THIRD YEAR.
VH1TIXA. ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1012.
NUMBER 4.
OF NEIGHBORHOOD
JUNEAU, Nov. 12—Governor
Clark has issued this Proclamation:
An annual custom, revered and
conscientiously observed since the
days of our forefathers throughout
the nation, has been recognized again
by a proclamation of the President
of the United States, and in accord
ance therewith I, Walter E. Clark,
Governor of the territory of Alaska,
do hereby appoint Thursday, the
twenty-eighth day of November, nine
teen hundred and twelve, a day of
thansgiving.
And I recommend that upon that
day all the people of Alaska, re
fraining so far as may be from their
customary labors, unite in returning
thanks to almighty God for his graci
ous gifts, for the conditions of com
fort and happiness which have been
sustained in our territory as a whole,
for the increasing evidence of the
natural wealth with which our land
was endowed, and for the faith that
a still more prosperous era is at
hand. Let us all, while giving
thanks for the abundance which has
come to us as a people, remember
the poor and the distressed with
substantial tokens of sympathy and
brotherhood.
Given under my hand and the Seal,
of Alaska, in Juneau, the capital.
This twelfth day of November, in
the year of our Lord, one thousand
nine hundred and twelve. And of the
independence of the United States
of America the one hundred and
thirty seventh. Walter E. Clark.
By the Governor.
William L. Distin, Ex-Officio Secre
tary of Alaska.
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Tom J. Nestor, who passed through
Cordova last Spring, en route to the
Iditarod, has just returned to Seattle
from Nome. He spent sli mouths cn
Flat and Ruby creeks, where he lias
extensive mining interests In an
interview he says:
“The output from th< Idiarod
country will be above the average.
The Guggenheims’ big dredging oper
ations on Flat creek shut up the
creek for several months this sum
mer. Otherwise there would have
been a surprising yield from tnat dis
trict. When they got their mach
inery in operation they clean up the
largest four days on record, some
thing over $84,000 or $1,000 an
hour. However, I look for better
results on Ruby creek.
“Flat creek is only four and a half
miles long. Ruby covers nine miles.
It is a winter mining camp and there
will be 500 men at work there all
winter. The prospects are fine. It
will be one of the best winter camps
in the North. Two thousand people
will winter there this season.
“One thing of importance I noticed
when I went up in the spring. The
Tanana valley is fast becoming an
agricultural country. Many small
farms were being seeded and there
was every appearance of a prosperous
rural community about Fairbanks,
Once a railroad is built throuh this
valley to the coast, this region will
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be a country of homes.
"All it needs for settlement is the
same enterprise and business fore
sight shown by Jim Hill and other
empire .builders when they ran rail
roads into an unsettled country and
then carried emigrants and stock
and seeds and agricultural imple
ments free to the new settlements.
“Alaska is all right, but the people
up there are too few' in number and
have not capital to develop big
things.’
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13—Ad
Wogast and Willie Ritchie have been
matched for twenty rounds, to 6e
fought here on Thanksgiving day.
The affair has created a lively inter
est in sporting circles.
VIENNA, Nov. 11—There is much
excitement throughout the city over
the possibility of war between Aus
tria and Russia.
SEATTLE Nov. 11—For twelve
days past hearing by the government
to investigate the facts concerning
990 acres of coal lands near Con
troller Bay west of the Cunningham
and Tracey groups, and known as
the “Feed” group, has been going on
in this city before Andrew Christen
sen, of the field division, department
of the interior for Washington and
Alaska, and will be continued at San
Francisco and Alaska following the
taking of testimony here. Special
agents H. Stanley Hendricks and H.
J. Atwell represent the government
at the local hearings, while John E.
Burkheimer, of the firm of Shepard &
Burkheimer, represents the claim
ants. The hearings, it is believed,
will be followed by hearings on the
“Chezum” group.
The government has charged that
the claims in the “Feed” group were
made for the use and benefit of 'ihor
ger A. Feed, a hotel keeper at Katal
la. Alaska and others; and that there
was co-operativ.- .greement between
Feed and the actual clai uaius The
suit has been brought against
the Alaska Smokeless Coal Company,
which has bought out claimants; and
the testimony will be forwarded to
registrar and receiver of the gen
eral land office at Juneau, Alaska,
after which it will be sent to Com
missioner Fred Dennett at Washing
ton, D. C., for final determination.
According to the government, the
coal claims in question were origin
ally taken up by a number of Scandi
navians, who later sold out to the
Alaska Smokeless Coal Company, a
concern the stockholders of which
reside chiefly in Montana. The gov
ernment charges that the filing of
the claims was done with a previous
understanding that the claims were
to be turned over to Feed and his
company.
Feed himself is now Known in
Katalla as Asbjornson. When he
first came to Alaska he had his name
cuanged in the feueral court to
“Feed” for convenience’s sake; but
later upon the arrival of friends from
Sweden who wondered whether he
had been compelled to have his name
change, he had it restored. The coal
group however, has always been
known as the “Feed Group.
Eight claims are included in the
group in question. If testimony
taken here and elsewhere convinces
the government that no fraud was
prpetrated the claims will be grant
ed and patent issued; if it does not
the claims will be cancelled and re
stored to the United States.
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SEATTLE. Nov. 13—The steamer
Yukon will return the latter part of
this week from her last trip of the
year to San Francisco. She will re
place the Alaska Coast Company’s
liner Admiral Sampson on the South
eastern and Southwestern Alaska
route, sailing from Seattle November
20. The Sampson is to be placed on
the California rente between Seattle
and San Francisco.
Officials of the Alaska Steamship
Company announce that the steamer
Dora, plying from Seward to Dutch
Harbor and ports to the westward,
would be brought to Seattle for her
annual overhauling after her Novem
ber voyage is completed. The Yu
kon, which will go as far we3t as
Kodiak on her December voyage bom
Seward, will go to Dutch Harbor, re
placing the Dora. The voyage be
ginning in Seattle November 20 -vUi
oe the first of ttie Yukon in Alaska
waters. The Sampson will sail for
San Francisco November 18. She
will continue on the route during the
winter.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 13—As a
passenger train running at a high
rate of speed, on the way to Cincin
nati!, passed the town of Irvington
this morning, she ran into a freight
train, with the result that eighteen
were killed" and a number were more
or less seriouly injured.
THIRD SECTION RETURNS
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Cordova . 86 83 35 28 31 75
Eyak . 15 14 7 10 14 23
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Allen .. 1 1 3 3 11 11
' Flag Point ... 122 1
Tiekel . 9 15 31 25 3 7
Chitina . 99 89 33 15 8 4
McCarthy. 21 26 14 5 8 8
! Kennecott . 81 79 2 2 0 0
Katalla . 15 7 53 55 8 5
Valdez . 131 45 200 116 45 25
; Valdez Res. .. 50 17 122 99 28 28
Shoup Bay. 3 1 30 8 26 14
Seward . 44 28 48 133 28 17
Beaver Bam .. 2 13 2
Copper Creek . 13 3 13 2 2
Glacier . 8 3 5
Copper Mountain 10 9 4 4
Strelna . 9 1 3 11
Kodiak . 16 7 39 39
EUamar . 10 2 27 12 4 4
Mile 71 . 8 8
Resurrection .... 9 1 0 8 4 4
Roosevelt .. 15 10 24 1 1
Eatouche . 10 26 24
Seldovia . 31 3 6 26 12 4
Copper Center .. 12 10 2 1 3 2
Knik . 10 20 31 35 13
Sunrise . 12 4 12
Eandlock . 12 5 14 2 23 22
Golden . 5 21 19 1 2
TOTALS 734 459 766 738 299 276
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Cordova 58 53 47 73 40 83 101 94 37 31 31 30 17
Eyak .... 13 11 9 8 14 9 14 15 16 16 15 3
Allan 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 11 11 11 11 3
Flag Point 1 3 3 3 3
Tiekal 9 10 9 9 33 37 31 33 3 9 3 3 10
Chitina 77 73 63 100 37 35 43 41 4 33 4 3 3
McCarthy 37 91 34 35 8 4 4 5 8 8 7 4
Xennecott 78 77 80 76 0 3 3 3 1
Xatalla 5 17 1 45 56 75 33 4 5 5 4 14
Valdes 145 37 40 48 186 134 148 93 33 114 45 36 63 1
▼aides Reservation 60 9 14 15 119 100 117 75 30 54 38 36 30
houp Ray 7 1 1 1 11 6 11 8 31 36
Seward 33 114 4 1 65 133 81 31 15 33 16 19 1 57 68
Bea7er Sam 31114333 1
Copper Creek 5 15 3 13 18 1 3 3 3
Glacier 1 6 8
Copper Mountain 575367514454
Strelna 11 1 1 3 10 3 11 1
Xodiak 9 38 5 4 36 34 30 1 7 35
Ellamar 17 1 3 36 31 31 4 6 4 4 3
Mile 71 7 8 8 8 1
Resurrection 89 97 4444 1
Roosevelt 7 33 31 36 16 3 1
Copper Center 13 10 778 3 34331
Seldovia 30 35 16 30 7 4 4 *4 11
Xnik 18 17 18 13 46 35 13 15 13 7 14
Sunrise 13 3 13 3 3
Landlock 13 6 4 4 11 9 3 3 36 36 33 33 1 7
Golden (Port Wells) 6 3 19 13 13 10 1 6 3 3 3
TOTALS 650 595 353 377 738 817 763 455 314 406 303 318 177 80 110
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CORDOVA TERM OE COURT
Everthing is now in readiness for
holding a term of court at Cordova,
beginning Thursday morning. All
the court officials, attorneys, wit
nesses, and jurors are awaiting the
hour of action. The return Tuesday
night of Clerk of the Court Ed. M.
Lakin to Valdez, will leave Miss Kate
Monohan in the unique position of
being the only deputy clerk on open
ing day to perform the functions of
a clerk of the court. Deputy Mar
shal Sam Brightwell will declare the
court in order at ten o’clock in the
morning, at Empress theatre. Judge
Peter D. Overfield will preside, and it
is expected that soon the calling of
a jury in the post office embezzle
ment cases will proceed. As it is
necessary for the Judge to leave Cor
dova on the 24th, in order to reach
Juneau in ample time to hold a term
of court on December 9th, it is not
expected that much civil business will
be attended to. The following cal
endar awaits the disposition of the
court:
Enited States vs. Win. E. Park,
embezzlement.
Enited States vs. Joseph F. Diggs,
embezzlement.
Pacific Coal & Oil Co vs. Katalla
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& Carbon Mountain RY. Co. et al.t
action on account.
Alaska Bank:ng & Safe Deposit Co.
vs. M. J. Sullivan, action on note.
M. C. Thompson, administrator vs.
A. H. Barber, money demand.
Leventhal Bros. vs. Peter Gilovich,
money demand, amended complaint
filed.
Harry G. Gray vs. Nellie Gray, di
vorce, for report of referee.
S. P. Chapin vs. Gyp Moore, at is
sue.
N. T. Wallace vs. John Palmer,
breach of promise, defendant’s an
swer filed, plaintiff's motion to dis
miss filed.
Mathilda A. Snyder vs. Edward
Kelter, maintaing a public nuisance,
j for retrial.
Earnest \V. Vande Vard vs. Ken
r.ecott Mines Co., personal damages,
answer filed.
Peter Cordes vs. Katalla Co. and
Copper River & N. W. Ry., damages.
Chief Good-la-tah vs. Copper River
& N. W. Ry., damages, demurrer
filed.
Daniel S. Reeder vs. Katalla Co. &
Copper River & N. W. Ry., personal
damages.
G. W. Hardman vs. Katalla Co.
and Copper River & X. W. Ry.. dam
ages.
E. Lee Thinius vs H. P. Sullivan,
as U. S. Marshal, damages.
United States of America vs. Joseph
Diggs, J. W. Little and E. L. Whitte
more, action on bonds.
James Heney vs. Copper River & N.
W. Ry, Co. and Kataila Co., personal
damages.
Mrs. E. A. Reed as administratrix
vs. Copper River & N. W. Ry. Co.,
damages.
Catherine Tillman vs. Fred E. Till
man, divorce.
Geo. C. Hazelet et al vs. Arctic
Lumber Co., ejectment.
Xellie X. Bartholemew vs. Samuel
C. Bartholemew, divorce.
Barroom application, Xels Smith,
Cordova. Nov. 11, 1912, remons
trance of Geo. E. Walker, district at
torney, filed.
Barroom application, Albert A.
White, Valdez.
Roadhouse license, S. O. Breedman,
McCarthy or Mile 192.
Barroom license, application for
transfer of license No. 349 to Board
of Trade Liquor Co., Cordova.
Barroom license, application for
transfer of license No. 320 to Fred
Haef, Cordova.
HOTEL CHITIXA ARRIVALS
Han Dittman, L. L. Butler and
wife, L. B. Waitt, J. E. Cliovn, E. C.
Heacock, Dutch Blankfield, Billy
[Woodin, E F. Gray, O. S. Larson, K.
E. Holden, J. W. Nafsted. Ed Young.
Peter Monahan, B. E. Skinner, Mrs.
j J. Blomquist, John Galler, John Mc
|Crary, John Nelson, E. P. Breuer, E.
C. Loomis, R. L. Read, M. S. Beacraft,
\ F. Dahl, A. L. Powell, Carl Engstrom,
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A. Larson, Alfred B. lies, Malcolm
I Brock, Sidney D. Charles.
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Saturday the thermometer reached
6 below, the coldest to date.
The ice broke and jammed just
above the Chitina bridge last Wednes
day morning and for a while it look
ed as though the bridge was doomed.
As the ice field moved down river it
crushed against the piers which are
made of piling. They yielded but
came back into place again and again
while the ice rose so high above that
it was thrown onto the bridge. Two
bents were taken out on the east
ehannnel but were soon replaced.
Only slight damage was done to the
bridge in the main channel.
The Orr Stage Company is doing a
much heavier business than at this
time last year. As yet there is
scarcely any snow on this end of the
trail.
Six of the horses brought in by the
Stage company have died of phneu
monia.
Bill Wales left Tuesday morning
for Arizona where he is going for his
health. A subscription was taken
up enough money raised to send him
out and he will find some money
waiting for him when he arrives at
the health resort.
Malcolm Brock came up to Chitina
on business affairs Monday.
C. H. Oilman received a strong
vote throughout the Copper river
valley. In Chitina he got 100 out of
127 votes cast.
If this space is marked with blue
your subscription to the Leader lias
expired. Remit promptly if you wish
it continued.
There was a peculiar mix-up in
politics in the state of Washington
November 5—Roosevelt won over the
Democrats by 20,000, and had 35,
000 more votes than Taft. The two
Progressive Congressmen-at-large
were elected. Three straight Re
publicans wer» successful. A Demo
crat secured the Governorship,
Hodge, Progressive, being about 20,
000 votes shy, while the balance of
the state ticket was elected by the
Republicans. In King county,
which includes Seattle, the Progres
sives elected Byron Phelps as County
Auditor, and the Democrats were
successful in electing Ed. Cudihee as
Sheriff. All the other county offices
were filled by Republicans. The
judiciary of King county will remain
practically the same, with the notable
exception that after these many long
years John E. Humphries has finally
landed A public office, and will here
after be known as a real Judge.
You will flnJ n.o : o’ your friends
at the Chitina i i ^ .el.
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SEATTLE, Nov. n—Sir Thomas
Lipton. the famous Yachtman. who
on three different occasions tried to
"Lift the American Cup,” reached
this city yesterday afternoon and is
being elaborately entertained by the
yaechtmen of Puget Sound. He is
on his way to San Francisco, expect
ing to arrive there on the 16th. to
confer with President Charles C.
Moore in regard to an International
yacht race during the 1915 Universal
Exposition. Sir Thomas was es
pecially invited by the Exposition to
go there, and during his stay will be
entertained by the Directors.
TOPEKA, Nov. 11—Of all the
close contests in the recent political
fights throughout the country possi
bly the closest of the big events was
the Governorship of Kansas. The
official count has just been announced
and the decision is in favor of Arthur
Capper, regular Republican nominee,
who has a plurality of 53 votes.
Mr. Capper is the publisher of the
Topeka Daily Capital and is one of
the cleanest and most progressive of
the Repulicans in the state, although
he does not affliliate with the Bull
Moose party.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 3—Presi
dent Taft has intimated to his friends
that he would like to entertain Wood
row Wilson, at the White House,
prior to the time for the inaugura
tion of the newly elected President.
In all probability the matter will be
arranged, and if so. it will likely be
one of the most brilliant affairs ever
seen in Washington.
TRENTON, Nov. 11—Early this
morning a very distressing fatality
occurred aboard a sleeping car on the
Pennsylvania railroad. Mrs. Eliza
beth Meyers and her daughter Gladys,
aged eighteen, were passengers and
occupied adjoining sections. Mrs
Meyers was restless and looked into
her daughter’s berth to see that she
was all right. The girl was sudden
ly awakened and reaching for a revol
fired a shot at her mother, thinking
she was a burglar. The shot took
effect and at once killed Mrs. Meyers.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 12—This
afternon the trial of the alleged
dynamite conspirators came to a sud
den termination. One of the jurors,
named Spaulding, had an attack of
apoplexy. Court was at once ad
jurned.
MALTA, Nov. 7—Four British
battleships and a flotilla destroyer
are proceeding to the Eastern Medi
terranian.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 12—Secre
tary of war Henry L. Stimson left for
New' York last night, from which
city he will sail today for Panama,
where he will make an inspection of
the canal.
FARGO, N. D., Nov. 9—The largest
farm in the world, consisting of over
25,000 acres, located in Cass county,
near Casselton, is lo be sold to a com
mittee representing a colony of Men
nonites from Western Pennsylvania,
which is here and empowered to make
the deal. James Walker, who is at
the head of the Mennonites, says
the colony plans to move to North
Dakota if the deal goes through.
The great Dalrymple estate will bej
split up into small farms and a family
placed on each 100 acres. It is un
erstood the owners have been offered
?65 an acre for the entire tract.
The Mennonites were offered in
ducements by the Russian Govern
ment to colonize in Russia, but, ab
horing strife, refused to go to the
PARIS, Nov. 11—‘ Dangerous but
not hopeless, is the political plight
of Europe.” is the way the situation
is summed up in official circles. Ef
forts at mediation have been post
poned because of the controversy
between Austria and Servia, over the
success of Servia in the Adriatic.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 11—New
revolutionary manifests are now sug
gesting Gen. Gevonimo Tretino for
President of the Republic. It is be
lieved that there will be frequent
breaks among the insurrectos unless
President Madero vacates his office.
PRINCETON. Nov. 11—Tbe new
ly elected President, Woodrow Wil
son. has given considerable thought
to the question of an extra session
of Congress. He stated this morn- j
ing that he might make announce
ment of his intention in a few days.
It is understood that he baa been
urged by some of tbe leaders of the
Democratic party to call a special
session.
LONDON, Nov. 11—Prime Minis
ter Guild Hall says. “I believe that
the general opinion In Europe is
practically unatfimous that the vic
tors should not be robbed of the
fruits of victory, which cost them
dearly. England has no direct in
terest in the territorial redistribu
tions.’'
WASHINGTON. Nov. 11—William
WSoodville Rockhill. Ambassador to
Turkey, reports to the department
here that in addition to the six naval
vessels now in the Black sea. that
six other vessels are being sent by
the European powers to Constantin
ople.
NOGALES, Nov. 11—A telegram
received here states that Romon Cor
ral, former Vice President of Mexi
co, died in Paris on Saturday.
MADISON, Nov. 10—The State of
Wisconsin is peprared to enter into
life insurance business in accordance
will a bill passed by the last Legisla
ture. Any citizen of Wisconsin be
tween 20 and 50, living a normal
healthy life, may take out a policy
after passing an examination under
the State Board of Health. Wiscon
sin is the first state to engage In life
insurance.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11—On Satur
day night there was a great demon
stration on the streets of New York.
Over fifteen- thousand women parad
ed. to celebrate the addition of four
stars to the suffrage flag. Their
continued cheers and songs created
much general enthusiasm that was
echoed by the many thousands who
thronged the streets. The Suffra
gettes are very much encouraged in
the idea that there will soon be wo
man’s suffrage in practically every
state in the union.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11—Carrying
an enthusiastic crowd of globtrotters,
the steamer Cleveland of the Ham
burg-American Line sailed the other
day from New York on her annual
cruise around the world. Practical
ly every State and Territory in the
I'nton, including Alaska, is represen
ted aboard. The cruise around the
world will extend over 110 days,
visiting 20 famous ports covering -
in all 22,613 miles. The Cleveland
will sail from SanFrancisco Febru
ary 6, 1913, making the same trip in
reverse order.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10—The Gaso
line Engineers’ Protective Associa
tion of the United States, Incorpora
ted, with principle offices in New
York City, has been incorporated “to
elevate the chauffeurs, to stop all
‘joy riding' drunkenness and vice of
every kind among members of tne
profession, to stop speeding and
reckless driving and to help police
in maintaining the ‘rules of the
roads.’ ”
SPOKANE, Nov. 11—That the an
nual meeting of the Western Fores
try and Conservation Association will
be held in Seattle this year instead
of Spokane, was the announcement of
Judge A. L. Flewelling, president of
the organization. The meeting will
be held December 2 and 3. As a
special feature these lumbermen and
the state and government fire fight
ers have arranged for a talk from
R. H. Sawler, manager for the Mar
coni company in America, on the pos
sibilities of the wireless telegraph
in fire work. Whether the wireless
will be used in the future will de
pend much on the result of the con
ference.
CONSTNATINOPLE, Nor. 13—The
Porte has applied directly to Bul
garia, seeking to arrange an armis
tice. At least such is the report that
h circulating about the capital.