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The Cordova^ Daily Times
___ Only Afternoon Paper In 'Alaska With Associated Press News
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rUUU HILL WILL
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♦ UNDATKD, June 18. — Import- 4
♦ ant developments are fore- 4
♦ shadowed on the Macedonian ♦
♦ front. The British have aban ♦
♦ doned, without pressure, the po- ♦
♦ sitlons east of the Struma river ♦
♦ on the- extreme easterly end of ♦
♦ the front. The allies are recoil- ♦
♦ Hollering along the Vardar river ♦
♦ and the indications are that the ♦
♦ allies Intend an offensive up the ♦
♦ Vardar valley to redeem the Ser- ♦
♦ bian-Kussian army. The navy is ♦
♦ also showing aggressiveness. ♦
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, June 18. — A Teuton sub
marine was probably sunk by a Jap
anese submarine In the Mediterranean
sea on June 12.
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^ (By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 18. — Secre
tary of Navy Daniels hgs ordered the
__ coat- and oil producers to supply the
enormous quantities of fuel needed by
the navy at prices to be fixed later
• by the federal trade committee and
President Wilson.
SEPARATE PEACE
RUSSIA
(By Associated Press)
PETROGRAI), June 18. — The coun
cil of workmen's and soldiers’ dele
gates have adopted a resolution con
demning separate peace and calling
for a vigorous prosecution of the war.
The duma also took similar action.
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REGISTERED
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 18. - The re
gistration for selective draft is com
plete and shows that 9,612.000 have
been listed for service between the
ages of 21 and 30 years.
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CHANGES IN SIGNAL CORPS
ON GOVERNMENT TRAIL.
Lieut. Faust, in charge of the »'aldez
Signal Corps station, has made the
following changes in the stations
along the government trail: Private
Sam Fisher, of Fort Liscum, has been
stationed at Beaver Dam; Private
James Rudides at Copper Center; Pri
vate Lains at Donnelly; Private Hen
derson Baker will be stationed at Ho
gan. Mr. Baker is transferred from
Wortman's. Private John Morgan,
who has been stationed at Donnelly,
has been transferred to Paxson; Pri
vate Albert Taylor, who has been sta
tioned at Copper Center, has been
transferred to McCallum; Private O.
O. P. Rutherford has been transferred
to Worman’s.
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While out on the Fox trail with sev
eral passengers, Fred Carter, a Fair
banks autoist, nearly lost his car by
fire when it broke down in the midst
of a forest fire. Hard work by the
crowd saved the car from destruc
tion. He reports the fires are doing
a vast amount of damage.
.LUUAL UUINba
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The Admiral Farragut is due from
Seattle at ti o'clock this evening.
The steamer Admiral Evans was In
port for a couple of hours on Satur
day evening, en route to Seattle.
Owing to ill health, Mrs. H. F. Bal
lard has resigned her position as nurse
at the Cordova general hospital.
W. .1. Cavanaugh, an old-time Alas
kan, Is a recent arrival in Cordova,
where he may decide to locate.
Pacific Steamship Company sailings
from Seattle for Cordova will be on
June 20, 28, July 6, 14, 22 and 30.
United States Marshal Brenneman
come over from Valdez on the steam
er Saturday evening and left on yes
terday's train for Kenecott, to look
over the strike situation there.
J. C. Gaffney, the rustling represen
tative of Lowry & Pike, insurance
agents of Seattle, arrived from the
westward today and will remain here
until the next sailing for Juneau.
The steamer Alaska arrived from
the westward early this afternoon and
will be in port until tomorrow, load
ing copper ore and canned clams and
salmon.
Mrs. Helen Bell and Miss Inez
Adams, of Anchorage, have arrived in
Cordova, where they will remain and
be in charge of the Style Shop, which
is being opened In the corner room
of the Hotel Northern building.
Mrs. Thorndyke, of the Gift Shop,
wishes to announce she is now ready
for any lace work in the ltne of dress
suit and coat work, millinery repair
and hats to order, furs made up and
relined, all work guaranteed. Call
and see me.
The Cordova Chapter, American Red
(Tubs, will give the first of a aeries
of card parties at H egg's hall on Fri
day evening, to which the general
public is invited to attend, and thus
assist in the good work being under
taken by this organization.
Miss Leila Bennett, who is superin
tendent of the Cordova General hos
pital, has the distinction of being the
only nurse from this section who
has successfully passed an examina
tion and received her appointment and
badge as a nurse of the Red Cross,
subject to service.
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MANY PEOPLE ARRIVED
ON EVANS FROM WESTWARD.
The following passengers arrived in
Cordova on the Admiral Evans from
the westward on Saturday evening:
Mrs. Helen Bell, Miss Inez Adams,
Mrs. Maybelle Jacobson. B. E. Peter
son, G. L. Dority, O. Z. Cowurd, F. R.
Brenneman, Win. Aiken, H. Pleuhuer,
B. H. Crane, Guy Villa, Lawrence
Watt, T. Toguhl, R. L. Comstock, J.
L. Craig, Columbus Ross, W. J. Cav
anaugh, L. Nlckolich, James Farrell,
Peter Sweeney and sixteen steerage
passengers.
The passengers from here for Seat
tle were: Mrs. C. M. Rosswog,, A.
K. Rastad, M. Ratti, Mrs. M. Ratti,
Louis Coen, W. Newlee, L. J. Hohl,
Jacob Meier, Mrs. J. R. Morgan, C. E.
Lake, Wallace Gamble, H. L. Slmonds,
Mary Gerberg, W. E. Sprling, Peter
Peterson and three steerage.
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The fishing boat On Time, recently
purchased by the Kachemak Fishing
Company, arrived in Anchorage re
cently, having made the trip between
Seattle and that place In twelve days.
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George Teko, a laborer on the gov
eminent railroad, was instantly killed
a few days ago at Mile 98 by being hit
on the head by a large rock thrown by
a blast.
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Assentla Romanoff, a native charged
with a statutory crime, who escaped
jail ut Seward recently while clad in
nothing but his underclothing and a
smile, has again been heard of. He Is
reported to have stolen a boat belong
ing to the Alaskan engineering com
mission at Mile 71, and when last
sighted was heading toward Tyonic,
his native heath.
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Owing to the high cost of cyanide,
William Martin, of the Martin mine
in the Willow creek district, announc
ed that he will not operate the cyan
ide plant at the mine this season, but
has installed a centrifugal concentrat
or to remove the gold from the slimes,
mm iu Ht
(By Associated Preas)
LONDON, June 18. — The govern
ment told the house of commons re
prisal would be made for the air raids
on Kngland. and steps are being taken
to prevent further attacks.
FIRST AMERICAN
KUO
(By Associated Press)
PARIS. June 18. — Benny Wood
worth, of San Francisco, chief of the
first section of the American ambu
lance field service, was Instantly
killed in an aeroplane accident.
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Col. Doyen Picked to
Command an American
Contingent In France
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COL CHARLES fi OQYEM | ,
Photo by American Frees Association.
A regiment of veteran United States
marines equipped as regular infantry will ,
go to France as part of Major Osnsral
John J. Pershing's command. There will
be approximately l.titX) men In the regl- ■
ment. probably the largest numerically
that will be ftgugcd on the western front.
Colonel Charles A. Doyen, at present com
mandant of tha United Statea marine bar
racks In Washington, who haa been In
the service thirty-four years, will oorn
rnand this American contingent.
FOH
STEEL SHIPS GO
TO SEATTLE
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 18. — Con
tracts for ten more steel merchant
ships complete and for twenty-four
additional wooden hullB have been an
nounced by Goethals, who says the
vessels will be bailt next year. The
steel ship contracts go to the Seattle
Construction &. Dry Dock Company.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 18. — The in
dications now are that the national
army of (>50,000 will not be in training
by September 1, as Intended, but will
be six weeks later, as the cauton
merits are not ready.
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COMMERCE COMMISSIONER DEAD
WASHINGTON, June 18. — Inter
state Commerce Committee commis
sioner, Judson Clements, died at hiB
home in this city last night
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The Bungalow Club dance, which
was scheduled to take place tonight,
has been postponed until next Monday
night, on account of a number of the
members being out of town.
jUliltlT Mil!)
(By United Press)
"Darling." sighed the knitting needle.
“Wool you marry me?"
But Miss Keftftyr Yarn so fluffy,
"Nought by ‘Knit,’ said she."
NEW YORK, June 18. — Talk about
the wild and wpolly west; It Isn't In It
for wildness and woollnesses with the
effete east In these days. You'll find
all the feminine wits on Elfth avenue
have gone wool gathering and now
have their hands full, in limousines.
taxlB and on tops of the busses, socks
mufflers and chest protectors are
growing for soldiers and sailors.
I even encountered several strolling
ladles with their knitting all ready
for business in one hand, not even un
der cover of a hand-bag. They held
It thus In the open so they could take
advantage of any little stopovers and
waits for traffic to take a few stitches,
en passant as It were. Most wooly en
thuslasts have their mufflers muffled
or their chest protectors protected In
one of the gay cretonne knitting bags
when not In active use.
The array of these bags Is positive
ly fascinating! So much so that even
the most rabid of anti-knitters would
be glad to yank a hank of yarn and
a pair of needles and get busy just
In order to bag a bag.
* u,c cvuit«u irom me brightest
hits of cretonne and figured linen
rimmed in cords, tassels or galoon
ind vari-colored satin apples, fringes,
estoons and frills. Some more ornate,
ire of silk and satin trimmed in
“Tench ribbon flowers. Attached to
he tall walking sticks they are most
landy for those who walk while they
vork.
All the wool gathering isn't being
lone for the military or the marines
hough, by any manner of means. It
akes three skeins in."1 »■ ' • resula
Ion army or navy muffler, but it is
lard to gauge just how much It takes
o trim and fringe milady's dress of
ersey cloth, serge or georgette crepe,
ro be a really successful frock It
nust have wool embroidery around the
iem, the cuffs, the neck, the pockets
ind belt. There are yarn tassels and
mm fringe to finish well and woolly.
Wool doesn’t even stop at outei
;arments. but invades the realm of
Ingerle. It is a far cry from the
voolen lingerie of 1917 to the aes
hetic red and grey woolen union suits
iur parents used to make us don when
ve were young and helpless. Today
mvelope chemises, nighties and com
binations of salmon pink, purple or
urquolse blue georgette crepe are em
broidered lavishly in yarn of divers
iueB. This modernist underwear is
.ertainly right up to scratch.
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vswuoijn U1 fcOUl
;ette crepe are also fulsonily darned.
Even some of the smartest new bath
ng suits have the habit with cunning
ittle yarn fringes around their ab
Jrevlated skirts and bobbing yarn
assels on the pockets and topping
he smart and rakish bathing caps.
It is to be hoped, however, that a gen
srous cake of wool soap will accom
jany each wool embroidered mcr
naid where she goes in for her dip.
Dame Fashion is actually trying to
bull the wool over our eyes as is evi
lenced by the new yarn embroidered
»nd bordered veils thut float in the
breeze from our close little hats.
Then there are the hats themselves
3f course they are numbered among
the woolly ones, and parasols revel
In ravelled yarn fringes, and unfurl
their knitting new under the sun.
Collar and cuff sets of georgette
crepe, button-holed around the edges
In bright toned wool are most effec
tive and jabots, wool garnished, are
neck and neck with the latest summer
modes. Jabots of all sorts, by the way,
»re very much to the front and spill
their frilly froth of lace and cascades
af chiffon crepe over the smartest of
tailored lapels. Of finely pleated or
gandies, batiste and muslin bordered
in the narrowest of Irish crochet, cluny
ar filet edge they are chic, though the
filmy lace ones are the loveliest of all.
But to return to our muttons, or
rather the outside of them, which is
the wool, we mustn't forget the yarn
embroidered negligees, house gowns
and robes in time in our resume of
yarn decked wearing apparel. They
are all quite exotically and erotically
woolly. From all of which It is plain
to be seen that a 1917 reversion of
Mother Goose’s famous ditty is bad
ly needed now. to run about like this:
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any woolT
Yes, kind master, three bags ruli.
One for the soldier.
The sailor the same.
And one, very large, for the fashion
able dame.
A. J. Lawrnce and E. L. Senft, who
left Latouche In a small boat a few
days ago, encountered a severe storm
and after being pitched about on the
open sea were finally wrecked on the
rocks of a small Island.
H. A. Hanson and his partner, fish
erinen, discovered the marooned men
and brought them In their boat, after
nine hours of rowing, to Madoud bay.
Billy Pay and W'nlter Holand rowed
from that point to latouche and se
cured a gas boat which returned for
the shipwrecked outfit and brought
them to the copper town.
Senft and Lawrence left Seward on
the Watson last week for Latouche,
took a small boat from that place and
were on their way for a prospecting
trip on Montague Island, when the ele
ments changed their course and planB.
All their provisions and equipment
was lost but they will refit at latouche
and try it again.
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Purchasing Bureau Head
For U. S. and Allies to
Spend $10,000,000,000
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| BERNARD M. BFtfZUCH ~ 1
Photo by American Presa Aaaoclatlon.
Bernard M. Baruch, financier of New
rork and member of the Council of Na
lonal Defense, has been mentioned for the
>08ltlon of executive head of the proi>osed
entral purchasing bureau for the United
Itates and our allies. If he takes the po
iltlon lie will direct the expenditure of
lO.OUU.UOU.OOO a year In a debate on the
ood survey bill In the national house of
epresentatlves Representative Lunn of
"few York resented slurs put upon Mr
iaruch by J. Hampton Moore of F’hila
lelphla.
“Mr. Baruch," said Mr. Lunn, "has se
sured for the government a price for cop
>er around 16 cents Instead of the $4 or P
:ents which It was bringing on the open
narket at the time. That was a saving
or us of millions of dollars. Fi* “iso so
ured a reduction In the price of steel that
vaa tremendously favorable to the gov
imment.”
BRITISH LOSSES
ARE HEAVY IN
SHIPPING
WASHINGTON. June 18. — The
lerman submarine toll of British mer
■hautmen since February 17 is three
lundred and twenty-two vessels ovei
1,600 tons and thirty-four vessels un
ler 1,600 tons. The total loss during
he past four months was one million
mven hundred and forty-five thousand
tons, or two hundred and fifty thou
land tons les stlian the entire world's
ihlpping during 1916.
Emil C. Clausen, proprietor of the
Jhio road house on the Fairbanks
Nienana trail, has closed up his lios
telry for the summer, but will reopen
t again in the fall for winter traffic.
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If present plans of the engineering
mmmlssion mature the railroad will
ae constructed from Nenana to Lig
nite in the heart of the Tanana coal
fields during the present summer, and
'roni the coast to within 90 miles of
[hat place.
Over 1.600 persons attended a base
ball game Sunday at Anchorage be
tween the Potter creek and Matanuska
teams, which resulted In a victory
for the latter.
JUNKAU. June 16. — At a well at
tended meeting of the Juneau Demo
cratlc Club last evening the organiza
tion, with but one dissenting vote
adopted a resolution strongly endors
Ing i human Riggs, Jr., for governor,
and Robert J. Sommers, of Fairbanks,
for surveyor general.
Mr. Riggs is a well known member
of the Alaskan engineering commls
sior. at Nenana; and Mr. Sommers
Is superintendent of the Fairbanks dl
vision of the Alaska road commission
Mr. Sommers is an old time resident
of Alaska, having been stationed at
Nome for many years. Two years ago
he succeeded Mr. John Zugg, now su
perintendent at Valdez, as superinten
dent of the Fairbanks division of the
Alaska road commission, and has
made his home there ever since. He
is highly efficient as a surveyor and
engineer, and If appointed will make
an excellent official.
Telegrams were Bent to President
Wilson and Secretary Lane, demand
ing the appointment of these men, and
repudiating J. F. A. Strong for gov
ppnrtp
BIG CLUBS W
(By United Press)
NEW YORK, June 16. — The Am
erloan association, called the strong
est minor league In the country, should
^ have thought it over pretty carefully
| before standing sponsor for the state
ment that unless things changed quick
ly It would have to close its gates. It
recently was reported in New York
and elsewhere that all arrangements
had been made to end the season, dls
band the clubs and wait for another
>ear.
To have closed the gates in May
would have been disastrous—not only
for the present year, but for succeed
ng seasons. The work of years would
have been wiped out Regardless of
he fact that protection may have been
;ranted by the national association,
outlaw owners would have started
something In these cities, and doubt
less are laying plans now to grab off
these excellent baseball towns If the
opportunity presents itself.
President Thomas J. Hickey com
mltted a grave error, in the opinion
of many persons, when he dropped
four of the eight umpires with which
he started the season. One well known
eastern baseball man, at least, pleaii^j
with Hickey not to endanger fair.
ness of ball games In t»,e association
by making one m-.i, 'handle all decis
ions. . —
Hickey maintained it was to cut ex
penses. but one conservative umpire,
a veteran In the harness, recently de
clared that economy practised along
this line is the worst sort.
"It's impossible," he said, “for one
man to get all over the field. Imagine
a double play, one man out at second
base and the other at the home plate.
It’s killing for a man to plunge all
over the field In a free hitting contest.
Hickey should have taken some other
step."
Hickey’s faint heart is winning a
great deal of criticism in the east. His
statements have been pessimistic In
the extreme. If the association deems
it wise to stop it is safe to say the
leclaratton of this fact will Influence
many smaller organizations to take
the step.
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DOINGS OF DISTRICT
COURT AT ANCHORAGE.
Louis Llahey. Indicted on the charge
of cutting and stabbing with intent to
kill, pleaded guilty to assault and was
sentenced to imprisonment in the fed
eral jail for two months.
C. M. Robinson, indicted for assault
with a dangerous weapon, pleaded
guilty to assault and was fined $10.
The assault was committed in 1916.
Alice Johnson was indicted by the
grand Jury on the charge of selling
liquor without a license.
In the case of the United States vs.
John W. Smith, a trial was had and
the defendant found guilty by the Jury
on the charge of larceny.
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Recent arrivals at Fairbanks from
St. Patrick creek report that Steel A
Company, operating on that creek, had
their first cleanup, approximating
about $4,000, or about 1.60 per square
foot of bedrock.
HALLIES PLANNING
♦ (By Associated Press) 4
♦ WASHINGTON, June 18. — a 4
4 food control bill has been Intro- 4
4 dured In the house. Chairman 4
♦ Lever, of the agriculture commit 4
♦ tee. said the bill will harm no 4
4 honest business man but drag the 4
♦ crooks Into the limelight A let 4
♦ ter from President Wilson was 4
4 read, warning opponents of the 4
♦ bill that they must take the re- 4
4 aponslblllty for the food condl 4
4 tions If they defeat the bill. A 4
4 great majority of the house ap- 4
4 plauded the Introduction of the 4
4 bill, but the opponents are silent 4
♦ ly preparing to attack It. Gore, 4
♦ Smith. Reed and Laed lead the 4
4 opposition in the senate. 4
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POLICE BREAK UP
All I. IB. W.
AS
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE. June 18. — Soldiers and
sailors interrupted a meeting o( the
Industrial Workers of the World on
Saturday night, and drove the speak
ers and audience from the hall, which
was barricaded. Six shots were fired
from the window and several soldiers
were wounded in the leg Many In
dustrial Workers were arrested and
twenty held as Blaekers. The others
were released, as there was no evl
dence against them.
PICKIBGSTJRS
IS 110 EASY
TASK '
(By United Press)
NEW YORK. June 18.—Picking the
leading baseball player in a named po
sition is a sized task. To draw a com
parison between certain player;],- l9
overstepping the bounds
sane criti
cism at times. To sj&y'that Babe Ruth,
or Walter Johggon over Alexander Is
the best pitc|fer m tj,e garae might be
true, but would be sure to start an
ar8uJ!iVefit over the merits of his rivals.
For instance, It can only be said
that Arthur Fletcher or Robers Horns
by Is the best shortstop in the National
league, merely because It Is true that
they lead as hitters. Neither can It be
said that Maranvllle or Bancroft or
Wortman Is the best because be is a
flashy and very accurate fielder. Each
man’s worth has to be considered.
From a strictly defensive standpoint
it probably Is permissable to announce
Maranvllle as the superior, with Ban
croft and Wortman running close be
hind. Everett Scott, of the Red Sox,
doesn’t rank with Hornsby and Flet
cher as a hitter, but he is a better ln
fielder than either. However, that
does not entitle him to be called the
best shortstop In the game.
Comparisons of the same sort may
be drawn from almost every position.
Ty Cobb, of course, stands alone as
an offensive playing outfielder. As
outfielder he is not a Tris Speaker.
One might pick Babe Ruth as the
best aouthpaw, but that hardly pro
nounces him the best pitcher.
The season's work names the mast
effective men at one point of the game
snd only for a season. Picking the
best man at any position Is carrying
It a little too far. now that Hans Wag
ner. Napoleon Jojole and others of that
class have stepped out of the way.
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The United States geodetic survey
steamer Patterson struck an unchart
ed rock a short time ago off the west
coast of Chichagoff island, unshipping
her rudder. She was conveyed to Ju
neau by the tug L. Roscoe and unless
■ diver can be secured It will be ne
cessary to beach the boat to make
the necessary repairs.
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The first contractor to employ pow
erful machinery on any of the rail
road contracts on the government road
Is Herb Wilson, of Nenana, who has
a contract for removing 55.000 yards
of dirt along two miles of the right of
way south of Nenana. He has secured
a large steam shovel and a donkey en
glue for the work.