HAPPENINGS OF
LOCAL INTERE
Ed. Mar tell, of McCallum, arnved
in town on today’s train.
The sailing of the Admiral Watson
from Seattle has been postponed un
til Sunday.
Mrs. H. D. Thompson, of Katalla,
and her two children, are spending a
few days with Cordova friends.
Ernie Bryant was taken ill this
morning and is receiving treatment
at the general hospital.
In the municipal court this morn
ing Judge Robinson fined G. B. An
derson $25 and costs for violating
section 1 of ordinance 69.
William W. Porter, of New York,
left this morning on the launch Vir
ginia for Valdez, where he will de
livel* a Christian Science lecture. He
was accompanied by his wife, Mrs.
C. W. Walker and Mrs. Wm. Crooker.
The Admiral Evans is due from the
westward tomorrow afternoon at 2
o’clock and as a number of tourists
are aboard an excursion will be run
to the glaciers. The Evans will saU
for Seattle about 7 o'clock in the
evening.
O. W. HerwiCK and F. A. Lashier,
Seventh Day Adventists, are Cordo
va visitors and have arranged to hold
a series of lectures on bible subjects
in Eagle hall, during the coming
month, to commence next Sunday
evening at 8:30 o’clock.
J. O. O’Keefe. W. L. Gregory, J. B.
Berling, Geo. Hubbard and V. A. Car
ker, of the navy radio station at Mile
17, came to Cordova on today’s train
and will leave on the next south
bound boat for Sitka, to which sta
tion they have been transferred.
At a meeting of the “unattach
ables” of the Northland Club, held
last night, it was decided to give a
dance on Friday evening, August 28,
at which some innovations will be
mtroduced. The committee in charge
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of the affair consists of John Muller,
Edward F. Medley, L. A. Counts, Ivan
Suphellen, H. E. Nye and Chas.
Goodall.
UNCHARTED ROCK TO
WESTWARD DISCOVERED
SEATTLE, July 29 (by Associated
Press).—Captain Charles MacGregor,
master of the Pacific American Fish
eries steamer Norwood, notified the
coast and geodetic survey of the dis
covery of a huge uncharted rock sixty
feet long approximately thirty miles
south of the Semidi islands. The rock
is so far off shore that it does not
affect the safety of steamers operat
ing between Seward and peninsula
points, but is directly in the path of
large cannery ships, at longitude
157.08, latitude 55.23.
DRAFT EVADER
HEADING FOR
CANADIAN LINE
SEATTLE, July 29 (by Associated
Press). — Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,
being sought by the department of
justice for draft evasion and who es
caped from the military authorities
after once being arrested, was seen
on a train between Spokane and Seat
tle on Monday, according to informa
tion from Judge W. B. Douglas of St.
Paul. It is believed Bergdoll is headed
for Bellingham and the Canadian bor
der.
PHILIPPINES PLANT
BIG SUGAR ACREAGE
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MANILA, July 2D (by Associated
Press).—About 550,000 acres in the
Philippine islands were planted to
S sugar this year, the bureau of com
merce and industry estimates. No es
timate has been made as to the size of
the sugar crop which is to be har
vested five months from now, although
j the average yield, through a number
of years, has been about three-quar
ters of a ton to the acre. The yield
per acre is lower than that of Hawaii.
EDMONTON, July 29 (by Associ
ated Press).—Captain Street, in com
mand of the Alaska flyers, announced
that the planes would be given a
thorough inspection before the start
for Jasper is made today.
A gas tank leak in one of the ma
chines and minor defects were dis
covered in the overhauling and will
delay departure of the flyers from
here until 9 o’clock Friday morning.
MEXICAN PETROLEUM
SITUATION IS TO BE
AIDED BY PUBLICITY
MEXICO CITY, July 29 (by Associ
ated Press).—Attorney M. G. Villers
of the Transcontinental Company, and
Rodolfo Montes of the Eagle Company,
a British owned corporation, have been
named by the foreign oil interests as
a committee on publicity as a result
of the recent flood of statements on
the Mexican petroleum legislation sit
uation from government sources.
The oil question again is exciting
much attention, although it generally
is believed here that final action on
what the foreign oil interests charge
was Carranza’s confiscatory measures
will be left by the present government
to the administration which will be
elected September 5.
YACHT RESOLUTE IS
TO BE DISMANTLED
NEW YORK, July 29 (by Associated
Press).—The yacht Resolute probably
will not run another race and will be
dismantled at the Hereshoff yards.
There will be no special celebration
of the victory of the Resolute over Sir
Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock IV.
Yachtsmen highly praised Captain
Adams and the crew of twenty-two
Norwegians, two Swedes and one
Dane, all American citizens.
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