The Cordova \ Daily Times
Only Afternoon Paper In AlaskajJAfith Associated Press News
VOLUME III. NUMBER 113.__CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATUIftAY, APRIL 14, 1917._£RICE TEN CENTS.
ALLIES PLOUGH THROUGH GERMAN LINES
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♦ WASHINGTON , April 14. — ♦
♦ The seven billion dollar war bond ♦
♦ bill passed this afternoon by an ♦
♦ overwhelming majority, much to ♦
♦ the gratification of President ♦
♦ Wilson. ♦
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WASHINGTON, April 14. — The
passage of the war revenue bill be
fore night is assured. The house is
now debating under the five minute
rule.
KRAUSE IS STILL
(Special to the Times)
JUNEAU, April 14. — Ten launches
are still searching for murderer
Krause, who broke jail, but there are
no clues as yet. Three of the night
jailers have been discharged as the
result of the escape.
JUNEAU, April 14. — Following the
escape of Krause, federal Marshal
Bishop wired his resignation to the
department of justice, which has been,
accepted. Judge Jennings authorized
to make appointment. This afternoon
he appointed J. M. Tanner, who has
accepted, and he immediately entered
upon his new duties.
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(By Associated Press)
PORTLAND, Ore., April 14. — Jas.
H. Fletcher, first lieutenant governor
of South Dakota, and afterward a
Klondike stampeder, died here today
at the age of 82.
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NATIONAL GUARD
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 14. — Secre
tary Baker has approved the decision
of the judge advocate general in fore
shadowing the raising of the strength
of the national guard to 600,000 tnen
on a war footing.
LEGISLATURE IS
DELUGED
BILLS
(Special to the Times)
JUNEAU, April 14. •— Yesterday
there were sixteen bills introduced in
the house and five in the senate. Both
houses passed resolutions extending
the time for the introduction of bills
to the forty-fifth day of the session.
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MODEL CHINESE SETTLEMENT
ACROSS BAY FROM HONG KONG.
(By Associated Press)
HONG KONG, April 14. — Chinese
capitalists have subscribed $2,000,000
silver for the development of a model
settlement at Kowloon, across Kow
loon bay from Hong Kong. Plats now
covered by the sea will be reclaimed
and a modern city will be constructed.
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The rich Jesse B. claim, located in
the Willow creek district, last sum
mer by Jesse Garver and owned by a
few residents of Anchorage, will be
worked on an extensive scale this
summer.
FORCING ENEMY BACK AND CAPTURING POSITIONS
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LONDON, April 14.—Gaps in tlio German defenses were made in two pices or positions on a front of three miles, between Double Grass
ier and Givenchy, nud another mile on the north flank. The Hindenburg tr# jph system has been captured and the advance posts pushed well j j
toward Queant and Prouville. The Germans are fighting as they retire froi Loos southward, and are being hard pressed. Fires and explos- j j
ions in territory to the rear of the German lines continue, and the weather i| favorable for campaigning. ! j
The coal mining area around Lens is invaded' and the German hold is Scorning precarious. Several more villages and positions south- ;!
west of Lens fell into British hands last night. The British line here is linjfed with positions taken from the Germans in the buttle at Loos.
The Germans who in St. Quentin are threatened through the capture of the.Village of Fayet, a mile northwest of the town. From Fayet the j
British guns command the German lines and communication northward, tvpthwest of Arras the British are approaching Quent, on the north- j
ern extremity. The new German line is defending Cambria. j , j
A single week has accomplished progress many military writers thought would require a great part of the summer. The impression pre
vails that great events are impending with the fall of Lens.
LONDON, April 14.—The British last night broke the German front for a distance of four miles, and the Germans are retreating in the di
rection of Vimy. The British seized the Vimy station, La Chandrere an enemy positions between Givenchy, Engohelle and Angres.
Progress was also made north of the Bapaume-Cambria road. The British t ok the village of Fayet, a mile northwest of St. Quentin. After
a sharp fight they also took important positions at Ascencious farm and Grt id Priel farm. Among the guns captured were four eight-inch
howitzers.
The turning top of Hindenburg’s line is an achievement, the full importance of which has not yet developed’. The Germans evidently in
tend to make the strongest possible defensive fight before falling back again.
PETROGRAD, April 14.—British and French deputations, which have been sent to extend fraternal greetings to the new Russian govern
ment, arrived in this city today. The delegations were welcomed by huge crowds, carrying red banners, on which were inscribed “Unity,”
and which were waved while the bands played the Marcellaise.
MADRID, April 14.—A protest to Germany over the sinking of the Spanish steamer San Fuelgencio has been sent to Berlin, and the news
papers emphasize the gravity of the situation. i
LA PAZ, April 14.—The Bolivian government in its note severing relations with Germany, denounces the attacks of German submarines
| on neutral vessels.
BERLIN, April 14.—Negotiations for peace aft* proceeding between German and Austrian Socialists, apparently with the German gov
ernment’s approval.
BERLIN, April 14.—The military critic of the Vossiche-Zeitung dwells on the unfounded excitement spreading among those at home and
warns the public not to judge the military situation from single events, but to take events as a whole into consideration.
LONDON, April 14.—It is officially announced that the Turks sustained another defeat from the British, suffering heavy losses, and the
• Turks are retreating.
ATTORNEYS TRYING TO SAKE
ESTATE MONEY
Several years ago Fritz Bloch, an
oldtimer of the interior, was found
dead on the trail in the Koyukuk. He
left no estate here, but had approxi
mately $18,000 in cash in a bank in
San Francisco. The public adminis
trator of the state of California took
charge of it, and is now trying to
turn the funds over to the state, claim
ing that as there were no heirs it es
cheats to the state. McGowan &
Clark, of Fairbanks, attorneys for the
special administrator in Alaska, be
lieve that the funds should go to the
territory of Alaska, and are now mak
ing a fight before the courts in Cali
fornia, trying to compel the adminis
trator there to give the money to the
territorial treasurer of Alaska.
Thomas A. McGow’an, who is now
in Juneau, is taking the matter up
with the attorney general and it is
more than likely that Mr. Grigsby will
take a hand in trying to save these
funds for Alaska, where It was made,
instead of allowing it to go to Cali
fornia.
COMPULSORY TILLAGE FOR
IRELAND
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(By Associated Press)
DUBLIN, April 14. — All Ireland
appears to be engaged in one vast
ploughing match. Ploughs are being
drawn by every available type of ani
mal, while men and women who never
put their hand to a plough before have
learned to do the work in the subma
rine emergency. The Irish depart
ment of agriculture has thrown all its
executive machinery into the effort
to increase the tillage enormously, and
has obtained a decree under the de
fence of the realm act, making a cer
tain minimum percentage of extra til
lage compulsory on every farmer in
Ireland holding more than ten acres
of land.
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LONDON, April 14. — It is general
ly believed in England that the close
of the war will see the reorganization
of Arabia into a definite autonomous
government, known as Arabistan, with
the capital in Mecca, and governing
a territory about the size of India.
Reuter’s Agency sends out a dispatch
which may be taken to summarize
British official opinion on the Ara
bian question.
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Matanuska coal Is selling at An
chorage at $8.00 pei ton, delivered.
PERSONAL GOSSIP ABOUT
WELL KNOWN.PEOPLE
On Monday evening the new city
louncil will meet and organize.
James Oliver will leave on today’s
boat for the Pioneers' home at Sitka.
There will be a dance at Hegg's to
night. You are invited. Best of mu
sic by the Bon Ton orchestra.
Mrs. Alvah Eames, who has been on
an extended visit to Portland, re
turned home on the Northwestern this
afternoon.
Bert Howdershell, one of the pioneer
newspapermen of Alaska, arrived in
Cordova this afternoon to accept a po
sition with the Daily Times.
The Children of Mary are hereby
notified that next Sunday is regular
Communion Sunday, and all members
are requested to be on time at the
8:30 a. m. mass.
The funeral of the late Will Clay
son, Jr., will be held tomorrow after
noon, services to be conducted at the
Catholic church at 3 o’clock, Father
Fletcher officiating.
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FRENCH LABORERS BECOAAE
BUSINESS PARTNERS
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, April 14. — Another step
toward making the laborer a business
partner, participating in both the pro
fits and management of enterprises
in which he is employed, is being
taken in France. The senate has
adopted the principle of a bill amend
ing corporation laws so as to permit
the allotment of shares to workmen
collectively in any establishment to
be held for all employees of one year’s
standing or more, for the distribution
of the dividends among them.
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RACING RESUMED IN FRANCE
FOR BREEDING PURPOSES.
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, April 14—Racing in France
in France will shortly be resumed at
both Chantilly and Maison Lafitte, but
the races will only be In the interests
of breeders. There will be no betting
and the public will not be admitted.
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Charles Goldstein, the well known
Juneau fur buyer, announces his in
tention to center the fur trade of the
north in Juneau.
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The Alaska engineering commission
has established an accounting ami
auditing department, with H. R. Porn
dollar in charge.
The steamer Northwestern arrived
at 3 o'clock this afternoon with 81
passengers and a large quantity of
freight for Cordova. Those arriving
here were: Charles Dill, C. Conaday,
Mrs. C. M. Mayor, I’. Wood, L. Gar
finkle, O. S. Williamson, Miss R.
Smith, W. E. Miller, S. Borg, C. J.
Smith, Bessie F. Dickinson, J. D.
Clark, J. H. Wood, J. J. Mooney and
wife, H. P. Lamereaux and wife, Geo.
Thompson, O. Hansen, H. Johnson, R.
Collins, L. Kelly, N. Barseth, W. S.
Cunningham, Charles Birdsall, Gus St.
Claire, H. Noffsinger, Joe Baker, C. E.
McCurdy, D. Sehmeil, John Baker, W.
S. Scott, Mrs. A. Eames, Tom Oloff,
Irene Chesney, Marie Chesney, Mrs.
E. M. Allen, A1 Beal, B. Howdershell,
A. G. Gaseloff, G. Hodikoff, S. Fitseff, j
Nick Yoeff, J. J. Costello, A. Agoff, F.
Byolok, O. E. Johnson, F. Weinrich,
Robert Tolby and 33 steerage.
The freighter Cordova arrived in
port early this morning for fuel oii.
Captain Vick Westerlund is in com
mand, and he says he is on his way
to the Bering sea, about 200 miles east
of Unimak pass, with several large
cannery outfits and seventy-five men
for plants at Herenden bay and M>rz
chovia bay. The Cordova Fill be to
the westward about a month.
Three passenger boats, a freighter
and a government collier were in port
today.
The steamer Mariposa is due from
the westward late this afternoon.
The Admiral Watson is due here
early Monday morning.
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J. It. Krueger, a Matanuska rancher,
is making arrangements to ship in a
number of head of cattle fob his ranch
this summer, his experienOe during
the past winter leading to j’he belief
that the cattle will do wqll in that
section.
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Walter DeLong, head of the light
erage department of the engineering
commission at Anchorage, reports he
has sufficient equipment to handle a
one thousand ton cargo and will soon
be ready to handle all freiglt offered.
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The Glacier Mining Company is
making preparations to won its pro
perty near Haines on a large scale
during the coming summer.
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Candle, on Seward penipiuia, re
ports having experienced qae of the
most protracted cold spellq this win
ter in the history of the coiiatry.
OBSERVATION BALLOON ONE
FRANCE’S TRIUMPHS
(By Associated Tress)
PARIS, April 14. — Among the lat
est triumphs of the French aerial ser
vice is a new observation balloon,
known as Le Caquot. At the begin
ning of the war observers other than
those in aeroplanes utilized kite bal
loons of the German Grachen type,
called by the French soldiers “sau
sages.” There are still some of these
in use at the front, but Le Caquot is
much preferred.
STUDENTS LEARNING THE
(By Associated Press)
CHEYENNE, April 14. — Consider
able interest is being taken this spring
in the so-called "Australian” system
of handling wool. Many college stu
dents are to give up from one to four
months of their time to work in the
wool sheds, learning the system by ac
tual practice with it.
Many of these will come from Wy
oming institutions, but others are to
come from iduho, California, Oregon,
Nevada, Texas, Colorado and Arizona.
They will work principally in the sec
tions of the sheds where the shorn
fleeces are cleaned and prepared for
classification. One college professor,
John Hill, of the University of Wy
oming staff, will work as classifier,
though most of the classifying will be
done by experts from Australia, ac
cording to present indications.
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CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA
GROWERS MAY BE AFFECTED.
(By United Press)
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 13. — Cal
ifornia and Florida fruit growers will
probably feel the effects of a govern
ment decree published here which
exempts Argentine fresh fruits from
customs duties. The exemption was
decreed in exchange for the reduction
of duties on several Brazilian products
in Argentine.
In compensation to the United
States for the free importation of Bra
zilian coffee, was renewed the prefer
ential tariff on American manufac
tured rubber goods, wheat, flour, con
densed milk, dried fruits and other
articles.
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Anchorage civic organizations have
taken up the matter of establishing
public drinking fountains on the
thoroughfares of that city.
On ground owned by J. W. Willison
on Midway creek, Tolstoi district, pay
running 50 to 60 cents to the foot is
reported to have been found. George
Blanusha of Iditarod is said to have
purchased the ground.
SCARCITY COAL IN LONDON1
CAUSES SUFFERING
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, April 14. — London has
just passed through the hardest winter
of the war. For weeks the weather
has been down to the freezing point,
an unusual thing here. Coupled with
this severity of weather was a scar
city of coal, which caused suffering
among rich and poor alike. The coal
was in the country, but the difficulty
was in getting it to the consumers.
It is true that prices did not soar
very high as compared with those in
Paris and Home, but the dealers did
get $15 a ton, which is a good price
in London. 4
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THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED
AS GOVERNOR ALASKA
After the purchase of Alaska from
Russia, the territory was under the
supervision of the treasury and navy
departments for the period from 1867
until 1884, when the District of Alaska
was organized, under an act of con
gress, after which the first governor
was named. Since 1884 eight differ
ent men have acted as governor. The
names of these chief executives of
Alaska, and the terms during which
they served are as follows:
John H. Kinkhead — From Septem
ber 15, 1884, until May 8, 1885.
A. P. Swineford — From May 9,
1885, until April 12, 1889.
Lyman E. Knapp — From April 12,
1889, until August 23, 1893.
James Sheakley — From August 23,
1893, until July 4, 1897.
John C. Brady — From July 15, 1897,
until April 23„ 1906.
William B. Hoggatt — From April
29, 1906, until September 30, 1909.
Walter E. Clark — From October 1,
1909, until May 20, 1913.
J. F. A. Stiong — From May 21,
1913, until—
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Since the wolf bounty act went into
effect the territorial treasurer has
paid a bounty on 125 wolf pelts, am
ounting to $1,250, and he has received
for the pelts sold the sum of $212.
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Four outfits left Anchorage recently
to go over the trail to Iditarod and
Tolstoi, carrying considerable freight.
One dollar per pound is the ruling
freight rate over this route.
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A number of residents at Chatani
ka recently presented the school at
that place with a fine Victrola and un
excellent selection of records.
The Bank of Anchorage recently
moved into its new quarters in the
Fowler building pt that place, and
now has one of the finest banking es
tablishments in the north.
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BE BUILT
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There Is considerable activity at the
dock in transporting materials and
supplies to Miles 7 and 14 1-2, along
the Copper River & Northwestern rail
way, where the navy is erecting one
of the best and most powerful radio
plantc in the country. The U. 8. 8.
Saturn is in port, with the first ship
ment of machinery and lumber, as well
as a working crew of about sixty
men. Two more trips will be made
here this summer, the collier bringing
more material and men. A force of
eighty will rush the construction work
to completion as rapidly as possible.
At Mile 14 1-2 there will be erected
a high power arc transmitting set,
having an extreme range from Cor
dova to Mexico. Last year buildings
and masts were erected, and this
summer the work to be done consists
of the installation of the following
machinery: Generator for the arc
set; large gas engine to run the arc
generator; lighting and charging gen
erator; antennae; central heating
plant; large tanks for fuel supply and
large water tank. Additions will be
made to the old buildings, and new
ones constructed, especially cottages
for the married operators; build side
walks to connect all the buildings. A
ground system will be provided for
antennae and a railway station con
structed. A railway speeder will be
provided so as to establish track com
munication between Cordova and the
plant. The transmitting set will be
upernieu uy nmiuitj vuuuui iiuui .11110
7, and when the station at Mile 14 la
completed, the transmitting set from
Whitshed will be moved there.
At Mile 7 there will be installed the
new rsesJvtn« station, with ana of the
longest aerials in the west. Work to
be done there is as follows: Build
ings to be constructed: One cottage
for district raidio superintendent; one
cottage for radio gunner; four double
cottages for married operators; one
dormitory for bachelors; operating
house; store house and workshop;
sidewalks and fences; railway sta
tion; bunk houses, including office,
store house, kitchen and office quar
ters to accommodate working party.
There will be installed a driven
pump well, with 10,000 gallon tank
and water supply system; 10,000 gal
lon capacity tank for oil; receiving
set; antennae; long distance control
between Miles 7 and 14 1-2. Three
steel towers are to be erected, and
telephone and telegraph lines estab
lished to Cordova central and cable
office, respectively.
In personnel alone quite an addi
tion will be made to the community.
The operating force will be as fol
lows: one lieutenant, one radio gun
ner, one yeoman, fifteen electric! ins,
one machinists's mate, one cook and
one messman. In addition to the above
there will be the wives and children
of the married personnel and servants
for the officers.
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PETIT JURORS DISCHARGED
AND COURT TO ADJOURN.
The petit jurors were discharged
this morning and the district court
will adjourn before evening, when the
officials will return to Valdez on the
steamer Northwestern.
The jury In the case of H. A.
Sprague vs. Lighthouse Canning and
Packing Company returned its verdict
last night, in favor of the defendant,
but also decided that the plaintiff was
not short in his accounts and there
was no liability on the part of the
United States Fidelity Guaranty Com
pany.
Carston E. Johnson was admitted to
citizenship this morning.
The divorce proceeding of John
Christensen vs. Matilda Christensen
is being heard this afternoon.
The motion for Otto Kanitz to show
cause why he did not pay an attorney
fee and increase the alimony to his
daughter from $15 to $30 a month was
continued to the May term at Valdez.
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ALIENS MUST HAVE PASSPORTS
OR THEY CAN'T ENTER SPAIN.
(By United Press)
MADRID. April 14. — All aliens
now found in Spain who have no pass
ports will be subject to fine and ex
pulsion. No aliens will be permitted
to enter Spain without a passport, also
a systematic registration of all aliens
is being undertaken. This measure
is taken because the country has been
overrun with spies, a small army of
whom have been keeping submarine
captains informed as to the sailing of
all vessels from Spanish ports.