The Cordova Daily Times
v< >UME < >XE. XUMBEK 292._CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1!»15.__PRICE TEX CENTS.
DEFECTIVE CHILE
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CHICAGO, Ills.. N’ov. 18—It has just
been learned that the doctors and
nurses In the Maternity hospital here
known as the Mother’s Hospital, re
cently allowed a baby to die because
it was mentally defective. The life
. of the child could have been saved tf
■-•the hospital attendants so wished.
The facts of the case hgve caused a
wave of indignation to sweep over the
whole country and the hospital staff
is coming in for a universal and
sweeping condemnation from the
secular and religious press of all
character. The physician directly
responsible was Hr. J. Haiselden who
refused to perform the operation
necessary to save the life of the
child if allowed to live, being physi
» cally defective it would have become
tT a burden to society and perhaps a
menace through the potential power
of its progeny w’ho would also be
feeble minded and physically defec
tive. The mother had consented that
the child should die. The case has
aroused a controversy that is nation
wide, and the papers are devoting
considerable space to publishing ar
ticles condemning and upholding Dr.
Haiselden.
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iT REJECT ALL
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18—Bids
■ were opened by the navy department
today for the consruction of two
auper-dreadnaughts. All the bids in
both cases were much larger than the
departmental estimates of the cost,
and there is a possibility that they
will all be rejected and new bids call
ed for, or Daniels may recommend the
enlargement of the government navv
yards and have the government build
its own ships.
INTERESTS
NEW YORK. Nov. 18—The Gug
genheim Exploration Company, which
has large mining holdings, has an
nounced that it intends to dissolve
and that the Kennecott Copper Cor
poration, in which the Guggenheims
and Morgan are the principal owners,
will take over the holdings of the
former company.
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FAIRBANKS, Nov. 18—Jack Nel
son, a storekeeper from Betties, has
arrived here and he reports that the
gold output for the Koyukuk district,
this year, will be $300,000.
Teutons Victorious
SERBIA UNABLE REPULSE ENEMY
BEK MX, Xov. 18—The way office issued an official bulle
tin this morning announcing that all attempts by the Serbian
northern army to check the Austro-German drive through
Serbia had been repulsed, and that the Teutons and their Bul
garians allies had effected a complete conjunction of their'
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forces in the north winning bottle after battle and forcing the
••ncmy to retreat into the mountain fastnesses, h aving many
dead and wounded upon the field. The pressure on the retir
ing Serbs is unremitting and in today’s operations two thous
and prisoners were taken.
AEROPLANE DROPS BOMBS IN ROME
CAUSING DAMAGE AND INJURING FIVE
LONDON, Nov. 18—An ambigous dispatch received here
today seems to state that a hostile aeroplane has dropped
bombs on the city of Rome. The dispatch states that there was
considerable damage and five civilians injured.
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KING OF BELGIUM EXTENDS HIS THANKS
TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST
PORTLAND, Nov. 18—King Albert of Belgium has cabled
his sincere thanks and expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the
fine charity displayed by the people of Portland and Seattle in
sending relief ships loaded with food supplies and clothing to
his distressed subjects in Belgium. The king said that the
American people had saved thousands of lives of his people by
their prompt and ready response to the requests for donations
to relieve the suffering in Belgium caused by the total cessation
of all bussiness, and the destruction of the crops by the inva
ders, and said that the people of Portland and Seattle had a
large share in forging the ties of friendship which would hence
forth firmly bind Belgium and the United States.
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DEATH LIS I NRAVENSDALE MINE
EXPLOSION IS REDUCED TO 25 MEN
PROVIDENCE, Nov. 18—The big plant of the Kivers
Penning Company, which lias been engaged in filling large
orders for a special kind of gun cotton for the allies was totally
ujtfstxoyed by fire today. The fire was of a mysterious origin,
and shows strong indications of having been set by an incen
diary. The loss will approach a million dollars as much valu
able machinery was destroyed. The fire was spectacular in
the extreme and the nature of the contents made it a particular
dangerous blaze for the firemen to fight.
RAVENSDALE, Nov. 18—It is now learned that tweijty
nine miners were killed in the dust explosion in the goal mines
here, This reduces the previously announced death list by
two, as it was found that there were not so many men in the
tunnel as was at first supposed. Twenty-five of the bodies have
been recovered so far and the work to disentomb the remain
der is being prosecuted with all possible dispatch. Only two of
the men have been taken out alive, John Davis and John Arks.
These two will recover, although in both cases life was almost
extinct when they were reached and had it not been for the
pulmotor they could' not have been revived.
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BRITISH HOSPITAL CHIP IS SUNK
WHILE CROSSING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
LONDON, Nov. 18—The British hospital ship Anglia
bearing 372 sick and wounded' English soldiers from Palis t<>
Dover was sunk by a mine while crossing the English Channel.
Three hundred of the soldiers and crew have been rescued' and!
many are known to have been drowned. Full particulars have
not yet been received here, but an investigation will be made to
determine whether the ship deviated from the lane of safety
established' by the authorities or the catastrophe was causi d by
a mine broke loose from its morrings.
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IMPORTANT CONFERENCE NOW BEING
HELD IN PARIS BY ALLY LEADERS
PARI*, Nov. 18—Premier Asquith, Foreign Minister Grey,;
Lloyd-George and Balfour, the most prominent members of the
English cabinet, are in this city holding daily long consulta
tions with the officials of the French government. The purpose
pf jhe British mission has not been made public and a great]
deal of secrecy surrounds tTieir errand. Tf was semi-officiant”4
announced that the conferences were for the purpose of unify
ing the war activities of the two nations so that the army in the I
west would become more homogenous, but it is now thought!
this is not all that is being discussed, but that affairs of even I
greater moment are being considered', which will radically!
change the present conduct of the war, and may transfer the!
chief scene of operations to the far east and near east.
SEATTLE, Nov. 18—Further evi
dence is being brought to light con
cerning the activities of the man
Krause, now under arrest for the ab
duction of William Christie. Krause
is supected of not only having mur
dered Christie but of also having
killed, Moe, Plunkett and C. F. Smith.
An examination made by Captain
Tennant of the Seattle detective bu
reau among the personal effects of
Krause discloses that the signature of
the accused is remarkably similar to
the hand writing of the man who killed
Smith, The Gastineau Channel cities
all seem to accept the theory that]
Krause is the man behind several {
mysterious disapperances which have
occurred in that region. There are
six other people missing in this sec
tion and it Is now hoped that all of |
these mysterious droppings from view
may be linked with the movements <
of Krause. In Seattle Krause was
known by many people as Moe, and
had on various occasions imperson- 1
ated him, for the purpose of obtaining!
Moe's mail. Clerks in the postofflce
now recall the man as having asked 11
for mail under both names.
SEATTLE, Nov. 18—Krause, th<
nan arrested here charged with th<
ibduction of William Christie o
Douglas, and suspected of the murdei
>f Dh Plunkett was given a prelim
nary hearing before U. S. Commis
doner McClellan in this city yester
lay and bound over by the judge t<
he federal grand Jury. Krause was
aken north on the Alameda sailing
ast night.
SEATTLE, Nov. 18—Charles Tenn
int, the chief of dectives in this citj
laid today that he was positive that
' Krause the Petersburg kidnapper was j
the party who murdered Captain J.!
O. Plunkett of Juneau. The circum
stances surrounding the disappear
ance of Plunkett are so exactly sim:
i lar to those in the Christie case that
| Tennant says no other conclusion can
be drawn. That Krause has killed
others besides Plunkett and Christie
is also the belief of Tennant, and he j
says that circumstnaces point to at j
| least four murders that may be laid j
j at Krause's door. Among others is
| mentioned the killing of C. P. Smith. I
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CHANCES IN OFFICIALS
OF C. H. & N. IN. RAILWAY
Henry J. Brandt left on this morn
ing’s train for Chitina, where he will
be the station agent for the Copper
River & Northwestern railway. His
former position of cashier for the
company will be filled by F. M. Ford,
who recently arrived from Seattle.
D. H. Czerwenka. also of Seattle, has
been added to the clerical force in the
auditor’s office.
G. A. Stratman, who has been tem
porarily filling the position as station
agent at Chitina, has been transferred
to McCarthy, where he will succeed
M V. l.attin, who has resigned as
agent there. Mr. Stratman will re
turn to Cordova before locating at
McCarthy permanently.
BUT MEAGRE PRESS REPORTS
NOW BEING RECEIVED
The government cable is still out
of commission, the Whitshed wireless
is not receiving messages from the
states and the Dominion line is down,
consequently but little press is being
received. This service is routed from
Seattle to Juneau via the Marconi
radio system and sent from there to
Cordova by cable.
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NEW METHODIST CHURCH
TO BE BUILT AT SEWARD
The Methodist Conference, which is
now in session at Oakland, Cal., has
voted the sum of eleven hundred dol
lars for the construction of a Metho
dist church at Seward, Alaska. The
sum is regarded as only part of the
money that will be required for the
building.
TIMBER IS RESERVED
FOR MILITARY ROAC
Word has been received at Juneau
of the establishment of a timber res
ervation along the Military road be
tween Chitina and Fairbanks. This
reservation will occupy a strtch one
mile wide on each Bide of the road
for a distance of nine miles. The
purpose of the withdrawal is for the
construction, operation and mainten
ance of the military road, which is
built through it, and which will be
needed for the construction of bridges
and dikes. This is the first timber
reservation made in that section.
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Farragut Here Tonight.
The steamer Farragut left Katalla
at 11 o'clock this morning, according
to advices received by the local agents
and is due in Cordova at 8 o'clock to
algt.
FORMER SEN. BURBDWS I
DIES IN MICHIGAN
KALAMAZOO, Nov. IS—Former
Senator Burrows of Michigan died j
here today after a lingering illness.
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NEW ENGINES FOR RAILROAD
BEEN SHIPPED FROM NEW YORK
Superintendent Corser has received j
word that the two new engines for j
use on the Copper River & Northwest- j
ern railway were shipped by rail from !
New York on November 13. They j i
should reach Seattle the latter part of;
the month and be here early in Dec-;
ember Shortly after their arrival
the new schedule of two trains a day ]
will go into efTect between Cordova j
and CUitina.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 18—President
A'llson has been directing his efforts
owards inducing Governor Spry of
.'tah to reconsider the case of Joseph
dillstrom. a member of the Industrial
A'rtrkers of the World who has been
:ondemned to be shot tomorrow' for
murder committed in a lfibor dls
nurder committed in a labor dis
Swedish citizen and the case has at
racted national attention. The gov
?rnor has so far ignored all the ap
peals made to him by Secretary Han
ging on the matter and the people of
Utah are resentful over the outside
ntereference with local justice. Yes
terday the president wired the gov
ernoor strongly urging him to change
his mind about granting the con
demned man a reprieve and receiving
an unfavorable reply he again took up
the matter by telegraph with Spry
this morning, asking a stay of execu
tion.
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REFUSED LEAVE
IS KILLED
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Nov. 18—A por
tion of Carranza's array ambushed a
jj^tttChtpent Villaites and in the
resulting fight put the enemy to rout,
78 of Villa's men being killed and fifty
wounded. Advices have been receiv
ed here telling of the murder of Thos.
Hart, an Americtan citizen who re
fused to leave Sonora when ordered
to by Villa. Hart was killed by a band
of Mexicans who were said to be part
of Villa's army. General Obregon
with a strong force is advancing on
Cananea and a big battle is impend
ing.
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LAND FOR
FUELOIL
TAFT, Calif., Nov. 18—The navy
department has taken sixty-nine sec
tions of unopened public land near
here and will systematically explore
the same for the purpose of locating
fuel oil to be used on the ships of the
navy
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IS. HILT
PHOENIX. Ariz.. Nov. 18—Vice
President Marshall, who is visiting
his section of the country, today
lelected from the stock of an Indian
\Tavajo chief a gorgeous blanket
vhich he will present to the Presl
lent and Mrs. Galt as a wedding
>resent next month.
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