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The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME ONE. NUMBER 251. CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1915.__ PRICE TEN CENTS.
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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1—A violent |
West Indian hurricane swept over thlsj
city the night before last leaving death j
and devastation in its wake. Thej
^ wind at times reached the velocity of i
^ one hundred and thirty miles perj
hour. Between the hours of 6 and j
9:30 the wind reachest Its heighest,
at intervals going above 120 miles an
hour and once reaching the pinnacle
of 130. Between 5.30 and 7 o’clock
the average wind velocity was eighty
miles. Ten persons were killed by the;
storm and 150 injured. The property
loss is at least a million and some of
the most important business blocks
in the city suffered severely from the
storm. Many churches, schools and
public buildings were damaged, and
the famous French market, one of the
most interesting sights in the city,
waa partially wrecked. The roof of
the Masonic Temple was torn off, and
the entire telephone system demoral
ized, while for a time outside tele
graphic connection was cut off.
LAKIIAW MINES
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EXTENSIVELY
J. L. Harper, a prominent mining
man of Spokane, accompanied by J. E.
McFarland, of Republic, Wash., arri
ved on the steamer Thursday and will
immediately go to the interior where
Mr. Harper has taken a bond on three
groups of claims owned by the Lakina
Copper Company, which are situated
near Long Lake. They will be op
erated by the Lakinaw Mines, which
is not an incorporated company, nei
ther has there been any stock issued.
There are at present two crews on
the property, which arrived here from
the states in July and September.
Another party of four men is due on
the arrival of the Admiral Farragut,
headed by Col. Dewey, an experienced
mining man from Seattle and cousin
of Admiral Dewey. Considerable
machinery is also coming on the Far
ragut and it is the intention of Mr.
Harper to do considerable develop
inen work this winter, freighting the
high-grade to the railroad over the
trail. A truck and trailer have also
been brought north, but as it is get
ting late they will not be used until
next spring. While in Cordova con
siderable outfitting was done for the
work contemplated.
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CABLE IS STILL
A DOWN AND
OUTER
The cable is still out of commission
and no word has been received as to
the whereabouts of the Burnside so
that it is impossible at this time to
tell when the break will be repaired.
The navy wireless plant, which is
being enlarged, was unable to receive
any messages yesterday, but has been
put in shape to do business and was
busy all day clearing the accumula
> tion of messages. As a result the
Daily Tim'-s has not received its regu
lar Associated Press service for two
days. Through the kindness of the
Commander of the Prometheus we
are today enabled to print some news
that wag picked up by that boat by
wireless.
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Capt. Gilbert Rude brought the
Geodetic and Coast Survey boat Taku
to Cordova lust night, where it will be
put for the winter, the survey work
having been completed for this season.
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There will be a train for the Interior
tomorrow morning.
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 1—The opera
tions of the railroad commission in the
interior have closed for the season.
The different survey parties in the
field have completed their tasks, and
are returning here preparatory to leav
ing for the outside. Commissioner
Riggs expressed his satisfaction at the
progress of the work and predicted
that next year would see considerable
activity in the railroad line
badly Injured
FALLING FROM
FIFTH STORY
KANSAS, CITY, Oct. 1—Theodore
O. Pelzer, a leading real estate opera
tor of this city fell today from the
window of his office located on the
fifth floor of a building in the busi
ness district. Pelzer carried accident
insurance to the amount $400,000, and
the suspicion is being expressed that
he wished to realize on his policies.
The man was badly injured but it is
expected that he will recover. He
stoutly maintains that the fall was an
accident.
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St. Bertha’s Guild will meet at the
Red Dragon Club House tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30.
WATER GRAFT IS
SEWARD, Oct. 1—The Alaska En
gineering Commission has purchased
the fleet of vessels owned by the
Knik S^isltna Transportation Com
pany. The fleet consists of two
barges, two lighters, one stern wheel
steamer and one power boat. The
purchase price has not been made
public. The transportation company
has been in business only since the
work of the railroad commission at
Anchorage was commenced.
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RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 1—J. P. Mor
gan today returned to the State of
Virginia, the will of Martha Washing
ton. This ends a long agitation for
the return of the historical document
to its original owners. Mr. Morgan’s
father purchased the will for his own
library, and had always refused to
give it hack to the State. When fully
appraised of the conditions under
which he State lost uossession. The
present head of the house of Morgan
which the State lost possession, the
will was taken by federal soldiers from
its case in the State House during the
Civil war and was bought by the elder
Morgan at a large cost.
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Married at the Cordova House last
evening, Julius Struck of Mile 173 and
Miss Amelia White of Tacoma. Rev.
E. P. Ziegler officiating. Mr. and Mrs.
Struck will make their home at Mile
173.
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Wm. James has returned from Val
dez where he was attending court.
He and and his wife will leave on the
next boat for the states, to visit the
exposition before returning to their
home at Chisana.
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If you enjoy good butter buy the
Gold medal or Jersey brands at the
Blum, O’Neill Co., at 37V4 c. pound.
TELLER HOLMAN
EMBEZZLES
WALLA WALLA, Oct. 1—Elmer
Holma, teller of the Farmers' Savings
Bank In this city, was arrested yester
day charged with the embezzelment
of $19,000. Holman, when arrested
confessed his crime, and turned over
to the bank officials private property
to the amount of $10,000 in an effort
lo make whatever restltuion lay in his
power. Holman hag always borne an
excellent reputation and has been with
the bank for years, rising td his pres
ent position from the post of bank
messenger, which he assumed when a
boy.
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. STRIKE FOR
SEATTLE, Oct. 1—Twenty-five cad
dies on the Municipal golf link went on
a strike yesterday for larger wages, as
they claim that so many duffers are
using the links, that it takes two hours
to go around the nine hole course so
that the caddies, who are paid by the
round, cannot make reasonable wages
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in a day, good golfers being able to
go round in at least half that time.
The caddies also claim that their
nerves are being shattered by the poor
quality of golf being played by the
municipal golfers, and that the strain
they are under thereby demands great
er compensation, the work being wear
ing on both the mental and physical
equipment of the boys.
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The many Cordova friends of Mrs.
Fay Sheldon will be pleased to learn
of her convalescence from the serious
accident which almost resulted in the
loss of her life.
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Dan McDonald has accepted a posi
tion with the Cordova Co-Operative
Trading Company.
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A furnished and an unfurnished cot
tage, Observation Knoll. Apply to
the Alaska Transfer Co.
Aaron Continent
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1—Another j
wonderful invention in the telephone;
field was subjected to a severe test
today and proved its validity when
Theodore N. Vail president of the Bell ‘
Telephone Co., talked from his office
in New York with persons in the Mare
Island navy station at California. The
voice of Vail was carried by ordinary .
telephone to the wireless station of'
the government at Arlington. Va., and
transmitted by wireless 2500 miles
across the continent where it was tak
en from he air by the wireless at Mare
Island, and transferred Into the voice
of Vail again, and heard l y the man at
the receiver. This marvel is made pos
sible by a new and wonderful device
which transforms the spoken word on
the wire into the wireless message and
automatically turns it back into the
spoken word once more at the point
of teception. With the use of this
dev#e Mr. Vail said that it would be
possible to sit in one's office in New
York, and call up people in Paris or
Hong Kong and talk with them.
FALCON JOSLIN LEAVES
SEATTLE FOR SEWARD
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 1—Falcon Joslin
President of the Tanana Railroad left
Seattle yesterday bound for Fairbanks.
Joslin is sailing to Seward and may
take a trip up to Cook Inlet to look
over the operations of the government
railroaii commission a» Anchorage be
fore coming home.
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SEWARD, Oct. 1—Fred Krusha. a
resident of Seward received a letter
today from his brother at Archangel,
Russia stating, that at the time the
letter was written, the first Japanese
army corps for service with the Rus
sian troops on the eastern front, was
then disembarking from transports in
the harbor. The letter also stated
that another broher named Edward
had been captured by the Germans
and imprisoned in Germany. The
brother in Archangel had heard from
him to the effect that their treat
ment by the Germans was not at all
satisfactory. Among other things
complained about was that the cap
tives were only allowed to send one
letter a vear.
CHICAGO GIRL IS
CHICAGO, Oct. 1—Marguerite Gro
siana, the daughter of a wealthy Ital
ian of this city was kidnapped today
from her home by four heavily armed
masked men, who arrived in an auto
mobile, seized the little girl, who was
playing on the lawn, and despite her
screams for help, carried her off be
fore the distracted mother could se
cure help. Mr. Grosiana told the
police that he thought the litte girl
was being held for ransom, and that
he expected to hear from the kidnap
pers to that effect.
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ROME DOGS Oil
THEIR W TO
FRANCE
NOME, Oct. 1—Lieut. Rene Haas
of the French army, who has been
here bujing sled dogs for the use of
the French troops at the front, left
today with a hundred dogs. Hass is
accompanied by Scotty Allen and Ken
neth Marr Cameron, who were taking
care of the dogs in transit. Allen will
only go as far as Quebec with the
party, but Cameron will go through to
France with the dogs The dogs will
probably be used for the transporta
tion of light artillery, they having
long been an integral part of both the
French and Belgian armies. The bat
tle dogs of the French have been sadly
depleted in the present war, many of
them having beeu killed by the fire of
the enemy.
NEW YORK, Oct 1—The receiver
for the Rock Island road instituted
suit in the federal court here today
against the directors of the company,
seeking to recover seven and one half
million of dollars, which the complaint
alleges was fraudulently misapropri
ated by the directors in their stock
operations connected with the acquis
tion by the Rock Island of the St.
Louis and San Francisco system.
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WAR CREATING PANIC
NORWAY AND SWEDEN
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CHRISTIANIA, Norway,!
of The Associated Press)—Sor
spreading over both Norway i
alarming scarcity of provision
which are demanded for th esir
now on the point of following
the export of all provisions of w
in order that prices may be bn
poorer classes.
The Bank of Norway—the
ago twenty million dollars of g
forty million. A year ago it
extent of five and a half millio
day with the same amount of |
has a reserve of three million c
Deposits in private banks 1
lars greater than a year ago o
had to their credit in foreign 1
year they have ten millions. '
way a flood tide of prosperity
taken to reduce present prices
September 15— (Correspondence
lething very close to a panic is
ind Swedep, as a result of the
5 and fKeunpreced'onted prices
iplest kind of food. Norway is
• Sweden’s lead in prohibiting
hich there is a present shortage,
mght down within reach of the
government's bank—had a year
old in its vaults. Today is has
uul issued paper money to the
n beyond its deposits, while te
mper currency in circulation, it
[ollars.
re at present thirty million dol
n the same date. These banks
tanks $700,000. last year. This
rhe war has thus brought Nor
r, and if government action is
and provide the poorer people
with food, Norway will have li
gain from a long war.
Norway’s friendship for Ei
had less to complain of in the 1
den, have made her trade quest:
in her sister country. Her ehie
mains the English censorships
America and other neutral coi
to devise a more direct and i
America.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Se
Associated Press)—The Americ
which lias, since the beginning <
German government to handle
sia, is now making a determine,
to Germany so that they may no
winter in the interior of Puss
have not been the victims of ae
sian officials, their condition I
1 Hundreds of them have died fr
N
ttle to lose and a great deal to
igland and the fact that she has
estriction of imports than Kwe
on a much less serious one than
f grievance against England re
of her mail and cablegrams to
ntries. Norway is still trying
speedier • communication with
j.
pt. 1;")—(Correspondence of The
an consulate-general at Moscow
f the war, been delegated by the
German civil prisoners in Rus
I effort to return these prisoners
t suffer the hardships of another
ia. Although these prisoners
tual cruelty on the part of Rus
ms been indescriblv wretched,
nn cold, starvation and disease.