The Cordova Daily Times
Only Afternoon Paper In Alaska With Associated Press News
VOLUME III. NUMBER 95. _CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1917 ' PRICE TEN CENTS
bench Advance
PARIS, March 24.—The allies continue to forge ahead on
the center and extreme right and progressed' substantially yes
terday in the direction of St. Quentin and Lafere in the teeth
of a determined German resistance. Notwithstanding the ef
forts of tlie Germans to destroy the roads during their retire
ment, the allies managed to bring up a good force of all but the
heaviest artillery guns. They are again busy, after a long rest,
but the pressure of the French troops from St. Quentin to the
Aisne liver is so powerful it seems doubtful whether the Ger
mans will be able to hold the so-called Hindenberg line. The
invaders have opened sluices at Lafere and are apparently feel
ing their chances of holding the town, which are not good since
the French got a footing northeast of Tergnier.
GERMAN LINE BEING DRIVEN BACK.
PARIS, March 24. — The French are making solid progress
against a five mile salient, covering St. Gobain and formed by
the lower coucy forest. The French columns there are working
in co-operation with the columns northeast of Soissons, in the
direction of Laon. The latter columns made continuous pro
gress today. The left extremity of the German line at St. Go
bain is exposed to risk, being outflanked and driven back to
Laon. The German staff is alive to the growing danger of mak
ing desperate efforts to check the French advance.
RUSSIANS CAPTURE KERING.
PETROGRAD, March 24.—It is officially announced that
the Russians have captured the Persian town of Kering, in the
sector west of Kermanshah, forty miles from the Mesopotamian
border, while the pursuit of the Turks towards this border
continues. , * . *j£ .flSlfl|
SOCIALIST ATTACKS THE KAISER.
BERLIN, March 24.—Socialist Deputy Kunert has de
nounced the kaiser and chancellor as the originators of the
war, and said he would be proud if such progress was made in
Germany that has recently been made* by the revolutionists in
Russia.
BULGARIAN TROOPS DffiffifiT, ,, „
* me fM/lgariiuTYroops around Mohastir, as a
'i over supplies and the relations with the Teutonic allies. Sev
' eral regiments have deserted in a body.
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RUSSIANS FORCED TO WITHDRAW.
PETROGRAD, March 24.—It is officially announced that
under the pressure of the German attacks against the Russian
positions* between the rivers Silclia and Chvanich, on the Rou
manian front, the Russian troops withdrew to the next line of
defense, two-thirds of a mile eastward.
ITALY ABLE TO REDEEM WAR BONDS.
ROME, March 24. — Italy will be able to redeem her war
bond's to the last lire through the earnings of the new industrial
enterprises developed by the war, according to Minister of State
Luigi Luzzatti, Italy’s,best known financier.
FRANCE FORBIDS ALL IMPORTS.
PARIS, March 24. — All imports whatsoever have been
forbidden, except those authorized specifically by the govem
bent upon application.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 24. — The
United States is preparing for a long
war, if necessary. The program In
cludes military, naval, economic and
financial measures. The question of
sending an army abroad is undecided,
but the government will furnish money
and supplies to the allies without
stint.
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(By Associated Press)
EL PASO, March 24. — Large sums
of money continue to be paid Germans
upon drafts from New York, which has
been received by local banks. This
money is in the form of American
gold coin and is being taken to
Juarez.
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LANSING HOLD CONFERENCE
WITH PRESIDENT'S ADVISER.
NEW YORK, March 24. — Secretary
of State Lansing arrived here today
and held a long conference with Col.
House, President Wilson's adviser.
REPATRIATED MOTHER OF
HERO REACHES PARIS
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, March 24. — Madame Nun
gasaer, mother of the French airman
who has brought down twenty-one
German aeroplanes, has just reached
Paris in a party of elderly French wo
men repatriated from the invaded
northern territory of France. She was
in complete ignorance of her son's
achievements in the war, which have
made him one of the great popular
war heroes.
RETIRED SAILORS FINDING
EMPLOYMENT
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, March 24. — The num
ber of old sailors who have returned
to their trade after retirement, owing
to the exceptional chances opened in
the merchant marine by war time
rates of payment, is emphasized by
the numbers of old men who are res
cued from day to day after encounters
between small British trading ships
and submarines. A Lowestoft fishing
boat which was torpedoed the other
day had a skipper of 68, a ship’s "boy'’
of 62, while the ages of the other men
were 64. 68, 69. 72 and 75. The crew
of the three master Mary Watklnson,
which was among this month's casu
alties, contained eight men over 74.
It is estimated that In all the British
fishing fleets, a majority of the crews
at present engaged are over 65.
The Daily Times has received the
latest mechanical appliances for turn
ing out all kinds of ruled Job work.
LEAGUE NATIONS
TO SETTLE ILL
(By Associated Press)
TOKIO, March 24. — That a league
including Great Britain, the United
8tates, Prance, Russia, Italy and Jap
an should be formed to guarantee the
peace of the world is the opinion of
Baron Yoshiro Sakutani, who recently
returned from the United States af
ter an official mission to Europe. The
statesman develops his idea in the of
ficial organ of the Japan Peace So
ciety and the American Peace Society
of Japan.
Ths powers named, he declares,
should combine their armies and
navies and declare to the world that
all conflicts arising between nations
which cannot be settled by diplomatic
means, should be submitted for ju
dicial settlement to the international
court at The Hague or to some other
tribunal. Any nation disobeying this
declaration should be considered as
unjust and be punished by the com
bined powers.
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HOUSE HOLDING
MEMORIAL
SHE
(Special to the Times)
JUNEAU, March 24. — The house
this morning killed bills Nos. 7 and 8,
relating to court matters and compel
booHi, St requested, to gf-re certain
evidence introduced. An adjournment
was taken until 2 o'clock this after
noon, when a memorial service for the
late Representative John G. Held was
held. Judge Jennings delivered the
principal eulogistic address.
JUNEAU, March 24. — The senate
and house yesterday considered mere
ly routine matters, and were working
on measures in committee.
STAGE DRIVER STRICKEN AT
RAPIDS STATION
Moses Dunn, an employee of the
Northern Commercial Company’s Btage
line of many years' standing, is serl
oupsly ill at the company's station at
Rapids, according to information re
ceived here. Mr. Dunn suffered a
stroke which, while it might be apo
plectic, is believed to be paralytic. He
is an oldtimer of many years' stand
ing, and is very well known, particu
larly among the horsemen and the
freighters. He went out to work as
stableman at Rapids for the N. C. Co.
the last time a year ago last fall and
it is understood that during the time
that the stages were not running last
summer he worked for the Alaska
road commission.
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MILITARY TRAINING FOB
RHODES SCHOLARS
OXFORD, March 24. — The Ameri
can Rhodes scholars at Oxford are
forming an organization for military
training, the idea being that in case
tha United States enters the war it
will be the nucleus for an officers’
training corps In which young Ameri
cans throughout England will be In
vited to join.
FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S
CLUBS MEET
(By Associated Press)
NEW ORLEANS. March 24. — Pro
blems of public health, civics, soci
ology, civil service and conservation
will be discussed during the council
meeting of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, which will be held
here April 9 to 13, inclusive. Plans for
entertaining 2,000 delegates have been
perfected by local committees. The
president of the federation, Mrs.
Josiah Evans Cowles, of Los Angeles,
and nearly all of the fifty directors of
the organization have announced they
will attend.
THIRTY KILLED,
m INJURED
(By Associated Press)
NEW ALBANY, Ind., March 24. —
A storm swept over this clip yesterday
which resulted In a great loss of life
and the destruction of considerable
property. Thirty-one persons were
killed and over a hundred Injured.
Scores of buildings were wrecked, the
loss being $1,00(1,000.
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(By Associated Press)
TOKIO, March 24. — In connection
with the movement of co-operation lie
tween Japanese and American busi
ness men, announcement is made here
of plans to form a trust company un
der the name of “The International
Enterprise Trust Company." The
capital was to be 20,000,000 yen, or
about $10,000,000. The organizers
hope to see one-half of the capital
subscribed in Japan and the other half
in the United States. A commission
will soon leave Japan for the United
States with the object of interesting
American capital. The head office
will be in Tokio with branches abroad.
BARON LOSES COUPON AND
GOES WITHOUT BREAD
(By Associated Press)
BUDAPEST, March 24. - The Hun
lij|£taji^food dicta
a wgfek without I
bread.
The baron lives at the Hotel Bris
tol. A few days ago he had dinner
with some friends and ordered his
usual portion. When the waiter asked
him for a bread ticket, Baron Kuerthy
searched his pockets in vain. He had
evidently lost his little book of cou
pons. One of his companions offered
him hlB, but as it is distinctly stated
on each book that the tickets are not
transferable ,the waiter refused to ac
cept It, and the baron himself was
too conscientious to adopt any such !
means. At last he decided to do with
out bread until the following week.
BIBLIOGRAPHY WAR BOOKS
BEING PREPARED ;
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, March 24. — A committee
of librarians here Is preparing a biblio
graphy of war books, their aim being
to make it eventually nothing less
than a complete catalogue of every
thing published anywhere in the
world on the subject of the war. Only
seven sets of the complete catalogue
are to be made, one of which will go
to the congressional library at Wash
ington.
The same committee has a plan for
establishing after the war a library
and museum devoted entirely to the
war, and so far as possible containing
all the books, pamphlets and papers
listed in the catalogue.
SWEDEN’S “FOLK KITCHEN”
FOR THE POOR
(By Associated Tress)
MALMO, Sweden, March 24. — The
city authorities have just opened a
"folk kitchen” for the benefit of the
city's poorer inhabitants, who have
been hard hit by the steadily increas
ing cost of living. A large portion
of stew is sold for about 8 1-2 cents
In connection with the kitchen a
course of instruction in the economi
cal preparation of food will be con
ducted for the wives of laborers. The
course will be free. Other folk kitch
ens are to be opened shortly.
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MANY CONVICTIONS FOR
SMUGGLING FROM HOLLAND.
THE HAGUE, March 24. — There
were 8,200 convictions out of 11,000
arrests during the last three months
of 1916 for smuggling from Holland to
Germany. The minister of justice told
the members of parliament about
them during a discussion of a bill to
check smuggling by exercising a
stricter guard of the frontier.
(Special to the Times)
SEATTLE, March 24. — George
Nelson, superintendent of the Clark
Oavis railway from Controller Bay
to the Bering river coal fields, Is In
the city. He will sail from here
aboard the Admiral Watson on April
9, with a crew of a hundred men to
complete the remaining twenty-five
miles of the road. He recently pur
chased two locomotives and sixteen
cars in San Francisco and these will
go north with him on the Watson.
PRESSING CANAL
(By Associated Press)
PANAMA, March 24. — Civilian em
ployees of the Panama canal have
Initiated a Plattsburg idea movement
at Gatun. Instruction in elementary
tactics is being given by officers of
the thirty-third infantry stationed
there to guard the locks and spillway
of Gatun lake, and this work is to be
supplemented by a series of popular
lectures on various branches of mili
tary activity.
The civilians on the canal zone have
generally shown a great deal of in
terest in arrangements for the defense
and many have volunteered for field
service. In case of need they will
probably be placed on guard duty, re
lieving the regular soldiers to occupy
the trenches well beyond the limits
of the canal.
WASTE USED* FOB MIKING
WAR SHELLS
(By Associated Press)
LONDON. March 24. — Waste from
the army camp kitchens is now sup
plying enough glycerine yearly to pro
duce the cordite necessary for ten mil
lion eighteen pound shells. Moreover
this glycerine is being supplied to the
army at the pre-war price of 60 pounds
a ton, whereas the present market
price is 240 pounds. A portion of the
profits made on the process goes to
the messing departments of the arm:
ies, which are now receiving about 30,
000 pounds monthly from this source
REFUGEE PENNILESS, HOME
UNO FACTORY BURNED
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(By Associated Press)
TOKIO, March 24. — Amand de
Meyer and family have arrived in
Tokio, refugees from Ifucharest. Mr.
Meyer was president of a big oil re
fining company and now he says he
is penniless. His factory and hie
house were both consumed by fire
just before the arrival of the Germans
and he and his wife and children,
with thousands of others, fled home
less from the capital before the on
coming enemy.
TO PREVENT EXPLOSION
EGGS ARE CLASSIFIED
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, March 24. — According
lo a new classification of eggs just
adopted by the wholesale trade here,
eggs will henceforth be sold with di
rections: ■ 'PU’ese eggs not to be
boiled” or "These eggs guaranteed to
boil."
The unusual label is due to the im
portation of eggs from distant parts,
some of the importations being dipped
in a chemical solution to preserve
them, which makes them airtight and
causes them to explode if put into
hot water.
UNIVERSITY SENDS MANY
GRADUATES TO FRONT
(By Associated Press)
CAMBRIDGE, Eng., March 24. —
Records at Cambridge University
show that 13,200 graduates have thus
far been on active service, of whom
1,600 have figured in casualty lists
is killed, wounded or missing, while
1,100 have won various honors.
CERTIFICATE OF
ELECTION FOR
SULZEfl
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(Special to the Times)
JUNEAU, March 24. — The canvas
sing board Issued a certificate of elec
tion to Charles A. Sulzer, as delegate
to congress Trom Alaska, at 10 o'clock
this morning. Sulzer will leave Imme
diately for Washington to be present
at the extra session of congress, which
convenes April 2.
BOMB PLOTS IN
AMERICA HELD
(By United Press)
PARIS, March 24. — "A vaBt army
of German agents, engaged in surveil
lance of Spanish ports and shipping”
Is condemned by the Spanish press,
and demands made on the government
to take steps to get the spies out of
the country In papers arriving here to
day, German bomb plots and in
trigue in America are pointed to as
examples what the Spanish govern
ment is confronted with.
Since Spain's refusal to openly
break with Germany as a protest
against the submarine blockade, the
Spanish press, except the Germano
phile organs, is open in Its criticism.
The objecting papers carry lengthy
and detailed revelations of the meth
ods of German agents working in con
junction with the submarines. El Lib
eral, the great newspaper of Madrid,
leads in openly declaring that no ship
now leaves a Spanish port before Its
description, cargo, Ben route, speed,
armament against submarines, make
up of its crew and its destination is
known to the submarines lying in wait
ntl the Spanish coast.
Ttin» JllfUi mot iMi in Uaft. ni IH t*f\ t'A
the submarines by signals or by wire
less, and it is so accurate that a Ger
man agent can say to a ship captain
"your vessel will be sunk at such and
such a time.” And these predictions
are nearly always confirmed.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS.
Clarence Dorfinger, of Brooks, is in
town on his way to the states.
Mrs. Joe Kelly, of Kennecott, was an
arrival in town on yesterday's train.
E. M. Bates and wife .of Chitina. are
spending a few days with Cordova
friends.
Jos. Forrester and family came
down from Chitina yesterday and will
leave for the states on the steamer
Northwestern.
The freighter Juneau is due here
tonight, with 319 tons of local freight
and 177,000 feet of lumber for the
cannery at Shepard Point.
The steamer Northwestern will be
here about midnight on her south
bound trip, remaining in port until to
morrow loading copper ore.
M. Finkelsteln will return to Seat
tle tomorrow on the Northwestern, af
ter spending several weeks in Cor
dova looking after business interests
here.
Mrs. A. J. Henneke and son George
returned from McCarthy on yester
day's train and expect to make a trip
to the former's old home in the mid
dle west.
Thomas A. McGowan, attorney for
the Northern Commercial Company,
arrived here on yesterday’s train from
Fairbanks. He is on his way to San
Francisco.
The steamer Admiral Watson left
Juneau at 5 o’clock yesterday after
noon, but as she will make a number
of stops, is not due here until early
Monday morning. The Watson has
106 tons of freight and 25 passengers
for Hoonah, will call at Yakutat and
Katalla and go westward as far as
Kodiak on this trip .
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NEW ENGLISH PENNIES MADE
TO FIT SLOT MACHINES.
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, March 24. — The new
1917 pennies are out. Although they
are thinner and certainly look lighter
than the old issue, they are still five
times the weight and size of the Am
erican cent. It is said that the new
coins were made thinner because it
was found that the 1914-16 issues were
too thick to be used in penny in the
slot gas meters.
MEXICO i
(By Associated Press)
MERIDA. Yucatan, March 23. —
General Salvador Alvarado, governor
of this state, has directed a letter to
the governors of the other states pro
posing that all shall join In the erec
tion of a monument on the Isla de Mu
jeres (Isle of Women) to commemo
rate the discovery of Mexico by Don
kYanciseo Hernandez de Cordova,
Marrh 1, 1617. The Island lies In lati
tude 21 degrees 14 minutes north and
longtitude 12 degrees 10 minutes east,
Mexico meridian, off the east coast
of Yucatan, and gained its name be
cause on landing Hernandez de Cor
dova saw long lines of women in
skirts worshiping a goddess of whose
temple they evidently were priest
esses. General Alvarado announced
that aB it would be impossible to erect
a suitable monument this year on the
four hundredth anniversary of discov
ery, he intended to place on the spot
of landing a suitable tablet which
would mark it until the larger monu
ment could be placed there.
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(By Associated Press)
LAS VEGAS. N. M„ March 24. — A
large civilian array probably will re
ceive military training here at the
United States military training camp,
the dates for which have just been
announced, as from July 21 to August
20. This will be one of the five camps
in the southern department of the
United States army. Others will be
located at Austin, Texas, May 4 to
inno t: riallas Texas, June 16 to July
15, and Alexandria, La., September 8
to October 7.
Under the rules these camps may
be attended by any male citizen of the
United States between the ages of 18
and 45, or by any person within that
age limit who has declared his inten
tion to become a citizen of the United
States. The equipment is supplied
by the government, the only require
ment being that the applicant must
pay the cost, plus ten per cent, which
is refunded, in three equal amounts
at three successive training camp
periods. Transportation also is sup
plied by the government.
After the civilian soldier has served
at three successive camps, he is eli
gible to an officer’s commission in
the army reserve corps.
II. S. CONFEDERATE BILLS
CIRCULATED IN SWEDEN
(By Associated Press)
STOCKHOLM, March 24. — The po
lice are loking for a man. believed
to be a Swedish-American. who bought
a box of cigars in a Stockholm shop
with a $50 bill, and was kind enough
to accept even a lower rate of ex
change for it than the regular mar
ket quotation. The reason for his wil
lingness to make this sacrifice became
apparent when the tobacconist discov
ered that the bill had been issued by
the Confederate States of America.
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OLDEST GERMAN ADMIRAL
DIES AT SR YEARS .
(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, March 24. — The death is
announced at the age of 88, of the old
est German admiral, Vice-Admiral Ll
vonius. He commanded the ship Ar
minius in the Franco-German war, and
earned great credit by bringing his
ship from Kiel to Cuxhaven, evading
the French fleet. He retired in 1884,
devoting his time to the writing of
books and articles on naval topics.
One of his books, "The Invasion of
England," caused such a furore in dip
lomatic circles that the German gov
ernment had to repudiate it.
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SEE WHAT THEY CALL THE
JITNEY IN RIO JANEIRO.
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 24.—The
jitney automobile has been given
many names in the United States dif
ferent from that bestowed by the
makers, but on its first and recent
appearance in this city it was prompt
ly dubbed "Barata" by the Brazallans.
•Barata" means cockroach. The Bra
silian cockroach is about as big as
a mouse and a racer for speed.