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V0U MK ()XK' NUMBER TWENTY-NINE._' CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1915. PRICE TEN CENTS
CONFIRMS STORY GERMAN INHUMANITY
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NKW ^ ORO, Jan. 7—Sight drafts
on London were offered on the ex
change today at $4.84, the lowest
quotation since the panic of 1907.
Under normal conditions, with ex*
change at this figure there would ho
a large influx of gold from Kurope.
Rankers here regard the decline in
exchange as indicating that the pay
ment of this country’s foreign obli
gations, which at the beginning of the
war were about two hundred and fifty
millions, have been made.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 7—One of the
large lumber concerns in this city has
just taken a contract to furnish fifty
million feet of timber, principally ties
and mine timbers, for England.
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FORMER CORDOVAN ;
" DIES AT PORTLAND
News was received here in yester
day's mail of the death of our former
townsman, R. J. P. Mill, at Portland,
Ore., on Christmas day. Diabetes is
said to have been the direct cause.
Mrs. Mill was at her husband’s bed
side when the end came. A son, A.
M. Mill, who was employed at Tread
well, left for Portland when he learn
ed of the critical illness of his father,
but the latter crossed the great divide
before the son reached home.
Mr. Mill was about 55 years of age
and he and his family resided at Cor
dova for several years, he beiing a con
tractor and builder. Two years ago
be removed to Juneau and last sum
mer went to Portland, where he has
since been engaged in business.
Mr. Mill was an examplary man and
the sympathy of local friends is ex
tended to his bereaved family.
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STOWAWAYS WILL BE I
OUESTSOFUNCLE SAM
On the arrival of the steamer Ala
meda here yesterday the captain
turned over to Deputy Marshal
Brightwell three storeaways who
hoarded the boat at Juneau. They
were discovered shortly after leaving
that place, and placed irons, not hav
ing coin to pay their fares.
The prisoners, Thomas Knight, F.
W. Guest and George Redmond, were
brought before Commissioner Adams
•. and tried on the charge of vagrancy.
CGuest and Redmond plead guilty to
the charge and were fined $50 and
costs, and in lieu of the coin, will
serve a term in the federal jail.
Knight pleaded not guilty, declaring
that be had $1.30 in his pocket and
was not a vag. The court, however,
looked at the matter in a different
light, and he was fined $75 and costs,
which he will pay at the rate of $2
per day by serving time in the bastile.
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Our canned fruits and vegetables,
as well as our Peteluma Eggs, are al
ways the Best. Our prices are al
ways the lowest. O’NEILL & SLATER
COMPANY.
French Committee Reports War the Most
Ferocious Ever Waged Between
Civilized Nations in History
LINEQFGEBMANIRENGHES
PARIS, Jnn. 7—An official French bulletin to
day announces the capture of a portion of the first
line of trenches in the Wor district. This announce
ment is taken to indicate that the French are making
heavy inroads into the German triangular position,
the apex of wliich rests upon the Meuse at St. Mihiel,
in Meuse. The principal activity in France and in
Flanders is confined to a heavy artillery duel, in
which the French claim to have gained' distinct ad
vantage. Mines have been exploded at two points
in the German trenches, the French attacks following
the explosions having been successful in capturing
the trenches.
LONDON, Jan. 7—The report that Cardinal
Mereier, head of the Catholic church in Belgium, had
been arrested by the German authorities, is denied
in an official announcement issued by the German
government today. It says that none of tin* Catholic
clergy have been interferred with in any manner,
unless appprehended in acts detrimental to German
interests.
PARIS, Jan. 7—The committee investigating i
the accusations of savage and inhumane conduct by
the German soldiers in Belgium and France, have
made a report to the government, which, in turn, has
made the report public.
In part the report states that never in the his
tory of the world has there been waged a war be-1
tween civilized nations so savage and so ferocious
as that which has been waged on French and Belgian j
soil by our implacable enemies, the Germans. Be
sides many lesser crimes against the people who
have come under their control, report charges that
pillaging, ravishing, willful and wanton destruction
of property and murder and mutilation have been
common, ordinary practices of the German invaders.
The reports of the ravishing of women and girls
by the German soldiers, the report says, has been
fully confirmed by investigation. So frequent have'
these outrages that the cases thoroughly established
by the committee, were only a very small part of the
cases reported, the number being so great as to pre
vent, through lack time, an invetigation of but com
paratively few of them.
The report is very thorough and complete, deal-;
ing with all the charges of inhumanity which have
i been brought against the Germans, and extending
at lengths the proofs submitted. It covers twenty
newspaper columns of fine type.
LONDON, Jan. 7—England’s reply to the note
ol the 1 nited States, protesting against interference
with American commerce by Great Britain, has boon
forwarded to Washington. The note is altogether
conciliatory, and it is believed that all danger of
friction has been removed. England announces her
willingness to make all concessions in regard to
American commerce not directly conflicting with the
interests of the allies. The note further states that
England does not object to the purchaese of German
or Austrian vessels by Americans, where the trans
fers an* genuine, and are not made simply for tin*
purpose of avoiding seizure.
LONDON, Jan. 7—In Poland tin* Germans ap
pen red to have made slight gains in the vicinity of
Warsaw, otherwise there is little alteration in the
battle front extending from the Baltic to the Car
pathian mountains. The Russians appear to lx* con
centrating their main efforts in the Carpathian pass
es, where they have the Austrians in a precarious
condition, and are also continuing a vigorous offen
si\e movement in tin* province of Bukowina.
TERMINAL ADVANTAGES OF
CORDOVA FOR TRUNK LINE
The Washington correspondent o
the Seattle Post Intellingencer givet
the following interesting account ol
the Alaska railroad situation at th«
National Capital, and of the effective
work being done there In behalf of t
trunk line from Cordova to Fairbanks
t»y George C. Hazelet, president of the
local Chamber of Commerce:
If you take it from the promoters ol
the various townsites on the coast ol
\laska, it has already been determln
sd where the seasoast terminal of the
government Alaska railroad is to run
The Washington bureau of the Post
intelligencer is in receipt of private
id vices from Alaska and Seattle which
show variously that Seward and the
Susitna, Portage bay and tho Susitna
ship Creek and the Susitna each and
severally are to be chosen. Other per
sons in Washington are equally posi
tive that there Is no getting awaj
from the fact that Cordova is to be
shosen and that the government ul
timately will come to the takiing ovei
of the Copper Itiver « Northwesteri
railway.
But If you talk with Secretar;
Franklin K. Lane and the members o
the Alaskan railway commission yoi
come away quite convinced that ni
decision has been reached. And then
if you ask the president, upon whon
the whole award depends finally, yoi
are more convtinced than ever tha
determination is still In the ruture
The only positive people nre thos
quite .emoved from the scene of fine
decision. The further removed the
are the more positive they are. <
One fact, however, that sticks oi
vigorous campaign is being conduct®
here in behalf of the Copper riw
route. The various visits of J. ]
Morgan, of the Alaska syndicate, t
Washington, to Interview Secretar
Lane on the subject and to suggei
the buying of the Copper River ,
Northwestern are significant. On to
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of this comes the arrival of George C.
Hazelet. president of the Cordova
Chamber of Commerce, equipped with
an array of maps and statistics all
calculated to show that if the govern
ment wants a road that will pay from
the grass roots it must take over the
Copper River & Northwestern and
make Cordova the terminal.
It would appear that the Cordova
promoters have got wind of the fact
that the Alaska commission is pay
ing much attention since it returned to
Washington to the matter of possible
traffic on the government road. This
Is shown in the demonstration Mr.
Hazelet is making. All of his maps
and figures are prepared to indicate
that (he Copper River & Northwestern
route has the greatest potential traf
fic In the near future.
In response to a request the Cordova
Chamber of Commerce prepared for
the Alaskan railway commission a re
port in great detail. It organized its
' work on the modern “efficiency ex
pert” lines. It sent out blanks to min
ers and producers in the territory ad
' jacent, asking them to fill in the
' statistical data.
i “A summary of the blanks,” says
> Mr. Hazelet in his report to the com
, mission, “shows 581 copper claims, 78
i gold quartz claims, 198 gold placer
i claims and 350,000 acres of agricul
t tural and grazing lands.
“There has been 33,675,000 expended
i in the development and assessment
1 I work. The report shows further an
y approximate south-bound tonnage per
month of 115,000 tons, provided the
t ore was all brought to the coast for
fl reduction, in conjunction with the coal
r of the llering river fields and the lower
'. grade ores of l’rince William sound.
0 "This showing makes no estimates
y of coal tonnage from the Rering river
t fields, because the commission !is in a
1 better position to do this than the
p chamber, and have given no eBti
mat© of oil from the Katalla fields,
notwithstanding those fields are pro
ducing the coal oil, gasoline and dis
tillate that practically supplies Prince
William sound.
"The report makes no estimate of
northbound tonnage, which must of
necessity be great in the development
of properties and their operation, be
cause the chamber had no way of ar
riving at same; neither does it include
any tonnage from the Alaska Syndi
cate properties, for the reason that no
report was made by them. It is,
therefore, simply an approximate es
timate of ore tonnage along this
route from properties that have been
held and money expended thereon for
a period ranging from five to fifteen
years.”
Further, Mr. Hazelet’s letter goes
on:
“In all American territory there are
but three natural railway outlets froid
interior Alaska to the southern coast.
The first, from the east and embrac
ing more than one-third of the terri
tory is through the Copper river val-j
ley, reaching the Tanana river well
up, and serving that entire valley, as
well as the Forty Mtle district and the
upper Yukon, in American territory.
The second is through the Susltna val
ley, over Broad Pass, reaching the
Tanana river will down toward its
mouth. The third is through the Kus
kokwim valley, striking the Yukon
500 or 600 miles above its mouth, and
not touching the Tanana district. The
last route Is eliminated, so far as this
discussion is concerned, because of
ice conditions in Bering sea.
“The proposition, therefore, resolves
itself into this, that there are but two
practical routes from all interior Al
aska to the southern coast for rail
ways, namely one through the Copper
river valley, and the other through
the Susltna valley.
“These two secttons are separated
from each other topographically by
high ranges of mountains and divides,
and are distinct in their economic and
commercial possibilities. The Copper
river route has been proved to be high
ly mineralized, as appears from the at
tached reports, in copper, gold, silver
and lead, while that of the Susitna is
principally adapted to agriculture and
grazing.
"Tonnage is the one essential of
every railway enterprise. Without
tonnage it must prove a failure.”
And further:
"We assert, without fear of contra
diction, that the Copper river route is
the only route which promises any re
turn upon the investment, or even op
erating expenses, for years to come,
because it is the only route that pos
sesses tonnage. In making this as
sertion, we do not wish to discredit or
disparage the agricultural resources
of any section of the territory, but we
do maintain that agriculture in Alas
ka must be developed In connection
with the mineral Industry nnd It sue
cess must depend upon that industry
This has been the experience of the
entire Pacific coast.”
Further along the report says:
“It therefore follows that the prae
Heal way to open up this country foi
permanent settlement is through the
development of the mines and fisheries
following up with agriculture as fast
ns conditions require. If this methoc
is adopted, Alaska will have a popu
'atIon equal to that of Norway 01
Sweden within the next twenty-flv<
years.
“This chamber asserts that this cat
only be done by extending the Uni
from Chttina to the interior with tlx
necessary feeeders to the ore show
Ings hereto attached, and with t
hr: nch line tapping the Bering rive
coal fields, thus bringing together a
a common point on the coast the vas
bodies of copper and gold ore of tlv
interior, anil the coal that is necessary
for their reduction. If this plan is
adopted it will place a permanent
population in the only district that
has sufficient tonnage to justify the
construction of a railway, and this
population would consume the agri
cultural products that might be raised
in other sections and the whole of the
territory would thus be developed.
‘‘This construction of a line from
Chitina with its necessary feeders, to
gether with a line opening up the
Bering river coal, w:ill cost not to ex
ceed $15,000,000, leaving $20,000,000 to
be expended in other sections of the
territory. The work can be accom
plished in two seasons, whereas any
other route will require at least
double that time.
“If it is urged that this section Is al
ready supplied wtith transportation we
answer this is but partially true. A
I railroad passes through the extreme
J southern portion of this vast tonnage
producing section to a mine owned by
the same corporation that controls the
railway. No branches or feeders have
have been built to other properties,
nor are they likely to be built, now
that the government has entered the
railroad field. Kven though this cor
poration should decide to extend the
road to other properties in order to in
crease its tonnage, the freight rates
must of necessity be too high to per
mit of tne deveopment of many prop
erties! because of interest charges.
' No corporation expects to earn leas
than 8 per cent, on its investment,
whereas the the government can well
afford to take :t per cent, or even op
1 erate a few years at a loss in order to
1 develop its territory.
“A low freight rate is the key to the
■ development of A*tesk«, and the gov
eminent is the only' institution thal
can give that rate.
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> Some cooking at the Windsor grill
LONDON DRAFTS
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CHICAGO, Jan. 7—A carload qf
Durham wheat was sold on the ex
change today at a price which breaks
the high record for that commodity.
The wheat was destined for Italy,
and was sold on a basis which will
make it cost at its destination $1.99
Per bushel. The purchase by France
and Italy today of one and one-half
million bushels of Durham whr-at sent
the price soaring skyward. Another
large purchaser was the Rockefeller
! Foundation, which bought largely of
May options to insure the charity sup
ply of foodstuffs for the Belgians.
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WILSON TO TAKE
TOIP '
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—President
Wilson stated today that he expected
his trip through the Panama canal to
the exposition at San Diego and San
Francisco and the speaking tour to
follow, which he contemplates, will
extend from March 5 to May 1. An
invitation to include in his itinearary
the states of the Pacific Northwest,
Washington, Oregon and Idaho, was
extended to the president today by
the senators of these states, and he
has promised to accept the invitation
if it is possible for him to do so.
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ACCOUNT OF WEDDING
OF CORDOVA YOUNG LUO!
The following account of the wed
ding of Miss Mrinnie Pinkelstein.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Pinkel
stein, of Cordova is taken from the
society columns of the Seattle Post
Intelligencer and will be read with
| much interest by the many friends
here of the bride:
A pretty Christmas wedding was
solemnized Friday afternon at 4
o'clock on the mezzanine floor of the
new Washington hotel, when Miss
Minnie Pinkelstein, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Max Pinkelstein, and Mr.
Alexander K. Goldman, of Seattle,
formerly fo Detroit, were united in
marriage. Rabbi Samuel Koch per
fromed the ceremony beneath a bower
of trailing smtlax and narc. „us. The
bride wore her traveling costume of
tan covert cloth with a corsage bou
quet of mauve orchids and white sweet
peas and a blue hat, trimmed wtth
flowers.
Immediately after the ceremony a
wedding supper was served in the
room adjoining. The table was cen
tered with a mound of pik roses and
pink chrysanthemums. Covers were
Placed for Mr. and Mrs. Pinkelstein,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Sapiro, brother-in-law
and sister of the bride; Sanford Fink
elstein, brother of the bride, Mr. and
Mrs. Kmar Goldberg, Alper Goldberg,
Mr. and Mrs. Goldman left for a trip
to San Francisco, and they will be at
home at the Hotel Herald after Jan
uary 10.
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You will be pleased if you eat at
the Windsor grill.
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S A-T-l-S-F-A-C-T-l-O-N a big word,
a bigger thing You'll get it In big
measure by buying your GROCERIBH
at S BLUM & CO.