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Cordova, March 26
There is now approximately ?60,
000 in the Territorial treasury re
ceived from the sale of timber in
the Tongass and Chugach forest
reserves. And by June 1 another
$15,000 is expected to be available.
These reserves are in the First and
Third divisions and it is thought
that the money from the timber
should be expended in those divi
sions. The Legislature has author
ity to appropriate the money and
Representative Thos. Holland, of
Chitina, in looking after the Copper
River section, has offered a bill1
which provides as follows:
“For the construction and repair
of a road and trail along the route
of the NMzina trail from the town of
McCarthy, Alaska, to the junction
of the. Nizina trail with the Shu
shanna trail, and from the junction
of the Nizina and Shushanna trails
to the town of Chisana, Alaska, a
distance of 90 miles, more or less,
running in a northerly direction
from McCarthy, the sum of $15,000.
“For the construction and repair
of a road and trail from Strelna,
Alaska, along the so-called Hubbard
& Elliott trail, in a northerly direc
tion not to exceed 30 miles, to a
point on the easterly slope of the
Kotsina river, at and near what is
known and called the Kotsina Camp
on the southerly slope or base of
Iron Mountain, the sum of $15,000.
“The expenditure of said monies,
and the construction and repair of
said roads, trails and bridges, as
the case may be, shall be vested in
and shall be under the supervision
of the governor of Alaska, and he
shall have full supervision and coni
trol of the location, construction
and repair thereof.”
Cordova, March 11
Information has been received by
the local Alaska Steamship Com
pany office that the steamer Mari
posa will not sail north on March
30, as heretofore, announced, but
will leave at 9 p. m. on March 31st.
As she will make stops at Wrangell
and Skagway, in addition to those
heretofore made, she may not reach
Cordova until election day, April 6. i
The steamer Northwestern, that
sailed from Seattle on the 24th is
due to reach here next Tuesday.
When it was learned yesterday
afternoon that the. government
could do nothing in the way of send
ing relief to the man or men sup
posed to be marooned on one of the
sloughs on the way to Katalla, the
matter was taken in charge by
Mayor Boyle, and Deputy Collector
of Customs Kennedy. They saw a
number of business men and a purse
was soon raised to send out a rescue
party. Capt. Frank Cole and his
launch North Star were secured and
with Capt. Ben Elliott as first aid,
a start was made, last evening, with
a possibility that they may return
on tide this evening. A telephone
message last evening from Mrs.
White at Katalla stated that it was
believed two me.n were marooned.
|f The steamer Admiral Watson ar
rived in port from the westward th-'s
afternoon shortly before 3 o’clock.
She left an hour or two later for
> Juneau and Seattle.
Mrs. G. Wells has returned to
Cordova after an extended trip to
the states and will re-open the Lake
view House next week.
Cordova, March 29
Capt. Cole and Capt. Elliott re
turned at noon today in the. launch
North Star and report that their
efforts to locate the men who were
reported as marooned on Steamboat
slough were without effect. The
rescuers left Cordova on Thursday
night and made a persistent search
' for the men who it is presumed had
sent out signals of distress as the
* launch Waif was on her way to
Katalla on Thursday morning. But
they saw no evidence of the men.
Fred Schringer, who has been in
camp at Strawberry point near
V'hitshed, came, to town yesterday.
He reports that a fisherman in a
22-foot boat and a 7-horse power
engine came to his shore on half
tide on Friday evening. He did not
get the man’s name, but he stated
that three of them had left
Wrangell in small boats expecting to
go to Orca and work at the Cannery.
One of the men was in a boat 40
feet long, with 18 h. p. engine,
r while the other one had a 22-foot
^ boat with 6 h. p. engine. The fish
erman states that the other two
m#.i became separated from him and
he thinks that when they got into
unknown shallow waters that they
possibly turned back and went to
Yakatat.
It appears that the other 22-foot
boat, *named the Stewart, came into
Cordova on Saturday, which leaves
but one. man unaccounted for.
Abe Court bright, H. N. Wilson
and H. Malcolm left last night on
the launch Swan for Port Wells.
They are interested in the Golden
Eagle, mine, and have gone over to
spend a week or two looking after
the interests of their property.
Fred Schringer came over from
Strawberry Point yesterday to secure
some supplies and will return
tomorrow.
The train left this morning for
Chitina with a few passengers and
will return tomorrow afternoon.
Thursday’s train is expected to take
out a large number of passengers
who will come on the steamer
Northwestern, due to arrive tomor
row night. There will be no more
trains to leave on Saturdays until
next fall.
Cordova, March 30
M. Mikkelson. who met with an
accident, breaking his leg in a snow
slide on December 28, 1914, cross
ing Baldorf Creek near Horsfelt, 40
miles from Chisana, was an arrival
on today’s train. He is enroute to
Seattle to have the leg re-set and
will be an outgoing passenger on
the steamer Northwestern. Mr.
Mikkelson states he was brought out
to McCarthy by Geo. Goshaw’s dog
team in 13 hours.
The leg was broken 4 inches
above the knee and was set by Dr.
Montgomery. Dr. Bunch at Mc
Carthy put a newr cast on so that
Mikkelson could travel easier to the
states. He is accompanied by and
being taken care of by his partner,
H. S. Cooke.
Lnless delayed by storms at sea
the steamer Northwestern will arrive
at Cordova tomorrow morning at C
or 7 o’clock. She will remain here
unloading freight until about noon,
before proceeding to Valdez.
For some little time past the
weather in the interior has been
quite mild. As a result the trails
have been rapidly breaking up. This
has greatly interfered with the mov
ing of supplies for the. coming sea
son, particularly in the Nizina coun
try. But a more favorable condition
now exists as the cold weather for
three or four nights has had the
effect of again hardening the trails,
so that freight can be moved. The
break-up this year is coming much
earlier than usual/
This morning there was a strong
wind blowing and the waters of the
bay were ruffled somewhat, with
white caps rolling in from the ocean.
The little craft that were tied up
at the sAeral docks became agitated
and rolled about at a lively rate.
Several had narrow escapes from
being washed out to sea. The Nina
Diamond that was tied at the inner
dock near the cable office got caught
in the trenches and the waves so
overcame, her that she sank before
relief could We given. This boat
was part of the equipment of the
wireless station at Whitshed.
The mother of Attorney R_E.
Capers, who has been spending the,
winter in Cordova, will leave for
California on the steamer North
western, southbound on Friday. She
is the president of the Woman’s
Church Workers, and the members
piopose that she shall have reason 10
know that her efforts on behalf of
the church have not been unappre
ciated. Arrangements have been
made to tender Mrs. Capers a fare
well at the Presbyterian manse to
night, which will be attended by a
large, number of our townspeople.
Fred Schrlnger and Billy Boswell
started out early this morning for
■ Hinchinbrook Island, but owing to
! the high sea running had to put into
[ shelter and are. now waiting for the
j wind to subside. This has been a
I ’-retty rough day for small boats on
i ‘he sound.
H. S. Cooke and M. Mikkelson,
of Chisana, were arrivals on the
train this afternoon and are stopping
at the Rainier-Grand.
HONOLULU, March 27.—This
morning Capt. Duffy of the local
navy yard, announced that there is
“very indication that the U. S. sub
marine F-4, which has been defi
nitely located, would be floated
late this afternoon. He believes
that there is a good chance, of the
ereAv of 25 aboard being found alive
and well. There is intense Interest
in the outcome and every imagin
able boat is out in the harbor with
people Aboard, watching the efforts
to raise the submarine.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, March
?9.—General Villa’s assault on Mat
amoras Is proving a costly failure.
A stubborn resistance has been put
up by Carranza?s forces, with the
result that the opposing forces have
made little headway. Already a
hundred of - Villa's- men' have ‘been
killed and four hundred wounded.
SAN FRANdSCO, March 20.—
The steamer Genera! Frisbie struck
cn a rock this morning and was sunk
off the. exposition grounds. Several
battleships in the bay saw her
predicament and immediately dis
patched life boats to the rescue. Al
though she was a rather small
steamer she had aboard passengers
and crew to the number of 300.
They were all rescued a short time
before the unfortunate vessel went
down.
SEATTLE, March 30.—Scarcely
had the longshoremen’s strike been
settled before another agitation
started. It was among the stree.t
car men. And today they are on the
verge of a strike. They contend that
a number of men were discharged by
the company be.cause they were
members of the union. And this
they claim is unfair and will not be
countenanced by the union. A com
mittee was appointed to take the
matter up with the traction com
pany. The general fear is that a
strike will result, to be joined in by
the men working on the different
interurban lines and in neighboring
towns and cities.
LONDON, March 30.—Prohibition
more drastic than that now in vogue
in Russia is facing the United King
i dom. Lloyd George brought that out
very clearly this morning in replying
to a deputation from the federation
of shipbuilding employers, who
urged the. adoption of prohibition
measures. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer replied that Great Britain
was fighting Germany, Austria and
drink, but that drink was the great
est of these, deadly foes. It will not
be surprising if the most drastic
measures are soon taken to cut ofT
the use of intoxicants.
LONDON, March 20.—Sporting
circles were considerably excited last
night over the 20-round bout be
j tween Frank Moran, of Pittsburg,
I and Bombardier Wells. It was a
! strong go from the start and at the
| end of the tenth round Moran
I knocked out Wells.
WASHINGTON, March 30.—Am
bassador Spring Rice informed Sec
; retary Bryan this morning that he
I had received a report that Zapata
had again evacuated Mexico City.
Also that President Carranza and
i General Obregon were entering. It
! is represented that better order
will now be maintained and that
i greater safety ife assured all foreign
! residents.
BREMERTON. March 30.—Al
! though the past Congress did not
I make any great appropriation for
! new improvements, yet several
' items, amounting to $60,000 was
i provided for. And they will mean
! considerable in the development of
the navy yard. There are three
items, which include a building slip
for submarines, $20,000; extension
of railroad system, $25,000; continu
ation of dredging around yard piers,
$15,000.
i The building slip for submarines
comes first in importance, and it sig
nifies that the Puget Sound Yard
may build one of the new sub
! marines authorized by Congress.
The second item in importance is
the extension of the railroad system.
The extention of- this road was
necessary to carry material to the
central and west part of the yard
i for its upbuilding and is also
needed at the present time to carry
the heavy plates from the landing
slip at the east end of the yard to
the site for the new system of oil
storage at the central water front.
A large amount of dirt will have to
be moved in the near future, when
the big hills in the yard are leveled
to make more room for shops and
the earth thus -removed will be
carried to the'west end of the yard,
to fill in the swamp lands which are
required for a parade ground for
the marine corps.
The dredging for which $15,000
has been allowed, will be in front of
the new dry dock and around the
new piers. The appropriation for
the upkeep of the vard is not in
cluded in amounts mentioned, but
comes unde- a separate heading.
Congress also made an appropria
tion of $58,000 for the improvement
of the naval magazine on Ostrich
Bay, which comes under the direct
supervision of the Puget Sound Navy
Yard. The following improvements
are provided for: A shell house, to
cost $15,000; two magazine build
ings. $30,000; two store sheds,
$4,000; house on pier, $2,000; ex
tension of pier, $4,000; and light
ing system, $3,000.
WASHINGTON, March 30.—This
morning Secretary Daniels received
a cable from Honolulu, to the effect
that the submarine F-4 had been
towed 300 feet nearelr the shore.
While it is expected that the vessel
may be raised there, is no hope that
the crew aboard will be alive. Every
thing indicates that the machinery
has been put out of commission, so
that it would be impossible to get
air to keep life in the men;
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PORTLAND, Ore., March 29.—
Judge, Thomas O’Lay died at his
home on Portland Heights yester
day morning. For more than two
months past he had been afflicted
and was confined to bed most of the
time. He first suffered from a
severe attack of pneumonia, fol
lowed by other complications, and
while at times he seemed to im
prove and was able to move about
his room he gradually failed. Ha
leaves a widow to survive, him, they
never having had any children. Mr.
and Mrs. O’Day came to Portland
nearly 25 years ago, from Nebraska.
The Judge was possibly one of the
best known and most popular char
acters in Portland. Always a Dem
ocrat of unswerving loyalty his
voice and efforts were directed in
the interests of all the people. Pro
fessionally he declined to affiliate
himself with the corporations.
WASHINGTON, March 29.—It
has been impossible to raise the
Amercian submarine F-4, and the
last hope of rescuing the crew has
been abandoned by the navy depart
ment. All hope that they could still
be alive has departed. Acting Secre
tary Blue has ordered Rear Admiral
Moore to report the axact location
of the sunken boat and the depth of
water in which she lies. This is
done so that the department may
estimate the probability of recover
ing the bodies.
WASHINGTON, March 30.—Sec
retary of Navy Daniels announced
this afternoon that three divisions,
and possibly the entire Atlantic fleet
would go through the Panama Canal
in June. One division will proceed
to Puget Sound and will be at
Seattle in July, when it is proposed
that a big celebration on the order
of former potlatch outbreaks, shall
make the occasion memorable.
JOLIET, 111., March 30—The debt
which society owes to its unfor
tunates should be repaid by giving
them every possible opportunity to
learn to live under normal condi
tions. This is the theory of Miss
Grace Fuller, superintendent of
women at the Illinois state peniten
tiary at Joliet. Miss Fuller is put
ting her theory into practice, and
with gratifying results. A group of
white clad, smiling women, stood to
day about their leaders in a domes
tic scence classroom. They ^beat
eggs, measured out sugar and did
other things, all according to a
recipe written on a blackboard by
one of them. Laughter and ta’.k
came easily as they worked. The*e
women were prisoners at the. state
penitentiary—but they were trans
formed into new. happy persons by
the application of a scheme of revo
lutionizing prison methods. In this
work, Miss Fuller has the co-opera
tion of Warden Allen. Dressmak
ing, rug weaving and other domestic
activities are included in the new
rule of procedure for women in this
institution. Everywhere is notice
able a sense of contentment and
absence of restraint.
EVANSTON, HI.. March 30.—The
National Woman’s Christian Tem
perance Union announce, that six
months ago there were nine prohibi
tion states. Although the governor
of Utah vetoed a bill passed by the
legislature, there are now 18 “dry"
states. An increase of 100 per cent
in less than half a year! Arkansas,
Iowa and Idaho were all made dry
last month by legislative enactment,
the law to go into effect January l,
1916. South Dakota’s legislature
has submitted the question to popu
lar vote, at the next election. The
lower house of Vermont has passed
a prohibition referendum bill. South
Carolina, tired of its unsatisfactory
dispensary law’, has now referred the
question of state-w'ide prohibition to
the people, vote to be taken Septem
ber 14. Montana has submitted a
statutory law to be voted upon in
1916.
In eight other legislatures state
wide prohibition measures have been
j introduced, namely. New' York, Dela
i ware, New Hampshire, New Mexico.
Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Wisconsin. States planning for cam
paigns next year are California.
' Florida, Kentucky; Nebraska, Texas,
Wyoming. Ohio enters a campaign
this year unde.” the initiative, the
question to be voted upon by the
people next November.
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NEW YORK. March 30.—Isadora
Duncan, who spells art wtih a capi
tal A, has changed her attitude
toward America. There was a time,
not so many eons ago, that the
classical dancer felt annoyed, even
peeved, at the attitude of this
nation toward her efforts. But now
things are. changed. Isadora has be
gun to think that the poor people
of America should have a chance to
watch her classic toes in barefoot
ppses. She and her “school” are
gping to appear at the. Century
Opera House this spring at popular
prices—a dime for the gallery and
si) on up to half a dollar for the
highest priced seats—for an entire
month. She made the announce
ment the. other night at the Metro
politan.
TULSA, Okla., March 30.—Hid
ing in the Osage hills, northwest of
Tulsa, with a price of $1,000 on his
head, is Henry Starr, descendant of
“Belle” Starr, the most dashing
woman outlaw of western pioneer
history. Starr is specifically charged
in the state's offer of reward with
having robbed the Carney State
Bank of $2,833 last December. Sev
enteen bank robberies, daring in the
highest degree, have been perpe
trated in Oklahoma and other
nearby states within a year and the
hunt for Starr is the. beginning of a
determined effort by the authorities
to wjpe out this class of crime.
Starr was convicted of murder in
the early Indian Territory days and
afterward spent his time at the
Leavenworth federal prison until
pardoned by President Roosevelt.
Starr served prison terms in Kan
sas, Oklahoma and Colorado. In
1913 he was paroled from the Colo
rado penitentiary. He broke the
parole and resumed his career as
bank robber, detectives claim. They
assert he could explain the robberies
in Kiefer. Carney, Keystone and
Baxter Springs (Kan.l. Oil town
gambling houses have also been a
fruitful scene of his robbing
activities.
Delicious is the exclamation when
eating Augustine & Kyer’s candies
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Ben C. Hann'am, administrator of
the Estate cf James Garrett, de
ceased and to his heirs and
assigns of said James Garrett.
You are hereby notified that I, the:
subscriber, Ringwald Blix, have ex
pended and paid for your share in
labor and improvements upon the
Jacobson Placer Mining Claim for
the year 1912, 1913 and 1914.
Said Placer Mining Claim is situ
ated on Slate Creek, Copper Center
Recording Precinct, Alaska. The
notice of location thereof is of
record in Book 1, Page 120 of Min
ing Locations in said recording office
at Copper Center. Alaska. To which
book and page reference is herebj?
made for a more particular deacrip
tion of said claim. Such expenditure:
was made for the purpose of holding:
possessory right and title to said
[ claim under provisions of Section
| 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the
I United States and the amendments
thereof providing for annual labor
upon mining claims. That Is to say
that an hundred dollars worth of
labor and improvements was made
upon said placer claim and that I as
| co-owner have expended the amounts
which were for the interest of said
Garrett’s estate.
You are further notified that un
less you pay your proportion of such
expenditure together with the cost of
this advertisement to the under
signed within ninety days from the
last' publication of this notice your
interest in said claim will become
the property of the undersigned co
owner under said Section 2324, Re
vised Statutes of the United States.
RINGWALD BLIX.
First publication. March 9, 1915.
Last publication, June 15, 1915..
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