The Chitina leader., 1913-04-29

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SEATTLE, April 29-The two
sons of William H. Whittlesey, of
Seward, who were injured in the re-
cent auto accident, have brought
suit against the city for S1f1 000.
The trouble occurred while Mr..
Whittlesey was at Chicago in attend
ance as a witness at the Fros- coal
trial. His wife was almost in
family killed, and the two sons were
badly injured.
LONDON, Apl. 29-The Duchess OF
Connaught is seriously ill and grave
fears are felt as to the outcome. Be-
fore her marriage to the descend.
ant of Queen Victoria, the Duchess
was Princess Louise of Prussia
SAN FRANCISCO, April 29-Ser-
geant Gorge H. Schall, who is sta
toned at the Preside, responded with
his corps to an alarm of fire in the
city. 1t turned out that the fire
was in the section known as Ten
nessee Hollow and when the Ser
geant reached there he found that
his own home had burned and his
wife and three children had per-
ished. The flames spread with
such rapidity that his family, who
were upstairs at the time and were
unable to make their escape.
NEW YORK, April 2S-Trial
marriages for young women under
York, according to a decision by
Supreme Court Justice Cohalan.
If she marries with the consent of
her parents and leaves her husband
before attaining that age the present
law in effect permits her to come
into court and obtain a decree of an
nulment. as a matter of course, he
declared. This is to all intents and
purposes providing in such cases for
trial cases." he said, "bVt it is a
condition the remedy for which lies
with the Legislature and not with
the courts. -
WASHINGTON, April 2S-Two
American paper manufacturing Com
panies according to information
given out by the United States For
estry Bureau, have each applied for
the right to purchase 100000, 900
feet of timber in Alaska to be used
in the manufacture of wood pulp,
the only purpose for which a large
portion of the wood in Alaska can
be utilized for.
While the forestry department re-
fuses to give out the names of the
companies making the applications
it is said by an official of the bu-
reau that the plan proposed By the
applicants is to erect two pulp-man-
ufacturing mills in Alaska and ship
the pulp to paper mills located in
different parts of the United States.
The shore of British Columbia imme-
diately south of the Alaska boun-
Diary are dotted with paper and pulp
mills Much Seattle money is in
vested in them. The timber on the
Pacific sesboard of the Dominion of
Canada is much the same as that of
Alaska, and consists OF Sitka spruce
aud hemlock.
If the industrial conditions are ia
vors BILE paper mills will be estah-
lishef in Alaska, but in any event
a large amount of the pulp will be
shipped to paper mills in the East
ern states through the Panama Ca
nal.
Each ii the two applications on
file with the forestry bureau is for
the purchase of timber situated in
the Lhugach Forest Re-, 'e close to
the shore line. If the proposed pur-
.nases are approved by the forestry
department the mills will be estab-
l;shed in Southeastern Alaska at
points not yet determine, upon, and
new Industry will have been es-
=; blished in Alaska to assist in the
development of that territory.
WASHINGTON, April 29-Gun-
ners from the Monitor Tallahassee
were out procticing on Judith sound
and came very near doing destruc-
tive work on a party of statesmen.
They mistook the yacht Dolphin for
their target and sent an S0O-pound
shell through her rigging. If it
had been a little lower the eleven
members of the Senate and House
naval committees who were aboarl
the Dolphin would have been ia
tally injured.
WASHINGTON, April 29-The
governorship of the Philippines is
still in doubt. 1t was offered 10
the well-known attorney of Wiscon-
sin. Judge Davies. but he has just
made public his refusal of the ten
der. 1t is stated that he will now
be appointed Commissioner of Cor
porations, a position that will be
more to his liking.
WASHINGTON, April 2S-The
most direct application of science to
national stewardship is the valuation
of the public coal lands. The coal
land law of 1873 is ssentially sales
rather than settlement law and