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i Cordova, July 8.
answer to an inquiry yester
| day afternoon from the Chitina
1 Chamber of Commerce, President
Oscar Fish replied that Bob Sheldon
will start for Fairbanks with his
iklko the latter part of the week and
(that he would be glad to take with
’ him Count Ferdinando Daneo, royal
consul general of Italy at San
Francisco. As a consequence the
latter, with his secretary, F. M.
Andreain left on the morning train
and will make the run through to
• Kennecott, stopping at Chitina on
Itlie way back and staring from
there for Fairbanks.
\ Odrs. R. J. DeLeo will return on
\e Alameda, after spending several
I leeks with friends at Seattle.
TThe first woman passenger to
/ake a through automobile, trip
..from Chitina to Fairbanks will be
Mrs. Horace Leach, .who will spend
Several weeks at the interior
letropolis visiting her sister. She
*11 go w'th Bobby Sheldon who
|| 1 start the latter part of the week
h several passengers.
tVe understand that Larry Bitner,
rekeeper for the Kennecott Mines
. for the past two years has de
led to leave that company on
igust 1st. He will probably be
tcated in McCarthy where he has
I Vsiness interests, for sometime be
| ire going outside.
| ' Early this morning Dr. Chase re
I ceived a message to go to Chitina
! fo attend Dr. Hamilton, who had
J been shot through the foot. It ap
| pears that last evening the Dr. aud
|?'a lptan named Johnson were out
A hunting a few miles from Chitina
I when the accidental discharge of
| Johnson’s gun sent a bullet through
1' the Dr.’s foot. He was taken to town
and in the. absence of Dr. Smith the
ft wound was well attended to by Dr.
I Hale and A. G. Morey. It was
thought best to have a regular
physician treat the wound so that
gf no complications would set in and
jf Dr. Chase was wired for. As he has
several patients who are in a se.rious
;■ condition, and as Dr. Council is
|| away from town, lie wired back that
$ it was impossible to go out on the j
I? morning train and suggested that J
|| the patient be sent here to the lios-1
;, iHtfal. This may be done, on the. re-,
J| turn train, unless Dr. Smith, who is
I on a hunting trip, returns to Chitina
day or two.
^WmTroness Von Ravens of New
H flrk, Mrs. M P. Martin, of Scran
p tern. Penn., and Mrs. Alfred B. lies
;: will remain as guests at the Hotel
Windsor for a couple of weeks,
I until their husbands return from an
; examination of their mining prop
|H erties in the Kuskulana district. Mr.
«v lies left about a week ago while the
■vj Baron and Mr. Martin went out on
jf* the morning train. Mr. Martin is a
fK, lawyer and qiining expert and will
|| examine locations and title. Other
|| large stocknolders who also aceom
panied the party this morning were
I: D. E. Drery and Geo. M. Drery, of
M Catasauqua, Penn., b:g silk mann
. facturers. These men also represent
other Pennsylvania stockholders in
the Alaska Copper Corporation, and
j.i it is likely that operations on a large
ii^scale will soon be commenced.
A Mrv and Mrs. Robert von Vorst
Sewell and their two sons, left on
•‘•/the morning train and will go as far
as Mile 52, where they will establish
headquarters for a few days while
| yMr. and Mrs. Sewell are engaged in
Jraiainting Miles and Childs glaciers.
"iThe.y will then go further into the
Unterior.
i ff Mrs. Scott enjoyed the Fourth of
Wuly celebration at Chitina and re
i lurned on Monday’s train. She
iwtates that the day was full of in
.weresting events and everyone had a
good time. One of the big events
*' ’was the, presence of 100 Indians
from all sections of the country.
H They Vere in native costume and
?V- gave all kinds of dances and athletic
P; exhibitions, ending with a big feed
■♦ gathered about a long table,. Of
course^everybody attended the base
ij ball game. There was some good
. . playing although the railroad team
defeated the Chitina Giants by a
i|)score of 13 to 7, and was awarded
, the purse. In the foot race Johnny
i s Nelson proved to be the fleet white
§§ paired boy, while in the. fat man’s
race Archie Cloninger easily took
H the honors. As a doughnut eater
t, Bobby Sneldon had no equal. In
the horse race there was some, “go.”
In*tlie evening everybody assembled
gat Eagle hall and the glorious
- Fourth ended in the, small hours of
H the m«ning after all the fashionable
dance® of the period had been
|j| indulged.
Cordova, July 9.
Mr. Clapp spent a few days at
i; Miles glacier, where he will return
on the train, making his head
quarters with Fre.d Schiller and wife.
Instead of going farther to the west
ward he has decided to remain in I
this" section until time for his de
parture south in September. Mr.
Clapp states that he. finds conditions
ideal here for his work. There are
mammoth living glaciers, snow clad
high mountain peaks, hills, valleys,
rivers, Lake Ey^k, and the sea with
its varying charms. All these afford
him ample inspiration for work that
he, expects to exhibit in the Eastern
cities and later at the San Diego
exposition. He expects to have
another exhibit in Cordova of all his
finished work in this region before
he packs his pictures for shipment
outside.
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Cordova, July 10.
The, steamer Mariposa arrived
from the westward this morning
about 10 o’clock. A train was at
the wharf and took about 30 excur
sionists on a trip to the glaciers, j
They returned about 4 o’clock and j
soon after the steamer sailed for j
the south, with the following pas-'
sengers going from Cordova:
For Seattle—Mrs. G. Hanger, G. j
Hanger, E. A. Patrick, O. \V. Lee,'
John Lundman, J. H. Burrow, John!
Riswold, Ed. Elstad, F. Miller.
For Juneau—Edw. Miller, Mrs.
Krippaethne, W. A. Krippaethne.
Tonight National Director J. Fred
erick Johnson will institute, a lodge
of Moose at Cordova. About a month
ago when he left Fairbanks for Daw
son and Cordova he was given a
token of appreciation for the good.
work dne by him there. It was a ]
watch fob made of Tanana gold. The
front side of the fob was beautifully
mounted, the mountings consisting
of a diamond-eyed moose head at
the top, a large diamond, to repre
sent the midnight sun, in the center,
and a log cabin and a windlass on!
either side at the bottom. On the
back of the fob was the following
inscription: “Presented to J. Fred
erick Johnson by the members of
Fairbanks Lodge No. 139a, June 8,
1914.”
So many meetings are held these
days and nights in Cordova that it
is necessary to bunch them upon
occasions. As an example here is
the program for tonight.
Art exhibit at Chamber of Com
merce rooms from 7 to 9.
Socialist meeting at Town Hall at
8 o’clock.
Institution of Loyal Order of
Moose, at 8 o’clock, Eagle Hall.
Show at Empress Theater from
8:15 to 10:15 o’clock.
Democratic Club meeting at Cham
ber of Commerce rooms after first
show.
A number of the men from off the
revenue cutter McCullough are out
on the lake this afternoon with Geo.
Dooley, having their last angle be
fore departing for the westward.
George Edward Hill returned
from Valdez on the Mariposa today.
He states that he received the ap
pointment from Judge Brown as L\
S. Commissioner and Recorder for
the Chisana district, succeeding
Anthony J. Dimond, who will return
to Valdez and engage in the practice
of law. Judge Hill first went from
Cordova to the Chisana nearly a
year ago. For a time he was acting
commissioner, having been selected
to that place at a miners meeting.
He will leave on the train Tuesday
morning for McCarthy and go from
there over the trail.
Capt. Alger expects to start with
the U. S. revenue cutter McCullough
for Valdez sometime tomorrow. The
vessel has been in this port for the
past ten days and is xepected to
leave, from Valdez about the 15th
with the “floating court” for the far
westward, to be gone several weeks.
An enthusiastic meeting of the
Wickersham Club was he,Id last
night at Town Hall. A permanent
organization was effected by the
election of the following officers:
E. V. Boyle, president; Dr. W. H.
Chase, vice president; Harry Thiste.d,
secretary; N. Classen, treasurer;
Chas. J. Goodall, Geo. Dooley, James
Carscadden, Ed. Currier, and S.
Bauer, executive committee.
It was decided to establish Wick
ersham headquarters at the Wilson
building, to the north of the Rainier
Grand hotel and to throw a Wicker
sham banner across the street from
there.
. Cordova, July 11.
Dr. Chase and Dr. Council are
circulating a subscription list for
contributions to make a baseball
park. The first four men they inter
viewed agreed to give $100 each,
with a similar promise from the.
fifth when he knew just how the
work was to be done and the actual
cost. The committee express the
opinion that there will be no diffi
culty in securing $1,000. The $100 j
contributions are from E. L. Har- i
wood, Fred Haef, Rainier Grand, Dr.
Council and Capt. Lathrop. In ad
dition to the $500 practically
pledged it is expected that several
other large amounts will be forth
coming, the balance to be made, .up
by the smaller contributions. It is
proposed to organize a baseball
association and to have everything
done in a business-like manner.
J. Frederick Johnson, national
organizer, Loyal Order of Moose,,
instituted Cordova Lodge, No. 1430,
last night. He had 12 charter mem
bers, and expects that the number
will rapidly increase. Now that he
has gotten things started, with the
promise of many others to join
wit-hip the next few weeks, Mr.
Johnson will leave for Valdez on the
Mariposa tomorrow. After working
up a sentiment there, and having an
institution he will proceed to
Seward, where some preliminary
work has been done by John J.
McGrath. He expects not only to I
institute, a lodge there but also to
install officers. He will then return
to Valdez and Cordova and remain
long enough in each town to install
officers of the respeet've lodges.
R. D. Pinneo, the affable and good
looking assistant general freight
agent of the Pacific Coast Steamship
Co., with headquarters at Seattle,
arrived in town yesterday from the
westward. Mr. Pinneo is looking
over Southwestern Alaska with a
view of ascertaining traffic condi-1
tions and the necessity for estab-1
lishing another line, of steamers
from Seattle. Mr. Pinneo is also
lecturer in Alaska for the grand
lodge of the, Masonic order of the
state of Washington. In that capacity
he met with about a dozen members
of Mount McKinley lodge., at Masonic
Hall, last night. He gave them
needed instruction.
LeRoy Tozier, of Fairbanks, who
has been outside for the past six
months, is returning on the Ala
meda and will go to Portage Bay to
satisfy himself as to the conditions
there and the. prospects of its being
a railroad terminal.
The Democratic Club of Cordova
held a well attended meeting last
night. There was some discussion of ;
the caucus to be held Monday night j
at Town Hall, to elect 7 delegates to !
the Skagway convention. • Upon j
motion it was decided that the club
should recommend names to be j
voted for as delegates. The execu-!
tive committee was empowered to.
select 7 names and submit them to j
a meeting of the club to be held!
Sunday night after the first show, j
at Town Hall. There, was some talk
of probable candidates for delegate
to Congress and from the general
expression it was the hope and
desire that Falcon Joslin, of Fair
banks, be. the man named as the
standard bearer of the Alaska
Democracy. Some favored an in
dorsement of him as a candidate and
this may be done at the meeting
tomorrow' night.
Among the passengers coming
north on the Alameda is the family
of Judge Spence, U. S. District Attor
ney for this division. When he first
came, to Valdez a daughter accom
panied him, and she was later
elected a school teacher at our
neighboring town. Now Mrs. Spence, \
a son and three daughters will be
added to the social life of Valde.z. i
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Cordova, July 13.
There seems to be, every assur- j
ance that soon Cordova will have a
base ball ground. Dr. Chase started
men at work this morning on the
tract near the Arctic Lumber Co.
building. Three men started to
drain the, small lake and by noon
the trenches had lowered the water
two and a half feet. A meeting is!
called for Tuesday night, after the
first show, at the Chamber of Com
merce, rooms, at which every indi
vidual interested in securing a good
ball ground is invited to attend.
Methods of carrying on the work
will be discussed and possibly a per
manent organization formed.
Griff Ellis, who was injured sev
eral months ago on the railroad at
McCarthy, is again a well man and
will sail on the Alameda for the j
outside. He will be gone three
months and will visit the, old folks
at home in North Wales. While in
the hospital at Cordova the friends
of Griff were very attentive and he
says that he is very appreciative of
the many kindnesses that were ex
' tended him while he was laid up.
Dr. C. L Hale returned on Satur- !
day afternoon after a four weeds
trip to the interior, going as far as
Kennecott, and during which time
he afforded relief to many tooth
distracted patients.
J.E. McGillivial came down from
Shushanna Junction Saturday and
I will make a trip outside, leaving on
the Alameda Thursday.
G. C. Martin and R. M. Overbeels
of the Geological survey, were ar
rivals on the, steamer yesterday and
will take the train tomorrow, to
join a party who are now at work
in the interior.
Miss Caroline Kelsey, of Valdez,
is spending a short season as the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. S.
Scott. Of course she, is having a
pleasant time,
Lieut. Edgerton will go out on, the
train tomorrow morning as far as
McCarthy. From there he will go
over to the Nizina river and
examine the damage that has been
done the new bridge by the high
water.
Deming Wheeler, who has been
hunting to the westward for several
months past, is due to return to
Cordova on one of the next
steamers.
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It is believed that Robert Shel- j
don reached Fairbanks last night at
9 o'clock with his Ford automobile
and several passengers. He left
Chitina on Friday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock, making the run of 50 miles
to Copper Center that night and
starting again in the early morning.
He was at Paxson s, a distance of
140 miles at 1 o'clock Saturday
afternoon. In a conversation with
one of the operators along the line
at 5 o clock last evening he stated
that Sheldon had just passed there
and would reach his destination at
9 o'clock. Shortly after the, wire
went down and it has not been pos
sible since to hear from Fairbanks,
which is distant from Chitina 322
miles over the summer trail. The
passengers starting from Chitina
were: Mrs. Henry Deyo, who joined
her husband at Copper Center; Mrs.
Horace L,eaeh, Fbrdinando Daneo,
royal consul general of Italy,- at
San Francisco, and his secretary.
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Frank Case, arrived at Seward the
other day from Neleinna. He con
tinues to have hopes Jhat a small
camp may develop there. \He says a
shaft is now down 190 feet on
Crooked creek and bedrock hatP not
yet been reached. Mr. Case believes
that the future of the camp depends
to a great extent on the result of the
sinking of this hole.
‘ If there is pay found in it,” he
said, “the Xelchina will make, a sure
camp.”
About six men are working on
Poorman which Mr. Case describes
as wage diggings. About 25 are
working on Albert but no clean up
has yet been made there and the
value, of the gravel cannot, therefore,
be guaged.
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A party of geodetic surveyors
under Engineer Strough was landed
at Ellamar from the Northwestern
on her last trip here for the purpose
of the triangulation of the. peninsula
between the Sound and the Inlet. He
stated that the exact distance be
tween the the two bodies of wat°r
has never been properly determined
and this will now be learned defi
nitely for all time. The work is
supposed to be connected with the
railroad construction project. One
fact of importance is that the mem
bers of the party expressed the belief
that Portage Bay can never be
chosen’by the government for a rail
road terminal.—Seward Gateway.
C. C. Coulter, a mining engineer
from Seattle, who recently returned
from the Nelchina camp, made a trip
about 100 miles north to near the
headwaters of the Gulkana river,
where he found some good prospects.
He expects to take, in some hose and :
equipment and go from Cordova via
Chitina and Gulkana on a prospect-T
ing trip. I
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Governor Strong recently made a !
visit to the Pioneers’ Home at Sitka, i
which is being looked aftej by!
Arthur G. Shoup, giving his services
gratis, and finds everything satis- ]
factory* The governor says:
“It is well managed, and the in- i
mates are contented and all look-1
ing well, except two who are!
rapidly nearing the last great i
divide. I did not hear a single com-'
plaint from any of them. There are 1
31 inmates all told, hailing from '
different parts of the territory and j
as far away as Nome, and the Arctic .
slope.”
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SEATTLE. July 13.—This city 1 =
will become the principal station in <
the Northwest of the Mgrconi Wire- 1
less Telegraph Company under a i
lease elosed for space on the 21st <
floor of. the L. C. Smith 42-story 1
building. The Marconi company j
has taken a ten-year lease on four ^
office rooms on the Se.cnd Ave. side 1
of the building. Two antennae will <
be strung from these, offices, one of j
10 K. W. and the other of 2 K. W. \
The first will reach a full street <
block and the other will run from <
the top of the Smith Building tower J
to the offices of the company. All <
business to the Hawaiian islands, <
Alaska and ships at se.a will be J
handled through the new office, }
which will be of higher power than <
the Friday Harbor station. 1
ATLANTIC CITY, July 13.—Last
evening Judge Horace Harmon Lur
ton, associate justice of the Supreme
Court of the Unite.d States, died at
a hotel in this city. He had come
here for ’his health and was taken
with an attack of heart disease,
superinduced by 1 cardiac asthma.
Judge Lurton has had a long career
.on the bench. Btfrn in Kentucky 70
years ago he graduated from the
| law department of Cumberland Uni
versity in 1867 and immediately
began the practice of law at Clarks- c
ville, Tenn. From 1874 to 1878 he i
served as chancellor of the sixth 1
chancery division of Tennessee. He .
was elected to the supreme court of i
that state in September, 1886, .
| elected chief justice in January i
1893, and in the following March
he was appointed by President i
Cleveland as circuit judge for the
sixth judicial circuit of the United
States. In December 1909 he was
appointed by President Taft to the
position he held when death came.
He was L. B., Cumberland Univer
sity; D. C, L., University of the
South; LL. D., University of Penn
sylvania.
WASHINGTON, July 11—Reports
have bee.n received at the depart
ments here indicating that eruptions
have recently occurred at Mt. Kat
mai and nearby peaks in Alaska. It
has also been represented that many
people are in jeopardy and also m
need of assistance. In order that
they may be protected and cared forj
four revenue cutters have been i
ordered to go to their rescue.
BELFAST, July 11.—Today Col.
Carson called the first meeting of j
the Ulster Provisional government.;
When he first appeared he was met
by 400 uniformed Orangemen, who
carried bayonets filled with cart
ridges and had on cartridge belts.
The. excitement was intense but there
■ was no open outbreak. It is ex
pected that this will follow later.
SEATTLE, July 13.—A joy rid
ing party met with fatal results
early Sunday morning.- Their auto
lashed into the bay in the southern
part of the city, the attention of
:he chauffeur having been diverted
’rom his machine because, of his
flssing one of tie girl occupants.
iVellw’ood Murray, a young lawyer
23 years of age, and Miss Bessie
Brooks, a seamstress, were almost
nstantly killed. Miss Trene Helli
ve.ll, a clerk in the National Bank
>f Commerce, and daughter of
Sidney S.. Helliwell, the auditor in
he same institution, was fatally in
ured, as she is suffering from eon
•ussion of the brain. The driver,
losepli J. Taylor, escaped without
tny serious injury and has been
llaced under arrest for driving at
he rate of 50 miles an hour. All
he parties had been drinking and
,vere having a hilarious time.
LONDON, July 11.—Sir Edward
3rey, foreign secretary, speaking in
:he House, of Commons uttered a
.vaming to China. He declared that
ler refusal to sign the convention
vith regard to what territory shall
compose the outer and inner Thibet,
Yould be disastrous if she resorte.d
:o an aggressive policy.
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