CORDOVA
The seaport through which all the copper and gold
ore deposits of interior Alaska must pass to reach the
markets of the* world.
The largest salmon canning center in Southwestern
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Alaska, with five salmon canneries in operation.
The natural outlet for the coal of the Bering river
coal fields; where the copper ore of the interior and of
Prince William Sound points will be reduced when the
coal is made available.
The nearest practicable harbor to the oil fields of
Katalla.
CORDOVA
Has the best harbor north of Puget Sound; ideally
created topographically for a naval station.
Has more natural beauty in its location and sur
roundings than any other city in Alaska.
Has doubled its population the past year through an
influx of permanent residents, brought here by the estab
lishment of new industries.
Has a modern, broad-gague railroad tapping the rich
copper deposits of the Kotsina-Chitina copper belt.
Has the largest dock in Alaska, taxed to its capacity
to handle the millions of pounds of copper and thousands
of cases of canned fish being shipped from here monthly.
Has seven passenger and six freight steamships
making regular trips between it and Puget Sound points,
besides numerous tramp vessels.
Has the best lighted streets in Alaska, lined with
modern business blocks.
Has two navy wireless stations, one of which is equal
in power to any in the United States, and cable connection
with Seattle.
Has every line of business and profession well repre
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seated. j . -
Has a $10,000 school building, where high school
grades are taught; four churches, four modern hotels,
good restaurants, telephone, electric lights, waterworks
and sewers.
Has splendid facilities for the sportsman; wild fowl
ami game fish are abundant, while a short trip on the
railroad brings the hunter within easy reach of bear,
mountain goat and sheep, moose and caribou.
Has for the sightseer and tourist the greatest natu
ral wonders in the world, the Childs and Miles glaciers.
Cordova today is on a more permanent basis than
any other city in Alaska; is assured of continued prosper
ity and a steady growth, due to the progressive develop
ment which its natural resources are now undergoing.
When the coal of the Bering river fields, now but 25
miles from the present railroad, becomes available, smelt
ers will be erected here, and Cordova will become the
Butte of the North.
For more particular information regarding the in
dustries and resources of Cordova and vicinity, the oppor
tunity for investment and employment here, and descrip
tive literature, write
Cordova Chamber of Commerce
Cordova, Alaska
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REVIEW OF SECOND
YEAR OF THE WAR
(Continued from Thursday.)
Another cause of friction between
the United 8tates and the central pow
ers was also removed during the year.
Since the outbreak of the war certain
propagandists had been busy instigat
ing strikes in munition factories which
had contracts with the allies In
endeavoring in other ways to Inter
fere with this trade. For his activity
In this respect the recall of I)r. Con
stantin Dumba, Austrian ambassador,
was requested by President Wilson in
September. The following December,
for similar reasons the president re
quested the recall of Captain Boy-Fid
and Captain von Papen. naval and
military attaches respectively to the
Herman embassy. A number of con
victions were obtained in the crim
inal courts in other cases and the
propaganda ceased.
Apart from events in the actual war
theatres the most striking event of
the year in connection with the con
flict was an uprising In Ireland In
April. The outbreak was organized
by a society known as the Sinn Fein,
committed to the principle of an inde
I pendent Ireland. Bloody fighting took
place in Dublin in which hundreds of
lives were lost and the heart of the
business section destroyed, at a cost
of many millions of dollars. The fight
ing was sporadic elsewhere in the Is
lands, and of minor Importance. The
revolt was finally crushed and the
ringleaders executed. It led. however,
to an agitation which resulted In the
government preparing a temporary
home rule bill, which it expects to pass
through parliament this fall.
The day after the outbreak of the
! rebellion Sir Roger Casement, former
! ly in the British consular service, was
! arrested on the west coast of Ireland,
j where he had attempted to land a
| cargo of arms sent from Germany. He
j was tried later for hlK treason, sen
tenced to death and later hanged.
No definite figures can be given of
I the cost of the great war in blood and
! gold, but the most reliable estimates
| present figures so vast that they be
j come practically meaningless. In
| March, 1916, the United States gen
eral army staff estimated that the
total losses in men to all the belliger
ents since the war began were 13,003,
000.
As to the money question figures are
more reliable but still vague. They
present figures which are so far
beyond anything known to Internation
al finance, so impossible of any human
comparison that they become little
more than a jumble of figures. In
March Dr. Karl Helferrich. secretary
j of the Imperial treasury of Germany,
estimated that the war was costing
! all the combatants $375,000,000 a week,
or eleven and a half billion dollars a
year. William Michaelis, another Ger
| man financial expert, put the yearly
cost at the vaster sum of fifteen bil
j! lions, and other financial authorities
gave even higher figures.
On July 17 Reginald McKenna, Brit
ish chancellor of the exchequer, stated
in the house of commons that the ex
penditures for Great Britain alone
were $30,000,000 daily. He did not say.
however, how much of thi| incredible
sum represented war expense.
Two new nations entered the ranks
of the belligerents during the year. On
October 13, 1915. Bulgaria threw in
her lot with the central powers and
on March 9, 1916 Germany declared
war on Portugal after the republic
had seized all German ships interned
in her ports.
The entrance of Bulgaria into the
arena was signalized by a combined
assault on Serbia by Austria. Germany
and Bulgaria, which resulted In the
complete overwhelming of the hope
lessly outnumbered Serbians and the
subjugation of their country. The
j remnants of the Serbian army were
driven across the frontier into the
wilderness of Albania, whence they
j were reorganized and re-equlpped and
later, to the number of about 100,000,
Joined the Franco-British forces al
Salonikl. The Burvlvors of the Gall!
poll campaign were also gathered al
; the Grecian seaport, as well a« a large
, British army from Egypt. This com
i blued force Is 'estimated at 600,000
! men, and is presumably being held
I for an attempt to wrest Serbia fron
; the Bulgarians.
j The principal success won by Aus
trlan arms during the year was i
great offensive undertaken againsi
Italy In May. The Austrian forcei
swept the Italian Invaders back ovei
a wide Btretch of country In the south
ern Tyrol, reconquered about 271
square miles of Austrian territory and
carried the battle Into Italy. The Ital
ians rallied, however, and at the close
of the twelve months had regained i
large portion of ground and were vig
orously pressing a counter offenslvi
in accordhnce with the plans of thi
entente for concerted notion.
' On the sea the year witnessed an
event of surpassing interest. The Ger
man grand fleet, steaming out from
its mine fields and Impregnable har
bore at Kiel and Wilhelmshaven, en
gaged the British fleet In the might
iest naval battle of history.
The battle was fought off the coast
of Jutland on May 31. Its results are
so obscured by the conflicting claims
of the combatants that they will pro
bably not be definitely known until
the war is over, if then. The Ger
mans assert that the British losses
were far heavier than theirs and on
that ground claim the victory. The
British, denying greater losses, point
to the fact that they still control the
seas as the basis of their right to the
title of victors. London also claims
that since the battle 200 British ships,
which had been tied up in Baltic ports
since the beginning of the war, have
been able to make their way to Eng
lish ports unmolested by German
warships.
The German official account of the
fight says that the British losses were
117,150 tons, as against 60,720 tons
sunk by the British. The British ad
miralty makes no attempt to estimate
the loss in tonnage, but unofficial Brit
ish estimates place the German loss at
109,220 tons against 112,350 for the
British. Officially the Germans have
admitted the loss of only one capital
ship, the Lutzow, 26,600 tons, a vessel
surpassing in tonnage and armament
many battleships. The British claim
to have sunk in addition two dread
noughts and probably a third. The
principal losses admitted by them for
their side are the three battle cruis
ers, the Invincible, the Indefatigable
and the Queen Mary.
One other event on the sea aroused
intense interest. On June 5 Field Mar- '
shal Earl Kitchener, Great Britain's
famous war minister, was drowned j
with his staff off the Orkneys when |
the cruiser Hampshire went down. It j
was at first thought the cruiser had j
been the victim of a submarine, but |
this theory was generally discarded
when It was learned that the warship j
had struck a mine and gone down in '
the midst of a terrific storm.
The second year of the war was a (
memorable one as far as the United
States was concerned. It marked the
apparent final passing of the crisis
between this country and Germany
over the submarine warfare which
threatened more than once a rupture
of relations and even war.
The sinking by a submarine without
warning of the White Star liner Ara
bic, with the loss of two American
lives, created a profound impression
in the United States. Germany sent
a note to Washington in September,
pleading self-defense and offering to
refer the question of cony>ensation to <
The Hague, but this was regarded
with disappointment by the Washing
ton government, and the situation be
came very tense. In October Germany
disavowed and regretted the sinking
of the Arabic.
Five months later the French steam
ship Sussex was torpedoed without
warning while carrying more than 300
passengers, including a number of j
Americans, across the English chan
nel. About fifty persons were killed,
and this incident brought the subma
rine question to an acute stage. Ger
many at first disclaimed responsibil
ity for the attack on the Sussex, but
the evidence accumulated by the
United States appeared so overwhelm ;
ing that President Wilson on April ,
18 dispatched to Germany a note
which was virtually an ultimatum, and
on the following day personally ap J
peared before congress and laid the
entire problem before that body. On
May 10 Germany admitted the subma
riue attack on the Sussex, and pro
mised that no more liners should be
sunk without warning and without
ample opportunity of the escape of
crews and passengers. These pro
mises were considered satisfactory by
the president, and the war cloud lifted.
Since that time a large number of
ships have been sunk by German and
Austrian submarines, but the rules of
International law have been generally
observed.
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A team owned and driven by C. M.
Jorgenson of Juneau, attached to a
wagon loaded with sand, backed off a
ten foot bluff, smashing the wagon
and harness. Jorgenson and the
horses were uninjured.
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Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath.
Cordova House
H. C. ROSS, Proprietor.
Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
The Lang Stove, born in Alaska.
Is the Stove for Alaskans.
Body made of Armco Rust-Resist
ing Iron.
Polished Cooking Surface.
Will hold fire overnight with wood
or coal.
Will burn green wood.
Ask your dealer for a Lang Stove
If he cannot supply you write us.
Our line is complete from the
smallest camp stove to the larg
est hotel range.
Any sourdough will tell you about the
Lang Stove. They aJl know it.
F. S. LANG MFG. CO.
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ties for our soda fountain.
Plenty of Fresh E. K. C. Films.
Victor Victrolas Victor Records
$15.00 up. for July Here.
MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION.
I Foos Gas Engines j
4 to 5C0 Horse Power
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General Electric Motors
Roebling Tramways
Pelton Water Wheels
Chicago Oil Engines and Compressors
Regal Boat Engines
I Harmon Machinery Co Inc |
|j Oxy-Acetylene Welding.
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