PRICE TEX CENTS.
bliJIMLH ID BE
SEATTLE, Jan fi The steamer
Northwestern, which was damaged In
a collision off Eureka, while plying he
tween Portland and San Finnciscn
has been withdrawn for r. pairs, whi h
will be made here.
FORD TO BUILD
DETROIT, Jan. tl, — The court has
permitted Henry Ford, automobile
manufacturer, to proceed with the con
struction of a $111,000,000 smelter on
the banks of the Detroit river, d.vpi
the protest of Dodge brothers, he
partners.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. fi. — I'rofc :
Frank VV. Taussig, of Harvard i oil.
has accepted a place on the tariff co
mission. He will probably be chair
man, the four other members to i
announced later.
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CHICAGO, Jan. 'i. — Judges IL nr
Carpenter and Landis, of the f> ■ 1. t-.,i
district court, have denied tin peti
tlon of twenty-eight Illinois railroad;
to restrain the state public utilities
commission from enforcing in lllinoi
the two cent mile fare law.
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At a meeting of the school board,
held last night, Dr. \V. \V. Council
reported that there are over twenty
cases of measles and it was decided
to keep the schools closed at least
until Monday, January 15, when tin
pupils who have had the measles may
attend.
Believing the habit of saving is ; a
essential part of a true and practical
education, the board decided to try
the school savings bank system fori
six months, which is in vogue in other
Alaskan towns, where it lias met with
success and approval. The First
Bank of Cordova was designated as
the depository lor these funds, and
the following rules and regulation
were adopted to govern the method
handling the system:
Pupils may deposit whatever amount
they desire with the teacher ev.-i i
other Friday, when a represcntaih
of the hank will be present and pr<
perly enter accounts.
The amounts so received from each
pupil to he deposited in the bank t
the name of each pupil.
One cent or more will Pc received
When the pupil has a deposit of $ I
or more a savings bank hook will be
issued.
Withdrawals can he made onl> on
the application of the teacher or par
ent.
During vacation periods deposits
may he made at the bank.
No interest will he paid until each
Individual account realties the sum
of $1 or more.
Thirteen first clas sand nine second
class passengers for Seattle from the
Watson were transferred from the
Cordova to the Alameda.
Extent of )atnage
To Vessel t Known
M • i!, i iitiviiv i < 1 liv the steamer
nlova, mot ning, hut < ’aptain
1 tickman i 11 damaged after
••iI* if* ■ 1 | at b:l-’a o’clock Friday
■ i li. a\ \ jar when the
! I ii i t n|U was i i ppei 1
1 >n has a double hot j
I’ i" d i ■ ! •s-ili'i in ti ll w hat i' her eon !
e. i ■ 1 \ a 111\ (■ r or t lie vessel put
v i■ d partieiilais of the
•*"el<e ,'i tl.i > • ’ e ••• < ' 1 I i • -11'; • St i •:; Ills h i p ( 'oil I pally
and is aw ait itm iii -I i e ' ion--.
i ' " W . ' I’ ■' n > I ■! i: d i 11 ■. - -nowslonn. The
p i-s. u-.-ei \.. in.i." «!:.*■;< ' ; a "i -cd. it up and dressed. A< j
xeitenient pl'i ailed
:d» ,> t d. ■ 1 ■ ■■ -a i ne lie i d 1 lie d up, al'oiil I'iftx
)i-t i gel 1 t of s 'Cfirity. The vessel
float, d oil . : •■■fen the 11 i •• 11 tdl at I 1 o’clock.
1 ic" v - a 'sw • i i d by the steam 1
w*(Wdov . ■ ' " i Moore pulled up alongside the
\\ til’-iin at . ; i in eon. 1 le | i-'engei.», mail and i
■ 'in n aboard tae * 'ordova, and ;is
'v,'fd im ■ 1 III 'le - .liner A Inmed'i meet the
< 'ordova ; : . li '.til n fer !h. S.-at tie passengers i
was mad. in the ■ t ■ |h.- Intter v —e|.
The * idi'. •' it an Inn- until I o’clock this morn 1
d'". w " i " ' • v and i iniVoved the Wat j
- "1. : ii ■ i. o i : > 11 i rt, hringing the following:
: r i r route to ,1 iineati, hut !
- d line -out h ; Mrs, I).,
■' ' ■ 1 • • . •«. l5i vili - na and five
• ' .' w ere 1 he ('ordova
W'a ore at f ..nonche ami .
100 ton l d a. . ,1 ■ Mtsition will he made of J
tIlls I > !a I ' not n- \ ' h< • h h !• named.
‘ • t, ! sferred to the At .meda, were)
i’ J' ! . !’• tei •>, <\ S. Sapp, daffies War
d"1. \ . i - in ’ ’ a ■ i Sto-e-nl, I ’l art: "a Johnston, j
I. < i \lh 11 i 'i ii, M rs. K-< h,.r Steel !
111 i 1; i l'i ii | nji i. )ili ni licit' \ i l; Ve-tlll.'llts ill
• mi. • \: I. i i i!i.. riv r- flow mg into t lie
‘""' i' ^ iii-• 11. ; '• i' i n ti ii ! m tin. |iro|)o-i‘<| line
11 -ovei * ; i mi i '-I", d- in Ala-kit, which will
‘X t cm I t ri m i tin Soy. a id I* a i rl in n into w (eru Alaska.
•I t I I' 1 1 ■ •' s 11 • i I tlll< ! o I i i-t I iet s assure
! .i I in 111<i tli iif the nioun
tain- ami west of 'll. M< Kinf > .
l-’reihI11 ride- tn tic Id i. -oil at |iiv- lit are $lli(i per ton.
1 >peratoi i like .1. K. H in > have dn dges or large
hydraulic | -.at- pay iicm. n • m eaeli war to the transport a
lion coinpanii s.
h. work' d lieeatise it will not
J»Ji> the '■ poii- - ..i opi'iatine.
d I ir ' \ i 11 s i ir- lii oause the pros
I" l'1"1' •'"'iii.l "i !') , nt pi.i - on hodroek and it did not look
I *\ in tie I. i 1 o| the I'pgll cost of Hllpplii s,
practical iiiinin :midpoint thousands of miles of
creeks along the riv r ■. i'lhi- vimt have never been scratched
::IhI 1 ' uo.iieral vs. :. It Ii of n- eminlrs inntliw. -t of Seward
is still nnk.a.w a.
''.1« 1 ■ • £.M.lU’itv and other see
tl,,ns ol !l" <hslrk,t tlmt it a highly desirable place to
prospect.
A 11,1 11 ' ,!' 11 " "I’i'1.' ' I" alter fuel and cheaper
ln :1 "in line to Fairbanks will he com
l'1’1 i! ;i1 '•••""I- will be enjoying the advantages of railroad
i rail-port,nt ion.
that work could he start
"’! 1 lower Yukon, and better
" »“» made than to wait until the
"0-tmeti"ti organization of
m i -i ni i> complete and will be
1 _ : ' 1 1 1 n ieiiev dm him' the coining s ear.
1 liter Ju -BUFFALO BILL” CODY
nt tin? dort CANNOT GET WELL.
ye»terct;i> .tu t an* now ivrolvin.g trout *
1 Kio I' • rl- ri.rXiS'OOD SIMilN'llS, Col., Jan. C.
in lull ('<><!> is returning to
,,ln' u,,‘* . 1 • ti, Lind I cm i ., the doctor has advised that
,*'d "«i th. it.a . ■ Lvohi ii catsttot recover.
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l.ici' by a In li oi" Ian.-in ms Dr. It. SS Itoberts, of Seward was
I discharging it > ' ml ii.nl It is or. of the Watson's passengers to ur
| month Imdh hue rive in Cordova today. He is on his
♦ vi ;t> to Juneau to attend a medical ex
William Maliimo. i rritorial mine in aminulion culled for next Tuesday.
spector, with headquarters at Juneau. -♦
: is spending a few days in town. Job Printing at the Times.
Braila And Four
More Towns Taken
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BLRLIX, .fan. (i..-ill i, officially announced that the Ba
nian and Austrian tnipp- -tormed the Russian defences on an
extended front south of'1 lotus valley, near the Moldavian fron
’m i yesterday. In addf t ( Braila, five more towns in Ron
mania were taken l»y til? utons, who readied the Screth river
wilh two points ot new operations inaugurated in Dobrudja,
following the expulsion of the l;l*t Russo Roumanians.
I lie Russians hmu^lit up reinforcements and renewed the
■* 1,11 '' 1,11 Bie northern yna it the Russo (ialieiau frontier near
W'lt of Riga. 1 hey hi red (iernian positions east of river
Aa, but elsewhere v|e repulsed in counter attacks, during
w Inch tin* (ierinati> took ’ I prisoners.
W A Si 11 X( 1 lOX, (i.—rl'he senate las! night, by a vote
1 h Is to I i, adopted a resolution approving and st ronglv cmlors
i '-: tin- request by President W ilson to the nations now on
LUV' d in war, that tluji lountties state terms upon which
p"ace w ould he discustpbh .
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liMv’I.IX, Jan. (j.— I he work of repairing the damage to
if hoimianiai) militns' .listriets has resulted in placing some
"i the plants in positbft io resume production within a few
we< k-. I wo thou-mm} -urloads of benzine were captured' at
< ampina and innnoiisW-n>ivs at < 'onstanza.
11A VRK, Ji n. (!. (. nornl Maximi Ilian W’eilenians, chief of
ij i Belgium general sl.ii'f, died from pneumonia contracted in
i lie tfetiches.
AIIIKXS. .1 in. (£—Tile (ireek council of ministers has
approved the restrict! :. ot daily rations ami the appointment
of a food inspector. Arrests of persons accused of sedition has
been resumed. _ ,
BFjKI IN, Jn^^H^^lie kaiser, in an address to the army
and navy, said: “(h*enemies did not want any understanding
ef the offer made by the I'nited States, hut with Hod’s help
our arms will enforc? it.”
( IIRIS'I l A XT A, .1 in. (i.—'flic differences between Xorwav
slid tireat Britain, evci coal shipments, is being settled.
W ASl 11 X<JT< >\T. .km. (!.— An investigation of the leak of
President W ilson’s >• , note has been turned to Wall street.
.Newspaper men we.__ ■> mg those to whom Secretary Lansing
gave confidential ii f< ition of the note dispatched to Kurope.
The lickers forecasted the pence note ten hours before it was
published. Repress i\-<- (lardner, who is pressing the inves
ligation, absolves S< tarv Lane and Jos. Tumulty, the presi
i lei it’s secretary.
BKRIJX, km. < Albert Ballin, director general of the
I lauihurg Ann rican v unship line, is quoted as disapproving
the employment ol s nines for the sake of Herman ships in
America.
Valdez Paper Claims
Sulzer Leads 3 Votes
According to |i_ur<-s. received by the Valdez Prospectoi
Sulzer still has a Itad of three votes in the territory, and tliest
figures are proh.djly accurate as any that can he obtained
The figures from tie I nst division are confirmed both bv tin
lumpire and the I's; , i. the 1 temoorntio and Wiekershain pub
lieations, and .u un> ibtedly correct. rl'lu* figures from tin
Second division have icn twice confirmed and leaves littl*
chance for err»i In i • Third division the returns are in ac
cordance with ofln al returns received at the office of tin
clerk of the com *, and the figures given from the Fourth divi
ion are, w ith the exception of three precincts reported by wire
also taken from tlje official returns on file in the office of tin
clerk of the court, and have also been tw ice confirmed by w ire
Therefore a plurality of three votes lead for Sulzer is probably
correct.
So far as can he learned by telegraphic inquiry the report
trom the First division i^ complete, all the returns having heel
tiled with the clerk of the court. In the Second division it i>
believe*I that the returns now in are all that will be received’ii
time to be counted. Point Barrow and Kiana being missing, an*
with little oi no clianc*'of their returns being received at Nome
much less at Juneau, before the canvassing hoard meets. Ii
this division the Bristol hay precincts arc still missing, but m
they have never been received in time to he counted it is pro
hahle that they "’ill not ho counted this year. Two years ag*
they did not arrive here until May, almost three months aftei
the canvassing hoard sat.
In the Fourth division the missing precincts may not he re
ceivod in time t" be counted, although their chance is perhap.
hetter than the missing precincts in the Second ami Third. It
they *lo not come in Sulzer will have a lead of several mor*
votes in the Fourth than he is now credited with.—Prospector
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ilLEEISUniK IS
TOO LIMITED
III CONTROL
In his annual report to the secretary
of the interior. Governor J. F A.
Strong discusses the Alaska legisla
ture, Alaska Pioneers' Home and sev- J
era! other interesting subjects. In
commenting on the territorial legis
lature. Governor Strong says the Alas
ka legislature was created by an act
of congress approved August 14, 1912,
and the first session was held in
March, 1913. The legislature meets
biennially and the next session will
convene on the first Monday in March,
1917. The legislature is veBted with
limited power. In fact, the limita
tions are such as to make its leglsla
tive powers partake more of shadow
than of substance. While congress j
extended to the legislature the author- I
ity to alter, amend, modify and re- j
l>eal laws In force In Alaska." such j
authority naturally does not extend j
to the customs. Internal revenue, the
primary disposition of the soil, postal,
or other general laws of the United
States; hut such purely local or terrl-1
torial matters as the game and fish,
and laws relating to fur bearing ani
mals of the United States, applicable
to Alaska or v_- the laws of the Uni
ted States providing for taxes on busi
ness and trade, or to the establish I
ment and maintenance of schools, are
under the exclusive control of con
gress. Further, the territory Is pro
hibited from creating any bonded in
debtedness, and so are the municipali
ties; the territory may not levy for
territorial purposes a tax in excess of
one per cent In any one year, upon the
assessed valuation of the property
therein. Municipalities are limited to
two per cent per annum. The above
are some of the limitations that should
be removed and the powers of the
legislature extended so ns to provide
Alaska with “the full form of territor
ial government." which was granted
to every teritory by congress, Alaska
excepted, in his message to congress,
in December, 1913, President Wilson
recommended that the ruil form of
territorial government be so extend
e<t, but no affirmative action in this !
respect has been taken, although bills j
with that object in view have been in-1
traduced in congress.
All ft f (ho rum-nea rvf
the legislature should be welcomed by
congress If the Alaska legislature
were permitted to legislate upon all
matters bearing an Intimate relation
to the territory, and therefore, not
genera], congres would be relieved of
legislation covering matters purely
of local concern. It is to be presumed,
therefore, that the legislation thus
enacted would be better adapted to the
immediate needs of the territory. If
Alaska is to receive the full measure
of progress and growth to which it is
fairly entitled by reason of its com
manding preeminence in the matter
of great natural resources, a liberal
extension of local self government is
imperative. As at present constituted
congress and the territorial legislature
can not co-operate In a satisfactory
I manner, and conflict at times will be
linevitable. It is not asked that con
gress waive its right to control those
subjects of legislation that are na
tional, and not local in their scope,
and arguments should not be neces
sary in support of the territory's right
to control all its local affairs. If the
full form of territorial government
were accorded to Alaska no doubt the
legislature would make mistakes; this
is to be expected of any legislative
body, but the mistakes would be those
of the direct representatives of the
people of Alaska, and those mistakes
would be remedied in time.
This statement is made in the full
belief that the people of Alaska may
be fully trusted with the government
>f themselves. It is hoped and ex
pected that Alaska will one day be
come a state, or perhaps several
states may be carved out of the terri
tory as at present constituted. But in
my opinion the time for statehood has
not arrived, and until such time as
Alaska la ready to assume privileges,
and responsibilities of statehood, there
leems to me to be no valid reason why
the fullest possible measure of local
autonomy should not be granted to the
people who are developing a great
country under conditions that are far
from satisfactory and sometimes well
nigh Intolerable. Added to the want
of greater autonomy for the territory
is the bureaucratic control from and
by Washington This should be min
imised as far as possible In the in
terests of progress, development, aud
more efficient government. Bureau
crack is as insistent as it Is pern!
I
cious in form and practice In its er
sence it is restriceive rather than con
structive and its methods, as a rule,
are prohibitive of that kind of progress
which is so essential to the develop
ment of a new country far removed
from the seat of national government
Ala»k» Pioneers’ Home.
A home for aged prospectors end
others who have spent their years in
Alaska and become incapicltated from
physical labor, and dependent, was
established in August, 1913, by act of
the territorial legislature. The home
is situated at Sitka, and supported by
the territory, together with appropria
lions made by the Judges of the sev
eral judicial divisions of Alaska from
any surplus that may be left each q*ar
ter in the federal indigent fund for
the support of inmates from the re
spective judicial divisions. The man
agement and control of the home is
vested In a board of trustees, consist
Ing of the governor of the territory
and two citizens appointed by him
The number of inmates of the home
on September 1, 1916, was 62, as com
pared with 47 on September 1 of the
previous year. The home is located at
Sitka, the buildings formerly occupied
by the United States marine corps
having been transferred to the terri
tory for the purpose in 1912. The
buildings, which have not been occu
pied for some years, have been re
paired and painted, and during the
present year an addition to the main
building in order to furnish the ac
commodations necessary for the In
creased number of inmates. While
Primarily this institution was merely
Intended as a home for the aged and
dependent, it has been found neces
sary to add to ft hospital facilities, as
a considerable number of the Inmates
are either entirely helpless or partial
l.v so. and many of them suffer from
hronic diseases.
The territorial legislature in 1913
also made an appropriation for the
construction of a home for aged pros
pectors and for soldiers and sailors of
the United States army and navy at
aome point in Interior Alaska, but no
action has as yet been taken as to the
selection of a site, although a number
>f places thought to be desirable for
such a home have been Investigated
The legislature of 1915 renewed tho
appropriation of 1913, hut as the home
located at Sitka seems to meet the
present needs, no further action has
been taken toward the construction
of the proposed institution in the in
lur.
Mine Experimental Station.
One of the eight mine experimental
stations authorized by congress in
1915 to be erected and maintained in
a number of the mining states and ter
ritories has been located at Fairbanks.
In interior Alaska, but owing to the
selection not having been determined
until comparatively late In the season,
coupled with uncertain transportation
the station will not be ready until next
year. Another of these stations should
be located at Juneau. In southeastern
Alaska are a number of the largest
gold mines in the United States, be
sides a number of smaller gold mines
and copper mines on the southwestern
coast and western Alaska. A station
located at Juneau would serve all the
coastal region, which unquestionably
comprises the greatest area of lode
mines, developed and undeveloped, to
gether with many promising prospects
not yet mines, in the entire territory.
There can be no doubt that if a mino
experiment station were located at
Juneau it would prove a great stimu
lus to the mining industry of the Pa
cific coast belt, and prospecting which
threatens to become a lost art. would
be encouraged In a practical way.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS.
t’lyde Kelly is the proud father of a
baby boy. so reports Ur. Chase.
Father Orimont came over from
Valdez today, and will hold services
in the Catholic church tomorrow. He
was one of the passengers on the
Watson.
Ur. \\ H. Chase has received word
from Colonel It p Millard, who is in
the east, that he has financed the Mc
Kinley lake quartz properties on which
he has a bond, and that development
work will be pushed this spring.
The steamer Mariposa sailed from
Juneau this morning and is due in Cor
dova on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
She has 550 tons of freight and ten
horses aboard for here, and will be
in port about fourteen hours.
Malcolm Brock received a telegram
today from Valdez. Informing him that
the vault of the First Bank of Valdez
had been opened seventy two hours af
ter the fire, and the papers and rec
ords contained therein were found ab
solutely Intact. This is the second
time this vault has withstood the
flames during the past year and a half