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Germany’s Peace Terms Must Be Made Known
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I NDATKI), July 17—Tli<> Russian armies continue an
ggresive offensive in eastern Galicia and other groups .1!' ept
l1 reach won an important success in the Verdun region as a
result ot an attack last night. All positions west of hill
which remained in German hands after the attack of .lane 2'1
and .1(1, were recovered and many German prisoners taken.
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l N DATKI), .Inly 17—A Reichstag majority in favor of a
declaration of peace terms will present a resolution on Thurs
day and demand its acceptance by tin* new chancellor.
\ 1KNNA, .Inly 1(>—The German and Bohemian members
ot the Austrian parliament have adopted a resolution setting
forth a desire for peace within the country, and possibly living
side by side with Czechs without abridgements of national self
determination. Both elements say the separate Bohemian
legislature will not be recognized.. The Czechs/ are conduct
ing a strong agitation for peace.
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V\ AXHINGTt >N, July 17—The senate military committee
at a forty-five minute session unanimously ordered a favorable
report on the $(>40,000,(MM) aviation program hill, which was
passed by the House last Saturday in a five hour session.
LONDON, July 17—King George* has dropped tin1 name
of Naxecoburg Goth after the British royal family and adopted
the name Windsor.
P!7i ROGKAI), July 18—Three members of the cabinet
have resigned as a result of a disagreement over questions in
volving the government of Ukraine. A special meeting >f the
council of ministers has been called in an effort to avert crisis.
BRLIN, July 17 The Tageblatt says Count Koedern, the
German finance minister, has replaced Helfferesh vs secretary
of interior. The selection of a successor to foreign secretary
Zimmerman is unsettled.
BRLIN, July 17—It is expected the Reichstag will ad.
journ on Friday until September, after voting against unani
mously in favor of war credits. It is reported the Fiihpcfc-L
favors Admiral TIintze for foreign secreary. The Admiral >s
supported by super-annexationists but is opposed by the lilv
erals. •*«
'T •*« owMma miiVU1 iilnwiU wttwwlfs' I'ir
French jrositions in the vicinity of Teton, in the Champagne
sector, but were driven back, leaving their dead seatt wed ..n't he
battlefield.
I'RiTROGRAl), July 17—Two demonstrations against tee
government resulted in firing shots in Nevsky. The prospect
at midnight was that a number of persons were killed or wound
ed, the shooting lieing the result of stray bullets which caused
the panic.
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lien Sin, July 1(5—The Republican headquarters has issu
ed a statement that Chang Hsun, the monarchist commander,
assisted by interned Germans, is defending his residence.
IjOI S\ II,UK, Ky., July 17—Provision for tin* care of
mem lid’s of the order who may lie injured at the front after
Hie American army lands in France, and the care and main
Ieiiunce ot their dependents at home wkill engage the atten
tion ot the Soverign Grand Lodg at its annual convention in
Louisville next September, according to a statement of Grand
Sire Frank C. Goudy, ot Denver, issued through the local conn
mittee on arrangements.
The head of the order dwells upon the importance of the
meeting to the Odd Fellows, points out that transportation
companies can handle the expected 5,000 delegates and, ap
parently to correct any misunderstanding, makes the difinite
statement that the convention will be held.
SAN .11 AN, July 11—-Porto Rico voted in favor of prohi
bition by more than two to one.
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ShjAT ILK, July 17—Sixteen hundred conductors and
motormen of tin* Puget Sound Traction Company struck todav
tor recognition of tin* union. No cars art* running and the
business greatly discommoded, hut everything is orderly.
COLOHAl) OSPHINUN, Colo., .July 17 The world’s
highest highway meeting is what the National Pike’s Peak
Ocean to Ocean Highway Association convention, which op„j
ens on Pike’s Peak tomorrow, is being called. As far as alti
tude is concerned those in charge of the convention declare
they have no record of any convention that was held at such an
elevation. They are certain, however, that no road session of
any importance has been so far up in the ether.
1 he convention formally started with a sociability tour
which began at Indianapolis. As the motor train wound its
way to this city it was joined by parties of delegates until all
were in the line wending its way to this city. —J
Upon arrival at Colorado Springs the delegates drove
their own cars to the summit of the famous mountain over the
new auto boulevard, which w*as completed last summer fit? a
cost of $500,000, the highway climbs over an elevation =-of
0,000 feet to the summit 14,109 feet over 18 miles of wonderful
country. The program for the convention includes a number
of interesting features, among which is a visit to Crystal Park
over that famous Crystal Highway, another w'onderful wind
ing mountain boulevard. Visits to the scenic spots and points
of interests are planned.
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•HEREIN, July IK—-The"chancellor lias asked* tlit; president
of the Reichstag to summon the nie>nbe|> on Thurtdny after
ifhon for a eomnnmiqation from the government. >
\\ ASHINGTON, JtdyHS^-THe -Russian embassyfis inform
ed that the British armored motor detachments are participa
ting in the Russian offensive effectively with the Belgian de
tachment sent to Russia soon after the war began,
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PARIS, .July IK—The Baited States-Transport S'lcrvice is
taking over control of the French railway from a port base to
a |K-nnanent camp and the front road will be manned by Am
erican engineer regiments American locomotives will he util
i/.«'d and the supplies imported from the Bnited Mat^
PARIS, July IK—After heavy shelling the Germans counter
attacked several times during the night in the Vefdon sector,
hut failed to regain a parcel of ground won by the French ves
terday. “"f ■ .
AMSTERDAM, July IK Travelers from Berlin say in I Ah- j
•ral circles there they believed Chancellor Michaelis will mere-j
!v stop the gap in preparing the way for a dictat n’ship. with'
General in supreme control. ■
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MBEDEN, July IK—Four German;shjps were smnllfcbv Bri
ish destroyers in'.the Nojjth ;SeAjUfoiir wore captnr&r and tlireoj
were forced to return to Rottrdam. - . »,j. *
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PhmtOGRAD, July—The Austrians have abandoned Nil
usz, in Galicia, but secured a Crossing on the Eonmica. river'
md drove I lie enemy from tlm village of N'nviea.
alJCmeda^XiLed from
we aIttLe this morning
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■SRVTTLE, July 18—Thg steumcf A1
at 9 o’clock this morn
ing with the tyjjowing passcxgcrs
for iQordova: Mrs. H. D. Thompson,
Stirth O’Laughlin, Mrs. T. Ma'..nmo
to, Tto n t Matsoniot’o; M. T<T McDonald,
Henr^ Oleson, Stephen T’aniu, A J.
Covex and Miss Billie O'^ei 1.
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3UTTER A^p &J|gS X a..: I
acvancc *m PRICE
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SEATTLE, July 18—Th’ potato
market Is firm, the Eau'ern Wasnlng
ton variety of suitable size, b'lt the
growers are not shipping :heuj fast
enough. The raspberry market de
clined heuvily, due to an ovemupply
Stravi-jjerrles are scarce. ’,-oy»l. type
tables are beginning to edge the f’til
iforntsj variety off the market
Whdaiigained one cent yesterday,
while ;Sbrn dropped three cents. The
wheat- fcne' corn maryettu-have been
unsettled for some tfni- owing to iv.ir
i
rumors; Prices regaled as phene
ininal are due for butter, according tc
^creamery men, who are about l> boost
rumors:1! Prices regarded aa pheno
Jue for a raise, as dealers are forced
id draw on the cold storage supply to
meet the demands. Potatoes. Pi,get
Sound, we selling for $7 ); onions,
24 and J cents a pound; Apples, ?3 a
box;' busier, 42 and 43 centB;Cheese,
23’4 andL24 cents.
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EXPLORER OF MT. McKINLEY
PAS|^S AWAY IN FAIRBANKS
FA{Rll(NKS, July 18 —*■ Thomas
Lloyd, ld&der of the party which as
cended^ lj&unt McKinley trom the
the Nymthlside In 1910, and who was a
urouynjpdlgliepublican politician and
mining min, died yes.l^rtJ*yyOf -Jteart
dlseasm Lloyd was 05 years old and
well-knit^ throughtout ’ ‘thfe1’ Terri
tory. ’1 (§
TWO nIa^ONAL GUARD
CO jj ifA NIE tt'WW ORGANIZED
SEATTLE. July 18 — Governor
Strong and wife have arrived here
from Washingtonwill leave in a
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few days for Alaska. The Governor
has Inspected the sanitarium at Port
land, where the Territory’s insane
aTe confined and found the conditions
good. Upon his retulti1 to AlirsitoXi^
vernor Strong will take up the organ
ization of Ihe National Guard, one
company ,toj be started at Juneau and
the other n| Fairbanks.
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There will be a special dance at
llcgg’s Hall tonight. Evorybo4yu-jn.
vited. *
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■ FOOD CONT^O^L BILL, RIVES /;
WAY tO AVlATlONMEAStTWE
leaders hope to obtain an agreement
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to sldfrack the food control bill tom- ;
porartty irtid Immediately pasts the avi
ation measure with brief; detUftb."
Democratic and Hppabltcan Commit
teemen tgive drafted amendments to
J£<\ tftoi pUL, iM»e k I ft(t: dk-ce 11 tdVle* id
a myorgy^fbe -**> •
composed of thrA^utembera .instead.
«fsan»*Tflnndlvi<wfe. -2^-00$
It will be directly under the presi- j
dent’s control. A minimum price of
$1.75 a bushel was fixed for wheat.
I BERING RIVER C0AL J&EADY
FOR MARKET IN SEPTEMBER
(,’tmtrarfor (loo. KiCtAi Yeturtfcd to *
Kutalla laof night, with a pile driver j
crew and other workmen he needed in
the construction work on the Alaska
Anthracite railway, He is at present
building a dock on Controller Bay and i
imports that hehScpects f<> have the
road completed to the Bering fields
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and be shipping c«j>al to market in
September. Three new veins of coal
have been opened for a width of four
teen feet and a most PstbMlctit qual
ity of coal is being, mine^,
DR. BUNCH IS NOW WITH
• % ii TROOPS IN FRANCE
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Dr. Henry E. Bunch, formerally with
the Kenndcott Copper Corporation,
has written to Cleo. C. Hazelet from
i
Frdnce where he reports he has just
landezfjWlth a contingent of American
troops. He is now a lieutenant, M.
R. G„ U. • S, A. and !recalls the fact
that just a year ago he was on a bear
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hunt with Cordova friends and wishes
that he could again be on the Lame
mission' with the same old crowd. Dr.
Bunch sends’ills regards to his friends
here and expects to soon see active
service.
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NEW 'lunch ■" 1
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ROOM HAS BEEN OPENED
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Fred Hartwlg and Jos. Kisling have
opened the Ct.tji:_Bakery and Dairy
Lunch In the building formerly occu
pied by the Boa# Bakery, which has
been remodeled and thoroughly reno
vated and madhRitrvjgJMgt 'atlFidtW
yfliil*? 1 i t a r t w 1 gr rt eif In some ' of
tho best hotels and cafes on the Pac
ific Coast and wiptj jyaji^er for three
years of the White Lunch Company '
at Vancouver. He feels .that h« is in,
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every wuy qualified* to cater to the
wants of the people of Cordova.
WjR** local ■immwger 'BF'rt^
new place of business
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Interstate Commerce Hearing
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. ! i uc minus is in receipt or n
printed copy of the decision recently
h*::dei vcw i by the interstate Com
merce CommicNon in ho famous Al
aska I .vcst’gailcn recently decided
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by that b'£y lr faver :f 'J-e various
catrlcrs and c. rporailr.n male de
ft., dent: in tli action. T i proceed
1 ”s v. -c begun shortly before olcc
-'r'• *" 1 fall by Dclog to Jam :s W'ck
c. '’am '.rd after the complaint \r.d
bd"! filed li^ Mr. Wlchorcirm . the
Ctmmlcrtoa roon Its own mcilc-n 'n
s'lluld r *rt,'r.ching inquiry In-a t -.e
v.j Ole subject of rate', trrffic reia
I'r.a, r 1 t.i •pert'tla-' problems In
tei rl! . y. Tee Alaska S.oonmlilp
nip’ - y. C a copper Kivcr ar.i N Tth
w 'ter: Rellwr y Cempcmy, the Kcn
: ec( tt Copper (V-porat on, the Pr.cl
fc Aln. ka Navigatlen Company, tiro
Priyf c. Conet Sic mcv.lp C’mpnny,
l’:’ Northern Navigation Company,
C' No-.liOrtl Commercial Company,
Wl'to P us nnj Yukon Railway
“ amp,.,.v, -d several other conip; r
I 1 kr.aw'ti throughout the Tcrr
H V. w .ro m. tie parties ('efc i:l’.;:t'in
II BltlJ.
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|The decision war, handed down by
Commissioner Edgar E. Clark, a.ud is
■itt only an in.erestlng document but
lit full of highly instructive iqforma
t4>u and data. The decision covers 33
1^1 nted pages and contains a large a
i^ouat of tabulated statistics showing
ttye rates, .charged by the common car
riers involve^, and comparisons be
tween those rates and freight charges
prevailing In the State*. m«enis
■dents are given, also, showing the
c^«t of hu'ldlng and operating the
properties of the steamship and rail
road companies with the results in
profits and losses of conducting the
various ■ transportation businesses.
A full history of each railroad com
pany. going back for many years, and
the difficulties of building and opera
ting railroad lines in Alaska, are
lofcj-lullv set forth by the Commis
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Sneaking of the allegations made
by ^the^'iHiiirtalnts that the rates
chtSrjted by the Copper River and
Northwestern Railway Company are
exclusive, the Commission, while con
conceding the fa'ct that such rates are
considerably above the rates charged
for similar services in the States, ne
vcrtheless points out that excessive
ness or otherwise of such rates must
be determined ui>on the basis of the ‘
net j^rnings reaped by the railroad
comgjkny. The following Is quoted
from the decision.
“There is a wide difference in the
character of testimony required to
test Bte reasonableness of an entire
schedule of rates covering the whole
traffi^ of a particular carrier and
that inquired to test the reasonable
ness at! a rate on a particular commo
dity between two definite points.
Whether an attack upon an entire
schedule of rates is well founded or
not iskp be determined largely by as
ccrtairtlng whether the gross amount
of traffic carried on those rates af
fords the carrier, above its operating
expenses and taxes, u reasonable re
t • >.
turn upon the fair value of its pro
jlsrty."
It is further shown In connection
with the rates collected by the local
railway company that from the befitt
ing of operation in 1911 up to the end
of the fiscal year ending May 31st,
1916, the railway company has never
in any year operated except at a loss,
with the (exception of the last fiscal
twelve-ma|nth. The net loss daring
|t£<^tfbole| period of operation amount
ed to $2.^11,971.60. Upon this point
dfcMicmtoiapion says: I
point it appears that
t&e, Reveuliefe of the Copper River
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Railway nave been lnsuficient to pay
operating expenses and fixed charges,
the net result being a deficit, for the
period of November 1, 1911. to May
31, 1916, of $2,941,971.60. During the
period July 1, 1915, to May 31. 1916,
the road was operated at a profit due
to the high price and increased pro
duction of copper ore which consti
tutes by far the greater portion of its
traffic. If copper had been worth
its normal price the operation of
the line during this period would have
resulted in a deficit of approximate
ly $310,000."
Similar information and statistical
data are given of the rates charged
by the Alaska Steamship Company,
and by the Pacific Alaska Navigation
Company, now known as the Pacific
Steamship Company. It Is shown that
from the beginning neither of these
two companies realized more than a
very modest profit, the earnings of
the Alaska Steamship Company, for
instance from the time it began oper
ation until the first of last year being
only 7.4 per cent, per annum upon the
property investment.
Much space is given in the decision
to the charge made by the complain
and its associated carrier, the Alas
ants that the local railway company
ka Steamship Company, have co-oper
ated with the Kennecott Copper Cor
poration to hold back the develop
men of independant mining proper
ties along the line of the railway
'•ODipany. This contention in dlsp>
serf of in W rWWwfc* hsxw
“That the Copper River and \ nh
western Railway and the Alaska
Steamship Company prevent the rfe
velopement of independent copper
mines by imposing extortionate tales
on copper ore and by transit >>*.t*ig
shipments of the Kennecott Copper
Corporation, which owns valuable
copper mines at or near Kennecott,
for less than the rates demiuJoJ .torn
ithers on like shipments, is a conten
tion strongly urged In complaint M'.'s
brief. This contention appears to i est
on the theory that as the Kennecott
Copper Corporation owns all he hone’s
tnd stocks of the railway and a ion
trolling interest In the steamshi»
Company, it secures trasponaticn it.r
practically the cost of the service and
'herefore is not prejudiced tv the
naintenance of excessive rates. 'n
jther words, although it may pay the
published tariff rates in the first in
stance as respondents testified, the
transaction is, in substance, a more
matter of bookkeeping between cor
porations owned and controlled by the
same interests, which at most efforts
only a temporary formal transfer to
the common carrier of the difference
between the amount o Its freight
charges and the cost of. transports
lion.
“It does not follow that one who
ships a particular commodity ovor
the linos of a proprietary common
carrier procures the transportation at
the exact cost of service. Conceivably
that the result might be obtained if
all ratos and divisions of rates on all
commodities were accurately adjust
ed on a cost of servico basis. But,
accepting complainant's theory as
substantially correct, and applying it
to the present situation, would lead
to a conclusion directly opposed to
that for which they contend.
Krom November. 1911. to May 31.
1916. tho Kenneeott Copper Corpora
tion shipped from Kenneeott 148.953
tons of copper ore, upon which the
freight charges were $3,161,607.69.
equivalent to an average rate of $21.
16 per ton. During the same period
the traffic of all other shippers, a
mounttug to 30.351 tons, yielded the
< sum of $6.11.824.72. or an average rate
J of $28.82 per ton.
| The shipments of the Kennecott
| Copper Corporation constituted 84.24
| |>cr cent of the railway's total ton
j nage and yielded 84.88 per cent of Its
total revenue. The operating expen
ses and fixed charges of the railway
| have largely exceeded Its revenues,
and therefore if the Kennecott Copper
Corporation pays the cost of servlre,
it pays higher rates on its shipments
i than are paid by other shippers from
whom the published tariff rates are
collected.
We find nothing in this record to
sustain complainant's contention that
respondents discriminae in the matter
of rates or otherwise in favor of the
Kennecott Copper Corporation."
A copy of the complete decision
can be had by requesting one front
the Secretary of the Interstate Com
merce Commiaion at Washington,
D. C.
UNIVERSITY AMBULANCE
MEN MAKING PROGRESS
SEATTLE, July 17—With the reor
ganization of the ambulance corps in
trainging at Allentown, Pa., 22 mem
bers of the University of Washington
unit have been promoted to be drill
instructors, according to word receiv
ed at the University. These men
are to Instruct recruits to the ambu
lance corps.
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Naval station at state
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SEATTLE. Washington. July 17 —
Hush woe It is being dune on the build
, ings (or the new naval, training sta
' tlon on the south end of the caiupei
The buildings which have been start
ed include the administration build
’ ing. commissioned officer’s head
’ quarters, commandant's headquarters
j a mess hall which will seat 600, an ar
mory, and several smaller buildings.
Three hundred tents will be erected
to accomadate the men.
Naval recruits from the entire
Thirteenth Naval District, including
! Washington. Oregon. Iraho and parts
'of other states, will be sent to this
! station for training instead of to
| Mare island, Cal.,, as at present.
When completed the camp will house
| as many as 1000 men.
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FISH PRICES IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, July 18—The following
prices for fish prevailed yesterday at
noon: Halibut, 13% cents; Sable. 4
cents. Red Snapper, 2% cents; Pickled
Sable. $13 a barrel.
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The Admiral Farragut was in port
this afternoon on her way to Seattle.
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The ateamer Mariposa is due from
the Westward at 6 o'clock tomorrow
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morning.
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The Daily Times has changed back
to an afternoon edition, having parti
ally recovered from the effects of the
recent fire.
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Geo. C. Hazelet. has returned from
Katalla where he spent the last couple
! of weeks looking after the interests
* of the St. Elias Oil Company.
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"Peer G.vnt", Ibsen's most human
hero in a scries of dram:.t!c love epi
sodes and with five different types
of the World's Most beautiful Worn
I en—The great picture will be shown
at the Empress theatre this evening.
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L. R. Rinker, a prominent real es
tate man of Loveland, Colorado, ar
| rived at Anchorage enroute to Willow
| Creek, where he la heavily interested