The Cordova Daily Times
' ’''M HIIH, NUMBER 107 COB DO V A, ALAHKA.THUK SPAY, NOVEMBER ^ 1!»17 I MOCK TK^rKNTS
MAXAMIUSTS DETHRONE KERENSKY
THE NEW RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT WANTS PEACE
SOCIALISTS ARE
IN CONTROL
. OF RUSSIA
♦ LONDON, Nov. 8—Kerensky ♦
♦ has been deposed and the Max- ♦
♦ malists who have obtained control
♦ of Petrogard issued a proclama ♦
♦ tion saying the new government ♦
♦ will propose immediate peace. ♦
♦ In a semi-official news agency it ♦
♦ has been announced that the Pet- $
♦ rograd garrison assisted the ♦
♦ Maximallists and made possible ♦
♦ the coup without bloodshed. ♦
♦ Leon Trotzky, president of the ♦
♦ Central Executive Council of sol ♦
♦ diers and workmen's delegates. •
♦ issued a proclamation saying the ♦
♦ provisional government existed ♦
♦ no longer. Several of its mem ♦
♦ hers were arrested and the par ♦
♦ liament dissolved. The general $
♦ life of the city remained normal ♦
♦ as Trotzky issued strict orders ♦
♦ against outlawry. *
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♦ PETROGKAD, Nov. 8—The ♦
♦ Maximalists took possession of ♦
♦ the telegraph and telephone of ♦
♦ fice. Government forces attempt ♦ j
♦ ed to retake the telephone office ♦
♦ and a fusilade followed. It is be- ♦
♦ lieved that a number of casual ♦
♦ ties resulted. ♦
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♦ The Maximalist-Bolshevik ele- ♦
♦ ment is the most extreme class of ♦ j
♦ Russian revolutionary Socialists. ♦ i
♦ They first sprang into promt ♦ 1
♦ nence under the leadership of Ni ♦ :
♦ kolai Lenine, who was suspected ♦ i
♦ of pro-Germanism. It is believed ♦
♦ that Lenine has been in Petro- ♦ i
♦ grad lately, although the gov ♦
♦ ernment order for his arrest ♦
♦ failed as a result of the impres- ♦
♦ sion that Trotzky is Lenines &
♦ Chief Lieutenant. Trotzky lived ♦
♦ in America when the revolution ♦
♦ started and then returned to Rus- ♦
♦ sia to live. ♦
OHIO MS
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WASHINGTON. Nov. 8—The Food
administration has denounced as a
municipal robbery the wholesale con
fiscations of coal by Ohio mayors and
city officials. It is reported that the
railroad tracks in some places were
removed to prevent train loads of
coal from being moved.
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BUYS SUGAR PLANTATION
MEXICO CITY. Nov. 7—It is report
ed that Cipriano Castro former Secre
tary of Venezuela has bought a sugar
plantation in the state of Vera Cruz
and shortly will come to Mexico to
live.
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BRITISH CAPTURES GAZA
LONDON, Nov. 8—The British cap
tured the city of Gaza in Palestine.
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Dan McPherson, of Chatanika, re
ceived advices recently of me death
of his brother Jack McPherson, on
(he front in France. The deceased was
formerly a resident of Chatanika
where he lived for several years and
where he was employed as lineman
for the Tanana Electric Co. He was
serving with the Canadian troops.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 8—Tuesday votes
will enfrancrise nearly two million
women. The victory was the culmina
tion of many year’s campaigning.
President Wilson and Governor Whit
man endorsed the movement. While
the returns are not all in it is expec
ted that the majority for equal suf
frage will reach lOO.OUt).
Since (lie shipment of fifty-eight
tons of turnips to Seattle, by the
homesteaders in the Matanuska Val
ley, it has developed that a large part
of the turnips were resold by the pro
duce merchants in Seattle and ship
ped to merchants in Cordova and in
Valdez.
“The rouna-about shipment of these
aurnips," says a statement issued by
the land and industrial department of
the Alaska Engineering Commission
"is ridiculous when it is taken into
condition that the distance between
Anchorage and Seattle, by the direct
route of 1430 nautical miles, and be
tween Seattle and Valdez 1475 miles
by the inside route, making a total of
2905 miles that the turnips were
transported by water; whereas if they
had been shipped direct to Valdez
from Anchorage, the distance they
would have been transported by water
would have been only 382 miles, the
unnecessary miles they traveled being
2423 miles.
c-o-operation is Essential.
“It is evident that a system of co
operations betweenthe merchant and
farmers in Alaska must be worked out
to overcome the unsatisfactory con
dition. The Alaska farmer must also
be given a favorable freight rate which
will enable Alaska products to com
pete in Alaska markets with products
grown in the states.
“The inauguration of freight rates
that will permit this competition will
contribute materially in advancing the
development of the territory with ade
quate transportation facilities. The
spirited development of the resources
that the competition would stimulate
and would create an enormous ton
nage for boats plying to Alaska.
Improvement Next Year
“It Is hoped that before the market
ing season for next year’s crops ar
rives that some line of co-operation
will be reached between the mer
chants, homesteaders and steamship
companies that will prevent a like oc
currence in handling of these pro
ducts, and that will enable the home
steaders to dispose of their products
directly to the merchants in the var
ious towns along the Alaska coast, in
stead of shipping these products
from the states”.
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FAIRBANKS SCHOOL OF
MINES READY TO OPEN
(Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 8—Ef
forts are being made to have the new
Alaska Agricultural College and the
Schoo of Mines ready for opening in
ter. The board of regents is now in
correspondence with educational in
stitutions on the outsidd regarding
the type of buildings and courses of
study for the new school.
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BURIED Iffl
(By the Associated Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Nov. 8—Private Envvright,
Hay and Gresham, the first three Am
ericans to be killed in the trenches,
are now sleeping in French soil. Their j
memories were honored by the Amer
ican army and the people of France
(jn the final internment yesterday.
The French infantry stood as a guard
at the funeral and a French Comman
der paid a glowing tribute to the de
parted soldiers.
ALASKAN ESKIMOS
(By the Associated Press) .
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, November 7
—Klndergardens for the Aleuts, Es
kimos, Indians and other natWes of
Alaska are to be stretched in a chain
across the entire territory, according
to a message received here William
T. Lopp, head of the Alaska division
of the United States Bureau of Ed
ucation.
The first two kindergardens of the
chain are to be established at Met
lakatla and Klawock, two Indian set
tlements in southeastern Alaska. Mr.
Lopp was recently at Metlakatla ar
ranging for the establishment of the
school.
“We believe that the native child
ren should be ushered into American
ways as soon as possible so that they
will have a solid foundation for a
successful life”. Mr. Lopp was recent
ly quoted as saying.
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TALL MONUMENT
(By the Associated Press)
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Tennessee.
Nov. 7—The new monument, a 125
foot granite column, erected by the
state of Ohio commemorating the
bravery of her sons who fought in the
famous battle there on November 24,
1862, was formally dedicated today.
Exercises were in charge of the
Lookout Mountain Memorial Commis
sion of Ohio, composed of soldiers of
regiments which took part in the en
gagement.
Governor James M. Cox. of Ohio,
was the principal speaker at the de
dication. The names of the eleven
Ohio infantry regiments and the bat
tery of Light artillery, and the com
manders in the battle are inscribed at
the base of the monument.
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PROHIBITION CARRIES OHIO
CINCINNATI, Nov. 8—The complete
unofficial returns give statewide pro
hibition a majority by 2,952.
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NEW MEXICO GOES DRY
DEMING, New Mexico, Nov 8—It
Is believed that New Mexico voted
dry on Tuesday.
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Time* Wmt Ads Bring Results
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OUT ITS LUSTS
RESERVES
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♦ LONDON, Nov, 8—(lermany ♦
♦ lias called its last reserves with- ♦
♦ in the past few days, according ♦
♦ to Krench correspondents. All ♦
♦ previously rejected were ordere^ ♦
♦ to present themselves for the ♦
♦ examination. This action is attri- ♦
♦ buted to the Teuton's intention ♦
> to make a final effort on the ♦
♦ western front before American ♦
♦ help becomes effective. ♦
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LONDON, Nov. 8—The American
steamer Rochester was submarined on
November 2. Four sailors are known
to have been lost and one boat with
the second mate and thirteen men in
is missing.
YUKON RIVER IS
CLOSING LATER
(By the Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Wash.. Nov. 8—Alaska's
great waterway, the Yukon river is
being sealed up for the long northern
winter, according to reports reaching
here from Ruby, Tanana and other
points along the stream.
Ice began appearing in the Yukon's
tributaries some time ago and in a
short time the surface of the big ri
ver itself wil be converted into an
ice field of over two thousand miles
in length, stretching through the very
heart of the territory, and through
it's neighboring state the Yukon Ter
ritory.
This year the river is closing later
than usual. It will be sealed until
spring, opening generally In the ear
ly part of June.
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EATON COLLEGE ATTENDED
BY NOBILITY SCHOLARS
LONDON, Nov. 8—Eton College
has a larger proportion of nobility
among its scholars than any other
English school in history. The youth
ful peers at Eton are larger boys who
have fallen heir to their titles through
the deaths of their fathers in the war.
Lord Longford's father was killed at
Gallipoli. Lord De la Warr's father
was also killed in the army. Other
pupils will take seats in the House
of lords soon as they reach their ma
jority are Lord Brecknock. Lord Kim
ball. and Lord Ridley.
Prince Henry, the king’s third son.
is a classmate of Prince Leopold of
Belgium and Prince Sarbjit Singh, son
of the Sirdar of Kapurthala. Other
students include Lord Carmarthen,
Lord Worchester, Lord Clydesdale,
Lord Castlereagh. Lord Cardigan. Lord
Ashley, Lord North, Lord Kentworth,
Lord Hastings, Lord Clonmore and
Lord Balniel.
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It Pays to Advertise in the Times
LONDON, Nov. 8 The special Am
erican Commission to the Allied Con
ference arrived at midnight. Colonel
House, the confidential friend of Pres
ident Wilson is at the head of the
Commission with the honorary rank
of special Ambassador.
WASHINGTON. Nov. s \dmlral
Benson, Chief of the naval operations
and General Bliss. Chief of Staff, As
sistan Secretary of the Treasury,
Crosby, Chairman of the War Trade
Board Vance McCormick, Bainbridge
Colby, of the Shipping Board and Dr.
Taylor, of the Food Administration,
are the other members of the Com
mision.
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PERSONAL GOSSIP ABORT
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
Attorney F. H. Foster, who spent
the last couple of weeks at Valdez,
returned to his home in McCarthy on
this morning's train.
A wire from Seward says the Ad
miral Evans is due here tomorrow
morning at three o'clock, but if the
present snowstorm continues she is
likely to be delayed.
The many Cordova friends of Capt.
Fren Werner, who until recently was
in command of the steamer Alaska has
been placed in charge of one of Uncle
Sam's big vessels and Is now bound
lor service in the Atlantic war zone.)
The time is now here for the lo- i
cal merchants to begin their Christ- j
mas advertising, in order that holi- ;
day purchases be made at home.
Those desiring additional space
for making known the stock of goods
they have from which to select suit
able gifts should make the fact known
to this office.
Contractor George Pervis, who erec
ted the new concrete building for the
First Bank of Cordova, returned yes
terday to Anchorage. He left his as
sistant. Gordon Robinson, in charge of
finishing the work.
Mr. Pervis will return to Cordova
in March, and put up three more con
crete buildings: the new Empress
Theatre, Northwestern Hardware
Company's store and a modern five,
story hotel.
Andrew Stevenson, of Skagway. I
president or the Bank of Alaska there j
and the branches at Wrangel, Cordo
va and Anchorage. Is in town for a
few days. Mrs. Stevenson has just
returned from a trip to the westward
and while optimistic about the future
of Anchorage feels that Cordova is
destined to be a great industrial cen
ter. as it has not only the tonnage
producing mines back of it but has al
so developed into a fishing port.
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JAPAN MAKES LOAN
OF $10,000,000 TO CHINA
TOKIO. Nov. 8—The finance de
partment has announced the signing
of a loan to China of an amount equi
valent to $10,000,000. The money is
to be applied to the rehabilitation of
the Communications Bank of China, <
and is secured by the Chinese Repub- |
lie in treasury bonds. The interest c
rate is seven and one-half per cent.,
and the term three years.
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Delicious Mince Pie Fresh every f
Noon at tbe City Bakery. i
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. S—George
Lull was elected city attorney on
ruesday and Eugene Schmitz, former
mayor, who was indicted with Abe
Ituef ten years ago, is believed to be
alected supervisor.
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CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa. Xov. 8—L.
T. Erwin. IT. E. Marshal at Fairbanks
in Alaska, is in Cedar Rapids today,
and stated his purpose in making the
triii is to institute legal proceedings
to recover the custody of his daugh
ter, Mary Erwin, aged nine. The
child was awarded to the care of the
mother after she secured a divorce
from Erwin, and is now a student in
the Sacred Heart Academy at this
place, which school she entered last
March. »
The former Mrs. Erwin was n»airriedr
not long ago to John Edward Waynes
of Cleveland. Ohio, and they came to
this city to make there home.
Mr. Erwin says that if he cannot
prevail upon the court to giw the*
child to him he may take steps !t/
re-open the separation suit again.
SOLID TRAIN OF
STEEL CUDS
Traffic officials of the Alaska S. S.
Co. began arrangements for the
transportation of a solid freight
train, consisting of a 130-ton loco
motive and forty steel flat cars form
Seattle to Cordova, where the train
will be placed in service on the Cop
per River & Northwestern Railroad,
says the Seattle Times.
The big freight engine will be sent
north aboard the steamship Cordova.
A railroad track will be built to the
deck of the Cordova and when the
tide is at the proper height, the en
gine will be shifted aboard the ves
sel for transportation to Alaska.
The forty flat cars, which are of
'ifty-ton variety, are on their way to
Seattle and will be loaded aboard the
ressels of the Alaska S. S. Co. and
sent to Alaska. Because of the
scarcity of freight cars, as a result
>f the war. the new equipment Is
'oming west loaded and as soon as
he cars arP discharged they will be
nude ready for shipment to Cordova
or use. Before the war new equip
nent of this kind was sent west empty
>ut with cars at a premium the Cop
ter River & Northwestern Railroad
'ompanv permitted transcontinental
ines to load the cars for Seattle.
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SENATORS VISIT SOLDIERS
LONDON. Nov. 8—United States
Senator Kenyon and Kendrick have
Bft here to visit the American head
uarters in France.
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The first rotary of the winter sea
on was put in commission on the
opper River and Northwestern Rail
rsy this morning.