The Ci >rdo m Daily Times'*
VOLUME IT. NUMBER 565. CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 1016 -"
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CATTLE KING OF
, 'FRISCO IS
DEAD
S \X FRANCISCO, Oct. 16. _ Henry
Miller, once a poor butcher boy of
San Francisco, owner of an empire in
the west described as “twice the size
ot Belgium,” and because of his vast
holdings of sheep and cattle, he was
known along (he Pacific Slope as the
“cattle king, died in this city today.
lie never knew himself exactly how
much land lie held. Several years
ago experts estimated approximately
l’2.i 17 square miles, or 14,539,200
acres were under his control, mostly
in t alilornia, Nevada and Oregon.
Miller, it has been said, could drive a
herd of cattle from Arizona to Ore
Ron, through the great Central Cali
torniii valley and each night camp on
his own land. \t no stage of his trip
would he be out of sight of one of his
own ranches.
More land was held by Miller on
the Pacific Coast than by any other
individual. At times 150,Out) cattle and
tOO.noil sheep grazing on western pas
tures bore the “M” brand. The firm
ol Miller and Lux, in which Miller
was heavily interested, was in the I
oatth busines sand operated a chain J
of slaughter houses, banks, stores and !
hotels, in addition to the ranches and !
ranges. The managers and clerks were
numbered by hundreds and varpierros
were paid in scores. Traction engines
were bought by the dozen and barb
wire fencing and seed by the carload.
They reckoned in miles, not in acres.
Friends said Henry .Miller's policy
was always to buy and never to sell.
As a lies" he had visions of wealth, be
bought land when the Spanish and
American governments sold it cheap,
hoarded bis property and lived his
dream.
Miller was born in Rraekenheim,
Wart tern berg. July 21, 1827. When
20 years old he emigrated to America,
penniless, and worked as a butcher
boy in the Washington market in New
York city. In 1810 gold was discov
ered in California, and Miller fol
lowed the hordes of gold seekers to
the Pacific. In 1850 he was still a
butcher boy in San Francisco.
CHUTES SSE
LINCOLN, Oct. 111. — Hughes is
making a full day campaign of Ne
braska. lie will speak at Omaha to
night.
LO.NO RHANCH, Oct. 1G. — Presi
dent Wilson today gave personal in
structions to a number of volunteers
to his cause, headed by Amos Pin
ciiot, who are planning to make a se
ries ol talks to the labor voters of
New York.
SMI? PIPERS
THEIR SIZE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. — The fed
eral trade commission has appealed to
the publishers of all the large Sunday
newspapers to reduce their size, thus
preventing a suspension of the small
newspapers owing to the inability to
get print paper. The commission be
Ijeves that the elimination of certain
features would meet with popular ap
proval.
MASSMEETING WEDNESDAY.
On Wednesday evening Delegate
Wickersharn will address the voters
of Cordova on the issues of the cam
paign at Empress Theatre, and that
everybody in town will turn out, and
especially the ladles, there Is no doubt.
ALLIES HAVE TAKEN BUNSUK
LONDON, Oct. 16.—The Teutonic pressure against the
Loumanians along tin* rl ransydvania frontier has thus far been
unahlo to drive the Roumanians within their own territory.
One crucial point for the Roumanians lies southwest of Kron
stadt. in the southern reaches of Turzburger pass, where the
Roumanians are making a determined stand. At Rucaru, seven
miles south of tin* border, the Teutonic thrust here is aimed at
Bucharest, seventy miles across the Roumanian plain from its
edge and ten miles southwest of Rucaru.
Blab’LlX, Oct. Hi.—The British troops attacked the Ger
man positions northeast of Guendecourt, three miles south of
Bapaume, and penetrated the German first line. Tin* Ger
mans recaptured the lost ground after making counter attacks.
LONDON, Oct. Hi.—The British forces on the Struma
trout have pushed the outposts further in tin* northeast direc
tion o| Demir llissar. The village of Bunsuk, eight miles south
east ot Denir llissar, has been entered bv the British, the Bul
garians retreat ing.
LONDON, Oct. Hi. The Germans made a heavy attack
upon the newly won British positions in the vicinity of Schwa
ben, and were repulsed with heavy losses. The British have re
tained Schwaben, on the ridge above Thiepval Krish, and took
a German prisoner tor every yard of front, not mentioning the
great number of Germans killed.
I’ARIS.Oct. Hi. Tin* French penetrated the German posi
tions at Sailly and Saillisel, and have also occupied the houses
on the edge of the road to Bapaume.
LONDON. ( )ct. Hi - Tile :dlles loiv'e t'nrinntlv ra/mtm Onpl n
provisional government in Greece, and the island'of Crete is be
ing organized by Veiiizelos.
BKRLIX, Get. 1(1. — The committee formed under the pre
sidency of the crown prince appeals for a collection of gold or
nament.'- for melting. Chancellor Bcthmaun is among those
who have signed the request.
BERI.IX, <>ct. 10.— The Overseas Xews Agency says the
Roumanian second army is in retreat in Transylvania, and lost
two divisions. The Roumanian first army and a largei part of
the second army has been completely annihilated. Transylvania *
is now clear of Roumanians, except at some small sections along i
the border.
IT’.’I R< (GRAD, < >et. 10.—'The heavy Teuton forces assumed
the offensive south of Watra, in tin* southern Carpathians, near
the .junction of Roumania, Transylvania and the Bukowina bor
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XEW YORK, Oct. 10.—The German electrical industry is
scoring a triumph in the midst of the distractions of the war by
building the largest generator and transformer in the world, ac
cording to advices received here. The Siemens-Schuckertwerke ■
of Berlin are building a generator and transformer, each sixty 1
thousand l\. \V., the transformer having the power to trails- i
form the voltage to 110,0(H) volts. The order is being executed 1
lor the Rheinish Westphalian Electrical Works. It is said the <
largest turbo generators in the United States are 35,000 or 40,
000 K. W. I
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MANILA, 1*. L, Get. 14.—Allied warships, believed to be \
British vessels, are again active in territorial waters of the I
Philippines and half a dozen inter-island vessels have been I
overhauled, halted and examined during the past few days, i
The procedure is generally to halt a ship, send'an armed land- I
ing party aboard, examine the ship’s papers ,ask for informa <
turn as to the nationality of the passengers and inquire whether 1
the ship carried cargo or mail addressed to Teutonic subjects. 1
So far there has been no interference either with passengers, r
mail or cargo. 1
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A largo cruiser, believed to be British, created a sensation
recently by dashing into Manila hay and coming within font
miles of the harbor. Then sin- turned tail and as suddenly
made for the open sea. No effort was made to stop her hy the
American warships in the hay, which have charge of enforcing
neutrality regulations, but it is understood that the matter was
the subject of correspondence between the governor general's
office and' the British consulate.
LONDON, Oet. Hi.—The suggestion that an industrial
truce for five years should he arranged now a- a guarantee of
Britain’s highest interests in the era of mechanical progress,
that lie said was hound to follow the war, w as made by Sir ('has.
\\ akefield, the lord mayor of London, while presiding at a large
gathering of representatives of all branches «,t the engineering
ndustry at the Mansion House.
\\ hate\ ei might be said ot tin* future o| comm i a *. ■ in g<-n
"rid,” said the lord mayor, “we are all surely agre. ,| that the
nation and the empire must zealously guard the seemiiv ami
progress of engineering. It is mainly on the engineering work
shops of this country that the fighting forces of t he alliance de
pend for mechanical means of victory.”
\ IKNNA, Oct. 1(1.—Tlie newest Austrian tax, b\ which the
government hopes to increase its annual ineome bv something
lil<«‘ two and a half million crowns (half a million dollar-) i- a
new and additional levy on the betting at the vaihms Austrian
race tracks.
I lie new lax provides tlutl in addition to the pen ntage of
d! totalistateur (pari mutiiel) wagers already taki n hy tin- gnv
■rnmeiit, a special “win tax” shall be imposed on all those wlm
lick horses that pay thirty crowns or more for ten wagered.
luixio, uct. if).—impress Sadako lias d.-. j.j.. 1 i,, -upply
lirl i I icia 1 I links and eyes to t In* .la pan cm1 and (ioniums who w ere
rounded in the campaign at Kino (’how.
The estate belonging to the imperial household i - estimated
to reach about 500,000,000 yen, or about $‘250,000,000. Besides
railway and bank securities and various public bonds and <1 ■
Dentures held by the household, which are valued' at approxi
iiately 1 S0,000,0(K.) yen, are $00,000,000, the inipnia! holdings
ndude extensive forests and rice lands in addition to the land
>f the imperial palace grounds and tIm> imperial <h (ached pal
tees and villas. The value of the imperial property is reported
o he increasing at the nite of twenty ja r cent per annum.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. Hi. One thing at’ ■ another
ins disappeared so gradually from (Jerman market- dm-,, the
»var hi‘gun t hat the very existence of certain luxuries mid ,oiu ■
hings that were once considered necessities, has hcea f.mg,dp.a
it was the experience of a correspondent of the Associ; tedi
Voss w ho had been in Berlin since the war began, and I'm mam.
•ears before, to find, upon bis arrival in Stockholm, the bate ei
shop and grocery windows filled with foodstuff- lie had seen'
icarcely a suggestion of in Germany for many men) and ih<
•est aura tit bills ot tare also served a- pleasant r< 1 ind r- of
inte-bclluin days, when the (Jerman restaurants, a- much ns
bose of any country, were prepared to -apply a gnat variet\
)f foods.
(Jernmny is not starving, and there i- no fear that it will, l
nit the people are doing without far more thing- than tlie\ n a
ize, having become so gradually accustomed to the loss or ear
ailment of certain edibles. Bacon, which the correspond' nt
iad not seen in Germany for months, is plentiful here, of emir- :
Hitter, lard ami olive oil, seen in the grocery shops, offVn d a
'cully irresistible appeal to one who had scarcely known them
or so long. There were different cuts of pork; the eorrespon '
lent had had a small portion of pork tw ice in three mouths. II
ound many kinds of bread, while the only kind- la ive. uth
:new were rye mixed with potatoes and wheat mixed w’ith nc.
Pliere was real coffee, which one cannot obtain even in the best
otels or millionaires’ homes in Germany.
$1,500,000 STEEL BRIDGE ACROSS MILES GLACIER.
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Delegate Wickersham and George
i I'oolev returned last night on the
launch Shamrock from Valdez, after
| having made a trip to the westward as
tar as Anchorage. In speaking of
their campaign, Mr, Dooley said:
“On arriving in Anchorage the Alas
ka engineering commission sent a spe
cial train to the end of the line. We
"ere the guests of Mr. Kdes, Mr.
Mears, Mr Christensen, who accom
panied the party to the end of the
linn.
"While the season was rather late
the candidates were impressed with
the wonderful farming possibilties of
the country adjacent to the Matanus
ka valley.
"The Alaska engineering commis
Sion have bought all the produce
raised l>v the far aers, at prices agree
fillip finfl nr/ififol.ln let tVinn. trut
filimo induces and encourages the set
Hers to an extent that they are in
places erecting houses, barns, silos,
and in one place in particular a very
enterprising settler has erected a eon
crete dwelling which is almost as
cheap as lumber, as the gravel Is un
der the soil.
"Judge Wickersham was received
very enthisiastieally at Anchorage,
and spoke to the largest crowd he
ever witnessed, with possibly one ex
ception. in Fairbanks some years ago
in a former campaign.
"The general feeling among the vot
ers is that Delegate Wickersham is
going to receive the largest majority
this year he has ever received. The
Vnchorage Daily Times received the
candidates very graciously, and the
treatment accorded us by Charles
Herron, Ted Bedell, Sport Smith and
all the business men of the communl
it> was the kind that makes on feel
proud of being an Alaskan, The hos
pitalitv shown is of the kind that
makes one sorry that he does not re
side in Anchorage.
The wonderful achievements of the
Maska engineering commission will
lie world monuments to the men in
charge of the work. The merchants,
in a man, work in accord with the en
deavors of the commission, that is rep
resented in every department by re
sponsible competent men. While at
Seward the business men made them
selves doubly agreeable and made the
visit very pleasant to both candidates.
The delegate spoke at the Arctic Bro
therhood hall to a banner crowd, and
his remarks were well received
While in Seward I had the pleasure
of meeting my opponent, and was well
and courteously received by him.
"In Anchorage I met candidates Dr. ]
Herman and John Frame, and the feel 1
ing between all candidates was open j
ly commented on by the people, as it
could not have been better If they all
were eating apples together
"The reception while in Valdez was
onv long to lie remembered. The dele
gate addressed the Pioneers, also the
Auxiliary, and was well received by
tin ladies especially. On Saturday last
all the candidates that were In Valdez
were received by the Pioneers at an.
old fashioned sourdough dinner, and ]
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the delegate, Joseph Murray and my
«‘lf spoke on pioneer days in Alaska ,
"Time being short, Delegate Wick-1
srsham is endeavoring to make Chi !
ina, McCarthy, and if possible Fair |
liinks in time for election. We will
ill long remember the reception re
ceived on the trip, and to one and
>11 wish to express our greatest grati
ude.”
ATLANTIC CITY. Oct. 16. — The
itexican delegates huve notified the
oinmission that thousands of the heat i
ilex (can troops are being taken Into <
'hihuahua and Durango for an ex
unsive campaign against the Villistas.
LOCAL JOTTINGS
ABOUT PEOPLE
The steamer Admiral Farragut will
leave Seattle tomorrow for Cordova.
Roy Baden has returned from Chl
sana, where he has been for some
time.
Frank Kernan, who is operating in
the Interior, came to Cordova on yes
terdav'8 train.
Judge HayeB came down from Ken
necott on yesterday's train and ex
pects to remain here.
Wednesday Is Alaska Day ,and being
a legal holiday, the First Bank of
Cordova will be closed.
Tom Von Spronsen has returned to
I Cordova after having spent eighteen
months at Kennecott.
Judge O'Conner came down from
I L'LliMna VOL'tiir.ln nn.l 0-111 a.. lf.1
dez on the next steamer.
The Ron Ton orchestra will give
its fifth dance of the series at Eagle
! hall on Wednesday night
Wednesday will be Alaska Day.
What is Cordova doing towards the
proper celebration of this holiday.
Deputy Marshal Joseph Feaster was
an arrival on Sunday's train from Chi
tina. He is on his way to Valdez to
attend court.
Judge C. M. Frazier and Walter
j Wolf returned this afternoon from a
1 hunting trip to the Copper river flats
| well loaded with game.
The Cordova fire department will
give a smoker on Thursday evening,
and arrangements are being perfected
so that all who attend will have a
good time. The committee in charge
of the arrangements consists of Hub
Bollinger. Frank Jones and Link Wain,
which is sufficient guarantee that the
smoker will be a success.
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John Robe, an old time resident of
Unga, engaged in fishing, was recent
ly drowned under mysterious circum
stances, according to advices received
a few days ago at the marshal's office
at Valdez.
Kobe had a dory equipped with a
gasoline engine which he used for
fashing on the codfishing banks off
Unga. On the evening of September
30 two fishermen rowing home saw
the dory anchored on the banks ap
alongside and found it empt\ There
were two fishing lines in the boat,
one colled up and the other trailing
overboard, as in fishing, but there
was no sign of Robe They went
ashore and re|>orted their find and an
investigation led to the belief that
he had fallen overboard and drowned
The boat gave no clue to how the ac
cident happened, everything being in
good shape except that one of the bat
tery wires to the engine had been torn
from the binding post.
Kobe was subject to fits, and it Is
presumed that while cranking the mo
tor he was taken with one, and went
jverboard.
Being unconscious, he could make
to effort to save himself, and went to
[he bottom. Up to the present his
tody has not been recovered.
NEW YORK. Oct. 16. — Virgil
3ogue, the famous engineer who lo
oted and built the Cascade division
>f the Northern Pacific railroad, died
>n a steamer bound here from Mexico.
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