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SFAVARD. ALASKA* TtfBSDAY, JULY 27, 1920. _______ ~ " -
YOU ME \l\. Nt MBER 59. ___-___—-—"
I’ENW.ETOX. Oregon. July 27
Three of the remaining four cattle i
mstlers who cscapixl fiom ja*l * re
yes ton lay morning after killing Slier- '
iff Taylor and his deputy, arc believed
sunounded by po>s *s. A.belt line
jjron, captured yesterday afternoon
came nearly being lynched last night
but deputies pr* vented a mob from
gaining tin* jail. I he fifth rustier has
disappeared completely and no trace
of him has been seen since the five
seperated after taking to the wood*
yesterday morning near Mission.
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MIST \KKN FOR A RE \R:
( OM MISSION F.R IS SHOT
l’reston J. Ilitliaid. U. S. Commis
sioner at Eagle, is dead as the result
of wounds r»vejved when he was shot
by Joseph E. Howard, who mistook
him for a bear. Hilliard’s living state
ment exonerated Howard. I in* dead
commissioner had lived at Eagle toi
the past 22 years.
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AI.AMKDA OIK TOMORROW
Steamer Alameda is due in Seward
tomorrow noon according to advices
received by Agent A. H. McDonald.
The steamer will be here a coupb* oi
hours before proceeding to the west
ward. Kive days mail from the state?
is aboard the Alameda.
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Oi l TO Tin: WKSTW \I*D
S. O. Casler. deputy from the Mar
shal's office at Valdez, is aboard the
l\ S. Kothwell bound for L’nalaska on
official business.
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- Pli’Tt’KKS OK SKl’KET.VKIKS
Chairman Mear> has >«*nt the Cate
way a photograph, taken by the of
ficial photographer of the commission,
of Secretary Daniels. Secretary Payne
and (iov. Riggs. The picture was tak
en at the Seward station during the
recent visit of the c« lehrities and will
always be an interesting reminder of
the important trip of the two cabinet
officials to Resurrection bay. and the
navy bunker site.
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R. R. OFFK 1 \LS HF.RK
Chairman Frederick Mears. Will
iam CJerig and Col. H. P. " arren madr
an official t’ip to Seward yesterday
afternoon and returned towards th<
interior la.-t night leaving here at $
o’clock. They also left the dock and a
few other things.
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Mrs. J. B. Becksted and Mrs. I.ape
burp, from Anchorape, came over or
train yesterday on a business tri[
and will return tomorrow. They an
guests at the Hotel Seward.
The 1’. S. tyxhwell, which arrived
in port yesterday afternoon and left
at 4:4.'* o'clock this morning for the
westward, is one ot the lainous He ii\
Ford Kagle boats and is the first to
visit Alaska. The Uothwell is engaged
in coast guard work and will probabK
n to Seward on the trip south.
Commander U. U. Waesclu* is in
c5,i:»of the Kothweil. tin* executive
office4 hi ir.g L. Ij. l»enn» t ami t. 1 •
»> the Lieutenant commander
e?.g nccr. The Uothwell carries a crew
of Ml no n.
The Kagle boat ;s practically a big
steel tank with a mass of machinery
and can trawl some, the speed aver
; :r \g l l knots an hour hut -0 knots
can he attained from the -*»00 horse
I owe- engines. There is not a piece of
w'i od on the Uothwell, except the
chopping hoard in the galley.
The pilot house is a great demon
stration of compactness. From the pi 1 -
ot house, even the engines can he op
erated. I'iumcs connect all depait
merits, from this house and the wife
less telegraph and wireless telephone
u e also connected. The wireless tele
phone is a wonder. On a chilly 01 (piiet
day. conversations can be carried on
200 miles distant. During murkey
weather conversation can he had *2»
miles distant.
There are n«> private rooms aboard
the Roth well, the chief officers hav
ing their quarters together, and quart
ers arc scperatc for the deck, engineer
and firemen crews.
* The Rothwell carries two 4-inch
guns, one forward and one alt and
there is also an anti-air craft gun aft.
The engine room is jammed solid,
almost, with machineiy, engine, dyna
mos, pipes, etc. Space is limited and
none is lost.
The Rothwell left New London.
Conn., on February 21st. went i>> eas\
stages down the Atlantic seaboaid
through the Panama canal, up to San
Piego. San Francisco, Seattle, Prom*
orton. Ketchikan, then via the outside
passage to Valdez. to Cordova and
from the latter port direct to Seward.
AFRAID OF \N< HOR\<*E
Commander R. It. Waesche, of the
L\ S. Rothwell, intended visiting An
chorage on his present trip but a> the
craft draws seven feet of water he
was afraid he would not he able to get
to the government dock and abandon
ed the idea of going up the Inlet.
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REBKKAIIS ENTERTAIN
In honor of Mrs. Julia Ellsworth
and Miss Mae Ellsworth, the members
of the local lodpp of Rebokahs enter
tained last nivrht at a sort of farewell
to the two ladies who have been visit
ing here for the pa.-t several months
and who leave soon for the states.
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The officers and many of the crew
l of the Eagle boat Itothwell were tend
> ered a dance last night at the Odd
‘ Fellows hall which was enjoyed by
navy men and local citizens.
Several remarkable ami noU* worthy
picivs of engineering and construction
work is now underway on the South
• ■in division o! the government rail
read in Alaska, especially that part oi
the division from Seward to Mile 114.
When the construction work is coin
oletcd, at the latest by October 1st,
weather pesmitting, the governm *nt
.ailroa*i a'tween Seward and .Milo 114
will be as fine a piece ol transconti
nental I n * ns is found aii\v. lieie on
the coni I'.ent. The engineering work
ami construction was thought out and
is being directed by (\ G. Jonos, Sup r
■ e.tend nt of Const; uction. with local
jurisdiction over maintenance and con
struction of track 1 coin Seward to
mile 114. Supt. Jonos has as his chief
assistant at Milo .Y-\ K. Munro, who is
his right hand man.
The construction work now under
way takes in various features. 1‘ii in
Mile 4o south to a short distance from
Seward, the track is be ing re-tied, tie
plated. and surfaced. which means
graveling and levelling. Oi«Wgra'.es
an* being changed and the roadv a\
straightened in a number of places. A
gravel pit has been opened at Mile
where a stoamshovcl is now bundling
gravel for various places on the road
south of mile "»2.
Perhaps the most important engin
eering work is being done betw •< n
Nlih* 1S‘j and mile •*»!. Already two
immense* hrielges have he*e*n construe t
>d e*n the lower end e>f tlie* tann'0>
loop and although Supt. Jones elid not
promise to have them ready for use
mtii the* Jth of August, they will lie
ise*el tin* latter part of this week.
These* two new brielge'S and tin* con
>ti*iiction of subsequent track, estab
lishing a new grade, has been accom
plished during the past six moat >.
The two new bridges have eonn te
piers, the p?prs of one bridge being on
solid rock and the piers of the other
> •iirv on bed rock. Concrete was po n
■ (mI last winter and the construction <>i
; he bridges stalled immediately aft m
the concrete had set.
The second important engineering
: foot is the building of a new trestle.
! foot high, east of the 700 foot tun
• nel at mile 4S‘/a. Bridge crews are al
I ready on the job and the work Js pro
j grossing rapidly. The now trestle is
1 being built inside of the old trestle.
When constructed , the new trestle
| and the new bridges will give a 2.2
grade and the curvature will he great- ;
I ly lightened so that heavy engines and
a large number of cars can be operat
ed in one train.
The* TOO foot tunnel at Mile 48 ^ is
being enlarged and timbered and
Charles Nelson, contractor, has this
work 00 per cent completed.
South of the tunnel, an immense
snow shed is being constructed which
will defy the winter elements or tne
coming years. Christiansen has charge
of the new shed which is 41 f> feet long.
The bridge foremen are Matt Pet
ers and W. Engburg.
’ The greatest activity is seen in that
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section from the snow shed to Mile .»1.
One pleasing feature is the way the
men work, the moiale of the various
crews and the understanding between
Superintendent and foremen. Kvery
thing is harmonious and fast work, t
capable work and peinianont work is
the satisfactory result.
There are snow shed crews, tunnel j
crews, pile driving crews, steam shovel
crews, train crews and bridge crews
all working week days and Sundays,
co-eph'ting the important loop which
!’o -m th > great connecting link be
tween the high and low levels on the
government railroad.
I*. ;t m construction wo k between
the tunnel at .V!iio lo j and Mile .»! is
not the only important work. Two row
<no\ sheds have been constructed
west of the tunnels towards the Spen
cer glacier flats. On Turnagain seven
i®in sheds are under construct oil.
These sheds are not ginger broad af
fairs bat are constructed of massive
timbers, plenty ol them, solid and per
manent structures capable of with
tanding slides of the greatest immen
sity.
Also the Spencer flat trestle is he
Ing put in shape 1buck the turhul *nt
and heretofore unruly waters. S pt.
,]on»*s believes that huge rocks ill
hold the various bents in place and
this is now being demonstrated at sev
eral bents where trouble was exj *r
ionced three weeks ago. I lain 1 aid
af»or train load of huge rocks wil be
hauled to the flats and dumped, form
ing a strengthening wall for the trest
le against the glacier water.
Hut to make new bridges, new trest
les. etc., available, minor work south
>f Mil • 4*> is being done. Large gangs
nf nvn are at work at many sections
••e-tieing and tie-plating. I hen along
comes the gravel trains, dumping the
gravel along the roadway. Surfacing
is then done and finally the small sec
tion gangs are employed, putting in
new rails, straightening old rails, etc,
and as a result a transcontinental
roadbed is attained.
Supt. Jones has an efficient lore*
of section foremen and men. AH seem
to he one big family, contented and
ready to do that which means a great
tniiroad system.
It has been said that to reach a
man’s innermost disposition, reach his
stomach, inside. The various moss
houses are well kept up. tin* food tini i
in quality and quantity and the kitch
ens the floors are kept so clean that
if there should he an extra crowd, the
diners could easily eat from the floors
and imagine they had extra clean oil
cloth table covers.
Supt. Jones is proving himself an
engineer of maintenance and construc
tion hard to beat and in all his plans
and construction he is having the unit
ed support of Chairman Means and
Engineer of maintenance and con
struction F. A. Hansen.
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Steamer Alameda has 550 tons of
steel for the Susitna bridge.
caih.k INTKKKITTKI)
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'Hie cable is interrupted today
between Seattle and Sitka which
’ accounts lor the absence of much
of the regular press report.
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According to tt letter received in
Seward, Mrs. Isaac Evans foil oil a
chair at Waitsburg, Wash., where she
was visiting, a fractured rib being the
result.
George Dreibelbis returned on yes
terday’s train from the interior and is
registered at the Hotel Overland.
Charles Lean is in from Cooper
landing and registered at the hotel
Seward.
W. H. Lewis, rancher from Cooper
landing, came in on the train yester
day and is making his headquarters •
at the Hotel Seward.
Emma Irminger, tourist from Lib
erty, Mo., is registered at the Hotel
Seward and will leave for the states
on the Alameda.
Col. Girdwood returned from the
Arm on yesterday’s train and is re
gistered at the Hotel Sexton.
William Kaiser and Vic Guimbard
came in yesterday and are at the Ho
tel Sexton.
M. A. Homer, of the Hotel Seward,
has a month’s old bald eagle which he
is raising for the New ^ork zoo. He
intends to keep it for several months
before shipping it provided it does not
eat him out of house and home, which
it seems to be doing at present.
Dan Sutherland is now :i Anchor
age and expects to come to Sew aid
within a week or ten days.
The Gateway pity limited will leave
out tomorrow morning at 8 o’clock for
interior points.
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MOST TALKED OF GIRL
IN ALL AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE, Australia, July 27
Miss Gertrude Courtney Dix is the
most talked of young woman in Mel
bourne. She danced eight times here
with the Prince of Wales during his
visit. At the first federal government
house ball, soon after the Prince reach
ed Melbourne, he selected her as a
dancing partner, unaided and without
introduction. Miss Dix is the daughtei
of a public accountant. She came
out” two years ago.
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Miss Edith Bums and Miss Mar
garet Buck, school teachers of Dawson
for th<» past few years, are making a
trip to their old homes outside.
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( mCAC.O, July 27— Roy Millen,
held in jail here for the alleged mur
der of Mrs. K. Leroy, still protests
lunt lie is not Kugene Lelioy. Several
will be brought here from DelroL to
identify Millen, or I.eRoy. Aside from
lb. capture of Millen, there are no
new developments in the ca.se of the
body of the woman found in a trunk
which was shipped from Detroit to
New Yoik.
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king entersarkiworn:
ATHENS, July 27— It is officially
stated King Alexander entered the
captured city of Adrianople yesterday
afternoon at the head of five thousand
soldiers.
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PREMIERS ((INFERRING
ROCLOC.NE, July 27— Premiers
Lloyd George and Mi lie rand are con
ferring this afternoon and discussing
the proposal of the Soviet government
of Russia to hold a conference in
London regarding the Polish-Uussia
armistice.
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SALT LAKH IIKKA1-1) FOKCED
TO SUSPEND BY HIGH COSTS
SALT LAKE CITY,Utah July 27
— The Salt Lake Herald, which he
gan publication as a morning news
paper in 1870 has suspended and its
interests have been purchased by
the Evening Telegram. High costs of
operation and an overcrowded field
are assigned as reasons for the sus
pension.
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NEW ASST. SECRETARY
OE NAVY SELECTED
WASHINGTON, July 27— It is un
derstood here in official circles that
Thomas J. Shod of Hartford, Conn.,
has been selected to succeed Franklin
D. Roosevelt as assistant secretary of
the navy, and that he will assume the
office on August 1).
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EMPRESS EUGENIE'S ESTATE
VALUED AT OVER $10,000,000
LONDON, July 27— The estate
of the late Empress Eugenie is val
ued at considerably more than 2,
000,Q00 pounds, according to the
Daily Mail. Some of the jewels of
curious design are considered almost
priceless.
The late Empress bequeathed her
mansion and estate at Farbrough,
England, to Prince Victor Napol
eon and his wife. A considerable
sum also was left to Queen Vic
toria of Spain, the late Empress’
god daughter.
A1 Roberts is in from Roosevelt and
Registered at the Hotel Seward.
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