OF GENERAL INFORMATION
Cordova, October 1
Captain Morris, who has been
making repairs in Cordova on his
launch 3M, has the little craft in
fairly good shape. He returned with
her this morning to Valdez, where he
will put on the finishing touches. He
took over several passengers and
the mail. It is said that the captain
expects to make regular runs be
tween Valdez and Cordova, stopping
at other sound ports.
Larry Bittner and wife, who have
been spending a few weeks vacation
enjoying the excitement of city life,
returned this morning to their head
quarters at Kennecott.
V. J. Dwyer was a passenger this
morning for Sterlna, having recently
returned from a trip to the Eastern
states.
The train left this morning for
Chitina and Kennecott, taking out f>
number of passengers for various
interior points. The next regular
train will leave on Monday morning,
and until November 24, will leave
every Monday and Thursday. After
that date and until the spring the
train will leave every Monday, Tues
day and Saturday, returning the fol
lowing day.
Cordova, October 3
The business streets of Cordova,
and particularly First street, pre
sented a brilliant electrical appear
ance last night. The 21 new light
posts had been installed and the
juice was turned on, resulting in an
* illumination that is seldom found in
a town of the size of Cordova. With
in a radius of 600 feet brilliancy
shown from 16 frosted globes.
Everybody seemed to be out to ad
mire the new improvement and it is
expected that crowds will flock to
First street tonight.
George Handy left McCarthy the
other day with a consignment of
mail for the Chisana country. It
has been going in twice a month.
Link Wahn is now filling a posi
tion at the postoffice.
On October 1st, U. S. Marshal
Brenneman let out ‘‘traveling’,’ Den
sity George Goshaw, who has been
connected with the office for the
past four years. His successor was
named in the person of A1 Dowling,
recently a candidate for the position
of U. S. marshal. He is a resident
of Valdez and has been employed by
the Valdez Mercantile Company. It
is said that another of the numerous
candidates for the position of mar
shal, Wm. E. Wood, will go to
Valdez from Cordova on the Mari
posa and be assigned to a precinct
as a deputy marshal.
Tom Davis, E. J. Hesse, William
McKnight and John Boss formed a
party who left on a gasoline launch
yesterday afternoon for Port Wells.
Mr. Davis has extensive mining in
terests there and will look after
some work that he is having done.
Mr. Hesse will make some moving
pictures of scenes enroute and will
likely go to Passage Canal to take
pictures of what many predict may
he the location of the new townsite,
forming the coast terminus of a
railroad that will run to the Mat
anuska coal fields.
Cordova, October 4
The steamer Mariposa arrived this
afternoon about 2:30 o’clock, with
a large list of passengers and con
siderable tonnage. She will be busy
' , unloading freight until the early
hours of the morning, when she will
sail for Valdez. Her passengers for
this and neighboring ports are as
follows:
For Cordova—B. Voorhees, E. M.
Holmes, Mrs. J. B. Carlyle, James
Adams, Mrs. L. V. Tillman, Thomas
Hinton, Mrs. W. A. C. Baldwin, H.
S. Reed, Mrs. W. Spellman, Mrs. A.
Church, Miss M. Dalton, Mrs. E. B.
Dowling, J. M. McNutt, Thomas
Hughes, J. Cayat, F. Moreau and
four second class.
M. V. Lattin and family were
passengers on the train today from
McCarthy, where Mr. Lattin was
formerly station agent for the rail
road company. He will make a trip
outside.
Notice has been received from
Fairbanks that 720 pounds of mail
had been dispatched by stage on
October 2. This is an exceptionally
large consignment and will be sent
from Cordova largely to the states
outside. It will likely arrive here
on the train of the 14th.
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There is a vacancy in the office of
deputy U. S. marshal at McCarthy.
On the first of the month S. D.
Charles tendered his resignation by
wire to the office at Valdez. Marshal
Brenneman immediately wired his
acceptance of the resignation. Mr.
Charles arrived at Cordova on the
train this afternoon. At present
there is a vacancy in the office, but
it is believed that when Marshal
Brenneman summoned W. E. Wood
to Valdez that he had in mind to
offer him the post at McCarthy. Mr.
Wood will go over to headquarters
tonight on the steamer Mariposa.
The Yukon Presbytery will hold
its annual session at Seward, com
mencing on the arrival of the
steamer Mariposa. Rev. M. Egbert
Koonce, of Cordova, will leave on
the steamer tonight and be in
attendance at the session, and it is
expected that Elder T. M. Hunt,
who is now at the westward will
also be there. Dr. S. Hall Young,
who is now connected with the
Home Missions at New York, has
wired that he is now in Seward. He
had been in the Arctic this summer
and it is presumed that he came
south in a small boat. Dr. James
Condit, formerly of Fairbanks, but
who succeeded Dr.' Young as general
missionary for Alaska, is a passen
ger on the Mariposa. He now makes
his headquarters at Juneau. Another
attendant will be Rev. T. P. Havark,
of Knik. Rev. Koonce expects to
be absent from Cordova for nearly
a month as he will return from
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Seward to Valdez, where he will
serve as a juror at the term of
court that convenes on October 14.
Cordova, Octboer 6
Mr. Jos. H. Houston, president of
The Houston Dredging Co., accom
panied by his secretary, O. H. Poehl
mann and party, namely, George
Cunningham and wife of L03
Angeles, W. S. Amy of Petaluma,
and Fred Radcliffe of Monterey, ar
rived this afternoon on the sfeamer
Mariposa. They are enroute to the
Houston property at Seward, where
they will spend three weeks.
Mr. Houston’s holdings are one
of the largest in Alaska, where he
is better known as “Powerful Joe.”
He was through here recently with
some California associates and is
always a welcome visitor.
Mr. and Mrs. John Y. Ostrander
wTl leave on the Mariposa to spend
a few weeks at Valdez.
The office of T. M. Hunt, deputy
forest supervisor, informs us that a
civil service commission will hold
an examination in Ketchikan and in
Cordova, Alaska, October 21 and 22,
1913 for the position of forest
ranger in the forest service. For
application blanks and further in
formation apply to the deputy forest
supervisor, Cordova.
U. S. Commissioner A. J. Adams
went to Valdez yesterday, on official
business.
S. D. Charles, formerly deputy
marshal at McCarthy, returned with!
his family from the interior and
will again take up their residence
1 in their Cordova cottage. Mr.
| Charles went over to Valdez yes
terday to close up official matters.
It was a well attended smoker
held on Saturday night at Eagle
hall, complimentary to Capt. Rude,
the other officers and crew of the
survey boat Taku. Some special
stunts were pulled off and a general
i good time had. The affair was
j arranged as an evidence of their
regard for Captain Rude and his,
his men, who have closed their sea- j
son’s work and will leave on the.
Mariposa for Seattle.
Cordova, October 7
Caleb Corser, superintendent of
the Copper River & Northwestern
Railway, who was recently called to
Seattle on business, returned with
his family this morning on the
Sampson
Fred S. Scott, who has been con
ducting a pack train from McCarthy
to the Chisana, will be an outgoing
passenger on the Mariposa. He will
return within a month.
Geo. C. Hazelet arrived on the
afternoon train, coming through
from the Chisana glacier trail, which
he reports feasible and practicable.
Judge Frazier returned yesterday
after spending a day or two at his
cabin on the Eyak river. He brought
back a brace of over 30 plump
Wigeon ducks.
Valdez, Alaska, Sept. 30, 1913.
H. A. SLATER, President Chamber of Commerce, Cordova:
Your telegram received. Am maKing careful examination as to
situation. Will consult attorneys here and in Cordova and if satisfied
term of court needed in Cordova for best interests litigants and witnesses
will call same later. As to criminal cases, already arranged for by
District Attorney’s office, will be compelled to defer to his judgment and
wishes as to best manner to secure fair trials.
F. M. BROWN, Judge.
A number of our citizens realize
that there is considerable business
from here to come before the fed
eral court this fall. They further
realize that to have the various cases
tried at Valdez will result in much
inconvenience to litigants and wit
nesses. They appreciate the neces
sity for a term of court at Cordova
and have induced the Chamber cf
Commerce to take up the matter of
trying to secure a term for this town.
As a result the following cable has
been sent to Hon. F. M. Brown, pre
siding judge of this division, at
Valdez:
“Upon the petition of citizens the
Chamber of Commerce requests that
a term of court be held at Cordova
this fall. Practically all the im
portant cases on the docket are from
this section. A great loss of time
and expense would be caused by the
many going to Valdez, due to the
steamship schedule. Rumored that
a spring term is contemplated here,
but it is vj^stly more important to
hold a fall term. Investigation dis-J
closes that there are seven criminal
and eleven civil cases, and possibly
more, from this section. Consider
that the present arrangement is an
injustice to this community.”
The cases referred to in the tele
gram are the following:
Criminal—U. S. vs. uan Reeder,
murder; U. S. vs. Gus Johnson, rob
bery; U. S. vs. Paul Chevallier, as
sault with a dangerous weapon; U.
S. vs. A. J. McGinnis, grand larceny:
U. S. vs. Richard Rimmelin, grand
larceny; U. S. vs. M. Radavan, rob
bery; U. S. vs. C. David, assault
with a dangerous weapon.
Civil—Cohn vs. Dooley; U. S. vs.
Whittemore & Little; Hampton vs.
Alaska Pacific Ry. & Terminal Co.;
Bolte vs. Bolte; Bowden vs. Patrick;
Gray vs. Gray; Robinson vs. Exum &
Breedman; Thinins vs. Sullivan;
Bottstein vs. Leach; Blum vs. Dooley
et al; Gagate vs. Copper River Ry.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—Baseball
fans from all parts of the country
and scores of minor league magnates
and players have been arriving for
a week past on every train for the
series to start at the Polo Grounds
this afternoon between the New
York Giants and the Philadelphia
Athletics for the world’s cham
pionship. The national commission
has headquarters at the Waldorf
Astoria, and the world’s series
“atmosphere” has arrived.
The interest shown in the series
has never before been equaled.
When the opening game was a week
away, officials of the New York team
announced that they have returned
at least $50,000 in checks and cash
to persons who desired seats for the
games. These requests come from
every part of the country, one San
Francisco fan sending $72 with a
request for seats for all three games
in New York. But because of the
rule that no seats should be placed
on sale before October 6, all such
requests were turned down and the
money returned.
ALBANY, Oct. 7.—Attorney In
quiry, for the New York Telephone
Company, further testified today
that he had loaned Governor Sulzer
$10,000. A letter written in con
nection with the transaction was
submitted, but was not allowed to
become part of the evidence.
It is reported here that it was
upon the recommendation of Gov
ernor Sulzer that President Wilson
gave appointment to Ambassador
Meany.
VANCOUVER, Oct. 7.—Fletcher
T. Hamshaw, who spent the season
in the Chisana country, arrived here
last night. He came out by way of
McCarthy and Cordova. He then
went to Skagway and made a hur
ried trip to Dawson. Although re
luctant to talk about the new strike
he finally declared, “Chisana is one
of the greatest camps in the north
and I believe will be one of the
richest. James’ claims alone will
produce two or three million dol
lars.”
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—Senator
Cummings, of Iowa, has made public
a plan which he has outlined for
bringing all elements of the Repub
lican party together. His reform
plan of conciliation will be sub
mitted to both the Republican and
Progressive National committees. He
states that the chief trouble has
been the methods pursued in years
past for seating delegates in tho
national convention. His plan would
take from the national committee
the power to make up a temporary
roll of delegates or to pass on the
credentials of state delegates before
they are seated in the convention.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. — Rear
Admiral Doyle has been ordered to
the command of the Pacific Reserve
fleet. He has heretofore been com
mandant of the navy yard at Nor
folk. The present commander of the
reserves, Rear Admiral Alfred Rey
nolds, has been ordered to Washing
ton, where he will become a mem
ber of the examining board.
MANILA, Oct. 7.—The new Gov
ernor General of the Islands, Francis
Hurton Harrison, arrived here yes
terday afternoon. He was cordially
greeted by 100,000 people.
The Alaska Steamship Company
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has issued a schedule for the sailing
of the vessels from Seattle for the
balance of the year. *t is as follows.
Steamer— Leave Seattle
Alameaa .October 8
Mariposa .October IS
Alameda .October 28
Mariposa .November 1
Alameda .November 17
Mariposa .November 27
Alameda .December 7
Mariposa .December 17
Alameda .December 27
Steamers Mariposa and Alameda
operate on the Southwestern Alaska
Route, through the Southeastern
“Inside Passage,” calling at Ketchi
kan, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova,
Valdez, Latouche, Ellamar, and
Seward; connection at Juneau for
Sitka; connection at Cordova with
Copper River & Northwestern Rail
way; connection at Skagway with
White Pass & Yukon Route; steamer
of October 8, November 7, December
7 connects at Seward with steamer
Dora for Alaska Peninsula Route
points.
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The steamer Sampson arrived in
port this morning about 7:30
o’clock, bringing a few passengers,
mail and freight. She sailed for
Valdez and the westward at 11:30.
The following w-ere the passengers
for this section:
For Cordova—J. C. Behymer, W.
B. Phin and wife, W. A. Black, John
Schmidt, Caleb Corser and wife and
child, Mrs. M. Robinson, Mrs. Mary
Supermont and 2 second class.
For Yakutat—M. Fiedendburg,
Rev. E. G. Hyerfe, Jos. Bjorn, C. B.
Hurd, and J. A. Snow.
For Katalla—C. E. Bredham and
wife. Nels Larsen and H. W. Sell
ender.
For Valdez—Harry R. Brown.
For Seward—Mrs. H. J. Vaughn,
Forest Vaughn, George Deibelbis,
George Kasmas, J. J. Cavana, F. E.
Whelpley and 3 second class.
For La Touche—Jas. A. Murphy
and 1 second class.
For Kodiak—Mrs. M. Sargent.
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