The Chitina leader., 1915-03-30
cHARLoTTE. N. C., March "a.

CHARLOTTE, n. c., March "a
For several weeks past the widow of
Stonewal Jackson has been lying
here at her home seriously i'll. She
was at an advanced age and the
end came peacefully this afternoon.
SEATTLE, March 24.-Delegate
James Wickersham was entertained
by the Commercial Club last night.
He detailed the various legislative
efforts that had been put forth dur
ing the past year upon behalf of
Alaska. In his address he referred
to the government railroad for the
north and expressed the opinion
that in time there would be great
network of lines. He added that
Secretary Lane thinks that the gov
eminent ought to buy one or the
other of the existing lines in Alaska,
but that the President has not yet
signed a contract with either to do
so. From here Delegate Wicker
shaw will go to Juneau and after
spending week or two there will
go to Cordova and proceed to the
interior, expecting to spend the sum-
mer at Fairbanks.
SEATTLE. March 24.-The steam
er Northwestern, spick and span,
after her thorough oyerhauling. isl
al ieady. to resume. he: northern
run. She will sail tonight. inaugur-
a;ing the summer schedule of steam
ers leaving on the Gath LIST, 9th,
18th and 18th of each month. They
will all put into Wrangell and SkaG-
way. Up to this afternoon persons
who had taken passage for Cordova
were the following:
Lewis Widing, ]. ]. Watkins, DR..
G. A. Bunch, ]. w. Mccormick, Roy
Rutherford, C. H. Hammond, 1. E.
Hicks. r. L. Walker, o. c. Carlson,
Fred w. Best, George Hutchinson,
James Crowley, J. A. Trout, T.
Stader, Herman DEWITT, Chas. I.
Range, A. E Youngquist, F. Person,
H. Ringdahl, Edward Harel, l.. D.
Black and FIVE second-class.
For Valdez there are four cabin
and II second class.
For Seward there are seven cabin
and seven second-class.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.-l
Vice President Marshal, who is here
representing President Wilson at the
formal opening of the Panama
Pacific exposition, says that the
canal was not built alone for glory
and gain but to make the whole
world kin. 1t is expected that the
party of statesmen from Washing
ton will leave for the east tomorrow,
including Secretary Lane. When the
latter was asked whether he had
anything late to divulge concerning |
the government railroad routes in
Alaska he stated that the President !
would make the announcement
when he deemed it advisable.
SEATTLE, March 24.-Alaskans |
are interested in a suit that has just |
been filed in the federal court. Will
liam lettering seeks to recover |
$4,000 damages from Henry Roden, !
growing out of litigation on prop |
erty in the Dome Creek, Fairbanks, |
district Roden was formerly an
attorney in the Iditarod section and
was elected to the Territorial Senate
from there, drawing the short term
of two years. He has been travelling
most of the time during the past
six months and recently made a
hurrier trip to Fairbanks.
SEATTLE, March 24.-Since the
arrival on Sunday of President
O'Connor of the International Long
shoremen's Association efforts have
been made to bring the strike to
an end. Considerable progress has
been made and it is believed that
the effort will be successful since
the arrival last night of U. S. Com
missioner Mahany, of the board OF
mediation and Cancellation. Today
general consultation was had and
the merits of the strike were gone
into. AS yet very little interior
ence. with traffic has resulted, al
though there have been several out
breaks and some physical violence
done.