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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 266.
SEWARD ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1926.
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, * ‘That Is the Lady’
Declares Witness
To Mills Murder
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MRS. GIBSON, THE “HOG WOMAN,” SAYSf SHE SAW
MRS. HALL AT SCENE OF SLAYING OF CHOIR
SINGER AND REV. HALL—HEARD LOUD TALK
ING, THREE SHOTS AND SCREAMS OF WOMAN
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^ WITNESS IS BROUGHT TO COURT BOOM ON STRETCHER
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“You Let Me Go,” Said Man’s Voice, Followed by Shouts;
Then Light Flashed and She Saw Something in Hand of
Henry Stevens—Then Light Went Out Followed by
Shots
‘ * SOMERVILLE, Nov. 19. (IP)—Jane Gibson was brot
1 to the courthouse in an ambulance and placed in a bed
which awaited her in the courtroom.
Jane Gibson testified from her cot and told how she
had been robbed of corn on the night of the killing. She
heard a dog barking and also heard a wagon stop by her
corn field. She saddled a mule and went to follow the wa
? gon which had driven away. She thought thieves were
stealing corn so remained about 50 feet behind and said
she saw Mrs. Hall and Willie Stevens at the road near the
scene of the killing. She heard mens’ and womens’ voices
coming down the lane and “I heard a man say, ‘You let me
f go.’ I then heard a holler and next saw a flashlight and
saw something in the hands of one of the men. It was
Henry Steven’s light which went out and I heard a shot
and something heavy fell. I ran for a mile. -There were
two women there. One began to cry, ‘Oh, Henry!’ while
* the other was screaming, ‘Oh my, Oh my!’ so terrible and
so loud. I ran for the mule after the first shot, then there
was a scream. I just got to the mule when I heard three
shots. I stumbled over a stump and the mule and I ran
for home. The moon was out and very bright so I walked
. back to look for my moccasin. I saw a woman with white
hair bending down fixing something and crying. It was
the same woman I saw early in the evening. It was Mrs.
, Hall.”
> Mrs. Hall was asked to remove her hat. The bed was
raised and Jane pointed at her saying “That’s the lady.”
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MOORE COIUTRADICTS
CHEMIST ON ST
PORT ANGELES CHEMIST SAYS
IMPOSSIBLE MISTAKE STRYCK
NINE, PTOMAINE
PORT ANGELES, Nov. 19. (£>)— Al
^ bert Jacobsein, Port Angeles chemist,
testified it was impossible to mistake
ptomaine poison for strychnine as all
chance of a mistake was eliminated
in early tests when he examined the
body and found strychnine. De
fense Attorney John Dore had cited
the case of an Italian chemist who
made a mistake during a murder trial
but discovered it later.
Moore told the jury in 20 minutes,
his life, and of his wife’s illness. He
contradicted the State’s testimony un
der cross-examination and gave de
^ cisive answers. He said his wife’s
face had been partly paralyzed all of
her life or since she was 12 years old.
She had a series of convulsions and
. had kidney and stomach trouble for
ALAMEDA DUE HIVE
FROM SOUTH, MIDNI6H1
Under the command of Captain Jen
sen, the fast Alaska Steamship com
pany liner S. S. Alameda is scheduled
to arrive in port at midnight from Se
attle. A small number of reserva
tions are aboard the ship but a fail
amount of tonnage will be discharged
434 tons to be exact. Of this 3^
tons are for local merchants, 16(
tons for the Alaska railroad and 24(
tons for rail points. Numerous reser
vations have been made locally foi
the trip South. The vessel leaves ai
midnight tomorrow.
MARIE OFF FOR HOME
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 19. (£>)—Queer
Marie leaves Louisville tonight foi
New York and sails on the first steam
er for home. The king is ill again.
“DEAD HORSE’' POSTOFFCE
“Dead Horse,” now known as Cur
ry, is Alaska’s newest baby post
office, according to recent arrivals ii
Seward. The postal quarters will b<
housed in the north end of the hote
MANY RELATIVES ALASKAN
WILL ATTEND FOHLi
SEATTLE, Nov. 19. (/P)—Relatives
of R. C. Button, banker and merchant
of Nome and the Iditarod, are en route
to Seattle to complete funeral ar
rangements. Mr. Button died last
Monday. He went to Nome in 1904
and in 1917 went to the Iditarod. In
1923 he moved to Seattle.
NORWEGIAN OIL TANKER MAN
TILLA WRECKED BY TERRI
FIC EXPLOSION
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BALTIMORE, Nov. 19. (/P)—Seven
| teen were killed and 75 reported in
jured as workers plunged frantically
from the blazing hulk of the Norwe
gian oil tanker Mantailla, wrecked by
an explosion. A crew of 35 and num
erous dry dock workers were aboard
the vessel. The flaming oil sprayed
the wharf side of the ship which blew
out.
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SUMO ELECTED
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NOW CHAIRMAN OF FOUNDATION
WHICH HAS DISTRIBUTED
$15,000,000
NEW YORK, Nov. 19. (/P)—Henry
Suzzallo was elected as' chairman of
the trustees of the Carnegie founda
tion for the advancement of teaching.
The trustees reported a distribution
of a million and one quarter dollars
in retiring adlowance pensions last
year. The foundation’s total distribu
tions of this kind has reached fifteen
million dollars.
REVOKES EXECUTIVE
REGULATIONS STRIP
LAND ON RAILROAD
TEN MILE STRIP LAND SEWARC
TO KNIK RIVER UNSUITED
FOR PURPOSE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. (£>)— Ar
, executive order revoked the regula
. lations reserving for public use a ter
i mile strip of land along the Alaska
i railroad from Seward to Knik river
The strip embraced five miles or
• each side of the road and had been re
, served to provide timber for the road
bed and placements, but road officials
reported it contained little materia
suitable for the purpose.
R. R. IN TRANSFER BUSINESS
Within a month, according to a re
port emanating from Anchorage rai
headquarters, plans will have beer
completed whereby the Alaska rail
■ road purposes to transfer baggage
- from the depot to the dock—botl
i ways—for the small fee of 25 cents
i The reasonable rate of 50 cents, eith.
I er way, has been charged in the pas
OREGON FARMER WANTS
START RANCH, SEWARD
Seeking advice as to the practicabil
ity of the establishment of a commer
cial poultry ranch in the Seward vicin
ity, Robert A. Smith, of Bend Ore
gon, writes the local Chamber of Com
merce for information. Turkeys would
also be raised, he says, but not know
ing anything about the climate in this
region, asks for a frank opinion as to
an industry of this nature.
DEJECTS GOVERNMENT
STRIDE MEMORANDUM
MINERS BALLOT TURNS DOWN
PROPOSAL BY AN IMMENSE
MAJORITY
LONDON, Nov. 19. (/P)—It is re
ported the miners ballot rejected the
government memorandum for settle
ment by immense majorities. Against
the ballot cast from Scotland and
South Wales the locals prevented men
from resuming work and from vot
ing. The memorandum touched the
main points of the issue, increasing
hours beyond the statutory. Seven
district settlements voted for rein
statement of the strikers.
SEEKS BETTER MAIL SERVICE
SEATTLE, Nov. 19. (;P)—G. H. Rus
sell, in charge of dredging operations
at Council, i3 seeking faster mail ser
vice to the town which has received
mails not more than twice a month.
SAYS THERE’S NO ROMANCE
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 19.
(^P)—Mrs. Miller announced that there
is no possibility of a romance be
tween her daughter Nancy Ann and
the Maharajah of Indore.
MAY INAUGURATE BOAT
SERVICE ILIAMNA BAY
Captain Heinie Berger is thinking
seriously of procuring a larger craft
and next spring inaugurate a service
between Seward and Iliamna bay. The
feasibility of such a service was
i seen on his recent trip to the bay, he
pointed out yesterday and, working ir
conjunction with one of the men op
erating a large launch on Iliamna lake
down the river to Bristol bay, he
■ states the entire trip can be made
with ease and comfort in three days
■ frim this port, or from the bay tc
Seward.
In the pabt this trip has sometimes
‘ required weeks owing to delay in mak
' ing connections either out of Seward
1 or out of Seldovia. There are 23 can
■ neries operating in the Bristol ba}
region and three trading posts. Resi
dents of the Iliamna* district stand
ready to offer him a guarantee, he
■ said, and he is quite certain he coulc
^ secure a mail contract. Captain Ber
ger is going to look into the mattei
■ more closely this winter with the viev
! of the practibility of such a service.
l Such a service from Seward woulc
. mean much to local business houses
. he added, for on the trip he just com
: pleted he brought back numerous or
GIRL LOSES FORTUNE
UPON DECISION OF
THE SUPREME COURT
HELD JOLA HUYLER PRESENTED
INSUFFICIENT PROOF TO IDEN
TIFY HER AS DAUGHTER OF
GEORGE AMPUSAIT
DIED IN CIRCLE YEAR OF 1924
Professed Interest in Welfare Illegi
timate Daughter for Several Years
and Sent Money, the Last from
Nome
OLYMPIA, Nov. 19. (#>)—Holding
that Jola Huyler had not submitted
proof sufficient to identify her as the
daughter of George Ampusait, an Al
aska miner who died near Circle in
1924, the Supreme Court dismissed
her suit for Ampusait's estate valued
at $150,000. The King County Super
ior Court decision had awarded the
estate to Jola but was reversed and
the property will escheat in part to
the state and the remainder going to
! a brother and nephews. Ampusait
! Jola ‘was born in 1890, near Puyallup
and was the daughter of Mrs. Joseph
Meeker. George Ampusait, was work
ing on a farm in the absence of Mrs.
Meeker’s, husband, when Mrs. Meek
er discovered she was going to have
a child. She sent Ampusait away and
wrote her husband telling him of her
unfaithfulness. He forgave her and
returned to Mrs. Meeker in 1894 with
Jola and accidentally met Mrs. Ampu
sait in a Portland restaurant.
He professed an interest in the wel
fare of the illegitimate daughter and
for several years sent money for her
the last being from Nome in 1899
when Meekers learned of the deatl
of Ampusait, in the belief the minei
was her father. Jola sued fcfr the es
tate.
MILLER MADE FORTUNE
IN VALDEZ DISTRICT
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SEATTLE, Nov. 29. (IP)—John Mil
ler, late husband of Mrs. Jennie Mil
ler, -who is reported to be in Sal
Lake City with the Maharapah of In
dore, is reported to have made a foi
tune in a Slate creek mine, locate*
175 miles north of Valdez, which h
discovered and staked. He went t*
Valdez in 189S and married Jenni
Shafer there. »
LITTLE HOPE IS HELD FOR MIN
ERS IN HAZELTON
WORKINGS
HAZELTON, Nov. 19. (IP)— No sign
of life has been discovered in th
flooded workings where water caugh
six miners Tuesday and the only hop
. was that the miners were high up th
, gangway before the water and wrecl
■ age overtook them. Miners fror
■ many parts of the anthracite rsgio