The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TW U XrMBKK CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 19J& PRICE TEN CENTS.
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NASHVILLE. March 23. — A fire 111
East Nashville, which commenced
early this morning, destroyed thirty
city blocks, and rendered five thou
sand people homeless. There were
six hundred residences burned to the
ground, and the people will be forced
to live outside before temporary ar
rangements can be made to house
them. The people lost practically all
their household belongings, the flames
spreading with such rapidity that
many of the residents were forced to
flee for their lives, with only such
property is they could carry on their
persons. The loss is estimated at.
a million and a half.
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DEATH GEN. OTIS
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FRIENDS
LOS. ANGELES. March 23. — Gen
eral Otis, the editor and owner of the
Los Angeles Times, and prominently
i connected with the recent trial of
P-. Schmidt, on a charge of manslaughter
for blowing up the Times plant and
killing employees, is seriously ill, and
in danger of dying. The sick man is
suffering from a violent attack of
pneumonia, and his physicians are in
constant attendance at the bedside.
CHAMBER WILL CONTINUE IN
PRESENT QUARTERS.
\t a meeting of the Cordova Cham
ber of Commerce, held last night, it
was decided to take a lease for the
ensuing six months on the present 1
quarters occupied by the Chamber, |
at a rental of $50 per month. An ef- j
fort will also be made to increase the.
membership of that body, which is
doing so much good work for the
benefit of the community.
The regular monthly social of the
Order of the Eastern Star, held at
Masonic hall last night, was largely
attended, and those present spent a
most enjoyable evening.
It is reported that Deputy Marshal
A1 Dowling is returning from the
States to Valdez, on the steamer
Alaska, accompanied by a bride.
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EL PASO, March 23. — Army offi
cers here are taking great interest in
tlie reported secession of General
Herrera at Chihuahua city. They say
that Herrera has two thousand well
equipped and well supplied troops at
his command, and that if he succeeds
In joining forces with Villa, the com
bination might be in a position to har
rass Pershing's array, and cut the line
pf communication between the ad
vance base of the Americans at Casas
Rrandes. in Mexico, and the main
base at Columbus, New Mexico.
EL PASO, March 23. — It was re
ported here today that General Villa
bad established his base west of Na
tnlquipa, and was proceeding to re
plenish his supplies, a'nd was endeav
iring to secure recruits for the com
ng fight with the Carranza and Am
erican troops. Pershing’s forces has
lot yet come Into contact with any
if the Villaistas. General Luis Her
•era, until lately commander of the
Rarranza garrison at Chihuahua city.
U. S. MARSHAL RESCINDS ORDER
ISSUED.
The local liquor dealers have beeu
notified by the United States mar
dial's office that the ban placed on the
shipment of their goods along the
ine of the Copper River railway had
been removed.
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BERLIN, March 23. — Military ex
lerts in the leading German journals
levote daily many columns of space
o commending on the operations of
he army of the crown prince before
k’erdun. They state that the pauses
n the battle do in no way tend to
irove that the German attack has
'ailed of its purpose, but contend that
hese pauses are a part of a well de
veloped plan, and perfectly In ac
cord with the arranged strategy of the
lerman general staff. The Germans
lave purposely avoided similar attacks
Bong the whole Verdun front of
ate. and not because they had become
exhausted. The experts also state
hat the result of the operations so
far have been up to the expectations
if the army officials, the gains hav
ing been worth the expenditure of
men and munitions required to ef
’eet them.
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The steamer Watson went as far as
Seldovia on its present westward trip,
but is expected here Saturday.
is reported moving northwestward fo
the purpose of affecting a junctio
with Villa and his outlaws. This cir
cumstance, in connection with the rf
port tMat the Carranza garrison a
Torreon has also revolted because o
the American troops crossing the bor
der, has caused grave concern to th
'United States army officers, who fea
that Pershing's expedition may mee
with formidable resistance.
WASHINGTON, March 23. — Seno
Arredondo, the Mexican ambassadoi
was a visitor to the state department
and conferred with Secretary Lansing
who has just returned fr:>m his va
cation in the south. He showed th<
secretary of state a dispatch he hai
received from the Mexican consul
Senor Garcia, at El Paso, denying ii
tota the sensational reports that Gen
eral Luis Herrera and the Carranz;
garrison at Chihuahua city had re
belled and thrown their lot with Gen
eral Villa. On leaving the state de
partment, Arredondo chatted genial
r ly with the press representatives, say
1 ing that there was no possibility of
trouble between the United States and
- Mexico over the Pershing edpedition,
t and said that he found Mr. I.ansing
f in full accord with the protocal which
- Carranza wished to have signed re
» garding the American troops' pres
r ence In Mexico. He also stated that
t he expected to hear from Carranza
today, giving him authority to sign
the protocol for the Mexican gov
r ernment.
, COLUMBUS, March 23. — Wireless
, communication with the advance base
- of General Pershing’s expeditionary
5 force at Casas Grandes was resumed
I today. Pershing reported that there
. was no truth in the report that some
i of the drivers of the transport trucks
- and the military guards were missing,
i His command has had no engagements
- with the Vlllalst troops, nor has there
- been any casualties to date, outside
- of the accident to Lieutenant Bowen,
■ of the aero corps.
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GALVESTON, Marsh 23. — An of !
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ficfal dispatch received here today j
from Mexico, via Vera Crutz, states,
that General Luis Herrera, of Chi
huahua city, has n8t gone over to
Villa for the purpose of opposing the
Pershing expedition. On the contrary,
the dispatch recites, Herrera is con
ducting active military operations
against Villa In southern Chihuahua, i
Tuesday night a detachment of the |
Herrera troops, under Colonel Cano,
fought a battle with a band of out
laws, led by Villa himself. t
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LAREDO, March 23. — The Carran- t
za officials at Nuevo Laredo said to <
day that the story about the Carranza , t
garrison at Torreon having revolted';
and gone over to the Villa faction was t
a pure fabrication, and without foun- i
dation in fact. They claim that the |
troops in Torreon have not lost any {
of their loyalty to Carranza, and state i
that they have explicit and reliable i
information about the real condition 1
of affairs.
LATOUCHE COUPLE MARRIED '
HERE YESTERDAY. 1
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Yesterday afternoon Harry W. M
tones and Miss Ella D. Flemming |i
•ame to Cordova on the launch Alas- |
<a. where they were Quietly married
jy United States Commissioner Med -j
ey. The ceremony was performed f
it the office of Judge C. M. Frazier!
M HOUR CABLE
Capt. B. O. Lenoir, of the Signal
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:'orps, writes the Chamber of Com -
nerce re an all night cable service at .
Cordova, in which he states that the .<
Maintenance of such a service at Ju
leau, Sitka. Valdez. Fairbanks and
Seattle is an experiment. It has been
naugurated for the purpose of deter
nining whether the volume of busi-j
less offered would justify the ex
pense of such a service, and whether j i
there is sufficient demand to war- i
•ant the permanency of same. i
Capt. Lenoir says that as Cordova’s I
request has also been furnished the c
hief signal officer of the army, the i
natter is in his hands, and it is pre- i
mroed an early decision will be t
•cached by him, of which the Cham- j i
>er will, of course, be informed.
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A man by the name of Daniels was
lentenced to pay a fine of |100 at i
Seward recently, for looting during t
he recent fire. It is stated that Dan-|t
els stole a quantity of jewelry and a
mt while the fire was in progress.
CONGRESS STRIKES NITROGEN
PLANT FROM THE ARMY BILE
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WASHINGTON, March 23. The
House was absorbed all day today ir
debating and disposing of the vari
I ous amendments proposed to the arm;
bill reported by the committee or
military affairs. The first actior
taken was to strike out from the bil
a provision for the erection of a gov
ernment plant to take nitrogen from
the air. Nitrogen is an important iten
in the manufacture of explosives, and
the present supply of nitrates usee
by the munition manufacturers comer
entirely from Chill. The committee
Included the provision in the bill be
cause it would have made the United
States Independent of any othei
country for a necessary element ir
the making of explosives. The nitro
gen problem has been much discussed
and has entered into the conservatior
propaganda, it being claimed that th«
water powers should be preserved un
der government control because of th<
important part they play in the pre
paredness program by providing the
necessary power for the manufacture
of nitrogen. The clause was bitterly
fought over, but was stricken out by
a close vote.
Two other amendments were then
acted on adversely, one being the pro
position of Representative Gardner,
providing a substitute for the militia
pay provision in the committee's bill,
and the other being the volunteers’
provision of the Senate bill, fostered
by Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon.
A proposal which caused much discus
ston was an amendment forbidding the
use of the national guard for strike
duty, but the amendment was lost,
the vote being heavily against the
! proposition. An amendment provld
| ing for drafting additional troops when
1 the required number could not be se
, cured by ordinary recruiting methods
j was adopted.
FORMER OUTLAW!
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LEES SUMMIT. Mo., March 22.— i
Cole Younger, one of the last of the
members of the notorious robber
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bands that infested western Missouri ^
during and after the civil war, died ,
here today. I
He was a member of the Quantrell ,
band of guerrillas, and with his two .
brothers, took part with the James .
boys in bank and train robberies in ,
Missouri and neighboring states that
netted the looters more than a hun- ,
dred thousand dollars. The leading
members of these bands are dead,
some at the hands of the law, some
by suicide, ,aud others from natural
causes. Younger, after a long term in
the penitentiary, became a law-abid
ing Missouri citizen.
Dozens of sensational robberies for
which the Younger and James boys
were blamed were carried out success
fully before the three Younger bro
thers were captured in Minnesota, af
ter a raid on a bank at Northfield,
Minn., in 1876, in the course of which
Cashier Haywood was killed. The
Youngers were shot many times in
tattles with posses, but finally were
aken alive after a battle at Shields
rilie. Minn.
Cole and his brothers pleaded guilty,
ind were sentenced to prison for life,
rhey entered the penitentiary at Still
vater. Minn., and became model pris-j
iners. Bob died in the penitentiary
n 1889. Cole and James Younger
verp paroled in 1901. The next year
tames shot himself, leaving a note,
ascribing his action to a refusal of
he parole board to permit him to
narry the girl he loved
After Cole w'as paroled he was
oreed by the Minnesota law to live
n that state for three years. Then
te returned to Missouri and settled
lown in a vine covered cottage, which
te bought for a niece in Bees Summit,
he scene of his boyhood days. For
i time he was connected with a show,
md later went on the lecture plat
orm, and became a good citizen.
In August, 1913, Younger was con
■erted to religion at a revival meet
ng. and became an active church
vorker.
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PAN-ALASKA ASSOCIATION.
The Nome Chamber of Commerce (
ins asked the local organization to
oin them in the formation of a I’an
Vlaskan Commercial Association, with {
i view to extending mutual friendly ,
elutions and providing co-operative
dans of action on all questions In- ]
•olvlng the welfare and development ,
d the territory. ,
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Special show at Empress „J^iIght.
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WASHINGTON. March 23. — The
.ar department requested from Gon
ress today an emergency appropria
ion of nearly nine million dollars to
over the extraordinary expenses of
he American punitive expedition into
ilexico. Congress was asked to rush
he appropriation, as the money was
irgently needed. Part of the appro
riation will be used for bringing the
rmy to its full strength, and for
nobilizing the men for quick action
n Mexico in case of an emergency,
t was explained that quick action
■'as necessary in order to be prepared
or any eventuality. Undoubtedly
'ongress will grant the request for
he money, as the members have sup
icrted the President in sending the
roops across the border, and will
;tand by him in providing necessary
irotection for them.
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BERLIN. March 23. — The war of
ice official bulletin today said that
lot withstanding the great offensive
indertaken by the Russians in south
rn Poland, the enemy as yet had
nade no advances, the German and
Austrian troops maintaining their po
itions at all points of the firing line.
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ENGINEERS TO LOCATE ALTER
NATE ROUTE FROM MAIN LINE.
\ party of engineers has been put
n the field by the Alaskan engineer
ng comhiissi8fi to locate an alterna
ive route for the main line south from
Ship Creek Junction. The present
ine crosses Ship Creek valley south
■f the junction on a large and threfore
expensive fill. It is possible that a
oute can be located which will avoid
his fill without encountering other
iqually expensive obstacles. This
vill be determined by the surveys now
icing made.
If the change is deemed economical,
t will be made, and will result in all
rains being operated through the An
horage railroad yard.
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Show at Empress Theatre tonight.
THREE SOCIALIST EDITORS ARE
STOCKHOLM, March 23. — Theic
hree leading Socialist editors of f
Sweden were arrested today and s
tharged with high treason. The ac- t
(used nu>n are Messrs. Hoeglund, i
dedjeluud and Hedon. 'ihe arrests I
vere the direct result of the passage v
►f a resolution by the Socjjlist Con- a
'erence. calling Jnr the workers to i
niter upon a gefieta' strike, and re- c
>el against the government if Sweden jc
altered the Euroiean war. The three;e
■ditors are said to be the responsible 1
larties behind the resolution, which £
vns afterwards published in the So- [ e
ialist press. The arrests caused a
reat sensation, and the people are in
tremendous state of excitement over
je affair. Discussion of the matter
i rife, and the police in this city have
een kept busy dispersing the crowds
ho have gathered, condemning the
ction of the government. Hoeglund
i a national figure in Sweden, being
ne of the most prominent members
f the Swedish parliament, and an
ducated. intelligent man. whose fol
jwing among the rank and file of the
wedish citizenry is large and influ
ntial.
AUGUSTA, Ga„ March 23. — A de-|
structive fire broke out in this city
Jfc last night, which swept the wealthiest J
part of the town, destroying the
largest business blocks in the city, as j
well as the finest residences. Ten!
business blocks in all fell prey to the
fury of the flames, practically paralyz-j
ing the business activities of the city. J
Twenty entire blocks in the residence!
quarter were swept from end to end,
and when morning broke were nothing
r* but a mass of charred ruins. The
largest cotton warehouse in the city
was also burned, the contents being,
destroyed with the building. The
fire department were forced to use
dynamite to prevent the flames from
sweeping through the whole town.
Fortunately the better class of resi
dences were burned, and while the
people without homes are put to much
discomfort, the conditions are much
better than if the loss had fallen on
those less able to bear it. The fire
insurance experts estimate the loss
at five millions.
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The next train for Chitina leaves
tomorrow morning.