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Frank 0. Adams, "ho acted as a
guard for a party of prisoners brought
over the trail from Fairbanks to Chit!'
nana, and thence by train to Cordova,
is the man who recently instituted
suit in Seattle against the Northern
Commercial Company, for $12,000 for
injuries alleged to have been sustain
ed by the iron projection of a stage in
making the trip over the government
trail. The complaint cites that the
projection so injured the hip or the
plaintiff that an abscess formed ann
he was competlled to have an opera
tion performed for same.
The N. C. Company claims to have
a number of affidavits from people who
went out on the stage with Mr.
Adams, showing that he was not in
jured by the iron on the stage coach
seat as the Seattle complaint recites,
^mt by a gun which he carried in his
hip pocket.
Affidavits are from Pan Kennedy, who
was driver of the stage; Fred Carter,
woh acted as guard for the party o(
prisoners for which Mr. Adams was
also acting as guard, and Dr. L. C.
Smith, who attended Mr. Adams at
Chitina directly after he arrived there.
United States Marshal L. T. Erwin,
who was also a member of tne party
on the same trip, did not make affl
davit, but wrote a letter setting forth
the facts in the case. This evidence
has all been forwarded to the Seat
tle attorney of the N. C. Company.
Interviewed on the subject ol
the suit recently filed in Beattie t>y
Adams, United States Marshal Erwin
states that he was informed some time
ago that such a proceeding was to be
instituted. He further stated that he
considers the plaintiff In the esse has
no cause for complaint, ns there were
no jolts or jars on the journey other
than those absolutely necessary to
such a trip. He further commended
Mr. jAdams highly for his ability to
stand the trip the way he did.
Mr. Adams left Fairbanks April It
for the outside, with a party of pris
oners and guards. He was a very
sick man at the time <»nd intened to
go to Mayo Brothers’ hospital for
treatment.
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THE FIRST WHITE
MAN OF THE YUKON
The first white man known to have
t visited that part of Canada now des
ignated as the Yukon Territory was
j Robert Campbell, says one of our ex
' changes. He was an employee ol
"The Ancient and Honorable Com
' pany of Adventurers Trading Into the
Hudson Bay.” The company is now
| known as the Hudson Bay company.
Campell went dow’n the Yukon in
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A furnished and an unfurnished cot
tage, Observation Knoll. Apply tc
the Alaska Transfer Co.
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DEPUTY MARSHAL TO BE
STATIONED AT YAKUTAT
j KfTorts by the governor's office to I
; secure the appointment of a deputy
! United States marshal at Yakutat,
Alaska, have at last been successful.
The attorney general has authorized
United States Marshal Bishop to make
the appointment, which will be done
very shortly.
It Is hoped that upon the return of |
Judge Robert Jenning'.', now holding
| special term of court at Ketchikan,
that a commissioner will he appoint
ed at the same place. Reports of un
lawful making of ‘‘hootch” and distur
bances among the natiyes in the vicin
ity r* Yakutat have made necessary
| the creation of the office of deputy j
marshal at that place.—Juneau DIs-i
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Geo. C. Hazelet and Falcon Joslin
left for Katalla yesterday, on the|
launch Prospector, and intend making!
a trip to the Bering river coal fields.
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FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1915.
PATHE WEEKLY NEWS No. 46.
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THE CASE OF THE VANISHED BONDS—
An Edison Drama.
MYSTERIOUS MR. DAVEY—
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At a rpcent meeting of the executive
committee of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce several Alaskans were en
tertained at luncheon, our townsman,
Sam Blum, thus spoke optomlstlcally
of the future of this section:
‘‘Cordova will this year rank as one
of the leading copper export porta of
the world,” he said. "Copper to the
value of 11,500,000 a month is passing
through Cordova In transit to the Ta
coma and Eastern smelters. Cordo
va's future will be assured when we
can use the Immense deposits of coal
lying tributary to this port for the
smelting of the great bodies of ore In
adjacent regions. Present conditions
are resulting not only In a great waste,
but in holding back the development
of our region. The opening of the
coal fields will result in the building
of a large smelting industry at Cordo
va.
“In the territory adjacent to Valdej
are a number of small rich mines tha
are now actice producers. These as
sure the future prosperity of Valdez
Like other sections of Alaska, w<
badly feel the great need of wagoi
roads, and every effort should be madi
to secure an adequate appropriate
from congress for this most Impor
tant work.”
Mr. Blum, in behalf of the Cordovt
Chamber of Commerce, and in appre
elation of the work of the Alaska bu
reau, tentiered the bureau the exltibi
prepared by the Cordova Chamber am
noxv being displayed at the Panama
Pacific exposition.
TALKS LINE
Portland again is seeking to inau
gurate a steamship line to Alaska
Twice the venture has failed, but thi:
time, it is reported, Hose City busi
nessmen will make a concerted effor
to perpetuate the service.
The Portland Telegram has this ti
say of the proposal:
Backed by shippers and other lead
ing business interests of the city, ;
new steamer line, it ig rumored, ii
about to be established between Port
land and points in Southeastern At
aska. It is stated the ulans of thi
new company are for the inauguratioi
of the service the latter part of thi
fall or early winter. Later the steam
ers may be sent as far north as Cor
dova. Because of railroad buildini
the business men in that section o:
Alaska are looking for an unusuallj
brisk season next year.
The report has it that several ves
sel? have been purchased, or thi
deals practically have been closed
to be placed on the run between heri
and Southeastern Alaska. One or twi
of them, it is intimated, will havi
passenger accommodations. Through
out the year there is more or lesi
travel back and forth to that section
while Portland merchants are sendin)
goods up there at frequent interva?i
under the present handicap of ship
ping via Seattle. Even by this meth
oh it is declared, they have been ah'<
to compete successfully, in a measuri
with Sound merchants.
When given assurance which wil
satisfy them of the permanency of th<
line and of its being able to providi
regular schedule it is claimed tha
the Alaskans will give it most libera
support. In fact, it is through theii
efforts largely, it is held, that a de
cision to establish the line was reach
ed, since some of tile business men o
the north long have been dissatisilei
with the system which makes them de
pendent almost wholly upon Seattli
to furnish them what supplies the]
need.
YACHTS ON AMERICAN COAST
ACCUSED HELPING THE GERMANS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14—Certain yachts, known to the
'officials here are under the suspicion of the State Department
as violating the neutrality of the United States. These yachts,
which are on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, are being
! investigated by secret service men, and it is believed they are
manned by Germans, and' are assisting their country in harruss
ing the shipping of the allies. It is believed now that a Mexi
can oil ship which was destroyed recently was sunk by one of
these yachts. The ship had a cargo of fuel oil for England.
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GERMANY OBJECTS LANDING TROOPS IN GREECE.
BERLIN, Oct. 14—The papers throughout Germany are
coimnynting freely on the landing of French troops in Greece
and their unobstructed passage across that country into Serbia.
They consider this a violation of the neutrality of Greece equal
to the act of the German armies in crossing Belgium andW ux
emborg, and are caustically referring to the allied protestations
j of regard for the rights of neutrals.
Coal Claims Rejected.
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j Notice has been received at the
! Juneau land office of the rejection of
■ the claim of the Alaska Peninsula
J Mining & Trading Co. pf four coal
claims in the Unga district. The re
| jection ia based upon the failure of
the claimant to open up a coal mine
as required by law.
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