The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-03-02

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heard no such report and an inquiry
at Seattle could bring forth no con-
frmation of the rumor, which was
undoubtedly without foundation.
The Mariposa sailed north from
Seattle on Wednesday night, with
the following passengers for this
section:
For Valdez-Judge w. A. Munley
L. H. Carvey and wife. Mrs. Arthur
Hill, Andrew Mills, H. P. King, F..
K. Stoffken and wife, Joseph Ives
and wife, James Fremow and wife,
George Angermeyer, C. L. Swanson,
Andrew Nelson and two second
class. 4
For Cordova-Mrs. VIM. Leroy
Baird, Sam Shucklin, Mrs. B. Mar
tinez, Carl Sarin, Mrs. Paul Solka
and child, w. Danielson, E. Jones,
| w. Hanoi, S. Case, Robert Read,
| DR.. L. c. knickerbocker, E. H. Ner-
land, M. j. Kerney, James Morris,
L. Sidelinger and two second elias.
DR.. and Mrs. Musso were pas
sengers for Juneau on the steamer
Evans, that passed through Cordova
this morning. After few days
they expect to return to Valdez. DR..
! Musso is the New York inventor who
has so successfully tested his
device for talking over the cable
| between Valdez and Cordova. A
slight difficulty has been expert
enced in securing results over the
cable to Sitka and Juneau and DR..
Musso will install special appar-
atus which is expected to overcome
/ the difficulty. and make telephony
possible from Valdez to Juneau.
| Friends of Father Van der Pol
state that he is still undergoing
treatment at Pendleton, Ore, under
the care of his old friend DR.. Frank
| Boydon. He is showing slight inn
provement and hopes soon to be
about again.
Early last week the Daily
that the attorney general had ap-
pointed an attorney by the name of
Munley to be assistant U. S. Dis
trict Attorney for this division. He
is to succeed Guy C. Brubaker, re-
signed. The gentleman named,
Judge w. A. Munley, reported to
be a resident of Portland, Ore,
sailed north from Seattle on We'd
l-nesday night and should reach Cor
dova on Monday next. District At
torney Spence is now in the Copper
River country and expects to return
| in time to catch the steamer and
proceed with Judge Munley to Val
dez. The new appointee is supposed
to have received his appointment
through the influence of Senator
/ Chamberlain, who is a strong sup
porter of President Wilson. There
were several local candidates for the
office.
/ Cordova, February q
! Judge. Brown, Clerk of the Court
Lang, Marshal Brenneman and Dis
trict Attorney Spence, left on the
train this morning from Mccarthy
and came as far as Chitina. They
/ will return to Cordova tomorrow
J afternoon and most of them expect
] to go to Valdez on the steamer Mari
posa on Monday. The. party of court
! officials went to Mccarthy to investi-
gate conditions there, at Blackburn
and at Kennecott, with particular
reference to the refusal of liquor
t licenses 1t is reported today from
| Mccarthy that Judge Brown sus-
tanned his refusal the other day Of
one license. Also that he had de-
cided not to renew the license of the
Golden Bar when it expired. He
further inferred that he would issue
another license to Gus Andersen
when his present license expired on
! July list. ~ ehy p r@'#
T Rev. Mcbride went to Mccarthy
on Thursdays train and held services
there last night. He expected to
come to Chitina today and hold
! Sunday services there, returning to
Cordova on Tuesday afternoon. Be-
cause of his absence there will be no
Presbyterian services at the Empress
theater tomorrow. Sunday School
will be held at noon, as usual. at the
/ church.
/ 1t is reported that brother Of
Mrs. Peter Gillovich has been killed
in the Austrian army. The news
was received by her father and
brother at Juneau and written her
here.
Cordova, March l
Judge F. M. Brown, Marshal Bren-
neman, Clerk of the Court Lang and
District Attorney Spence, returned
on the train yesterday afternoon