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VOLUME ONE. NUMBER SIXTY SEVEN. CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1915. PRICE TEN CENTS.
GERMANS ARE BOMBARDING RHEIMS
Special to The Times liy Associated Press.
PARIS, Feb. 23—An official bulletin issued this
afternoon states that the bombardment of Rheina
by the Germans has been extremely violent. Mor<
than fifteen hundred shells have been dropped in tin
city by the German guns, striking in till quarters ol
the town, and doing an immense amount of damage.
The great cathedral, dating from 1212, and one of
the finest examples of Gothic architecture in exis
tence, has been made the special target of the Ger
man gunners and is now in ruins. The huge vaulted
roof burst under the impact of one of the shells, kill
ing twenty civilians who had sought refuge in tin
structure.
PETRGRAD, Feb. 23—'The Gorman advance
from East Prussia lias been Btoppod, largely by tli
melting snow having brought the rivers up to the
Hood stage, and their attempt to cross the Bob)
river has been frustrated, and' a new battle line has
boon formed in the north, along which fighting is nil
interrupted.
Operations in the Carpathians are developing
» rapidly. The Austrian right flank is dangerously
menaced by the Russian offensive movement near
Krasno. The Russians have also repulsed the Alls
trian division, checking the movement of the Austro
German force attempting to concentrate at Stanis
laus.
ATHENS, Feb. ‘J.‘t—It is semi -officially reported
here that the allied British and French fleet threw
two thousand heavy projectiles into the forts guard
ing tin1 entrance to the Dardanelles on Sunday. The
Turks answered feebly without scoring a hit The
bombardment Monday was much milder.
PETROGRAD, Feb. 23 Russian staff officers
report that the German advance in North Boland has
been halted indefinitely, the Russians holding the
invaders firmly in check.
SINKS
LONDON, Feb. 23—The Norwegian
freight steamer Cuba, bound for Lon
don to Rotterdam, was sunk this
morning by colliding with another
vessel in the North Sea. All the mem
bers of the crew were saved, but the
official mail bag of the American Re
lief Commission, in Belgium, which
was being carried on the steamer, is
believed to have been lost.
WILSON SENDS
TO SENATE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—President
Wilson today sent to the Senate the
names of Joseph E. Davies, of Wis
consin, Edward N. Hurley, of Chica
go, Wm. J. Harries, of Georgia, Will
H. Parry, of Seattle and George Rub
lee, of New Hampshire, as members of
the Federal Trade Commission.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—President
Wilson met the rumblings of the com
ing fight in the senate over the ap
pointments as members of the Fed
eral Trade Commission, by the an
nouncement that he intended to stand
by them to the end.
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A. B. lies, resident manager for the
Alaska Copper Corporation, came ov
er from Valdez on the Alameda, and
will leave Thursday for the property
of the company at Strelna.
VVASIITNGTt >N, Feb. 22—Tlx* American steam
er Evelyn, twelve hundred tons, owned by Harris,
Irby & Vose, of New York, bound from New York to
Bremen with a cargo of cotton, was sunk by a mine
off Borkum island, in the North Sea. Tlx* crew of
the steamer, twenty-eight in number, were saved,
while the vessel was a total loss together with its
cargo. The latter was valued at $.‘150,(KH) and was
insured by the United States government.
The spot where the Evelyn went down is in Ger
man waters, a few miles off the coast of Hanover,
and is not within the danger zone prescribed by Ger
many. As the nationality of the mine which sunk
the steamer is unknown, probabbly no diplomatic
action will be taken further than to file with Ger
many a claim for damages.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels has ordered Com
mander Gerards, the American naval attache at
Berlin to investigate the matter of the sinking of the
Evelyn and to report fully on the facts in the case.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—Naval officers state
that much difficulty will be experienced in securing
exact information as to the sinking of the American
steamer Evelyn, now lying at the bottom of the
North sea. Examination of the hull, at this time,
by disinterested divers, would be almost impossible,
and the only method whereby the cause of the blow
ing up of the steamer could be ascertained would be
for Germany to disclose to Commander Gerards, who
is investigating the matter, a map of the German
mine field’s in the vicinity of the wreck. This may
be done in flu- strictest confidence.
Ambassador van Happard, of the Netherlands,
at a conference with Secretary of State Bryan, stated
i that the sinking of the Evelyn was apparently on
tirely accidental.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23— In an interview this
morning, Chairman Stone, of the Senate* committee
on foreign relations, stated that he could foresee no
complications arising between the United States and
Germany over the sinking of the steamer Evelyn.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—President Wilson,
this afternoon, told inquirers that he thinks the sink
ing of the steamer Evelyn a tragic accident. Un
official information is to the effect that the Captain
of the Evelyn had been notified where the safe course
lay, and also that he had been warned that mines had
been planted where the vessel sunk. Thirteen mem
hers of tin* Evelyn’s crew are now reported missing
When last seen they were rowing for the coast of
Holland.
RAILROAD RUMORS VEX WILSON
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—It is generally re
ported that President Wilson is much vexed over
the attacks made on the administration over its al
leged intention to purchase the Copper River &
Northwestern railroad, in Alaska, in the connection
with the proposed government railway line in Alas
ka. This reason is assigned’ by the president foi
not asking for a larger appropriation for the Alaskti
railroad at this session.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—The Sundries Givi
bill, carrying the $2,000,000 appropriation for th
Alaska railroad and other items for Alaska, passe*
the senate yesterday- It was confidently expectei
that the appropriation for the railroad would ho in
creased at least $1,000,000 in the senate, hut it was
passed, in this respect, as it came from the house
Much of the sum appropriated will be used for fur
tlier surveys of the routes proposed.
CONGRESS BUSy
BILLS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—Appropri
ation bills are now occupying the at
tention of the Senate to the exclusion
of all other business. Today the army
appropriation bill is being considered,
while in the House the fortifications
appropriation bill Is being debated.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 23—The report that
the Russians were preparing to attack
the forts along the Dardanelles from
the Black sea, and the Allied French
and English fleet from the Mediter
rannean, thus opening up the Darda
nelles to traffic, mad the effect of de
pressing wheat 5 cents during the
morning session of the Board of Trade.
The opening of the Dardanelles would
release enormous stocks of Russian
wheat, which are at present tied up.
CHICAGO, Feb. 23—May wheat de
clined 8 cents per bushel today as a
result of rumors of the opening of the
Dardanelles to the passage of Russian
ships and the re&iesing of immense
stocks of Russian wheat.
J. A. Bourke came over from Valdez
on the Alameda today, and will spend
a few days in town. t
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LONDON, Feb. 23—The Russian army, recently defeated ii
East Prussia, is now standing firmly along a line from the Nar
ewnobr to the Nieman rivers, successfully resisting all attacks
by the Germans.
In the Carpathian mountain region the struggle for tin
passes still continues with heavy slaughter
In Galicia the combat is increasing in violence, both sides
fighting with the utmost ferocity.
Artillery engagements are the feature of the fighting in tin
western zone. The French claim to have destroyed one of tin
heavy German siege guns at Lonbaertzyde.
The Germans have again begun a bombardment of liheims
but have done little damage so far.
German Zeppelins yesterday flew over Calais, dropping i
number of bombs into the city. Five civilians were killed am
some damage was done to property.
Two German submarines are reported overdue at Oux
haven, and it is feared that they have been lost.
RUSSIAN LOSS IN EAST PRUSSIA
DUETOUMTfflWMTl
PETROGRAD, Feb. 23—The Russian general staff state
that the success of the Germans in East Prussia was due priii
oipally to the lack of railway facilities, which prevented th
Russians from concentrating their troops at the point of th
German attack with sufficient rapidty to ward off the eneim
and as a result the Tenth army corps bore unassisted tin* brun
of the German attack
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BERLIN, Feb. 23—An official bulletin issued today stat<
that in the battles in the Mazurian lake district in East Prussi
the Germans captured seven Russian generals, one hundrt
thousand men and one hundred and fifty guns.
A party consisting of Judge F. M.
Brown, District Atoorney W. N.
1 Spence, Marshal F. It. Brenneman,
Clerk of the Court Arthur Lang, and 1
Mamhurger, private secretary to Judge
Brown, were among the arrivals on the
Alameda from Valdez. The entire
> party will leave on the train Thursday
morning for McCarthy, where a hear
1 ing on the question of granting ol
I liquor licenses will be held.
A petition from McCarthy, bearing
a large number of signatures, salt
to be a majority of the legal residents
of the town, has been presented t<
Judge Brown requesting that no fur
tlier licenses or renewal of licenses b<
granted in the town. Applications foi
the renewals of two licenses, witl
I signatures in excess of the number o
signers to the petition for no license
and a protest against the renewal o
one of the licenses, has lead to thi
holding of the hearing of the cases ii
McCarthy.
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Judge Fred M. Brown will hold a
hearing in the City Hall this evening
on the charges filed by Will A. Steel
against United States Commissioner
A. J. Adams. The hearing will be
public, and Mr. Steel will be given an
opportunity to prove the charges to
which he has sworn, and Mr. Adams
to defend himself. The hearing is
likely to prove an interesting one.
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ALAMEDA SAILS FOR
SOUTH THIS EVENING
Steamer Alameda came in from the
westward about 1:30 and will sail
south about 6 o'clock. Her passen
■ gers booked from Cordova for the
south are Mrs. C. H. Hupp. C. H. Hupp
' J. R. Kenefick, J. Moulton, Al. Bur
, rows, W. VV. Getchell, Jerry Perry
" W. E. Wilcox, Miss Florence Jacob
■ son, Mrs. D. Jacobson, Mrs. U 1‘lerce.
i Miss. C. Thompson, Miss E Davis,
L. A. Price.
TO BATTLE AT
JUAREZ
HAVANA, Feb. 23—Jnck Johnson,
the champion pugilist, arrived here to
day from Cienfugos. He appeared to
be in good condition, and declared that
j he never felt better in his life. He
said he was anxious to reach Juarez
for his battle with Willard on March
6, declaring that he would be able to
demonstrate that he was still the
champion, despite reports that he had
“gone back.’’ Johnson traveled from
Garbadoes to Cienfugos on a schooner,
which he had chartered for the trip.
ATTORNEY BRUBAKER
RESIGNS POSITION
Assistant District Attorney Guy B
Brubaker has resigned his position tc
take effect March 1, and will take ovei
the ottlce and practice of Judge C. E
Bunnell, at Valdez. His successor
a Mr. Lumley, of Portland, is expectee
to arrive on one of the next boats.
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LEGISLATORS ENROUTE
TO TERRITORIAL CAPITAL
Among the passengers on the Ala
meda hound for Juneau were Senatoi
H. F. Millard, of Valdez, C. M. Day
representative from Valdez, Joe Bax
ter, democratic territorial committee
man, A. E. Grigsby, who has a stroni
hacking for clerk of the senate, am
•’Truck" Egan, of Valdez, who was i
page in the house at the last sessioi
and hopes to occupy a similar posl
lion at the coming session.
Miss Kathryn McKean, of Beware
visited with local friends today.
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} LONDON, Fob. 23—The Norwegian steamer Hegina w;o
sunk by a submarine or a floating mine this morning off l)ovei
The crew, numbering 22 persons, were all rescued. The H
gina was engaged in carrying coal from Tyne to Bordeaux.
s 1)( )VER, Feb. 23- The crew of the Norwegian ship Regina
i, which sunk off this port this morning, have reached here. It i:
d the belief of the oflicers that the ship was torpedoed by a sub
marine.
THE BATTip EAST PRUSSIA
PETROGRAI), Feb. 23—Russian military authorities state
that the occupation by the Germans of the Russian positions in
North Poland are unimportant from a strategic point of view,
and do not give the invaders any particular advantage so far as
the taking of Warsaw, which appears to be the object of the
Germans, is concerned. Between the Germans and that city is
a strongly intrenched Russian army which has withstood the
terrific attacks of the Germans during the fierce fighting preced
ing the East Prussian campaign, and it is confidently predicted
that with the present force, the Germans will be unable to break
through.
The Russians admit the heavy losses to the Tenth army
corps, which bore the brunt of the German attack in East
Prussia.
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RUSSIANS CLAIM GAINS Mil
PETROGRAl), Feb. 23- An official bulletin issued by the
office this afternoon chronicles several important gains for the
Russian troops at various points throughout the lighting zone.
The bulletin states that the Germans have been repulsed
with heavy losses at several points on the frontier of East Prus
sia; that in Eastern Galicia two Austrian brigades were defeat
ed with a loss of 1,500 prisoners, twenty officers and several
machine guns.
In the Trans Caucasus the Turks have been driven beyond
the river in the Tchoruk region, suffering heavy losses.
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COST OF CARE DF HER PRISONERS
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1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 23- Through their respective minis
• t. rs the allied' forces have made representations to the United
States that Germany is not meeting the cost of the care of her
prisoners of war in their camps, and have asked the govern
• meat, as caring for the diplomatic interests of all the warring
nations, to make representations to this effect to Berlin.