The Cordo m Daily Times
VOLUME II. NUMBER *63. CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1916, PRICE TEN CENTS.
HUGHES’ NAME
SIGNAL FOR BIG
’ DEMONSTRATION
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The name of Hughes was placed in nomination by Senator
Whitman at 11:30 this morning, and was received with tremen
dous cheers by the convention. About half the delegates joined
in the demonstration.
1 While the cheering was at its height the Oregon delegation
began marching about the hall, and were immediately joined
by the delegations from New York, Michigan, Vermont and
Mississippi.
Later the names of Root and Burton were placed before the
convention, but neither received the reception accorded to
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fl** PEACE COMMITTEE MEETS.
CHICAGO, June 9.—The peace committee, composed of
a committee from the Republican convention and one from the
Progressive convention, met early this morning, but were un
able to agree upon any plan by which the two parties could
merge.
The Progressives are firm for the nomination of Roosevelt
as the fusion candidate, and the Republican members of the
committee stated they would be willing to accept the colonel
if the assent of the convention could be gained, but this they
believed to be impossible.
Both sides are agreed that united action is desirable, but
while the Republicans are slow about bringing in the name of
Roosevelt .they had no counter proposition to offer.
It is understood that the conferees plan to meet again after
several ballots have been taken in the Republican convention,
when the committee will be able to act with the support of a
laff^ e number of the delegates, who will see that theii candi
dates have no chance for nomination, and will be willing to
unite on Roosevelt as a compromise candidate.
It has rained continually here for the past fifty-six hours,
but there are now prospects of better weather.
BURNSIDE GUTS
'IN ON (ME
The cableship Burnside again was
busy today and as a result the tele
graph service of the Times is shot
to-pieces.
jmip cableship is now operating be
4Kcen Sitka and Seattle, picking up
the cable and cutting out the damaged
pieces and replacing it with new cable.
We always are gled to hear that the
Burnside is doing her duty, and doing
her best to keep the cable in repair,
but at the same time we wish she
would have postponed her activities
until after the conventions at Chicago
were over.
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POPE HONORS BELGIAN NOIN
IN JAIL
AMSTERDAM. June 8. — The may
or of Malines, Belgium, M. t’h. Des
sain, who was recently condemned to
a year’s imprisonment for printing the
Ic W' n letter of Cardinal Merrier, has
beeir^nominated by the Pope a com
mander in the Order of St. Gregory.
This appointment is regarded as a
fresh proof of the Holy Father's sym
pathy for the Catholics of Belgium,
and especially lor Cardinal Mercier,
who asked for the conferment of this
distinction during his recent stay in
Rome.
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ENGLAND DURING WAR BUILDS
SHIPS EQUALING U. S. NAVY.
WASHINGTON, June 8. — From
secret sources the navy department
has learned that since the beginning
of the war England had placed on
the seas ships enough to make a navy
as large as the entire tonnage of the
^gfcited States on the seas.
Anchorage has recently acquired
fire fighting apparatus, consisting of
two band hose carts and a hand che
mical engine.
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ALAMEDA EXPECTED HERE
TOMORROW MORNING
The steamship Alameda, of the
Alaska steamship Company, is due in
Cordova Horn the south at 1 o'clock
tomorrow morning. She has t>0 tons
of freight for Cordova, 30 tons for the
Copper River railway and 45,000 feet
of lumber.
The steamship Alaska, is due to ar
rive at Cordova from the west Sunday
evening.
The steamship Admiral Farragut, of
the Pacific-AIaska Navigation Com
pany, is expected to arrive in Cordova
sometime tomorrow from the west.
The steamship Admiral Watson, of the
i same line, is due from the south Sun
day.
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SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE
POPULAR DURING PAST YEAR.
STRATFORD-ON-AVON, June 8. -
Shakespeare’s birthplace was visited
by only about 23,000 persons during
the past year as compared with 37,000
in the preceding year, and approxi
mately 50,000 in years of peace. The
diminution of visitors from America
. was marked, only 254 having signed
the register album as against 8,000
the year preceding and an average ot
I over 11,000 during the five years prioi
to the war. The pressure of the war
also brought about a reduction in the
number of admissions to Anne Hatha
way's cottage and New Place.
The trustees of Shakespeare's birth
place at their annual meeting elected
\he Earl of Plymouth a life trustee Ir
place of the late Lord Ronald Suther
Jand-Gower. Sir Sidney Lee, who pre
sided, expressed the confident antic!
pution that American visitors would
come in their ordinary numbers when
the war was over.
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NOTED CHINAMAN DEAD.
CANTON, June 8. — Tang Chiu
teng, who was recently killed her*
while participating in a military con
ference called to discuss the revolu
tionary situation, was the persona
representative in the conference o
Liang Chichao, the distinguished clas
sical scholar and publicist. Tam
Chiu-teng was lately the chief of thi
Bank of China in Peking, and ha
been prominently mentioned for th
post of minister of justice in the com
promise cabinet now under discussion
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'EAGLES PROPOSE
TO EBECT BIO
Plans for the construction of a
building to cost at least $5,000. have
been completed by the local aerie of
Eagles, and work will soon commence
on its erection.
The proposed structure will be built
on the corner or I) street and First
avenue, on the hits owned by the local
order. The building will be at least
80 by 100 feet, and so constructed that
It will be suitable for large gatherings
as well as the meetings of the order.
Contracts already are being Ar
ranged for the excavation of the lots
necessary before the building com
mences.
The Eagles are receiving strong sup
port from the business men of the
city in their efforts to erect a hail, and
it is thought that It will be but a few
days until ground Is broken for the
new Eagle hall.
I SIGNAL OFFICER COMING TO
Captain Robert M. Nolan, IT. S. A.,
officer in charge of the first section
of the United States Signal Corps,
will arrive from Valdez on the steam
ship Alaska.
Captain Nolan makes fours of in
spection twice each year, when he
visits all the offices In his charge.
The offices over which he has super
vision include Cordova, Seward, Val
dez, Fairbanks and Hot Springs.
The new wireless station Installed
at Cape St. Elias June 1 Is now In
operation, and messages will be ac
cepted at the Cordova office of the
U. S. Signal Corps for transmission to
that station.
The plant at Cape St. Elias Is In
charge of the lighthouse keepers, and
while intended primarily for official
business. a commercial rate of six
cents a word between Cordova and
St. Ellas has been published.
The plant will prove of great con
venience to the keepers of the light
house, who now will be able at all
times to keep In communication with
the outside world and hear the news
as soon as persons In more populous
communities.
Most of the business of the new sta
tion will be in communication between
ihe lighthouse and Katalla. it now
will be possible for the people of
Katalla to learn of the approach of a
vessel and prepare to meet It. The
messafes to Katalla are sent via the
government radio to Cordova thence
over the telephone line.
TWO bISsIm in
NEW MEXICO TODAY
DEMI NO, N. M., June !». — Fran
cisco Alvarez and Juan Sanchez, two
of the Villa followers captured n 'he
Columbus raid of March a, were
.hanged here today.
LONGSHOREMEN’S
STRIKE IS OFF;
GAIN DEMANDS
SAN FRANCISCO, June 9. — The longshoremen’s strike,
which has tied up shipping along the entire Pacific coast since
June 1, was declared off today, the men returning to work un
der an agreement with the employers, by which the new scale
is granted pending the arbitration of the demands.
More than 9,000 men were out on strike, which caused the
most complete tieup of shipping on the Pacific coast ever
known. The union men are elated over the outcome of the con
troversy, which they declare is a complete victory.
AMERICAN SECURITIES ARE
SOLD BY BRITISH
LONDON, June 8. — American se
j eurities are arriving in increased quan
' tities at the offices of the commit
tee which is carrying out the plan for
: mobilization of this property and smal
I ler amounts are being sold through
| the additional income tax which will
j he imposed shortly.
American exchange thus far has not
| responded materially. The rate this
morning was 4.7t> 7-lti. It is expected,
however, that the influx of securities
will soon have a favorable effect.
Dealers in exchange are of the opin
ion that the imposition of the tax in
dicates the authorities are supporting
the market and are determined not tc
allow the rate to fall away materially
The government will inaugurate on
Friday a plan for the issuance of three
year exchequer bonds, which will be
easily transferable. These bonds are
expected to attract much of the
money which is now being paid out foi
dollar security.
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I BANDITS RANGE REGION
GENERAL PERSHING LEAVES
COLUMBUS, June 8. — Severs
! bandit bandit are operating south o
> the American lines in territory recent
1 ly evacuated by General Hershing’i
* columns. It is not known whether 01
- not General Pershing will. dispatcl
. troops to engage the enemy.
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LIGHTING PLANT ORQEREB
FOR DARKEST GRINA
SHANGHAI, June 8. — Anderson,
Meyer & Co., an American concern in
this city, have received an order to
supply a complete lighting plant for
Urga, the capital of Outer Mongolia,
and the home of the celebrated Hutu
kutu of Urga, the living Buddha, who
has defied Chinese authority so persis
tently and curried favor with the Rus
sian government. Like all the Mon
golian cities, Urga is a collection of
huts and tents, which shelter the no
madic herdsmen who make up the
great part of the population.
Urga is three hundred miles south
of the Trans-Siberian railway, and the
machinery for the lighting plant will
be transported there by means of
I camels.
CELEBRATE BABY’S BIRTH.
PEKING, June 8. — Liang Tun-yet,
the minister of communications, re
cently gave a ball to the Peking dip
lomatic colony in celebration of the
birt hof his first grandson. Mr. Re
insch, the American minister, and vir
tually all the other members of the
I American legation were in atendance.
' The guests had an opportunity to see
the baby, who was carried Into the
i ballroom by his nurse.
Mr. Liang Tun-yen is a Yale gradu
i ate, and was a baseball player while
attending the J)’ew Haven university.
AUSTRIAN ROUT
NOW COMPLETE
SAY RUSSIANS
PETROGRAD, June 9.—The defeat of the Austrians by
the Russians along the southeastern front is described by the
Russian army officers as having developed into a rout.
The whole Austrian army in that section is demoralised,
and are rapidly retreating, closely pursued by the Russians,
who are following them so closely that the commanders find it
impossible to reform their lines.
The whole front along a line ninety-four miles is broken.
In some places the Russians have penetrated to a depth of
thirty-seven miles.
GERMANS PENETRATE FRENCH LINES.
PARIS, June 9. — The German forces launched a general
attack along the entire front on the right bank of the Meuse,
and at one point were successful in penetrating the French
lines. They were repulsed at all other places with great loss.
DUTCH ARMY IS READY.
AMSTERDAM, June 9.—It was officially announced by
the war office today that the Dutch army is now fully mobi
libed and equipped ,and is now ready for any possible war.
The unusual activity of the Dutch army is puzzling the
people, who have no idea as to the real meaning of the mobili
zation. It is given out, however, that the government sees no
immediate danger, and expects aggression from no quarter, but
in consideration of the unsettled conditions in Europe and the
position occupied by Holland, it was deemed necessary for the
country to be ready for any possible emergency.
VILLA fflS DISCOVERED IN
MOUNTAIN CUE
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COU'MBliS. N. \L. June v — Ten;
marhlne guns and a quantity of am
munition, discovered yesterday in a
Villa cache near here, was brought to]
field headquarters today. The arms,
all of which were said to be fit for
use, were found in a cave in Ojo can
yon, to reach which the guides were
obliged to climb a tortouous mountain
trail afoot.
Numerous theories have been ad
vanced as to the cache, but military
authorities here still cling to the belief
that it contained a quantity of the ar
mament Villa was reported to have
hidden in the Rachfnaba district on his
northward march before the raid upon
Columbus.
American army offic ers are seeking
further hiding places of weapons and
ammunition, realizing that the clean
ing of northern Chihuahua of such
caches is vital should Villa or any of
his adherents reorganize and attempt
t ooperate in this region.
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BANDITS TWICE BEATEN
BY FEDERAL TROOPS.
CHIHUAHUA CITY, June 8. — Skir
| rnlshes between a small band of ban
I dits and constitutionalist troops under
| Colonel Jose Cavazos, in the Tampico
district, were reported by General Naf
farate front Tampico today. He said
Colonel Cavazos encountered the ma
rauders at Los Angeles, near the San
Luis i*otost & Tampico railroad. Af
i ter a skirmish, in which the bandits
I lost four killed, they fled to reconcen
trate near Eldoru station. There they
brought up several cars and wagons
with the evident intention of derailing
and looting a passenger train.
This, however, was frustrated by
Colonel Cavazos, who made a surprise
attack, resulting in a running fight
in which the bandits lost seven killed
and ten prisoners, while only one con
stitutionalist was wounded. The wa
gons, cars and a quantity of supplies
were also seized.
CAN DISPLAY HIS TALENT
IN TRENCHES ON FRONT.
LONDON, June 8. — A man who
described himself as a professional
mbbil catcher and with some experi
ence at ratting, claimed exomptfon
from military duty on the ground that
his services were invaluable to his
ccuntiy. He said he had killed 19,800
rabbits Fine August. His plea was
denied on the ground that he would
make an e:.cellent rat catcher for the
trenches.
INDIAN ULLAGE
SUBJECT OF
\ communication signed by resi
dents on the lower end of <’. street,
asserting that the buildings on that
street near the railroad crossing now
occupied by native families are in an
insanitary condition and asking that
steps he taken to abate the nuisance,
was read at the council meeting last
night.
The communication recites at length
that the buildings complained of are
occupied by more persons than should
be housed in structures of such size,
and that the odors emanating from
what is termed the Indian village”
are such as to prove a menace to pub
lic health and comfort.
The council referred the mater to
the health officer with instructions
that he make a written report of con
ditions prevailing in the buildings
mentioned, and if found to be insani
tary, to abate the nuisance at once.
The Cordova Power Company, in a
communication as required by law. no
tified the council that it accepted the
light, water and telephone franchises
granted by the council under Ordin
ances 45, 46 and 47.
The matter of using material exca
vated from the lots owned by the
Kagles for use on the streets was
brought before the council by Council
man Smith. The matter was referred
hack to him, as chairman of the street
committee, to handle according to his
best judgment.
It was called to the attention of the
j city council that several buildings in
the city projected over alleys, and con
i stituted a fire menace to adjoining
j property. The matter was referred to
the fire committee.
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TWO FRENCHMEN WHO WERE
BRAVE ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
PARIS. June 8. — The record for
citations for gallant conduct at the
front in the French army was held
until recently by Adjutant Grober. of
Alsacian origin, who had been men
tioned in the orders of the regiment
and the army 27 times before he died
of his w'ounds at Belfort.
The living record for citations is
now Adjutant Clavel. of the regiment
to which Grober also belonged. Cla
vel has been mentioned 21 times and
his war cross is attached to a rib
bon nearly a foot long to accommo
date all the laurels and stars that his
elutions entitle him to wear.
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