Cordova, October 8
The government cable is '‘inter
rupted" today between Sitka and
Valdez. As the repair ship Burn
side left Seattle a week ago for the
north it is expected that she will
make the necessary repairs within
the next two or three days. Ordi
narily messages would be received by
wireless from the radio station at
Sitka to Whitshed at Cordova. But
the Buffalo is making rapairs at the.
Sitka station and the instrument?
were out of commission today. Press
and other messages are be’ng held
up at Sitka but they may be sent
through tonight or tomorrow. In
the meantime our telegraphic news
is “scarce.” And local news is not
overly abundant, and our paper was
enlarged today to provide for in
creased advertising and the war and
baseball news that never came. And
its been almost like war to get out
a newspaper today.
The train from the interior ar
rived shortly after 3 o’clock this
afternoon, bringing in about 60 pas
sengers. Some of them were from
Fairbanks, other from Chisana and
others from Nizina and the head
waters of the Chitina. The first con
signment of mail from Fairbanks
also arrived. The next train out
will be on Monday morning.
Volney Richmond, manager of the
Northern Commercial Company, with
headquarters at Fairbanks, was an
arrival on the train this afternoon.
He will go south on the steamer to
morrow and spend the winter at San
Francisco.
Among the arrivals from the in
terior this afternoon were Mr. and
Mrs. Rovert Van Vorst Sewell, of
Xew York, and their two sons. For
nearly three months past they have
been at various points along the line
of the Copper River & Northwestern
Railway and up the Kuskulana
river. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sew'ell
are celebrated painters widely known
throughout the country. They have
been painting mountains, glaciers,
valleys, streams and mines during
their stay in the interior. They will
go out on the steamer tomorrow and
proceed to their home. “Fleetwood,"
at Oyster Bay.
Geo. Max Esterley, H. F. Andrus
and Geo. Howard Eirch, the three
big placer mining operators of tne
Xizina country, were arrivals on the
train this afternoon, in company
with various others who have been
working with them. They report
having had an exceptionally good
season, as the weather and water
conditions were favorable. They
brought considerable gold out, but
the amount has not been announced.
It is, however, placed at several
hundred thousand dollars. These
men will go south tomorrow.
Cordova, October 10
Sam Blum came over from Valdez
l on the Mariposa and will remain
here a few days. His large eircie
of friends are always pleased to wel
come him and contribute to his
pleasure.
Dr. Council does not give very en
couraging reports of the condition
of the Greek, Velisaris, who was
shot and robbed a couple of weeks
ago. He has been in the hospital
since, but there is slight hope of his
recovery. Court officials now at
Seward say that if the wounded man
should die his assailant Toni Pappas,
and various witnesses will be taken
to Seward at the present session of
court and the accused man given a
trial. Pappas took to the hills after
the shooting and wandered about
three or four days before he was
finally captured. Tom Teets took
him in charge at a caJiin oiit along
the railroad.
Mrs. James Wickersbam was an
outgoing passenger on the Mariposa
today. She made the trip from
Seattle to Seward with the Judge
and will now go to Seattle and await
his return from the trip to Fair
banks.
A1 White of Valdez arrived in
Seward last night and is busy meet
ing many friends today. He is one
of the most prominent candidates
for the territorial legislature and
most people think that his election
is assured. He is very popular and
is a man of fine business and intel
lectual attainments. He is running
as an independet.—Gateway,
y A baby girl was born to a native
woman on *he Dirigo at sea on the
night rf September 28.
D. M. Ruggles. representing the
Alaska and Northwest Mining Jour
nal. published at Seattle, was in
Cordova today. He has been in
^ Alaska for several months past and
left on the Mariposa for his home.
He has been as far as Fairbanks.
The steamer freighter Cordova
arrived in port this morning at 3
o’clock and after taking on 500
barrels of fuel oil sailed again this
morning about 10 o’clock for Juneau
and Seattle. Captain Moore is re
turning from a trip to Nome. While
in Bering Sea his wireless operator
heard a call for assistance and he
proceeded 1,200 miles to the rescue
of the U. S. revenue cutter Tahoma.
That vessel had struck an uncharted
reef 34 miles from Bulair Island oi
the far western Aleutian chain.
The day before she was lost, the
Tahoma rescued the crew of a small
schooner off the Semichi Islands,
t The name of the vessel has not been
j learned. There were nine officers
i and 63 men aboard the Tahoma, and
| with the crew of the wrecked
j schooner there were 88 all told. Of
this number the Cordova rescued
58 and took them to Dutch Harbor.
The revenue cutter Patterson also
rescued 30.
The Tahoma struck an uncharted
reef, forty miles southeast of
Aggattu Island. Her officers and
I crew took the whalebots and headed
j for the nearest land. Aggatu island
i is uninhabited, but they carried
i enough provisions to last more than
i a week. It was also learned that
! the Tahoma’s decks are awash and
| that she will undoubtedly prove a
; total loss. The cutter Manning
i sailed from Seattle some days ago
| for the scene of the wreck for the
j purpose, of salvaging as much as
! possible, but with the heavy condi
jtion of the weather it is doubtful
I that she will arrive before the
: stranded vessel breaks up. The 50
i refugees le't the Tahoma in four
I boats. Boats from the Cordova
searched the inlets and coves of the
islands in the vicinity of Aggattu,
until all were found.
Howard H. Fields, accompanied
by his wife, were arrivals from the
interior yesterday. Mr. Fields is a
mining engineer and has been all
j ove.r the interior mining country the
past season, going as far as the
Chisana. They are at the Windsor
Hottel.
Cordova, October 12
In company with Supt. Corser and
Agent Tracey, two members cf the
Alaska Engineering Commission, \V.
C. Edes and Thos. Riggs, Jr., went
out in a special car yesterday over
the line of the Copper River &
Northwestern Railway. They went
as far as Kennecott. where the.v
spent the night, returning today and
reaching Cordova about 5 o’clock
this afternoon. The weather was
fine and the members of the commis
sion had a splendid opportunity of
examining the roadbed and to view
the country through which they
passed. Both Mr. Edes and Mr.
Riggs will be passengers late to
night on the steamer Alameda for
Valdez. After a few days there they
expect to catch the steamer Alameda
on her return from the westward and
go over to Skagway, and then to
Seattle.
Tom Davis, Jack O’Brien and a
few others made an invasion on Bos
well’s bay and for four days opened
a siege against the game that is re
puted to infest that section. It is
said that their heavy siege guns re
sulted in a surrender of the flying
squadron, with the result that thev
! took into captivity 319 /ducks and
1S1 geese. Joe Eplev kept the score
1 as the count was being made when
I the victors reached the citadel last
night and vouches for the accuracy
of the figures named.
The steamer Northwestern was
scheduled to sail from Seattle to
night but because or delay in reach
ing there will not start north until
Wednesday night, the 14th.
The steamer Admiral Watson will
i sail from Seattle tonight. The
I Admiral Evans will sail north from
j Seattle 0n the night of the 22nd. She
| will go as far west as Knik. and will
! be the last sailing of the Pacific
Alaska boats to Cook’s Inlet for this
season.
Cordova. October 13
The steamer Alameda arrived
front the south shortly after mid
night and sailed for the westward
about 6 o’clock this morning. She
did not have, many passengers for
Cordova. For Valdez she took from
here W. C. Edes. Thos. Riggs, Jr..
Sam Blum. Louis Lavenseller, L. H.
Carvey and wife and G. B. Schnorre.
The Alameda will proceed to Knik.
Cook’s Inlet, and is not due to reach
Cordova on her return trip until
Saturday morning.
The stockholders of the Golden
! Eagle Mining Company have some
tangible evidence that they have a
valuable possession at Golden, Port
Wells. At a meeting last night a
gold brick was displayed that
weighed 30 ounces and had a value
of over $500. It was part of the
result of a clean-up at the new mill,
which is now working satisfactorily.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—J. P. Morgan, of
New York, had arranged for a conference today
with President Wilson and Secretary Lane, osten
sibly for the purpose of discussing the financing of
the proposed government railways in Alaska. It is
known that among the subjects discussed was the
Copper River & Northwestern Railway, owned by
the Alaska Syndicate, of which Mr. Morgan is a
leading member. Secretary Lane was interested in
knowing the arrangements under which the present
line running from Cordova could be secured. Mr.
Morgan stated that it would either be leased or sold
outright to the government, under such price or
terms as would be agreeable to the Secretary. While
nothing authoritatively has been stated it is under
stood that from such information already received
fnm the Alaska Engineering Commission that
Secretary Lane is beginning to consider that the
acquisition of this line, likely by lease, will be neces
sary to the plan likely to be adopted for the
development of Alaska.
It was expected that James Wlck
ersham. Delegate to Congress, would
arrive at Cordova this evening. He
addressed a meeting at Valdez last
night and expected to start for Cor
dova in a small launch this morning,
although he stated that he would
| wire here before leaving Valdez. As
: no wire had been received up to 5
■ o’clock this afternoon his followers
, here assume that he has not ye:
| left our neighboring city. Arrangc
i ments had been made to hold a
meeting at Empress theater tomor
row night but it now' looks as though
it would be held later in the week.
James J. Godfrey, president of the
Mother Lode Copper Mines Com
| pany, accompanied by his w ife and
! brother, Wm. Godfrey, were arriv
| als on the Alameda last night. They
: will go out on the train Thursday
1 morning to McCarthy and go from
; there to the property about 12 miles
distant, where extensive work is
I .
being done.
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There promises to be plenty of
timber from which the voters may
! make selections at the November
election, even though some of them
may pick “sticks.” There is still
the possibility of another Senatorialj
candidate in the person of L. V'. Ray,
of Seward, who was elected two
years ago and drew the short term.
So far as known the following are
the announced candidates:
For Delegate to Congress.
James 'Wiekersham. of Fairbanks. |
Chas. E. Bunnell, of Valdez.
John M. Brooks, of Cleary.
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For Senator
I Geo. R. Goshaw, of Chisana.
Thos. C. Price, of Cordova.
Dr. W. H. Chase, of Cordova.
Dr. E. F. German, of Valdez.
O. P. Hubbard, of Valdez.
For Representative
J. J. Finnigan. of Chisana.
T. B. Tansy, of Kenne.cott,
| Thos. H. Holland, of Chitina.
R. E. Hegner, of Cordova.
D. M. Lynch, of Cordova.
John Lyons, of Valdez.
A1 White, of Valdez.
Chas. M. Day, of Valdez.
H. B. Ingram, of Valdez.
H. M. Carter, of Valdez.
Chas. G. Ganty. of Valdez.
Alex. H. Bradford, of Seward.
John Noon, of Seward.
Root. Bruce Markle, of Seldovix
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OXFORD, Oct. 13—Oxford opened
as usual, despite a great decrease in
attendance due to a big part of the
students body having joined Eng
land's army. The. total enrollemnt
at the school is not expected to ex
ceed 1.000. The students absent on
military service will suffer no loss
in their standings as a result, it was
announced. The time spent in serv
ing their country will count as time
in residence at Oxford if the under
graduates s« desire. American stud
ents entering Oxford for the first
time are expected to receive a great
deal more attention this year. They
are expected to be more of a force
in the school. All students will
spend each day in drilling for mili
tary service.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.. Oct. 13.
—The days of the pioneers are beingl
depicted here at the. N'ew Mexico!
State Fair Grounds. The fair and
the First Annual Albuquerque Rodeo i
opened simultaneously. The rodeo
• s the big attraction and tne largest
attendance at a Ne.w Mexico state j
fair is a result of it. Starting as a
side issue of amusement added by j
fair directors in response to a re- j
quest for a return to the old frontier
sports, the rodeo has become the.
most important feature of the fair
program.
Modeled after the Frontier Days'
celebration which has made Chey
enne, Wyo., famous, the program In
cludes two score of wild west events.
How will women vote.? The Sew
ard Gateway seems to be sure that
they will not vote for the Socialist
agitators.
Possibly women must do as men
have done and are doing with re
spect to the ballot and will get what
they voted for. but did not want.
If this be so, then we say, "The
sooner the women get into the habit
of voting against their interests, the
sooner they will break it.”
We are fully cognizant of the fact
that women are the greater sufferers
from industrial despotism which the
“brains” behind the Gatew-ay is up
holding. We also understand that,
since the breaking up of the Syndy
asmian Family and the beginning of
the instution of private property, she
became the slave of a slave, and
even now she is somewhat regarded
as property. Hence the double stand
ard over which reformers have
wailed in vain.
Contrary to editorial opinion, agi
tators don’t make trouble; they
merely point out that changes must
be made else there will be. To those
who do not want a change, agitators
are. of course, criminals. To those
who do—anything but that.
It would seem that the editor
would be one of the last per
sons to denounce those who demand
changes, as they would make it pos
sible for him to realize the throe
squares every day that he has been
dreaming about. But in the lan
guage of Marx, "He has not rais?d
himself intellectually to a position
to understand theoretically, histori
cal development as a whole.”
This accounts for his denouncia
tion of that, which he knows noth
ing of. That "Socialists are made
fn of unattached nomads, neces-1
sarilv,” is another way of saying
that they are tramps. Of course we
don't agree with him. But granted
that they are. are they not the result
of the economic system the he up
holds?
In the words of Jack London, “A
tramp is a tramp because somebody
has got to be one.”
Will we hear from him again?
R. HEGNER.
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L. F. Shaw, the U. S. commis
sioner at Xelchina, has returned
from the diggings and says that
about 30 men are remaining the.'e
tor the winter. What promises to
he one of the deepest shafts in
Alaska is being put to bedrock on
a bench on Crooked creek by Decker
and associates. The shaft is now
do.wn 190 feet. Several stratas or
geld bearing gravel have been pene
trated and the men are hopeful that
the.v will find good pay on bedrock.
They are from Koyukuk and are
using a small thawer. On Albert
creek, where the find was made
which caused the stampede to the
district, there are six men working.
The owners of Discovery, Olson.
Getchel. Kemp and Anderson will
take in supplies this winter In
preparation for next summer’s oper
ations. McCormack and Anderson
are also endeavoring to develop a
paystreak. «
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VOTE FOR
George R. Goshaw
TO THE VOTERS OF THE THIRD DIVISION:
As it is impossible for me at this time, owing to the close of
the mining and business at this placer ramp, to come Itefore you In
person, 1 find It necessary to make this announcement through the
medium of the press.
I desire your vote for Senator to the Territorial
Legislature, from the Third Division, at the
Election on Tuesday, November the Third.
Mj- friends have not urged me to seek this office, nor does the
office seek me, I SEEK THE OFFICE, and I want your support
and vote.
I am solely responsible for my candidacy, and have made no
pledges or promises to any individual, party or concern, and if
/ elected will go to Juneau, absolutely unhampered with ties of any
kind; t„ do that which will advance the interests of the whole
people of Alaska:—not to go there and vote “aye and nay” during
the session, hut to work with a will and knowledge of affairs,
gained from a considerable e\i»erienee, especially in this Division,
and continue such work, throughout the year and the entire term
of office.
If you feel that you can NOT honestly and sincerely cast your
ballot for any of the other candidates for this office, THEN VOTE
FOR ME. Yours very truly.
Chisana, Alaska. Sept. 1. 1f)l4. GEORGE R. GOSHAW.
For Senator
ANNOUNCEMENT
Having received the nomi
nation of the Democratic con
vention for the office of Terri
torial Representative, and be
lieving that Cordova and the
Copper River valley is entitled
to representation in the Legis
lative Assembly of the Terri
tory. I respectfully solicit the
support of the voters of the
Third Judicial Division.
If elected. I pledge myself
to give my every effort to
secure the enactment of legis
lation that will put into force
and effect the reforms advo
cated in our platform, and at
all times to work for the best
interests of the whole people
of the territory.
THOMAS K. HOLLAND,
Candidate for
Territorial Representative
Candidate for
REPRESENTATIVE
Thomas H.
HOLLAND
OF CHITIXA
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