The Cordova Daily Times
^LUMEmL^r^E^4, __ CORDOV-^ALASK \, SATl «1>AY. sKl’TKMMKK 15, 1917. ~~ _pm( r TENOKNTs"=
GERMAN GENERAL PUTS PRICE ON AMERICANS
Sweden Must Explain Its Intrigue With Germany
(By Associated Press)
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS, France Belgium, Sept. 15.
—The German general commanding the eleventh reserve divi
sion recently placed a price of four hundred marks on the first
American soldier brought, dead or alive, into his lines.
GERMAN SUBMARINE IS SIGHTED EAST OP NANTUCKET
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ATLANTIC PORT, Sept. 15.—A German submarine is re
ported operating sixty five miles east of the Nantucket light
house. An unidentified vessel sent a distress call, saying it was
being shelled by a submarine.
hIeNBURG SAYS WILSON ATTEMPTS CREATE DISUNITY
BERLIN, Sept. 15.—Hindenburg, in replying to the anti
Wilson protests from German organizations, said: “By his at
tempt to create disunity Wilson succeeded in uniting the Ger
man people. Wilson will receive a clear answer by the seventh
war loan.”
KERENSKY ORDERS ARREST LEADERS OF THE REVOLUTION
PETROGRAD, Sept. 15.—General Alexieff was due to ar
rive at Russian main headquarters last night and the revolu
tionary troops were ordered by Kerensky to march on Hohilex
and arrest Korniloff, Lomkomsky and others concerned in
the revolt.
AMERICAN LABOR TO SUPPORT RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor, has cabled the Minneapolis
conference resolutions to Kerensky, pledging the support of
the American working class to Russian democracy.
RUSSIAN Ciil TR0UBIE5 ARE flMlSKY
PETROGRAD, Sept. 15.—The indications are that th ■
government is seeking a way out of its cabinet difficulties.
Social Democrats and Social Revolutionists have prepared iden
tical resolutions declaring the impossibility of collaborating
with Kerensky if Constitutional Democrats are made ministers,
but voting on the resolution has been postponed and a settle
ment is expected.
KORNILOFF ARRESTED AND HIS FATE STILL UNDECIDED
PETROGRAD, Sept. 15.—The question of the probable
fate of Korniloff is exciting the public. The indications are
that the government must face the serious difficulties, as the
feeling is bitter, and there is a clamor for vengeance. Korni
loff and Lokomsky were arrested today.
ELEVEN MIB HALF BILLIONS APPROPRIATED FOR WAR
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—War credits, new boi^ls and
certificates, aggregating $11,538,000,000, were passed by the
senate without a roll call or dissenting voice. The measure al
ready passed the house, and is the largest of its kind in the
world’s history.
RUSSIANS CAPTURE THREE TOWNS PROM GERMANS
PETROGRAD, Sept. 15—The Russians yesterday defeated
the Germans on the road to Pskoff, on the Riga front, and oc
cupied three towns formerly held by Germans.
COPPER MARKET STIMULATED RT LARGE PURCHASE
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—The purchase of 77,000,000 pounds
of copper by the allies was followed by a better demand for this
metal.
MTnJLTS PROM SELF-INFLICTED WOUND
1 ETROGRAI), Sept. 15.—General Krymoff, commander
of the troops sent by Korniloff against Petrograd, who shot
himself after interviewing Kerensky, is dead.
THE POLITICAL CRISIS HAS BEEN SOLVED IN RUSSIA
PETROGRAD, Sept. 15.—It is officially announced that
the political crisis has been solved after an all night confer
ence. A new cabinet was formed, and its confirmation will be
published today.
SUGAR INDUSTRY UNITED STATES UNDER GOVT. CONTROL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Under a presidential procla
mation the entire sugar industry of the United States has been
placed under the jurisdiction of the food administration, to be
conducted under a license system, which will control its manu
facture, distribution and importation.
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ARRIVE FROM
SEATTLE
I The steamer. Admiral Evans arrive !
at an enrly hour this morning from
Seattle with twenty-five passengers
for Cordova, nH follows: L. S. MoKel
vey, Itobert Shaw, Dr. VV. H. Casswell
K. H. Lively. Mrs. Helen Staggers, H.
If. Tafel, S. Nagatonl. K. Mitamura.
Mrs. K. Mitamura, Mrs. Katherine
York, D. Holcomb, E. O. Bradford, T.
C. Seineke, Mrs. T. C. Selneke, If. J.
Trent and ten third cabin.
The steamer Alameda sailed for Se
attle late this afternoon with ihe fol
lowing passengers from Cordovp.. Mrs.
John Y. Ostrander. W. Summers, T.
W. Campbell, Miss Frances Stevens.
M. Brock, Mrs. F. L. Smith. Mrs
Lacy, Falcon Joslin, C. L. Morris, O.
Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Boyle,
Mr. und Mrs. Hoshtl. James Jensen, O.
G. Murray, Mrs. Pritchard, Mr. and
Mrs. Scott, G. Bennett, Sam Gilmore,
11. L. Blake, G. E. Lewis and wife.
Miss Wolking, Mrs. Baiuard. Itobert
Crawford, H. A. Crawford, Mr. and
Mrs. L. F. Morgan. Mfsa Deselets, Geo.
Harris, L. Morgan, and twenty second
class.
The steamer Alaska. Captain Jen
sen in command, arrived at 11 o’clock
this morning with the following pas
sengers for Cordova: Theo Johnson
Mrs. C. If. Byers, Mrs. James Haney.
G. H. Periam, Mrs. L. E. Powell, W.
H. Scagraves.
The Pacific Steamship Company has
chartered the steamer Cossa for the
run between San Francisco and Puget
Sound. It also announces the sailing
of the steamer Senator from Seattle
to Singapore, which round trip will
take eighty-five days.
LUST HIS LIFE IN
GLORY
(By Associated PreBs)
HONOLULU, Sept. 15. — “Jimmy”
Diaz, a Spanish hoy and a Boy Sdout
went to his death recently endeavor
! ing to save an American flag from
destruction by fire. When a fire
started in the home of the engineer
of the plantation on which the boy
lived, he rushed to the roof where the
Stars and Stripes unfurled, climbed
the flag pole and rescued the bunting,
but in descending pierced his foot on
a nail. Blood poisoning set in and
death resulted.
Boy Scouts assembled at his funeral.
The chief scout commissioner placed
a wreath on his grave and a commem
orative address was delivered by the
army chaplain at Schofield barracks.
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I COMFORT UNION MEMBERS AT
FRONT BE CARED FOR
(By Associated Press)
DENVER. Sept. 16. — The Denver
Trades and Labor Assembly has taken
steps toward providing every member
of the bodies alied with it. who en
lists or is drafted, with tobacco and
other comforts while he Is serving the
army. A committee of five, including
two women members, was appointed
to have charge of the work.
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COPPER IS GOING UP.
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Sept. 15. — The cop
per market is firm and fourth quarter
deliveries are quoted at 2G and 27
cents.
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MONTANA WOMEN LEAD
IN FOOD CAMPAIGN.
(By Associated Press)
BOZEMAN, Mont., Sept. 15. — Sev
en women county agents have ben ap
pointed by the Montana State College
extension department, in accord with
the provisions of the food survey hill
recently passedby congress providing
for a continuation and extension of
the food production and conservation
campaign In the various states. So
far as is known, Moutana is taking the
'ead In this matter.
SEATTLE WES
(Dy Associated Press)
SEATTLE. Sept. 16. — The potat® ;
market has stiffened and jobbers are
paying $40 a ton for Alaska grades
ind local grades ure selling at
jirat tically the same prtt*». The on
ion market is stronger, if the local
supply Is nearly exhausted, dealers dc
pending on Californian to stabilize the
market, and purchases passed an ah
normal week here, largest amount be
ing I) \ndled any time In the history of
local markets. Fruit market is gen
erally stronger over last v-®k. Vege
table prices still high, although the
market Is weakening. The corn mar
ket. which has been advanting rapidly
the last few days, suddenly took a
downward turn, with rumor of Ger
many's pence proposals, hm been hnn
ded tlte pope. A cent advance in
prices of butter had no effect on the
buying, and creamery men t redtet the
last advance will stand. Eggs are firm
with little chance for a drvl Cheese
Is firm, but former differences be
tween Oregon and Washington pro
ducts been wiped out, prteoe rising ac
cordingly. Grocery staple;, are un
changed. Potatoes. Puget 3ound, |30
and $35; cabbage, 1 3 4 anT 2 cents;
unions. California yellow, 1 :',-4 and 2
cents; apples, Oravensteliu,, $2 and
$2.25 a box; butter, cubes* 45 cents;
bricks. 4S cents; eggs, ranch, 48 cents;
rhcesc. Oregon triplets 24 and 26
cents. »s 4
“ TEACHER
BEE 'ED
BY E
Because of the increase in the
number of pupils at the school anil
the fact that three teachers are not
adequate to handle so large an enroll
rnent and do justice to all the grades
the school board has decided to em
ploy another teacher. This will enable
the various classes to have recita
tion periods long enough to meet the
requirements of standard schools.
it Iras also been found necessary to
Insist that all children of school ago
(six years), or who will be of schol
age by January 1, must enter school
it once; otherwise, tlrey will not be re
ceived later in the year. This applies
only to children who are entering
rchool for the first time; children who
have attended school heretofore,
either here or elsewhere, will be wel
come at any time.
The board also wishes to call the
attention of school patrons to the de
cision to regulate school clocks by
railroad time, beginning Monday, the
17th inst., thus avoiding confusion
that has previously existed.
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SEATTLE YOUNG LADY
WEDS RESIDENT LATOUCHE
A very pretty but qiliel wedding was
consummated at the Catholic church
this afternoon at 2 o'clock, when Miss
Hermoine Barber, of Seattle, became
the wife of Mr. Richard L. Ullman, of
Latouche. The ceremony which united
this young couple for life was per
formed by Father Van der Pol. The
bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George B. Barber, and arrived in Cor
dova on today's steamer. Her father
is well known here, being the store
keeper on the S. S. Northwestern. Mr.
Ullman is timekeeper at the Beatson
mine, ar.d the newly-weds embark on
the matrimonial sea with the best
wishes of a host of friends.
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RAINSTORM DOES MUCH
DAMAGE AT SEWARD,
The recent rain and windstorm that
swept Alaska, did considerable dam
age at Seward, driving the water into
the homes and business houses
through window casings. The glacier
stream was on the rampage, and
lodged the Ht-hool house against the
|Jefferson street bridge; the Oomraun
[ity Christian church toppled into' the
stream; many residences were swept
away, and the telephone, light and
water service was put out of commis
sion, and it will take sixty days to
make the necessary repairs.
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(Special to the Times)
A.M riUHAUL, SepL 15. — Captain
Frederick Wears, or the Alaskan en
gineering commission. In discussing
Secretary Lane's recent statement
about the possible curtailment of gov
ernment railroad work, said he had
been instructed to complete the road
*s soon as possible to the Watanuska
coal fields, and to the Talkeetna min
ing district, and connect up with Sew
ard. The dredging of the local har
bor is to be pushed vigorously from
the twentieth of the month to handle
die output of coal, gold and copper
fields.
ARCTIC CLUB IB
BOLD ALASKA
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(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE. Sept. 15. — The enter
tainnieut committee of the Arctic Club
has nrrunged a celebration to com
memorate the fiftieth anniversary of
the transfer of Alaska from Russia
to the United States, by holding an
open house for Alaskans and a ban
ctuot at night, on September 18.
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EWLOTS ABOUT
(By Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 15. — The num
ber of men now employed on govern
ment railroad construction in inter
lor Alaska now is nearly 1,000. This
includes all of the employees of tb"
commission and of the contractors
The inen are working all along the
line from Broad Pass to Fairbanks
and include the grading gangs of the
contractors, the steel laying gangs
the crews of men ballasting track
south of Nenana, all of the men em
ployed around headquarters at Ne
nana, and contractors’ crews and en
gineering commission employees
north of Nenana.
Construction of the railroad bridge
across the Tanana river at Nenana
will cost $650,000.
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GIRLS WILL KEEP SOLDIERS’
GRAVES GREEN
(By United Press)
LONDON, Sept. 15. — Twenty pret
ty young English girls, clad in the
khaki of the women’s army, are in
France working on the purely senti
mental assignment of keeping soldiers'
graves green. They are the first
batch of a much larger force to be
sent over in time to see that the rest
ing places of England's sons are kept
covered with a blanket of grass and
flowers. Among the force will be sis
ters of soldiers, likely a scattering of
girlB whose brothers or sweethearts
lie buried behind the battlefields o’
today. Kew Garden is furnishing most
of the recruits.
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BIG BONUSES PAID TO
SUGAR PLANTATION LABORERS.
(By Associated Press)
HONOLULU, Sept. 15. — That au
gar plantation laborers in the Ha
w-tllan islands will receive a larger
percentage of profit from the high
price of sugar than shareholders them
selves is the belief of E. D. Tenney,
president of the Sugar Planters' Asso
ciation. His statement is made in
connection with the demands of Jap
anese plantation laborers for higher
wages.
It is estimated that this year the
plantation laborers will receive in ad
dition to their regular wages a bonus
of 70 per cent to tallng about $5,000,
'000. Last year plantation laborers re
ceived $4,000,000 bonuses.
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Furnished cabins. See Dooley.
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STOCKHOLM, Sept. 15.—French Minister Thienbuat has
called at the Swedish foreign office with a formal request for
an explanation of the Argentine incident. Other representatives
of the allies are expectd to pursue the same course.
M LX ICO CITY, Sept. 15—Von Eckliardt, the German min
ister, has denied everything in connection with the disclosures
that he employed Folke Gronholm, former Swedish consul, to
convey information to the Berlin foreign office. Kckhardt de
clares that he never sent any communication through Gron
holm, and never wrote any communication recommending a
decoration for Gronholm for services rendered.
M ASHIXGTON, Sept. 15.—President Wilson connnuni
•ated directly to the senate leaders his wish that tin* soldiers’
and sailors’ insurance bill be acted upon before the adjourn
ment of congress. It is now practically certain that his plan
a ill he followed, but unless some agreement is reached to sliort
m the debate, plans for an adjournment around October 1 will
he seriously disarranged.
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. — Ameri
cans captured and held in German pri
son camps are to be looked after by
the American Red Cross. Already a
prisoners' relief committee has been
organized under the supervision of El
lis I Dresel, of the American legation
tt Rerne, Switzerland,
i The German potie* of giviutc prison
ers poor and scanty rations Is Jo he
counteracted by shipping food parcels
to American prisoners. Each will con
tain a postcard, to be signed as a re
1 -eipt and returned, as means of mak
ing sure the Americans get the aid in
tended for them.
These packages will contain ten
pounds of meat, a quantity of butter,
iam, coffee or tea, salt, rice and dried
food. The parcels will be sent three
times in a fortnight. Arrangements
ilao have been made permitting send
ing clothing, money and lette-s from
the families in this country of men
taken prisoners.
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(By United Press)
LONDON, Sept. la. — They have
found the missing bonds. At the be
ginning of the war a British printing
plant near Paris was commandeered
by the French government for use as
a hospital. The firm left a number
of bonds not completely printed, in
the office safe. A wounded French
soldier stole them.
The French soldier was killed in
battle. A German soldier found the
bonds under the dead man's coat and
placed them under his own.
The German soldier was killed and
l French artillery sergeant found the
bonds. The sergeant sold them to a
comrade for a few francs. The com
rade presented them to his bunk for
payment. The cashier paid him the
money. Later the bank discovered
■he bonds were not numbered anil
otherwise incomplete. They started
in investigation and their detective?
met the detectives of the printing firm
half way on their respective trails
clearing up the mystery.
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FLATHEAD INDIAN LANDS
NOW OPEN FOR FILING
(By Associated Press)
MISSOULA, Mont.. Sept. 15.—'Th<
Flathead Indian lands, which have
been classified and appraised, total
Ing 7676 acres, has been opened foi
filing since September 1. Tht
land has been appraised from $2.6f
to $6.12 an acre. All filings during
the first fifteen days of Septembei
will be considered simultaneously and
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conflicts will be determined by lot
All timber included must be paid foi
at the time of entry.
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Don’t miss seeing our shoe line. Wt
have a full line of them, as smart a?
any made. Cleyson. The Clothier.
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(By United Press)
NEW YORK. Sept. 15. — The sixth
annual National Safety Congress and
Exhibition of Safety and Sanitation is
attended by thousands of safety engi
neers Identified with every known in
dustry.
The exposition is under the Joint
auspices of the National Safety Coun
cil and the American Museum of
Safety, and will continue ror rtve rtmyn.
Prominent safety engineers attending
point out that owing to the fact that
thousands of women and untrained
men are taking the places of men who
go to the front, safety precautions are
more necessary than ever before.
An interesting series of exhibits
show how the lives of our soldiers and
sa IT) rs are being guarded. Demon
I strations of the weird looking gas
mask for contending against suffocat
ing and lachrymose gases, the various
types of camouflage or methods of
painting scenery and arranging foll
I age so as to hide batteries and trans
ports to receive the enemy, and mod
ern sanitary methods at war hospitals
' from an interesting department.
COLORADO 10
FEMALE FIDE
(By Associated Press!
EDGEWATER, Colo., Sept. 15. —
When the fire bell rings in Edgewater
these days the baby is turned over to
a neighbor for safe keeping, the bread
Is snatched from the oven, sewing is
left where It falls, and the fire-women
run for their apparatus. In Edge
water the women “man" the hose
reels and climb the ladders.
The reason Is that many of the re
gular firemen, all of whom are volun
teers. are in training at national army
encampments, national guard training
camps, or elsewhere in the service of
the government. The women decided
that It was their duty to se that insur
ance rates did not increase. They
drafted all female relatives of the
firemen into their general department
to answer alarms when needed and
the wives of the firemen formed a spe
cial particular band of “fire Indies"
to do the work their husbands were
not there to do.
So far they have answered four
alarms, and have made quick time
reaching the scene ot the fire In each
case. Observers say they have proved
that the female of the fire fighting
species is just us deadly and much
more graceful than the male.
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EASTERN RED ROBIN FINDS
HIS WAY WEST.
(By Associated Press)
MISSOULA. Mont.. Sept. 15.—The
eastern robin red breast Is finding his
way to Montana. He ts a different
bird from the western robin, the chief
point of difference being his color.
Ornithologists of the StaD? University
biological station on Flathead lake
this month found one of these eastern
visitors.