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Cordova, 'February 24
A. B. lies will be a passenger on
the train tomorrow for Strelna. He
will make a visit to the mines on
Nugget Creek of the Alaska Copper
Corporation. Mr. lies returned yes
terday from Valdez. He lias been
furnishing the electric power to a
company of local business men, who
supply the town and the people, at
a low price. He states that his com
pany and the allied company have
been merged into one corporation.
The old company is still in existence
and is furnishing light for 2 cents
per killowatt.
Complying with the United States
laws requiring motor lifeboats on
passenger carrying ocean steam
ships, the Alaska Steamship Com
pany has purchased a 5 h. p. ’Frisco
Standard motor for a lifeboat on the
S. S. Northwestern and a 4 h. p.
Frisco Standard for a life boat on
the Mariposa.
The other day three mushers
reached Fairbanks from the Outside,
in record time. The News-Miner
says that the total time from Seattle
via Cordova, amounted to only 16
days, which is covering the water
and the grou/id pretty fast for this
season of the. year. Especially is
this true when it is considered that
the men mushed from Chitina to
Fairbanks, a distance of 306 Va
miles over the big trail in ten days.
This is over 30 miles a day^- The
* men report that there is a good firm
foundation to the snow and the
mushing good in most places. All
three are old Northerners, which
amounts for much, in the Rapidity'
with which they traveled. George
Blondo returns after a long absence,
while the Carpenter Brothers have
been in Fairbanks before.
Cordova, February zo
Yesterday afternoon D. M. Lynch
filed formal charges with Judge F. j
M. Brown, involving the official acts
of U. S. Commissioner A. J. Adams'
and Deputy Marshal Sam Bright-j
well. Mr. Lynch has asked for a
public hearing on the charges, j
which are nine in number. Judge
Brown state.d that he would first
submit the accused with copies of
the charges and would receive their |
answers in writing. He would then '
decide upon his future course. This i
paper has not. been furnished with j
k a copy of the charges but Mr. Lynch !
states that they are of a serious |
nature and that he can prove viola
tions of the law in various in-;
stances upon the part of both offi
cials. The charges are entirely dif
ferent from those considered on
Tuesday night by Judge Brown.
A small dinner party was given
by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Adams last
evening in honor of Mr. L. Keith
McCullough and Miss Nelle D.
Crabb at which their engagement
was formally announced. The en
gagement ring was discovered in
the cake by the prospective groom
and presented to his fiance with
L her consent. Mr. McCullough is
■ connected with the U. S. Forestry
service. Miss Crabb is one of our
popular young school teachers. The,
^ marriage will take place some time
' early in June after which Mr. and
Mrs. McCullough will go to the
westward. He will be stationed at
Ship Creek.
The entertainment given last
evening for the benefit of the
Cordova Volunteer Fire Department
was a success in every particular.
Practically everybody in town had
purchased tickets and the Empress
theater was filled to its utmost
capactiy. The music was especially
good and many appreciative and
commendatory expressions wexe
heard for the renditions by Clay
son’s orchestra, Mrs. Helen Sheldon,
Mrs. J. F. R. Appleby, Thos. Von
Spronson, F. A. Jone.s, Kenneth
Holden and W. Harris. Verne
Elliott and Louis Laska were comic
• in their original sayings and gave
* promise of histrionic ability. Billy
and George gave a fine exhibition of
Japanese fencing, while the.ir hori
zontal bar act was very good. S.
Loveset was enjoyed in his violin
solo. Of course the musical sketch
and dance by J. Terry and K.
Holden brought forth great ap
plause. Anything that Kemny
appears in is sure to be ‘ it.” Mrs.
H. I. Lewis was accompanist on the
piano for the musical numbers and
of course did her part with her
usual skill. It all concluded with
u roaring farce, about which opinion
differs.
Cordova, February 26
Various reports were given circu
lation this morning to the effect that
the steamer Mariposa had gone on
the rocks off Vancouver Island. It
was stated that the information had
been received by wireless by the op
erator on the steamer .Evans. The
wireless station at Whiteshed had
heard no sucli report and an inquiry
at Seattle could bring forth no con
firmation of the rumor, which was
undoubtedly without foundation.
The Mariposa sailed north from
Seattle on Wednesday night, with
the following passengers for this
section:
For Valdez—Judge W. A. Munley,
L. H. Carvey and wife, Mrs. Arthur
Hill, Andrew Mills, H. P. King, F.
K. Stoffken and wife, Joseph Ives
and wife, James Fremow and wife,
George Angermeyer, C. L. Swanson,
Andrew Nelson and two second
class.
For Cordova—Mrs. Wm. Leroy
Baird, Sam Shueklin. Mrs. B. Mar
tinez, Carl Sarin, Mrs. Paul Solka
and child, W. Danielson, E. Jones,
W. Hamot, S. Case, Robert Read,
Dr. L. C. Knickerbocker, E. H. Ner
land, M. J. Kerney, James Morris,
L. Sidelinger and two second clas.
Dr. and Mrs. Musso were pas
sengers for Juneau on the steamer
Evans, that passed through Cordova
this morning. After a few days
they expect to return to Valdez. Dr.
Musso is the New York inventor who
has so successfully tested his
device for talking over the cable
between Valdez and Cordova. A
slight difficulty has been experi
enced in securing results over the
cable to Sitka and Juneau and Dr.
Musso will install a special appar
atus which is expected to overcome
the, difficulty and make telephony
possible from Valdez to Juneau.
Friends of Father Van der Pol
state that he is still undergoing
treatment at Pendleton, Ore., under
the care of his old friend Dr. Frank
Boydon. He is showing slight im
provement and hopes soon to be
about again.
Early last wee.k the Daily
Alaskan made the announcement
that the attorney general had ap
pointed an attorney by the name of
Munley to be assistant U. S. Dis
trict Attorney for this division. He
is to succeed Guy C. Brubaker, re
signed. The gentleman named.
Judge \V. A. Munley, reported to
be a resident of Portland, Ore.,
sailed north from Seattle on Wed
nesday night and should reach Cor
dova on Monday next. District At
torney Spence is now in the Copper
River country and expects to return
in time to catch the steamer and
proceed with Judge Munley to Val
dez. The new appointee is supposed
to have received his appointment
through the influence of Senator
Chamberlain, who is a strong sup
porter of President Wilson. There
were several local candidates for the
office.
Cordova, February 27
Judge. Brown, Clerk of the Court
Lang, Marshal Brenneman and Dis
trict Attorney Spence, left on the
train this morning from McCarthy
and came as far as Chitina. They
will return to Cordova tomorrow
cfternoon and most of them expect
to go to Valdez on the steamer Mari
posa on Monday. The. party of court
officials went to McCarthy to investi
gate conditions there, at Blackburn
and at Kennecott, with particular
reference to the refusal of liquor
licenses. It is reported today from
McCarthy that Judge Brown sus
tained his refusal the other day of
one license. Also that he had de
cided not to renew the liecnse of the
Golden Bar when it expired. Ho
further inferred that he would issue
another license to Gus Andersen
when his present license expired on
July 1st.
•Rev. McBride went to McCarthy
on Thursday’s train and held services
there last night. He expected to
come to Chitina today and hold
Sunday services there, returning to
Cordova on Tuesday afternoon. Be
cause of his absence there will be no
Presbyterian services St the Empress
theater tomorrow-. Sunday School
will be held at noon, as usual, at the
church.
It is reported that a brothe” or
Mrs. Peter Crillovich has been killed
in the Austrian army. ihe news
was received by her father and
brother at Juneau and written he.r
here.
Cordova, March 1
Judge F. M. Brown, Marshal Bren
neman, Clerk of the. Court Lang and
District Attorney Spence, returned
on the train yesterday afternoon
from an investigating trip to Mc
Carthy. They will return to Valdez
on the steame.r Mariposa tonight, as
will also Ike Hamburger, the Judge’s
secretary. D. M. Lynch had filed
charges with the court against U. S.
Commissioner A. J. Adams and
Deputy U. S. Marshal Sam Bright
well. This morning Mr. Lynch had
an interview with Judge Brown and
was informed that he was not pre
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pared at the present time to take up
the charges against the Commis
sioner. Mr. Lynch asked that he be
informed in the near future whe.tber
a hearing would be had on the
charges. This .the Judge promised
to do, and intimated that in the
course of a week or ten days he.
would reach some conclusion in the
matter. Mr. Lynch indicated that
if it is not the intention of the court
to give him an opportunity to prove
the charges he has formally pre
sented that it was his intention to
take the matter up with the depart
ment of justice at Washington.
The steamer Mariposa arrived in
port this morning about 11 o’clock,
having had a good run north. She
brought about 170 tons of freight
and after discharging it started to
take cn about 150 tons of copper
ore from the. Mother Lode Copper
Mines Company. This ore will be
taken south to the Tacoma smelter.
The Mariposa expects to sail for Val
dez at 7 o’clock this evening. Pas
sengers from Seattle, for this section
were as follows:
For Cordova—W. Danielson, E.
Jones, W. Hanot, S. Case, Robt.
Read. Dr. L. C. Knickerbocker, E. A. !
Xerland, M. J. Kearney, Sam Shuck
lin, Mrs. B. Martinez, C|irl Sain,
Mrs. P. Solka, and child, Mrs. Wm.
L. Baird, Jos. Morris, L. Sidelinger
and 5 se."ond-class. From Juneau—
Mrs. C. Hohirk, Oscar Moberg, A. B.
Clark and wife, Mrs. M. Anderson.
F. F. Rose, M. J. May.
For Ellamar—L. L. Middlecamp,
Ward Estes.
For Valdez—A. Mills, H. P. King,
Judge Munley, L. H. Carvey and
wife, Mrs. A. Hill, F. K. Stofken and
wife, Joe Ives and wife, Jos Fremo'v, I
F. W. Popple., Geo. Angermeyer, C.
P. Swanson, A. Nelson and 3 second
class.
For Seward—F. G. Sweet*, Earl
Pierce and wife, M. Mulk, R. A.
Jones and wife, H. Evison, Miss L.
Hess, Mrs. B. Cortland, J. J. Bruno,
Gus. Sjoberg, O. A. Nelson, R. L.
Werner and wife, A. Anderson, Ole.
Anderson, Lars Astness, A. Haram,
I Ole Peterson, Louie Wick, A. Jansen,
A. Fetterson and 3 second-class.
Shortly after 8 o’clock this morn
ing the fire bell aroused the town
and it was soon observed that smoke
was pouring from the W. E. Ken
drick building, on First Street be
tween C and D avenues. There was
a prompt response upon the part of
a large number of the fire boys. It
appears tnat a hot fire in the room
formerly occupied by the Alaska
Transfer Company, and which is now
used as a sample room by commer
cial men, sent forth flames through
the, stove pipe to the room above,
and into which the pipe from F. H.
Sheldon’s stove runs. The escap
ing flames set fire to the paper on
the wall and soon the kitchen was a
mass of fire. When the first chemi
cal arrived it was thought to soon
put out the fire but it was out of
‘order and t..ere was no response.
The second chemical, however,
proved more, effective and the fire
vas under control when the hose
was attached and a stream soon
flooded the second story of the
building, which was occupied by F.
H.,Sheldon and Dr. J. A. Vance. The
ire was confined to the. kitchen and
living room of the Sheldon apart
ment, and in addition to the damage
done by the water it is expected that
the damage sustained by Mr. Sheldon
is $150, on which there is no insur
nce. The fire did not reach to Dr.
Vance’s apartment and the water
damage was not very heavy. The
j lamage to the building was about
$200.
Because of the fewer days in the
month of February the steamer Ala
i meda was not able to return to
‘ Seattle from her last trip in time to
sail north March 1, her regular
scheduled date. Her sailing has
been postponed until 9 o’clock to
j morrow night, and she, will likely
reach Cordova on Sunday next about
noon.
Tomorrow night the steamer Cor
dova will sail north from Seattle,
with a cargo of coal, explosives and
other freight.
The steamer Latouche, with
freight for Southwestern Alaska, js
scheduled to sail north from Seattle
on March 10.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Carvey, who
are interested in placer mining in
the Nizina district, are passengers
on the Mariposa for Valdez. They
will shortly return here and go to
the interior.
M. J. Kearney, manager of the
Arctic Lumber Company, was a re
turning passenger on the Mariposa
He spent some time with his family,
at Seattle while performing business
for the company.
Cordova, March 2
Before she sailed for the westward
last night, t|je steamer Mariposa,
took on a cargo of 3 cars or over 100
tons of high grade copper ore from
the Mother Lode Copper Mine. It
weighs 206,480 pounds, and will be
sent to the Tacoma smelter, where
.frequent shipments have been sent
at various times this winter. As
this ore has to be transported by
team 12 miles from the end of the
tramway to the railroad it is no easy
task. Bpt it is expected to make
several more shipments before the
spring breaK-up. On the Mariposa
.000 additional sacks were sent up
and they will be shipped to the mine
on Thursday’s train. Reports from
President Jas. j. Godfrey, who has
been at the mine all winter, indicate
that they are working in a large
body of rich ore and that if railroad
"acuities were available tne' Mother
Lode would soon be ranked as among
the big and rich shippers of the
north.
G, P. Caswell and Hank Martin
who have been.in Cordova for some
time past, left on the Mariposa last
night for the westward. They have
been employed by the. Yukon Gold
Company to go into the Iditarod and
take charge of a hoisting engine.
They will mush in from Seward.
Mayor E. V. Boyle received an
acknowledgement yesterday of the
invitation extended through him by
the Town Council to President Wood- !
row Wilson to visit Cordova and the j
Copper River country. The letter:
was written by Private Secretary
Joseph P. Tumulty and expresses the
gratification that it gives the Presi
dent to receive such a cordial and
sincere request for his presence in
the northwest. While the President
expresses a desire to visit Cordova,
Secretary Tumulty adds that it is not
oossible at this time to state defi
nitely whether it will be possible for
him to do so. although he assures
Mayor Boyle that he will be pieasoa
to keep our wishes in mind.
A wire from Seattle this after
noon states that the steamer Ala
meda will sail north tonight. Among
the passengers for Cordova is D. O.
Sargeant, who has extensive holdings
in the Chisana and Nebesna mining
sections. He will take the first
train for .the interior. Another min
ing man is Howard D. Foster, who is
superintending the copper workings
of the Alaska Cnited Copper Explora
tion Co. on Boulder Creek, off Dan,
in the Nizina district. A Mr. Haze
let is mentioned and it is likely John
Haze.let, who has been operating ex
tensively for several years past in
the Slate Creek district. He usually
spends the winter with his family in
Seattle and comes north with his sea
son’s supplies about this time of
the year, going from here to Chitina
and teaming his supplies from there.
Others named are: J. W. Woods, E
Danielson, J. E. Holmgren, E. Sulli
van ar.ci Mrs. T. J. Erickson, as well
as seven cannervmen and two second
class passengers. For Valdez there
are 15 and for Seward 27.
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McCarthy, February 27, 1914.
McCarthy has passed through an
epoch in its history during the past
24 hours, the important event being
the first visit to our town of Judge,
Brown of the Third Judicial Dis
trict, headquarters at Valdez, U. 8.
Marshal Brenneman, District Attor
ney W. N. Spence and Mr. Arthur
Lang, Clerk of Court. During Fri
day afternoon these eminent gentle
men met the people of McCarthy in
the chambers of Judge Barnes, U. S.
Commissioner here. Judge. Brown
in a pleasant, quet talk, outlined
his ideas of government, the funda
mental principals of which is the
expressed wish of a majority of the
people, to be governed. The judge
invited, a discussion of issues, if any
here? The matter of licenses for
the saloons was discussed. There
has been considerable question as to
the petitions for licenses, the claim
having been made that such petitions
going from here bore names of peo
ple not within the two-mile limit as
required by law. Judge Brown sug
gested a plan to eliminate charges
of that character. The plan was for
those, in favor of the saloons to ap
point a man, those against saloons
to appoint one and these two to
choose a third man. these three to
make a check and list of the peo
ple} white, male and fe.male citizens
of the U. S. over 21 years of age,
'iving within the 2-mile limit, a cer
ifi^d copy of their finding to be for
va^ded to the Judge to enable, him
to check petitions for saloons from
his place.
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F. H. Foster aws chosen by the
‘wets” and H. W. Sheridan for the
“drys” and they readily agreed
upon Mr. C. L. Graber as the 3rd
man. The result of the check shows
139 people meeting the requirements
of the law are residents of McCarthy.
This visit of the Judge, has done
a great deal in the way of harmon
izing the p^os and cons, for which I
am of the opinion every one here is
profoundly grateful. The Judge has
every appearance, of being a quiet,
pleasant, dignified and forceful gen
tleman and he travels in good com
pany—Messrs. Spence, Brenneman,
and Lang. Accompanying this dis
tinguished party was Mr. Harry N.
Wilson, trainmaster of the Copper
River & Northwestern Railway with
headquarters at Cordova, also Rev.
J. A. McBride, of Cordova, who is
always a welcome visitor here.
Oscar Breedman, who is freight
ing 50 tons of food supplies info
Shushanna, abandoned his attempt
to go over the Rohn Glacier on ac
count of the many end changing
crevasses. He will go via Scolai.
Our genial druggist Gustave Preis
ner as a jabber is fast getting into
a class by himself. His latest was
dropping a quiet word to the effect
that the "purity squad” looking to
the arrival of Judge Brown and
party had procured some dozen
-bottles of liquid gladness and would
turn it over where it would do the
most good short’y before *the arrival
of the distinguished party. The
result was that some of the "regu
lars” went to the marshal and
wanted to know why they were
"Siwashed,” explaining that they
were unable, to get drinks, either for
money or bingles.
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Lieut. Dougnerty, chief signal
officer of this section, has received
bids for tne supplying of 30 cords
of wood for each ten stations, to be
delivered by June 30. There, were
49 bids submitted for furnishing the
300 cords required, and the lowest
bids at the different stations were
as follows: Wortman's $7.80, Beaver
Dam $7.80, Teikhell $6.00, Tonsina
$5.99, Copper Center $5.40, G.tl
kana $6.00, Hogan $7.90, McCal
lum $7.90, and Donnelly $6.50 per
cord.
Thirty cords are required for
each station and the work is to be
completed by June 30th.
The people of Fairbanks are, con
gratulating themselves of the prom
ised early return of li. Carey Mor
gan, of New York. He has wired
Harry P. Carstens, guide, to hold his
dog te.am an.l supplies. Young Mor
gan went through Co'rdova about
six weeks ago on his way outside.
When interviewed at Fairbanks con
cerning the reason for young Mor
gan's return north Mr. Karstens,
who acted as guide to the young mil
lionaires on their hunting trip,
stated that he had nothing to say
except that he believed that the
young New Yorker is coming with
the intention of doing some quartz,
development work in the Kantishna
country, but does not say on what
property the work will be done. Mr.
Karstens further states that he ex
pects there will' be more, develop
ments in an investment way front
the hunting trip of the New
Yorkers.
Recently the Glacier house, eight
miles from Tonsina. was destroyed
by fire and now Lieut. Dougherty
has received information to the ef
fect that it originated through the
carelessness of two nnishers coming
out over the trail The house has
been used as a relief cabin, and
was unoccupied except, by travelers
who sought its shelter in limes of
need. It will he remembered that
reports of depredations committed
at the relief stations were reported
last winter.
NEW YORK, March 2.—When
Harry Thaw was arraigned for trial
before. Justice Weeks on the charge
of conspiracy to escape train Mattea
wan, he was jubilant in having
escaped his nemesis—William Trav
ers Jerome—for the first time since
he killed Stanford White. Jerome’s
absence from the prosecution brought
hope to the Thaw camp. There was
belief on both sides of the case that
the hearing which has commenced
I might be the final hearing in the
most notorious of American trials, if
CHICAGO. March 2 —Exhibits of
the heavy oil engine, a motor in its
infancy, is a feature of,.the motor
boat shoxv now being held in the.
Coliseum and will close March 0.
The show is under the direction of
the National Association of Engine
and Boat Manufacturers which pre
sented the New York motorboat
show in Madison Square Garden
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