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VOLUME ONE. NUMBER ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1915 PRICE TEN CENTS.
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RAILROAD COMMISSION SAILS FOR SHIP CREEK
CORDOVANS RETURN
FROM PORT WELLS
H. S. Wilson, II. S. Kerr and wife,
Ted Thlsted, R. E. llegner and A.
Rasmussen came over from Port Wells
this morning on the launch Alice.
They spent a couple of weeks on the
property of the Golden Eagle Min
ing Company, which has been shut
down for the present.
PUBLISH THE NEW8
AS IT IS RECEIVED
The Cordova papers published the
news that Seward had won In big
type. They could have hardly used
bigger if the Guggenheims had sold
to the government. It is good news
from a newspaper point of view but
hardly from the view of the general
public of that city. But we wish the
best for Cordova and all the rest.—
Seward Gateway.
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EI, PASO, April 15—The battle be
tween the Villa-Zapata and Obregon
forces at Celaya Is still progressing.
The Villa forces are surrounding Obre
gon, and his defeat seems certain.
General Villa commanded In person
the forces that attacked Celaya on
the north, while General Angeles ar
rived from Monterey with 1,600 men
to assault the enemy’s position from
the east. General Banderas, with
9,000 Zapata men has arrived Just out
side of Queretaro, which Is Obregon’a
base. The conditions in Mexico City
show no change. Everything is qui
et there, although there is still a ser
ious shortage in the food supply.
BIG PLACER DEAL
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A mining deal which involves sev
eral hundred thousand dollars and a
large area of gold placer ground in
interior Alaska, has been consummat
ed by John A. Hazelet, who just re
turned from the East, and left this
morning on the train for Slate Creek.
While in New York Mr. Hazelet inter
ested a number of capitalists in Alas
ka, and succeeded in bonding to them
not only his own property but also all
of the claims on the Chisna river, for
which he held options. The deal
includes ten miles of placer ground.
In addition to this the New Yorkers
also bonded three or four claims on
Slate creek, known as the 8wanson
property.
Mr. Hazelet did not desire to make
public the full details of the transac
tion, as he represents all of the claim
owners on Chisna river, and desired to
report to them first. lie admitted,
however, that the deal had been con
summated and it meant the develop
ment of that interior section. Drills
and other machinery have already
been shipped to the ground, and J. M.
Elmer, a well-known mining engineer
of the East, is coming to Cordova next
month, and will go from here to Chis
na creek. He represents the inter
ested parties, who will spend $25,000
in drilling and opening up the claims
during the coming summer.
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Some cooking at the Windsor Krill.
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SEATTLE, April 15—Lieutenant Frederick and will commence the work of railroad construe- have as passengers forty five employees of the com
Mears, of the Alaska Engineering Commission, tion. They are taking along with them a large mission. It has been announced that the heavy
sails north today on the Admiral Evans, with ten shipment of supplies. Another large shipment of machinery and construction outfits have not yet been ,
employees of the engineering department of the supplies, including machinery, will go north on the purchased. A postoffice will be immediately es- 1
commission. The party is bound for Ship Creek Mariposa Sunday night. The Mariposa will also tablislied at Knik Anchorage.
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TYNE UNO CAUSES EXCITEMENT
BUI DOES LITTLE DAMAGE
LONDON, April 15—A Zeppelin made an abortive effort
last night to damage the ship building works along the river
Tyne. Several incendiary bombs were dropped, but the dam
age accomplished was slight. Two civilians were slightly
injured. The promptness with which the lights of the town
were extinguished prevented’the infliction of any great amount
of damage. One of the bombs narrowly missed a passenger
train, while another nearly hit the ship yard.
GERMAN SUBMARINE TORPEDOES
LONDON, April 15—Another British steamer has fallen
victim to a German submarine. The unfortunate vessel this
time was the Ptarmigan, which was torpedoed and sunk near
North Hinder light in the North Sea. The Ptarmigan was a
vessel of 475 tons and carried a crew of twenty-two, eleven of
whom perished.
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PARIS, April 15—In the Ailly woods the French troops
have wrested from the Germans a section four hundred yards
long by a hundred deep. The German trenches were carried j
by storm alter a heavy artillery tin*. In Alsace an advance
of nearly a mile was made.
JUNEAU, April 14—Representativi
Jack Noon, of Seward, Is making ai
effort to have the capital of Alask:
removed from this place to Seward
which, he insists, is the proper placi
for the capital, now that the govern
ment has recided to build the govern
ment-owned railroad from Resurrec
tion bay. The people of this city
however, believe that Juneau sliouh
remain the capital of the territory.
STILL HOPEFUL Of
HONOLULU, April 15—The effort
to raise the sunken submarine F
stlll continues. Diver Neiison ha
succeeded in making fast a line unde
the stern of the craft, but the line ur
der the froward part of the vessel i
foul, bo that the diver will have t
descend again. Neiison says tha
the conning tower and superstructur
of the F-4 has caved In, but as far a
he could Judge there were no hole
In the hull.
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Hard Times Bacon—Mighty Gooi
15 cents per pound at S. Blum & C<
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Special sale men's shoes—regula
$6.00 and $6.00 Shoes, now $3.60. i
Blum & Co.
UNIVERSITY MEN
ARE AT THE FRONT
BERLIN, April 15—Complete satis
fies of the German and Austro-Hun
garian universities and technical ln
( stitutes show that out of a total of j
93,446 students, 49,720 are in the war.!
In Germany 56 per cent of the univer
, sity students and nearly 62 per cent
of those at the technical Institutes are)
in the war; and already 1,081 of I
them have fallen. Front the German \
universities and technical schools 1,
■ 585 professors have gone to the war,!
and 35 have been killed. The per
centage of Austro-Hungarian students j
under arms is not so high as that of j
German students, somewhat less than j
50 per cent having gone to the war.
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BUTCHERS HARD HIT
BY EUROPEAN WAR
LONDON, April 15—Two thousand '
butcher shops have been closed In
England since the begining of the
war. The increased price of meat,
and the effort in most households to J
* economize closely, has been the cause ■
1 for the decreased consumption of
meat, which has hit the retail butcher
very hard.
Probably more meat than ever be
j fore is being imported into the Brit*
5 ish Isles, but a large proportion of it
1 goes immediately into the hands of
the government for supplying the sol
s diet's at home and abroad. The bus
g
iness of the average retail butcher,
according to the trade journals, has
decreased twenty per cent.
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'• Hard Times Bacon—Mighty Good,
15 cents per pound at S. Blum Co.
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I. Read The Daily Times and help
Cordova grow.
JEW STR. REDONDO
TAKES OIL HERE
The new Alaska Steamship Co. ves
el itedomlo arrived at the wbcrf last
light about 6 o'clock and replenished
ts oil tanks. The Redondo Is equtp
ied to carry both freight and passen
:ers, but on this trip took only
reight. The boat sailed south about
i:.10 a. m. with a cargo of ore from
..atouche. Captain Jerry Flynn, who
ormerly commanded the Latouche, is
naster of the Redondo.
ILL DECIDE ON
THIS FALL
JUNEAU, April 15—Governor
Strong today signed the Snow bill,
which provides for a general elect ion
in Alaska to l i held next Nov»oabci
lo ascertain the wishes of the peo
ple in the matter of the sale of liquot
in the territory.
A general election will be cu-leti and
the citizens of the territory wi.r lit
given an opportunity to vote on the
closing of the saloons.
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ft GOLD SHIPMENT
NEW YORK. April 15—Seven mil
lion dollars in gold, engaged by Kroner
bankers, has arrived here from Otta
wa. The gold will be shipped tc
France with a possibility that It may
be used to pay for the large amounts
of war materials that have been pur
chased in this country.
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EIGHT PEOPLE
HOLBROOK, Ariz., April 15—The
dam at the Liman Reservoir broke
last night causing over $400,000 dam
age. Eight persons who lived direct
ly under the dam were drowned. Th<
dam impounds the waters of the Lit
tie Colorado river twelve miles soutt
of St. Johns.
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HOUSE DEFEATS
FISH TRAP BILI
JUNEAU, April 16—The bill intro
duced by Senator Tanner to abolisl
fish traps in Alaska, which passei
the upper house, was defeated in th
lower branch of the legislature yes
terday afternoon. The measure car
not be considered again at this see
sion.
CONFLICTING REPORT IS TO FIGHT!';
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LONDON, April 15—The Russian advance upon Hungary |i
; has been halted. The Russian war office says that slight |
gains have been made near T’zsok pass, and that a counter at
tack made by the Germans at Codiown has failed. The Ger-j
man official report states that the Russians were repulsed at |
j Codiowa with large losses. The Russian report makes noj
| claim of further progress in the Carpathian mountains except
at Hzsok pass.
ENGLAND ORGANIZING TO SUPPLE
NEEDS OF ARMY AND HAVE FORCES
LONDON, April 15—The first meeting of the hoard com
Imittee which is to reorganize the resources of the nation in the
I production of war materials, was held today in the war office.!
Chancellor Lloyd’George presided ami representatives of the'
j admiralty and board of trade were present. The committed
j will gather complete details of tin* needs of the militnrv and
naval forces of the empire, and systematize the means now avail
able for supplying them.
GERMAN WARSHIPS SEIZE FOUR
TRAWLERS FLY[NG FLAG Of HOLLAND
GN1 1 DEN, HOLLAND, April 15—Four trawlers, owned
in this city, and flying the flag of Holland, have been seized
by German warships and taken into Cuxhaven. The inci
dent has created great excitement, and may lead to a breach
h tween Holland and Germany.
IS KINDLY REMEMBERED
BY BASEBALL BOYS
Mrs. Horace Leach is the recipient
of a handsome set of sterling silver
candlesticks, which she prizes very
highly. They are a gift from the
Chitina baseball club, in appreciation
of services rendered by Mrs. Leach in
furnishing the music for their dances
and entertainments while she was a
resident of Chitina.
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From a number of men who arrived
in Fairbanks yesterday afternoon, on
foot, it is learned that conditions on
the trail between this city and the
coast are such as were never before
t experienced at this time of the year.
In fact, so the arrivals state, the trail
Is bare of snow for fully 100 miles,
i The condition is declared to be the re
sult of an unusually light snowfall in
i to the mountain during the past win
ter, and to the fact that what liti!''
snow did fall was blown off by the
high winds.
It is understood that the stage line
is operating on wheels over part of the
’ line where is no snow, and that run
ners will soon have to entirely forsak
‘|en for summer trail gear.—Fairbanks
Times.
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i Decline In Sugar. $7.50 Sack at
1 S. Blum & Co.
Send In your subscription now.
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Tweleve pairs Athletic Shoes—regu
lar $6.00—Special $;i.00. S. Blum & Co.
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EIGHT HOUfi Oil
ON MINING Li
JUNEAU, April 15—Clovernor Strong
yesterday signed the bill introduced j
by Representative Snow, of Iditarod, |
to extend the eight-hour law to an \
classes of mining. Under the pro-j
visions of the bill all miners and all i
men working in mines are to work
but eight hours a day.
MRS. WMIIELT
ODES UNDER
THE KNIFE
NEW YORK. April 15—Mrs. Theo
dore Roosevelt, the wife of the ex
president, underwent a surgical oper
ation at the Roosevelt Hospital here
today. Col. Roosevelt remained with
his wife until she was taken into tne
operating room. The surgeon in
charge announced that the operation
had been successful, but refused to
disclose the nature of the same.
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SPECIAL ATTRACTION
AT EMPRESS FRIDAY
“The Bishop’s Carriage." a 5-reet
film, featuring Mary Pickford, will
be the attraction at the Empress the
atre Friday night. It is a fascinat
ing drama that approaches tragedy
and ends in romance.
ASSENGERS ARRIVE
FROM KATALLA
The launch Triton arrived from Ka
Bla last evening In command of Capt.
ten Darken. Among the passengers
rought over were Matt Bennan and
ife. Harry Balderston and Frame
.awton. The Triton will return to
:s home port tonight, taking the mail
fhich the steamer Watson left here
i>r Katalla.
iDITOR MeCHESNEY GOES
OUTSIDE FOR TREATMENT
It. J. McChesney, editor of the Val
ez Prospector, was a passenger on
he Admiral Watson for Seattle, where
te will undergo treatment for his foot,
rhleh he crushed about two years ago
ind has never properly healed.
JAP FLEET MS I
CALIFORNIA
WASHINGTON, April 15—The news
received yesterday that the Japanese
fleet standing by the stranded cruiser
Vanina, in Turtle bay, Bower Califor
nia. had erected a camp on shore and
landed a large quantity of ammuni
tion and supplies, has created a great
ileal of comment here. It is again
brought before the pubile the oft
repeated_ statement that Japan was
seeking a naval station in Bower Cal
ifornia. The Japanese embassy has
announced that there is no tmth In
the report that Japan was seeking to
establish a naval base there, and char
acterizes the idea as preposterous.
The embassy says that it has never
been the intention of Japan to occu
py any territory on the west coast of
Mexico.
STOCK EXCHANGE
NEW YORK. April 15—The business
barometer showed that it was on tno
up grade today when a seat on the
New York Stock Exchange sold for
$59,000. This is an advance of $9,00
over the last sale. Trading in stocks
and bonds has increased greatly of
late.i and the brokers are all exceed
ingly active. Wall Street is resum
ing its customary hustle and bustle
during the business hours, and many
of the clerks who suffered loss of em
ployment when the war broke out
are back at their old jobs.
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CAPT. LATHROP RETURNS
AFTER TRIP TO STATES
Capt. A. E. Lathrop returned from
the westward today, having gone
through to Seward on his way home
from Seattle, where he spent five or
six weeks. The Captain reports ev
erything very quiet on the Pacific
coast, and is still optomistic as to
Cordova’s future.
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TANGOISTS TO DANCE
ON SATURDAY EVENING
On Saturday evening the Tango club
will hold one of its periodical dances
at the Windsor hotel, and as the af
fairs are always most enjoyable, a
large turnout of the members Is ex
pected.
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