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Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06

Mrs. Toake, field representative of the Red Cross who came in on the Admiral Watson, will be in Seward until Sunday. The Red Cross will hold a meeting Friday evening at 8 o'clock in the fire hall.
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CHAMBER COMMERCE MEETS

The Chamber of Commerce held a luncheon at the Seward Grill yes terday, much of. the time being taken up with reading communications ae- cumulating during the absence of Secretary Hannon.
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MT. and Mrs s. T. Kelsey and Mrs. P. c. McMullen left for Anchorage this morning where they will take the Admiral Watson, making the round trip to Uganik and Kodiak. MT. and Mrs. Kelsey, who have been visiting their daughter Mrs. Kelsey, will then return to their home in Ferndale, Calf.
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SHEEP FOR KODIAK ISLAND
 It is reported at Kodiak that ten thousand head of sheep will be land ed on the island next spring by east ern capitalists. Grazing is excellent on the island and sheep can be win tered with little trouble.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06

COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT
 The town council will hold an ad- journed meeting tonight for the pur- pose of transacting some important business left over from Monday night.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06
LAW PARTNER OF WHEELER
 TO BE MONTANA MANAGER

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-The appoint ment of James H. Baldwin of Butte, a law partner of Wheeler as mana ger, was announced today by Nelson.
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WATSON SOUTH TUESDAY

The steamship Admiral Watson will return to Seward from the west ward and sail south Tuesday, con- meeting with the train from the Interior.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06

Grant Courtney of Fairbanks was an outgoing passenger for the Out side on the last boat He is a broth CT to Robert Courtney, the Anch- orage c. P. A.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06

Miss Jennie Cameron, school teacher for the government schools in Honolulu, stopped off in Seward on her way to Fairbanks to visit her brother. She is a guest of Mrs. B. E. Crow.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06
$5000 IS ALLOWED
 DREDGE NOME HARBOR

WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. G. The army engineers have allowed $5000 for improvements on the har- bor at Nome, Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06

Ed .Dolan, son of the we'll known guard at the Valdez jail, has enlisted in the Signal Corps and been station stationed at Valdez.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06

Mike Henry, a we'll known oldtimer of the Interior who has mined on every creek and pup in Alaska, left for the States on the Northwestern on vacation trip. He is located in Iditarod at the present time
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06

BORN-To MT. and Mrs. M. E.. Holben, a son, at the Anchorage hos pital, Tuesday, August 5. Mrs. Hol- ben and baby are doing well.
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FIVE DIE FROM HEAT
 IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Heat caused five deaths here today, and many prostrations. It was one of the hot test days on record.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06

Mrs. W. N. Cuddy of Valdez has been chosen as committeewoman for the Anchorage Agricultural Fair As sociation.
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LOCAL NEWS

W. E. Root and wife left on to- days train for Fairbanks ,on their first vacation for eight years. It is hoped they will enjoy the trip great ly.
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NOTICE TO MAsoNs

Stated Communication Seward Lodge No. 219 tonight, at 8 o'clock, I o. o. F. Hall.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06

Earl Lewis, an Anchorage contrac- tor, was a Northwestern passenger for Ketchikan, where he will build several new residences.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-In the Loeb- Leopold case being tried here, this afternoon Judge Caverly, on a mo- tion by the State to call a jury, ruled that Leopold and Loeb, the youthful murderers are "as sane and as gull ty as they were yesterday, and on the day of the murder. I do not care what Drs. White and Haley, or any of the experts may call insanity, this term is clearly defined and settled by the Supreme court of this State. The motion is over-ruled and the trial will take place." declared the Judge.
 The ruling created a sensation a. mong the audience and knocked one (of the strongest points from under the defendants, who hoped to have verdict of temperamental insanity returned by the judge.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06

Mrs. A. J. Windler and daughters are passengers on the steamer Alas, ka en route to their home in Anchor age.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06
Loeb Told Doctor He
 Had No Scruples in
 Killing Young Franks

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Dr. William Healy, Boston alienist for the de- fense in the Loeb murder trial, tes- tified: "Loeb told me that he could contemplate committing a murder with no more conscience than was necessary in selecting the sort of pie he desired for dinner" The doctor testified that the wealthy criminal was mentally defective when it came to the matter of conscience.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06
The Lorang residence is being pa pered and renovated by F. B. Moore.

W. E. Moultray, manager of the Standard Oil company at Seward, left on the Watson for Kodiak on business connected with the opening of the recently built station at that place.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06

Mrs. F. A Hansen, wife of the su- perintendent of the Copper River & Northwestern railroad, was an arriv- al on the Northwestern en route to Anchorage where she will visit with friends for a time. Mr. Hansen was formerly connected with the Alaska Railroad in the capacity fsuperin- tendent of the construction work.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06

T. J. Anderson of the Mckinley Gold Placer Mining company, accom- panied by several employees, left on the Northwestern for the States on a business trip.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06

Join the Chamber of Commerce.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-06

Bert Denny left this week for Bird where he has accepted a position with the Alaska Railroad.
 MT. and Mrs. James Kelly of Cant we'll, left for the States on the last boat, where they will reside. They have been living at the Reindeer sta tion for some time.
 H T. Tripp, of Juleau, arrivoI "n the last train and is registered at the Van Glider.
 Deputy Ma's';,! Ralph Reed ard wife, are taking a vacation trip to Fairbanks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06

ried his first wife, who was maid In
the home of old Jacob Schmidlapp.
He had burned his bridges behind HIM.
He had saved few dollars from his
limited liquor activities in Chicago. Here
he was In the former centre OF the
into it on big seale-prohably because
90 many others were getting out.
Remus began to buy up distilleries
One after another he acquired the Edge
wood, Old '76, the Clifton Springs, the
w. B. Squibbs and others with names Of
fond memory.
That was the beginning. Then he
around Cincinnati-wholesale and retail
establishments, until it seemed he owned
them all. OF course they needed whiskey /;
but all the drug stores in the world didn't
need half the liquor that Remus withdrew
from his distilleries. AS matter of fact
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cottage near Lincoln Park. They seemed
quite happy, despite the fact that Remus
just couldn't keep out Of trouble, As
far back as 1918 he was charged with
attempted bribery; later with attempted
extortion. There were other things, too,
all of which resulted in his being disbarred
in Chicago in 1922-but that's getting
ahead of the story.
One day he was mixed up in rough
and-tumble fight in the home of Eugene
Holiness in Evanston. Remus claimed
he had called there on professional bust
ness, and that during his visit plumber
who happened to be in the house beat him
up-for no apparent reason. There were
other conflicting stories. But the up
shot of the affair was that Holmes di-
vorced his wife and Mrs. Remus divorced
her husband. That was in 1919.
A year later, when things had started
70 look up little for Remus, he married
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Amazing Human Study &,BootIeq |
How a Poor
Became a
FORGE REMUS was spending his
r first night in six-by-nine cell in the
Federal Prison at Atlanta

~ GORGE REMUs was spending his
r first night in a six-by-nine cell in the
Federal Prison at Atlanta.
By the dim light that filtered through
the bars he was reading. The book was
Dante's Inferno"
He shifted uneasily on the hard seat.
He gazed long and earnestly at Dore's
engravings. Then, with deep sigh, he
put the book down. He understood.
A few hours before he had left his
home in Cincinnati--a magnificent palace
at for Roman emperor. And now
Dante certainly had pictured IT
perfectly.
Until few months ago, George Repius
Richly he deserved the title. In two
years. time he had garnered vast for
tune through his activities in this newest
profits at $50, 600, 600. The lowest guess
Is $6,0O0,000. Probably $15,000,0O0
would be about right. The money came
In so fast he couldn't bank it all; 80 he
carried as high as 100000 in currency
around with him. His deposits averaged
$4,000 day. He had hundreds work
ing for him. He made others rich. His
wife wore one ring worth 100000. His
little foster daughter last Christmas gave
away $4,000 worth of diamond and
platinum trinkets to her schoolgirl chuns.
Rivers of fiery liquor turned into gold for
him. And now
He is in prison, commissioning with
Dante and wondering if his Beatrice
(whose name happens to be Imogene) will
lead him forth to another glimpse Of
heaven.
Remus VIII have two years behind
prison bars IN which to mediate upon
his amazingly spectacular career.
When prohibition. came Git was only
four years ago, although it may seem
longer) Remus was q struggling night
schoolrmade lawyer with a little Office on
North Clark street, Chicago, and cor
respondingly little practice mostly in the
North Side police courts. When he en-
countered the big lawyers occasionally,
they derisively referred to him as a
shyster. But he only grinned. That, with
his round face and his roiy-poly figure,
and the fact that he always managed to
'ehorn in' on everything that came UP,
earned for him the sobriquet Of 'tthe man
about town with the moonlight. smile."
Remus lived with his wife and little
daughter, Romola, in an uApretentieus
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toral scenes were
changed! The place became known as
death Valley" Not only was the
whiskey distributed from there in large
quantities, but it was sold cover the
counter"-not by the drink Of course, but
by the case or dozen cases-so that
Death Valley" became the great oasis
for Cincinnati and way stations.
But every rose has its thorn.
The hijacker was born.
The hlJacker, as everyone knows, is
the fellow who steals the whiskey from
the bootlegger. Swarms of them sprang
up and preyed on Remus. For time
things looked serious. But he arnored his
auto-trucks and put guards with machine
guns on them. 1t was expensive, but it
paid; and in time the hijackers were
routed, although Remus had to pay tribute
to their leader.
He had taken in with him his brother
ln-law, Harry S. Brown, who became his
chief lieutenant. He worked on SALARY
and commission" and before the cloud
burst came Remus had made him rich. too.
others grew wealthy through his
activities-in particular a lawyer of Gin
cinRati and several higher-ups, whose
identity, however, always were concealed.
Meantime Renus and his family had
outgrown their humble home. Several
times they moved, and then, as the mil
lions rolled in, Remus bought the old
Lackman homestead on Price Hill-a
stately mansion in the most exclusive
residential district of Cincinnati.
New Years eve great party that
The 100000 crecian Bath That Remus
Cincinnati H
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Phrenological Diagram
of Episodes in the
AMAZING life oE tha

## Amazing Life of the
" King of the Bootleggers
1-Started His Career as a Poor
Police Court Lawyer in Chicago.
2-Won a New Wife After a
Rough and Tumble Fight with
Mysterious Man.
3-Became Bootlegger in Cincin.
natl After Being Driven Out of Chi.
4-BuiIt Palace in the Mos. Ex.
elusive Residential Section of the
Ohio Metropolis.
..S-Arrested for BootIegging When
Money Was Rolling In at The Rate of
$4,000 Day.
Elm Atlanta Prison, He Now
Reads Dante's Inferno" and Hopes
! for Another Glimpse of Heaven
would put to shame any Of the feasts of
the Roman senators was held in the
mansion. One hundred girls in flowing
white robes served the banquet. Pro,
fessional divers, as water nymphs, sported
in the Grecian bath. But the treat of
the evening was the appearance of Mrs.
kemus herself, in a one-piece bathing suit
and remarkable exhibition of swimming.
All these things attracted attention.
The authorities began to wonder (if thew
ever. doubted) where the millions were
coming from. Investigations were started.
Remus, grown rich, fought every turn.
But finally they "got' him.
There was a long, sensational trial.
Remus engaged the best legal talent in
the country. Then, when the case came
up, he brushed them aside and practically
conducted his own defense. He was
found guilty and sentenced to two years
imprisonment in Federal prison with a
$4,000 fine. He also faces a years
sentence in an Ohio prison for maintain
ing nuisance at death Valley
Meantime Mrs. Remus and Miss Ruth
are living in the Price Hill palace. When
the "King of Bootleggers" completes his
terms he will return home to find enough
millions left out of the wreckage to keep
the wolf from the door for the remainder
Of his life.
Built In His Gaudy Price Hill.
me.
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great part of it never reached his stores.
Instead, after leaving his distilleries, it
was hurried to New York and Chicago,
and other points East and West.
Business was booming-five hundred
men on the payroll and sixty auto trucks
IN the road. In addition there was
fleet of twenty-five high-class touring cars
that made the smaller but more hurried
Deliveries
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Mrs. 1mogene Holmes, and afterward
legally adopted her daughter Ruth, who
is now sixteen years old.
Prohibition had just gone into. effect
and many Of the North Side saloon keep
ers and wholesalers employed Remps TO
straighten out their tangled affairs. It.
was only natural, therefore, that he
should become interested In the liquor
business. He pulled of one or two little
deals in Chicago but got int trouble with
the authorities when he withdrew thirty
barrels Of Whisky from q warehouse
there. He was arrested end gave $4,000
bail.
It was soon after this that he was mar
ried and went to New York on his we'd
ding trip. The authorities accused him
of being fugitive from justice and ar
rested him in the metropolis,
but he refused to interrupt his
honeymoon. n
Later on he squirmed out Of
this charge. But Chicago was
TOO warm for him. So he took
his wife and adopted daughter S
and settled down in
q modest little home
in Cincinnati. He ~
had gone to school
there and it was -
there he had mar - "a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06

cinnah near the In
diana State line.
How the old pas
toral scenes were
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Remus found it
necessary to estab-
lish a central distri-
button point, SO he
bought what was
known as the Dater
farm, outside Gin
Mrs. Imogene
Remus,
Second Wife
of the
Bootlegger
and Chatelain0
of His Price
Hill Mansion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06

1t Remus Built In His Gaudy Price Hill.
nnati. Home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06

Romola Remus1
His Daughter by
His First Wife
Who Did Not
Share in His
Suddenly
Acquired Wealth.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-20
MISS CORNISH
FIGHTS WRIT
Mortgage Action Is Not APP
pllcabIe 10 School, Claim

Suit 60 forcclose a mortruse OF
the Cornish Realty Co. and appoint
a receiver 20 operate the company 4
business. filed IN superior court Mon
day. does not affect The Cornish
School Of Music. Afh.s Nellie Cornish
founder. raid Tuesday.
Tho iemi action Il bruuEh, ~ lhe
Seattle Title Trust 60. against ihs
realty firm. the Corniah school and
ihe Northwest Trust 4 State hank
Attorneys Roberts & skeel prepare
,hc action.
Failure Of the cooperation to meet
~ bond Interest nud principal obll
sutiona Il charged IN tho suit. vhis-i
asks judgment OF fi2GSs and the sp
poinimen, OF receiver 10 operate
the business pending foreclosure.
II do not know why the school
waa involved IN this litigation" Nis.
Cornish said Tho realty corpora
ton n not tho school have ns
stock In the realty corporation. The
school pays rs rent regularly. $500
q month. and has a so-ycar tease on
tho building.
II understand tho difficulties a.,
due 20 failure % stock subscriber "a
the corporation 70 meet ali their Oh
legations"
aiisa Cornish ain take steps Tues.
day 20 protect the interest," If tbe
school.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-20
ASKS PROBE ON
SKAGIT WORK
Comprise Theme OF Attack
by Commonwealth Club

A thoro Investigation 81 ihc skaEt
tunnel compounds appropriation q
ssooOo forced thru the boanl Of pub.
hc works by Mayor A.. J. brown,
should be made the Commonwealth
club believes. AT meeting Monday
Night the club urged the corporation
eounsel and eity comptroller 20 scan
the proposal carefully.
Thomas r. Herner. who introduced
thc resolution. said that tho settle.
ment resembles the former attempt.
"a glft o. si2s.oao TO 4. Z. Storrie q
~ The settlement. urged hy the
mayor. puoVides that Siorrie a Co.
received see oeQ FOR using a higher
grade concrete lining IN the Gorge
tunnel than specifications call FOR.
Tho matter has hecn In dispute for
many months and the sudden desire
10 pay the hill IA looked upon with
alarm b. the club. Horncr said
Corporation Counsel 4, =. T. ken.
ncdy and Comptroller Harry W. Car.
roll blocked the former transaction
and both 0fficera are urged 10 invcs.
iigaic the present deal before permit
tlnE L 10 80 thru.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-20
nY IAck nnHENRERG

Mr Wuf I love Il like polson.
I play IL because Il has 60 bo played
because the people cut here seem
20 ike a."
Walker Mhitride. always beloved
hy Seattle audiences for bis charac.
ter acting. slapped his knee with
a pair Of gray eloyes impatiently.
n Was in the box ofnee. just bs
forc The performance or the Desert
Man az the Metropolitan last night
The veteran actor frank in his dis
gust FOR the Chinese play. WAS
equally enthusiastic about his new
vehicle.
The Desert Man has been given
only IS times and already hints AZ
latent possibilities that may make
Ia success on Broadway
n don't know can't say But
4 havc feeling that u will 80
over on nroadway." whiiesida
unused. lie was paying little at.
tcntion 10 the interviewer But ..
n viii surprise you. II il big. fine
And when 1 come hack here again
playing the Desert Man. people
win line up down TO Fourth ave.
70 set seats. They DO that now for
NJ WI Guess A.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-20
Cynthia Grey
BolciHg TO Clothes!-aad That's the Way We Tell
Hon. tie Wind BloWs IL Democratic Republic.
Moral, "Get the Clothes II You Want Serpice'
BY CYNTHIA GREY


shabby young woman hurried into shop a down
town street IN this city recently She wasn't 80 But her
attire suggested last seasons flavor There strey
faded lines IN her wrap
She was next At the counter where but clerk
serving.
There were two other women wishing to buy
One looked much she did perhaps shade better shod
and hated
The other was a chic young woman who might easily
have stepped from the models stand in the Broadway win
dow; so perfectly gowned was she.
As a matter of fact she was the last 10 arrive
The clerk served her FIRST.
\ group o ear a busy day.
Zach Of ie Looked tired zach sssnsd to be howard
nondsseipi lsmninI BIZ tho wos looking
for IT, evident trek thru stores In search Of small prices
large bargains
There out a In
distinctive Individual,
She carried small packages; heavy
cloak on her
She Enthusiastically prosperous looking.
She was the first 10 be Offered y seat!
The usual hustle n the grocery Saturday
about M, II
nshbrhood had waited IAN amosi cup.
hopping about like 80 many Jumping
beans gns 70 Be everywhere Al the Then
always over 10 the store and gets her own
things and for them. In her
arms, had Just MANAGED 10 Es waited upon
She had little articles Not a
counted the actual however.
"Aufuiy rushed said the the little
care don't step 10 tese canned goods will
maybe lust help yourself bag put Little
things In
helped she could A, s. walked out Of
the sior she heard storekeeper saying 10 another
Have you your here?
oh, yes. I'll bring the stuff right out So sorry YOU
had to come over for these.
I'VE might just well have made an extra trip
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-20

s,ratIon OF The advantages Offered
70 members OF the 10th field arin.
lery OF the National Guard.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-20
Don't Scratch!
Odorless Liquid Quickly
Relieves Eczema and
Skin Eruptions

your skin is brokon out win
moist rcd spots. tiny. bard plmptea
that Itch aud smart or little bilsters
containing a sticky. watsry fluid.
tne ehances are that your trouble u
eczema. T1cHe arc the eou,.fone : /
forms Of the disease In It's acute
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times badly swollen.
Eczema in any form can now lie
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that has proven wonderfully effect
I've ~ benlshlnE skin troubles.
Harmless. odorless. soothing and
healing. Price one dollar ~ the OW j
Drug Stores. The ki-fA-Ga Com
pany. Sacramento. CALI. Advertise.
ment,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-20
kittitas Project
Funds Are Okehed

Officials Of the Seattle Chamber
o. Commerce were pleased Tuesday.
following the receipt % q telegram
from J. ,. Underwood. the cham.
bsr's Warrington representative.
that the budget director had ap.
proved an appropriation Of 1890.
600 for the commencement Of the
work on the Sittitas project. I'm.
dsrwood stated bis belief that iegis.
lstion making the fund available
would be passed wi,hou, deisy.
The Ki,iitas propect n the near.
esi large project Of lie kind 10 Seat.
us. and when completed viii open
TO agriculture more than Is. 900
scres o. land on both sides % The
Yakima river. The estimated cost
o. the proiec, IL sT.oeo.oeo,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-20
Only 500, 900 for
Rainier This Year

only 100000 win be available FOR
road construction and other improve.
meats IN Rainier National park this
year. according TO n Telegram re-.
cclycd by the Chamber 81 Commerce
from j. j. Underwood. is Washing
ton representative. This Is part OF
the $1,000 900 appropriated by con.
kress a month ago. 10 become avail.
able over a three.year period.
Il has been expected that $500 600
would be available this year. but the
smaller amount win not affect the
parks total allowance for the three.
year period
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-20
PANS uOkUM AND
BAD ACTING

What's wrong with the theaisrI
Nothing much except lot OF hokum
plays and some bad acting"
40 hike 20 b. interviewed
Sure. It's just IKE holding little
conversation"
Are theater morals rights hope
so"
'win the Desert Man hs a sue.
cess on Broadway Why
And then he was off,
Whiieside lived His part Of Cruws
ford Kent for a Seattle audience last
night II seemed just a little like
Prank nacon lmay his soul rcs, in