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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., April 21.
—Trees, shrubbery and flowers
were planted by school children
throughout the state in observance
of an Arbor Day proclamation issued
by Governor Major. Following the
plantings the schools presented ap
propriate literary exercises.
CLEVELAND, O., April 21.—One
thousand persons—300 of them
women and girls—began a whirl
wind campaign to raise $500,000
for St. Luke’s Episcopal hospital. An
immense clock in the public square
indicates the progress of the collec
tions.
WASHINGTON, April 20.—Henry
P. Flood, who has been a represen
tative in Congress since March 1901,
was united in marriage in this city
on Saturday to Miss Anna V. Port
ner. The ceremonies were attended
by President Wilson and a number
of the Congressional family. Both
Mr. Flood and Miss Fortner were
born and raised at Appomattox, Va.
KEOKUK, Iowa, April 15.—
Iowa's Blue Sky Law, passed by the
last General Assembly, to prevent
the foreign bank, land and mining
promoters from taking money out of
the state for wild cat schemes, is
being tested here in • the federal
court before Judges Smith, McPher
son and Pollock. The law demands
that foreign companies, before they
can do business in the state, must
convince the secretary of state that
their scheme is legitimate and they
may secure a certificate. District
Judge McHenry at Des Moines, has
declared the law unconstitutional
and the state has appealed this ca3e
to the supreme court. Enemies of
the law have attacked it on the same
grounds in the federal court.
JUNEAU, April 16.—This morn
ing District Attorney John Rustgard
received word from the department
of justice at Washington directing
him to enforce the Sunday closing
law as regards all saloons and bars
in the First division. Mr. Rustgard
immediately proceeded to notify
the liquor dealers of this order and
he expects that on Sunday next there
will be a strict compliance with the
demand from Washington. A simi
lar order had been received in all
three other divisions of Alaska and
for some weeks past there has been
no open selling of liquor on Sunday.
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WASHINGTON, April 21.—The
Supreme Court heard arguments in
the boundary dispute between
Arkansas and Tennessee involving
20,000 acres of land removed from
Tennessee to the Arkansis side of
the Mississippi river when an earth
quake caused a change of the rivers’
course.
WASHINGTON, April 20.—The
privately owned railroads in Alaska, j
that are generally running without;
profit, are likely to be relieved of
a burden imposed upon them by the
government, A 4 per cent, income
tax on the net incomes of railroads
in Alaska as a substitute for the
present license of $100 a mile, a
year, is proposed in a bill favorably
reported to the House by the terri
tories committee. The report, which
agreed with views expressed by Sec
retary of the Interior Lane, the
attorney general and the governor of
Alaska, said the' present tax, “al
though not excessive for a strong,
well-established railroad, is exceed
ingly burdensome on new railroads,
built in the sparsely settled districts
of Alaska, and struggling to build
up traffic in their infancy.”
NEW YORK, April 20.—On Sat
urday night Senator Jones, of Wash
ington, attended a large meeting of
the Young Men's Reupblican Club of
this city. He delivered the principal
address and made a strong appeal
for the Progressives of the nation
to amalgamate with the Republican
party in opposition to the Demo
crats. By this method only does he
think that “the grand old party”
can be returned to power and use
fulness.
WASHINGTON, April 17.—Cato
Sells, commissioner of Indian Affairs
and Lieut. Commander Boyd of the
navy, are preparing to shortly take
a trip to the oil fields of Oklahoma.
They will investigate the feasibility
of the government running a pipe
line to the gulf in order to conserve
fuel and supply the naval vessels
with oil. It is believed that this can
be done and that it will be a great
saving in coal and be more con
venient.
WASHINGTON, April 20.—An
nouncement was made today of the
engagement of Robert Taft, son of
former President Taft, to Miss
Martha Bowers. The young lady is
the daughter of Lloyd W. Bowers,
who served as solicitor general dur
ing the first part of Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham’s administration.
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TRNIDAD, Colo., April 21—There
has been another conflict between
the strike miners and the militia.
For fourteen hours a battle raged
between the miners and the Ludlow
district National guard. As a result,
eleven of the strikers, one soldier j
and one non-combatant were killed.
Many were also injured, and the
affair has caused a general discus
sion and a demand for a settlement
of the labor troubles.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 18.—An
immense crowd attended the box
ing contest last night that resulted
in Willie Ritchie retaining the charn.
pionship for the lightweights, which
he won in 1912 and again in 1912.
He was pitted last night against
“Harlem" Tommy Murphy and a tine
exhibition was given throughout. At
times the enthusiasm of the spec
tators knew no bounds. It was
only at the end of the 20th round
that the decision was given to
Ritchie.
SAN FRANCISCO. April *8—This
morning death came to McKee
Rankin, one of the oldest and best
known men on the western stage.
GEDDES, April IT.—A terrible
and dastardly deed was committed
here last night. Geo. Menzie, man
ager of a farm and Miss Blanche
Signal, bookkeeper for a lumber
yard, were the victims. Their bodies
were found this morning in the
debris of a fire that completely
burned the lumber office. Both
skulls were fractured and the
hands and feet of the couple were
tied with a wire rope. After they
were murdered the perpetrators set
fire to the building.
BERLIN, April IT. — Johanna
Schydlo. the oldest person in Ger
many, just celebrated ner 117th
biithday. She lives in Sehimischow,
Upper Silosia, near where she was
born in 1797.
NEW YORK, April 17.—After a
consultation last night at the Hunt
ington country place, where Vincent
Astor haS been seriously ill, it was!
decided that his marriage with Missj
Huntington should be indefinitely
postponed. The nuptials were to
have been performed on the 30th.
CHIHUAHUA CITY. April 17.—
General Carranza is informed that
General Villa is in complete control
of San Pedro. In their flight the
federals left 3,500 dead and
wounded prisoners.
TACOMA. April 20.—The Repub
lican State Central committee held
a largely attended meeting on Sat
urday afternoon. After various dis
cussions it was deciaed to call a
special convention of state Repub
licans to meet on June 18. The prin
cipal business will be to ratify the
action of the Republican National
committee in Hmiting the number of
delegates the southern states shall
have in the national convention. A j
platform of principles for the statej
will also be adopted.
SEATTLE, April 16.—The Madi
son Square Amusement Company .-if
Seattle, which was recently organ
ized, yesterday started construction
of a $250,000 ice skating rink. It
will occupy the northeast corner of
Tenth avenue and Marion streets.
The building will be 180x256 feet
and three stories high. The style
of architecture of the new building j
will be classic Corinthian. It will
have a seating capacity of 7,5001
and a standard hockey floor of,
85x210 feet. An ice toboggan
starting under the balcony with a
sufficient incline to enable those
participating in this class of sport
to circle the building three times
will be an innovation in rink eon
i struction.
WASHINGTON, April 21.—Argu
ment was heard in the Supreme
Court of the United States on the
application of the state of Georgia
for an injunction against the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron & Copper Com
pany, to prevent it from disseminat
ing sulphur fumes from its Ten
nessee smelters over Georgia farms.
WASHINGTON, April 16.—May
1st promises to be an important day
with the railroads throughout the
country. Under orders of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
there will be a readjustment of
j passenger rates on all interstate
roads, in conformity with the long
| and short haul provisions of an
J order of the commission.
WASHINGTON, April 20.—The
postal savings banks throughout the
country are generally regarded as a
success. Postmaster General Burle
son has given much thought to thetr
operation and has decided to recom
mend that the limit of individual de
posits be withdrawn. He believes
that any amount should be received
and that the government should pay
interest on all deposits up to $1,000.
He will recommend these changes to
Congress.
CORDOVA’S CITY OFFICIALS
Mayor aiul President of Coun
cil—K. V. Boyle.
Vice President—>1. E. Courier.
City Clerk—Janies Flynn.
City Attorney—Wm. O’Connor.
City Magistrate—James Flynn.
City Treasurer — M. Finkel
stein.
Health Officer — I>r. IV. H.
Chase.
Chief of Police—A. J. Henneke
Fire Chiei—Clark Byers.
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The seven members of Cordova's
city council met last night, and com
pleted tneir organization. Mr.
Boyle had previously been elected
mayor and president of council. The
other officers were voted for in the
order named, with salaries fixed
later, as follows:
Chief of Police, salary $125 per
month, A. J. Henneke, 4; C. T.
Bratton, 3.
City Clerk, salary $50 per month,
James Flynn, 4: Nathanael Greene,
3.
Health Officer, salary $25 per
month. Dr. W H. Chase, 5; Dr. W.
W. Council, 2.
City Treasurer, salary $1 per
year, M. Finkelstein, 5; Harry
O’Neill, 2.
City Attorney, salary $30 per
month, Wm, O'Connor. 4; S. P.
Chapin, 3.
Chief of Fire Department, salary
$50 per month. Clark Byers, 6;
Chas. Goodall, 1.
Vice Chairman of Council, J. E.
Courier, 4; Chas. Goodall, 3.
City Magistrate, salary $10 per
month, James Flynn, 4; S. P.
Chapin, 3.
The bond of the City Treasurer
was fixed same as last year, at
$20,000. It being understood that
if a tax levy were made this year
that he would receive a commission
on taxes collected, as heretofore.
The bond of School Treasurer was
also fixed same as last year, $1,000
The City Attorney was directed to
present the delinquent tax roll to
Judge Brown at \aldez on April 28,
as this is necessary before sale of
property can be made.
President Boyle announced that
he would appoint his standing com
mittees within a day or two and
notify the members.
The customary motion directing
that all salaried city officials tender
their written resignations, to be
acted upon at the pleasure of coun
cil. was offered and adopted.
A few small bills were presented
and ordered paid, after which
council adjourned to meet the first
Monday in May.
Trains will again run on regular
days and on schedule time.
The Valdez Commercial Associa
tion has issued a neat little booklet, |
containing terse facts about the i
mining, commercial, social, civic,
fishing and other industries, and ou- I
portuuities and conditions of that I
live and enterprising city. It is
entitled ‘ A few facts concerning
Valdez, the present terminus of the
government wagon road and tele
graph line to Fairbanks, and the
town that has distinct advantages as
the railroad terminus of the trunk
line to the interior of Alaska.” This
booklet is being sent to all in
quirers and will be extensively cir
culated in Seattle.
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The first spring trap shoot by the
i Cordova Gun Club attracted a large
number of spectators to the grounds
on Bay front at the foot of C street,
Sunday afternoon. As it was the
first shoot of the season the mem-j
bers did not appear to be in the best |
of form and the results were not,
generally satisfactory to the mem- i
bers, who say that better records I
will be established later on. Out
of a total of 30 birds each, the fol
lowing was the result in killing: '
Dr. W. W. Council, 45; M. Brock,
39: E. L. Harwood, 36: E. J. Davis.
30: Dr C. L. Hale. 28; W. M. Wolf.
23; Jack Sapiro, 23; C. M. Frazier,
23: L. Butler, 11.
In the double shoot at 23 birds
Dr. Council killed 14; E. L. Har
wood. 11; C. M. Frazier, 10; M.
Brock, 7; W. M. Wolf, 6; Dr. Hale,
5; E. J. Davis, 4: Jack Sapiro, 4.
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The Juneau Commercial Club is
taking the initiative in the effort to
have all the commercial bodies in
Alaska memoralize Congress to
make an appropriation of J200.000
to be used for the collection and
maintenance of an Alaska exhibit at
the San Francisco exposition. Cor
dova is asked to take action in the
matter.
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CHICAGO, April 21.—The prob
lems connected with bringing about
of more businesslike distribution of
farm products and an easier way for
farmers to obtain money in sufficient
quantities for their individual and
collective business arrangements,
were discussed at a three-day ses
sion of the Western Economists
Association and the National Con
ference of Marketing and Farms
Credits. The committee in charge
of the farmer’s side of the program
consisted of President J. H. Connell,
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechan
ical College; President Henry J.
Waters, Kansas Agricultural Col
lege; B. F. Harris, Champaign, 111.;
Dr. Charles McCarthy, Madison,
Wis.; Dr. James Ford, Harvard Uni
versity; L. D. Sweet, Carbondale,
Colo.; and Tames C. Caldwell, Lake
Field, Minn.
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April 1st, 1913, for 100 per cent less than you can buy it 6
months from now.
The price of all lots has been reduced in order to give all a
chance. They run from $40 up to $1000.
The terms will be V* cash, and the balance in six, twelve and
eighteen months.
GEO. C. HAZEIjET,
Agent Chitina Townsite Company.
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SEATTLE, April 16.—Friends of
former Governor Walter Clark, of
Alaska, who is now in the East,
have received letters from him stat
ing that he is about to embark in
the newspaper business on his own
account. He says that he has pur
chased the Daily Mail, at Charleston,
West Virjnn'a, to which city he wiil
remove and take active charge of
the paper.
SEATTLE, April 18—The steamer
Admiral Evans was delayed in arriv
ing from the north so did not sail
again until last night, instead of the
15th. Her passengers for Cordova
were: Mrs. Anna Beahl, Nellis Phil
lips, Tracy Vanie, John Gunnerly, E.
A. Hinckley and two steerage. For
Valdez there were four cabin and
120 second class passengers: for
I Seward 30 cabin and 14 second class.
SEATTLE, April 20—The steamer
Mariposa sailed from here on Satur
day night. For Valdez she had 11
cabin and 3 second class passengers;
for Seward 20 cabin and 5 second
class; for Cordova four second class
and 15 cabin passengers, as fol
lows:
H. L. Eggart, Miss Eggart, W. S.
Wolver, R. G. Shaw, H. I. Stacer,
Mrs. K. G. Robinson, A. N*. Wolf, W.
A. Wolf, E. J. Wlchter, G. Ellis
Gardner, W. W. Hesse; M. S. Kelly
and wife, A. H. Hanson, and D. C.
Corder.
0. ADRIAN NELSON
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
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