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VOLUME III! NUMBER 7. _CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, .JULY 10, 1917.___ PRICE TEN CENTS.
NATIONAL GUARD TO BE MOBOLIZED AUG. 5
_# Jlfrir II Mil j._ I -- —1- _I
_i i _ , _Peace
State Militias
Soon To Go
To France
WASHINGTON, July 10 The fed
eral militia bureau is arranging for
the transportation of the national
guard which is to be mobilized Aug.
6. In accordance witti President Wil
son’s proclamation, the various units
will be organized into sixteen divisions
and assigned to camps for final train
ing before being sent to France.
Prepartions for handling the enor
mous body of men are being made
rapidly, and they will be called upon
as rapidly as possible. This means
that the draft law will go into effect
just as son as it is seen that it is
possible to house and equip the troops.
The attention of the officials of the
war department is now being turned
toward the national guard of the
country, according to an announce
ment made tonight. Later the draft
will be resorted to for the purpose of
raising the great army of conscription
says the statement issued.
The announcement was made for the
reason that the war department is
beset daily with hundreds of telegrams
asking just when the draft will go in
to effect by many who will be sol
diers when the time comes.
No new national guard units have
as yet ben drafted into the federal
service. When they are called out.
they will be sent immediately to di
visional training camps and there
piti through all of the training nec
» esary to make them good soldiers.
It is proboble that there will be a gen
eral distribution of the units from the
various states and their consolidation
with the units from the other states
Boon after the guardsmen enter the
federal service.
The great problem focing the of
ficials of the war department at the
present time is how to get supplies.
Everything is short; made so by rea
son of the fact that larg quantities of
supplies acompanied Pershing's ex
peditionary force to Franco. And
since the mobilization of forces start
ed the regular army has increased to
360,0000 men. The fact that the of
ficers' training camps in various por
tions of the country are also apsorbing
an enormous amount of reserve e
quipment Is also having a great ef
fect on the availability of supplies.
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No Trouble at
Kennicot Mines
'UNEU, July 10—A report is being
circulated here that fifteen miners and
one soldier were killed in strike trou
ble at the Kennecott mines.. .It is also
reported that fofty-six soldiers from
Fort Seward have been called to the
scene. Skagway also had the same
reports
The above wire from Juneu news
papers proves conclusively that false
rumors are being sent broadcast, as
everthing is peaceable and there has
been no disturbance of any kind at
the mine or among the men who are
camped at Blackburn. Such cowards
always prove a boomerang as this one
has done.
HAINES, July 10—The government
has ordered fofty soldiers fro mFort
Seward to Cordova on one of the next
boats, to be stationed at the steel
bridges and other vital points on the
Copper River and Northwestern Ry.
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KAISER IS DISSATISFIED
WITH OFFICIALS
AMSTERDAM. July 10—It is re
ported that the Kaiser has decided or
the resignations of Vice Chtincelloi
Helfferich and Foreign Secretary Zim
merman.
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FRENCH TAKE MANY PRISONERS
PARIS, July 10—The Germans agaii
attacked the Aisne front last nigh
and were defeated with hoavy losses
while tho French tok many prisoners.
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If you can't find what you want it
household goods, go see Lambert. 14 t
COPENHAGEN, July 10—A German
from Ilerlin says the purpose of Erz
berger, a catholic party leader, in a
ssensational speech before the Reich
stag committee on Saturday, was to
secure the abandonment of the sub
marine campaign and proclaim a
peace program without annexations
and indemnities. A Reichstag major
ity stands behind Ezerbcrger on the
demands, which are regarded as ac
ceptable tV> America and Russia and
they will likely influence France and
England.
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TEACHERS MEET
(By Associated Press)
PORTLAND, July 10. — Portland Is
crowded with educators from all parts
of the United States attending the
1917 convention of the National Edu
cation Association, which will con
tinue all week.
Held in a war year, with all in at
tendance anxious to do their “bit" to
wards furthering the national cause,
the convention programme has been
built around the general subjects of
preparedness, nationalism and patriot
ism. Speakers will expound the na
tion's ideals and tell how educators
can help in the country's war tasks.
Twenty departmental branches of
the association will hold separate
meetings during the week to deal
with as many divisions of school work,
and fourteen educational and schol
astic organizations will convene at
the same time. Every afternoon and
evening during the next week will be
held the general sessions of the con
vention.
While the convention opened with
sessions by one subsidiary organiza
tion, the National council, the gen
| oral sessions began yesterday.
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Russians Take
Many Prisoners
RETROGRADE, July 10—The Rus
sian offensive west of Stanislaw, in
Galicia continues despite the stubborn
Teutonic resistance. Additional vil
lages were captured and over a thou
sand priconers, throe field guns and
a largfie quantity of war material tak
en. Yesterday the enemy retreated
to Roonica river. The Rusians have
advanced sevon miles during the past
two days.
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MONARCHIAL MOVEMENT IN
CHINA BEING SUPPRESSED
WASHINGTON. July 10.—The Re
poblican troops now sorround Pekin
and the complete destruction of the
monarchial government movement Is
eminent.
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CUPID FINDS A WAY
CHICAGO, July 10—Cal Edward
Green, son of the late Hatty Green
was today married to Miss Ethel Har
low, aged 47 years.
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NEW YORK, July 10—Bar silver
is now selling at 79%, which is the
highest price since the outbreak of
the war. The rise is duo to silver
coinage by Europe in replacing gold.
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The Canadian conscription law is
cording to the Whitehorse Star, which
cording to the Whiteh orse Star, which
states that all men between the ages
, of 18 and 45 will be enrolled and the
. conscription will be placed in the
, hands of a non-partisan board.
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Have your measurements taken for
the latest Uu Bone Corset. Mrs. Tur
' ner. Phone 1U8. 51
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 10. — The sen
ate is considering that section of the
food control hill authorizing the pre
sident to commandeer factories and
other plants and operate them, as
well as fix the rate of wages to be
paid. The liquor section was passed
by the senate and it prohibits the
manufacture and importation of dis
tilled spirits only. The house bill pro
hibits the manufacture of all intoxi
cants.
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WASHINGTON, July 10. — Ambas
sador Gerard, who recently returned
from his post at Berlin, has retired
from the diplomatic service, as the
United States no longer maintains re
lations with Germany. Gerard has re
tired to private life.
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UNIVERSITY WILL OPEN
OCTOBER 1 THIS YEAR.
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SEATTLE. July 10—University stu
dents who desire to work in the har
vest fields this summer will have until
October 1 under the new four-quarter
system, arrangements for which are
now nearly completed. The change
was made primarily with the object
of facilitating food production for the
war, but there are other gains also.
The first quarter will continue from
October 1 to a few days before Christ
mas, with a five-day recess just be
fore Thanksgiving. The second quar
ter will open January 2, 1918; the
third quarter April 2, and the fourth
quarter June 18.
Fall Halticz Now
Seems Certain
UNDATED, July 10—The stratge
tic position at Stanislaw, Halicz sec
tion, clearly favors the Rusians. The
long established Teutonic line has
been broken and the continuance of
the Ruslan pressure points to a proba
ble speedy fall of Halticz. Along two
first-class railway lines it Is danger
ous for Saliek. The British last night
advanced its lines east of Osttaverne
and northeast of Wytschaote.
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Krupp Plant
Destroyed By
Aeroplanes
AMSTERDAM, July 10 —Dutcli
workmen have been laid off at the
Krupp's works at Essen on account
of the destruction of several building
in the French air raid last Friday
It is said that a quarter of the plant
was destroyed, a hundred employees
killed and many others wounded.
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The natives of Nome have organized
a home guard and are receiving mill
tary Instruction by officers from Fori
Davis. They drill In the gymnasiun
at Nome three nights a week.
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J. H. Caskey, editor and proprioto
of the Alaska Citizen at Fairbanks
arrived at Skagway recently on hi:
first trip to the outside in slxteei
years.
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A big block of ground around thi
governor's office at Juneau has beet
cleared by the prisoners from the fed
eral jail, and will be plowed am
planted to potatoes and turnips. Frol
Cleorgeson made an examination of th
soil and advised the planting of thes
vegetables.
RECORD CROP RE
CORN IS NOW
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 10. — Three
billion bushels, the prospective corn
crop, la the answer returned by the
farmers of the United States to Presi
dent Wilson’s call for food for the
allies. Never before was there such
a crop.
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WASHINGTON, Jtdy 10.—Had not
Delegate Charles A. Sulzer, of Alaska,
discovered an omission in tho circular
Issued by the war department on June
4, announcing the second series of
training camps for officers, the terri
tory of Alaska would hare been de
nied tho privilege of having any of
her sons wear shoujder straps in
Uncle Sam's new armies. The circular
in question made appointments for all
of the states of the union, on tho basis
of population. Michigan got 482.
Washington got 240, Mregop got I3u.
\rP.oiiu but /vitiska
was left out.
Delegate Sulzer took up the matter
Immediately with the adjutant gen
eral. He was informed that the com
manding general of the western de
partment had the matter in hand. The
commanding general of the western
department replied to Mr. Sulzer's
telegraphic inquiries that a special
order from the adjutant general would
be necessary. Mr. Sulzer again called
on tho adjutant general and pleaded
Alaska's cause. He pointed out that
the Alaskan patriot would make a
better officer and soldier than his
eastern brother, and cited as an in
stance ihe case of Captain Dan I’ullen.
of Skagway, who went to West Point
from Alaska and graduated at the
head of a class of men picked from
all parts of tho United States.
The adjutant general was convinced
by the time Mr. Sulzer left, and on
June 19 the formal order was issued
allotting 20 places to Alaskans in the
second officer’s reserve training camp
at the Presidio, Cal. Nevada, with a
greater population than Alaska, was
allotted but 10 men.
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ALASKANS CAN SECURE
DEPT. YEAR BOOK
WASHINGTON. July 10.—Any far
nier, rancher, homesteader or agrlcul
turlst In Alaska can obtain free of
all charge a copy of the 1916 edition
of the year book of the department
of agriculture by writing a letter ti
Delegate Charles A. Sulzor, of Alas
ka, for it. The book is bound In
cloth and contains 783 pages. Sub
jects treated by specialists In the de
partmont of agriculture occupy the
first part of the book, with the rest
devoted to statistics on food produc
tlon lit the United States and otliei
countries. The book is sold by the
superintendent of documents of the
government printing office for $1.00.
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Thirty thousand dollars worth of
new buildings are being eroded or
are going to be erected at Valdez.
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Eighty-nine head of cattle arrived in
Fairbanks recently on the steamc.
Schwatku from Whitehorse.
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K. L. Steberg took a census of thf
mosquito fleet about Petersburg anc
■ listed over 170 of these craft whlcl
operated out of the city
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i ltuby Is experiancing a big build
1800 tons of ore from the big Midai
struduros being erected is a largi
, building for the ltuby Record Citizen
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Telegraphic instructions from Wash
1 Ington are to the effect that Indiani
. of mixed blood are exempt from regis
) tratlon, the same as those of ful
t blood. This applies also to the Aleuti
and Eskimos of Alaska.
PH OF FISH IN
THE SEATTLE
MARKET
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(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, July 9. — The following
prices for fish prevailed here at noon
today: Halibut. 11 1-2 cents: sallies,
fish t cents; rod rock, 2 1-2 ceits;
pickled sables, $13 a barrel; herring,
$12; sockeye salmon, $20.
SIX KILLED IN
(By Associated Press)
VALLEJO, July 10.—An explosion at
the Mare Island navy yard yesterday
resulted In six persons being Instantly
killed. They were Allen F. McKen
zie, chief gunner; his wife and two
daughters; N. C. Da instead, civilian
employe of the ordnance department;
George Stanton, gardener.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10—Fed
eral Agonts are • investigating the re
ports that the Mare Island explosion
was the work of spies.
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UNIVERSITY WILL HELP
TRAIN MEN FOR NAVY.
SEATTLE, July 10. — The naval
training station and camp being start
ed on the university campus by the
navy department will accommodate
between 800 and 1,000 men. A train
ing ship will lie anchored in lake Un
ion near the campus, buildings will be
constructed on shore and all the equip
meat necessary for preparing men foi
active service fighting Germans will
be installed soon. The university has
placed at the disposal of the navy de
partment its classrooms, laboratories
equipment and professors, to be used
in instructing the midshipmen. A
large part of the university golf links
will be devoted to the camp.
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UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
SURVEY FOR ARMY POST.
SEATTLE. July 10. — The site for
the great new army post at American
Lake, where a large part of the con
script army is to be drilled. Is being
surveyed by a class of University of
Washington students. The work
which is now noarly completed, is un
der the direction of Assistant Profes
sor J. W. Miller. The students get
regular credit in civil engineering
The arrangement is part of the uni
versity’s policy of placing all Its re
sources at the disposal of the govern
ment for use in connection with the
war.
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I. W.W’s. Driven
From Arizona
JEROME, Arizona. July 10—The
citizens here became so aroused over
'he action of the members of the In
■lustrial Workers of the World that
they drove them out of town, as un
patriotic Americans. The workers re
alized the seriousnes if the situatior
and offered no resistance.
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Cnptain R. Smith, of the Salvatior
irmy at Wrangell, has received an in
iiiiiy for one Christopher Herlofsen
la: i heard from at Dillingham. Any
one having information concernint
the whereabouts of this man will con
for a favor by notifying Captain Smith
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The cannery tender Spencer, of thi
Dundas bay cannery, arrived at Ju
noau recently with 26 tierces of mill
cured king salmon for shipment t<
the states.
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Dr. H. C. DeVighne, of Juneau, hai
received a telegram from the war de
partment ordering hint to report a
San Francisco at once to prepare to
foreign service. DeVighne is a com
missioned lieutenant in the medical re
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ALASKA
WASHINGTON. July 10. — A wire
less station for the west coast of
Prince of Wales Island is now an ac
complished fact. It will be installed
by the war department as a part of
the present cable and telegraph sys
tem this month, as soon as
the materials can be obtained. Dele
gate Charles A. Sulzer, to whose ef
forts the station is due primarily, was
notified today by Adjutant General H.
P. McCain that the secretary of war
had approved the installation of the
plant.
The west coast of Prince of Wales
island, embracing a district rich in
fishing, marble, copper and other ores,
has been isolated because of the lack
of a cable or wireless connection. The
sole, communication of the people
there with the outside world has been
through a weekly mall service from
Wrangell and Ketchikan.
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I N Stensiand, representing the
Carlisle Cannery Company, is in Fair
banks, having arrived here a tew days
ago from hiB headquarters at Cordova.
He is understood to be here on an In
vestigating trip for the Carlisle peo
ple connected with the possible estab
lishment of one or more fish canneries
at the mouth of the Yukon river.
The object of Mr. Stensiand's visit,
it is stated, is to Investigate all of the
spawning grounds of salmon in this
vicinity. He wishes to ascertain, if
possible, something in regard to the
number of salmon that come up the
rivers of the interior from the ocean
in the spring, in order that he may
gain some idea of what the approxi
mate catch for cannery use could be.
While in Fairbanks Mr. Stensiand
will visit all of the headwaters of the
various streams in this vicinity. —
Fairbanks Citizen.
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. (By Associated Press)
NEW YORK. July 10. — A concert
ed movement by American composers
and dramatists and leaders of national
civil and musical organizations, for
the production of American opera and
other native music in the English
tongue, has been formally launched
here.
While the offices of the organization
directing the movement will be in
New York, its incorimrators represent
all sections of the country. Reginald
de Koven, the composer, is chairman
of the national committee of organi
zation.
The announced policy^of the organi
zation is to produce throughout the
United States operatic works by Ant
erican composers and dramatists only
acted and sunk by an all-American
company, with an all-American orches
tra, chorus and ballet.
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KENDRICK BUILDING IS SOLD.
i Wm. E. Kendrick has sold his loi
and building on First street, next to
the Northern meat market, to William
i Tibbs, of Chitina, who Is having the
property thoroughly renovated pre
paratory to renting the ground floor
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Several heavy shipments of mining
machinery have been received at Val
• dez recently for mining properties be
- ing developed about Prince Willlatt
Sound.
I
FEVER
(By Associated Press)
HAVANA, July 10. — Ur. Juan Gui
teras, the Cuban director of sanita
tion, has received authority from the
Inter.lational health board of the
Rockefeller Foundation to institute a
campaign in other countries to stamp
out yellow fever. President Menocal
has granted him leave of absence to
enable him to undertake the work.
Ur. Guiteras expects to be absent from
this city about five months.
The Cuban sanitary official Is re
garded not only here but in the Uni
ted States, as an expert on methods
of fighting yellow fever. As a mem
ber of the yellow fever commission
of the international health board, he
visited South American cities last
year to aid in suppressing the spread
of the disease there.
Major General William C. Gorgas.
chairman of the yellow fever commis
sion, has written to Ur. Guiteras, giv
ing him full authority to investigate
yellow fever conditions wherever they
may be found In other countries ,and
lo make any suggestions that he may
see fit toward the extermination of
this disease.
Director Taylor, of I-as Animus hos
pital, here Is likewise operating with
Dr. Guiteras in this work. For the
present It is proposed to start the
scientific researches on the island of
Martinique and In Maracaibo. The
Rockefeller Foundation has consigned
Dr. Guiteras all the scientific appar
atus, instruments, serums and toxins
necessary for the investigation. Ur.
Guiteras will leave Havana early this
week for Maracaibo by way of Porto
Rico. An eminent corps of sanitarians,
physicians and civil assistants will ac
company him.
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"To an Idol. A ballad. Words and
Music by Robert M. Crawford, com
poser of “My Northland,' etc."
Those are the words of the fly leaf
of a piece of new sheet music just
published by the Echo Music Com
pany of Seattle. They mean that
"Bobbie" Crawford, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. Crawford, of Fairbanks,
who is now a contractor on the Alas
ka government railroad, has made an
other song writing success. Some
time during his spare moments last
summer he wrote the song. He sent
it to the mush publishers last fall,
and it has just been issued in sheet
music form. ,
At the top of the first inside page
is stated, “To my friend, Miss Ida
McCready," who young Crawford met
while attending school during the sev
eral years he was outside. She re
sides in Seattle and Is said to be
worthy of all of the praise which has
been bestowed upon her. What the
young author thinks of her is best
described in the following lines of
“To an Idol:”
Oft in the wilds of my Northland home
Dreams come, dreams of thee;
Sending my love and my thoughts to
roam
Across the seas to thee.
Idol, our hearts entwine, dear, at love's
own door.
Though parting holds the key.
Your image, dear, and those dear
brown eyes.
Cups carved in golden memories.
Oft in the wild's silent call I hear
Llst’ning for thee,
Love's still, small voice sounding
Btfeet and clear
'Come back, come back to me.'
Idol, love but the hand of one divine
And true as Heav'n is true
Could ever from those dear eyes of
thine
Or one so fair or true as you.
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