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Evening star., 1915-02-15
Tribute at Arlington to the
Sailors Who Died in
Havana Harb0r.
ARMY AND NAVY UNION
IN CHARGE OF PROGRAM
Principal Address by Representative
Kahn of California-Flowers
Strewn on Potomac River.

The memory OF the sailors who went
down in Havana harbor when the bat
tIeship Maine was sunk, February 10.
1S9S. was honored~this afternoon at
the eighth annual Maine memorial
services under the auspices or the
Army and Navy Union. Participating
in the exercises. which we're held IN
the riding hall at Fort Myer, were rep
rcSentatives of the Army and Navy
Union. the Grand Army of the kepop-
lie. the United Spanish War Veterans
aud the Woman's Relief Corps Rep-
rcseutatives of the naval and mlhtafv
establishments of the United states DIS
well as other departments of the gov
ernInent, civic organizations ana n'eHi-
bers of the Latin American diplomatic
corps also participated i'll the exercises
Following the overture by the oth
Cavalry Band from Fort Myer, the as
sembIa2e was called to order by COL
John McE,lroy. chairman of the. exec
,Itjye committee The Invocation was
delivered bv Father Timothy O'keefs.
chaplain of he 9Th Cavalry. A color
guard of the 5tb Cavalry presented the
colors. during which the audience stooo
while the and played The Star span,
Sled Banner and a section OF the %
Artillery. from the fort, fired the ma
tional salute of twenty-one guns.
Program of Exercises.
A short address by Col McElroy. in
which he described the event in mem
ory Of which the services were held.
was followed by the reading or
memorial address of Carlos Manuel oe
Cespedes. minister plenipotentfary ana
envoy extraordinary of Cuba to the
United States The address was read
by Capt j. Walter Mitchell. The Cuban
minister. speaking as the direct rep
resentative of the Cuban government,
told of the events leading up to the
destruction of the Maine and touched
briefly on the epoch-marking events
which followed the sinking of the bat
tleship, expressing the gratitude OF the
Cuban republic to the United states
and reasserting the friendship and re-
gard in which this nation Is helo oJ
the island republic of which he Is the
official representative
National Commander H. Oden Lake of
the Army and Navy Union, in an ad-
Dress briefly related the achievements
of American forces on land and sea 1oi-
lowing the sinking of the Maine. and
declared that as long as the republlc
shall endure Americans should unite
each returning February 15 in honor
to the memory of the men who went
down with the United States battleship.
Not to revive animosities that are
pas. and dead; not to keep alive the
bitter memories of those days of 1895
90, are these exercises held, he salo.
but to keep green in the memory OF
American manhood and womaEnood and
in the hearts of American youth the
story of self-sacrihce, OF heroism ana
of steadfast devotion to duty of those
brave men who sank to death that
dark night beneath the black waters or
Havana harbor.
Evening star., 1915-02-15

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The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
FAMOUS WRITER
ON VISIT To
alaska

Frank G. Carpenter, the we'll known
journalist, is now to the westward and
will arrive at Cordova on one of the
next boats. He is writing series of
fifty-two articles on Alaska, which will
be published by about forty of leading
newspapers of the country, having a
circulation in the neighborhood of s.
100000 copies.
His syndicate writings cover every
nation in the world, but it is his first
trip to Alaska, and after keeping out
of the writing game several years, he
has chosen Alaska as his theme for the
next series of articles. He has made
arrangements with the Boston Globe,
Philadelphia Press, Chicago Tribune,
Cincinnati Inquirer, Washington Star,
Oregonian, st. Louis Republic, Post
Intelligencer, and other leading papers
in the United States.
The first of the articles will appear
in the first Sunday of the new year.
They will be illustrated with Alaska
views, which will be secured by Mr..
Carpenter on his present trip.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
7 H { RAILROAD
IS ONLY A
CHANCE

What de we expect from the gov.
eminent railroad in Fairbanks? Not
much. We are not building upon the
proposition-we look upon it as a
wild gamble, just now," said Fair.
banksan now in town.
"The way it looks to us of the In
terror, the government railway is a
piece of Alaska's chief feature-poli-
tics. If the Wilson administration
was sure of another term, we would
feel sure of a government railway.
From what we read and hear, the Will
son administration is NOT sure of
another term, and we are no surer of
the railway. Should the administra-
ton let contracts for the building Of
the railway, obligating the incoming
administration to go thru with it, then
the railway would seem a certain
ty to us. If the administration begins
active construction work in the In
terror next year, as it threatens to
do, new administration might feel
called upon to connect up the two ends
of the road, in order to prove or dis
prove the Wilson theory. In case Of
no contracts, no Interior construction
next year and a change of administra-
ton, Fairbanks would never expect to
hear the engine whistle into Fair
banks, for we know nothing of Repub-
licanism which stamps it in any way
as a believer in government owner
ship.
Had the government taken over the
Copper River & Northwestern railway,
as we hoped they would and built
from it inland, we would have felt
sure of our railroad and would have
built accordingly. AS things turned
out, not a shack or house has been
erected in Fairbanks upon the
strength of the coming railway, and
none will be until we have more rea-
son to expect the road"
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
F R|SC0 WOMAN
SHOOTS SUPT.
GEO. GE|GER

Dispatches from Reno, New, tell oil
the shooting there on July 2S OF Geo
Geiger, assistant superintendent and
trainmaster of the Southern Pacific at
Sparks. Geiger was formerly superin'
tendent of the Copper River & North
western road, with headquarters at
Cordova.
The following details are given:
Geiger was shot four times by Ruth
Reed, San Francisco woman, at the
Collins ranch four miles west OF
Reno, about 1870 this morning. Gel.
ger is at a local hospital and is said
to have a fair chance to recover. The
woman has not been apprehended,
and Geiger is reticent about giving
information that may lead to her ar
rest.
They had spent some time at a
roadhouse and left there about 1
o'clock to go to Laughton's. AT the
Collins ranch the woman got out of
the machine and disappeared behind
some haystacks. Geiger says he went
to look for her and was confronted
with a revolver from which she fired
four shots. One bullet went through
his hip, another through his shoulder,
one through his right arm and an
other entered the mouth, emerging
near the nose. Geiger walked and
crawled to the roadhouse and from
there Sheriff Terrell was called. Gel
ger has been at Sparks eighteen
months. His wife died about three
months ago.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
MANY MINES ARE
ON SHIPPING
BASIS

The Ellamar copper mine, owned
by the Jordon interests. is shipping
ore on nearly every boat and expect
an exceedingly prosperous year. The
high price of copper Is keeping the
mine crew working to its limit capa-
city.
Will A. Dickey, who owns a cop.
per mine in handbook Bay, Is shipping
ore, and is emplying about ten men ct
the present time.
The Rystrom brothers, also operat.
ing in handbook Bay. who have been
doing extensive development work on
their property this year, expect to
make their first shipment of ore with.
in a short time.
The Mcintosh property in Fidalgo
Bay, copper fine, is now working
and expect to ship ore this month.
That Galena Bay mine, in charge of
Supt. Baldwin is confining its opera
tons this year to assessment work.
F. M. Cockerill, Texas capitalist,
has bond on property in the Port
Wells country. and crew of men IL
at work carrying out extensive de-
velopment program.
Messrs. Murgerman and McDaniels,
representing capitalists Of Tonopah,
Nevada, recently completed an exam
ination of copper property on Knights
Island. They have returned to Neva.
da to file their reports. They are
expected to return to the property
this summer, as 1t was indicated that
the report on the property would be
favorable.
Fl. w. Vance, representing Martin
WEIGH, Spokane millionaire. has
taken bond on property in the Tie.
khell district, on the Valdez Fairbanks
trail and work is to be started short
ly The property has shown outcrop-
pings of gold quartz. Mr.. Vance has
bonded a copper property on knights
Island.
Robert j. Cole, mining engineer
of Butte, Mont, is making an extern.
Teikhell district, for Seattle capital.
lists, who are with Mr.. Cole on his
examination trip.
The Ramsay-Rutherford property in
the Valdez district, Of which Henry
Deyo is manager. is being operated
and from all reports, is doing exceed.
ingly well.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
ANCHORAGE DISTRIBUTING
STATION FOR MAIL

Anchorage is to be the chief distri-
buting point for all mail matter des-
tined for the surrounding country and
for the Iditarod region. This is the
statement of Postoffice Inspector Neil,
who reached here this week, remain
ed couple of days and departed for
Susitna on official business.
The winter mail service accorded
Anchorage will in no wise be lessened
over the summer service. The full
quote OF mail matter will continue the
year round. regardless of whether or
not it has to be transported by dog
team from Seward for few months
during winter time. The Iditarod
Knik and Susitna mail will come to
this point for distribution. The Hope,
Sunrise mail will come here for dis.
tribution during what is termed the
open season, and If navigation is found
feasible during winter time, it will
likewise come here.--Anchorage Pho
neer.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
SEWARD RAILWAY
LITIGATION
DISMISSED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE suit
by the Chicago bondholders, against
the Canadian vendors of the Alaska
Northern Railroad has been dismissed
by agreement. The suit was filed in
the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia last June, and on hearing
before Justice Stafford, the plaintiffs
were refused an Injunction to prevent
the United States from paying over
the purchase price to the vendors.
The last obstacle to the government
purchase of the road has now been re-
moved. 1t is understood that the
compromise was effected through the
Chicago bondholders, being compen-
stated in proportion to their interests
in the company as compared to the
Indebtedness held by the Canadian
bondholders.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
CORDOVAN TREASURER
ANCHORAGE SCHOOL BOARD

Five hundred votes were cast at the
election to choose directors for the
newly created school district at An
chorage. There was but one ticket In
the field, hence the vote is remark
able in that 1t shows the interest taken
by the residents OF Anchorage in the
matter of school facilities for the town.
The ticket was:
For director-Mrs. w. T. Normile.
For treasurer-M. Finkelstein.
For Clerk-A. ]. Wendler.
The board will Immediately take up
the question of public school and the
plan is to begin a school term this
coming fall. A corp of three teachers,
it is figured, will be required to ade-
quately perform the work, due to the
number of children of school age now
living there
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
FAIRBANKS n D 7
WILLING BE
S|DESHOW

"They tell me that Secretary Nc.
Pherson. while here said that Fair
banks has put in with the Seattle
plans for holding semi-centennial in
1917, with Seattle as the Big Show and
each town in Alaska on the main.
travelled trail as sideshow. He's
fooling thee-Cordovans ought to
know Fairbanks better that that"
said one of the Fairbanksans who ar.
rived yesterday by auto from the In.
terror metropolis.
Mcpherson came to Fairbanks with
his made-in-Seattle idea and said that
he had come to find out just what we
did want. We told him. We told
him that Alaska had SO long been used
to advertising Seattle that such bust.
ness did not appeal to us: that Fair.
banks no longer considered Seattle all
of Alaska; that Fairbanks considered
itself competent to give an Alaska
show, and proposed to do so. in 1917.
railroad or no railroad; that II Seattle
desired to advertise the fact we would
be glad to have Seattle do SO. but that
chain of sideshows throughout Alas.
ka with the 3-ring circus in Seattle
was not the Fairbanks idea, never had
been and never would be. Since he
left Fairbanks. Mcpherson has EVIL.
IDENTIFY forgotten the lesson he learned
there"
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
WELL KNOWN coRDovAN
PUBLISHES VOLUME

Rev. S. Hall Young, well known
Alaskan missionary has just publish
ed very interesting and attractive
volume entitled alaska Days with
John Muir" DR.. Young is at present
a member of the Presbyterian Board
of Home Missionaries with headquart-
ers in New York and was formerly
pastor of the Presbyterian church at
Cordova.
The volume contains many beauti
full cuts of Alaskan scenery which is
closely related with the work of John
Muir and discusses his many expert
ences in this country in a very inter
esting fashion. Flemming III. Revel
the New York-London publisher, is
sponsor for the book.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
ADR|F 7 At SEA
NEARLY THREE
WEEKS
(From Thursdays Daily

(From Thursdays Daily
Weak and exhausted and almost
famished for want of food and fresh
water the crew of the twelve ton
schooner Favorite of Cordova beached
their boat between Point Bentwick and
Hinchinbrook, after drifting at sea
in a storm for nearly three weeks.
On July % Capt. Bing Halleck, X.
Lawrence, D. E. Fuller, Fred Hast
ings and man known as Chris left
Douglas on a trip to Warm Springs
Bay, which is not far from Sitka.
They lost their course and since that
time the schooner has been at the
mercy of the sea. For tweleve days
a severe storm ragged and at times the
little craft was completely submerged
by the high waves. Twice during this
terrible experience did they drop their
anchors at where they believed was
a point off Yakatage beach, but both
anchors were lost and it was impossi-
BILE to get ashore. For nine days the
men were without drop of fresh
water and their rations consisted
principally of onions.
Last Monday a landing was made
between Point Bentwick and the Hin
chinbrook lighthouse where the
schooner was beached. The men were
suffering from thirst and hunger and
it was several days before any Of them
were in condition to seek assistance.
Finally Lawrence and Fuller started
out and walked to Strawberry Point,
where they found an old canoe and
started in it for the wireless station at
Whiteshed, arriving there at o'clock
last night. Here Manager ellis cared
for and fed them, later sending them
to Cordova in the navy launch. where
they today got in telegraphic COM
munication with relatives and friends
at Douglas, advising them of their ex-
perience and condition.
The lighthouse tender Kukui left
this afternoon to pick up the balance
of the members of the ship-wrecked
crew.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
NEW COAL LEASE
FRAMED BY
| A N {

The surveys of the Boring River and
Matanuska coal fields will be COM
pleted by the end of the season, it is
indicated. Frank M. Johnson, super
visor of surveys of the general land
office, who is now in Alaska, has re-
ported by telegraph to Commissioner
of the Land Office at Washington that
he will be through by the end of the
summer, and that George w. Evans,
who is blocking out the coal areas,
will have this work completed by fall.
The committee which had in charge
the framing of the form of lease and
regulations under which areas of AL
aska coal land could be leased for COM
mercial development has completed
it's work and Secretary Lane has sub
mitted a draft of the form to several
practical coal men, for criticism.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
N D n { !
TAKES DROP
ON MARKET

NEW YORK, 16--In the New York
money market today, the English
pound sterling fell to the lowest
American value within the memory of
mortal men, and threatens to go still
lower unless the present abnormal ex.
change conditions are remedied and
at once. The English pound sterling,
which has for years been the standard
value in international exchange, usual
ly is quoted at $4.S5. Today is opened
at $4.67. French money is also de-
Ginning rapidly and today was notice
bly, weaker. 1t now takes about six
francs to equal the purchasing power
of an American dollar.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
SCARCITY OF WATER
FOR sLU|C|NC PURPOSES

Louis Dahl, who is operating in the
Chisana district, arrived in Cordova
Monday. He reports that on account
of scarcity of water there is no
sluicing being done by the miners and
everything is very quite in the camp
There has been no rain there this sum-
mer, and while some of the claims
have produced considerable gold it
has been impossible to make clean
up.
Billy James and partners are build.
ing a ditch, which, when completed,
will furnish water to work over the
ground on their properties which
yielded rich returns.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
FAIRBANKS MURDER
SUSPECTS ARE HELD

Miller and O'Connor, the two men
suspected of the murder of Mrs. Rowe,
near Fairbanks, have been held with.
out bail to await the action of the
grand jury The marshal's office an.
nounces that investigation has dis
closed the fact that blood has been
found the garments of the two men
who cannot prove where they slept the
night of the murder.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
WHAT C0RDOvA
Sc { NJ 8 I D
n { { D

"To an Interiorite who, after years
of confinement makes his escape to-
wards the "Badlands," what Cordova
seems to need most today is a big
family potlatch," said Fairbanksan
today. "It would be an easy propo-
sition for Cordovans, although an i'm
possibility for Fairbanksans, and you
would find it paying proposition in
the long run.
Hope deferred maketh the energy
ache, and it looks to me, from the num-
Der of Cordovans who are wearing
spectacles and eyeglasses that this
notwithstanding proposition Alaskans
are mostly all the time up against has
gotten on your nefves, just at it has on
ours. You might find the remedy in
resolving into one big excursion COM
uany, chartering enough boats to
take all the heads of your business
concerns South, together with their
families; rent big hotel in the just
right climate near San Diego and
spending the next six months there
allowing the sunshine to soak into you
and storing up energy for another start
at watchful-waiting. Those of you
who can't get away could afford to
help finance the proposition, for the
financial good the vacation would do
the rest of you living for six months
away from the scenes of your doubts
and struggles, among the people who
can see nothing which bears the brand
of hope or prosperity, you would come
back home with paint brush in one
hand and barrel of paint in the
other, dig in your clips and go to it
again in a manner which would pick
your camp up and put it on the map of
hopefulness and expectancy again as
you could never do without big rest
"In wandering about your city for
the past few days, note that most of
your empty buildings seem to have
been built for saloons or occupied by
saloons. Before you leave on the
winters trip, you ought to pass an
ordinance through your city council
limiting the number of saloons in
Cordova to those which are here now.
That would insure, when your greater
prosperity comes, sufficient and not
too-many saloons. Too many saloons
for town spoils the game-it is the
players who spoil any game. Limit
your saloons to reasonable number
and the saloonmen will play the game
with honor to the town, and for it's
advancement. Next year you are 60
ing to be guessing whether the saloon
is not a vanishing proposition, and the
less-offensive and less numerous the
saloon proposition is the better chance
the players have of keeping the game
running.
"The chances for Cordova are Just
as great today, if not greater than they
ever were. It is the people who make
city, and when city's people go
stale it is Up to them to take a vaca-
ton and revive. All over Alaska the
need of vacation is apparent in the
population. and the city which grasps
the fact first and acts upon it will be
there with development work and the
growing time for the next two years" "
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24

LONDON, Aug. 16-The English
pound sterling today closed for $4.64
in American money The exchange
situation is becoming serious as the
American manufacturers, who have
secured huge war contracts are de-
handing their pay for the goods which
have been sold and delivered. The
rapid lowering of the foreign ex-
change, which the last few days has
seen, presages difficulties ahead,
which may result in the dethronment
of the English pound sterling. If this
is done the American dollar will be-
come the worlds standard of value.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
SURVEY coRDovA BAY
HAS BEEN POSTPONED

Captain A. r. Ehrnbeck, of the En-
gineer corps of the U. s. army has
received orders to go to Nome and
survey the harbor and make a report
upon the advisabilty of building a
breakwater. Captain Ehrnbeck had
expected to make survey of the
naval reservation near Orca, but the
plans of the war department were al.
tered and the Nome work will be
done first
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24

NEW YORK, Aug. 16-J. P. Morgan
returned to his office in this city today
for the first time since the attempt to
kill him made by the assassin Holt
Wall Street welcomed the financier,
and he was the recipient of many con-
graduation on his splendid appear
ance. The difficulties arising in the
exchange situation are what brought
the financier to his Office today, and
he Immediately began the considera-
ton of plans for the relief of the man.
ey market from the abnormal condi-
ton now prevailing.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
TWO NATIVES DROWNED
IN KUsKULANA RIVER

Two Indians were drowned two
miles above the Kuskalana bridge.
The bodies were recovered. The
names of the natives are Gallagher
and Malardy, and both of them are
we'll known to the miners and pros
pectors in the copper country.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
TERM OF COURT SET
FOR VALDEZ sept. "A

A grand and petit jury have been
called for September 14th. The juries
will be drawn upon the return to VAL
DEE of the district judge and the other
court officials. A number of criminal
cases are to come up at the term and
also many civil cases. The term of
court is expected to last a month.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24

Postoffice Inspector Neil arrived on
the Watson last night from the west
ward and after spending a couple Of
hours continued on the same boat to
Katalla.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24

Norman Leopold came over from
Valdez last nights steamer and will
remain in Cordova for time.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24

Your friends in the states are in
terested in Cordova. Keep them post
ed by sending them the Times. either
daily or weekly.
For plumbing and heating see Ben
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24

confectionery store; 1884 frame.
Lot S-Price & Bennett, sheet metal
works and blacksmith shop.
Block 114--Lot Inlet Soda Com
pany's plant.