DISTRICT COURT
PROCEEDINGS
■ LAST WEEK
Tuesday’s Session.
At the afternoon session of the court
Charles J. Minor was appointed fore
man of the grand jury, and the juij
retired to commence its duties.
At the morning's session the gram
jury returned a true bill against Knit
Nicoli, charging him with the crinn
of manslaughter for the killing of Tal
keetna Stephan. The prisoner wai
arraigned and at his request Attorney
John Lyons was appointed by thi
court to defend the accused, and hi
was given until 10 o’clock tomorrov
to plead.
In the case of William O'Connor vs
Christian Tjosevig, argument of coun
sel, T. J. Donohoe for plaintiff, am
.1 L. Reed for defendant, was heard
and judgment was entered for thi
plaintiff.*
There being no further business be
fore the court a recess was taken unti
2 o’clock this afternoon.
Action was filed today in the di?
trict court by Irma Hegsted agains
C. H. Hegsted for divorce.
YYcuncaudy s session.
At this morning's session of th
district court, Knik Nicoli, agains
whom the grand jury returned an ir
dictment yesterday, charging hin
with manslaughter in connection wit:
' the killing of Talkeetna Stephan, wa
brought into court and entered a pie
of guilty to thb charge. The time o
sentence was not fixed.
Nicoli killed Talkeetna Stephan a
Talkeetna lake last June during ;
drunken row, following the manufat
ture and consumption of a considei
able quantity of hootch, which botl
natives had manufactured. During th
quarrel Nicoli picked up a club am
beat Stephan over the head, causini
death. Following the killing, Nagolii
Stephan, the wife of the deceased
committed suicide by shooting hersel
with a 22-calibre rifle.
There being no further business th
court adjourned until 1:30 p. m”
Thursday's session.
At yesterday's session of the distric
court, Martin W. P. Fry, of Cordova,
British subject, was made a citizen r
the United States.
There being no further business th
court toook a recess pending the con
ing in of the grand jury. At 4 o’cloe
court again convened, to receive a ri
port of the grand jury. A true bill wa
returned by the jury against Roma
Lictujos and nine others charging firs
degree murder^ The accused ai
charged with the killing of J. H. Cui
ningham, a labor boss at the Uya
bay cannery on Kodiak island, a shoi
time ago. The accused^^e in custod
at Valdez, and arraigm^mt was si
for 10 o’clock Friday mormig.
Charles Goodall, of Cordova, wt
was drawn on the trial jury, was e
cused from service on the present
tion to the court of proper reasons.
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holiday in the territory, there was no
session of the courL
Friday’s Session.
At this morning's session of the
district court, Roman Lictojas, Julian
Bhrtello, Pedro Buendia, Antonio Ma
rin, Bias Tuason, Dionisio Gubatayao
Restituto Fernandez, Jose Vargas
1 i Narciso Lacsainana and Arsenio Vi
,
cente, against whom the grand jury
returned an indictment Wednesday af
! | ternoon, charging first degree murder
! were brought into court and arraignec
and were given until tomorrow- morn
ing to plead. They are charged with
’ the killing of .1. J. Cunningham, a la
1 bor boss at the cannery at Larson
> bay, Kodiak island, on the^ 2iMh day
* of August last.
The court appointed Attorney E. E.
' Ritchie to defend the accused,
i Len Cox, a member of the grand
jury, from Cordova, was excused by
• the court this morning from further
1 service on account of illness.
Court then took a recess until 2
p. m., subject to the coming in of the
, grand jury.
t Saturday's Session.
At the afternoon session of the dis
i triet court yesterday the grand jury
i returned a true bill against Arsentie
! Romanoff, charging him with rape and
i assault with intent to commit rape, on
F four counts. The accused was ar
raigned, and stating that he had nc
t money with which to secure counsel
i the court appointed Attorney J. I,
- Reed to defend him, and the prisoner
- was given until 2 o'clock this after
i noon to plead.
> The grand jury also returned a true
I bill against Kjiiiyaim Kalgnak, charg
; ing assault with intent to rape. The
i time for arraignment of the accused
, was set for 10 o’clock this (horning.
[ There being no further business
court adjourned until 10 o'clock this
; morning. .
This morning the grand jury re
tuned “not a true bill" in the case ol
t Charles Jacobson, on the charge ol
t first degree murder, and Jack Boyd
C on the charge of maliciously shooting
at another person with intent to kill
e and dan order was made discharging*
the defendants from custody,
k Ephraim Kalgnak was arraigned oi
,. the charge of assault with intent t<
s rape. He stated that he was without
n funds to secure counsel and the couri
t appointed Attorney O. P. Hubbard t(
e defend him, and the time for pleadin}
,. .was set for 10 a. m. on Monday. Th<
k court then took a recess until 2 o'clocl
t this afternoon.
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t Douglas recently mourned the deatl
of Sister Mary Zenobia, who has beet
o connected with the Sisters of St. Am
c- convent there for the past two months
i- Sister Mary was transferred then
from Victoria, and in the short timi
il in Douglas made many friends.
LOCAL DOINGS
AND PERSONAL
I
N
The steamer Admiral Watsin is due
from Seattle on Wednesday.
S. C. Stannard. of Juneau, is spend
ing a t .rfple of days in town.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Galen returned on
yesterday’s boat from a short trip to
Valdez.
Ed llodee was an outgoing passen
ger on the steamer Farragut Iasi
night.
Drs. Halford and Mathias, of Ancho
age, were in town yesterday on their
way to the states.
L. H. Garvey, who is one of the bif
placer operators of the Nizina district
came to Cordova on yesterday’s train
Marcus Mayer, of the firm of Mave;
Bros, manufacturing jewelers, of Se
attle, is in town on business.
Tomorrow the steamer Alameds
should reach here, but no telegraphit
advice has been "eceived as to wher
she left Juneau.
The government cable was out o
commission yesterday and most o
today, as the Burnside is repairing (
break between here and Valdez.
On Wednesday the Cordova danci
ofchestra will furnish the music a
Hegf*s for those who desire to enjo;
a couple of hours in dancing. So bi
there.
Robert Gottschalk left on this morn
ing's train for McCarthy, where he wi!
spend a couple of days looking aft.c
business interests.'
The Woman’s Guild of the Episeoyq
Church will hold a bazaar and danci
at Eagle hall on Hallowe’en, Wednes
day, October 31.
0
W. M. Trout., who is developing i
copper property in the Talkeetn:
range, an extension of Willow creek
is spending a few days with Cordov:
friends.
The Seward Gateway reports tha
the travel over the Seward-lditaro:
trail this winter will be the largest i:
its history.
J. O. Hewett and Michael Sheehar
who were indicted for having stole
a gold brick from the Chichugoff min
last winter, entered a plea of no
guilty recently in the district four
at Juneau.
Ered A. Hotchkiss, who is associate
1 with George Max Esterly in extensiv
placer mining in the Nizina distric
‘ came to Cordova on yesterday's trai
• and will remain here ten days befor
going to Valdez to attend court.
William Martin, president of th
Alaska Gold Cord Company, whic
owns one of the richest quartz prope
ties in the Willow creek district, wa
in town last evening en route to th
I states.
I
Verne IJlliott, who is connected sit
the government telegraph office i
Gulkana, arrived in town Saturda
and will likely go to the states for th
winter, where he will take a specif
course in wireless telegraphy.
Music! Fun! Eats! Where? Pre
byterian church! When? Tuesda;
October 23rd. Everybody is Invite
whether young or old. An indot
track meet, at which all world’s re'
ords will be smashed. Come, brin
your father, mother, sister, brothe
mother-in-law or friend.
A strong bill is offered at the En
press theatre tonight in "Hell Mo
gan's Girl," the most s ensation:
photo-play even shown on the screei
Dorothy Phillips plays the leadin
role, assisted by Hon Chaney. Yo
cannot afford to miss this big produ
tion.
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Advertise in the Times—It pays
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(By United JTe*s)
MOORHAVEN, Fla., Oct. 22.—Since
the mdVV of this Deaceful little com
munity hurried, the faithful cons’it t
ents ai'♦'terribly confused. The metri
monial wit tires of a mayor dn not, as
a rule, create much disturbance In mu
nicipal affairs. But In <he case of
Moorhaven it's different.
MoOrbgveii‘8 mayor was different
from all other mayors. She — that's
what cfl-'lsed all the trouble — being
a woman, changed her name when she
j married. She was elected mayor
! while Mrs. George Hhrwitz. Then her
honor the mayor married Captain J. .1.
O'Rriefiy'U. S. R.. a former newspaper
man and ex-secretary to the mayor >f
I Moorhaten.
The mayor's husband Is now on his
way to Fj ance. But by marrying the
mayor of Moorhaven. O'Brien set ilie
population to thinking. Here is the
' questing that Is worrlng the residents
| of Moorhaven. Mrs. O'Brien was elect
| ed maypr of Moorhaven as Mrs. Mar
ion D. Rorwltz, the name that appears
j on her election certificate and the one
i she has signed to all official docu
ments since becoming mayor. Now—
must she sign Mrs. J. J. O'Brien to
those documents, or the name that
appears on her election certificate?
Regarding her job as mayor, Mrs.
O'Brien Said: "The job of being mayor
! is a new one to me and 1 like it. I
have to hand out justice for all petty
: offenses, for I sit as town magistrate
1 in the town, and that, with managing
■ 1 the cotrijilljnen, is a full job in itself.’
In addition to her duties as mayor
Mrs O’Brien finds time to run a smal
I farm bf- 5,000 acres, where she raise.
I i practically every known vegetable
' and as a side line hogs. She ha.
! worl.ed from 4 o'clock in the mnrnlni
until 11 o’clock at night on her fare
1 .huteifglC- '■■,‘ti-ough the summer -easor:
'■ and M convinced tn«re isn’t n th1 <
- rt woman can not do.
When she works in the field Mr.
O'Brien, like all other farmerettes, dit
t cards the skirt and takes to trouser,
r She does not look like a woman wh
, had been slaving in the field all da
i and managing a small town at th
| same time. She is blonde, pretty am
young. “I am more than thirty, how
! i ever," she said.
i : rteiug mayor one womu imuK sn
i ! would be willing to talk about the w<
! man in politics. “That is the last thin
j I want to talk about." was her surpri
‘ tng answer when the question cy' wc
, man suffrage was brought up. "Don
s ask we what I believe for 1 do no
t know a thing about woman suffrage
t All my life I have been busy doin
I the things 1 wanted to do and hav
not had time to think much about pc
I litical enfranchisement.
B "Not that suffrage is not coming.
she added hurriedly, “but in my min
,j the best argument for it is the ev
deuce women are now giving in a
sorts of war work. The work tha
women have done in the war relic
agencies and the work thev do in th
g
juvenile and municipal courts is proc
enough for me that any woman is a
good and capable as any man.”
Getting off the question of vote
; for women. Mrs. O'Brien gave a fe'
hints to the modern farmer. “The ol
I time farmer.” she said, “didn’t kno'
( when*to plant or where. He simpl
dropped the seed into the same groun
season after season. Nowadays an:
^ one can learn to farm by doing as th
department of agriculture tell you t<
^ I have four large tractors and I wor
all day as long as my men do. An
' then, of course, I work at night, toe
’ If the government would make po:
sible the development of other wast
lands in this country — as thes
drainage canals have made them aval
jr
able in Florida — the food problet
would shrink in proportion."
Mrs. O’Brien was recently made
member of the governor of Florida
staff, with the rank of major. Sh
I Is alsoHm the state committee on m
, tional defense, and is preparing to o
g ganize a home defense organization.
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T. M. Hunt, of Ihe forest service, r<
turned today on the launch Prosper
or from Latouche, where he spent th
past two weeks.
BUST OF LB
MYSTERIDDbiY
(By Associated Press)
HONOLULU. T. H„ Oct. 22. — The
mysterious disappearance of a bust of
the late .lark London Is puzzling Hono
lulu and apprehensions are entertain
ed that the valuable bit of statuary
may be irreverently lost.
The bust, fashioned by Urolith, was
the gift of Mrs London to the Pan
! Pacific Club, the headquarters of
| which are in Honolulu. Photographs
of it have been received here, but
the bust has not, although cable ad
vices were received some time age
that that the bust had been shipped to
I Honolulu. . »
The bust was to have been unveiled
last week, and a banquet hud been a‘r
ranged to celebrate the event. Tht
] banquet was held and speeches eulo
gizing the dead author, who was a
friend of Hawaii, were made. But the
i bust was not unveiled, for the reasor
that it could not be fouv<\
Several caH - ss message}
to pan I ’ -ought onl>
1 the infor bust was
shipped o hould havt
brought it week a^o
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(By As si
I HONOLULU. \ 'dr.
i thor Dutton, the ,h
for nearly a genet, it
’land worked for li", h
great world which UK
' to re-enter, and judr •
ccriuu* himself In
v.ha? h. d<mouno«^|y||^j»
in women’s dress.
In a private letter received hei
(this week from the “Saint Molokai
Brother Dutton relates how he h;
succeeded in reforming Thomas .■
Edison, the inventor, in this regard.
“I'm sending something on to m
! many friends on the mainland." li
w’rites, I'chiefly printed matter. An
I rip out all the indecent pictures, i
paste decent ones over them.
“Mr. Edison's monthly lists, ft
eight months, a year hack, ha
naughty cuts on the outside. 1 ct
out and pasted them around a fit:
^picture of Mr. Edison and sent it oi
The advertising manager, who hi
' become a kind of acquaintance, put
where Mr. Edison was bound to see i
te did see it. His answer was to hav
sent on to me a new diamond pr
ducer and fifty new records for our i
* mates' reading room. Also, no moi
of the indecent pictures.”
1 Brother Dutton, who is a veteran (
1 the civil war, came to Hawaii near
f thirty years ago and went immediate!
B to Molokai. Standing at the top i
1 the great “pali” or precipice that shu
s the leper settlement off from tha re
of the island, he looked back for tl
s last time upon what he could see t
' the “outside world." then descendt
* the steep trail to the leper settlemer
1 He has never ascended that tra
I I never left the village of the Livir
* Dead, where he ministers to the sou
and bodies of the lepers.
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’ RICH GOLD QUARTZ STRUCK
k
at McKinley lake mini
*' I The McKinley Lake Mining Co
pany has struck a new lead on the B
Jumbo mine, which promises to r
' suit In the property being develope
A big body of high grade ore has bee
traced for some distance, and Bros
dent Canavan feels that at last McKr
II ley lake will be a producer. He plat
s on opening up the mine in the sprin
e and is arranging to drive 1000 feet <
1‘ tunnel to crosscut four big vein
which are known to contain got:
values.
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> The fishing schooner Starr, of tl
t- San Juan Fishing C’o., Seward, arrive
e at that port recently with a cargo <
35,000 pounds of halibut.
V
V
.ED CROSS GETS
BUSY ON BONO
SALE
At a wel! attended meeting of the
executive committee of Cordova Chap
ter, American Red Cross, held at Eagle
hall, on Sunday afternoon, bylaws
were adopted and it was decided that
each member should constitute a com
mittee of one to stimulate the sale of
Liberty loan bonds.
The committee appointed to draw
up by-laws for the chapted, reported as
follows:
That the work done in organizing
file chapter, in providing for officers
and committees rendered unnecessary
further changes except that we recom
mend the following sections should
be added to complete the rules neces
sary for the work of the chapter:
1. Name of the Chapter shall be:
Cordova Chapter, No.
2. That the executive committee
shall meet once a month upon a date
selected by them. Ten members of
the executive commitee shall consi
tute a quoroum. Special meetings of
the committee may be called by the
chairman or secretary upon written
request of five members of the com
mittee, providing notice be given of
such meeting by publishing the time
and place the meeting is to be held
I in the daily paper,
| 3. The board of managers shall have
full authority to transact all business
of the chapter, and all expenditures
must be authorized by them.
4. The chairman shall preside at all
meetings of the chapter and executive
committee shall appoint committees
as provided in the organization of the
chapter and shall, upon written re
quest of twenty members of the chap
ter, call special meetings, providing
due notice giving time and place of
such meeting be published Mi the daily
a
newspaper. /,
Fifth. The vice-chairman shall per
( form the duties of the chairman, dur
ing lu.s or her absence,
vf ‘"‘Trap secretary ke»p- all' fee
•fords of the chapter aiirt Khali be cus
todlan of all books and papers, except
„ those pertaining to the treasurer’s ot
g fiCe- ,
The secretary shall receive all
money and collect membership dues;
paying the same over to the treasurer
‘ promptly and taking his receipt there
for,
d
i- The treasurer shall receive all
tnone from the secretary, keeping a
record thereof, and shall pay only
such claims as are authorized by the
t board of managers, countersigned by
the secretary.
t 8. The executive committee shall be
s elected hy a vote of the chapter at
t each regular annual meeting. They
l shall hold office for one year, and
e committees appointed by them shall
( hold office for the same time as the
executive committee appointing them.
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! FARRAGUT TAKES OUT
lf LARGE LIST PASSENGERS.
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y The Admiral Farragut arrived from
if westward points at 7:30 o’cjock last
s night and sailed for Seattle with all
it passenger space occupied, at !• o'clock,
e The following passengers sailed from
if Cordova: Edward Stryker, Ed Olson,
d H. S. Wheeler, S. Barlond, J. E. Ken
t. nedy, T. Eide, F. E. Weber, Otto
1, Smith, John Bange, Andrew Anderson,
g j <’. E. Sj verson, M. J. Spenser, Chris
is Anderson, Harry Hills, Robert Mcln
| tyre, F. A. Hedstrom. J. T. McCrea, F.
E. Taylor, Charles McDowell,, Violet
| Bowers. John Sullivan, Frank Bowers,
r J, E. Simpkins, G. Savors, Charles Mv
Caourt, E. Olson. Charles Gatvh, John
Strapaza, Charles J. Brust, p. L.
„ Hewes, t^y Sutherland, H. B. Blatton.
j. H. M. Multan, J. G. Ayers and wife,
I Walter Cline and wife, B. Quinn. Ed.
n Mlchelson, Ed Wurzbachor, E. I.atch
I ing. Sam Shequin, Ed. Rodee, R. C.
Nichols, Mrs. A. R. Brown, Alex Hed
B quist, J. C. Hungerford, Gus Boulun
, ger. John Peters, Fred Ohman, H. Hy
’f land, Fred Hester, M. W. Wilson, Matt
s McGovern, Alex Jackson, Pat Kiernan,
4 John Merke, E. T. Pierce and 2C steer
age passengers.
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e Fairbanks reports that Griswold,
d driving an auto stage from Fairbanks
if to the coast, made the trip in 18 houhs »
and 35 minutes actual running time.
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