volume ir. number r#*. . cordova, Alaska, Wednesday, auount 2.5, i<ur». prtce ten ('fnts
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Roumama Now Is Undecided About Entering Into the War
, STOCK TRADING
IS ACTIVE ON
ILL STREET
MOW YORK. Vug. 23. — The trad
ihi on the stock exchange yesterday |
< \ ceded a million shares, and was
the largest in over three months. Com-,
non steel established a new high rec
ord of 96 5-8.
PROSPEROUS YEAR FOR
DUTCH FARMERS
TIIK 1! \(11'K. Netherlands, Aug. 22.
—Dutch agricultural products reached
the value of $372,800,000 during 1915,
in comparison with the normal valu
ation of $260,000,000, or an increase
of 43 per cent, according to a study
that li.is been made by the department
of agriculture. The increase, how
ever, in the price of artificial manures
and other raw materials, and In
wages, has reduced this paper profit
of $112,800,000 to about $72,000,000,
according to the department’s esti
mate.
t WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. —'Presi
dent Wilson has decided to go to Bal
timore the last week in September
and address the National Grain Heal
ers’ convention. Secretary Daniels
left today for Minnie to participate in
the Democratic campaign.
► MANY BUILDING PERMITS
IRE ISSUED
City Clerk Medley has issued the
following building permits: E. A.
liegg, repairs and alterations to his
basement; H. B. Walking, new one
story buildings on lot 2. in block A:
Pioneer Packing Company, six cot
tages on lots 9 and 10, in block 17:
Bred C. Schiller, repairs to residence,
lot 17, block 9; V. G. Vance, repairs
to roof and foundation of Alaska build
ing, alterations to interior; Joseph P.
Hall, new cottage, rear lot 9, in block
G: Buoy Bratton, moving cabin from
alley in block 9 to lot 20, in Idoek 9,
anil addin? new room thereto.
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WRANGELL, Auk. 18. — Wrangell
will be wet for another year, accord
ing to a rulinK made by .ludge Robert
W. Jennings, of the United States dis
trict court. The ruling was based on
the showing of the wets that a clear
majority of the actual white residents
jL over the age of 21 years had given
their consent to the sale of liquors,'
either at the election or otherwise.
The dry* won the election on June
ti. The vote was Wet 134, dry 119;
registered vote not cast but counted
dry 4t>.
The liquor interests were represent
ed at the hearings by George Irving,
of Juneau.
The court decided that licenses will
be issued, and an order directing that
action will be made upon the arrival
of Judge Jennings at Juneau.
The Kenai Fishing & Trading Com
pany, of Seward, has secured a con
tract to supply the railroad camps on
the Seward-Placer river division with
fish.
BERLIN, Aug. 23.—A distinguished diplomat is authority
for the statement that Rumania has not decided whether she
will enter the war, and that the trade relations between Ru
mania and Germany continue active.
GERMAN BATTLESHIP IS DAMAGED.
BERLIN, Aug. 23.—The German battleship Westfalen was
slightly damaged by a British torpedo boat last Saturday.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war,
told the house of commons that no peace overtures had been
made to Great Britain.
CENTRAL POWERS MAKE SOME PROGRESS.
BERLIN, Aug. 23.—The Teutons have made some gains in
the Carpathians, and recaptured positions recently occupied by
the Russians. The central powers also made further progress
in Macedonia.
NEARLY HUNDRED BATTLESHIPS ARE LOST.
BERLIN, Aug. 23.—Since the war began the British and
French navies have lost seventy-two battleships and cruisers,
with a total displacement of 496,000 tons. The Germans lost
twenty-five warships, with a total of 62,000 tons.
GERMANS GAIN TERRITORY ONLY TO LOSE IT.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—The Germans made two heavy as
saults on the new British positions south of Thiepval and gained
a temporary footing, but were afterwards driven out.
POLITICS CHIEF ISSUE IN THE BALKANS.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—The political developments in the Bal
kans overshadow the military operations. The new Russian
campaign in Bukowina is expected to have considerable bearing
on the Rumanian’s attitude.
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GERMANS REGAIN SOME LOST GROUND.
PARIS, Aug. 23.— The German troops south, of Estrees
USE IN PRICE!
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Au
23. So widespread and eonsiderah
has been the rise in the prices
Dutch stocks on the Anisterda
bourse since its reopening after s
months' idleness in February, lbt
that a list of a hundred of the print
pal banks, industrial concerns, oil, d
velnpinent, rubber, tobacco and shi
ping companies shows a total gain
value of over $112,000,000. This fi
ure is arrived at on the basis of tl
difference in quotations and the r
spective amounts of issued capital.
Is true that there has been a conslde
able decline in the ease of certal
other stocks, but the present positic
is on the whole a striking one in vie
of the fear and anxiety with which til
reopening of the stock exchange w;
viewed. One shipping company
shares have risen over 700 per cen
and a number of stocks of variot
kinds have advanced 100 and 200 pt
cent. With a rise of 217 points I
the eighteen months, the Holland Ar
erica Line's stock is today worth $1!
400.000 more.
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tom McGowan is again
CANDIDATE FOR SENATOI
The Democratic divisional conve
tion held at Fairbanks placed in non
nation the following ticket:
For Territorial Senator — Thonn
A. McGowan.
For Representative — William 1
Burns, of Little Eldorado (renon
nated for the third term). Luther 1
Hess of Fairbanks, John W. Dunn
Ruby. A. M. Kilgore of Flat Free
Iditarod district.
Ruby Igloo. No. 5. Pioneers of Ala
ka, aided by the citizens of that tow
have taken up the matter of the loe
tion of the Pioneers' Home for 1
terior Alaska, and have entered
strong protest against the selectlc
of Fhena Hot Springs, which has be<
prominently mentioned for the site.
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The Port Graham and Seldovla ea
aeries of the Libby-McNeil & LI hi
company have each put up bet we*
30.000 and 40,000 cases of salmon ea<
this season.
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The survey of the townslte of N
nana has been practically complet*
and the lots will be put on the mark
by the engineering commission with
a short time.
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r. TOKIO, Aug. 23. — Announcement
e of the Russo-Japanese convention lias
)f been followed by the visit to Tokio
n of Peter Julieviteh Schmidt, secretary
x of the Russian Chamber of Export.
i, ! who will study ways and means of
i I stimulating Russia's permanent export
b- trade to Japan. Mr. Schmidt will es
;)- pecially investigate Japanese require
n ments in the way of raw material
; J which Russia produces in abundance,
?-! A case of burglary is reported troni
t Fairbanks, where the house of Ben
r- Roerler was entered and ransacked.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. — Secre
tary of State Lansing has announced
'that the joint commission to represent
j tile I nited States in the selttement
of the Mexican dispute will consist
,. of Secretary of Interior Lane, George
j. Gray, of Delaware, and Dr. John Mott,
of New York.
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Fur Warden Harry—I. Christopher,
f- who has been on the Pribiloff islands j
*' this summer, arrived at Seward re- i
• eently with 400 blue fox skins, which j
will be sold by the government. He j
reports that the seal herds on the Is- i
lands are increasing rapidly.
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Thc mail service between Juneau,
a,
Skagwuy and Haines, which was dis
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continued some time ago, has been
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re-established. The service calls for i
a
weekly trips calling at Juneau, Skag- ’
way, Haines, Jualiu, Comet, Eldred
n
Rock and Sentinel island.
n. It is reported that moat of the
,y companies operating in the Iinma
ii chuk brought their help with them
R from the states, ignoring the old timers
entirely.
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e- The steamer Bender Brothers, which
d was cuught in the ice of the Kusko
st kwlm river last fall and spent the
n winter there, has finally been released
and Ib on her way to Seattle.
gained a footing at some of the points which the French cap
tured on Monday.
RUSSIAN FLEET DRIVES BACK TURKS.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 23.—The Turkish offensive along the
Armenian coast has been stopped, as the Turks were driven:
back by the Russian fleet.
STRONG AUSTRIAN POSITIONS ARE TAKEN.
ROME, Aug. 23.—The Italians are making strong and sue
cessful thrusts at the Austrians in the Alpine region, and have
succeeded in carrying a number of strong Austrian positions. ,
AMERICA INTERCEDES BEHALF ARMENIANS.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—The state department has in ■
structed the American embassy at Constantinople to make rep 1
resentations to Turkey in behalf of the Armenians, who are
threatened by the Turkish advance in Persia. A request will
be made of Turkey not to permit Armenian massacrees.
SEES LONG STRUGGLE AHEAD.
PARIS, Aug. 23.—Former Premier Viviani, minister of
justice and knowledge, predicts a difficult and prolonged strug
gle before the war ends.
TWENTY ARE KILLED IN EXPLOSION.
LONDON, Aug. 23. The bodies of twenty persons, who
were killed in the munitions factory explosion at Yorkshire
have been recovered. The casualties are not as great as at first
feared, although much property was destroyed by the explosion
PARLIAMENT TO ENJOY REAL RECESS
LONDON, Aug. 23.—Premier Asquith told the house of ,
commons that he would not undertake to summon parliament
during the coming recess, even if proposals are made regarding
oeace.
COLLEGE BOYS
SEATTLE, Aug. 2! Bruise was
given to the hoys in Company F. m:ul<
up largely of students at the I'niver
sify of Washington, hv Captain .1 Bov
erly Alexander in a letter to Herbert
T. Condon. Imrsar of the I’nhersitv
of Washington. Captain Alexander
said that In spite of the heat and the
flies at Calexico, the hoys of Company
F were having a good time He stated
that they had become seasoned sol
diers, and that on a nine-mile hikt
completed the day before the letter
was written the university hoys cairn
in as fresh as when they slatted out.
BOSTON, Aug. 23 The imtncdi
ate appointment of a temporary receiv
er for the Boston & Maine rail root
is asked in a suit filed today againsl
that corporation.
O. E. Masted was taken into custody
rt Nome on the charge of insanity
The jury in the case recommended
that his friends on the outside bo no
tified of his condition Masted say*
that ail that is the matter with hin
is that he is too happy.
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SFATTDi: Aug. 2:;. Van H. Man ,
j ning, director of the bureau of mines ,
of the department of the interior, i:
here for the purpose of dotermlnim i
j whether the experimental mining am i
metallurgical station to tie established j
In the Northwest by the federal gov
eminent should he in Seattle. Dean
Alilnor Robert, of the college of mines
I of tile I'niversitv of Washington, lias ,
offered the facilities of his college (
for use by the station, and has asked
that the station be located on the (
university campus.
Many men prominent in the mining
industry claim that the station should
be located at the university. They
point out that Seattle is the logical
! center of the mining industry for the
\ Alaska coast district, extending from
Ketchikan to Nome, and for the states
of Oregon, -Washington. Idaho and
western Montana.
Decision as to the location is to be
made early on the basis of merit, and
will be announced in about two weeks
I after Manning finishes his inspection
From Seattle he will go to Tacoma,
lie will then visit other places that <
have asked for the station, and return >
to Washington. As soon as Secretary I
Dane lias had an opportunity to con- |
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sider his report a decision will lie I
made.
Ruby is reported anxious to he rep
resented In the territorial legislature
this year, and a Mr. Jepson, u leading
merchant, is prominently mentioned '
; as a candidate.
OKUMA NOT TO RETIRE. 1
TOKIO, Aug. 23. — The secretary of the Japanese cabinet
has issued an official statement denying an insistent report in
the Japanese press that Premier Okuma would retire. The
statement allows it to be understood that the opposition groups
n the Diet were responsible for the reports.
The idea advanced was the Premier Okuma has long felt
that it was time for him to withdraw and that the successful
negotiations of an alliance with Russia offered a favorable mo
ment for retirement, as it represented a crowning act of states- j
manship.
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TO FORM ALLIANCE WITH SWEDEN.
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 23- A sensation has been created
through all of Sweden by the publication of an alleged official
-eport from a German agent in this country regarding a plan
o bring Sweden into a political, “if not closer,” alliance with
Germany as the northern link in “an immovable wall against
Tussia and against the Asiatic danger.” This wall, represent
ing a new idea as to Germany’s plans, is referred to as being
constructed by Turkey, Bulgaria, Austria and Germany.
PREPARING Eli
TIE GOING
l)r. W. H. Chase and K. V. Boyle,
lepublican committeemen for Cor
leva and the Copper river districts,
lave appointed the following Hughes
ichofield campaign committee:
Cordova -— Tom Scott, James Flynn,
Ieorge llazelet, II, t;. Steel, Charles
•oodal, (ieorge Dooley, Charles Ross
vog. Will Clavson, M. ,1 Sullivan, C
d. Frazier. Nels Smith, Malcolm
Irock, V. I! Cooper, Robert C.ott
chalk, Tom Davis, Fred Haeff, Harry
I'histed, .1. K. Currier. Link Wain
Kyak .1. V. Lydlck, Charles John
on. Roy DeLeo, Charles Keenan.
Chitina .less Forester, Joe Brown,
V. (i Morev, John Braherson.
McCarthy John I’itcher, tins Fries
ter. Bob Marshall, Kd Davis. Frank
'oster.
Kenneeott — Win. Hayes, W. T. Bax
er. Richard Watkins.
Nizina — Frank Clark in. Max Fs
erley.
Shushanna — Wm. James, Mr N'el
oji.
Katalla — Mr. Keating, Charles Mat
hews, Win. Corliss, Robert Reece.
MANY INJURED
BY TENEMENT
NEW YORK, Aug. 22. Six men
ire missing, one is dead, several are
lying in the hospitals and a dozen
thcrs were injured by the collapsing
if a five Story tenement under eon
(ruction. Several arrests have been
nade. ineluding a member of the con
rat ting firm.
The Douglas city council is much
•erturbed over the wholesale ship
nents of liquors to < itizens of that
mrg, the quantities being so large
hat the rouncilmen are confident they
re not intended for private consump
ion.
Kl'REKA. t’al., Aug. 22. — The most
iolent earthquake 'shock felt here
live \pril, 19ml, occurred at t: 55
(‘clock this morning, and practically
he entire population fled from the
(iiildings into the streets, and ap
(eared panic stricken, N'o damage
uts been reported.
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SEWARD LOSES $85,000
BY FIRE IN ONE YEAR.
SEWARD, Tug. 22. — At the meet
ng. of the city council last evening.
iavs the Gateway, Mel Homer, fire
hief, reported that twenty-three fires
md occurred in Seward during the
ear, that the property loss was $95.
•00, ami that the property destroyed
•arried only $lo,000 insurance, leaving
i loss by fire to the citizens of Sew
ird of $85,000.
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CONCERT WILL BE GIVEN
AT EMPRESS TONIGHT
There promises to be a large attend
dice at the concert to be given at the
■Impress theatre tonight for the bene
it of the Presbyterian church organ
'und. An elaborate program has been
irranged, which is sure to prove en
ertaining.
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Thief I .arson, of Anchorage, has
lent to Fire Thief Stetson of Seattle,
or 24 helmets and will purchase 24
iremen's slickers to remain in the
ire house except in c»«e of fire.
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WASHINGTON, Auk. L'3. The sen
ate has passed the new army appro
print ion hill, with the revised articles
of war approved bv the war depart
ment. The hill returns to the house,
which it is expected will accept the
amendment.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. — The
railway union repi es**nt»f i\es. at a
meeting held to disrn s me;.»tiati«*n-;.
expressed th» ir dissatisfaction at the
delay in their employers' answer t»*
President Wilson's proposition. The
leaders adjourned the meeting to pre
sent any hastay action be ing taken.
Senator Newlands and Representa
tive \danv on conferred today with
\\ ilson about the strike controversy
No definite legislation \ * specified,
but the administration officials said
th«* prospects were brighter for an
agreement with the railroad execu
tives.
WASHINGTON, Aug The
railroad c x»« utives niet today to
frame their answer to Wil on peech
in behab of his •itbi.-io plan of
the railway difference It is believed
that they will offer .1 counter pro
posal.
NOME
NOMK. Aug Tl. |t>ar is felt here
for the safetv of Captain 1 anti* l.une
and his sihooner. tireat Hear, which
is two vvei ks o er di e from Seattle
Atllll has taken on new life eg..it:
after the last disastrous lire and many
new buildings are being erected and
the work on them will be pushed as
fast as men and material can l.e got
ten. The new- White l'a~- hotel would
be a credit to any town.
NEW YORK. Atu -I. (’onimou
steel stock continues to lie the center
of attract! m in the market and to
day made another high record of
US* :! K. with enormous dealings.
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DELEGATE WICKERSHAM IS
RETURNING TO ALASKA
It is reported that Helcgale Wicker
sham "ill leave Washington this week
to look after his campaign in Alaska
and will give his attention mostly to
the First and Third divisions He > \
pects to campaign the First division
thoroughly. and then proceed to the
Third division It is said that he
| might not find the time to visit the
t Fourth division at all
GERMANY’S CEREAL CROP
IS UNtlSUALLY LARGE.
BERLIN, Aug. 23. — The Tageblatt
says that the favorable crop and ex
cellent yields of all cereals have ob
tained throughout Germany, although
the potato crop is under last year's.