VOLUME IT. NUMBER 518. CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS.
NEW YORK, Aur. 16. — Morgan &
Company today announced that a now
loan of *260,000,000 will be made to
Great Britain. The new- loan Is to run
two years, and will draw five per
cent.
It 1b said that no difficulty will be
had In floating the new bonds, as the j
recent offensives of the allies has
greatly bolstered up their securities.!
GERMANY NOT INTERESTED
IN TRANSFER
BERLIN, Aug. 16. — Foreign Min
ister von Jagow today made an of- ■
ficial denial that the German govern
ment opposed the sale of the Danish
West Indies by Denmark to the Uni
ted States. He asserted that the
transfer was of no interest whatever
to the German government.
FRYATT'S DEATH
IY YET CAUSE
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DONDON, Aug. 16. — Premier As
quith today announced that “Great j
Britain will not tolerate the resump-'
tion of diplomatic relations with Ger
many after the war until reparation (
has been made for the murder of Cap
tain Fryatt.”
The public is greatly wrought up j
* over the execution of the British sea j
captain, and insistent demands are
made that the British government
make reprisals for his death.
JAP STUDENTS
* STRIAE FOR
TOKIO, Aug. 16. — Strikes of pu
pils against their teachers constitute
a feature of modern Japan which is
giving the educational authorities con
siderable concern. Previously peace
ful revolts of students were confined |
to the medical schools, but latterly it
has extended to the middle schools,
which correspond to the high schools
of the United States. The strikes
are usually due to the pupils’ objec-:
tion to the transfer of a favorite teach
er or to their dislike of a new teacher.
ordinarily me incident is cioaeu up
by the temporary suspension of the
students. This makes them surrender,
as they fear dismissal, which would
ruin their careers in business or pro
fessional life.
A recent strike occurred in Takao
ka. northern Japan, where all the
fourth and fifth year students, num
bering more than 200, went on a
strike because they were not satis
fied with the head master.
Another recent incident in the pub
lic schools was the dismissal of a mid
dle school teacher owing to his alleged
dissemination of dangerous thought
among the pupils. It is alleged that
the teacher, an instructor in commer
fr rial school, in the course of a lecture
expressed admiration for a historic
personage, Taira-no-Masakado, who
made an attempt to overthrow the im
perial throne. When the dismissal
was announced the principal of the
school sent in his resignation, on the
ground that he was jointly responsible
for what had been done by his subor
dlnate.
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8EATTLE MAN DIES.
SEATTLE, Aug. 16. — James E. Oal-(
braith, president of Galbraith. Bacon
£ Co., died here today after a long
lllneaq.
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FACED BY BIG
STRIFE
NEW YORK, Aug. 16. — William
Fitzgerald, organizer of the street car
men's union, today threatened to call
a new strike on all New York surface,
elevated and subway lines within 24
hours unless the railway companies
show good faith in carrying out Ihe
agreements under w-hioh the men re
cently went to work.
Fitzgerald asserts that the compan
ies have violated the agreement un
der w’hich the men returned to work
by discharging many of the returned
rilfpra
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CLEAN RULE
PARIS, Aug. 16. — Although French
scientists have done a good deal to
help the government match up with
Germany in the scientific departments
of her military preparation, there is
still complaint that their services have
not been utilized to the best advan
tage, and the Academy of Sciences
now poses a question as to whether
men of technical training shall not
have a greater share in the formidable
work of reorganizing France after the
war.
Henry le Ohatelier, of the institute,
proposes that the academy go to work
at once to formulate the working me
thods best calculated to accelerate the
ndustrial and economic recovery of j
ihe country, without waiting for poli
ticians to decide whether the services
if technical and scietific men will be
icc.epted.
Members of the institute expected
that the government would have re
course to their technical knowledge in
the organization of some of the army
departments. Instead, members of
parliament, entirely lacking in tech
lical knowledge, were placed in charge I
af services such as the munitions,!
sanitary and aeronautic departments,]
while men of technical training were
illowed only to submit inventions and
suggestions.
Under the parliamentary regime the
presence of men not members of par
liament in the government is not look
ed upon with favor. Premier Briand
was obliged to overcome considerable
resistance in order to get the chain-;
ber of deputies to accept such special- ]
ists as uenerai uainena in me war ue
partment and Admiral Lacaze at the
head of the navy,
"The administration has no use fori
savants,” is a remark attributed toj
the beaurocrats of the war and navy J
departments. TIoih those portfolios
have been held by civilians at most i
critical periods of the history of the
Third republic.
Previous to the Rouvier administra
tion in 1905, there had always been
a soldier at the head of the war depart- ]
ment, with the exception of the ad
ministration of Charles de Freycinet, j
who was, however, a technician of the |
highest competence. Since that period |
the department has been in the hands !
(of civilians seven years out of eleven |
The navy department has been ad
ministered by a naval officer only i
three years out of the last twenty. The
rest of the time it was in the hands of
lawyers or journalists.
Just prior to the Tangiers incident
that threatened war, the navy was ad
ministered by a journalist and the war
department by a stock broker.
INDEPENDENCE PROMISED
TO THE FILIPINOS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. — The
senate today adopted a conference re-1
port on the Philippine bill, promising
independence to the islauds as soon [
as the Filipinos demonstrate an abil
ity to maintain a stable government.
The vote was 37 to 22.
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Sends Troops to Protect Trieste
PARIS, Aug. 16.—It is reported here that Germany is
making preparations to come to the rescue of Austria, and al
ready hrs arranged for the defense of Trieste, which is threat
ened by the rapid Italian advance.
Troops which ha ve been especially trained for the defense
of cities lave been dispatched to that region, and are expect
ed to repel the victorious Italians.
It is pointed out here that if the report is true, it means
that Italy at once will declare war on Germany.
GERMANS WIN IN THE EAST.
BERLIN, Aug 16.—The German army has won big suc
cesses in the Carpathians, where they captured Starawipozyna
heights, north of Capul. Weak Russian attacks north of the
Dneister were repulsed without trouble, and it now is believed
that the big Russian offensive has spent itself.
ITALIANS STILL GOING AHEAD.
ROME, Aug. Id —The Italian army is still making satis
factory progress in the vicinity of Gorizia, and has captured
Austrian trenches on the northern edge of the Carso plateau.
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RUSSIANS HAVE CAPTURED THOUSANDS.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 16.—According to an official state
ment issued by the war office today, it is claimed that betweei
June 4 and August 12, the Russian army has captured 353,00
t Teutons.
AUSTRIANS RETREATING.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 16.—A great series of heights which
give the Russians a great advantage in future fighting, ha<
been captured by the army of the Czar. The Austrians hum
been unable to offer much resistance and are rapidly retreat
| ing.
QUIET ON THE SOMME FRONT.
BERLIN, Aug. 16.—The battle in the vicinity of Pozieres
on the Somme front, has died down after a long series of attacki
by the British, which accomplished nothing. It is now felt here
that the Somme offensive is at an end, and that the next greal
offensive by the allies, if they attempt one, will be at some
other point on the western front.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1C. Presi
dent Wilson today declined to pre
pare for further conferences with the
railway and labor representatives rela
tive to the threatened railway strike
until after tomorrow, when he will
receive the general committee of six
hundred and forty workmen. The
managers' committee and c iployce:/
committee will dismiss the tentative
plans previously submitted, hut re
fused by the workmen.
LONDON. Aug. ic \Y..o'wieh ai
senal is about the last place one might
look for a beauty spc'-ialist it i
right in the center of that hive 01
death-dealing machinery mami ei ire
that one can be found. Right in the
heart of this great arsenal a “Worn
oil’s Welfare Departin' nt" i presided
over by a lady superintendent who has
thousands of girls under tier care, to
administer to Iheir ailments and car'
for their complexions. It is from tin
high explosives and lydite < lion-'
that the girls mostly .-ome from fur
advice and to rest from tin dauuernu
work which turns their t cos a ydlow
tint if proper care and precautions arc
not taken in time. Starting with about
400 girls, the welfare department now
has charge of thousand Thu or!
are advised to avoid jewelry, bungle:
and Knell vanities, and they dress In
neat blue, gray or khaki overalls and
eat at a smart little Y. \Y. A. can
teen, which is decorated with ) ini
walls and prettily decked tables.
A hostel is already being built to
accommodate 75(1 girls just outside the
walls of the arsenal: several lmnga
lows have been erected to accommo
date four of five girls in tbe cosh t
fashion, and plans are complete for
the accommodation of 0,000 more, who
will have tennis clubs and other spare
time facilities.
New regulations of the i’nited
States steamboat inspection service
require persons to be 21 years old b«v
fore being licensed as m i tier o
engineers.
To enable migratory fish to rise over
waterfalls, dams and other obstruc
tions in streams, n Canadian fisheries
.official has Invented an automatic
elevator.
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A new hot water bottle of German
Invention is made of metal and Is
hinged In the center and so shaped
that it can be fitted to human curves.
Operated by u gasoline engine, an
Illinois inventor's pout hole digging
machine is claimed to do us much
work as 15 men could with hand
tools.
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MEXICO HAVING
INTERNAL GRIEF
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Aug. 16. — Preparations now are
under way for the greatest court-martial ever held in the his
tory of Mexico, in an effort to stop disloyalty, which is report
ed rampant in all sections of the country.
One hunched prominent politicians have been arrested and
are waiting trial in connection with a recent revolutionary plot
which v as discovered by the authorities.
PAMS, Aug. 1H. One armed and
am let . i d men are now so common as i
to raise a question as to why they are t
so numerous. i
I a- Auguste Broca, while admitting
that the changed conditions of war- •
fate and the scale of operations must <
, rili multiph the number of t
: posted limbs, claims that a eon
iilcrabie part of the increase in the
p*-i portion of survivors who lack a I
member is due to the progress of stir- '
r; since the war of 1870; in that i
inflict nearly all the amputated men i
died of purulent infection; in this t
v, ar, thanks to progress in medical
i.'uce, they are nearly all saved, he <
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In consequence the demands upon <
manufacturers of artificial limbs are i
a t of ail proportion to anticipations, i
Dr Broca considers that the construe- 1
tors of artificial substitutes for mant
lets or parts of members have also i
, < I lei ore t he war i
i really efficient artificial member f
va an object of luxury; under the '
■ \\ f> of circumstances, manufacturers |
have to a great extent obliterated the
Mstluction between the rich man's i
■ 1 the poor man's apparatus. Not
bit there lias been any modification,
in prices:'none of the efficient mod-j
•1 j are cheap. American systems are
mi" h in favor but arc universally ap
1 livable because they do not adopt
themselves to the transitory period in
which an amputated member must
adapt itself somewhat to the nppa
ratus. I
For curving a baby a California in
\ enter has patented u sling supported
by straps around a parent's shoulders ^
and cheat. j
Official figures put Hussie s petro-j
leum production last year at about i
*;>i,0(m,(K)0 barrels, a gain of 2,000,000
barrels in a year.
F’liall enough to be carried in a vest (
pocket is a new device to prevent
keys on the inside of doors being
turned fro rathe outside. |
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The United States const survey will
make accurate measurements across (
Florida to determine whether the Gulf
of Mexico is higher or lower than the
Atlantic ocean, |
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CHISANA ITEMS
F. L L
PAPER
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A copy of the Bonanza Ptarmigan
tililishi d in the Chisana camp, given
He following items of interest regard
ng the camp and its people;
There seems to lie an unusual stir
nd bustle around the creeks and the
ity of Bonanza and Chisana owing
o the early breakup of Johnson creek
nd its tributaries.
Janies Nelson A- Company have
atided their hydraulic plant, and arf
forking a large crew of men, erect
ng the plant and vetting their ditch
n readiness. N. P. Nelson is superin
endent of the work.
W. )■'. JTimes hs“ erected n
lass assay office for the purpose ol
esting rock for the miners of this
amp, and also will melt the gold
ust for the miners, as it is mud
nore convenient to handle the bill
ion than the gold dust.
Mr. and Mrs I,. V. Stanley have
noved to their claim — No. X on Bo
nanza—and are making preparations
or summer sluicing. They also will
fork a large crow of men.
Messrs. Murie and Costello will op
rate this season on Nos. 10 and 12,
tonanza. They will operate on a
urge scale, and their prospects are
ery encouraging.
Wright & McNutt are busily en
ng and getting ready for summer
iperations. They have very encourag
ng prospects. They have enlarged
heir bunkhouse to accommodate a
arge crew of men should they b«
variable when the season opens.
K. Kawakatni, enterprising mer
hant aitd hotel man of Bonanza city,
s on the creek looking for a suitable
oration for a boarding house. He
eports business in his line picking
ip. He landed supplies for the sea
on safely. He is contracting with the
iperators to board their nten for $3
day and give the best food obtain
ble.
Andy Taylor has sold his pack train
o Mike Knowles of Horsefelt. and will
iperate on No. 3. Bonanza, in coin
rally with Joe MoLellan. They are
msy erecting their mess and hunk
louses, as they intend to work t
argei crew of men.
A Herman scientist has substituted
rther metals for mercury in a vapoi
■lectric lamp, and perfected a device
>f that character that gives a white
ight. >
FLIES PUT STOP
IN EAST
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BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
MESOPOTAMIA, Aug. 16. — Files
heat and dust, the three principal
plaques of Mesopotamia, are whal
have stopped the fighting for the past
several months in this theatre of the
great var.
Flies are so thick that soldier say
! it is Impossible to keep them out ol
I their food. A squadron of cavalry
| coming down a road looked as if they
j were wearing chain armor. When
| they came close enough it was found
| that what looked like mail was tlu
| steely blue metallic mesh of flies.
A. night the flies disappear and th<
j mosquitoes and sand flies relievt
] them. Many species bite or sting.
The thermometer runs up to 1.10 de
I grees in a tent. All the men wear 8
sunguard over their helmet and a
spine pad, for a person can get sun
stroke here through the small of th«
back.
The persistent hot wind is better
than complete stillness, though it
flings sand and dust in the faces of
the men. who eat sand, breathe sand
lie in sand, have sand in their ears
eyes and clothes.
There are different kinds of heat—
the moist and tropical heat of tht
swamps of the Euphrates and the Shat
ai Arab, the parched and desert heat
of the Tigris and the Karun. Each
variety has its attendant insects and
peculiar ailments, which often take
the form of boils and eruptions. Dis
ease has incapicated more troops than
bullets.
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MOTOR FARM MACHINERY
PROVES WORTH IN FRANCE
PARIS, Aug. 16. — The latest types
of traction and motor farm implement!
experimented with at Gournay sui
Marne, under the direction of a rep
resentative of the Academy of Agri
culture, reduced the cost of plowing
land more than twenty-five per cenl
in comparison with the best previous
records.
Two and a half acres were plowed
in light soil with an outlay of ter
gallons of gasoline in four hours, be
tween thirteen and fourteen gallons
were required for the same work with
the most efficient machines tested lasl
fall. In heavy soil the difference iti
favor of the new implements was
about the same.
The wear of the machines tried was
considerable on account of difficulties
of lubrication in flying dust, but th«
results were so favorable in compart
son with animal power that the verdiei
of the Academy of Agriculture Is fav
orable to motor implements and a gen
eral extension of their use is recom
mended.
The greatest difficulty encouetered
is the scarcity of men to operate ttaeny
the rural population being little used
to machinery. The academy propose*
the organization of training school*
for conductors of traction and motoi
! implements at once, since these ma
' chines must be relied upon to mak«
I up tor the shortage In men and horses
| for fall seeding.
' HUGHES WANTS
ALASKA TO 00
; AHEAD RIGHT
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SEATTLE. Aug. 16. — In a speech
made here tonight to a crowded house.
. Hughes declared he was in favor of
j the Immediate development of the re
, sources of Alaska, which he said were
I of wonderful richness and needed only
i : the help of the government to create
j a country of untold wealth.
He is unwilling, however, to allow
the development of Alaska to enrich
a few, and said: "I want to see It
developed, but I want to see it de
veloped right. Whether I speak of
! Alaska or the tariff, no one is going
I to pull anything off at public expense
| if I can help it.”
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WANTS HIGH TARIFF.
PORTLAND, Aug. 16. — Hughes, in
a speech here today advocated indus
trial preparedness to meet the com
petition of Europe after the war wtth
a protective tariff. He declared that
any man who attempted to build a big
fortune at public expense was a
traitor.
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BY SENATE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. — The sen
ate finance committee today ordered a
revised revenue bill, which it is esti
mated will yield $250,000,000 annual
ly. The measure was favorably re
ported. the vote of the committee be
ing strictly according to party lines,
all the Republicans opposing the bill
G R EEK STHEER
AT HINT OF
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ATHENS. Aug 16. — A dramatic
moment marked a military horse show
given recently in the stadium. The
jumping and riding exhibitions were
over. The white skirted evzones had
marced impressively past the royal
tribune, and two regiments of sol
diers were drawn up before King Con
stantine and Queen Sophie to sing
Greek folk songs. Several songs
passed pleasantly enough Then there
came one about the exploits of Con
stantine Palelogue. Emperor of By
zance.
Even to those who could not un
derstand the words there w«s some
thing stirring in the martial linea.
And when a thousand voices rang
out: "The Warrior King Unsheathes
His Sword.” suddenly the whole mass
blackening the gleaming marble of the
! stadium rose as of one impulse, ap
^ plauding and crying out “Yes! yes!!
The Warrior King Will Unsheath His
1 Sword," and craning their necks to
see their sovereign, their warrior king
of today.
Constantine set erect and rigid in
his smart, white uniform — a hand
some. martial figure himself. He
heard: but he made no movement. His
left hand grasped the hilt of his
sword. But the sword remained un
; sheathed, and the song went on. Only
j when the king had gone and the
j crowd was pouring down the street
that runs in front of the royal resi
! dence. some man shouted that it was
( shameful that the applause for the
king had been paid for by Herman
, money.
A crowd gathered instantly. There
j was a shot. An officer cut the man
i who had shouted in the head with hie
I sabre. A score of secret police sprang
j up in a moment and the offender (not
; the officer) waa hustled off through
an unfinished building, down back
j streets, to jail.
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Strong and practically fireproof ar
tificial aandstoue has beeu made In
the Philippines from beach sand and
volcanic tufa.