. The Cordova
VOLUME II. NUMBER 559. , CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1916.
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♦ NEWPORT NEWS, Oct. 9.—-German submarines ♦
♦ sank six steamers off Nantucket on Sunday, but fortu- ♦
♦ nately no lives were lost. The United States destroyer ♦
♦ flotilla witnessed some of the sinkings and' rescued pas ♦
♦ sengers and crews at once. The American boats were so ♦
♦ thick that a German submarine commander asked the ♦
♦ destroyers Benham and McDougall to make way for him ♦
♦ to blow up more victims. ♦
♦ One submarine was the 11-5.1, which visited Newport ♦
♦ Saturday; another was the U 01. *
♦ Passengers say that the vessels sunk were the Bril- ♦
♦ ish West Point, of a burden of 4,.100 tons, bound from ♦
♦ London to Newport News; the British Strathdeiie, 4..10I) ♦
♦ tons, en route from New York to Bordeaux; Britisher ♦
♦ Kingston, 2,900 tons; Britisher Steplmno. of the Red ♦
♦ Cross line, 2,100 tons, bound from St. John, Newfound- ♦
♦ land, to New York; Dutch Bloomersdi.jk, bound New ♦
♦ York to Rotterdam; Norwegian tanker Christian Knud' ♦
♦ sen. ♦
♦ Thirty of the passengers on The Steplmno were Am ♦
♦ erican tourists, returning from Newfoundland and Can ♦
♦ adian provinces. They were uninjured, but lost all of *
♦ their baggage. Time was given all passengers and the ♦
♦ crews to leave in small boats. ♦
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PARIS, Oct. 9.—The auxiliary cruiser Gallia, carrying 2.
000 Serbian and French troops, was torpedoed and sunk by a
submarine. Thirteen hundred of the soldiers were picked up
by a French cruiser and landed on the southern coast of
Sardinia.
BOSTON, Oct. 9.—The German submarine U-51 torpedoed
i lie British steamer \\ est Point, while en route from London to
Newport News, and when about fifty miles southeast of Nan
1 ueket. 1 lie crew took to t lie boats and was saved'. The British
freighter Ntrathdene was also torpedoed.
BON I OX, Oct. 'k—1 hive British cruisers are off the Nan
tucket shoals.
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W ASI11 N(i 1 ON, (let. !». I’lie officials here believe that
two, and possibly half a dozen, submarines are operating with
a submarine supply ship. Secretary Daniels has notified Presi
dent \\ i I son that the submarines observed the rules of warfare.
I In* war department is establishing patrol warships along the
north Atlantic coast to protect American neutralitv.
A I HI',NS. (let. !i. I he Serbian troops of a considerable
force crossed tin* (Vina river at two different points and are
advancing rapidly northward. They captured the village of
Skachivir, taking a hundred Bulgarians.
LONDON, Oct. !».—The Biitish t roops on t he eastern end !
ot the Macedonian trout have extended their positions north
and south, and are occupying several more villages.
Allll*,NS, Oct. !h—Pro!. Spyeridmi Lambros has under
taken to form a new (Irecian cabinet.
LONDON, Oct. !l. Pile British have progressed north of
Somme, establishing posts east of Lesars, and in the direction'
of Butte and Dervarloncourt.
PKTROtJRAD, (let. !•. It P officially announced that a!
great battle at Volhynia, east of Vladimir and Volynski, is in!
progress, the Russians having i nt• red the Teuton lines in some j
places and contracted their forces.
BOSTON, Oct. 9.—Baked beaus an* in greater demand than
ever by local fans, as the home team again brought home the
bacon.
The sad story of Brooklyn’s downfall can be ~iiuinied up
in the following few words: Boston, 2; Brooklyn, 1. < M coins •
it was a close and exciting game, during the progress of which
thousands of rooters yelled themselves hoarse and had some
nerve racking experiences, but the fact remains that Boston
won. And what’s more, this is the second victory during the
world’s series, ami only two games played. Tomorrow tin
home team and a good following of boosters will go to Brooklyn
and again attempt to cinch the fight for the championship.
Yes, it was a fourteen inning game, but what <»f it. Didn’t
Boston win? Of course it was filled with thrills and spoetaeu
lar plays, with a battle royal between southpaws. “Babe”
Until, of Boston, was pitted against Sherrod and Smith for
Brooklyn. Smith went down in defeat when pinch hitter “ Del”
Uni nor drove in the winning run. Mvers scored Brooklyn’s
only home run with a clout to right field. Myers also distin
guished himself by cutting off a run for Boston in the ninth in
ning by a catch in center and a line throw to the plate. Boston
had one man out when the w inning run was scored by McNally
on (iainor’s two base hit to left field.
Boston had seven hits and one error, while Brooklyn had
six hits and two errors. The crowd exceeded 41,000 people, and
there is great joy in Bostontown tonight.
‘•short haul" clause, prohibiting rail-'
roads from charging higher freight
rates for a short than longer haul;
application of Massachusetts and;
Texas foreign corporations excise tax J
taws; power of federal judges to sus-]
pend sentences in criminal cases, and j
Pennsylvania suits against railroads
for heavy damages for failure to de
Ijver cars to shippers.
While the court opens its new term
with more than seven hundred cases !
upon its docket, and approximately j
one year behind In its work, much
greater speed in disposing of cases is
expected. A new law enacted just be
fore congress adjourned, it is be
lieved. will reduce the number of
cases heard by the court by from 25
to 33 per cent. This law will cut off
appeals in bankruptcy, employers' Ila
^iillty and cases from the Philippines,
together with many from state courts,
except with consent of the higher
court, instead of at the option of the
lower courts or litigants as at pres
ent. It does not, however, curb the
court's power to order review of any
case. The new law also adds another
week to the supreme court term, re
quiring that it convene the first in
stead of the second Monday In Octo
ber, and limits filing of appeals to
the high court to three months In
stead of allowing two years, as at pre
sent.
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The case of the United States vs.
John Davis, accused of theft from the
person, was continued and was given
to the jury Saturday. The af
ternoon Besslon was devoted to the ar
gument of demurrers and motions in
severs! of iuc CmSS before the court.
STOCK MARKET
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PIECES
NEW YORK, Oct. 9. — When the
stock market opened this morning it
was in a demoralized condition. The
standard issues and war stocks drop
ped five, ten and twelve points at the
outset, and there was an enormous li
quidation. The White Star, Atlantic
Transport, Leyland and the Dominion
and Red Star lines cancelled all of
their sailings. The Ounard. French
and Italian lines are sailing as usual,
but are all carrying heavy guns. The
insurance rates from America to
French and English ports have jumped
from one to five per cent.
NEW YORK, Oct. 9. — Some brok
ers are asking ten per cent transat
lantic insurance, while others refuse
to quote any rate.
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DANGEROUS ROCKS KENAI
RIVER BE BLOWN UP.
Authorization to proceed with the
first step toward opening up a system
of forest trails between Kenai lake
and Kenai on Cook inlet has been
received by T. M. Hunt, of the Chu
gacli forest. This ruling directs that
$500 shall be expended in blowing up
dangerous rocks along Kenai river,
which will enable boats to run the
rapids with less danger.
The removal of these rocks is the
first step in a completed plan of ac
tion for the building of a trail from
the junction of the Sunrise wagon
road at Quartz creek down the Kenai
river.
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NORTHWESTERN LEAVES WITH
k SMALL PASSENGER ^.IST.
SEATTLE, Oct. 8. — The steamer
Northwestern sailed Saturday night
for Alaska. Her Cordova passengers
were Harry Warren, George Onor
tham and two steerage.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT MEETING.
A meeting of the Cordova fire de
partment will lie held at the city hall
on Thursday evening, and a full at
tendance of the members is requested.
,T. 1!. O'NEILL, Secretary.
!HUGHES sums
TOUR
NEW YORK, Oct. 9. — Charles E.
Hughes today began his third western
tour. He spoke at Newark this af
ternoon and after addressing a big
meeting at Philadelphia tonight, will
leave for Dakota and Nebraska. He
does not expect to return to New
York until October 20.
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In the district court the motion
for a new trial in the case of Adolph
C.ustavson, convicted of obtaining
i money under false pretenses, was de
nied.
George M. Mead was admitted to
citizenship by the court.
The jurv in the case of the United
States vs. Gus Hohlstrom returned a
verdict of guilty on the indictment
charging assault and battery and not
guilty on the second count charging
assault with a dangerous weapon.
The case of Eortunato Medalne was
set for trial Monday morning at 10
o’clock.
Saturday the grand jury returned
; two secret indictments and bench war
j rants were issued.
John B. Keene, who plead guilty to
I embezzling postal funds at Fort Lla
| cuin, and also to the charge of failure
j (o deposit postal funds, was arraigned
for sentence. When asked if he had
I anything to say why the sentence
I should not be pronounced the prison
j or answered that he had not. The
court then sentenced him to fifteen
| months in the penitentiary at McNeil’s
j island on the charge of embezzlement,
i and a similar sentence on the second
charge, the sentences to run concir
rently, or in other words, the prisoner
will have to serve but fifteen months
altogether.
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Be a Dally Times reader.
CLARKE TAKES HUGHES’ PLACE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. — Reception
of a new associate justice, John H.
Clarke, of Cleveland, Ohio, adds un
usual ceremony, observing century,
old precedent, in the opening day of
the 10H'i-17 term of the supreme court.
A full bench for the first time in
almost a year will sit to hear an ar
ray of cases of national and interna
tional importance. Justice Clarke was
appointed last summer to succeed
* Justice Hughes. The new associate
justice, the third appointed by [’resi
dent Wilson, was formerly federal
district judge of Ohio, and will take
his oath of office tomorrow. He will
be seated at the extreme left of Chief
Justice White.
No opinions are to be given tomor
morrow by the court. The first deci
sions are expected next Monday, in
the absence of [’resident Wilson from
Washington, the justices will forego
their usual visit to the White House
to notify the chief executive that the
court has reassembled. Motions, how
ever, will be received tomorrow and
arguments will begin Tuesday on
many cases specially assigned for im
mediate hearing.
More than seven hundred cases
await disposition, About two hundred
have been filed since court adjourned
last June. Many government anti
trust dissolution suits under the Sher
man law, entailing probable new inter
pretations of that act, are to he
argued during the coming term. Oi
fliit iir,psrte.!“‘“ amnua them are the
government’s suits against the so
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called Harvester, Steel, Coal, Mo vlng
Picture, Kodak, Bill Posters, Shoe Ma-!
4'hlnerv and Croat Lakes Tow Boat \
•trusts."
Argument is expected during the J
week on the first of these — the tea
oral attack against the alleged anthra- ;
cite monopoly of the Reading, Lehigh >
Valley, Central of New Jersey and
other railroads. The government lost
the cases in the lower courts, as it
did the dissolution suit against the
United States Steel Corporation, which
will be reviewed later.
The anti trust suit against the In
, ternational Harvester Company is to
be reargued. Other Important cases
set for reargument are to test the
constitutionality of the Webb-Kenyon
liquor law, the migratory bird act, the
Underwood tariff act's clause giving
| five per cent discount on merchandise
^ imported in American vessels under
the "most favored nation" treaty pro
visions, involving refund claims of
$26,000,000, Oregon laws providing for
a minimum wage for women and a 10
hour day for men; a Louisville, Ken
tucky, ordinance segregating blacks
and whites, and the Mann "white
slave” act as to its application to
cases having no element of commer
I
cialized vice. This latter question is
' raised in the celebrated Diggs-Camln
etti case.
Kurope's war also has brought new
questions before the court. The first
is over possession of the British liner
i Appam, brought Into Norfolk by a Ger
| man prize crew and ordered by Fed
I
era! Judge Waddell returned to the
British owners.
Other important questions to be
passed upon are suits from West Vir
ginla and Utah, challenging legality
of the United Mine Workers' organi
zation; Blue Sky laws of Ohio. Michi
gan and 8outh Dakota, designed to
protect investigators from “wild cat"
securities; interpretations of the in
come tax law; validity of the North
Carolina liquor and Alabama domestic
corporation tax laws; prosecution of
the United States district attorney.
H. Snowden Marshall Of New York,
for alleged contempt of a congression
at investigation committee; . federal
water power rights on public lands;
railroad land granta in Oregon and
California, and numerous railroad
cases entailing further application of
the Hepburn, commodities clause, em
ployers' liability and other acts affect
ing common carriers as well as Intra
state and Interstate rate regulation.
A case of special Interest to rail
roads. to be reargued, Is over the so
called "railway mall pay adviser"
suits, to determine a basis for com
puting compensation for transporta
tion of malls.
The court now has under advise
ment, with decisions expected shortly,
cases testing constitutionality, for the
first time, of workmen's compensation
laws, and their application, of Wash
ington, New York, Iowa and New
Jersey.
Other cases in which opinions are
pending involve validity oi Missouri's
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WHAT IS DOING POLITICALLY
ANCHORAGE, Oct. 7. — Delegate I
Wlckersham addressed eighteen hun j
dred people on Thursday night at the ,
Labor t’nion hull, and many were un
able to gain admittance to the build-.
ing It was the largest political meet
ing ever held here, and was attended
by many ladies, who are taking much !
interest in the coming election. The ;
delegate spoke for two hours, and his
speech aroused much enthusiasm, and
especially when he attacked the boss
methods of the Shackleford crowd.
One of the features of the evening
was the unveiling of an oil portrait
of Wlckersham, the work of Max Wal
derman Kollm. The picture is on
canvas, 5x7 feet, and when shown for
the first time the audience became
very demonstrative, showing his stand
ing among the people of Anchorage,
where it is believed he will get 75 per
cent of the votes at the November
election.
Delegate Wlckersham and George
Dooley left on the Mariposa for
Seward. The Cordovan lias made
many friends here in his campaign for
territorial senator.
FAIRBANKS, Oct 8 — George D.
Schofield, Republican candidate for at
torney general, closed his campaign
here in a powerful speech at the Au
ditorium last night. Ilia reception
was enthusiastic and more people
turned out to hear him than did to
the Sulzer meeting. Schofield at
tacked the public records of Grigsby
and Cobb. He ge!****,! R>«*»y vuidk and
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the betting is that he will carry this
division three to one.
Schofield leaves for t'hitina and
Cordova Sunday morning and will go
to the westward as far as Anchorage,
lie will close his campaign in the
First division.
Geo. K Dooley, Kepubliean candi
date for territorial senator, said that
he found quite a number of loyal sup
porters here, although this is supposed
to be bis opponent's stronghold.
Dooley, who is fire and police chief
at Cordova, has the reputation of put
ting the town to bed and calling it to
work over there, and the old saying
of "let George do it" has been changed
in the copper gate to "Dooley'il do
it " Seward Post.
John K Bailable spent $4,026.02 in
his unsuccessful campaign for a no
mination for congress in the First dis
trici of Washington, according to the
affidavit he was required by law to
file. Oh, well, John eun sell another
Sew aid lot and get liaek that little bit
of money. Valdez Prospector.
Mr. Cobb, candidate for attorney
general, now seems to be unable to
open his mouth without talking about
that fish lax question Cobb was
made attorney general by a Deraw
cratlc governor because he was a
Democrat himself, and he was put in
the place to do his duty. It makes a
person seasick to hear a man like
I'ul.l mouthing aluuit having done his
duty, especially after betraying tbe
governor and the party that gave him
the chance Seward Gateway.
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The fourth of the series of dances
will be given at Kagle hall Wednesday
evening by the Hon Ton orchestra.
Don't miss that moonlight waltz with
us Wednesday night The Bon Ton
orchestra.
Follow the crowd and have a good
time at the Bon Ton orchestra dance
at Kagle hall Wednesday night.
J. V. Lydick, wife and two children
made the trip to Anchorage on the
steamer Mariposa.
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♦ DO YOU WANT A HOME? ♦
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♦ The Cordova Building Associa ♦
♦ tion is organised for the purpose ♦
♦ of assisting those who desire to ♦
♦ build, the object being the eatab ♦
♦ lishuient of permanent homes in ♦
♦ Cordova. ♦
♦ If you are Interested call on ♦
♦ Nathaniel ureene, secret arytrea *
♦ surer of the association, for par ♦
♦ titular* ♦
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Loat—A bunch of keys Finder will
please return same to Tbe Mint.
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For Rent—House of five rooms Ap
ia v at Hank.
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WILSON MAKES
STATEMENT ON
WAR ISSUE
LONG BRANCH, Oct 9 — Presi
dent Wilson issued an official state
ment today, in which he said: ‘The
government will first Inform itself of
all facts and the country may rest
assured that Germany will be held
to a complete fulfillment of Its pro
mises to the United States, but I have
no right to question Germany's wil
lingness to fulfill them."
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LOCAL JOTTINGS.
On Saturday James Kelly and Miss
Ellen Knowles were married by United
States Commissioner Medley.
George Watkins Evans arrived In
Cordova on yesterday's train from Ne
fiana, where he has been examining
the coal fields for the government.
M. A McDonald and Harry J. Wills,
of McCarthy, are in town.
Mrs. J. Howard, of Chitina, was an
arrival In Cordova on yesterday's
train.
The Admiral Farragut arrived from
the westward at an early hour this
morning and sailed shortly after
wards for Seattle.
The Cordova band meets for prac
tice tonight. New music has been re
ceived and ail of the members are
urged to be present.
Rev. Father Fletcher, who was re
cently appointed to succeed Rev. Fa
ther Corbett, came over from Valdez
on the Farragut He will remain over
Sunday to hold services here
Colonel B. F. Millard came over
from Valdez on the Farragut Sunday
morning to look after his quartz min
ing Interests at McKinley lake.
A number of Seward young women
have organized an indoor baseball
team, and will play their first game
at Anchorage during the Christmas
holidays.