The Cordo m Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER ,124. CORDOV£, AI ASK A. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1915. _PRICE TON CENTS.
IS SERIOUSLY INJURED Nil
JUMBO MINE
J. J. Lewis, brother of Geo. Lewis,
employed at Slater's restaurant, met
atjth a serious accident at the Jumbo
mine, Kennecott, on Friday evening
, last, that cost him the loss of a leg.
He was employed in the mill wild his
leg caught on a set-scrpw, crushing
it so badly that ft was necessary to
amputate it just below the knee.
Dr. Bunch performed the operation,
and the patient is reported te be rest
"Iwg easy and doing as well aB could
be expected under the circumstances.
LIGHTS PUf OUT
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One of the worst storms mt the sea
son has been raffing Since last liight.
As a result the transmission line of
the Cordova Power Company went
down at 7:30 o'clock last night, neaT
the plant, and the electric lights were
put out of service. The break was
repaired at 11:30 o’clock this morn
ing, but the wires in town have since
gone down in half a dozen places, and
ft is doubtful if the '‘juice" will be
on before tomorrow. The telephone
line is also on the “blink” in some
parts of the town.
There has been wind, snow and
sleet in general potpourri since last
night, and the end is not yet in Sight.
There has been a heavier fan of
snow the past week than we experi
enced all of last winter.
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TEDDY TALKS OH
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. — Theo
dore Roosevelt read a paper last night
before the American Sociological So
ciety, in which he dealt with the pro
blems of preparedness, and discussed
the military bugaboo in a trenchant
manner. Teddy said that the real
question which modern peace loving
nations had to face was not how a
militaristic or warlike spirit within
their own borders would affect the
moral and social standards of the
people, but rather how the failure on
•their part to be effectually prepared
to resist the unscrupulous militarism
of a neighbor would affect them.
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TEHERAN, Dec. 29. — The Russian
troops in Persia are advancing stead
ily towards the frontier of Mesopo
tamia. Yesterday they captured tlte
important town of Kaihan, and defeat
ed a strong force of Germans and
Turks, assisted by the Persian rebel
^(Jcndarnierie. The Russians are forg
ing ahead rapidly towards the city of
Ispahan, one of the most important in
all Persia, which is about miles
from the Turkish border,
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The Mother Lode CoppeT Mines
Company is planning to develop its
property on an extensive scale next
year, according to information given
the Daily Times hy Superintendent
\V. Bertram Haacock, who is spend
ing the holidays in Cordova with his
family.
At present fifty-seven men are em
! ployed at this copper mine, develop
ing on four different levels below' the
mouth of the tunnel and stoping out
the high grade ore. Decently about
100 tons of this metal -was tratrsport
'ed over the trail to the Copper River
& Northwestern railway to ttie Ta
coma smelter. This ore runs from
57 to 60 per cent cupper.
Will Instal New Mill.
Arrangements have been made to
instal a mill on the property next
spring, with a capacity of 100 tons
per day; a hydro-electric plant of 20b
horse power for the mlB, and also a
compressor. An eighty foot dam will
Also be built, and a wagon road con
structed from the mine to McCarthy
ror the hauling of the ore during the
summer months, a distance of four
teen miles. Owing tu the high water
In McCarthy creek in the summer,
caused by the melting snows and gla
ciers at its head, the partly con
structed trail down the cTeek can
only be used by pack train and saddle
horses for a ben ft eight months of the
year, but after the freeze-up heavy j
rreight sleds become available.
$3,600,000 Worth Ore Blocked Out.
'The whole of the mining operations*
ao far carried on in the Mother Lode j
mine are practically ctmffned to thej
Marvellous, Godfrey and Hero claims,
and consists of 5.415 feet of tunnels,;
crosscuts, drifts, etc. Since the erec
tion of a tramway the work of explor
ation and development has been car
ried on expeditiously. The ore body
follows the dip of the bedding planes
In the limestone, and the main body
varies from six inches to 29 1-2 Teet,
likewise the composition of the ore.
which in places may be all copper i
glance and in others a mixture of i
covelllte, azurite and malachite, with 1
considerable exide of iron. It ta es- 1
ttmated that there is *3,600,000 worth
of ore blocked out, and tonnage
broken in stopes and on tbe dump.
Where the Work Ha* Been Dons.
Tbe property consists of seventy
lode ami placer 'claims, located in
1907, and subsequent years by Oscar
Hagitmd, Oscar Sail and John Smith,
and embraces an area of about 1,300
acres of ground In the Chitina mining
district. These locations are Tor the
most part in "Marvellous and Indepen
dence gulches, western tributaries to
McCarthy creek, thirteen to fourteen
mtTes above Its mouth, where ft flows
into the Kennecott river. The Mar
vellous, Godfrey and Hero claims,
irptm whiti, most ot the mtaing has
been done, are all at the head of Mar
vellous gulch, at an elevation of from
V820 to 6,734 feet above sea level.
Tbe Marvellous claim is 3,191 feet due
■ast from the Bonanza mme, and one 1
md a quarter miles southeast from
ho Jumbo mine, both properties of
be Kennwott Copper Corporation.
Occurrence of Copper Ore.
The ore bodies occur as replace
ments of green or od limestone, or as
rilling in cavities developed along fis
sures, fault places, sheer zones and
joints, or bedding planes tn green
stone or limestone. Aggregates of
copper minerals are far more com
mon tn the greenstone than the lime
stone, hut the largest deposits that
have been discovered up to the pres- I
ent are in the limestone. The deposits \
of the Bonanza and Jumbo mines oc
cur in the limestone within 90 feet,
of its contact with the greenstone. ^
whereas tbe Mother Ixxle deposit Is
at least 900 feet above the contact,
which seems to Indicate that copper
occurs hi nearly all parts of the for-J
mation and that the formation of ore i
bodies is 'dependent only on favorable
conditions of supply and deposition.
FOOTBALL COAGB
DIES FROM
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 29. — Thomas
L. Shevlin, the millionaire lumber
man, died in this city last night from
■pneumonia. The sickness was con
tracted back in New Haven, where
Shertlin went last fall to take charge
of the Yale football team, and attempt
to whip the players into shape. Shev
lin was one of the finest players that
ever donned the moleskins, playing
end on the ’varsity team all the time
I he was in college, and captaining the
eleven in his senior year. Shevlin
sind Hinkey have been rated as the
two greatest end players ever turned
out at the New Haven institution, and
he had a nation wide reputation as a
good fellow and a sportsman. The
deceased was 32 years of age.
RUSSIANS NOW
LONDOfJ, Dec. 29. — Tierce fight
ing is reported between the Russians
and the Austrians along the border*
of Galicia and Bessarabia. This is
taken by military experts as forecast
ing continued activity by the Russians
here, who are said to have taken the
offensive in the hope of relieving the
pressure being exerted on the Allies
in the Balkans.
LONDON, Dec. 29. — A conference
of all the representatives of the Labor
party in the House of Commons is
being arranged to consider what
course of action will be pursued in
regard to the cabinet’s decision to
adopt compulsory enlistment. The
first strong objections which the La
bor party had to conscription has
been removed, and now many of the
prominent members are willing to
support such a measure if they are
satisfied that it wilt be applied im
partially, and that It Is necessary.
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LEAVENWORTH, Pec. 29. — Fifty
of fhe ringleaders who were Impli
cated in fhe mutiny of the convicts
at fhe coal mine operated by the
penitentiary inhabitants, are today In
solitary' confinement as a punishment
I for their acts. When the outbreak
j occurred yesterday the convicts
j seized and bound fhe twelve guards
! who were looking after them, and also
I took Into their charge Prof. Grider
j and twelve students from fhe Univer
sity of Kansas, who bad come to in
| snect the mine. Professor Grider, by
| pleading with the convicts. Induced
j them to release the students. The
trouble Is practically over, the men
complaining about the conditions un
der which they were forced to work,
and particularly about the character
of the food which they said would not
! support the hard labor they were be
i ing compelled to perform. Warden
Codding, the head of the Institution,
has promised the men to improve the
quality of the food and make It more
nlentiful.
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LONDON, Dec. 29. — It Is being
I persistently reported that Greece has
< given Bulgaria permission to cross
her borders and follow the entente
troops in an effort to dislodge them
from Saloniki. The allied diplomatic
representatives at Athens have been
bnsfly engaged in holding confer
ences with themselves and the Greek
foreign minister, but they refuse to
give anything for publication. The
presence of General Castelnau, chief
of the French staff, and the promi
nence given to his audiences with
King Constantine Is regarded as sig
j nificant, and as tending to influence
[ Grecian action with respect to Bul
j garia
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STORM REACHES
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CITIES
SEATTLE, Dec. 29. — A COlU wave,
■wtiieh the weather sharps say came
fnum Ahu**a, has swept down upon
t%e Northwest, and has gripped this
section of the country in its icy fin
i gers. The temperature here was 32 J
! la*t night, the coldest of the winter j
so far, and tonight it is boobed to
go much lower.
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BERLIN, Dec, 29. — The war office t
issued an official bulletin this morn- j
ing announcing that the French often-1
sh e at Hirrsteln in the Vosges moun- (
tains had broken down last night. Thej
Teutons had successfully resisted the
Infantry assaults of the French troops
and had inflicted large losses on the
attackers. Simultaneously with the
advance on Hirrsteln the French re
newed their assaults on the German
trenches on the peak of Hartmann’s
Weilerkopf, and while the first at
tack took the Germans by surprise
and resulted In the loss of some po
sitions, the Teutons rallied and later
drove the French out of the captured
trenches. The positions here are the
same as before the offensive was in
stltuted. j
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STREET LIGHTS MAY BE TURNED ,
ON TONIGHT.
The linemen of the Power Company
are making every effort to have the
wires in town straightened out so that
the cluster street lights can be turned
on onight, but it will be impossible 1
to furnish any other light. Parties 1
are also warned not to touch any of 1
the wires that are down, as serious 1
results may follow.
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MEXICO CITY. Dec. 29. — General'
Carranza, Ore head of the provisional
Mexican government, issued a decree
today ordering all office holders who
had failed to support him in the re
cent fighting with Villa and Zapata,,
to he at once removed from office.
Carranza intends to see that all the
places are filled with his own loyal
supporters. Nothing has been learned
here concerning the whereabouts of
General Villa, and his status, if cap
tured within Mexico, is a matter of
much conjecture. Everything Is mov
ing satisfactorily in the north, and
the Carranza officials are steadily
taking over the reins of government
in Chihuahua and other places, which
have heretofore been dominated by
Villa.
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ATHENS, Dec. 29. — That the Ser
)ian army has not as. yet been cllm-1
nated as a fighting force is the news j
hat was brought from Albania re-,
vently. Of the valiant army that op
iosed the Teutonic and Bulgarian in
vasion there are 75,000 seasoned vet
■rans entrenched at Scutari and EI
>assan in Albania, these cities have'
leen fortified, and the defenders are
(repared to desperately resist the
’euton advance.
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THE NORTHWESTERN EARLY S
TOMORROW.
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The steamer Northwestern Is due h
rom Seward at -1 o'clock tomorrow v
uorning. She will remain here a
welve or fourteen hours loading cop- j u
ier ore before sailing for Seattle. a
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TANFORD UNIVERSITY TO
ENTER BIG MEETS
BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29. — Stan
>rd University has high hopes for
ne of the most successful track and
eld seasons in its history, and is
joking forward to an invasion of
ome of the more important eastern
icets. According to report, the Palo
iltoans are casting eyes on the meets
o be held in the Missouri valley, Cht
ago and Ithaca.
MERCHANT SHIPS
BEING BUILT
ALL YARDS .
new YORK, Dec. 29. — That the
American merchant marine is coming
into its own, and that the new ship
ping bill is not discouraging the
building of American ships as much
as its detractors claim. Beems evi
dent from the figures made public
today concerning the new American
ocean going tonnage now under con
struction. The ships now being built
for American registry have increased
ten-fold in tonnage since July, 1914,
that date being selected as emblem
atic of the conditions prevalent be
fore the European war commenced.
Shipping men are hopeful that this
state of affairs will continue. All the
shipyards are working at their full
capacity, and the amount of foreign
freight In the chief seaports of the
Atlantic coast is still piling up, assur
ing cargoes for many more ships than
are now available.
DEATH LIST IN
PITTSBURG. Dec. 29. — This city
seems to be having the worst epidetn
c of winter diseases in its history.
,a grippe, colds and pneumonia are
iverywhere, and a family without at
east one patient is a rarity. The
leath list has grown steadily, until
iow it is over 100 a week above the
isual average, and funerals are com
non in the streets of the city. The
ity health authorities are working
lard to stem the trouble, and are
lublishing articles in the papers ad
ising people what to wear and eat
uring the cold, wet and snowy
-eather.
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PUREE
PARIS, Dec. 29. — The war con
itions in this city were relieved con
derably last night, when the mili
iry governor ordered that the normal
ghting conditions be restored. Ac
jrdingly the old gay Paris had on
er outward garb again, the boule
irds and principal avenues being
blaze with electric light, as they
ere before hostilities c< mmcuced
year ago last August. The military
'ficials have decided that having the
ectric lights on does not increase
le aeroplane risks.
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