The Cordova Daily Times
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VOLUME II. NUMBER 581._CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1916. PRICE TEN CEXTS
FRENCH TROOPS TAKE FORT AT VAUX
NEW YORK. Nov. 3. — Victor Oarl
strom, who left Chicago yesterday in
a mail carrying aeroplane, descended
at Governor's Island today. He made
two stops on the trip and remained at
Hammondsport over night.
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CLOSED
ALBANY, Nov. 3. — Charles E.
Hughes ends his travels today. He
left Albany for New York, campaign
ing down the Hudson river. Hughes
gained weight and is in belter physi
cal trim than when he began the cam
paign.
LONG BRANCH, Nov. 3. — Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson has returned
home.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. — It is of
ficially stated that the total contribu
tions to the Republican campaign com
mittee exceed -2,000,000.
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SEATTLE, Nov. 3. — The merger
of the Pacific Alaska Navigation Com
pany and tin Pacific Coast Company
went into effect yesterday. B. F.
Watson, formerly assistant freight and
passenger agent for the Pacific Alas
ka Navigation Company, and well
known all along the coast of Alaska,
has been named as the general freight
and passenger agent for Uaska, and
will have his headquarters at Juneau.
For several months past Mr. Watson's
headquarters have been at Los An
geles.
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HUDSON, Nov. 3. — Charles E.
Hughes, in an address here today
said: “In the first place, the Demo
crats ha.l a tariff for revenue only,
hut tlie tariff did not produce any re
venue. We had a great falling off in
revenue. Through a tariff for reve
nue we had a great increase of im
ports, and in time of peace, which
they now emphasize, forgetting the
little wars we had in Mexico. The
Democrats had to puss what they
called a war revenue bill to take care
of the deficit, which was the result
_ of their foolish policy. They said
they were going to have Ymerican en
terprises take on new size and speed
and it did—in a much reduced size
and a much lower speed.”
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CHANGES ARE NEEDED
COAL LEASING LAW
George S. Rice, chief engineer o
the United States bureau of mines
gave as his opinion that changes Ir
the leasing law will be necessary, se
as to permit combinations for the op
eration of mines and railroads befon
any extensive work is done in Alaski
toward opening up the coal fields.
He stated that he believed the bu
reau of mines would urge sucl
changes at the next session of con
gress, as an inducement for men witl
money to tak* up the work.
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Word has been received by the Alas
ka engineering commission from Sec
retary Dane that the Workmen's Com
ponsatlon Act has bee nextended t<
the employees on the government rail
road In Alaska. As most of the mei
employed in construction are foreign
ers, the Alaskans are wondering when
they will get off at.
USING JOBS TO
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I WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. — Secre
! tary McAdoo is using the treasury de
| partment to frank personal documents
j which have no relation to the public
j business of the treasury; Senator
j William E. Chilton, of West Virginia,
j cl irman of the senate committee on
| census, is permitting Henry Fry, clerk
of the committee, under Chilton’s
| frank, to appeal to the postmasters
of West Virginia to get votes for Chil
ton in the November election; and of
ficials of the po8toffice department
j are traveling around the country ad
! dressing meetings of postmasters and
rural route carriers urging them to
work for the Democratic candidates.
McAdoo has a large force of em
j ployees working in the treasury build
I ing sending out, under the frank of
Senator Fletcher, of Florida, large
numbers of a speech by McAdoo, en
titled "Some International Aspects of
Public Education,” delivered by Me
Vdoo at the annual convention of the
National Education Association in
New' York city July 6 last. This
speech concerns the International
j Conference held in Buenos Ayres and
refers to the “Pan-Americanism” upon
which the Wilson administration is
continually harping, although Presi
j dent Wilson’s Mexican and Haitan
policies have aroused bitter hostility
I of the Pan-American nations.
It is a violation of law for a cabi
| net officer to use the employees and
I facilities of his department to send
throughout the country, under the
frank of a United States senator, one
| of his own speeches, which is not a
! public document.
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THREE GRIMES
KILTED 8!
EL PASO, Nov. 3. — The passen
gers who were looted on the passen
ger train say the Villistas shot three
passengers and eight Carranza guards,
after which they made their escape
All of the passengers were stripped.
The bandits secured twenty-nine re
cruits from the guards.
RAILROADS ARE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. — Septem
ber reports of a hundred and twenty
nine railroads show a net revenue in
crease of $40,000,000, as compared
with September of last year.
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HELD THIS
The funeral of the late J. W. Dur
nen took place thlB afternoon, and hia
remains were followed to their final
resting place by a number of friends.
Services were conducted at the Lam
bert undertaking parlors. Rev. E. P
Ziegler, rector of the Episcopal church
officiating. Interment was made in
the Cordova cemetery, the pallbearers
being H. A. Slater, Joseph Emperly
Horace Leach, Prank Hall, E. W
Exurn and George Whalen.
Mr. Durnen left a will, In which he
' divided equally hlB personal property
and real estate between his twc
i sisters, Mrs. Thomas Cotter and Mrs
M. J. Lenahan, both of Townsend
Montana. H. A. Slater was named at
executor of the estate.
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James Fltz James, a representative
of the department of the Interior, af
ter Bpending four months in the Ne
nana coal fields, investigating condi
tions, states that Alaska is in a posi
tlon to supply the world with fuel foi
centuries to come.
PARIS, Nov. 3.—The war department announces that the
French troops occupied Fort Vaux yesterday, after waiting for
the cessation of a great explosion inside of the fort. The
French suffered no losses in making the capture, as the Ger
mans evacuated. A ring of German forts has now been reestab
lished and firmly held by the French.
BERLIN, Nov. 3.—The Teutons have progressed further
into Roumania in districts southwest of Predeal and southwest
of Rotherthurm pass. Portions of Kailly-Kaillisel taken by the
Germans were again lost to the French on Wednesday.
NEW LONDON, Nov. 3.—The submarine Deutschland is
unloading its cargo.
ROMhi, Nov. .5. In tin* lirst day of its new offensive the
Italians cover tin* Austrians, who lost fifteen thousand men.
The twenty-five Austrian regiments, and several battalions
were annihilated. 1 he battle continues, and is being waged
fiercely with favorable weather.
1 AKIS, No\. .1. I lie British m following their successes
against the Bulgarians on the left bank of the Struma river
stormed the village of Alitsa.
Bl < HARKS I, Nov. .’.- In the 1 ighting along tin* 1 lungar
ian-Koumanian border the Roumanians drove the Teutons
across tin* border at Fable But'/.i. The Roumanians have at
‘ tacked in Buzeu valley, occupying Mount Spirit and Taturumio.
NEW YORK, Nov. —The plots to dynamite two stations
on the Interborough and Rapid Transit Companies subway
system wen* thwarted today by tile arrest of six men and si v 1
era! strikers, according to the police. The prisoners are charged
with bringing dynamite into the city and causing a dynamite
explosion at One Hundred' and Tenth Street station on
tctober 21.
Tin- detectives say that one of the prisoners confessed to
a plot to blow up a station at Kitty ninth street and Broad wav
today, and tin* city ball Inter. All ot the prisoners, except one,
are members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and
hleetrical Kailwav hmployoos. Tin- police declare that the evi
dence shows the funds to finance the explosion came from tin
union.
IN LOCAL
Ed Wood, of Valdez, appears to be
the favorite for road overseer.
The names of the candidates for of
fice are on the official ballot in al
phabetical order.
The saloons of Alaska will be closed
on election day, notice to that effect
having already been posted.
The people will have an opportunity
at the election of expressing their
views on the wet and dry question.
Under the law the election officers
are not allowed to attempt to Induce
any elector to vote for any candi
date.
You can vote for a delegate to con
gress, attorney genersl, «<?nntnr four
representatives, road overseer, the
eight-hour law and either wet or dry.
The race for attorney general is
between Schofield and CJrigsby, and
the former will be given a good ma
jority in Cordova and throughout the
Copper river valley.
There will be a vote taken next
Tuesday on the question whether or
not the electors are in favor of a gen
eral eight-hour day for all wage earn
j ers and salary earners in the terri
' tory.
Under the law employees are al
lowed to absent themselves from work
1nn» t ~ nn.l
I cast their votes, and no deduction can
be made from the usual salary or
wages of such voter.
Money has been posted at the Daily
Times office to bet $100 even on the
election of Hughes; $100 to $50 that
VVickersham is elected; $100 even that
Wlckersham receives a plurality of
thirty voteB in Cordova.
It is generally believed here that
Joe Murray, of McCarthy, and Tom
Price, of Anchorage, will lead the leg
islative ticket. Both are old-time
Alaskans, and have a host of friendB
throughout the Third division.
A number of Cordova business
houses have arranged to receive the
election returns from Alaska and the
states as furnished by the Signal
Corps. Messengers will be kept on
the run delivering bulletins to sub
scribers until late Tuesday night.
Delegate Wlckersham's election is
practically assured, and it is now oniy
a question of majority, Political dope
sters say that he will carry the Sec
ond, Third and Fourth divisions, while
8ulzer Is likely to win the First di
vision by a couple of hundred votes.
A telegram from Fairbanks says:
Wlckersham people offer money in
any amount that the delegate will be
re-elected, but take no more than $1,
000 he will carry the First division.
There has been some betting at odds
that he will carry the Second division.
The residents of Katalla have ar
ranged to receive the election returns
on Tuesday night. They will receive
the regular cable bulletin service,
which will be phoned over to our
neighboring town from the Cordova
Power Company’s office, with Miss
Lola Turner in charge of the line.
The only qualification necessary to
vote at Tuesday's election is that any
male or female citizen over 21 years
of age, has been a resident of
Alaska one year and has resided in
any judicial division for thirty days
preceding the election. The vote may
be cast in any precinct in the divi
sion.
This afternoon the following tele
gram was received from the Valdez
Prospector: "Forty-ninth Star, of
Anchorage, attempts to mislead the
public by the statement that there
are only three names for road com
missioner, Dleringer, Jetter and
Wood, on the official ballot. Believe
Star wilfully omitted name of Wilson,
of Valdez, Democratic candidate, who
is popular here, and will revel»e a big
vote.”
The Anchorage Times says: Geo.
Dooley, Republican candidate for sen
ator from this division, is going to
get a big vote in this part of the
country, and will sweep the Valdez
and Copper river valley sections. His
election is practically assured, in the
light of reports from all the voting
precincts heard from. Dooley is a
stiong Wickershatn man and we need
supporters of the delegate in the Alas
ka legislative assembly.
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CIA RESENTS
PEKING. Nov. 3. — China’s appoint
ment of Major General Nobozuma Aoki
aa first class military adviser to the
Chinese government has provoked
much comment in the Chinese press,
and came as a great surprise to for
eigners living in China. Major Gen
eral Aoki will receive a salary of two
thousand dollars Mexican per month,
together with an allowance for travel
ing expenses.
Commenting sarcastically on the
appointment, the Peking Daily News
says: “We heartily thank our Japan
ese neighbor for lending the services
of so valuable a general of the Japan
ese army to China for the reorganiza
tion of the Chinese army. The next
step is the purchase of at least half
of the arms and ammunition required
by the Chinese army from Japan, or
the establishment of a Slno-Japanese
arsenal in this country under Japanese
control as demanded by Japan last
year, but refused by the late Presi
dent Yuan Shi Kal even under the
threat of an ultimatum delivered at
Peking on May 7, 1916.”
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LOCAL
ABOUT PEOPLE
The freighter Cordova is in port
with a cargo of coal, dynamite, lumber
ind piling.
The steamer Northwestern is due
from the south at 6:30 o’clock tonight.
She has 300 tons of freight for here.
Mrs. Blanche Butler has gone to
'hitina, where she has accepted a po
sition as housekeeper at the ('hitina
Hotel.
John Doggett, who has been si-ri
iusIv ill for the past two weeks with
in attack of pneumonia, was yestcr
day removed to the general hos pita!
The freighter Eureka is loading ore
»t Ellamar and l.atouche and will sail
direct for Tacoma from I .a touche,
J. H. Bar*hnf(, who is mining to the
westward, is an outgoing passenger
on the Watson.
Hr. J. Madsen, veterinary surgein
in charge of government work in the
state of Washington, is here, fie is
returning front an inspection trip to
Kodiak, and claims most all of the
cattle there are afflicted with con
sumption.
The i,oyola Social Club will give a
card party at their club rooms on
Thursday evening next
The freighter Juneau, long overdue
front St. Michael on account of heavy
lugs auu owi inn, n iw «*i i * * ^ *
dova tonight.
Clyde Morgan, of the Daily Times
office, is confined to lits home through
illness.
The dance at Eagle hall tomorrow
night will give you an opportunity to
meet your friends and enjoy a couple
of hours.
A train arrived from Chitina this af
ternoon with passengers and mail.
Jos. Murray, Republican candidate
for representative, returned from the
westward this afternoon, where he
found everything very favorable to
his candidacy.
F. D. Blodgett, of the Kodiak Pish
Company, accompanied by hU family,
is a passenger on the Watson for the
stateB, where he will spend the
winter.
The steamer Watson arrived from
the westward at 2:30 o'clock this af
ternoon and will take on a thoe>umd
tons of copper ore, sailing for Seat
tle at 1 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Her passengers for Cordova were
Mary Heindman, Jos. Murray. W. C
Walker and five steerage.
Chairman W. C. Kdes, of the Alas
kau engineering commission, accom
panted by his wife, is spending the
day in town. Mr. Edes is on his way
to Washington to secure additional ap
propriations for the government rail
road.
J. X. Collier, engineer In charge
o£ the (’.old Bullion mine on Willow
creek, and J. L. McAllen, his assist
ant, accompanied by a crew of ten
men, are passengers on the Watson
tor the states. They report that some
tunnel work will he done on the pro
perty during the winter.
Tho Presbyterian ladies will serve
ice cream, cake and coffee at the
Windsor hotel, Tuesday, November 7;
afternoon and evening.
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Chief Clerk Aivah Karnes,, of the
railway mail service, says that the
postoffice department will send 2,00o
pounds of mail out of Seward every
week for Anchorage, Iditarod and way
stations, and that they would em
ploy a regular railway mail clerk in
the Seward postoffice during the win
ter months.
\nchorage will receive 1,525 pounds
of this mail, which is practically dou
ble the amount of last winter’s ser
vice The mail will run twice a week
out of Seward for Anchorage and the
Monday mail dispatch will amount to
25 and Thursday’s dispatch amount
to 1,000 pounds. Mr. Eames says the
winter service will start at the close
of navigation, which will probably be
the second week in November, and
that he will return to Seward in time
for the first mail train leaving for An
ehorage over the Revell mail route.
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Frank Standiford, civil engineer
with the Alaska engineering commis
sion, till have charge of the engineer
ing work in the Sheep creek section
for the winter.
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The auto of H. H. Ross, of Fair
banks, turned turtle recently while
coming down the Twin creek hill and
lioss sustained a dislocated Bhoulder
is a result of the accident.
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The pier on the Fairbanks side for
the new road commission bridge
icross the Chena river has been fin
ished and the work on the Garden
island pier is now under way.
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Olui.les l.ynn and partners, who
are operating Discovery claim on Liv
ingood, recently took out a pan con
taining $73 in gold The pan contained
one nugget which weighed about $42.
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The Alasua engineering commission
' officials at Nenana have posted no
tices to the effect that persons oc
cupying buildings or tents on the wa
terfront of the town will be assessed
$1 per day for every 100 square feet
of ground they occupy for the first
week, $2 per day for the second week
and $4 per day for the third week.
At the end of that period the occu
pants and dwellings were to be fired
bodily. ^
BUSINESS GOOD
THIS FILL IT
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Fairbanks, nov 3. — ab the
navigation season has closed the In
dications are that the merchants of
Fairbanks are to have the best fall
experienced In a number ot years. At
the banks, It is reported that the de
posits are 20 per cent heavier than
last year, and last fall they were 25
per cent greater than in 1914. There
fore, the output of the district, ac
cording to the bankers, Is to be larger
than last season, and the disburse
roenta of the Alaskan engineering com
mission, in the immediate vicinity of
Fairbanks are considerably larger than
last season.
During the summer there have been
no idle men in interior Alaska, and,
in fact, it has been difficult to secure
sufficient men to do the work. All of
them have some money this fall and
many of them wilt be buying outfits
to go into the hills to spend the win
ter. Others will be in town living in
cabins and buying of the merchants.
Although the greater part of the
Alaskan engineering commission sup
plies have been received from the
states, reports from Nenana indicate
that there will be some shortages,
which they will be compelled to fill
here. Already they have spent al
most half a million dollars here and
will spend more.
Thus, with larger stocks than they
have had in some years, the merchants
of Fairbanks believe that they are
facing the best fall and winter in sev
eral years.
KATALLA ROAD
T. M. Hunt, forester in charge of the
Chugaeh reserve, has returned to
headquarters here following an exten
ded trip to Cordova and Katalla,
where he inspected the work along
the new coal road being built from
Goose City to the Bering fields.
"The work on this road was all let
by contract and the men certainly
made a remarkable showing,” said
Mr. Hunt. "1 doubt if more than SO
men were at work on th^ tine an told,
and moBt of them were contractors.
They followed the line of least re
sistance, keeping to the high dry
ground and making many crooks and
turns, but they certainly made time.
"Seventeen miles of clearing and
grading have been completed, only
two and a half miles remaining to be
completed next year. Half a mile of
steel has been laid from Goose City
toward the junction.”
The proposed plan at Goose bay
includes a line from the fields to tide
water at the point nearest deep water
and a four mile trestle or fill out
across the flats to where the bunkers
will be built. A branch line extends
from the “junction” to Goose City,
which is located on Bering river about
Tour miles north.
A large section of this road extends
through the Chugaeh forest and it was
in connection with permits for this
work that Hunt made the trip.—Sew
ard Cost,
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WILL DEVELOP GROUP OF
CLAIMS AT PORT WELLS.
E. D. Reiter, of the Alaska Mines
Corporation, will develop a group of
mining claims at Port Wells, recently
taken over from Hamilton, Irving and
Tatom, and which the surface showing
indicate a rich property. The claims
cover what is believed to be an ex
tension of the rich Granite vein, and
in character the ore and value of con
tents are apparently identical with
the vein in that mine. Mr. Reiter is
planning on putting a crew of men at
work immediately to develop the
ground.
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Tom Lloyd, the well known Fair
banks politician, who has been con
fined to the hospital there for some
time, has so far recovered from his
illness as to leave the institution, lie
suffered from a severe hemorrhage.
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Cast your vote Tuesday and then go
to the Windsor hotel and eat
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Today’s news In the Ttmes today.