con
sumption of Alaska products, but it is
opposed to the “dog eat dog” methods
of the past.
General Agent B. F. Watson, of the
Pacific Alaska Navigation company, j
arrived in Seward on the Sampson this
morning and will remain until the re
turn of that vessel from the westward.
Mr. Watson advises that while his
official headquarters will be Juneau,
he expects to still make Seward his
Southwestern Alaska headquarters,
and will spend a great deal of time in
Seward or the vicinity thereof this i
coming season. That there will be no
change in the personel of the local
agency and Mr. Blue will be fully em
powered to conduct the company’s bus
iness the same as if the headquarters
were here.
Oh. those delicious Augustine &
Kyer’s chocolate butter crisps. A fresh
supply just received at Butts .
Ladies, try a NuBone Corset. Mrs.
T. R. Needham, general manager for
Alaska. Phone 132.
Meet me at the brunr.u.
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STILL WRANGLING ON
ALASKA RAILWAY BILL
Feeling that the readers of the Gate
from Washington concerning the acti<
railroad bill, the forms have been held t
news came, to give it to our readers thi
however, up until 3 o’clock, as we ero to
Washington, Jan. 23.—After a long
debate, the question of leasing or the
government operation of the Alaska
railroad was undecided and the matter
will be left to President Wilson. Sen
ator Pittman said that more gold was j
needed to build up our credit, and that
fact alone would justify the govern
men^ in building the railroad.
Williams of Mississippi denounces'
the bill as undemocratic, and that the j
proposal to issue the bonds was merely
a crooked desire to obtain possession
of the government purse. He appealed
to the democrats not to turn the coun
try over to a state of socialism with
complacency. His speech caused un
easiness.
way would be anxiously awaiting news
>n taken by the senate on the Alaska
>ack as long as possible desiring, if any
s afternoon Nothing has been heard,
press.
Senator Williams, in his fight against
the Alaska railway bill, said: “The
democrats won the election on a prom
ise of economy, and now they propose
to devote four-fifths of the money de
rived from the income tax law to one
poor outlying territory.
Opposition in the house to the Alaska
railway bill is very active and the sit
uation at this time is uncertain.
Washington, Jan. 23.—For fear of
offending Japan, the house committee
on foreign affairs has indefinitely post
poned the hearing of the Asiatic ex
clusion bill.
Four anti-trust bills were introduced
in the house today.
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SAVES LIFE OF
SENOR ESTANOL!
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Mexico Citv, Jan. 23.—Senor Estanol,
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a former member of Huerta's cabinet,
has been arrested for sedition and
sentenced to death. O’Shaughnessy,
by a clever ruse, smuggled Estanol J
aboard the steamer Vera Cruz and
got him safely away from his captors.
Bank Hearings Transferred.
St. Louis, Jan. 23.—The regional
bank hearings have been transferred
from this city to Kansas City.
Information is Wanted.
The governor* s office is sending out
an inquiry for the whereabouts of
George Havelock Wellington Foy,
probably called “Hal.” by his friends,
who is 5ft. 9in. in height, dark hair
and eyes, fresh complexion and 28 j
years old. Foy came to America from ;
Ireland about two years ago and was
last beard from at Honolulu, Hawaii,
in October, 191*2. Has been in Mex
ico, Hawaii, Sandwich Islands,. Peru
and it is presumed he came to Alaska
on a prospecting trip. Father and
mother in Ireland are very anxious to
hear from him.
When a man’s wife hoists her skirt
clear to the knees on a rainy day he
calls her down for being a darn fool.
But he always wonders why the other
women don’t hoist their skirts a littte
higher, writes a close observer.
When a couple are newly married
they feel as if they could devour each
other. After the lapse of a year or so
they regret that they did not follow
their first inclination.
T. S. McDougal came over from
Valdez on the Sampson this morning.
He will go to the Skeen-Lechner
mine tomorrow.
For reliable information write Can
non, Pioneer hotel, Knik, Alaska, t
AVIATOR DIES
NATURAL DEATH
New York, Jan. 23.—Aviator Hamil
ton, the well known airman whoa few
years ago performed such daring feats
as dropping from his air*ship with a
parachute, and many other spectacular
stunts, died from hemraorage here yes
terday. Hamilton was thirty-four
years of age.
He Receives Carnegie Medal.
Pittsburg, Jan. 23—William Yorr. of
Vancouver, has received a bronze
Carnegie medal for saving John Magee j
from drowning at Skagway in 1909. j
Alfred H. Brooks, of the geological
survey, in his annual report concern
ing Alaska, says: “What is true of the
placer mines applies also to lode min
ing except on tidewater. The Fair
banks district has shown what can be
accomplished in lode mining under the
most adverse conditions of transfer- j
tation, labor, water and fuel. While
the coastal region is developing at a
rate which bids fair to overshadow all
mining operations in the interior, no
marked progress can be expected in
the inland region until a transporta
tion system is provided.”
A minister testified not long since
that he passed sixteen saloons within
a radius of three blocks in Chicago.
Had he been a sailor or a free lunch
fiend he would have passed none of
them. _
For Sale--Land scrip which can be
used for locating government land in
Alaska. Fully guaranteed. For price
and particulars address L. W. Hubbell
& Son, Springfield, Missouri. X
No girl looks sweet and wholesome
just before having an aching tooth ex
tracted. How can she?
Budweiser beer at the Braneh.
Meet me at the Branch
RECEIVER SUES
THE. DIRECTORS
St. Louis, Jan. 23.—The receiver of
the defunct Frisco line has brought
suit against the chairman and ten
members of the board of directors for
fourteen and one-half million dollars
as damages caused by their mismanage
ment of the affairs of the road.
GRAND JURY
STARTS PROBE
New York, Jan. 23.—The grand
jury this morning started the probe
into the Sulzer charges, who in the
preliminary hearing testified that
Murphy, the boss, had approached him
and offered to withdraw his impeach
ment charges, if he would stop the
graft probe that had been started when
Sulzer was governor.
LARGE SUM TO
BE EXPENDED
Boston, Jan. 2J.—The Granby Con
solidated Mining Company which re
cently acquired the Midas property a
Valdez, will spend a hundred thousan<
dollars this year in developing tha
property.
BROTHER DIES
IN SQUALOR
Anacortes, Wash. Jan. 23.— It ha>
been discovered that John Day, th<
proprietor of a cheap lodging house in
this city, who has just died in poverty,
is a brother of Chancellor Day of tin
Syracuse University in New York. A
press dispatch from Syracuse says thai
when Chancellor Day was asked to
confirm the report that John Day was
a brother, refused to have anything
to say.
A1 Roberts reports that Kenai lake
is frozen over and that it will be safe
to tnavel over from this time on. Mr.
Roberts sent a dog team in charge o
A1 Sobers to the foot of the lake tc
notify Mr. Bill of the fatal accident
that occurred in Seattle a few days age
to his daughter Beryl, who was run
down by an auto and killed.
Harry Ellsworth and George Sexton
left for the Hubbard camp on the
Kenai river at 1 o’clock today with
Ellsworth’s crack dog team. They
expect to get there this evening.
Several cases of chickenpox is re
ported among the children in town.
The steamer Sampson sailed for
Kodiak at 8:30 this morning.
The steamer Northwestern should
reach Seward next Tuesday.
Snow shoes and snow shoe filling at
J. L. Graef's. * t
Twenty-gauge, 1913 model shot guns
at J. L. Graef’s. J