WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. — The In
terior Department has prepared its
report to Congress on the Alaska
railroad, and Secretary Lane has
beetuf%U consultation with Chairman
Edes and Thomas Riggs, members of
the commission, relative to the pro
gress of the work, and laying out
plans for the continuation of it next
year. Lane, iu his report, asks Con
gress to appropriate $8,247,000 to be
expended in 1916. Chairman Edes
and Mr. Riggs are preparing statis
tics and information to be submitted
to the appropriations committee of
the House when the matter comes up
for consideration.
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RE-ELECTED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. — The na
tional House convened today and or
ganized by the election of Champ
Clark, of Missouri, the preceding
chairman, as speaker. Mr. Clark
thanked the House for the honor be
stowed upon him by his re-election,
and warned the members that they
were commencing a session which
would be memorable in the history
of the country, as the nation bad
many vital problems to solve, and he
urged the legislators to be faithful
in attendance and devote their best
efforts to the needs of the country.
Mr. Clark said that the members
might as well be prepared to stay in
Washington indefinitely, as the Con
gress would sit continuously, probab
ly not taking a recess at Christmas
or New Year’s even.
ANOTHER NEW INDUSTRY IS
BEING STARTED HERE
Another new industry will shortly
be in operation here. It will be a
salmon and clam factory, and is be
ing erected about a mile and a half
this side of the wireless station at
Whitshed. The Cordova Packing
Company is the name of the corpor
ation, and local capital is now en
gaged in constructing a building 30
by 80 feet, two stories, for the main
plant. There will also be several
other small buildings, and the ma
chinery is now on the way here from
khe States.
ORE FREIGHTERS UNABLE
COME TO CORDOVA
The freighters Bennington and the
Burlington, recently purchased by the
^ Alaska Steamship Company to handle
^the ore shipments from Cordova to
the Tacoma smelter, are now plying
between New York and Southampton.
Captains Werner and McMullent went
east to bring these vessels to the
Picific coast, but on account of the
slide in the Panama Canal did not
start on the trip. As there is a big
demand for boats in the east they are
doing service there until such time
as they can get through the canal.
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M. Finkelstein and family will be
outgoing passengers on the steamer
Admiral Evans for Seattle, wherj
they will Bpend a couple of months.
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SHANGHAI, Dec. 6.—Opposition to the plans of Yuan ]
Shi Kai to make himself emperor of China, and re-establish ]
the monarchy, developed' yesterday, when the crew ot the Chi <
nese cruiser Chao Hao mutinied while the vessel was at anchor !
in the harbor here. The officers of the ship were overpowered, -
and the crew assumed control, turning the guns of the vessel ]
against the other gunboats in the harbor, ordering them to fob i
low their lead or be bombarded. The other ships fired on the
mutineers, and for a while a brisk battle raged. The mutineers
were forced to desert their vessel, and escaped to the shore, <
and' have not yet been found. Three dead and five wounded <
were left by the mutineers on the Chao Hao. <
The trouble on the ship seemed to set the people on fire
with excitement, and at midnight the arsenal was attacked by
a strong force of rebels. The authorities, warned by the out- i
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prenk in the harbor, were prepared for the assault, and re
pulsed the rebels. Today the authorities seem to have coni'
ilete command of the situation, and all disorders have been
juieted. Following the attack on the arsenal, a band of forty!
•ebels, armed with rifles, appeared' before the Chahie police
station. Four bombs were thrown at the building, killing one
policeman and wounding four others. Troops charged the
•ebels and compelled them to disperse.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 6.—The first reports sent out about the
listurbances in this city last night and early this morning were
■rroneous, in that the crew of the Chinese cruiser Chao Hao
lid not mutiny. The facts disclose that the crew were sur
prised and overpowered by a band of rebels from the shore,
vho compelled the sailors to fire on the warships and on the
irsenal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The estimates submitted by
| President Wilson for the military and naval prepanalness pro'
j gram, including the first year’s cost of the army and navy mi
lder the plan, have been sent to Congress. Tin1 army requires
i $152,000,000 and the navy is asking for $212,000,000, These
[huge sums show an increase eef one hundred and fifty millions
never the* cost of the army and navy for this year, and exceed
last year’s appropriation by that amount. The big item in tin*
naval list is tin* sum of twenty-eight million necessary for tin*
first year’s work on the hulls and machinery of two battle
ships, two battle cruisers, three scout cruisers, fifteen destroy
Trs, two gunboats, one hospital ship and one fuel oil ship. Be
sides this sum for construction the navy asks for eight million
dollars, to be used in building fifty five submarines.
WANTS NO PEACE UNTIL CONCESSIONS ARE MADE.
PARIS, Dec. 6.—The sailing of Ford’s peace ship from
New York has caused much discussion here as to what attitude
the government would take towards admitting Ford and his
party. Under Secretary of War Thomas, speaking officially
[for the cabinet, said today that France would not make a per
manent peace until Alsace Lorraine had been won, Belgium
| restored to its oppressed people, and German imperialism ami
Prussian militarism placed beyond the possibility of resur'
rection.
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GERMANY SAYS “NOT GUILTY” MEXICAN CHARGE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Von Benistorff, the German am
jbassador, issued an emphatic denial today of the published' re
ports that Germany and German official agents had been in
! strumental in the recent attempts made to start a counter revo
lution in Mexico. The charges state that tin* Germans were
instrumental to this end in an effort to embroil the l nited
States in a war with Mexico, and thus force America to use its
munition factories for its own protection, and thereby depriv
i ing the allies of their largest source of supply. Bernstorff de
| clared the story to 'be an outright falsehood, with absolutely
'no foundation in fact.
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DEFEATED BRITISH ARMY ON TIGRIS RIVER.
LONDON, Dec. 6.—The defeated British army in Meso-I
potamia lias reached Kutelamara, on the Tigris river. N’oj
further fighting has taken place between the contending!
forces.
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UNITED STATES OBECTS BRITISH INTERFERENCE.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. fi.—The American ambassador at
London has filed a vigorous protest with the British foreign
office, strenuously objecting to the action of the British admir
alty in requisitioning the vessels of the Transatlantic Company
without even the formality of prize court proceedings. While
the terms of the protest have not been made public, it is said
to be the strongest and most emphatic note yet issued by the I
Washington administration in regard to English interference
with neutral commerce.
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BULGARIANS HAVE CROSSED INTO ALBANIA.
LONDON, Dec. (>.—The situation in Greece and Houmania
has not changed since Saturday. The Greek authorities are
showing every signs of friendline.se to tin* allies, while nothing
definite can be learned as to the probable course of action ot
Houmania. The Bulgarians have crossed into Albania alter
the retreating Serbs, and are forcing them further and' further
back, giving them no opportunity to rest and reform their
lines. Fighting on the Montenegrin frontier between the Aus
trians and soldiers of King Nicholas continues, and the invad
ers defeated the Montenegrins, but have not penetrated far
into the country.
SERBIAN TROOPS UNDER FRENCH COMMAND.
SALONIKI, Dec. 6.—Tlie Serbian troops arriving from
Monastir have reached Gievgeli, on the frontier, and have al
lied themselves with the French expeditionary force under
General Sarrall. Orders have been received by the Serbian
commanders to act in conjunction with the French forces, and
to take orders from General Sarrail as part of his army.
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RUSSIA CALLS 1917 RECRUITS TO COLORS.
PETROGRAD, Dec. f>.—The government has issued a de
cree, calling the recruits of the class of 1917 to the colors. This
means that the youths of the empire will be compelled to do
military service a full year before their time. The mobilization
order calls for the new troops to report to headquarters by
the first of the year.
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LIEUT. FAY AND FIVE GERMANS ARE INDICTED.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Robert Fay, who claimed to be a
lieutenant in the German army, and five other Germans, have
been indicted by the federal grand jury here, charged with
conspiracy. The allegations of their indictments state that
the defendants conspired to place bombs and other explosives
on ships, and in American factories, and that they conspired
flAmni t t nnmli.r nsSMlllt with dendlv WeHDOUS and afSOTl.
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BERNSTORFF RESENTS WITHDRAWAL OF BOY ED.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Ambassador Bernstorff , has
asked the state department to furnish the German government
with the reasons for asking the withdrawal of the German
naval attache, Captain Boy-Ed, and the military attache, Cap
tain Von Papen. The ambassador has made it clear to the
state department that under no circumstances will he request!
the United States to secure safe conduct for the two attaches
to Germany. Bernstorff believes, and will insist, that it is in
cumbent upon the United States to secure this safe' conduct
for Bov-Ed and Von Papen, and’also use their good efforts to
get safe conduct for their successors, who will be sent from
Germany.
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SEVERE SENTENCE FOR RUSSIAN NAVAL OFFICERS.
PETROGRAD, Dec. G.—Russia’s way with the inefficient
is illustrated in the-report of the court-martial which has;
just sentenced1 the captain and lieutenant commander of the
Russian cruiser Jemchug, which was destroyed by the Emden
at Penang a year ago. Both officers were accused of negli
gence.
The court found both officers guilty, and “taking into
consideration their hitherto unblemished record and their i
brave service during the Russo-Japanese war,” passed the fol
lowing sentence:
“Both officers to lose all civil rights, to be dismissed from
the imperial serv ice, and deprived' of all decorations. Captain
Baron Tcherkasoff to lose his rank of baron and be sent to jail
for three and a half years; Lieutenant Commander Kulibin to!
be sent to jail for a year and a half.”
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AFTER ALASKA
CABLE LINE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. — That the
Alaska cable and telegraph lin<-« will
be conducted by the postoffiee de
partment In the near future seems
now to be an assured fact. The
army department has been trying for
some years to switch the lines over
to the postoffice officials, who here
tofore have been reluctant to take
charge, as they have always been
operated at a loss. Postmaster-Gen
eral Burleson has been won over to
the proposition, and In his report to
the coming .Congress will ask the
national legislature to turn the cable
and military telegraph over to him.
Burleson recommends that the cable
and telegraph and telephone wires
be appraised Wy the Interstate Com
merce Commission and turned over
to him before July, 1916.
Congress is asked to appropriate
$300,000 to pay for the transfer. Pri
vate parties will be allowed to buitd
additional lines In Alaska, connect
ing with the government lines, but
permission to do so will only be
granted on the condition that the
government may purchase the lines
itself at any time.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6. — Infor
mation has been received here by
wireless from the steamer Minne
sota, which is on her way back to
this port disabled, that the trouble
is with the boilers. The siiip reports
that from what examination was pos
sible at sea, it would seem that
chemicals had been placed in the
water before sailing which put the
boilers out of commission. The boat
will be here by tomorrow.
WILL FREIGHT SUPPLIES TO
COPPER PROPERTY
J. E. Wilson, the Valdez freighter,
who has just completed the contract
for delivering 160 tons of freight to
the telegraph stations along the trail
as far as Donnelly’s, arrived in Cor
dova on yesterday’s train. Mr. Wil
son will go to Valdez on business and
return here later, when he will freight
the supplies of the Alaska Consoli
dated Copper Company from Strelna
to their mines.
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AS A PLEASING ACTRESS
MISS DAI HAS CALL
A most welcome vieitor to Cordova
Sunday evening was Miss Hazel
Dawn, an attractive and fascinating
young lady, as well as a very clever
and pleasing actress. She was re
ceived at the Empress Theatre by a
capacity house, and in the leading
role of “One of the Girls," scored a
decided hit, and if the management
of the theatre wants to please Its
patrons Miss Dawn cannot be re
booked too often.
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H. W. Kirby will leave on th
Evans for Seattle, where he will be
come a benedict during the holiday
season.