VOLUME III, NUMBER 119 PRICE TEN CENTS
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SEATTLE, Xov. 23.—The
Pacific Steamship, company’s
steamer Spokane grounded in
a fog at Idol Point, British Col
umbia, midway between Ketch
ikan and Seattle last night. It
is reported she is now on the
rocks with the bottom leaking.
The steamship Princess May
took 237 passengers aboard to
Prince Rupert.. Salvage tugs
will probably be sent from here
to salvage the Spokane. The
Admiral Wainwriglit, Victoria
and other vessels are standing
by. The Spokane carried
many survivors of the wrecked
Mariposa.
STOCKHOLM, Xov. 23.—
According to the Tigingen a
Russian diplomat left Stock
holm yesterday for Petrograd
with orders to hand the Rus
sian revolutionary government
peace proposals from the Ten-]
ton powers. The nature of the
terms liave not as sf;l ijef-n i
made public.
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A>X'H< »KA(iE. Nov. 23.—
Brown bears were numerous
in several parts of Alaska last
fall, according to report* re
ceived here. Employes the
government railroad working
the “end of steel’’ near Mon
tana creek, reported the bears
became so mim-.-rou- and bold
that they ventured out of the
woods info the cl< a rings to eat
the food scraps near the mess
house. J
Another report said that ti -
steamer Dawson on its last trio
up the Yukon had to slow up
near Big Salmon in order t<>
allow a brown bear that was
swimming up the river, to jutss
the bow of the boat.
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WOMAN SHARP SHOOTER
INSTRUCTING SAMMIES
CAMP SHELBY. HATTIESBURG.
Miss.. Nov. 23.—This army post
boasts of the first woman to qualify
as a sharpshooter in the American
army—and she hails from Kentucky.
Mrs. Jackson Morris, wife of Ma
jor Morris, former secretary to the
governor of Kentucky.-holds the hon
or. With the heavy regulation Spring
field rifle used in the army, she made
forty-five hits out of a possible fifty
at 660 yards and with the automatic
revolver, she sent a stream of lead
into the target at seventy paces, all
hit so close together they could be
-* covered with a dime.
Today Mrs. Morris is on the range
as an instructor and tinder orders
from Uncle Sam.
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JUNEAU, Nov. 23.—The
Juneau Commercial club has
been asked by the Alaska Bur
eau of the Seattle Chamber ot
Commerce to induce congress
to have the terms of the bill
introduced by Senator Walsh
and reported favorably from
committee, providing for the
sale of coal lands to individu
als and for the location of coal
lands with restrictions against
monopoly to apply to Alaska.
As the bill now stands it ap
plies only to states, with a
leasing system for Alaska. A
committee of the local body
has been appointed to consider
the matter.
At a meeting of the execu
tive committee of the Cordova
Chamber of Commerce strong
resolutions were adopted pro
testing against the objection
able clauses in senate bill 2S12
which have been forwarded to
Washington and will be pub
lished in full in tomorrow’s
Daily Times.
(Bv Associated Press)
NEATTL7, Nov. 23.—Wal
rus and whales were scarce
llong the Siheriau coasts and
m the Arctic ocean last sum
mer, according to Captain
Charles Boyle, master of the
power harkentiue Belvedere
which arrived here recently
from the north with a cargo of
walrus hides. The Belvedere
• raised over 15.000 miles in
'•■arch of walrus and whales
durimr the summer. She left
here in March.
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(By Assoc’.-Oed Press)
l'-A I I EE, Nov. 23.—Over
thirty per cent of tin* adult
{jopulatinn of Nome, Alaska,
came “out to the states” for
the winter on tin* two steamers
5 ictoria and l matilla which
arrivt-d hole on the same day
recently, flic two boats were
the last to leave tin* northern
town before the winter ice
closed it< water route to the
-mitli. All travel between
Nome and the “outside” dur
ing the winter is over dog
trails.
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FORMER GOVERNOR DEAD
(By As- >c hU<) Press'
BKX\ KR, Xov 2d.—.Janies
Hamilton Peabody, governor
of Colorado, during the Crjp
pie Creek strikes in 1903, died
at his home in this city last
night. ,
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WASHINGTON, Nyv. 23.—
Chief Constructor Capps, of
the navy, appointed manager
of the Shipping Board’s Em
ergency Fleet Corporation by
President Wilson five weeks
ago, after the resignation of
Col. Goethals, has been forced
to resign on account of illness
and it is believed that 11is suc
cessor will be immediately ap
| pointed.
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SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 23.
—The Inland Empire Retail
ers’ association convention for
the discussion of vital business
interests affecting the north
west opened a two day’ con
vention here today. ,J. N. Nan
kervis of Moscow, Idaho, presi
J dent of the Pacific Hardware
mil Implement association is
on the program for an address
as is also A. H. Eindley, presi
dent of the University of
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All army draft registrants who
wish to leave the territory before
the draft drawings take place in Al
aska are required to file an appli
cation and affidavit setting forth their
reasons and must also agree to keep
j in touch with the local exemption
board, according to a message re
ceived from Governor Strong recent
' 1y•
The message advises the exemp
tion boards that where a registrant
! desires to go to a foreign country
prior to the time the draft drawings
take place in Alaska he should he
required by the local board to file
an application and affidavit setting
forth his reasons er the necessity
existing and must also engage to
keep himself in touch with his local
board and must sign a written agree
ment to return promptly if called.
The governor suggestsr that wlien
| ever possible the applicant should
not be granted leave of absence be
yond June 30, 1018.
It is stated for the information of
the exemption boards that the draft
drawings in Alaska nre not likely to
occur before January 15. 1918.
POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE
UNITED IN MARRIAGE
Last evening at 7:;i0 o'clock at
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j their new homo Mr. Ludwig Stol and
; Miss Susanna Koulhoim wore joined
] 111 holy matrimony by the Rev. K. P.
* Ziegler. Mr. Stol is well and favor
I ably known in Cordova. Mrs. Stol
though a comparatively recent arrival
has made many friends. Wo take
great pleasure in extending our heart
Iieat congratulations and best wishes
! to Mr. and Mrs. Stol.
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BRITISH HEADQUART
ERS, Nov. 28.—The success of
tin* British £!ainbrai sector
1 continues to grow. In two days
[ the British captured an army
equal in size to that the Ger
mans w^>n during the first fif
i teen days of a spectacular
drive on Verdun. The British
tank, caValery and infantry
are note battling along- a line
which in many places is less
than three miles from the im
portant town of Canibrai and*
over 0,000 prisoners were cap
tured. I'lie Germans are
throwing cripples into camp to
stop the British. In the battle
the men struggled as of yotV
over open ground.
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RUSSIAN ARMIES
PE . 23.—
Bolshcviki leader Lenino lias
announced that Ik* intends to
j reduce the Russian armies, be
giuiifiig with the class con
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NEW YORK, Nov. ' 23,
dereiuiafi O’Leary, president
of the American Truth society
and editor of “The Bull” a
publication recently barred
from tile mails, has been in
dict i d for a violation of the
espi. i age act.
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FORMER VIRGINIAN
IN HOUSE OF LORDS
LON. OX, Nov. 2.5. America has
an indirect representative in the
British [louse of Lords. •*
He is Lord Fairfax, recently elect
ed a representative Scottish peer—
an American-born, naturalised British
1 subject.
The Fairfax family settled in Am
erica about two hundred years ago,
the sixth Lord receiving from his
mother al lit 5,700.000 acres of land
In Virginia He settled thereon, leav
ing his English estates to his brother.
The Fairfaxes played a considerable |
part in American history. A daugh
ter of the sixth peer married a broth
er of George Washington. Thackeray
was inspired to write his ' Virginians"
by ilie Fairfax story.
The present l^ord proved his claim
to the peerage in 1008. He had previ
ously visited England by special in
vitation to attend the coronation of
King Edward. He traveled then un
der the name of “Mr. Fairfax."
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The steamer Alaska arrived In port
last night from Seattle with the fol
lowing passengers for. Cordova: Geo
R. Moody, Mrs. A. D. Moody, Miss H.
Plumber, E. R- Rhoades, Mrs. J. C.
Dougherty, E. Billson, Dorothy Bill
son and P- F. Halgood.
OAKLAND, Nov. 23.—The
'supreme court of'California
i lias denied Mrs. Kiln Heim’s
| claim to a half interest in Jer
j erniali Wilson’s holdings on
] Opliir creek, in the Nome dis
trict. She alleged that* she
i grubstaked Wilson and esti
i mated her half of the placer
| gryund was worth $6,000,000.
SEATTLE MEN
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■ CITY
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; SEATTLE, Nov. 2?,.—The
women of this city are plan
| ning on a mass meeting to eon
; sider steps to remove tin* or
! der issued by General Greene
! yesterday liarring Camp Lewis
; soldiers from visiting Seattle.
' The leaders of tin* movement
say that the meeting will prob
j ably result in a parade to carry
. the call to demand that the of
i ficials clean up the city.
Greene says that his recent re
quest for a better moral con
jdition had received no res
•'fkmse. Mayor (Jill declared
1 General Greene is discriminaf
i ing against Seattle and he
I should bar soldiers from Ta
I coma also. The men have been
ordered away from Seattle uii
less on business or to visit rel
atives.
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Kskimos in t‘ar northern re
mote Alaskan vdlage, almost
completely »*’:t oiY from the
outside wo id. will soon hear
the eal! o! the loti Cross, ac
cording to reports reaching!
here. Mi--' Mary Westilahl, a
native school teacher of Klim,
a village between \uine and St.
Michael has taken up the task
of loading the lit 1 Cross drive
among thenisek in her dis
trict and hope o add hun
dreds t»t Ksl uio children ami j
their parent' to ♦ lit> list of con
tributors t (diet’ organi
sation.
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LONDON POLICE TO WEAR
ANTI-SHRAPNEL EQUIPMENT!
LONDON. Nov i*:!. Scotland Yard
Is considering the question of special. I
anti shrapnel equipment for the po
lice whose duty it is to stay on the
streets and warn pedestrians to "take
cover" during air raids.
They have already been provided
with "tin hats,” similar to those worn j
by the troops but there is now being
considered a padded cape with woven
piano wire lining which is warranted
to stop falling shrapnel and shell
splinters. This will prevent should- {
ar wounds. They may also be given t
» leather cap to relieve the hardness j
if the helmet }
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TIE PLACE"
SEATTLE, Nov. -23.—'The
steamer \ ietoria is to replace
the wrecked Mariposa and
leaves on Tuesday next for
southwestern Alaska, via Cape
Flattery. At the completion
of her second voyage on the
new run the Victoria wiil he
replaced by the Northwestern,
which is now being overhaul
ed.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—
On account of the reduction in
ships torpedoed during the
past few weeks the war risk
bureau has lowered the insur
ance rate on vessels passing
through the war zone from five
to four per cent.
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The McCarthy Commercial
j Club lias sent the Daily
I Times the following appeal,
| with the request that if lx* pub
lished: ■■***—
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‘‘Will you not raise your
| voice to help the people of this
part of the country to got what,
! fhe law says is theirs/ Since
i early in August the money for
the building of the bridge
across Xizina river has been
available. After a full consid
eration by the Alaska legisla
ture $25,000.00 was appropri
ated. The necessity of bridge
is not open to argument. The
gentlemen whose, duty if is to
advertise tor bids came here
very late, made a short and
hurried trip to river, and went
hence. Since then we have
heard that legality of bridge
was attacked, and again if is
rumored that attorney'general
has passed upon question, and
decided that act was legal and
correct. In tin* meantime we
want that bridge. It is said
that road commissioner lias
decided that $25,000.00 is not
enough. Ten thousand filings
are said. In the meantime
where is our bridge. At this
very time men are slow to cross
river. I p to a short time*ago
no man had been across tip*
river for five days. The road
commissioner lias one duty to
perform—not to build tin*
bridge—but to advertise and
>btain the best contract poss
ble. The press is mighty.
Help us.”
NOW MAJOR MEARS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—
’aptain Frederick Meats, of
he Alaskan Engineering oom
ni scion, has been promoted to
najor.