The Chitina leader., 1915-04-27
FAIRBANKS. April "a. The

FAIRBANKS, April "a. - The
stage upon which Delegate James
Wickersham is travelling is due to
arrive. here tonight. A number Of
friends and admirers wili be on
hand to give the Delegate warm
welcome. They regard him as one
of the men responsible for the gov
eminent railroad construction.
/ FAIRBANKS, April 24.-There
has always been a multiplicity Of
offices, with good salaries paid, since
the early days of the great placer
camp. But as the town has dimin-
ished some in population the neces-
sity for retrenchment has become
apparent At a meeting of the
Town Council last night the matter
was taken in hand and material re-
auctions made. The offices of night
Waterman and city physician were
abolished while the salary of the
municipal attorney was cut to $50.
The firemen will replace the night
Waterman and look after the peace
of the. town..
WASHINGTON April 23.-Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels states that
it has been finally determined that
the Atlantic fleet can go through the
Panama canal. Consequently the
original plans of passing through to
the Pacific Ocean during the early
part of July will be carried out. The.
secretary is anxious to have the
President accompany him on this
| trip, but it is extremely doubtful
whether he can do SO. 1t is still
doubtful question whether inter-
national affairs will permit him to
make trip to California this sum-
mer. His advisers are anxious that
he go and make number of
speeches at different places. The
| prospects are brighter than they
we're some time ago for his making
the journey.
SEATTLE, April 22.-Judge Jas
Langley, former judge of the
superior court and a civil war vet
eran, died at his home this after
| noon, after an illness of several
weeks. He has been a resident of
this city for more than 25 years.
WASHINGTON, April 22.-Infor-
nation received by the department
here is to the effect that only 300
American refugees in Tampico will
take advantage of the opportunity 10
sail home in transports this summer.
NEW YORK, April 22.-Jess
Willard, who recently took the
worlds championship from Jack
Johnson at Havana, has arrived
here. He states that he received
$4,000 for defeating Jack. But he
figures that the real big money will
be won by him when the next con-
test comes Off
SEWARD, April 22.-The Harri-
man National Bank of Alaska at
Seward formally opened it's doors
for business Yesterday, in COM
modious offices that have been
deliberately fitted up. CASTOR Hardy
of New York, vice president of the
new institution, is here and the
bank opened under his direction. He
will soon be Joined by ]. H. Sears,
of New York, a member of the
board of directors, who will sail
from Seattle on the oath With him
will be S. B. Congdon, formerly sec
rotary to the Comptroller of the
Currency at Washington, and he
will be one of the permanent OIL
Gals. Mr.. Martin, formerly assayer
at the United States mint at San
Francisco, is here and will handle
the assaying and deposits of gold
dust. The new institution is the
pioneer bank in the federal reserve
The president is Jos. W. Hartman,
who is also president of the Harri-
man National Bank of New York,
with capital of 100000 and sur
plus and undivided profits of
100000.
HONOLULU, April ga strong
wind has been blowing for couple
of days past and has been the cause
of the delay in raising the SUBJ
marine F4. 1t is expected to soon
raise the sunken vessel
PARIS, April 22.-Ade.h Hugo,
aged IS, and the youngest daughter
of the celebrated Victor Hugo, died
here this morning. Her death was
a sad ending to a tragic life.
! WASHINGTON. April 22.-Ac-