The Cor ily Times
VOLUME III, NUMBER 128 ~~ 6> 1917~ PRICE TEN CENTS
CITY IN THIS
RESULT BOUTS
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(By Associated Press)
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♦ ST. JOHNS, New Brunswick, ♦
♦ Dec. 6.—A large part of Halifax ♦
♦ is burning as the result of an ex- ♦
♦ plosion jn the harbor, when two ♦
♦ vessels collided in a storm. One ♦
♦ of them was carrying munitions, ♦
♦ including high explosives. It is ♦
♦ reported that^the munition ship ♦
♦ was of American register. ♦
♦ The explosion could be heard ♦
♦ for miles and it is believed „that ♦
♦ many were killed. A large num- ♦
♦ ber of waterfront buildings were ♦
♦ wrecked and other ships in the ♦
♦ harbor suffered much damage, ♦
♦ while it is reported the crews of ♦
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♦ several were killed. The West- ♦
♦ ern Union Telegraph building ♦
♦ was blown to pieces and the ♦
♦ wires are down. A censor has ♦
♦ taken charge of all communica- ♦
♦ tion.
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TRURO, Nova Scotia, Dec. 6.—Hali
fax advises that the report of three
hundred dead is unconfirmed. The
report said the fire was controlled.
The_ vessels collided soon after S:30
o'clock and many hundreds were in
jured on the munition ship American.
AMHERST, Dec. 6.—The whole
northern section of Halifax is report
ed to be a mass of wreckage, fires
having broken out in a dozen parts
of the city.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.—Mrs.
Alice Kid well signed an offidavit ad
mitting the giving of false testimony
before the grand jury which indicted
Thomas Mooney and others for the
preparedness day bombs and murders.
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BEEN SOLD
INEMT
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Dec. 5.—The Border
Line Transportation company’s ship
Northland was today sold to Atlan
tic coast interests and will be taken
east soon. The sum realized from the
vessel was not made public. The
Northland is a steam schooner of 697
tons burden, built in Seattle, Wash
in 1898. She is 140 feet long. 27 feet
beam, 14 feet depth of hold. Her
home port was Ketchikan, Alaska.
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One W. P. Murohy, a resident of
Tanana, is alleged to have made some
seditious utterances recently. Pete
Mauer, who appears to be of Teutonic
origin, heard the remarks and pro
ceeded by force of arms to make
Murphy retract. Murphy had Mauer
arrested for assault, and after hear
ing the case the commissioner dis
charged Mauer and assessed the
costs, amounting to some forty and
odd dollars against Murphy.
AIRPLANE 111
IS MADE ON
LONDON, Dec. 6.—It. Is officially
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announced that twenty-five airoplanes
raided England. Six reached London
and two of them were brought down
and the crews captured.
LONDON, Dec. 6.—The bombs drop
ped caused a number af fires
which were quickly controlled. The
casualties are believed to be light.
There were three men in each aero
plane.
LONDON, Dec. 6.—Seven were kill
ed and twenty-one injured in the raid
on England. Three were killed and
injured in London.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The com
mittee’s report declares the Unite!
States will probably send troops to
Italy soon
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ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, Dec. 6
—Furious enemy attacks on the Asi
ago plateau were repulsed with heavy
losses, in the northeast sector. The
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Teutons occupied some advanced
lines, where the fighting is desperate,
masses of infantry being engaged in
hand to hand conflicts.
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ONE LIFE WAS LOST
FROM THE SPOKANE
One man, an Italian, lost his life as
ther esult of the accident to the Spo
kane. The Italian was taken from
the Spokane by the Princess May.
Bound from the scene of the wreck to
Prince Rupert, he appeared dement
ed by the loss of his baggage. While
walking the deck he jumped over
board and drowned before aid could
reach him.
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SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 6.—No
matter what action is taken to oust
Portland from the Pacific Coast base
ball league in the meantime. Judge
W. W. McCredie, owner of tlje Port
land franchise, will positively attend
the annual meeting of the league di
from Portland. In all probabilty Wal
ter McCredie, manager of the Port
land outfit, will also attend the meet
ing.
A lower salary limit to meet the
war emergency will be one of the big
subjects taken up at the meeting,
wiseacres here declare. The meeting
promises to be the most important in
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the history of the league.
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J. W. McNamara, who was sentene-i
ed by the district court at Valdez, on
December 1, 1909 to imprisonment for;
15 years in the penitentiary at Me-!
Neil island for the killing of T. R. j
Carpenter, at Cordova, died on Nov
ember 2, according to advices receiv
ed at the court house from the peni
tentiary authorities.
The case of McNamara attracted
considerable attention at the time of
the trial, the crime apparently being
a most brutal and cold blooded kill
ing of an inoffensive man. It
developed in the trial that McNamara
was practically insane from drlng
when he shot down his victim in the
McCormac hotel at Cordova. His trial
occurred at Valdez on October 29th,
30th, November 1, 2, 3 and 4, result
ing in a verdict of murder in the sec
ond degree. On December 1st, Mc
Namara was sentenced to 15 years
imprisonment at McNeil’s island. Dur
ing his confinement he rapidly de
clined in health, and on June 22nd
of this year, after serving about sev
en years and seven months, he was
paroled, but his health did not im
prove and death came on November
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(By Associated .Press)
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS. Dec.
6.—There is heavy fighting around
Asiago. The enemy attacked in
waves, the infantry with liquid gas.
Following the intense artillerying
they fought yesterday and last night
on a ten miles front.
TIG OF
THE PAST
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.—Spying
in the enemy’s territory is to be a
thing of the past in Pacific Coast pre
serves if all of the colleges concern
ed follow the lead of California and
Washington. These institutions have
made a pact that in future when a
representative of one side goes to
look over the opposition talent he
shall announce his presence, obtain
a pass, and stand bn the sidelines.
Football wiseacres say that in days
gone past coaches and their represen
tatives used to assume false whisk
ers, gum shoes and other camouflage
in order to “get a line" on the oppo
sition’s methods of attack and de
fense.
Coach Andy Smith of California
takes the stand that when a team is
hard pressed it will uncover every
thing it has, and future opponents
said team can learn all there is to be
learned without resorting to Sher
lock Holmes subterfuges. On the
other hand when a team wants to
“cover up’’ in practice, he contends,
all of the public and private detec
tives in the world could not get a
line on its tricks.
TEUTONS REFUSE
DEMANDS OF
RUSSIA
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(By Associated Press)
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♦ PETROGRAD, Dec. 6.—Repre- ♦
♦ sentatives of the Teutons met the ♦
♦ Russian emissaries at Brest. l,eto- ♦
♦ visk, of the Teutons, was em- ♦
♦ powered to negotiate an armis- ♦
♦ tlc.e on the eastern front only. ♦
♦ The Russians wanted an arm- ♦
♦ istice on all fronts and wanted ♦
♦ the Teutons to promise not to ♦
♦ send troops to the eastern or ♦
♦ other fronts and wanted the Ger- ♦
♦ mans to surrender the islands of ♦
♦ Moon sound. The Teutons said ♦
♦ the Russian conditions are unac- ♦
♦ ceptable. They said such de- ♦
♦ mands could be addressed only ♦
♦ to a conquered country. The Teu- ♦
♦ tons handed the Russians a pro- ♦
♦ posal for an armistice on the ♦
♦ eastern front, which the Russians ♦
♦ are now considering. ♦
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TORPEDO KILLS
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(By Associated Press)
fcoXDON, Dec. 6.—The steamer
M)1. survivors report that the sub
■‘Thd torpedo smashed "a
life boat containing a score of pass
: engers and killing several. Others
drowned. There were fourteen wo
men on the steamer, eight of whom
were drowned.
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POLICY
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(By Associated Press!
SEATTLE, Dec. 6.—About a thous
and packing house employes and re
tail butcher** struck today. They de
mand a closed shop policy.
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FOOD CONSERVATION DRIVE
HAS BEEN INAUGURATED
With the blowing of whistles and
the ringing of bells the food conser
vation campaign wps launched in
Cordova at l o’clock this afternoon
and the town is now being canvassed
for signatures to the food cards, in
the belief that Cordova will Jo it3
lull part In assisting the administra
tion in conserving the food of the
nation for the boys who are fighting
for democracy in Europe. It may be
possible that some residents are over
looked, but if they are it is purely un
intentional and the committee asks
them to call either at the postoffice
store or look up the member of the
committee in their section. The <’o
operation of all is desired as the
movement is one that should inter
est every American.
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Conrad M. Eines and Charles Olson
were tried recently at Ketchikan on
the charge of seditions, and after be
ing found guilty by the jury Eines
was sentenced by the court to im
prisnment for one year and fined
$100, and Olson was fined $500 and
costs amounting to nearly $100 more.
Patrick Barrett died of pneumonia
yesterday, in Bellingham, Wash., after
an illness of only a few days, accord
ing to a cablegram received by his
sister, Mrs. Otto Kulper. of this place.
Barrett was a young man of par
ticular promise, and the son of Col.
Geo. T. Barrett of Katalla, the first
white man to find coal in the Bering
river district. Young Barrett's In
dian mother was a princess of the
Beaver and Eagle clans and the only
sister of the late Chief John, head of
the tribe in this section. According
to the custom of these matronymie
tribes, Patrick Barrett has been for
several years, a potential chief. He
was twenty-two years old and a grad
uate of Chemawa at Chemawa. Ore
gon, and of Haskell, In Lawrence,
Kansas. He was very ambitious for
the betterment of the Indian race,
and throughout the middle states
made a name for himself as a lectur
f
er along those lines. His lectures
were published in many of the leading
dailies.
For the past two years young Bar
rett has been a bookkeeper in the em
ploy of the Hoonah Packing company,
of Bellingham. At the time of his
death he was engaged in assembling
his notes and data preparatory to
writing a history of his mother's peo
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 6.—Naval airplanes
raided German artillery establish
ments in Belgium. They hit an air
dome train.
WILSON LIKELY
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 6.—
President Wilson may address con
gress on the Inter-State Commerce
commission’s recommendation that
the government operate the railroads
during the war.
TWO ELLAMAR BOYS ARE
BELIEVED LOST AT SEA'
Louis Anderson, son of Mrs. Martin
Anderson, and George Wagner, son
of a storekeeper, both of Ellamar.
left that place on November 27 in
their launch. Albe. on a duck hunt, I
and have not yet returned. Severe
gales and extreme cold weather have
prevailed in that district and the par
ents are uneasy over the probable
late of the boys, as they were not pro
visioned for a stay of any length. A
boat was sent out from Ellamar on
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December first. which searched
every bay and nook where the young
men were supposed to be, but could
find no trace of them. It is feared
the young men may have been blown
across the sound or have been swamp
ed by the heavy seas.
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WAR WILL SOON
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(By Associated Press)
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♦ WASHINGTON, Dec. 6—The ♦
♦ house foreign affairs committee ♦
♦ has unanimously reported in fav- ♦
♦ or of an Austrian declaration of ♦
♦ war. The house agreed to pass ♦
♦ the resolution before Friday ♦
♦ night After the declaration of ♦
♦ war with Austria the government ♦
♦ will arrest several hundred thous- ♦
♦ and men who are alien enemies ♦
♦ within the United States. ♦
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(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, Dec. 6.—It is officially
stated that the Austro-Germans cap
tured 11,000 Italians, over sixty guns
and strong positions in their new of
fensive.
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ARTILLERY J
(By Associated Press)
AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANC&..
Dec. 6.—American aviators are now
working with the artillery and the
results are satisfactory, the airmen
directing fire against the German
positions. •
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SERVES TERM PENITENTIARY
AND RETURNS TO ALASKA
“Indian Jim,” who was recently dis
charged from the penitentiary at Mc
Neil’s island after serving two years
and a half for manslaughter has re
turned to his home in Alaska. Jim
was arrested near Knik. in December.
1913, charged with having murdered
Tom Stepan. At a hearing before the
commissioner he was bound over to
the grand jury, and at a term of court
held at Knik in July, 1915, he was
convicted of manslaughter, and sen
tenced to three years at McNeil’s isl
and. During the trial it was brought
out that Jim shot his victim through
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the body with a rifle, causing almost
instant death. There had been a quar
rel between the two men, and while
Jim did not deny the shooting he
stated that it was accidental. He is
now on his way to his old home at
Knik.
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ALASKAN TRAVELING MAN
IS ON WAY TO FRANCE
Clive J. Atkinson, who has been
traveling through Alaska for the past
several years as the representative
of the Buckingham and Hecht Shoe
company, was caught in the draft and
is at present in Camp Mills, New
York, on his way to France. Atkin
son was stationed at -Camp Lewis for
one week and was then transferred
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to another regiment.
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S. S. Alameda left Juneau at ID
o’clock this morning, and will arrive
here early Saturday morning.
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