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The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20

LONDON, Jan. ia widespread
movement having for its object the
care of the women and children of
Ulster in the event civil war should
follow the enactment of the Home
Rule bill is under way in England.
At the instance of the British
League for the Support of Ulster,
many women throughout the coun-
try who are favorable to the cause
of the anti home rulers have agreed
to take certain number of mothers
and children to house them during
the continuance of hostilities.
Others are forming nursing corps,
and from various sections reports
are coming in of large numbers of
volunteers for this service. The
League claims to have more than
800 recruiting agents in the field
throughout England. Scotland anG
Wales, and that men are pledging
themselves at the rate of hundred
q day to join the proposed Ulster
Auxiliary Force.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20
.-O-O-O-
LONDON. Jan. 19.-The

LONDON, Jan 19.-The in
creasing industrial unrest in Eng
land is graphically shown in a spe-
cial report issued by the Board of
Trade. More than a million work
ing days have been lost by working
men throughout the country since
the first of the year ON accounc of
strikes and lockouts, of which there
have been $50, a greater number
than during the whole of any pro-
ceeding year in the past decade. De-
mands for higher wages were
responsible for Sc per cent of the
disputes in the past year, and ques-
tions of trade union principles for
10 per cent. In an unusually high
proportion of cases-75 per cent
the employees obtained their de-
mands, and the number of settle
ments by arbitration, or mediation,
was the highest on record.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20

Henry o. Smith, chief represen-
tative of the United States bureau
of fisheries in Alaska, is authority
for the statement that 5O,00O,O60
pounds of fish were taken from the
waters of the Pacific along the coast
of Alaska during the year just
closed. The salmon catch was be-
low expectations and the prevail
ing prices were lower than usual.
He believes that the fishing in
dustry in Alaska is only in its in
fancy but that much must be done
to increase the. propagation of the
choicest varieties. He believes
there should be more hatcheries and
that fishermen should be prevented
from catching salt water fish after
they have entered fresh water to
spawn. The "humpies" are unfit to
can after they have been in fresh
water more than "a hours. They
lose weight rapidly, in fresh water
and develop the hump after 48
hours in fresh water.
Halibut are fast disappearing
from the inside waters of Alaska.
The spawning habits of the halibut
have baffled the experts of things
piscatorial. 1t is conjeetured that
i, the fish come to the inside waters
to spawn from the fact that the eggs
in the females caught in the open
waters have not reached the same
stage of maturity as in those
caught in inside waters. Mr.. Smith
believes that sea gulls. fish ducks
and other varieties of birds which
destroy the spawn of the salmon
should be destroyed. The Dolly
Warden trout is also an enemy of
the young salmon and should be
exterminated., 'i
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20
ID|TAROO MAILS
VIA SEWARD

Col. H. E. Revelle, of Seward, re-
ceived notice from Washington re-
Gently that his bid for carrying the
Seward-Iditarod mail for the next
four years had been accepted and he
has been awarded the contract.
The contract calls for the carry
ing of the mail from Seward to
Iditarod each week beginning No
vember l, 1914 and ending April 1,
1915, and thereafter during these
months for a period of four years.
Colonel Revelle will establish re-
lay stations along the trail and will
have the mail leave Seward and
Iditarod simultaneously each week
from November l until April 1,
making "a trips each year during
the life of the contract. He will
equip himself with the best dog
teams available and proposes to be
prepared to give the citizens of the
interior towns the best winter mail
service they have ever had.
There We're several other bids
sent in to the department at Wash
ington, but the Colonel's bid seemed
the most acceptable.
The mail to Iditarod has hereto
fore and is now being taken In via
Fairbanks, but has never been salts
factory to the government or to the
people of the interior.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Jan. 10
Settlers who squazfed on $4,000
acres of government lands, known
as the sunk and lake lands, and
failed to homestead the land will
be compelled to vacate and permit
other persons to homestead it,
1t was announced several years
ago that. because of survey errors in
that part of the state no title had
been given to several townships. Re-
vised plats have been approved by
the department of the interior. Per.
sons living on the tracts were given
the frst opDortSnity to homestsd y
.eIistble,
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20

T.
PARIS. Jan. is.-The Interna-
tional Congress Of Chambers il OF
Commerce. which will be held here
next June, will be, the most impor-
tant gathering of its kind ever held
according to those who today are
planning the convention.
President B. j. Shoninger, Of the
American Chamber here has been
appointed mmber of the organiza-
ton committee by the associations
of French Chambers of Commerce.
Mr.. Shoninger, with Frederick
Bede, of Chicago, viii represent
America at the International Con-
gress.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20
SHARKS DESTROY MUCH
GOOD. FOOD FISH

The Halibut fishing schooners
Gjoa and Dewey arrived in port
yesterday with a fair catch. The
Gjoa was fishing off Montague
island and reports a loss from the
mud sharks which appear to be
numerous there. A storm prevailed
one day necessitating leaving the
metz cst aa4 whsa they were hauled
In ii waS found than mud sharks had
eaten hundreds or the shalibut, leav4
ing nothing but the heads. The
fishermen estimate that between
500 and 1000 pounds of halibut
were destroyed. Halibut is worth
8 cents per pound in the Seattle
market so the loss to the fishermen
was considerable.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20

The folder which Mr.. Hazelet
prepared and had printed in Seattle,
advertising the advantages of Cor
doya as the gateway to the Nell
china and Shushanna mining camps
will prove of great assistance to
newcomers who join the stamped
ers. The necessity of persons
going to the new camps taking at
least six or eight months provisions
is strongly emphasized. For the
benefit of inexperienced outftters a
list of essentials has been prepared
and those who order by the list
will find that nothing has been over
looked.
The tables of distances have been
accurately complied and should
leave no room for doubt in the
minds of travellers which is the
shorter and better route to both the
new camps From Cordova to Nell
china the distance is 25S miles, but
of this distance 131 miles to Chitina
is by rail, leaving 127 miles as COM
pared to 179 miles from Valdez.
The actual shedding distance to
Shushanna over the different
routes are as follows: Cordoya
via Mccarthy to Shushanna, rs
miles; Cordoya via Chitina to
Shushanna, 235 miles; Valdez via
Copper Center to Shushanna, 2S5
miles; Skagway via Whitehorse to
Shushanna, 800 miles.
From Cordova to Mccarthy it is
191 miles by rail- From Mccarthy
to Shushanna the distances between
roadhouses are as follows: McCar-
thy to Handy's road house, 10
miles; to Clarkin's, IL, David's Is,
Janeys %, Homestead. 80. Mcleod
& Hills 80, Clark's Al, Gwin's 46.
1st relief cabin 40. End relief cabin
50, Boggs & Young's 1st roadhouse
81, Boggs & Young's End roadhouse
6S, Shushanna 75 miles.
The map was compiled from maps
of the Geological Survey, the Alaska
Road Commission and the Alaska
Railway commission.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20
SIBERIAN ALFALFA WOULD
THRIVE IN ALASKA

Prof. Hanson, who was sent to
the heart of Asia by the United
States government to search for
hardy forage plants which would
stand transplanting to Alaska. has
been successful in finding potato
and alfalfa which defy frost in the
early stages. DR.. Alfred Thompson,
N. P. for Yukon, has asked the
Dominion government to introduce
the plants into Yukon. The alfalfa
is said to grow wild and provide
excellent feed for animals and
grows in the higher attitudes as
we'll as in the valleys and river
bottoms.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20

The coroner's jury in the case OF
Sophia Sexton, who was found dead
in John Kings cabin on Tuesday
morning, returned verdict that de-
ceased came to her death at her
own hands through taking arsenic.
The jury was enabled to reach this
conclusion through the knowledge
gained by the autopsy performed by
Dr. Chase and DR.. Council.
The deceased was a native woman
who had been married to a white
man, Charles Sexton, and leaves sew
eral children. One of the children
is at the Cheemawa Native School in
Oregon, while another is in the Bap-
fist mission at Wood Island, near
Kodiak About three years ago
Sexton and his wife started outside
and while on the steamer the hus-
band attempted to commit suicide
as result of family quarrel. He
fired bullet from a revolver into
his head, but failed to end his life.
He was, however, rendered totally
blind and is now an inmate of the
King county aims house.
Mrs. Sexton returned to Cordova
but apparently did not improve her
habits. She had several times
threatened to kill herself but her
utterances were not taken seriously
by her associates. She had been in
the habit of frequenting Kings
cabin. King is a taxidermist and
as arsenic is one of the principal
constituents in tanning, the deceased
was enabled to carry out her plan
to take her own life. The testimony
before the coroner's jury showed
that King and another man who
slept in the cabin ON Tuesday night
were cognizant that deceased had
taken poison but they failed to sum-
mon medical assistance to the suf-
fering woman.
The finding of the coroner's jury
is as follows: I'VE, the jury duly
empanneled in the above entitled
case find that the true name of the
decedent was Sophia Sexton and that
the cause of death of the deceased
was arsenic taken with suicidal
intent administered by her own
hands, at the residence of John
King, through presumably uninten-
tional carelessness and negligence
of said John King
The members of the jury We're:
NJ. Finkelstein, foreman; E. w.
Exum, A. L. Martin, ]. R. Austin, j.
Costello.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20
WHITE PASS AFTER
. PORTLAND LINE BUSINESS

The White Pass G Yukon Route
has established an Office in Portland
in order to take care of passengers
and freight from that point to
Alaska and Yukon territory. The
company guarantees the Portland
shippers to land freight in the
Yukon basin two weeks earlier ii
sent via their line than via the
mouth of the Yukon river.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20
VALDEZ HOME IS
DESTROYED By FIRE

Valdez was recently visited by a
Jack Surryhne, the we'll known
musician. The loss amounted to
$1,000. The origin of the fire is a
mystery as there had not been a fire
in the stove for some time. No
effort was made to string the fire
will not order sufficient to reach
most of the residences.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20
WOMEN PRISONERS TO
GO TO LEAVENWORTH

Under orders from the attorney
general, all women convicts of
Alaska will hereafter be sentenced
to serve time at the federal prison
at Leavenworth.
The new order has been made by
the department of justics because
of the crowded condition of the
woman's ward at McNeil's Island
and it was found necessary to send
the women back east.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20

Thomas Riggs, Jr., who is in
charge of the Alaska Yukon boun-
dairy survey, and who was an aspir-
ant to the governorship of Alaska.
has declared in favor of system
of police for Alaska similar to the
mounted police of Yukon. Mr..
Riggs is a next door neighbor to
Col. Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay, and
would have been governor of Alaska
but for the change in administra-
ton. He says:
Had Alaska a system of mounted
police similar to that of Canada, the
tragic tales of the trails between
Mccarthy and the Chisana would
never have been told. There would
have been no deaths at the fording
of the streams on the way; the lilly
equipped cheechaco would not be
stumbling along the trail without
food and facing a winter in which
he must either starve or steal, and
the government would not be ap-
pealed to later on to rescue these
lily prepared persons. / have advo-
Gated for years a system of polio
ing Alaska similar to that which
Canadian authorities have installed
in the Yukon Territory and British
Columbia"
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20

s Dan McFarlane, Who b soon 70
establish a staeeaAnd- express ls1si-
ness from Shushanna junction to
the diggings. is in town on BUSH
ness trip. With his partner. Grove,
he made the trip from the end of
the railroad to Shushanna and re-
turn in less than one week. He be-
lieves that better time can be made
in case of an emergency as they did
not rush, remaining 20 hours in the
camp. He states that good road
houses have been established at
short intervals along the route and
that travel is now as safe as it can
be made anywhere.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20
FINNEGAN GOING
TO THE NELCHINA

j. j. Finnegan. who was commits
sioner at Seward and resigned to go
to Shushauna will leave Seward for
the Nelchina in few days, He is
en- route TO Shushanna again but is
going via Nelchina to see for him
self If that camp has future. He
will be joined in the spring by Mrs,
Finnegan and son.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20
COLORS OF THE
s-.e s..-:,, 60. -
PANAMA-PACIFlC FAIR

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13-Blue,
gold and orange have been chosen
as the official colors of the Panama
Pacific International Exposition and
will be employed on the exposition
flags and banners. The diagonals
of the flag are blue and the body
orange, In the center is the, setting
sun Of sold With n hAttis9btp In
Outline pAssins. throosh. the Renama
Canal r-..saazs ss~'--4ss's lsass>~'se@t
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20
TIM NALLY LAID.
TO REST TO-DAY

The funeral of Tim Nally. who
died from the effects of being
severely frozen in a deserted cabin
near Chitina, was held from Lam
bert's Undertaking parlors at 3
o'clock this afternoon. Rev E. P.
Zeigler officiated and delivered an
appropriate sermon
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20
is OPPOSED TO THE
PARTY SPOHS SYSTEM

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. IL
President Wilson has let it become
known that he is opposed to a re-
turn of the party spoils system in
connection with the appointment of
postmasters.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20

]. C. Duff arrived on the Mari
posa yesterday with three horses
and big outfit of supplies en- route
TO Shnshanna. Mr.. Duff has been
in the camp and succeeded in locat-
ing ground which he considers has
a good chance of proving rich. He
will give it thorough testing this
winter.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20

Sidney d. Charles, the we'll known
newspaper man. returned from q
trip to Juneau on the Sampson thas
afternoon.
The Chitina leader., 1914-01-20
NOTICE

I. the undersigned, viii not be
responsible for any debt made oy
ANYBODY without my written order.
Z. 80 PETER FRANKS
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-17

Furnishing one Of the chief fea-
lures of the Saturday sterEBender
wedding events was the thrilling
three reel moving picture comedy
ana musical molange" which was
staged elaboratsly under the per
sounl direction q Mr.. Frank Parent
= tns brfsnf lancnoon given b. Mis-
uea eaes q hsr aftnaaats ana
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-17
REV. MIR. MARTIN ASKS
FOR COOPERATION

II am beginning my first service
with some misgiving," said the Rev.
Horace F. Martin, the new pastor
of the Lutheran church to his con-
gregation Sunday morning, that
may not measure up to the standard
all around. But l shall ask for your
help and your prayers in making
this church a power for righteous
ness in Abilene"
Choosing his text from Mathew
4:4. Man does not live by bread
alone" Mr.. Martins sermon was
we'll selected for the beginning OF
his pastorate. Churches are not
established and pastors called" ne
said. "just to foist some particular
doctrine upon the people. 1t is to
give expression to the belief OF the
people of the community in some
thing higher than this life, some
thing more than the things OF TINS
earth, that pastors are called"
Mr.. Martin emphasized mans de-
mand for and necessity of that which
shall sustain the spiritual side OF
life. Mr.. Martin speaks clearly and
in good voice. The church was COM
fortably filled. Mr.. Martin is known
N many of his congregation, and his
introduction to them as their pastor
was decidedly favorable.
Rev. Martin this morning paid
high tribute to Rev. Sihrock, the
former pastor, and Mrs. schrock. He
said:
"The former pastor and his wife
have done a splendid work, and
their hopeful Christian spirit, rising
above their suffering, is in itself
more enduring than any sermon
that could be preached. The pastor
Joins the congregation in ferven'
prayer for their restoration to health
and to the work Of the ministry"
Mrs. Martin and two children arr
at present visiting at Des Moines
Ia. Rev. Martin is staying with hi
uucle. DR.. N. W. Hayes. The new
pastor Il . former Abilene man, hi
parsnts formerly living west o
ltOwn. ana q glnd % get back =
Abilene. 80
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-17
Obituarv-Mrs. t. b. Mosely

Mrs. T. B. Mosley who had been
gradually falling for more than a
year, passed to the great beyond
Tuesday, September 1, at her home
in Dillon, and was laid to rest in
the Tennessee cemetery September
3. Elizabeth E. Ballew was born In
Burke county, N. c., November IL,
1898. She married Thos. B. Mos
ley February 10, 1860. To them were
born three sons and three daugh-
ters. the oldest died in infancy. and
the youngest, Henry, died some
years ago. The four living reside In
Dillon; Milton, Ida. Jerome and Lola
who with their father are left to
mourn the loss Of a loving wife and
mother. The family came to Kan
sas March s, 1879, settled on the
farm where they have since lived
Mrs. Mosley was & very fine unas-
suming, lovable woman who loved
her home and family more than any
thing else in the world, and seldom
vent out much, but those who knew
her loved her for her own worth
The many friends Of the family sym
pathiss with than IN their hour q
Athletics.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-17

members of the wedding party at the
sterl home Saturday noon. Descrio-
ed in Mr.. Parents journalese phrase
ology. the comedy was a sparkling
spectacle of glittering grandeur and
bountiful beauty" and was passed
without a struggle by the Board OF
suryiyorship." The title Of the piece
was "sterl-Bender Matrimonics.
Among the characters prominent In
the scenario who are well known
here. were "Miss Lovely Hopeful
Crawford" miss Heartwhole Gleiss-
ner," Miss Ravishing Nimmons'
"Miss Just-about-married Fitzpat-
rick" "NIiss Fluttering Keel" MT
Eager-to-join Morse" "Mr. Koming
Riddle" and Mrs. Genial Laconic
Kinnison." Other contributors to the
success of the production were or
binary folks, eligibles. near and long
distance relatives and friends.
Another feature of the luncheon
was the cutting of the cake. The
girls chose their portions with zeal
and eager anticipation and several
minor trinkets were discovered
but no ring. 1t was finally left for
the best man, Max Goo5sill, to draw
this much-desired article. 1t was
not until all the ladies had tried
their luck that the gentlemen were
allowed to cut off pieces OF the
cake. Miss Ruth Nimmons had the
supreme misfortune to bite irto the
unwanted thimble, while Miss Lois
Crawford rejoiced over the drawing
of the piece of money.
At the luncheon the brides gifts
to her attendants were used as place
cards, these being dainty rose coral
pendants. The table decorations
were brides roses.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Hodge gave a
dinner party for the Sterl family
and members of the wedding party
at their beautiful home THer-Mil
Cables" on North Cedar street, on
Saturday evening.
Another pleasant pre-nuptial
event of the weekend was the din
ner Sunday noon rendered by Miss
Lois Crawford to Miss Sterl and
Mr.. Bender. Not only did Miss Craw-
ford preside charmingly over the
dinner but she entertained the COM
pany afterwards with several songs
accompanied by Miss Jessie Fitz-
patrick.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-17
PRESENT YOUR CERTIFICATES
Call ANY Day and Examine Books
Given to Readers at Cost
of Distribution

Our readers are urged, to lose no
time in presenting six Panama GER
tificates and getting the beautiful
big book offered by the Reflector.
The plan is fully explained in the
announcements printed from day to
day and also in the certificate print
ed elsewhere in these columns every
day.
The title of this new illustrated
book is Panama and the Canal In
Picture and Prose-" 1t is a splendid
large volume, double the dimensions
of the usual size novel, is appropri-
ately bound in tropical red vellum
cloth, stamped in gold, with a beat
tiful colored panel of the famous
Culebra cut inlaid on the front COW
err. Willis ]. Abbot, the author, not
only tells his readers I'll about the
great canal, but also writes most
entertainingly of the people and the
country. 1t is the complete story OF
Panama and the canal, told In an
interesting style which gives you the
exact information without seeming
to be technical. Every man, woman
and child who expects to keep up
with the times will want to read this
story. 1t is like taking the trip
yourself.
One enthusiastic admirer writes
IT wish that l might meet the auth
or personally and tell him how de-
lighted 1 am with this most enjoy
able trip to Panama and the canal"
Words of praise are coming from all
/ sources, and everybody is delighted
with this magnificent book that
would sell for 81 under usual con-
ditions. Look for the certificate and
clip it at once.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-17
HELD SERVICES FOR
MRS. FLOYD TO-DAY

Funeral services TOR Mrs. II. H.
FLOYD we're held from the home OF
her sister, Mrs. w. L. Nixon, on
North Buckeye at 10 o'clock this
morning. Because of washout on
the Rock Island, the funeral party
and the body from Goodland, KAN
whare death came, were unable to
reach Abilene until Sunday evening
and the funeral arrangements were
necessarily changed.
The body of H. H. Floyd will be
brought here tomorrow and Will be
laid beside that of Mrs. Floyd In
Abilene cemetery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-17
REDMAN WINS AGAIN
OTHER MOTOR NEWS

P. c. Redman in the automobile
races at Seneca was second in both
fiye-mile races in which he was
entered, and took away $3.50 as his
share of the purses. Paul Gee, dri"
ing a Stafford car, was first. An
other Maxwell and Redman's car
had a real battle for places but
Redman took the lead and held H.
Mr.. Redman on the return trip to
Abilene had to leave his car at
Wamego and return home by train
Victor Johnson, driving six
cylinder National, left his car In
the Redman garage. He was re-
turning from Colorado and was de-
laved here by the muddy roads.
Most of the travel to and from
Colorado is over now, and the mum
Der of cars which go through on
long distance trips is noticeably de-
creasing. The few who go west OF
come back from Colorado and other
western states are those whose
owners make business OF goins
early and staying late when they
take vacations in their motor cars
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-17
GOSSIP OF SOCIETY

The Knights and Ladies OF Sc
curity held their annual election last
night. The following officers were
elected: President, E. F. kneer'
first vice president, A. R. Shepard;
second vice president, j. ]. Jeffcoat;
secretary and financier, w. 8. An
derson; prelate, A. R. Pautz; con-
ductor. Mrs. Lura shearer; assistant
conductor, Mrs. F. Erwin; guard,
w. A. Jeffcoat; sentinel, VIM. Scott
These officers will be installed at
the next regular meeting, Sept. 20