The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME III. NUMBER 20. CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1916. ~ " DDTril,
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WINDOW
OXCE upon a time there was a
scrivener who wrote a Christ
mas story without mentioning
shop windows, and the people
rose and slew him. saying, “it has nev
er been done."
Does the reader recognize this stroll
ing ragged newsle? Down through
the centuries lie comes, the eternal
poor child of Christinas, who Is, by the
law of the prophets. Invariably hap
pier Ilian I lie rich man In his limousine.
(This limousine, by the way. was once
n co.o li and f air, the rich man a red
nosed baron and the child a golden
haired page. Ilis mud colored limn
gre alone remains (he same lie has
not altered in .Tun years.>
It was a ueeU before Christmas, and
we had not yet found mir rb b man
At last, however, just as dusk wn»
falling, we hoi ml eur man
lie was old: lie was alone in tin
World. Ilis hair fell in a while fringe
about Ids ears Ills face was biller
hut sa l Sui'repli.ioiisly as we grasped
bis \\ ri- t we felt Ids | nlse Ills heart
was tviih : i melt.
“Cillek 1" sai l we. leaping Into the
plum co'nred interior of Ids limousine
“The-e's no tin " hi lose. The bov Is
waiting three blocks farther along
Tell your man to liim.v. please."
The oil gentleman did not seem to
observe our presence. We were ph|tied
for a moment but soon relic ted that,
being a young author, we were, of
course, unite lin Islbic. lie spoke sharp
ly through the tube to Ids chauffeur:
“(let on. Simmons: get on. I can't
stay here all night. And, Simmons
ship at the toy shop three blocks fur
ther along."
The car drew up to the curb. The
old gentleman, clutching a copy of
Dickens In one hand and his gold
headed cane In file other, descended
to (lie sidewalk. Instinctively, as
though guided by some Impulse of the
ages, lie turned toward the Christmas
shop window ablaze with a thousand
tiny artificial candles.
Standing Just In front of the bright
window, the mud colored mongrel at
his heels, was the little newsle. his
bands In his pockets. his cap on
the back of his head, Ids wistful eyes
Looking Into the Christmas Winds
fixed upon (hut feast of plenty F
one dreadful Instant we fliou: lit v
saw a look of boredom. of emu;
flash across that pale pinched face l"
we eould not be sure.
••Humph:" said the old getttlcniu
"This your window?"
"Yes, sir." replied (he l*oy with
cherubic smile, "mine and Uonesy's
“1 know!" muttered the rich man
“It Is Christmas. Come; 1 will giv.
you anything you ask for one peep lm
your window! 1 say this In all hum
bleness, knowing that you are rlchei
than I, knowing that 1 have nothing
that you would want, hut still I beg
of you to name your heart's desire."
We turned to the little uewsie, the
eternal Christmas child. Fondly, al
most tearfully, we waited for him to
apeak. At last he did so, glauclng for
Inspiration at the mougrel, • • • uor
did he know, wretched boy, that he
had shattered the tradition ef een
turtes.
"I'll trade y' a look In the winder,"
said the boy bluntly, "fer a five min
ute alt In yer autymobUe."
j tx moment mter peaeztnans passing
| that particular corner saw an old gen
tleman peering rather dazedly Into a
Christmas shop window, while In ihe
plum tinted, nickel plated, electric light
ed, luxuriously appointed limousiue at
the jnrb aat a little newsle with a mud
colored mongrel hugged to his bosom
and au overwhelming happiness in his
| eyes.
Aa for the Christmas author—but he
! was very young and quite Invisible.—
t Dana Burnet in New York Evening
I Sun.
EL PASO, Dec. 23.—An unconfirmed
report has been received to the effect
that Villa has captured Torreon.
EL PASO, Dec. 23. — Villa began
an attack on Torreon early this morn
ing, and the battle was progressing
at noon. Villa passed Bertnejillo, 25
miles north of Torreon, going south
EL PASO. Dec. 23. — It is reported
that Villa captured Mania Rosalia yes
terday and executed 300 men, practl
cully all of the Carranza garrison. No
property was destroyed.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23. — There was
very little demand for copper during
the past week. The offerings from re
sellers showed further concessions.
Electrolytic for January delivery sold
for 31 cents, and small lots were of
fered for nearby and spring shipment
from 3o to 31 1-2 cents. The leading
producers are still asking 32 1-2 centH
for third quarter shipments, with no
sales.
“MERRY CHRISTMAS.
m everybody r S5a
MANY ASK FOR DATA ON
SHORT COURSE IN MINING.
SEATTLE, Dec. 22. — More advance
inquiries concerning the short course
in mining than have ever before come
to the office of the college of mines
have ledt to the belief that this year's
attendance will be record breaking.
The course will open January 2.
There will be no issue of the Daily
Times on Monday.
j MOTION PICTURE FILMS
BE ADMITTED TO MAILS j
WASHINGTON, Dec. Z\\. — The
.postoffice department has issued an
[order that motion picture films will
he admitted to the mails, beginning
January 1.
The steamer Mariposa is due from
the westward tomorrow morning at 0
o'clock and will be in port eight or ten
hours loading ore.
TUG HERO HAS
The tug Hero, towing a barge, is in
port for coal and supplies, having been
3fi days on the day from Anchorage,
where a carge of lumber was delivered
for (he Anchorage Supply Company,
owners of the barge.
The tug is owned by the British Co
lumbia Mills Tug & Barge Company,
In command of Captain J. Anderson,
who is accompanied on the trip by his
niece, Miss Draper, an attractive
young lady from Seattle. While con
siderable rough weather was encoun
tered, making it necessary to frequent
ly seek shelter, the experience was
thoroughly enjoyed by Miss Draper,
who proved herself an excellent sailor
and a good traveling companion.
Captain Foster is in charge of the
barge, and he reports that the party
was glad to get to Cordova and be able
to stork up with fuel and provisions j
INCREASED PAT
HELPERS
MAY YORK, Dec. 23. — The federal
arbitration board has granted the
Switchmen’s Cnion an eight hour day
with straight pro rata time for over
lime The award increases the pay of
foremen and helpers five cents an
tiour.
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Old-fashioned, home rooked Christ
mas dinner, with all the trimmings,
will be served at Wells' restaurant on
Monday afternoon any time after 2
i 'clock.
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EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
St. George's Mission, Red Dragon
Club House. — Fourth Sunday in Ad
vent. Morning prayer and Holy Cum
inunion, 11 o'clock; Sunday school. 12
o’clock: evensong, 4 o'clock.
Christmas Day Services.
Holy Day of Obligation — Morning
prayer and Holy Communion, 11
o’clock. Special music.
Miss Emma Shepard.Selection 1
Mrs. W. H. Chase . Selection j
Mrs. Jack O'Neill.Selection
Mrs. Samuel Hedges, accompanying
Christmas tree and distribution of
gifts for the children of the parish
immediately after service.
All patrons and friends of the Red
Dragon and strangers in town are
cordially invited to be present at this
great feast. A devout and inspiring
service to the uplift of all and to the
glory of God for the many blessings j
brought by the Christ child
Heartiest good wishes from your j
friend and pastor. E. P. ZIEGLER
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching service 11 a. m, “No
Room in the Inn;" Sabbath school 12
p. m.; Christmas exercises. 7 p. m.
The Christmas sermon will be de
livered at the morning service The
exercises of the evening will be ren
dered by the children of the Sunday:
school To these special services of '
the season we cordially invite the pub
lie to Join us.
We extend to the friends of the!
church and to the people of Cordova ^
the greetings of the season.
A. G. SHRIVER, Pastor
SERVICES AT CATHOLIC CHURCH
The services at the Catholic church.
December 24 and 25, will be as fol
lows;
Sunday — First Mass and Holy
Communion. S;3«» a m.; second Mass
and sermon, 10:30 a. m.; benediction
of the Blessed Sacrament, immediate- i
!>' after the second Mass. No evening
service.
Christmas Eve—Solemn High Maas
at 12 o’clock (midnight); second
Mass, 8:30 a. m.; third Mubb, 10:3i' |
a. in.; immediately after that Mass,
benediction of the Klesseu Sacrament
No evening service.
Father C’rimont wishes to tell the:
good Cordova people that he feels a j
sensible pleasure in being with them !
on this great day, and to each and all j
he tenders his heartfelt wishes for a '
blessed and joyous Christmas.
_A. .
ANOTHER CANNERY PUNT
BE ESTABLISHED HEBE
Karly the coming spring work will
be started on another salmon cannery
at Cordova. Manager Moore was here
last fall looking for a location for a
plant and finally selected a site below
town, near where the Canoe Pass Com
pany has put up its new cannery. Mr j
Moore is expected here from Puget i
Sound next month, when he will make j
the necessary arrangements for the!
erection of his new plant.
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The funeral of Elizabeth Hose, in
fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs C. M
Rosswog, took place this afternoon
from the family residence. Many sym
pathetic friends attended. The sym
pathy of the entire community is ex
tended to the bereaved parents in
their loss.
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Among the Eairbanksans who ar
rived in town yesterday were four old
timers, nan Berger. Mark Leper, J
J. Trunk and J. G. Boliver, who are
on the way to the states Berger claims
to have won enough Republican money
on the election to be present at the
inauguration of his friend, Woodrow
Wilson.
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This is the holiday season and you
can enjoy the evening In no better
ter way than by attending the dance
at Eagle Hall.
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If you want to enjoy a turkey din-1
ner, with all the good things that go
with tt, drop into Wells' restaurant
Monday afternoon after 2 o’clock.
ROTTERDAM, Dec. 23.—Food riots occurred at Dresden
on December 17, IS and 19. So serious became the situation
that the troops were called out to help the police suppress the
trouble, which was caused from the closing of several food shops
on Sunday because they lacked stocks. The women stormed
the shops on Sunday and then marched through the streets.
Another parade took place on Monday, which passed the king’s
palace, tin* participants shouting for bread. Tin- disturbances
were renewed on Tuesday when a sharp fight occurred, during
which a hundred paraders were wounded and then cleared' the
streets.
\\ ASHING TON, Dec. 23.—The official report of the Brit
i>h government says the British liner Arabia was sunk in the
Mediterranean sea unwarned, and was not at any time in the
service of the allies. There were no Asiatics aboard, except an
Indian crew. Indications are developing that the seriousness
of tin* submarine situation may require a general stand by the
American government.
NEW \ORK, Dec. 23. An order has been issued in Eon
don which discontinues the issuance of all shipping reports, ,.\
cept the announcement of casualties.
LONDON, Dec. 23. Owing to tin* increased submarine
menace and the government war risk, the insurance office has
raised the insurance rate per voyage for British ships to forty
shillings per cent.
I AKIN, Dec. 23. President Wilson’s note and Secretary
Lansing’s statement continue to be the sensations of the day.
• '•*' p« esident s action is disapproved by the commentators,
who only vary in their manner of expressing their opinions.
LONDON, Dec. 23.—\V ilson’s note to the belligerents still
dominates the newspaper’s headlines, which show their disap
proval ol the suggestion. It is intimated that the government
wilt draft a formal, polite reply to President Wilson after con
suiting the allies. Balfour will write the note.
BERLIN, Dec. ‘2.!. 1 lie press lias received President Wil
son’s note with varying views, scarcely any two papers looking
alike at the proposition. Tla> views range from an enthusiastic
welcome accorded the plan by the Tageblatt to the unexpected
synicnl quasi acquiescence of the Vossiche Zieutung, which pre
fers to wait until the answer ot the allies is made to the kaiser’s
note before deciding for or against it.
PAR lb. Dee. 2.1. In the lobbies of the chamber of deputies
W iLon s note was the subject ot all conversations among the
leputies, who agreed in paying homage to the sentiments in
spiring the writer. They were unanimously of the opinion
that in the present state ot ntt'airs Ids suggestion could not have
the result lie expects from it by tin* establishment of lasting
peace.
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PARIS, Dec. 23.—An official decree prohibits the importa
tion of all liquor into France and Algeria.
PARIS, Dec. 2d. — The minister of commerce has intro
duced a bill empowering the agricultural department to place
all unoccupied land under cultivation, similar action having al
ready been taken in England.
PARIS, Dec. 22.—The German submarine F 45, which re
cently sank the steamers oft Saint Xazaire, has been sunk bv
torpedo boat destroyers.
PARIS, Dec. 22.—1 he chamber of deputies has approved
a batch of new taxes, including a graduated tax on theatre and
vaudeville tickets, refined sugar tax increased and the price of
tobacco raised. Postage, telegrams, telephone calls and money
orders have been raised.
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LONDON, Dec. 22.—The British troops have captured El
Arisli, ninety miles east of the Suez canal.
PETROflRAI), Dec. 22.—The Russian troops in the north
ern part of Dohrudja having been attacked yesterday along the
whole front by a superior number of Teutons, began a further
retirement northward.
ONCE on a time in a queer Little
town
On the shore of the Zu;rder
Zee,
When all the good people were fast
asleep,
A strange thing happened to ue.
Alone the night before Christmaa,
I sat by the glowing fire,
Watching the flame as it rose and
fell,
While the sparks shot higher and
higher.
Suddenly one of the sparks began
To flicker and glimmer and wink
Like a big, bright eye till t hardly
knew
What to do or to say or to think.
Quick as a flash it changed to a face.
And what in the world did I see
But dear old Santa Claus nodding
his head
And waving his hand to me!
Oh, follow me, follow me!” r,o't h?
cried.
And up through the hi - i>
him
I mounted, not daring ti o
word
Till we nt'ol on t’ - - . ■ i
rim
“Now, te”. no, I 1 - - ■«
Santa Clou-,
Where am I goi ,g with yr:.’'
He laughingly au.;v Why.
don't you hno.% !
To travel the wide world throiigh.
‘From the crystal palace, far in the
north,
I have come since dark, and see
These curious things for the little
folk
Who live on the Zuyder Zee.’’
Then, seating himself in his rein
deer sledge
And drawing me down by his side.
He whistled, and off on the wings
of the u irul
We flew for a midnight ride.
Hut first snch comical pre ents he
left
For the little Dutch girls ani
toys—
nionr and salvages, wooden faced
doll®.
Cheese a ! inn. r’.read tov-:,
oldiero thf.t . t, :e!.ed at the word
of c o.i.mauu,
IT .h'. ct, l: ,' t!;t: end rings,
iny gold v itc' s, all studded with
g'-s.
And fcun.'.reds of eaqui i’e things
traight to America then, where I,
Fetched on a chimney high,
Vat.'hed him scramble and bustle
abo.it
Between the earth and sky.
Many a stocking he filled to the
brim,
And numberless Christmas trees
Burst into bloom at his magical
touch.
Then all of a sudden a breeie
taught us and bore away to the
south
And afterward blew us out west,
And never till dawn peeped over the
hills
Did we stop for a moment's rest
Christmas is coming!" he whis
pered to me.
"You can see his smile in the sky.
[ wish merry Christmas to all the
world.
My work is over Goodby!"
Like a flash he was gone, and I was
alone,
For all of this happened to me
3nce on a time in a queer littlo
town
On the shore of the Zuyder Zee
•Who Gave Ue Chri.tmaa Dayf”
* happy. *»«nnv Christina*
Li© yuur© today!
)h. nut th© failing measur©
J>f heeling earthly pleasure,
Liu t Chriatmaa Joy a bid lug,
While year© art) swiftly gliding.
B© yours, l pray,
rhrough him who gave us Christ**©
day 1
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