IT THE PRICE
OF COAL HAS
_ RAISED
Citizens of Cordova today are suf
fering from the activities of the gov
ernment in its efforts to prevent mo
nopoly In Alaska. In other words, the
Increased price of coal for local con
sumption which hereafter must be
paid by the people of this city is a di
rect result of the Investigation re
cently ordered by congress into the
business of the steamship and rail
way companies of Alaska.
Up until the recent increase in the
tariff rate, which was general, the
rate on coal to Cordova from British
Columbia ports was $0.72. In the
general increase, this price was
raised to $7.00 per ton, an increase
of twenty-eight cents.
For years ail the coal used in Cor
dova has been shipped by the AlasA
Steamship Company consigned to it
self. In this manner a special rate of
$4.00 a ton was made and maintained,
the consumers getting the benefit of
the low rate.
Now. however, it is asserted by
steamship men, since the Interstate
Commerce Commission has been or
dered to investigate the rates, it Is
necessary that all the rates to the
north be based on the tariff, hence
the raise in freight rates from $4.00
to $7.00 per ton and the consequent
increase of $3.00 per ton to the con
sumers.
People in Cordova are indignant
over the unlooked for increase, but
are at a loss as to who is to blame.
The transfer company cannot help
itself, and if the Interstate Commerce
Commission insists on tariff rates be
ing charged for coal, then it is said
the people here must pay the in
creased cost.
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The Tresbyterian Bible study class
will meet tonight at 8 o’clock at the
Manse.
THIS I
The last events of the Fourth of
July celebration were held yesterday
afternoon and evening and kept the
many persons remaining in the city
amused .until a late hour last night.
The chief event, and the one which
attracted the greatest attention, was
the tug of war contests. There were
two of these events, one between the
employees of the Carlisle Packing
Company and the Copper Hiver &
Northwestern railway employees, and
the other between the railroad em
ployees and the bartenders.
In both events the railroad boys
got the jump on their opponents and
held it during the five minutes’ pull,
which was the length of the contest.
In neither event, however, was there
much difference in the strength of the
teams, and that the railroad boys won
both events is due chiefly to their
quick get-away.
In the shooting contest Dooley was
first, Lyman second.
The boat race over a six-mile course
was won by the Pansy, owned by Har
wood and Council. Fisher won sec
ond money, and the Katalla Queen
came in third.
In the children’s shoe contest Chio
tens was first and Tiederman second.
Boys’ 75-yard race — Torpening
first, Lampre second, Lampre third.
Royal fourth.
Canoe race—Won by BRilard and
Way.
Packing race—Tom Nortert first,
Vecolls second.
During the day the local Japanese
staged several fencing contests, and
in the evening gave the sword dance,
both of which were given close at
tention by the crowds.
ANNUAlIIsUlL BE
HELD IN HOLLAND
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, July 5.
—Annual fairs, on the lines of those
at Ceipsic, Nishni, Novgorod, Condon
and Cyons, are to be held nt Amster
dam for Holland, and at Soerabnya
for tho Netherlands East Indies, ac
cording to plans set on foot by the
International Export Syndicate that
has been founded for the purpose at
Amsterdam. It is intended to estab
lish "sale palnees" in these centers,
where manufacturers and dealers may
exhibit their products the whole year
i round.
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it is said that the women of An
chorage are becoming active in local
politics.
George Vogt returned today to
('has. Ross' farm at liinchinbrook.
Mrs. C. M. Eckas, mother of Mrs.
Jack Way, is a passenger on the
steamship Admiral Evans, en rohte
to Cordova, where she will spend the
| summer with her daughter.
Cadies' white shoes, high and low,
| for summer wear at Clayson s.
Empress Theatre
FRIDAY, JULY 7,
Jesse 1,. Lasky proffers the Favorite American Actor, Dustin
.Farninn, in a Magnificent Pieturizntion •»!
“THE VIRGINIAN.’’
From the Piny of Kirk La Shelle and the Book by < »\veii Wist. r.
Show at 8 p. m._Admission 25 Cents,
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For the Mechanic For the Motorboatman
WHITE’S ADZES AND HAND AXES DAYTON DYNAMO
DISTON’S HAND SAWS K. W. and WIZARD MAGNETOS
BAILY PLANES COLUMBIA HOTSHOT BATTERIES
HAYDOLE’S HAMMERS . BOXER’S SEMI ROTARY PUMPS.
STARRET’S and YANKEE TOOLS SHEBLER CARBURETOR
BUCK CHISELS EDISON’S CAUSTIC SODA AND OIL
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Northwestern Hardware Co.
AGENTS CLAY AND [GRAY MOTORS
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HATS
$2.50, $3.50
$4.00, $5.00
You will find your Summer Hat
among the very latest styles of *
STETSONS, MALLORYS
And HARDEMAN’S at
The Blum, O’Neill Company
HATS
$2.50 $3.50
$4.00 $5.00
RED TAPE LIS
IN SPITE Df
RIG WAR
PARIS, July 1 — (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) — Red tape
In France was expected to crumble
under the pressure of war, but It
seems to show resisting powers quite
equal to those of the armies, armor
and concrete. The late General Gal
lieni vigorously assailed it, and was
thought to have made a big breach In
its breastworks, at least in so far as
concerned the war departmen. Evi
dence comes to light every day, how
ever. showing that Its principal strong
holds are untouched.
Among the latest examples of what
the French call "paperasserie,” a
morning paper produces a photograph
showing a roll eight and a half yards
long, made of sheets of official paper
pasted together; It required the time
of several clerks several days to note
upon these sheets duplicate entries of
the balances and pay and meal indem
nities due to the soldiers of a Bingle
company while on leave. What the
same expenditure of time and effort
would amount to In the entire army
of several million men may be imag
ined, but calculated with difficulty.
The Oeuvre cites a case in which
more than 2,000 postal money orders
for ten centimes (two cents) and
twenty centimes (four cents), each
accompanied by a note written by
hand, were sent each month from the
commanding bases of army corpB to
soldiers who had been sent to the rear
to work in munition factories at C-.
The officer in charge who receives
these postal orders at C- from the
different army corps acknowledges re
ceipt of each order to the director of
the works in which the soldier is em
ployed; the works director acknow
ledges receipt of the sums, enters
them in a special register, after which
the order is finally delivered to the
soldier in exchange for a receipt and
which receipt takes the inverse road
and follows the different hierarchic
stages until it gets back to the army
corps. The soldier, provided with
identifying papers, can then collect
his two cents or four cents as the
case may be, in exchange for another
receipt, another signature and anothor
stamp.
An order was given to all the heads
of the different services of the war
department that all clerical work
should be simplified and that every
document not indispensable should be
done away with. However, it recently
transpired that the director of every
Red Cross hospital received a circular
calling for a detailed report regard
ing each patient treated in the hos
pital. comprising four full typewritten
pages of questions. An experimental
demonstration proved that it required
two days time of one of the nurses
to fill out this circular, as required,
for a single patlept. Consequently
had the demand been complied with,
it would have been necessary to mul
tiply the hospital staff several times
to do this clerical work in addition to
the complicated bookkeeping and the
individual records made up for the
! personal file of each man brought into
the hospital.
The Cri de I’aris cites another case
in which this red tape in the hands
! of people not expert with it multi
plies itself. A circular from the sani
tary department of an army corps in
formed the officers in command of
different units that they were author
ized to buy shoes for the men to be
shipped from the rear at the mini
mum price of 20 francs; three days
later a new circular cancelled the first
and announced that it was a maximum
price of 20 francs that was author
ized; four days later a third circular
cancelled both the others and an
nounced that the authorization in
question applied only to troops in
fighting units actually at the front;
result, a number a circulars, «9qplopes
written and forwarded, triple the
number of officers commanding dif
ferent units of an army corps of the
entire force behind the front.
It has often been stated that the de
ficiencies of armament, both in the
army and navy were largely the result
of red tape, or “Monsieur Le Bureau,"
as the French call the bureaucrats
who resisted before the war and gre
still resisting any reform after twenty
two months of an experience that
shows the futility of a great deal of
their effort. If the new French vigor
born of the war, has not overcome it,
it is perhaps because it is protected
to a great extent by politicians.
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NOTICE TO COAL CONSUMERS.
Freight rates on coal have been in
creased $3.00 per ton. Coal sacks
have also doubled in price. Effective
July 5 bulk coal haB been advanced
$3.00 and sacked coal $3.50 per ton.
* ALASKA TKANSFElt CO.
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CONSTANTINOPLE, July 1. — I
(Correspondence of the Associated
Press.) — Turkey Is about to adopt
Its first tariff law unhindered by for
elgn Interference, lip'to the outbreak
of the war the government's hands
were bound by obligations, undertaken
in connection with the public debt,
so that it was not able to change its
tariff without the consent of the great
powers, which found it to their in
terest to keep the Turkish duties as
low as possible. For many years they
kept them at eight per cent, ad va
lorem and lower. Turkish statesmen
Often pointed out that the duties were
too low to yield sufficient revenue,
and the government long demanded
their consent for an increase. C.er- j
many gave its consent about fifteen '
years ago, but England and France
refused till several years ago, when \
they agreed to an Increase to eleven
per cent. Soon after Turkey joined
the central powers and entered the
war, the government denounced the
so-called "capitulations,” or arrange
ments which gave the foreign powers
special rights in Turkey, including
their control over the tariff system.
After waiting more than a year the
government has now brought in a bill
for revising the tariff. It is, for most
articles, a very moderate measure,
fully two-thirds of the duties rang
ing between only 10 and 15 per cent.
Most other articles range between 20
and 50 per cent, and a few are as high
as 100 per cent. These highest duties
are intended for the protection of ag
riculture and some manufactured
goods. There is a small free list, which
includes school books not bound and j
other educational supplies. Agricul
tural machinery is also put on the
free list in the interest of the farm
ers. Among dutiable articles there Is
no uniform tendency to increase dut
ies; in fact, about one-sixth of the list
shows even lower duties than are now
paid.
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NOTICE OF CAUCUS.
A caucus for the election of clele j
Kates to the Democratic divisional con
vention, to be held at Seward, Alaska, j
July 26, 1916, will be held in the Town
Hall, on Second Btreet, Cordova, Alas 1
ka, on Saturday, July 8, 1916, nt. 8
o'clock p .m.
All duly qualified Democrats will be
entitled to vote at the caucus, for the
election of eleven delegates to repre
sent Cordova and Eyak at said con
vention.
Dated June 29, 1916.
EDWARD F. MEDLEY,
Democratic Precinct Committeeman.
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George C. Hazelet, Edward F. Med
ley and E. T. Stannard, now at Ka
talla, will return home tomorrow on
a small boat, according to a tele
phone message received today by Na
thaniel Green.
Sheldon Auto Stage
SERVICE,
CHITINA TO FAIRBANKS.
Starts June 15.
Cars Now Running Regularly.
Weekly Trips.
Fare $75.00. ;
40 Pounds Baggage Free. :
Office: Chitlna Hotel, Chltinn, ;
Alaska. •:
TAILORING
CLEANING AND PRESSING.
Detmer’s Woolens for Ladies’ and
Gents’ Suitings. Prompt Attention to
Remodelling of Ladies’ and Gents'
Suits. Reasonable Prices. Satisfac
tion Guaranteed.
W. H. GRAVES
Phone 130. Mickelson Building.
AT THE
MOUNTAIN INN
Good hunting and fishing. Also fish
and game for sale in season. Boats
•for rent, good meals and beds. Rates
$2.50 per day.
The Walkers
ALAGANICK, ALASKA.
Twenty Miles From Cordova.
FOR SALE
COPPER PROPERTY
EXCELLENT SHOWING.
Near Beatson Mine, Latoucho.
(’lose to tidewater. An excellent
opportunity for man with lit le money
to make large profit. Price .and terms
reasonable. Apply
PETER CANAVARA,
Latouche, Alaska.
THE MAN
who wears a
STETSON
is always
well dressed.
We carry the
Stetson in
Twenty
Styles.
We have the Stetson Soft and !»*iby
Mat* in all the late*t »trlea
Gordon-Ferguson and
Hardeman Hats
Also Carried in Stock
CLAYSON
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WHY NOT OWN YOUR OWN HOME? |
I
Many families are Paying out from $200 to $500 in :;:j
rent each year. Why not put that into a home of your
| own? jf
Call on Geo. C. Hazelet, Trustee of the Townsite, and S
?<
see if it can’t be arranged.
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FOR GENERAL TEAMING, BAGGAGE
TRANSFERRED, AUTO SERVICE
S COAL AND WOOD
| ALASKA TRANSFER CO. |
Cordova and Anchorage ij|
UNEXCELLED WAREHOUSE FACILITIES |
| For Storing and Insuring Baggage,
Mdse, and Household Goods
| Office—EMPRESS BUILDING, CORDOVA—Phone 85 |
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We have just received a large shipment of the |
;! standard makes of
DUXBAK |
I And FILSON KHAKI j
Pants and Coats, Hats and Caps to match. The kind that |
are cravenettcd and keep out wind and water.
Also a complete line of Ladies’ Khaki Skirts for 1
outing purposes. |
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.
1 FINKELSTEIN&SAPIR0
THE STORE THAT SATISFIES.
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