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CHITINA
ENLARGED AND COMPLETELY RENOVATED
SPACIOUS LOBBY STEAM HEATED
CAFE AND BAR
The Comfort Home of the Interior
T. W. CLONINGER ... A . .
Proprietor Chitina, Alsaka
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FIRST B/ OF CORDOVA
CAPITAL 8T0CK *25,000
4% on Time Deposits
Our Stockholders Are
8. BLUM GEORGE C. HA2ELET
M. BROCK FRED GLASBRENNER
A. E. LATHOP DELIA LYONS
JAFET LINDEBERG
DESPOSITORY FOR TERRITORIAL FUNDS.
INDIAN ON TRAIL
OF SUSHANNA
MURDERER
A story that reads like fiction was
recently printed In the Seattle Times,
by J. J. Underwood, and as It deals
with a tragedy of the new Chisana
placer diggings it is herewith pub
lished in full:
An Incompetent or careless work
man in an Eastern rifle factory many
years ago allowed a piece of cast steel
to pass from his bench without giv
ing it the amount of polishing consist
ent with good workmanship. The
piece of steel became the breech lock
of a 30130 rifle, and as a result of that
unknown workman's carelessness
James Kingston, a trapper, has been
arrested in Alaska and charged with
the murder of Louis Schornborn, a
trader in the Sushanna district. Kings
ton is now in jail at Valdez awaiting
the action of the grand Jury. Be
hind his arrest, according to North
erners recently arriving in Seattle,
lies the story of marvelous deductive
power on the part of an Indian that
out-Sherlocks Sherlock Holmes or any
of his ancient or modern contempora
ries.
A little nub of steel, not nearly so
large as the head of n pin, stuck out
from the breech block, and as each
brass shell was shoved Into and with
drawn from the barrel, this little de
fect left a scarcely perceptable abra
sion or polish on the brass. It was
the discovery of this fact that lead to
lngnion s arrest.
Indian Uses Deduction.
Many stories of wonderful feats In
woodcraft have come out of the North,
hut there have been none which sur
passes that performed a few weeks
ago by a Copper River Indian. Sev
eral years ago Jim Pennyquick, a Yu
kon Indian went into the woods on
the Yukon and by various methods of
deduction figured out that three men
had been murdered, and he caused
the arrest of William O'Brien before
the bodies were discovered. O'Brien
was hnnged at Dawson. The Indian
who caused Kingston’s arrest fol
lowed a method almost similar to
Pennyqulck’s.
Karly this year a couple of prospect
ors in the Shushanna district found
Schornborn's body bullet-ridden about
a mile from his cabin. They report
ed the matter to the authorities. A
few days later United States Deputy
Marshal A. F. Hoffman and "Bron
cho” Bill Spencer appeared on the
scene bringing with them an Indian.
The snow had been trampled by
many feet in the removal of the body
before they arrived. The Indian
made an examination of the sur
rounding country. He didn’t look at
:he snow, but at the trees. Finally
be said:
Finds Telltale Hairs
“Man killuni wear wolverine par
ka." He pointed to a few hairs
from a wolverine skin about the
weight of a man’s head and a few oth
3r hairs about the elevation of one’s
<nee. He deduced that the man who
lid the shooting had leaned against
he tree when he fired the fatal shot
tnd that his outer garment was
Timmed with wolverine skin.
The Indian carefully scraped over
the snow and soon he found a couple
if empty cartridge shells. He ex
amined them carefully.
“I know this man,” he told the as
tounded officers. “Long time ago
i see him kill eight sheep. I know
the rock where he lay down when
tie shoot.” He pointed to a slight a
tiraslon on the side of each of the
shells. “His rifle need fixum,” the
savage explained. “Little piece
stick out make him bright mark."
“How long since he killed the
sheep.” asked Hoffman.
"Two snows (2 years). Sheep place
two sleeps away. Big hills.”
“Can you find the place?” Interro
gated the officer.
“Yes, me find him,” was the laconic
reply. "Take dogs.”
Long "Mush" Begun
A dog team was procured and for
two days the three mushed to a point
about forty miles distant and then up
the side of a mountain. They search
ed for a day and finally the Indian
discovered a point of rock protruding
through the snow. They shoveled
away the snow with the snowshoes
and searched carefully In the moss
at the bottom. Soon they found six
empty cartridge sheila, each having
a slight abrasion on the side similar
to those found at the scene of the
tragedy. The Indian Insisted there
were two more shells there, as the
man hitd killed eight sheep.
The weather was cold and a bliz
zard threatened. "This will he e
nough for identification purposes,”
said Hoffman. “Let’s beat It. She’s
going to blow." They went back to
Sushanna.
“Yes. I know this man. He's short
fellow—about so Ugh," ithe ,1ml ian
replied in answer ot a question from
the officer. He indicated an eleva
tion of about five feet seven Inches.
“We go back and measude the hairs
on the tree.”
Kingston Suspected.
It was clear to the officer that if
the shot was tired from behind the
tree, as the Indian Indicated by the
wolverine hairs on the bark and the
empty cartridge shells found there,
the crime had been committed by a
small man. By a process of elimina
tion they decided that Kingston wob
the only short man who had visited
Schornborn’s store and the theory
was evolved that Kingston had In
duced Schornborn to start down tow
ards his cabin to examine some pelts
with a view to purchasing them, and
that he had been ambushed by Kings
ton on the way. Schornborn’s pock
ets were empty when the body was
found.
For nearly a month they chased ov
er the surrounding country with a
dog team. Finally they discovered
Kingston encamped In a gulch, far
from any other habitation, and placed
him under arrest.
Rifle Missing.
They could not, however, find his
rifle, nor would Kingston explain what
he had done with it. He admitted
killing the mountain sheep and admit
ted that his breech block was tight,
and that the rifle he used was a thir
ty calibre and that the breech block
scratched the shells.
Both the officer and the Indian are
hopeful of discovering the missing
firearm as soon as the snow leaves
the ground, for the Indian has fig
ured out the trail that Kingston fol
lowed after he left his cabin in Su
shanna.
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NO LIQUOR LICENSE
POO DANCE HALLS
(By Associated Press Correspondence)
LONDON. April 13—Liquor licenses
are now being refused to dance halls
by the magistrates in charge of this
branch of excise. Formerly they
were granted without much question,
even to halls in which dances were
held only occasionally.
"The present is no time or dancing
anyway,” explained a magistrate in
West London in refusing an applica
tion. "If they must dance they will
have to dance on cofTee."
EHENCHAAAN COMMANDS
FORCE AGAINST TURKS
(By Associated Press Correspondence)
LONDON, April 13—Gen. d’Au
made, commanding the Allies’ expe
ditionary force against the Turks, is
well known to British army officers
and stands high in their esteem. As
French military attache, he was sta
tioned in London from 1899 to 1903*,
and yearly attended the British man
euvers. He acted as observer for
his government during the Boer war
and a number of reforms in the
French army were based on his re
ports. In 1908 he had an opportu
nity of putting into practice the les
sons learned in the Boer war by lead
ing the French expeditionary force
against the rebels in Morocco. He
is 69 years old.
THE “BLOODY TOWER”
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
LONDON, April 13—The "Bloody
Tower” at the Tower of London, where
the two “Princes of the Tower” were
imprisoned, has been opened to the
public after being used for some
years as residential quarters for the
warders.
Many victims of royal caprice have
1 been Immured in this particular
building and the walls are still cov
ered with their writings, the sole oc
cupation of their long hours of con
t flnement.
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KING GEORGE OOGK
TO BE COMPLETED
(Hy Associated Press Correspondence)
LONDON, April 13—The Thames
River, down below the bridges. Is
changing rapidly with various modern
Improvements nearing completion.
Something of the plcturesuueness of
the old river must go, to be supersed
ed by great docks and machines for
the modern and efficient handling of
the commerce of the city.
The greatest of the port enterprises
now under way Is the new "King
George Dock,” which is to be com
pleted by midsummer, after nearly
three years of work. The great area
which goes under this title Includes
a wharf with a frontage of a mile and
a half and nn area of 04 acres; a dry
dock 750 feet long, and an entrance
lock 800 feet long.
BUDAPEST HAS SOLVED
THE FOOD QUESTION
(By Associated Press Correspondence)
BUDAPEST, April 13—The food ques
tion has at last been to some extent
solved in this city. The authorities
have a considerable supply of flour and
grain on hand, and some official state
ments aver that the stock will last un
til the next harvest, although It is
not generally believed. The distri
bution of flour is going on under
rather rigid restrictions.
The grain was obtained just in time
to avoid serious trouble with the popu
lace which had become very ugly over
the prospects of famine. Great pre
parations are being made for making
the next harvest as ample as possible.
All agricultural laborers now with the
army are to have fourteen days leave
for the spring planting, and are re
quired to spend this time in the same
locality where they worked last year.
The government has also announced
that groups of soldiers from the re
serves, twenty men in each group,
may be “rented," for agricultural work
on application from approved land
owners.
Probably no attempt will be made to
employ prisoners of war for this
work in Hungary, as the camps where
the prisoners nre interned are hot
beds of contagious diseases and the
prisoners would spread them all over
the country.
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AID 10 FUND
(By Associated Press Correspondence)
BERLIN, April 13—Berlin Bchool
chi/Apn are doing their part toward
rat Wal~ reIief f,1Il<1 s Each Sun
day about two thousand children from
the public schools gather at a local
theatre and present a musical pro
gram that includes a series of quar
tet songs and chorus numbers. The
financial returns from the concerts
are considerable.
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LIVE GERMAN TORPEDO
PICKED IIP NORTH SE!
(By Associated Press Correspondence)
COPENHAGEN. April 13—A small
Dunish steamer which arrived here
has brought with it a live German
torpedo, about twenty inches in di
ameter, complete with net cutters at
tached. It had been found floating
in the middle of the North Sea.
TURKISH CIGARETTES
FOR GERMAN SOLDIERS
BERLIN, April 13—One of the most
welcome gifts which the army of Gen
eral von Hindenburg has received dur
ing the long campaign in the East, is a
big shipment of cigarettes from the
Turkish First Army Corps. The sol
diers and officers of the Turkish
corpB contributed the money for the
"smokes" and sent them as an appre
ciation of the German victory in the
Masurian Lakes district.
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suit, at S. Blum & Go's
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in every direction.
The assets were Increased One hundred and Thirty-lire
Thousand Dollars! the resrve for the protection of Policy
holders. One Hundred and Sixteen Thousand Dollars.
Accident and Sickness Claims of *28,478.00 were paid,
and Death Claims of *33,463.00.
No death Claim has ever been disputed.
All claims are paid immpdltely on receipt of proofs.
Total paid to policyholders in 1914 was *116,209.26.
The Company's yearly Income was increased to *415,
605.00.
After (laying dividends of eight per cent, to stockholders
and dividends of *32,661.24 to policyholders
I he net surplus of the Company was Increased more
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