The Cordom Daily Times
Only Afternoon Paper In Alaska With Associated Press News
VOLUME III. NUMBER 89. _CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1017. PRTCF. TF.K TFVTS
RAILROAD STRIKE HAS BEEN POSTPONED
DECIDING
FACTOR
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♦ NEW YORK, March 17. — Un- ♦
♦ til half-past three o’clock this ♦
♦ morning the committee from the ♦
♦ council of national defense la- ♦
♦ bored with the railroad managers ♦
♦ and brotherhood chiefs, without ♦
♦ finding any way to prevent a na- ♦
♦ tional railroad strike. The medi- ♦
♦ ators, without Samuel Gompers, ♦
♦ resumed their conferences with ♦
♦ four brotherhood chiefs about ♦
♦ ten thirty this morning. One of ♦
♦ the mediators said neither side ♦
♦ made overtures and the outlook ♦
♦ was unpromising. Both sides ♦
♦ are preparing for the beginning ♦
♦ of the strike tonight. ♦
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♦ NEW YORK, March 17. — A ♦
♦ federal mediator gave out the fol- ♦
♦ lowing statement this afternoon: ♦
♦ "At our request and out of ap- ♦
♦ preciation of the national situa- ♦
♦ tion the brotherhoods and rail- ♦
♦ road managers resumed negoti- ♦
♦ ations in the hope that some ad- ♦
♦ justment of the differences might +
♦ be obtainable that will avoid the ♦
♦ necessity of a strike. The broth- ♦
♦ erhoods asked their general ♦
♦ charman to postpone all action ♦
♦ for forty-eight hours, unless be- ♦
♦ fore that time they are advised ♦
♦ of a settlement, as the men will ♦
♦ leave the service under the au- ♦
♦ thority already given.” •
♦ A signed statement by Secre- ♦
♦ tary Franklin K. Lane, Secretary ♦
♦ William B. Wilson and Daniel ♦
♦ Willard, three of the four medi- ♦
♦ ators, the brotherhood chiefs and ♦
♦ the railroad managers will con- ♦
$ ft**ifiMeftif'EfrV)r fri’c6f ffie ♦
♦ strike. Secretary Lane says the ♦
♦ situation is hopeful, and Presi- ♦
♦ dent Wilson believes there is ♦
♦ now a better feeling on both ♦
♦ sides. •
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ZEPPELIN FIRED
AND CREW
PERISH
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, March 17. — A Zeppelin was
shot down near Compeigne. The ma
chine caught fire and the crew per
ished in the flames.
PARIS, March 17. — The Zeppelin
was sighted shortly before dawn at
a height of over two miles. The
French guns reached the airship,
which caught fire, and the wreckage
and bodies fell outside of Compeigne.
socisnATS
E
(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, March 17. — Adolf Hoff
man, a Socialist leader, in addressing
the Prussian diet, accused the highly
placed functionaries of cornering the
food while the poorer classes in north
Germany were falling ready victims
to smallpox on account of enfeebled
to smallpox on account of enfeebled
Hoffman to finish his speech.
BITTLECENTERS
LONDON, March 17. — The new
advance by the British troops brings
the Germans on the western front
almost to the edge of disaster, for the
retirements from the Arras salient
and from positions south of Perrone
will be difficult with the British press
ing so many of the main roads.
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Send in your social Items.
DR. ORVILLE E. M’KIHI.
American Veterinary Wee an
Georgio Captured by Raider.
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KANITZ CASE BE
TRIED HEBE ON.
APRIL 2
The trial of Otto Kanitz and Caro
line Kanitz, who were indicted for
arson in connection with the recent
fire at Valdez, will take place at Cor
dova, when the district court meets
here on April 2. A large number of
witnesses will be summoned in this
case.
Judge Brown denied the motion of
the defendants’ attorneys for a change
of venue to Juneau. Motion of the
ilistrjtJ..aUiirnffi_thaJi.tJli.e
made, granted and the trial of the
case set for April 2, or as soon there
after as possible. A motion to post
pone the trial of the case until May 1,
owing to the absence of material wit
nesses, who cannot be served before
that date, was made by atorneys for
the defendants, and argument on this
motion had, but so far as we know
no decision has been rendered.
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MINE TAKEN
LONDON, March 17. — Bapaume
has been taken by the British, who
entered the town after stiff fighting.
The British troops have moved be
yond after leaving the town in flames.
PARIS, March 17. — It is officially
announced that the French advanced
last night north of Avre and between
Avre and Oise. The troops are now
progressing over thirteen miles of i
front and to a depth at some points
of two and a half miles.
LONDON, March 17. — The British
have captured the towns of Letran
sloy and Ahciet Pepetit.
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♦ ITALIANS THINK GERMANY ♦
♦ WANTS U. S. IN THE WAR. ♦
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♦ ROME, March 17. — Germany’s ♦
♦ diplomacy is not so much states- ♦
♦ manship as trickery. This is the ♦
♦ opinion in certain allied circles +
♦ here today. +
♦ Many think Germany really 4
♦ wants to draw the United States ♦
.♦ into the war. These say that her ♦
♦ recent announcement of an ”un- ♦
♦ restrained submarine campaign” ♦
♦ has this purpose among others. +
♦ Germany is now certain she ♦
♦ cannot win the war, it is asserted. ♦
♦ Consequently she is beginning ♦
♦ to intrigue for her future position ♦
♦ in Europe. 4
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INFANTILE PARALYSIS
EPIDEMIC SOUTH AMERICA.
SANTIAGO, Chile. March 17. — A
good deal of infantile paralysis' hav
ing been reported In South America
lately, Chile has established special
inspection corps at Arlca, Punta Are
nas, Uspallata and in the Andean
passes. In spite of all precautions
there has been some Chilean cases of
the disease.
(By Associated Press)
SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 17. —
John Mohler Studebaker, Sr., quietly
passed away at his home last night.
Almost to the day of his death, the
guiding spirit of the vehicle manu
facturing concern that bears his
name, constructed his first wagon be
fore he was twenty.
Mr. Studebaker was born near Get
tysburg, Pa., October 10, 1833, the son
of a blacksmith. He was one of thir
teen children. In his youth he moved
with the family to Ashland county,
Ohio, and later to South Bend, Ind.,
which city later became the seat of
the Studebaker Corporation.
As part pay for the privilege of
accompanying an expedition across
the plains to California In 1853, Stu
debaker gave the first wagon he ever
made. This party set out westward
from South Bend with young Stude
baker driving the wagon.
When the train landed him at Hang
town, now Placerville, Cal., the young
man's capital consisted of fifty cents.
He set about making wheelbarrows
for a man named Hines. He made
them bo well that he came to be called
"Wheelbarrow” Studebaker.
On his eightieth birthday anniver
sary, October 10, 1913, Mr. Stude
baker held a reception to his em
ployees at the South Bend plant, and
against the advise of his physician,
shook hands with each of the 3,000
men.
In his eighty-second year he was
chairman of the Studebaker Corpora
tion, and said he expected to "remain
In harness" until he died. He was
down at the South Bend plant practi
cally every work-day of the year, ar
rng'.'Two’ltourB ahead of Kls^cTefEsT
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PERSONAL GOSSIP ABOUT
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
Harry Young and wife were arrivals
from the states on yesterday's boat.
Joseph Burke, a government em
ploye from Valdez, is spending a few
days here.
James MacCormac returned on the
steamer Evans from Valdez, where he
was attending district court as a juror.
George Riley was a passenger on
the Farragut last night for Iditarod.
He is taking in a crew of men to work
his dredge.
Karl J. Nordberg and wife are re
cent arrivals from the states. Mr.
Nordberg has accepted a position with
the Canoe Pass Packing Company.
E. E. Durgin, a former Cordova
printer, is a member of the timekeep
ing staff of the Alaskan engineering
commission, with headquarters at
Nenana.
Ex-Senator Henry Roden of Idita
rod, was with Cordova friends last
evening. He was on his way from
Juneau to Seward and will return
here next week and go into the In
terior.
E. A. llegg, the Cordova photo
grapher has entered into partnership
with Sydney Laurence and the new
firm will move into the Masonic build
ing the latter part of the week.—An
chorage Times.
Ed Young, who has been in charge
of the detention hospital at Fairbanks,
arrived in Cordova on yesterday’s
train, having made the trip to Chltlna
with his owji dog. team,, lie will go
to Washington Btate, where he intends
to start raising chickens and flowers.
Rev. and Mrs. W. P. Marple, of New
Jersey, were arrivals on the Admiral
Farragut and are the guests of Rev.
and Mrs. Shriver. They will leave
on Monday’s train for Fairbanks,
where Rev. Marple has accepted the
pastorate of the Presbyterian church.
Harry W. Bloomfield. J. H. Miles,
A. W. Stevens and John Brower ar
rived on the Farragut last night from
the states and will leave for Nome in
a couple of days. Mr. Bloomfield re
cently made the trip from Nome to
Chltlna with his own dog team, and
will return the same way. Mr. Miles
will drive “Scotty" Allan’s team, which
the latter left at Gulkana, back home.
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♦ (By Associated tress) 4
♦ PETROCiRAI), March 17 The 4
4 entire authority of the Russian 4
♦ government rests with twelve 4
♦ members of the duma> the execu- 4
♦ tive committee and cabinet being 4
4 headed by Prince Ofol't. It is 4
4 believed that until thie convoea 4
4 lion of the constltutlocal assent 4
4 bly power will slowly, pass into 4
4 the hands of the new cabinet. 4
4 which will then present the ano- 4
4 maly of a new government with 4
4 out a supreme head. 4
4 The abdication of Grand Duke 4
4 Michael averted the threatened 4
4 split between the dunia commit 4
4 tee and a committee of working 4
4 men, soldiers and deputies, the 4
4 latter committee insisting on a 4
4 republic of the people. It is gen 4
4 erally believed the empress is in- 4
4 triguing with German^, and the 4
4 reception of a new mann'eso at 4
4 army headquarters is awaited 4
4 with the greatest anxiety. Un 4
4 less approved by the 6,000,000 4
4 men at the front the new regime 4
4 cannot endure. +
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--i»J, Associated jpegfy
officially admitted that the Xfurgulaa
and Carranza forces suffered reverses
in the field south of Parral. Villa pro
bably captured part of the city and
Jiminez.
WASHINGTON, March 17. — The
American consular officials have been
withdrawn from Mexico and ordered
back to their districts. Passports are
still being refused to Americans wish
ing to enter Mexico.
(By Associated Press)
LOUISVILLE, March 17. — The
Grand Lodge of the Order of Railway
Conductors will be called upon to de
liver the final decision on the status
of fifteen Louisville & Nashville con
ductors recently exonerated at a trial
before Division No. 89, O. R. C.. for
bringing suit against the order to pre
vent their participation in the threat
ened nation-wide strike of lust Sep
tember.
M. L. Carey, vice-president of the
national body of the order of Rail
way Conductors, who appeared as
“prosecutor” at the trial held here,
appealed to the grand lodge. It has
not been decided whether the hearing
will be held at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the
national headquarters of the organi
zation, or in Louisville.
The fifteen conductors brought suit
last September to prevent the en
forcement of the nation-wide railway
strike order. They alleged that the
majority of the conductors on the
Louisville & Nashville railroad who
would be Involved, had not voted for
a strike, and that under the rules of
-the order the national officers had no
right to call them out.
Before the case was adjudicated the
Adamson law was passed and the
strike order withdrawn. Later charges
were preferred against the conduct
ors who had brought suit, alleging
that they had violated the rules of
the order by seeking action through
the courts before exhausting all pos
sible means of obtaining the remedy
they sought through the channels pro
vided by the constitution and bylaws
of the organization.
Recently these charges were heard
by the local organization of the Order
of Railway Conductors, and the men
involved exonerated of having vio
luted the rules.
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TELEPHONE LINE
COAL HELDS
(By Associated Press)
SEWARD, March 17. — Linemen on
snowshoes have just completed lay
ing the telephone and telegraph line
for the government railroad across
a section of swamp in Susltna valley,
which is Impassable in summer and
have opened communication from Sew
ard to the Talkeetna river, 245 miles
out, or over half-way to Fairbanks.
The northern end of the line is now
located at a camp bearing the high
sounding and euphonious name of
"Dead Horse Hill,” which received its
title from an unfortunate prosi>ector
in early days.
Superintendent E. R. MacFarland
also has a telephone line In operation
to the Matanuska coal fields. Equip
ment Is provided so that the wires of
the commission can be used for tele
graph and telephone at the same time,
trains being dispatched by telephone
and telegraph used for commercial
purposes, all of the lines being open
to use by the public at a very reason
able fee compared to the cost of other
means of communication.
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(Special to the Times)
JUNEAU, March 17. — Representa
tive Norland introduced a bill In the
house for small debt procedure. A
thi'J£iafure
provide a gentlemen's" club to take me
place of the saloons, and be operated
at territorial expense. Resolutions
from various commercial clubs were
also read endorsing the school bill in
troduced by Representative Allan.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS.
Jesse Forrester, of Chltina, was in
town last evening.
Walter Meder, of Kennecott, is
spending a few days in town.
This being St. Patrick's day, the
"wearing of the green’ was very popu
lar.
The Loyola Club dance at Eagle
hall tonight will start at 10 o’clock,
and continue for three hours.
The north bound N. C. stage now
stops at the Rapids, one hour for
breakfast. They say its a good place
to eat.
R W. Elliott, the plumber, is still
in business at the old stand and Is
prepared to do all kinds of work in
his line, guaranteeing the best of
workmanship. His shop is next door
to the Times office. Give him a call.
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BREAD CARD IN GERMANY
HAS PROVEN BIG SUCCESS.
(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, March 17. — Berlin has
passed the hundredth week in the
use of its bread card, an institution
that has been such a success that It
is predicted it will long outlive the
war because of its democracy.
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♦ WHATCHAMA COLUMN. ♦
♦ Powder. ♦
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♦ (By United Press) ♦
♦ Prominent among the powders ♦
♦ of the earth just now of course •
♦ is gunpowder. ♦
♦ But let us not forget that the ♦
♦ face, bug and seidlitz varieties ♦
♦ have their triumphs too. ♦
♦ Who but has seen the sprightly ♦
♦ cockroach fallen victim to a ♦
♦ squirt of the bug brand from a ♦
♦ vest pocket howitzer? ♦
♦ Who but has witnessed the ♦
♦ agonies of young men as they ♦
♦ staggered away from the battle- ♦
♦ ground of love with the powder ♦
♦ marks of conflict on their shoul- ♦
♦ ders? ♦
♦ And who but knows the glory ♦
♦ of a battle won by seidlitz against ♦
♦ a raging stomach the morning ♦
♦ after? •
♦ There is power In powder of ♦
♦ every kind.—By G. M. ♦
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ARRIVING IN
LOCAL PORT
The steamer Alaska is due from the
westward Sunday night, and as she
will take out 2,600 tons of copper ore,
will be in port fifteen or twenty
hours.
The steamer Farragut sailed for
the westward at 2 o’clock this morn
ing. Passengers from here were ('.
M. Prlng and twelve steerage, the lat
ter left by the steamer Alaska, for
8»wu<l.
The Adtnlral Evstts remainm* m
port until 10 o’clock this morning load
ing copper ore. Her southbound pas
sengers were Mrs. oman and three
children, for Ketchikan; W. E. Evans
and S. Nickoti, for Juneau; Wm.
Kuhn, A. M. Hansen, 9. Smith, A. Ob
tergard and W. R. Taylor, for Seattle.
The steamer Admiral Farragut ar
rived from the south early last even
ing with the following passengers for
Cordova: W. C. Baird, J. H. Miles,
S. A. Pearce, A. W. Stevens, Wm.
Marple, Mrs. Marple, H. Lauer, S. B.
Young, Mrs. Young, Pete Nelson, W.
Sundberg, George Harris, John Grow
er, W. Ferguson, Harry Bloomfield,
J. S. Sullivan and A. L. McDonald.
There are three freighters tied up
at the local dock. The Cor
dova brought 300 tons of coal and is
under the command of Captain Vic
Westerlund, who succeeded Captain
Tommy Moore. The Valdez has a
quantity of dynamite and lumber it is
discharging here and will then pro
ceed to Port Wells with machinery for
the Nellie Juan cannery. The La
touche stopped in for fuel oil. She is
on her way to False PaBS, near Un
alaska, with a big cannery outfit.
The Alaska Steamship Company
proposes to establish freight and pas
senger service between Seattle and
Bethel on the Kuskokwim river, using
the steamer Santa Ana, to Bail from
Seattle on her first voyage to Bethel
about May 20. She will make the trip
via Cordova and Seward, and after
making her first trip into Bethel, will
return either to Seward or Unalaska,
and connecting business for the sec
ond and subsequent trips into Bethel
will be handled out of Seattle on
southwestern Alaska route steamers
to Seward, or Bering sea route steam
ers to Unalaska, for transfer to the
Santa Ana.
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POSTMASTERS FOR ALASKA
APPOINTED BY WILSON.
The following postmasters for vari
ous towns In Alaska have been ap
pointed by President Wilson:
At Tyee—Alonzo C. Doty.
At Chichagoff Island — William C.
Freeburn.
At Cripple — Max Simel.
At Dolomi—G. H. Jernigan.
At King’s Cove — Emrise B. Mor
gan.
Conrad Freeding was appointed for
Taylor, Seward peninsula, but this
has been withdrawn and another ap
pointee will be named. Mr. Freeding
perished on the trail several months
ago. /
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Head tne i lines and keep posted.
War, general and local news. The
Times furnishes It to yon every af
ternoon.
The first bill introduced in the ter
ritorial legislature was that of Chas.
M. Day, of Valdez, providing for a
permanent tax commission for the ter
ritory. The bill, if it becomes a law,
would place all the matters of taxa
tion, assessment, and equalization In
the territory, both within municipali
ties and outBlde of them, in the hands
of a board of three members. This
board for the first term would be
named by the legislature, and after
that one member would be elected
every two years at the general terri
torial election.
The only qualification that the bill
names is that the "members of the
commission shall be such as are
known to possess knowledge and ex
perience in the subject of taxation and
skilled in matters pertaining thereto,
and who shall have been residents of
Alaska for five yearB previous to their
appointment."
The commissioners will draw a sala
ary of $4,000, and would be allowed
$3,000 a year for clerk hire.
The duties of the commission aside
from general supervision of the sys
tem of assessment and taxation of the
territory, would include supervision
over assessors and boards of equali
zation in the towns of the territory.
They could confer with the assessors
and would act in an advisory capac
ity to boards of equalization. They
could require individuals and compan
ies of all kinds in the territory to
make statements under oath of tha
earnings, capital and expenses of their
business in the territory. They could
conduct investigations in matters that
come before them, as complaints, ap
plications for adjustment of taxes, ar.d
nature.
other states and territories, to the
end that Alaska may derive benefit
from the good in other plans of tax
ation in use in the United States,
would also come within the scope of
the commission's work. The tax com
mission would make recommenda
tions every two years to the legisla
ture, based upon these investigations.
Penalties are provided in the act for
violation of its provisions, or for false
statements on the part of persons
possessing taxable property.
The bill carries with it an annual
appropriation of $25,000 from the
territorial treasury for the purpose
of paying the expenses of the com
mission.
Representative Day says that the
bill is based on the tax commission
measure now in use in Arizona, Colo
rado and Oregon. He says he will
press its passage, both in committee
and on the floor of the house if it is
reported favorably.
foreign Trade
AFFECTED BT
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 17. — It la
authentically stated that the American
foreign trade decreased $190,000,000
in February, the first month of Ger
many's unrestricted warfare.
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A magnificent specimen of the bald
eagle, measuring seven feet from tip
to tip, was recently presented to the
Douglas Aerie of Eagles by William
Baltuff, the Douglas taxidermist.
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Plans and specifications for a new
Episcopal rectory at Seward have
been received by Rev. G. J. Zinn, and
an effort will be made to'have the
structure built this summer.
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The Fairbanks Igloo of Pioneers of
Alaska is boosting Cecil H. Clegg, a
member of that igloo, for the presi
dency of the Grand Igloo, which is to
meet in Juneau on March 29.
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Arrivals from the Tolovana coun
try are authority for the statement
that considerable prospecting is in
progress this winter on Brooks creek,
a stream of considerable size about
18 miles back of West Fork.
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Sixty-eight thousand feet of lumber
and timbers arrived at Seward re
cently for the wharf and plant of the
San Juan Fishing Company's plant,
which is to be constructed there.