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(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Oct. 20. — A German sub
marine has claimed its first victim
from America’s war forces, and the
officials here are awaiting details.
Sims sent a brief report that an Am
erican transport in the Atlantic wag
submarined with the loss of seventy
five lives. Sixteen soldiers and sev
eral sailors were among those drown
ed. All the army and navy officers
aboard and the ship’s captain were
saved. It is believed that the ship
sank in a few minutes* and the sub
marine evaded the convoy by remain
ing submerged.
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ELEVEN VESSELS
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Oct. 20. — Two German
raiders attacked a convoy in the Nortn
sea on Wednesday and sank two Brit
ish vessels escorting destroyers. It
is officially announced that three mer
chant vessels escaped. Five Norwe
gian, one Danish and three Swedish
vessels were sunk, without warning.
The destroyers were Mary Hose and
Strong Bow.
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OUT HAS BEEN
SEATTLE, Oct. 20.—The coast-wide
strike of telephone operators, electri
cians and linemen was averted. The
employees agreed to remain at work
until October 27. pending a settlement
of the demands for higher wages. The
telephone operators settled their
strike at 2 o’clock this morning, and
returned to the switchboards at 5
o’clock.
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A new arrival in Nome recently told
that the new camp between the In
noko and tfye lditarod wras spotted.
He stated that McGrath, of Marshal
City, had cleaned up $68,000 up to the
day he left.
U. S. WELCOMED
TO TOE ALLIED
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Oct. 20. — The Temps wel
comes the American participation in
the coming ullied conference and sayB
it is highly gratifying to know that
America will be represented, as the
task of the allies is too great for them
to discuss without the United States.
It says that President Wilson is
much respected the allies need to lis
ten to men who possess his confi
dence.
SHORTAGE
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Oct. 20. — On instruc
tions from Food Commissioner Hoov
er a formal warning has been issued,
stating that a sugar famine is upon
the country, and the moment of Am
erica’s first self-denial in food has
arrived.
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WILFUL WASTE OF MEAT
IS STOPPED IN TEXAS.
(By Associated Press)
EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 20. — City
food inspectors have discovered a new
form of wastage of food among dairy
men of the city. Because of the high
prices for milk, many dairymen have
been killing young calves rather than
allow them to feed from the mother.'
cows. As calves under four weeks
cannot be sold for meat, the hides are
taken and the meat destroyed.- This
practice has been stopped by the au
thorities.
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FAREWELL DANCE IS GIVEN
IN HONOR JOHN MULLER.
To show the esteem in which his
fellow citizens hold him, the North
land (Tub tendered a dance last* even
ing to John Muller. There was a good
turnout and all enjoyed dancing until
12:30 o’clock, when a splendid sup
per was served. After supper Mr.
Scott called on Mr. Medley, who ex
pressed the feelings of all present In
assuring Mr. Muller that all would
miss htm, yut wishing him the best
of health and success. The hostesses,
Mrs. E. L. Harwood, Mrs. W. R. Hil
lery and Mrs. E. P. Harwood, were
commended by all for the success of
the evening.
Lester Hendefson. of Juneau, of the
territorial hoard of education, arrived
in Cordova on yesterday's train and
will remain here until the next boat
sails for the westward. He is making
a tour of Alaska, visiting the different
schools. He went to Nome about Aug
ust 1, and spent some time on Seward
peninsula. From there he made 'he
trip up the Yukon river, stopping at
Ruby, Idltarod and Tanana. then to
Fairbanks. A trip was made over 'ho
government trail to Chitina and the
school there and at McCarthy and
Kennecott visited. >
Mr. Henderson wants to standardize ]
the schfools of Alaska, prepare a uni
form course of study and unify the
work generally. He says that at pro
sent the schools show a lack of any
unity, due principally to the frequent
change of teachers, with no continuity
of purpose. Notwithstanding this fact
he found the majority of them well
manager.
• Herbert Hoover, food commissioner,
and the National Kducational Associ
ation have appointed Mr. Henderson
as representative of food conservation
in Alaska.
"An American Is a citizen of the
greatest republic In the world, and u
citizen of the world,” said Mr. Hender
son to a Times representative. "Thrift
education should be enlarged up< u and
the people should co-operate with in
structors to encourage every pupil of
the public schools to have a savings
account. Statistics show So per cent,
of the population of the United States]
is dependent on charity at the age of
55. Why. Because people Jo not save.
Teach the children the value ->[ saving
and economy and partially Jo
with the present Inequalities that
causing so much social unrest and un
happiness today.
"In some lines the schools in Alaska
have just as high standards as those
in the states, while iir other lines they
are somewhat inferior. This is due to
the fact that outside they have an al
most universal school system, whi'e in
the interior of Alaska it is more of a
unit system. There is no reason in the
world why Alaska should not have
good schools, because the territorial
legislature has appropriated more
money for the maintenance of public
schools than any other state in the
Union. With the added appropriation
of this year's legislature the schools
ought to take an advance toward effi
ciency more than ever before. If the
community la not getting this ef
ficiency then the plans of the terri
torial board of education are not ma
terializing.”
Mr. Henderson dwelt upon the im
portance of manual training and do
mestic art, saying that these vocations
developed a phase of the pupils’ natu
ral character and not touched in book
education.
"It serves as a concrete example of
accuracy." he said. “Mental training
is not all we have to look for in the
pupil's education, but body and spirit
should be cared for. Cordova needs
physical, training for the school. An
other important issue that has been
neglected here is the dental examina
tion of pupils and the medical inspec
tion. This should be taken care of at
once. Also the compulsory law com
pelling all children between the ages
of eight and sixteen to attend public
school, should bc^more carefully en
forced. The legislature appropriated
money for the enforcement of this
law last year.
“A school board should not enter
tain the idea of dictating to the-,edu
cators in charge. True, they shoiild
adMse and be sure thdy choose com
petent teachers, who make a study of
education, then feel satisfied to abide
by their work. Teachers become more
valuable year after year and the board
should strive to get teachers who in
tend to stay on indefinitely.
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MANY PEOPLE INJURED
AT LIBERTY LOAN MEETING.
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(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. — Ambulances
and doctors were summoned to J. P.
Morgan’s office yesterday, as a num
ber of persons were injured at a Lib
erty loan meeting.
GENERAL APATHY
ISSUE
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. — The Lib
erty loan campaign closed Its third
week with excellent prospects, bring
ing the total to f2,000,000,d00 tonight.
General apathy prevails and condi
tions are causing the i.reatest concern
over a large area extending from the
middle west to Texas and also east
ward to the Atlantic.
BANDITS LOOT
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(By Associated Press)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 20.—
A gang of automobile robbers terror
ized the residents before daybreak
and obtained $31,000 by blowing tile
safes in banks at Mfddleville and Al
ton, two towns near here. The ban
dits succeeded in making their < pc.
although possees are o ntheir trail.
U. S, SOLDIERS
(By Associated Press)
AMERICAN CAMP. Prance, Oct. 20.
—American soldiers subscribed sev
eral million dollars tQ the Liberty loan
and the total will be announced in
Washington when the campaign is
over. General Pershing appealed to
the men on behalf of the loan and
regiments, companies and even squads
were rivals for the highest totals.
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WELL KNOWN SEWARDITE
DIES IN SEATTLE HOSPITAL
W. A. McNeiley, old timer, died in
a Seattle hospital Saturday, October
6, according to advices received in
Seward today. Mr. McNeiley Is well
known here, having built the Over
land hotel, then the "Seward hotel,
and was the owner of the latter at the
time of his death. Mr. McNeiley came
north in 1903. lived at Valdez for a
time, had been in Dawson and finally
locate^ in Seward. Mrs. McNeiley
will come to Seward some time this
month.—Seward Cateway.
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GOVT. TRANSPORT CROOK
TO ENTER WAR SERVICE.
Telegraphic advices received from
Seattle indicate that the government
transport Crook, operated by the Alas
kan engineering commission hauling
supplies to Seward and Anchorage,
Is now on her last trip north, and is
then expected to enter the war ser
vice.
It is reported that the Crook will
load a cargo at Seattle for I’etrograd
via Vladivostok, to consist of nearly
2,000.000 feet of lumber and other rail
way materials. ^
Her trip will mark the end of the
rush of supplies from the Pacific coast
ports to Russia for the season of 1917.
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RAG-TIME TRIO TONIGHT.
Yes, once aguin the trio of music
makers will hold forth at Bagle hall.
If you like to dance to Real Live Music
better come up.
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INDOOR TRACK MEET.
Young people, near young and all
who are interested in the social side
of life are invited to attend a social
hour at the Presbytertan church, Tues
day evening next, at 8 o’clock. If you
enjoy clean sports as a spectator or as
a participant, come and laugh and en
joy the eats. A novel unique progrn^i
is awaiting you. !
OFFICERS EOST IN
HAWAII
(By Associated Press)
HONOLULU. T. H., Oct. 20.—Three
officers of the Fourth cavalry recently
were lost overnight on the slopes of
the three great mountains of the Is
land of Hawaii.
The three officers. Mauor Vanway,
Dr. Bull and Dr. Clark, were part of
a contingent of the Fourth cavalry
in camp at Kilauea volcano. They
started on a hunt for wild goats, and
when some distance from camp a sud
den fog enveloped them and they lost
all sense of direction.
On account of the many gaping
holes in the lava of that district, they
were compelled to crawl along on their
hands and knees. When the fog blew
away the next morning they were only
a short distance ir^t the camp.
INI TO LIMIT
BERING RIVER
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE. Oct. 20. — A hearing is
being held today hi the office of thf
bureau of fisheries here to determint
the advisability of limiting or prohib
iting commercial fishing for salmon 01
i other commercial fishing in the prose
eutlon of which salmon are taken 01
j injured, in Bering river, and all tribu
tary waters, including Bering lak«
I above a Hue extending at right angle
j across Bering river rrom a point ap
Iproxlmately eight hundred feet north
westerly from the mouth of Gandi
I river, Alaska.
WANTS MEXICO
DECLARE WAR
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 2C. — Central
Garcia, a vigilant leader of the Lib
eral Constitutional party, told the
chamber of deputies that it was Mexi
co's duty to take sides In the present
world war against the Germans.
JUMP IN SILVER
OPENS MANY
OLD MINES
SILVER CITY. N. M„ Oct. 20w —
The high price of silver has caused a
number of the old silver workings in
Southern New Mexico to be resumed
as marginal producers. The Kington,
Lake Valley and Hillsboro mines have
been reopened and have been operat
ing at a profit because of the high
silver price.
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LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
LEAVE FOR STATES.
The outgoing passengers on the
steamer Mariposa this afternoon were
J. Peterson, VV. P. Peterson, E. E
Gerdrun, C. VV. Miller, VV. VV. Harvey
T. B. Hurd, Miss J. Swanson, K. Mat
sumoto, Mrs. Matsumoto, A. L. Ha
npt. J. Stewan, J. Twint. VV. J. Lewis
K. Mitchell, J. D. Ueagh and son, VV
S. Clarke and wife, E. A. Graham am
wife, J. H. Wood, J. D. Clark, F. Ratti
burn. Mrs. Keller, Mrs. C. Smith, Mrs
I). Smith, C. Ellason. C. E. Overland
O. W. Brumm, Mrs. Hall, Mike ijtepo
vlch. Miss M. Patton, J. McKinnon
and wife, C. B. Hanson, J. Knudson, L.
Harringtoiv K. Cary, C. I). Munich.
John Muller, C. R. Hagan, H. Tons
dale, Mark Tallin, Roy Hegg, A. Cohrs
and 85 steerage.
AEROPLANE RAID 1
CLAIMS MANY I
VICTIMS 11
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Oct. 20. — About seven
aeroplanes raided eastern and north
eastern English counties at midnight.
Twenty-seven people were killed and
fifty-three injured. A few bombs were
dropped over the London area, with
slight material damage to houses.
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TED
ZEPPELINS
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Oet. 20. — A large squadron
of Zeppelins flew over Vosges last
night. The French guns brought one
down in flames at Raiuervillers. and
forced two others to land.
AGITATOR ILL'
DAWSON, Y. T„ Oct. 20.—United
States Immigration Inspector R. L.
Wells tonight announced that Charles
■ Lestor* a Canadian subject now h.efn?
1 at Fairbanks in the federal jail vin w
be deported during the next two ~
months via Cordova. Wells stated
that Lestor was being deported on the
grounds that he entered the United
States without inspection and might
later become a public charge. He- will*
be returned to the Canadian Yukon,
probably through Fairbanks federal of
ficials.
Lestor achieved considerable notor
iety last spring by his activities in the
Nenana labor troubles gnd was arrest
ed as a result of his actions. He Is
under sentence of two years5 confine
ment and was fined $1,000 for his ac
tivities at that time. He is a British
subject and his family are residents
of this city.
DAY OF PRAYER
OCT. 28
WASHINGTON, JX C„ Oct. 20. —
President Wilson has proclaimed Sun
day, October 28, as a day of prayer
for the success of the American army,
in accordance with a recent resolution
of congress, which says that it be
hooves a great people nurtured as we
have been in the eternal principle of
justice and right and obedience to di
vine teachings, to cast ourselves at the
feet of the Supreme Master, praying
for aid in the hour of trial.
STORM WASHES
AWAY TEXAS
PRESIDIO, Texas. Oct.. 20.—Adobe
tfpuses washed away by the flood wat
ers of the Rio Grande, barns and cor
rals wrecked and big stores with wat
er-soaked stocks formed a dismal pic
ture of flood ruin after the Rio Grande
receded after the flood which covered
the town and surrounding valley here.
Ohinage. Chihuahua, the Mexican
town opi>osite here, escaped without
Injury, as it is built on a high table
land overlooking the river.
Auto Race Continues
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♦ MISS MARIE ROSSWOG, City... ... 2,245,000 ♦
♦ MRS. BLANCHE BUTLER, McCarthy .' '.2,215,000 ♦
♦ MISS CATHERYN DENNIS, Kennlcott .2,200,000 ♦
♦ MRS. HELEN BALLARD, City...2,006,000
♦ MISS LOTTIE LARSON, City.1,990.000 ♦
♦ MRS. SADIE MCDONALD, Strelna,..., .1,160,000 ♦
♦ MISS LOLA TURNER, City... 440,000 *
♦ The above standing of candidates in the Daily Times subscrip- ♦
♦ tion campaign shows that they have not taken the rapid increase ♦
♦ that was experienced in the last showing, due to the fact that the ♦
♦ large bonus offer closed the day' previous to that count. All the can- ♦
♦ didates should remember that the campaign is not over, and will +
♦ not be until the judges make announcement to that effect on the ♦
♦ last day of this month. ^
♦ This extra offer by which votes are computed now is the last ♦
♦ offer, and ha$ just seven days to run, and then the ballot box will ,be ♦
♦ installed by the judges of the campaign. There will be no fay that ♦
♦ the standing of the different candidates can be determined, and no ♦
♦ one will have access to the votes that are contained in the ballot box, ♦
♦ until the race is over. Then it will be too late for any'assistance to ♦
♦ be given any candidate, thus assuring all that no one’s confidence ♦
♦ will be abused. The candidate who has the most votes obtained ♦
♦ through subscriptions to the Times will receive the first prize, and ♦
♦ so on down the list. The last few days should be the golden ones ♦
♦ for the contestants. aB the judges will make a shower of gold to ♦
♦ one of the above candidates. ^
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