THIRD YEAR.
CHITINA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1913.
NUMBER 45
Late Telegraph News
SEATTLE, Aug. 21.—The naval board has made its
report on an inquiry concerning the riots that occurred in this
city during the recent Potlatch about the middle of July. It
holds that the sailors and soldiers were involved in the
destruction of property. It is further stated that it has been
found that attacks have sometimes been made on the flag of
the country when members of the army and navy have been
present in seaport towns on the Pacific coast, by Industrial
Workers of the World and extreme Socialists. As a result of
the findings, Secretary of the Navy Daniels has directed that
a letter of reprimand be read from him, aboard the ships where
the offending men are, and that the men who were engaged in
the Seattle affair be punished for their conduct as the admiral
may consider adequate.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—It is announced at the state
department this morning that practically all the South
American countries support the plan of the United States for
a settlement of the Mexican revolution.
Unless President Huerta before Tuesday makes overtures
President Wilson in person will read a message before
Congress declaring that the principles of constitutional govern
ment alone can be recognized.
Dispatches from Paris say that President Poincare has
not received Minister Delabarra, appointed -by President
Huerta to represent Mexico at the court of France.
NEW YORK. Aug. 25.—United States Senator Elihu Root
has returned from a convention of the International Institute
of Law held at Oxford. He says that he does not believe that
Huerta should be recognized by the United States, adding, “I
am in favor of the complete embargo of arms into Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Great Britain, France and
Japan have interposed their influence with President Huerta
and his administration in support of the effort of the United
States for a peaceful settlement of the revolution.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—President Wilson has asked
all the members of the foreign committee to confer with him
tonight with reference to the message that he intends to deliver
tomorrow bfore a- joint session of Congress.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Information lias reached
official circles in Washington that President Huerta is weak
ening and may decide to reconsider the peace proposals
submitted by President Wilson. It is further stated that the
financial situation of his administration is such that a crisis is
imminent.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—Installments are being
received of the complete reply made by President Huerta to
the peace proposals extended by President Wilson through
John Lind, his personal representative. The reasons are
stated for refusing the mediation of the United States in the
expressed intention to assist in bringing about a settlement
of Mexico’s internal affairs. President Huerta particularly
cited, “with pride,” the fact that the Mexican people could
not brook a settlement of their internal controversy through
the medium of foreign hands.
SEATTLE, Aug. 20.—Divers were dispatched on the
steamer City of Seattle which sailed from here last night. They
will go to Gambier straits and seek to recover some of the
bodies of the steamer wreck victims.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—This afternoon the department
of commerce ordered a sweeping investigation of the wreck of
the State of California. It will be made jointly by the marine
inspectors at Juneau and Seattle. Conflicting reports have
been received as to the cause of the disaster and the measures
taken to prevent the loss of life.
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SHERBROOKE, Aug. 20.—Thaw expresses much indig
nation that he should be apprehended by the Canadian
authorities. He explains that he was only passing through
Canada on his way to Detroit. He exhibits railroad transpor
tation to prove his contention. He cites the case of Jack
Johnson who is fighting deportation as an undesirable alien
and extradition on a warrant charging bribery.
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Capt. Gilbert T. Rude of tjie United States coast and
geodetic survey steamer Taku, returned yesterday from a trip
to Port Wells. He was instructed by the ‘ department at
Washington to make a detached survey of Passage Canal. He
left about two weeks ago on this mission. He found that there
Avas deep Avater, from 60 to 100 fathoms in all parts of the
canal with the exception of a bench on the southern shore a
feAV miles from the head. The country surrounding is
precipitous, but a bench of thick mud extends out for a
quarter of a mile and runs in length about half a mile. This
bench is from 10 to 25 fathoms deep and from it there is a
sudden drop to about 60 fathoms. This bench would likely
form a good anchorage for a few A'essels with limited swing.
NEWS SUSHANNA STRIKE
George C. Hazelet reached McCarthy’s yesterday after
noon, from the new gold diggings. He reports the gold bearing
district as from 10 tol5 miles wide and 50 miles long. He says
that Joe McClellan is getting from $10 to $12 pans on a
fraction of No. 3 Bonanza. There are good prospects on Big
Eldorado and also on Glacier at the mouth. On No. 2 above on
Little Eldorado, Carl Witham is cleaning up from 10 to 15
ounces daily, with one man. Mr. Hazelet reports that the
coming new winter route for a first-class sled and horse trail
is over the Chisana and Nizina glaciers.
A report has been sent us of the death by drowning of
C. F. Beynon, formerly steward on the steamer Tana from
Fairbanks. The accident occurred on August 10th, as Mr.
Beynon and some companions were on their way from the
interior to to the new gold diggings. In crossing the
Chistochina river the young man was struck by. the swift
current and lifted from his feet. He immediately drowned
before, his friends could give any assistance. The body was
recovered and was buried at the village of Chistochina. The
deceased was about 30 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches in height
and came from St. Louis, where he has relatives living.
Cordova, August 22
Some of the best outfits by some of the most experienced
miners left on the train at 8 o’clock this morning, which will
arrive at McCarthy’s about 7:30 this evening. Forty-five men
and 48 horses went to McCarthy, while 19 additional horses
were shipped to Ivennecott. The next special train will leave
after the arrival of the Mariposa next Aveek.
Reports from McCarthy state that Supt. W. II. Seagraves
arrived there this morning from the new diggings, where he
spent several days looking over the field. Dick Waters arrived
last night at McCarthy’s, less than four days out from the
Chisana. He states that considerable work is now being done
by outfits coming in for the winter. He says that a couple of
days before he left Tom Cloninger and Mr. Gwin left over the
northern trail to come around by Gulkana, desiring to satisfy
themsevles a sto the character of the trail and the time required
to cover it into Chitina.
Work on the trail over the Nizina is going ahead by a good
crew of men, they working out from McCarthy’s. A couple of
weeks time will be required to put it in good condition,
although each day will sIioav a marked improvement over the
mucky places, which are being covered with the limbs of small
trees that are cut from along the trail.
Cordova, August 21
Another special train bearing stampeders to the starting
point of the mush over the trail to the new Chisana gold
diggings will leave Cordova tomorrow morning at 8 o’clock.
This is in order to accommodate the crowd that reached here
this morning on the steamer Sampson from Seattle. Forty
six first class and 11 second class passengers arrived and it is
expected that over 40 will depart in the morning. Of the 72
head of horses that came on the Sampson, three cars will go
on the train.
The 92 passengers who went on the train yesterday
morning, reached McCarthy’s at 7:30 o’clock last evening and
most of them hit the trail this morning, expecting to reach the
new diggings next Tuesday or Wednesday, about a week out
from Cordova.
Reports from McCarthy’s state that crews of men
numbering about 18 are at work on the repair of the trail
leading around Sourdough Hill. They are curduroying over
the mucky places that have caused so much complaint and in
some instances are cutting the small timber and underbrush
and diverting the trail around bad places. It is expected that
in the course of a week such an improvement will have been
made in the trail leading to the Nizina that stampeders will
begin to wonder what all that talk was about.
Cordova, August 20
The steamer Sampson brought from Controller Bay a
party of government men who have been employed since May
in bringing from the Bering river field the coal that was mined
the previous winter. The party consists of Dr. John O.
Downey, paymaster, and the following men from the Eastern
fleet of battleships and Bremerton navy yard:
Charles A. Lindgreen, G. It. Kelly, George D. Bacon, R R.
Allen, L. H. Rassler, W. P. Boardmau, D. R. Alley, J. Marker,
A. J. Leng, W. Matson, G. Poisson, and R. Aikman.
This party will sail tonight on the Alameda for their
stations in the states. A shipment is also being made of about
30 tons of the machinery and materials used in transporting
the coal from the interior to tidewater, near Katalla. It
includes gasoline engines, lubricating oil, tools of various
kinds and miscellaneous supplies. It is all consigned to the
navy yard at Bremerton.
Dr. Downey was also in charge of-the expedition that
| mined the coal. He says that it was all taken from the
Cunningham group of claims, but that it does not represent
the true character of the Bering coal that will later he mined
in a scientific manner along good veins and at depth. Neither
is it clean like the coal that goes through the washerv and
that has the slate picked from it.
About 600 tons of the coal was placed on the cruiser
Maryland, 60 tons of which is now on its way to Annapolis to
receive a chemical analysis. The rest of it will be given a test
on the Maryland, but it will lirst be dried out, as it was exposed
during the winter, frozen, and then saturated with water. The
result will not be any indication of the real merit of Berin *:
coal mined under modern methods.
l)r. Downey states that several government geologists ai t*
engaged this summer in examining the coal and oil fields of
the Yakataga field, about 60 miles east of Katalla, and which
i are believed to be a continuation of the Bering coal field, as
the coal is almost identical.
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Cordova. August 23
Oscar Breedman came to town last evening expecting to
J secure 10 horses that were brought from Oregon for him a
! couple of weeks ago, but which have been in quarantine. This
j morning Deputy Collector of Customs Woodruff received a
cable from the government official at Seattle stating that Dr.
I Von Schrader would come over from Fort Liseum and examine
' the animals when he secured the necessary “Mnlline.” In the
j meantime Breedman has purchased several other horses and
! two mules, to be added to the eight he now has at McCarthy.
It was his intention to start with a pack train of 30
! animals and transport five tons of supplies into the Chisana
country for sale. lie already has two tons at Chittystone and
a good part of the remaining three tons over to the Nizina
river, as well as the necessary horse feed at several relay points,
to last him until he gets to the White river country, where he
says there is plenty of pea vine for horse feed.
Oscar says he also has two tons of supplies at McCarthy's
awaiting the coming of pack teams that are being sent by the
Hamshaw people, who took their original supplies with 17
animals from White. Horse. The teams are daily expected.
These supplies will be used by the Hair ’’aw emplo.. es of
about 15 regular men and others who are temporarily employed.
Mr. Breedman states that a crew of men are at work on
the trail at this end of the Chittistone pass at the foot of the
glacier. They are cutting a new trail around the hill in order
to avoid a somewhat steep incline. Twenty men are also at
j work putting in corduroy roads to avoid the mucky places
around Soudough hill and to otherwise improve the trail. He
says they are making roads that will be equally as good for
winter traffic as during the summer. At no time, he says, has
the Scolai pass been dangerous.
He states that practically all the men who have been
around McCarthy’s lately have gone back to the diggings
j and that men who come out now in four instances out of five
! immediately get more grub and return. Decent news he says
is all of an encouraging character.
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BY S. H. REID.
NIZINA, Aug. 20, 1913.
I have just reached here from the
Sushanna and as I am likely the
first of your special representatives
to return, will write my account of
the new diggings and send it to you
at once, as I shall remain in this
section for a few days.
Generalizing on the present con
dition in the camp it might be said
that the trend of the belt is south
east and northwest and is about 50
miles in length while the width is
not less than 30 miles. Gold has
been found in different places over
that area and some of the prospects
are very good. The principal creeks
so far are the Bonanza on which the
original discovery was made last
fall by William James. . Bonanza is
about 7 miles long, flows from the
base of Porphyry mountain and
empties into Chicanda, or as it is
better known, Johnston creek. Good
pay has been struck in several places
on Bonanza.
Johnston creek is about 15 miles
long and empties into Wilson creek
which in turn flows into the
Sushanna. No work to amount to
anything has been done oh Jphnston
creek
Wilson creek is about 20 miles
long and shows excellent prospects.
The principal creeks emptying into
Wilson are Big Eldorado, Glacier,
Chehend and Gold Run. Little El
dorado which empties into Bonanza
is attracting more attention than
any of the creeks mentioned and is
producing not less than $250 per
day to the shovel. There are 7 or
8 claim? on Little Eldorado that so,
far show coarse gold.
These claims on the different
creeks which comprise the district
have been staked for a long time
and hunting for a claim or fraction
is about like looking for a needle in
a haystack. With the first influx
the creek, side hill and bench claims
were staked up pretty tight. The
majority of these men staking were
short of grub and had to make their
way out regardless of representing
the ground legally. Some may re
turn but many won't and this is
what stimulates the present popula
tion to stand pat and winter in the
country. The legal profession will
be strongly represented and no
doubt a good deal of attention will
be paid to the legality of many
claims.
Apropos the Cordova, McCarthy,
Nazina, Scolai Pass and Russel
Glacier route, there is not much to
say that is not generally known. It
might be added though that the dry
weather coupled with the big volume
of horse and foot travel has im
proved the trail considerably. And
the road houses and different ferries
have proved a great help. How'ever
the trail needs improvements and it
is understood that men will start
work tomorrow near the Chittistone
glacier and on Sourdough hill to
change the course of the trail in
some places and to corduroy in cer
tain mucky locations. Scouts are
also in the field now' seeking a route
for winter travel over the Nizina
and Sushanna glaciers, which it
practical will be used for double*
ender sleds. This would shorten
the distance somewhat.