The Cordova Daily Times
Only Afternoon Paper In Alaska With Associated Press News
VOLUME III. NUMBER 87, _CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1917.___ PRICE TEN CENTS.
Strike
Order
Issued
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♦ (By Associated Press) ♦
♦ NEW YORK, March 15. — The ♦
♦ brotherhoods demand that the ♦
♦ Adamson law be put Into effect ♦
♦ Immediately. The railroads de- ♦
♦ cline to do this, and ask for a ♦
♦ reference of the controversy to ♦
♦ the eight hour commission. This ♦
♦ proposition was rejected by the •
♦ brotherhoods and they announce ♦
♦ a general strike, to begin at C ♦
♦ o'clock on Saturday night. ♦
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♦ WASHINGTON, March 15. — ♦
♦ President Wilson is considering ♦
♦ steps to avert a strike. ♦
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(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, March 15. — The four
railroad brotherhood chiefs at noon
presented to the national conference
committee of railroad managers the
brotherhods ultimatum calling for the
immediate granting of an eight hour
day and pro rata pay for overtime,
with a strike as an alternative. The
managers promise an answer at 4
o'clock this afternon. Both sides ap
pear in a conciliatory mood.
WASHINGTON, March 15. — The
administration officials are confer
ring in the hope of averting a strike.
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STEAMER IS
TORPEDOED
(By Associated Press)
BALTIMORE, March 15. — The
British armed steamer Sagamore, on
the way from Boston to Liverpool
with munitions for the British gov
ernment, was submarined and sunk.
The vessel and cargo was valued at
$1,500,000. Among the crew of fifty
there was two Americans.
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PARIS, March 15. — General Lyan
tey, minister of war, has resigned in
anger after the chamber of deputies
refused to listen to an address by him
on national defense.
CLAIMS GERMANr
m
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 15. — In
Ambassador Gerard's report to the
state department, he refutes the state
ments that Germany is altering its
ruthless submarine warfare policy to
avoid war with the United States.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 15. — Presi
dent Wilson is keeping in touch with
the railroad situation through the de
partment of labor and the federal
board of mediation and conciliation.
All are awaiting the outcome of the
New York conference this afternon
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GUTHRIE’S BODY SENT HOME.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 15. — Tht
Japanese offer to send Minister Guth
rie’s body home on a warship has beer
formally accepted.
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TURKS IN FULL
RETREAT IN
(By Associated Press)
PETROORAD, March 15. — The
Turks are In full retreat on the Cau
casus front, pursued by the Russians.
PETROGRAD. March 15. — An of
ficial statement says the Russian
troops are pressing the retreating
troops, who are approaching Baneh,
ten miles from the Turkish border,
well to the north. The Turkish army
was defeated by the British in Meso
potamia, which may be cut off if the
Russian advance continues.
LONDON, March 15. — The with
drawal of the Germans from the Bue
querl line is faster than was antici
pated and a whole new line may son
be on the reverse side of the Bapaume
ridge.
EERllflPES
TO END WAR
BERLIN, March 15. —Chancellor
Bethmann told the Prussian diet that
the German empire must undergo a
political reorganization after the war,
involving a greater share by the peo
ple in the conduct of the imperial af
fairs after the close of hostilities and
the government would propose a re
form of the Prussian franchise. He
said: “Only one thought fills me, and
all the rest of us, and that is how to
end the war victoriously.”
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BE BUILT AT
SEATTLE
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 15. — The
navy department has awarded con
tracts for new ships, costing $136,
000,000. The Seattle Construction &
Drydock Company got the contract to
build two scout cruisers ot cost $6,
000,000 each.
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CO TO THE
OTTAWA, March 15. — The Can
adian council of agriculture has de
cided that the whole wheat crop of
Canada shall be taken for the Brit
ish government. The dominion gov
ernment will buy from the farmers at
a fixed price and insure transportation
to the seaboard.
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♦ COULDN’T CLOSE SALOONS, ♦
♦ TRY IT ON GROCERY STORES. ♦
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♦ BUENOS AIRES, March 15.— ♦
♦ Having tried and failed to close ♦
♦ the saloons on Sunday, the ♦
♦ Buenos Aires city government is ♦
♦ making a similar experiment with *
♦ the grocery stores. The Idea is ♦
♦ to give the clerks a day’s rest ♦
♦ a week. It is not a religious *
♦ movement. Most grocery stores ♦
♦ really kept their front entrances ♦
~*~sfaut, which the- saloons - never-*
♦ did, but they do a tremendous *
♦ side door trade. *
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ATTRACTIVE BUTTE LADY
WEDS MINE FOREMAN.
Yesterday afternoon a very quiet
wedding was consummated, when Fa
ther Fletcher performed the ceremony
which united for life Mr. William C.
Douglas and Miss Mabel Dixon. The
young couple will make a short trip
to the westward on the steamer Alas
ka, returning to Kenneeott, where
they will make their future home. Mr.
Douglas is a popular foreman at the
Bonanta mine, and Miss Dixon ar
rived here on yesterday’s boat from
Butte, Montana, where she was a
trained nurse. The Daily Times joins
friends in extending congratulations
to Mr. and Mrs. Douglas.
(Special to the Times)
JUNEAU, March 15. — Representa
tive Allan, of Nome, today Introduced
a bill providing for a school system
In Alaska.
The senate late yesterday afternoon
passed a resolution asking congress to
fortify Alaska at vulnerable coast
points.
FAIRBANKS, March 15. — The
Commercial Club and city council to
day adopted resolutions, which will
eb forwarded to Juneau, In support of
Representative Allan's bill to have
the territory provide seventy per cent
of the funds for schools In munici
palities. The general Impression here
is that the Snow bill on a fifty per
cent basis Is entirely Inadequate,
while the Allan bill will protect as
well as guard against extravagance.
m m ABOUT
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
The steamer Alaska will not sail
for the westward until tomorrow.
The City Express received a fine
pair of horses on yesterday's boat.
There are sixty-four steerage pas
sengers aboard the Alaska for the
westward.
Meier Blum, who is returning to
Valdez from a trip to Seattle, spent
the day with Cordova friends.
Our former townsman, J. W. Little,
is visiting with local friends on his
return from Seattle to Latouche.
Wm Kendrick and family have re
turned to Cordova to make their
home, after spending several years
in Juneau.
Barney Simon, who conducts the
Bon Marche store at Anchorage, is
here on his way home from a business
trip to New York.
W. T. Pinkerton, a Fairbanks
freighter, was an arrival on yester
day’s boat and left for the interior
on this morning's train.
The Admiral Evans left Valdez at
3 o'clock this afternoon, and will stop
at Ellamar for ore, arriving in Cor
dova, southbound, during the night.
The regular meeting of the W. C. T.
U. will be held at the residence of
Mrs. Tarpenning Friday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock, instead of at Mrs. Czer
wenka’s.
Mrs. J. Cleveland, who has mining
interests in the Hot Springs district,
has returned from a trip to the states,
and will leave for the Interior on Sat
urday’s train.
There will be a special program at
the Empress Theatre tonight, with
Billy Wodworth as the star attraction.
He Is a clever comedian and will pull
off some good stunts.
Jimmy Upchurch, formerly connect
ed with the Whitshed radio plant, is
in town. He is en route to Anchor
age, where he Is employed by the
Alaskan engineering commission.
Frank Kernan spent the day in
town. He is a passenger on the
steamer Alaska, and will go to Val
dez, returning to Cordova on the
same boat, taking the train for the
Nlzlna district, where he has mining
interests. '
J. F. Davidson, general freight and
passenger agent for the Alaska Steam
ship Company, is making his Intial
trip to Cordova. He will divide his
time between the different ports of
Alaska, looking after the interests of
his company. .
W. E. Terrill has wired that he made
a remarkably quick trip from Fair
banks to ChiUna on the Sheldon auto
stage. The run from Paxsons to Chi
tina yesterday was covered in twelve
hours, which is going some. Mr. Ter
rill received eight head of horses on
yesterday's boat, and his freighting
outfit will leave Chitina for Fairbanks
on March 20.
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Associated Press. Qot the news. ^
SERIOUS RIOTS
REPORTED IN
RUSSIA
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♦ (By Associated Press) ♦
♦ PETROGRAD, March 15. — ♦
♦ (Flash) — The Czar Of Russia ♦
♦ has abdicated. ♦
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♦ (By Associated Press) ♦
♦ PETROGRAD, March 15. — ♦
♦ After a three days' battle be- ♦
♦ tween the troops supporting 4
4 and those opposing the revolution ♦
♦ the lutter was successfully de ♦
♦ feated. The casualties will pos- ♦
4 slbly not exceed five hundred. ♦
♦ It is reported that Prolopopoff, ♦
♦ minister of the interior, was 4
4 killed. 4
4 The Czar was warned that the 4
4 fate of the dynasty depended up- 4
4 on his acquiescence, and the roy- 4
4 al palace was besieged by revo- 4
4 lutlonary troops The emperor. 4
4 woh is at the front, returned to 4
4 the palace yesterday after reoeiv 4
4 ing word of the revolution The 4
4 duma was taken by the army, 4
4 overturning the government com 4
4 pletely. The revolution centered 4
4 in Petrograd and Moscow, and 4
4 prominent reactionaries, lnclud 4
4 ing Premier Stunner, have been 4
4 Imprisoned and the government 4
4 is in the hands of a committee of 4
4 safety. 4
4 The garrisons at Petrograd 4
4 and Moscow went over In a body 4
4 to the revolutionary movement 4
4 and the question of dynasty is 4
4 unsettled. Possibly the (Var will 4
4 abdicate in favor of the crown 4
4 prince with Grand Duke Nicholas 4
4 as regent. 4
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STOCKHOLM, March 15. — The
Swedish newspapers publish reports
of serious disturbances In Russia, and
state the railroad bridge over the
Neva river in Petrograd was dyna
inited by the revolutionists; that there
has been an open revolution in many
Russian cities since last Thursday,
and there were violent riots in Petro
grad on Saturday. Mobs are storm
ing the shops, the publication of news
papers has been suspended and people
are warned to remain indoors.
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II. I GDPS IEET
THE SPEEDERS
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♦ NEW YORK, March 15. The 4
4 police of this city today inaugu- 4
4 rated an experiment to ascertain 4
4 whether citizens are willing to 4
4 co-operate with the city authori- 4
4 ties in enforcing the law. When 4
4 a policeman spots a speeder, he 4
4 does not arrest the offender at 4
4 once unless the offense is flag- 4
4 rant, but sends his name and 11- 4
4 cense number to headquarters. 4
4 The speeder’s record is invest!- 4
4 gated and if it is found that he 4
4 has committed a similar offetiso 4
4 previously, he is summoned be- 4
4 fore a magistrate to plead his 4
4 case. If it is evident that unto- 4
4 mobilists do not appreciate this 4
4 treatment, the police department, 4
4 after a thorough teat, will uban- 4
4 don the system of giving speed- 4
4 era^fl chance._ 4
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RUSSIAN Ifi LOOPS
LOOP WITH PASSENGER
(By Associated Press)
PETROGRAD, March 15. — Lieu
tenant Nagorski, of the Russian army
aviation corps, has looped the loop
with a passenger and 1,100 pounds
of extra weight.
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SENATE CONFIRMS GRAYSON.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. March 15. — The
senate has confirmed the nomination
of Dr. Grayson, President Wilson’s
physician, as medical director and
rear admiral of the navy.
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WASHINGTON, March IB. — A bat
tie royal for the presidency of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
will be fought by Mrs. George Tacher
Guernsey of Independence, Kansas, at
the national convention of the I). A.
It. here the latter part of next month.
Mrs. Guernsey amazed the national or
ganization by the thoroughness with
which she. came Into the race pre
pared. It was known she sought the
place, but it was not known she had
secretly secured the backing of 43
states on the basis of her outlined
policy. Mrs. George G. Squires, of St.
Raul, Mrs. John Miller, of Ruffalo, and
Mrs. J. Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois,
are Mrs. Guernsey’s npisments for the
presidency, which now is filled by Mrs.
William fuming Story, of New York.
Mrs. Story is said to favor Mrs. Lewis
to succeed her.
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NEW YORK, March 15. — It is an
nounced here by the national re
search council that an exhaustive in
vestigatlon Is to be undertaken to de
termine to what extent, if any, the
danger of poisoning is involved in the
use of canned goods. The National
fanners’ Association, representing
practically all producers of canned
foodstuffs in this country, is to bear
the entire expense of the investigation
which will be conducted entirely in
dependent of the association except
in the matter of the financing of the
work. A sum of over $100,000 will be
appropriated by the fanners’ Associa
tion, should the work require so large
an expenditure.
The proposal to make such an in
vestigatlon was brought forward by
Dr. George E. Hale, director of the Mt
Wilson Solar Observatory, and chair
man of the national research council
who believed there was widespread
interest in such an important subject
as the danger of poisoning from the
use of canned goods. Approaching the
National fanners' Association, Dr.
Hale found that organization eager
to have such an independent investi
gation made, firm as it was In the
belief that canning methods as gen
erally used In this country thorough
ly protect the public from the danger
of poisoning. Many cases of illness
that have been attributed to poison
ing from eating canned goods are be
lieved by the canners to have actual
ly resulted from entirely different
causes, or from disregard of the ordi
nary precautions, such as not allow
ing goods to stand in a can after be
ing once opened.
The fanners’ Association Itself for
years maintained its own laboratory
In Washington, adequate to conduct
its own investigations, but has, never
theless, thought It wise to put its case
into the hands of an independent re
search board, for although the subject
Is one that has been investigated to
some extent before, there has as vet
been no complete survey of this pro
blem. With a view to supplying this
deficiency, the national research coun
cil has appointed a committee to su
pervise the inquiry, which will be un
dertaken by the Harvard Medical
School In its department of preventa
tive medicine and hygiene. The work
has been entrusted to Dr. M. J. Bosen
au, of Harvard, who is one of the most
eminent pharmaecological eh .-mists in
■the i iiuuliy:—The results- of the re^
search will be published through the
regular scientific channels from time
to time, but it is expected that it may
be a matter of three years or more be
fore the ground Is completely cov
ered.
The advisory commission which has
been named by the national research
council in conference with Dr. Rosen
au and under the advice of Dr. Wil
liam H. Welch, president of the Na
tional Academy of Sciences, which
will have supervisory charge of the
investigation Is as follows: Profes
sors John J. Abel, Johns Hopkins Uni
versity; Reid Hunt, Harvard Univer
sity; E. O. Jordan, University of Chi
cago; Lafayette B. Mendel Yale Uni
versity; Frederick G. Novy, University
of Michigan; Eugene Opie, Washing
ton University; and H. Gideon Wells,
University of Chicago.
ICE IS CAUSING
GERMAN MINES
TO EXPLODE
(By Associated Press)
STOCKHOLM. March 15. — Drift
Ice Is playing havoc with the German
mine fields In the sound. Tremen
dous explosions are audible hourly,
and shipping men believe that relay
Ing of the entire mine field will be
necessary as soon as the waters are
clear of Ice.
miTofIiimt
.BE'
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, March 15. — With the
return to their homes of the 50,000
national guardsmen on the Mexican
border, the Army Young Men's Chris
tlan Association will curtail the work
it has been doing, but it will continue
to serve the 40,000 troops of the re
gular army who are to remain on the
boundary. It is announced that since
the association took up its work with
the guardsmen, last July, approximate
ly $350,000 has been spent.
It is estimated that the total visits
of soldiers to the association build
ings up to the first of February was
7,042,702. The letters written in the
buildings, on free stationery furnished
by the association, numbered 4,750,
553. The attendance at motion pic
ture and other entertainments reached
a total of 1,382,969, and the attendance
at lectures was 94,773. A total of 632,
765 soldiers attended religious meet
Ings and there was an enrollment of
bible class students of 16,085. At the
religious meetings held in the asso
ciation buildings, 13,495 soldiers made
decisions to live Christian lives. The
secretaries had 19,326 personal inter
Ivews with soldiers. A total of 43,354
copies of the Scriptures was distri
buted. There were 36,377 visits to the
tick and 380,118 pieces of reading mat
er were distributed in the buildings
>f in tents.
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(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15. — The
idvent of the dining car in a large
neasure did away with the “twenty
ninutes for lunch" stops on American
-ailroads. To replace it for the trav
slers of the day coaches who do not
vish to go to the dining cars, the
southern Pacific railroad is now tak
ng the lunch to the day coaches.
The company has inaugurated a
‘wagonette" service which brings a
lelection of cold luncheons from the
lining car to the day coaches. The
'wagonette" is a small wheeled ve
licle composed of three trays where
in are to be found sandwiches, pies,
•old meats, cakes, bottled milk and
lot coffee, tea and chocolate In ther
110s bottles.
A servitor, dressed in a neat white
iniform, wheels the “wagonette”
through the day coaches and all one j
las to do is to attract his attention
ind be served without going to the
•ear in response to the “last call for
linner In the dining car, three cars to
:he rear.”
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9 WHATCHAMA COLUMN. ♦:
9 Matches. 9
9 9
9 (By United Press 9 j
9 The world is cursed today with 9 i
9 the temperamental match. 9 j
9 Formerly the match was a big, 9
9 husky sliver of wood with a head 9
9 full of fire and brimstone. It 9 j
9 was a hair trigger match. One 9
9 you could strike anywhere and 9
9 get results. 9
9 But matches today are differ- 9
9 ent. Thin, stunted, puny little 9
9 things. And so darned particular 9
9 they have to be scratched 9
9 on their own brand of sand paper 9
9 or they won’t light. You just 9
9 have to coax them all the time. 9
9 and their heads fly off on the 9
9 slightest provocation. They’re 9
9 no good. ♦
9 Drat a match that has to be 9
9 wheedled into doing its duty, any- 9
9 how.—By O. M.
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WEDDING BELLS
BEAT CALL TO
ARMS
(By United Press)
NEW ) ORK, March 14. — Because
they fear a call to arms at any mo
ment might interfere with the wed
ding they planned for after Easter,
Miss Penelope Sears and Sherman
Phelps Platt, a nephew of the late
United States senator Thomas c.
Platt, were married here today. Platt
is a member of Squadron A., New
York national guard, and is subject
to call at uny time.
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M. J. ,a Mill
and Lumber Company, has recently
returned from McCarthy and the Cop
per River country, and reports an un
usual activity in that vicinity.
Loyal Order of Americans.
The citizens of McCarthy have
formed an organization known as the
Loyal and Patriotic Order of Ameri
cans. The primary object of this order
is to preserve the honor and integrity
of this country, in case of war between
the United States and any other pow
er. The president is Judge O'Connor,
United States commissioner, at Mc
Carthy, and his many friends will
agree that in case anything is started
bv enemies of the country that the
judge will see that they "play ball."
It is most gratifying to see the man
ner in which citizens of foreign birth
have responded to this sentiment.
Much Activity in Mining.
The mining outlook in this district
is unusually good. The Mother Lode
people are hauling out ore steadily
for shipment.
Paddy Bonner, of the Erickson pro
perty, will shortly ship a hundred
tons of high grade ore from that mine.
The Kennecott Company is turning
out the usual amount of high grade
is well as concentrates from their
mill.
At Strelna there is an unusual am
>unt of activity, as the different com
panies operating from that place are
setting in their supplies and machin
jry while the snow lasts.
Ole Berg is working about twenty
men preparatory to installing his com
pressor.
Angus McDougall is also working
i number of men. and is also installing
i compressor on his property.
The McClure property, under the
nanagement of that well known Cor
lovan, Jake Logan, is making prepa
•ations to resume operations in the
lear future.
V. J. Dwyer and his estimable wife
lave recently moved into their new
lotel — Dwyer’s Inn — a most plea
sant resort, hospitably managed.
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STB. ALASKA IN
The flagship Alaska arrived in Gor
lova late yesterday, bringing a ban
ner list of passengers and over 1,200
tons of freight for here. Captain
Warner says his ship will not sail
for the westward until tomorrow
morning.
The following were the Cordova
passengers: H. Wagner, Mable Dixon,
C. Holmes, Mrs. M. Johnson, A. P.
Anderson, V. Peterson, L. Frank, J.
B. Frank, 1?. H. Graham, Mrs. Gra
ham, W. T. Pinkerton, Mrs. J. Cleve
land. lira. C Goodrich, O..P, Larson,
F. Smith, Mrs. K. Mosters. P. O.
Wrenstedt, E. Kauffman, P. Peterson,
D. Borseth, L. Erickson, Pete Ben
son, G. Carlson, J. Ellison, J. Hall. F.
Jorger. O. Olson, F. Peterson, O. Sol
son, J. Sandorgen, O. Hansen, 11. Han
sen, P. Wick, Charles Hohn S. Catch
ing, V. Catching, J. Adamson, J. H.
England, J. Leather, A. Morrison, L.
Steen, F. Peterson, Mrs. G. Stone, Mrs.
P. L. Mercer, A. F. Cowker, Wm. Ken
Irick and family, Ruth Detrust. C.
rtedman, E. G. Bruggman, R. E. llut
•hinson, S. Howsell, A. W. Howsell,
Paul Mosters and eighteen steerage.
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