OF GENERAL INFORMATION
Cordova, July 23
This afternoon Mayor Boyle sus
pended from office Chief of Police
A. J. Henneke. He immediately
thereafter appointed as patrolman,
Link Wain, who took the oath of
office and is now acting under his
appointment, performing the duties
as is ordinarily required of the
Chief of Police. This action is a
result of the refusal of the Town
Council to either discharge or sus
pend Chief He.nneke, the vote on
both propositions having been a tie
on Monday evening.
At the last meeting of Town
Council the electric light and power
franchise was put on its final pass
age and defeated, because the vote
was 3 to 3. It will now be neces
sary to pfesent anew the ordinance
with amendments desired. This
may be done at the next meeting of
Council, and by suspending the rules
the ordinance could pass at that
meeting. Otherwise it would go over
to the next regular meeting, when
it “shall be put on its final read
ing and passage, subject to amend
ment and debate.” It is under
stood that Mr. Knox will request
that the ordinance be again intro
duced at the next meeting.
Work has been progressing satis
factorily on the new base ball
grounds, until this morning, when:
Tom Teats appeared on the scene;
and stretched a rope around a cer-1
tain part of the area which it was
intended to level off and cover with
gravel. He is one of two claimants
to the ground, but at a public meet-!
ing held the other night gave the i
Association the right to start work !
on the site that had been selected !
for a park and ball ground. Today j
he announced that he wanted more
definite arrangements made before;
he would allow work to continue. He I
pitched his tent and occupying a
camp stool was seemingly assuming
an attitude of enforcing his de- j
mands. When Presdent Chase was
informed of this action he called a '
meeting of the Directors of the Asso-:
ciation, to be held tonight at 8
o’clock, at the Chamber of Com
merce room, when action will De
decided upon. This afternoon Super
intendent Mickelson kept his force
at work where they were when the
rope, was drawn, but it was at
another location.
Cordova, July 24 j
When Harrv Rolfe returned from '
Golden the other day, where hi?.
launch Pansy had towed over a
couple of barges with supplies for'
the Golden Eagle Mining Co., he
brought back a fine chunk of free
gold quartz, which is on exhibit in
the Chamber of Commerce window.
R. J. McChesney, who has been j
outside receiving treatment for his,
injured foot, is a passenger on the
'Mariposa and will go through to
jValdez. An operation afforded him
telief and his foot is much better, j
k Among the passengers on the
steamer Northwestern this morning
was Rev. W. H. Ziegler and wife,
who are leaving Valdez. Rev. ZIe.g
vpr has been sent to Port Angeles,
Wash., where he will assume charge
of the Episcopal church.
Mrs. John Y. Ostrander Is a pas
senger from Seattle on the steamer
Mariposa. She. will go through to'
Valdez and shortly return to Cor-1
dova. A number of friends were
down to the wharf to greet her this
afternoon.
Thomas Davis, accompanied by
his wife, returned this afternoon
from a trip to the outside.. They
spent several weeks in Boise and'
Seattle.
Admiral Black with his boat and
Evinrude motor, scored a victory in j
the race, both going to and comint,
from the wireless station at Whit
shed.
The steamer Mariposa arrived In
port this afternoon about 4:30
o’clock and will sail for Valdez at i
10 tonight. Upon arrival of the
steamer a train was at the wharf j
and immediately started with the j
excursionists for the trip to the ■
glaciers, so that they might view i
these gre.at wonders of nature ere:
the shades of night might darken!
their vision. Among the Cordova
arrivals is a party of five from N'ew
York. They will take the train on
Sunday and go to Kennec-ott. There
they will be met by Stephen Bircn,
who will later head the party on »
hunting expedition to the White
River country. Tomorrow the young
men will be taken on a fishing
excursion by Superintendent Corser,
Dr. Council aipl Fred Tracey.
Others of the Xew York party came
north on the Mariposa as far a*
Skagway. From there they will go
via White Horse and Dawson to
Fairbanks, returning to Chitina.
After making a visit to Kennecott
and other sections of the Coppet
River country they will return to
Cordova. In this party are C. O.
Iselin, Jr., H. C. Morgan and Mor
gan Belmont. The passengers
aboard the Mariposa sailing from
Seattle for this section of Alaska
are as follows:
For Cordova—Mrs. W. H. Chase
Jas. Heney and wife, S. E. Peabody,
F. T. Davison, H. P. Davison. R.
G. Coombe, Mrs. Thos. Davis, Thos.
Davis, Dr. H. E. Bunch.
For Valdez—F. J. Cameron, M*iss
L. Crosby, Marie Leman, W. H. Mal
vexn, R. J. McChesney, Mrs. J.
Ostrander, Miss Agnes toulahan.
x ios. Appleton.
For Seward—W. O. Waters, W.
O. Waters, Jr., W. B. Best, Miss
Elsie. Baldwin, Mrs. E. Levin. Pro*.
S. G. Newsom, F. M. Williams, W.
G. Cooper.
Tourists—A. D. Armstrong and
wife, E. V. Engstrom and wife, A.
H. Reid and wife, G. I. Fanning ana
wife, H. Jernsulem, Phelps New
berry, M. G. Harrell, Henry Curtis,
Iva Langdon, Miss Phillis Kemps,
Mrs. Kemps, Mrs. F. R. Brown, R.
W. Shepard and wife, P. Newberry,
H. H. Ree.se and wife, B. E. Line
and wife, Alice David, Dorothy
David, Miss A. Davis, Miss Mar
garet jJuell, Mrs. Sarah Buell, J. G.
Webb and wife, Judge Harsbrouch
and wife, Mrs. H. S. Hall, C. Claus
sen. Mrs. I. F. Korkston, and W. L.
Davies.
Cordova, July 25
A1 Hoffman, deputy U. S. marshal
in the Chisana precinct, was an ar
rival yesterday Afternoon. He
brought in an insane man and will
return to the interior on the train
tomorrow. He left the diggings
about eight days ago and states that
there have been no new clean-ups
since the last report. He further
States that U. S. Commissioner L>i
mond is due out almost any time
now, as he expected to leave with
the mail carrier. He will go to
Valdez and engage in the practice or
law with T. J. Donohoe. His suc
cessor, Ned Hill, has not yet bean
able to leave for Chisana as he has
been laid up with rheumatism. *
A telephone from Katalla states
that a letter has been received there
with the information that the coal
claim of James Wardell, in the
Bering river field, was cancelled on
June 20. For some reason the
claimant had received no notice of
this action until his attorney, Judge
Whitten, made inquiries at the office
of the land commissioner. The rea
son given for turning down the ap
plication was because sufficient work ]
had not been done on the claim.
Mrs. Dr. W. H. Chase was a re
turning passenger on the steamer
Mariposa yesterday. She. spent
some time with her relatives in New
York.
A party of young fellows from the
east arrived on the steamer Mariposa
and are registered at the Windsor
hotel. They are H. P. and F. T.
Davison, sons of H. P. Davison, one
of the firm of {he banking house of j
J. P. Morgan & Co., of New York.
S. E. Peabody, of Brookline, Mass.,
Dr. H. E. Bunch of Corlis Hills, S. C..
and R. G. Coombe, of New York. The.
young men are spending today on a
fishing excursion with Dr. Council;
and Fred Tracey. They will leave
on the train in the morning for
Kennecott, where they will be given
some idea of practical mining. On
Tuesday, accompanied by Stephen
Birch and possibly Superintendent J
Seagraves they will start for the
White River country to spend a,
couple of weeks in hunting.
Other members of the, party leav-j
ing New York were C. O. Iselin, Jr .
Morgan Belmont and H. C Morgan. I
These men have just graduated from j
college and will enjoy a more ex-j
tended vacation. They left the]
steamer at Skagway and will go j
down the river to Fairbanks. From!
there they will go into the country j
in the vicinity of Mount McKinley.,
to spend several weeks in hunting, j
They will come out via Chitina and j
will make a trip to Kennecott an.l
then to Cordova, taking the steamer j
here for Seattle.
Cordova, July 27
The steamer Admiral Sampson ar-!
rived at Seward from the westward <
at 2 o’clock this afternoon. She is |
due to reach Cordova tomorrow j
morning at 7:30 o’clock and will sail
south about an hour later.
Ernest P. Walker, an agent of the
I%. S. fisheries bureau, is registered
at the Rainier-Grand hotel. Tester- j
day he made a quiet visit to the
Orca cannery, and as a result some
warrants have been sworn out be
fore the U. S. Commissioner. He
charges a crowd of 14 fishermen
with having caught salmon too near
the. mouth of a creek, and another
charge is that the cannery has been
putting up fish longer than «S hours
out of the water. A hearing will
be had on the matters. The Orca
cannery has already put up 48,000
cases of salmon, exceeding the busi
ness of last season, when 4 6,000
cases were packed. The fish are
still running and cans for 5,000
more cases will arrive on the steamer
Alameda, the expectation being to
put up 56.000 cases.
The Daily Alaskan is requested to
extend the thanks of the many em
ployes of the C. R. & N. W. Ry., to
Superintendent Corser for his con
sideration and kindness in extend
ing the use of an excursion train
yesterday. The fifth annual outing
was enjoyed to Miles and Childs
glaciers, the great wonders of nature
that grow more interesting with each
visit. The start was made at 9 in
the morning, a large, number of
townspeople also availing themselves
of the opportunity for a day’s oiu
ing. In two hours the run was
made over the 49 miles. The hun
dred people, that included men,
women and children, then scattered
and formed many picnic parties, all
eating lunch within sight of Childs
glacier, which seemed to be working
overtime, the constant falling of the
huge chunks of ice into the riv^r
stream anording continuous enter
tainment. The weather was ideal,
bright and warm, and was hugely
enjoyed not only by the employees
but also bv the many others from
town. ‘ All aboard,’" was heard
about 3:30 o’clock and at 5 o’clock
a tired but hapnv crowd was again
landed at the First Street station.
And all expressed themselves as
more than grateful because of the
thoughtfulness of Mr. Corser, who
had made the excursion possible.
The train that left Cordova yes
terday morning went through to
Kennecott and will return this after
noon shortly after 6 o'clock. In
order to take out freight that ar
rived on the Latouche another train
will leave tomorrow morning at S
o’clock, carrying passengers and
making connections at Cnitina for
Kennecott, and returning to Cor
dova on Thursday afternoon. After
that the next train leaving here w-ill
be on Saturday morning, to take
passengers and freight that is due
to reach here Thursday on the
steamer Alameda.
For the past week painters have,
been at work on the large building
of S. Blum & Co., completing their
labors this morning. As a result
the building has been freshened up
and presents a pleasing and artistic
appearance. „
Among the different parties out
fishing yesterday possibly the record
catch in the lake was made by Mrs.
C. M. Frazier. She hauled in
unaided, a fine salmon trout that
weighed four pounds.
The freighter Latouche arrived
in port yesterday afternoon and
went to the westward this afternoon
at 2 o'clock. She brought to Cor
dova 150,000 feet of lumber, lOo
tons of coal for the town and an
equal amount for the railroad,
gasoline, etc.
On the train this afternoon will
be the party of men interested in
the Alaska Copper Corporation, who
have been to a visit of the prop
erties of the company in the Kus
kalana river district. In the party
are. Baron vcn Ravens, Alfred B.
lies, Ambler J. Stewart, all of Xew
York, and Frank Lauer, of Reading.
Pa.
Excursionists were to be found
everywhere yesterday enjoying the
clear, warm summer day. Boating
parties, fishing parties and a big
crowd to the glaciers nad delightful
outings.
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SEATTLE, July 27—Pacific Coast
shipbuilding concerns stand an ex
cellent chance of capturing all the
government contracts for the con
struction of the Alaska fisheries
vessels and the craft to be built for
the coast and geodetic survey—at
least those of the latter which will
be in service on the Pacific. With
keen competition, as is expected,
owing to the slack conditions in the
shipyards of the East, it is antici
pated that the government will be
able to obtain very reasonable bids,
but even with the longer workday
in effect as a rule on the Atlantic
and reckoning even with the higher
wage schedtPe paid rn the Pacific
Coast bidders have the advantage of
the cost of bringing the new ves
sels down the Atlantic Coast and
through the Panama Canal to the
territory in which they will be
utilized.
Answering a letter written him by
Representative William E. Hum
phrey, Secretary William C. Red
field of the department of commerce,:
has advised the Seattle congressman
that Pacific Coast shipbuilders will
be asked to submit tenders.
Our
Quei3>
RepW -
Deparlro
Why is the mayor of London called
lord mayor? How is he elected?
The title is of ancient origin and ha*
no particular significance except of
added dignity. An act of parliament
regulates the election of mayors, and
the lord mayor of London is elected
like the mayors of all English cities
annually on the 9th of November by
the council from among the aldermen.
His administrative duties are very lim
ited. and the office is largely an hon
orary and ornamental one.
When was it that a band of Virginia
mountaineers shot up a courthouse
during a trial, killing the judge and
prosecutor?
It was-at Hillsville. Carroll county,
Vn.. March 14, 1912. the sheriff also be
ing killed.
Is wireless telegraphy affected by
weather conditions?
Electrical storms or disturbances af
fect telegraphic operations by wire or
wireless, and wireless telegraphy is
also said to work better in cloudy than
in clear wepther. Operators say sun
shine is bad for wireless, and scientists
say that in a bright, clear day the elec
tric waves on which wireless commu
nication depends are absorbed or di
minished by the rays of the sun.
Can a hunting dog be taught to un
derstand and obey particular com
mands?
Yes. if the right method is pnrsued.
A dog does not understand language
or words, but be has an acute ear for
sounds and will soon learn to recog
nize commands by sound if they are
very brief and made repeatedly with
out varying the form.
What ie the difference between a
foreign minister and an ambassador?
There is no difference in their duties,
as they both represent their govern
ment and country at a foreign court
but there is a slight difference in the
grade and dignity of the two offices,
ambassador being the higher. For a
long time minister was the highest
grade in our diplomatic service, but
during the second Cleveland adminis
tration the grade of ambassador was
created, and now there are ten embas
sies — to Austria - Hungary. Brazil.
France. Germany. Great Britain. Italy.
.Inpan. Mexico. Russia and Turkey
Each ambassador receives $17,500 per
annum.
Are rural free delivery carriers re
quired to collect postage money that
is depos.ted in mail boxes?
They are not required to collect loose
coins so.deposited. and if they do it is
a matter of personal accommodation,
involving some trouble and loss of
time. Patrons should inclose coins in
an envelope, wrap them securely in
paper or deposit them in a coin hold
ing receptacle, so they can be easily
and quickly taken up by the carrier.
Kindly give the exact date when the
civil war ended.
It ended really with the surrenderor
General Lee at Appomattox. April 9.
1S65. There were some military move
ments after that and a tight between
some detached forces in Texas as late
as May 13. 1S65. the last one of the
war. and the Confederate privateer
Shenandoah continued operations till
midsummer, destroying about thirty
merchant ships during August. 1863.
But these were mere echoes of the
great conflict, like pattering rain after
a storm. The last armed force of Con
federates to surrender was the army
of General E. Kirby Smith in Texas.
May 26. 1S63.
Which was the older, John Wesley,
the founder of Methodism, or his broth
er Charles?
John Wesley was the olde® being the
fifteenth child of Samuel and Susanna
Wesley, born June 17. 1703. and
Charles Wesley, their eighteenth child,
born Dec. 28. 170S.
When was Labor day established or
first observed as a holiday?
It was first observed in Colorado in
1SS7.
Will you kindly publish a list of the
Greek letter college fraternities now in
operation, showing the college where
organized and date of organization?
The following list embraces the prin
cipal ones: Kappa Alpha, founded at
Union college, 1825: Delta Phi. Union.
1S27: Sigma Phi. Union, 1S27: Alpha
Delta Phi. Hamilton. 1832: Psi Upsilon.
Cniou. 1S3.3; Delta Upsilon. Williams.
1.834: Beta Theta PI. Miami. 1S39:
Chi Psi. Union. 1841: Delta Kappa
Epsilon. Yale. 1844: Zeta Psi. New
York university. 1S4<>: Delta Psi, Co
lumbia. 1S47: Theta Delta Chi. Union.
1S47: Phi Delta Theta. Miami, 1848:
Phi Gamma Delta. Jefferson. 1848;
Phi Kappa Sigma. University of Penn
sylvania. 1S.50: Phi Kappa Psi. Jeffer
son. 18.52: Chi Phi. Princeton. 18.54:
Sigma Chi. Miami. 18.55; Sigma Alpha
Epsilon. Alabama. 1S.5G: Delta T:;u
Delta. Bethany. 1.SG0: Alpha Tau Ome
ga. Virginia Military institute. 186-5:
Kappa Alpha (south). Washington and
Lee. 1S67: Kappa Sigma. Virginia.
1SC7: Sigma Xu. Virginia Military in
stitute. ISC.')*
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