® ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
This company raaervaa tha right to change schedule of atsamara
without notice.
Leaves Seattle For Seattle
Steamers Alaska, Alamed i and Northwestern for speed and
comfort
The freighters Cordova, Latouche, Juneau, Valdez
and Ketchikan also make regular trips.
Tickets on aale at up-town office Alaska Staamahlp Bldg. Bag
gage or freight will not be raoaived at the dock later than one hour
before sailing time.
J H. BUNCH, G. F. & P. Agt S. R. HEDGES, Agent.
dfflKl HHHj
Pacific Steamship Co. 1
Safety Courtesy Service ■
Two Sailings per Month via Inside Passage I
Through Tickets to All California and Eastern Points I
For information as to rates and sailing dates see agent I
J. H. KLINE, Agent I
Plume 22.1; Kesidence 222 Empress Building B
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ARE YOU GOING OUT THIS FALL?
Visit San Francisco and Stop with
Mark C. Thompson
at his new hotel in the heart of tin* city between
i’oweil and Mason Streets.
The Dale-Tallac Hotel
140 ELLIS STREET
Special Rates and Headquarters for Alaskans.
I ALASKA TRANSFER I
j COMPANY
| Transfer Storage Coal & Wood g
AUTO SERVICE-DAY or NIGHT f
Office—Northern Hotel Building. Phone 86.
THE NORTHERN CLUB
FRED HAEF. PROP. PHONE 47
POOL, CARDS, TOBACCO
SOFTJDRINKS OF ALL KINDS
THE POPULAR CORNER!
CORDOVA ALASKA
j NORTHERN MEAT MARKET |
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in g
1 FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON AND PRO- ■:
VISIONS
Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Order* from
g Mining Camps, Roadhouses and Interior Points
Halibut and Other Fresh Fish of All Kinds Will Be Kept g
in Stock When Available
SMITH & GLASSBRENNER, Props. |
LONDON, Sept 23.—Perils risked
by British airmen in night bombing
of Bruges, a most important subma
rine base in Belgium, are graphically
described by Captain Paul Bewsher,
D S. of the British Royal air
force. Bruges has been subjected to
air attacks so often that it is now
considered one of the best defended
cities on the western front.
"The pilot and observer of a Brit
ish light bombing machine proceeding
to Bruges havo usually no difficulty
in finding their way, as a haze of
light from the searchlights can ho
I seen twenty or thirty miles off," the
captain writes "As they draw nearer
they see a maze of fifteen or sixteen
searehlights moving restlessly over
the town, looking for some machine
whose engine has been heard. Sud
denly they see the red flash of i
bursting bomb and then another ami
another. At once chains of brilliant
emerald-olored balls of fire pour up
wards in ceaseless lines, filling tie
sky with green lmhhles of light. Tie
machine is not picked up. however,
and gradually the lights and shell fin
die away
“Now they are drawifig nearer, and
the observer crawls through a little
door into tin- nose of the maohiiu ex
amines his bomb handle, and adjusts
the bomb dropping sight As he kn els
a boavi 1 y-muffled figure, in his little
wooden * ockpit. ten thousand ec?
over nothing, he is so absorbed In
watching the ground that his ur
roundings seem to him perfectly nor
iii'11 . he i- entirely it his ease.
“ He l()W he sees the black li lit O
Ho* can.si which he is using .1
guide. He turns the pilot to tile oft
with a wave of his hand, and ' ion
again to the right, and stops him ith
an uplifted arm
“Ahead he can see the dark m ts
of the town, and to the left tin 1 m
ba uns of the docks. Far to tie- -1
lies the dark line of the Helgian co ;st
and over Ostend and /.eebruggi* nn-vc
the sentinel searchlights. Bruges le
dark and dim, snatching a brief rest
from its tumultuous night
“The observer waves his hand, rtful
the roar of the engine dies away into
silence, as the machine dives toward
its target. He unstraps his bomb
handle and leans far over the front,
looking down to the shining water
of the dock, absorbed in following tin*
course of the little metal bar of the
sight. It touches the docks and
crosses them With a quick gesture
he guides the pilot to the left, and
the bar sweeps around and crosses
the section of the quay he wishes to
attack
"He checks the pilot and holds his
bomb- lever in readiness. Hundreds
of Hermans stand waiting at their
guns, machine guns, searchlights and
green hall machines, hut he thinks of
nothing save the passage of the metal
liar across the black mass between
the two shining strips of water
"Suddenly his 'sight' registers the
range. He pushes the lever forward
slowly, pulls it hack again, and again
pushes it forward, again and again
From behind there comes the click
and clatter of fourteen dropping
bombs
"He shouts to the pilot to turn, and
one huge wing climbs toward the stars
as the machine sweeps round and
away from the welter of shells and
searchlights that the explosion of the
bombs will bring.
"Hazing downward, the observer
sees at the edge of the quay a red
spurt of flame . which slowly dies
away. Two others follow, in the
water where lie destroyers and sub
marines. and then more and more
hurst on the sheds In the middle. A
white sheet of flame bursts from one
shed, and fading slowly, leaves a red
glare An ammunition store has been
blown up. The other bombs burst
across the wharves and crowded ha
sins, leaving huge clouds of white
smoke where they have wrought de
struction.
"Simultaneously with the bursting
of I he first licmil), hundreds of green
balls come streaming In swaying
curves from the ground, and pour up
wards past the wings on both sides.
Idke a handful of ribbons, the search
lights have been thrown up and till
the sky with wands of light which
weave a strange pattern all around
the machine. Gunfire flashes around
the town, and close to the machine
now bursts the clamorous barrage.
"It Is an awe inspiring din, but
through it the observer has heard the
thud of the bursting bombs below. He
scrambles back to the pilot and
laughs Searchlights sweep to and
fro. fantastic strings of green halls
bubble upwards, and the flash of the
shells seems to fill the whole sky.
“The machine roars on homewards
through a maelstrom of flame and fire
The attack haR been pressed home,
and on the docks of Bruges the am
munition sheds are shattered and in
flames, nnd water is pouring into the
battered sides of the submarines. The
airmen fly home, well content with
their consciousness of duty well done,
and leave far behind the searchlights
still vainly scouring every quarter of
the heavens—too late!"
A.
TO IMPROVE RELATIONS
I WITH SISTER REPUBLIC
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 23. Im
provement of the extent and cordial
ity of trade relations between Mexico
and the I'nited States is one purpose
of the federation of Mexican Cham
hers of Commerce in inviting repre
sentatives of leading American trade
organizations to attend the commer
cial convention to be held here this
month Invitations have been sent
tn the American Manufacturers' Ex
pert \ s social ion of New York, the
St Louis Chamber of Commerce, the
Chamber of Commerce of the I'nited
States of America, and A II Hoette.
repn entativc of the St. Loin- Ex
port \> ;oeiat i o i.. .ho attended tile
first national ronon-s lodd in Mex
ieo ('ity, AugiiM. IP 17. I delegates
from the I Hited States will he gm* o ,
of the American Chamber cd' Com
mono of Mexico City
-*
REQUEST INFORMATION
ON WORK OF 0. S. ARMY
_
MEXICO (TTY. Sept. 22 - Army of
ficials In charm' of the publication of
the Mexican Army anti Navy Journal
have naked the American embassy for
an authoritative summary of the war
accomplish!]! Mlts of the I'nited States
since the beKinnltiK of 1'.*1S. The pov
eminent publication soIh a precedent
by this request.
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AREYOU
AWAKE
?
To the fact that the
CORDOVA
DAILY TIMES
has one of th^ largest
paid circulations of any
paper in Alaska?
By advertising in its
columns you are speak
ing to every resident of
Cordova and the Copper
River Valley.
IT PAYS TO
ADVERTISE
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Altai
Coffee
and Tea
Given
Highest Award |
At the
p. p. i. !
EXPOSITION] |
When ordering
Coffee or Tea
Why not order
The Best-They
Will Cost You| |
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BLUM,O’NEIL I
COMPANY |
DISTRIBUTORS S
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When Ordering Job Work Don’t j
' Think It Is Your Duty to Build Up |
Concerns In the States, But Give
i The People Who Are Paying
1 Wages and Spending Their Money
In Cordova a Chance to Live.
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JUST RECEIVED
A Lagre Shipment of
LIVE
CHICKENS
Excellent Fryers
FRESH EGGS
FOR SALE
JOE FREY
Phone 22
Cordova
Sheet Metal Works
J. A. COHRS, Prop.
Phones
Shop, 143 Res., 160—2R.
General Sheet Metal Work,
Smokestacks, Boats and other
Tanks, all sizes; Boat Flywheel
Pans, Garbage and Ash Cans.
REPAIR WORK DONE
Alaska’s
“Beats Them All”
Non-intoxicating
Cereal Products
ALASKA
BEVERAGE Co.
JUNEAU ALASKA
Furnished
Rooms
By Day or Month
Over the Northern
Drug Store
Entrance Burkhardt Way
r—-.—.. .
Geo. Anderson
PIANO TUNER
And Factory Representative for
High Grade
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
Will be in Cordova
About September 1
LEAVE ORDERS AT
WINDSOR HOTEL
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Manhattan Hotel
R, W FERRELL, Prop.
Kleetrie Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA
PHONE 99
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HARMON MACHINERY COMPANY, INC.
! CORDOVA. ALASKA jjj