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TO CONSTRUCT BIG RADIO STATION CORDOVA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30—The Navy Depart
ment has decided upon the locations for the six big
radio stations to be established in different parts o:
the United States as a part of the naval system ir
the event of war. These wirless plants are to be ol
greatly increased capacity over the ones now in us<
and will be constructed at strategic points. Five ol
them are to be located in the states and one in Alas
ka. Secretary Daniels, states, however, that he i:
not prepared at this time to give out any informatior
as to where these stations will be located, but hopes
; to be able to do so very soon.
That one of th estations will be located at Cor
dova is almost a forgone conclusion. While the
i cruiser Buffalo was in Alaska last summer Com
mander Taylor had instructions from the Navy De
partment to investigate conditions along Prince
; William Sound and recommend the most suitable
site for one of these large stations, and from infor
mation gleaned while in Cordova it was evident that
he was most favorably impressed with the location
at Mile 13, along the Copper iver & Northwestern
railroad and so reported to the department. When
a Times representative interviewed Mr. Gillis, who is
in charge of the navy plant at Whiteshed, he stated
;hat if the selection had been made that Cordova had
certainly been named, as the advantages presented
by the site at Mile 13 were far superior to those of
my other place along this coast.
BRITISH UNIONS BLAME GOVERNMENT
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 30—The committee of the Fed -
orated Trade Unions, now in session in this city,
today issued a manifesto concerning the high prices
of foodstuffs, in which the government is taxed' witli
being largely responsible for the enormous increase
in the cost of living since the outbreak of the war.
The manifesto charges the government with fail
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lire to anticipate and organize against the certain
consequences of the war, and urges quick and drastic
remedial action to avert a situation which is rapidly
becoming desperate, as the prices of all foodstulTs
continue to raise in price and the earning power of
the laborers decrease through the lack of employ
ment.
The committee urges that all ships captured by
the navy be utilized by the government for the
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transportation to (treat Britain of supplies purchas
e<l direct from the producer and sold u> the people
at prices which will cover only the cost and the
charges of distribution.
The committee also recommends that the gov
ernment commandeer all supplies of wheat and flour
in the country, like Germany has done, to prevent
them from falling into the hands of speculators who
will still further raise the prices.
CHUGACH FOREST RESERVE ATTACKED
In our telegraphic reports of Jan
uarl 11 we published an account of
the meeting of the American Forest
ry Association in New York city at
which Prof. Chapman, of the Yale
Forestry School, opposed the Alaska
Development Board fostered by Secre
tary of the Interior Lane, and con
tended that there was no complaint
in this territory against the manage
ment of Alaska forests by the pres
ent forest service. George C. Haze
let, president of the Cordova Chamber
of Commerce, who Is at present at
tlie National capital, replied to the
attack made on Secretary Inane's lo
cal commission, in the following com
munication published in the Washing
ton Post.
"I notice in the New York dispatch
es of the 11th instant reporting the
acts of the American Forestry Asso
ciation, that Prof. Chapman, of the
Yale forestry school, and Hon. Henry
S. Graves, Forester of the United
States, depreciate the suggestion of
Secretary Lane to provide a govern
ing board to take charge of and ad
minister the affairs of the govern
ment in Alaska under the direction of
Congress and the government heads
of departments.
The learned professor is quoted as
saying ‘‘that this plan would trans
fer to the proposed hoard the control
of 26,000,000 acres of forests, which
would be inimical to the proper man
agement of the same, and, further,
that no complaint, exists against the
management of Alaskan forests.”
Forester Graves declared “that the
effort to break down federal control
of the forests owned by the nation
by the whittling down process with
the view of getting the public prop
erty into private hands. Is being con
tinued by those opposed fo public con
trol.”
As a resident of Alaska for the
past seventeen years and having re
sided In the famous Chugach Nation
al Forest, since and before its creation
1 desire to enter a protest to the giv
Ing out of such misinformation.
To begin with I must charge the
professor with either gross ignorance
on the subject or a deBire to mislead
the public in regnrd to Alaska forests
By referring to the hearings before
the Committee on Territories, Unit
ed States Senate, 63rd Congress—the
hearing on a Bill to provide for the
Construction of Railroads in Alaska,
on page 320—will be found the testi
mony given by Mr. W. VS. Greeley, of
the forest service. In his testimony
lie said that the Chugnch National
Forest contained approximately 11,
250.000 acres; that the latest esti
mates they had as to timber on this
reservation showed that there are ap
proximately 4,000,000 acres that would
average 7.000 feet of lumber to the
acre. Practically the same teeti
inony waB given by Mr. Graves him
self on page 420, same hearing. l,et
me ask the professor and Mr. Graves
what the other 7,250,000 acres are, and
why should the Forest Service try to
hold and control that?
If out of the 11,250,000 acres of the
Chugnch Reservation thero are 7,250,
000 acres not In forest, it is fair to
presume that at least one-half of the
14.760.000 of the Tongass Reserva
tion, or over 7,000,000 acres is not in
forest. We must therefore conclude
that instead of there being 26,000,000
acres of forest land in Alaska which
should have the protecting hand of
the United States Forestry stretched
over It there are less than 11,000,000
acres. Professor Chapman must have
intended the people of the United
Stutes to believe the forests of Alaska
are much ptore extensive than they
renlly are, or else he is not thorough
ly posted on the subject. Could it
possibly be ‘'inimical" to the proper
management of the forests to turn
this 15,000,000 acres back to the pub
lic domain so that It might be set
tled upon Rnd put to other uses? I
think not, and the people of Alaska
think not.
It is impossible today tp get ,a
patch of ground large enough for a
chicken yard in these reservations
without making application, first to
a forest ranger, who in turn sends it
on to a forest supervisor; the forest
supervisor to a direct forester; the
district forester to the chief forester,
and the chief forester to the secretary
of the interior, who may, in his discre
tion, open the land for entry. This
was the practice when Mr. Lane came
into office, and is no doubt one of the
reasons for his recommendation to
create a governing board to take
charge of all matters pertaining to
Alaska.
As to the professor's other asser
tion, “that no complaint exists against
the management of Alaskan forests
by the forest service, it is only neces
sary to again refer to the report cit
ed above. On page 343 Judge Wick
ersham, delegate from Alaska said:
“As the representative of Alaska I
say to the committee that the people
in these forest reservations in Alaska
have long since learned that It Is a
question of years to secure any re
sult in the way of action on applica
tions for homesteads with the probab
ility that they will be refused; it has
resulted in keeping many people away
from these great forest reservations,
and has practically depopulated that
part of the country except in the
towns, and as to this particular res
ervation, the Chugar.h Forest reserva
tion, I want to say to this committee
and to Mr. Greeley as the representa
tive of the Forestry Reservation, that
it is a shame that such a reservation
should be maintained there. It is
a fraud upon the people and a fraud
upon the Forestry reservation, for
there is not anything there worthy
of the forestry reservation maintain
Ing it as a forest reserve and it lowers
the forest service in the opinion of
the people who really favor proper
forest conservation.”
If this is not a complaint I am un
able to read the English language.
The first forest reservation in Alas
ka was made in 1907. Mr. Wicker
sh'>m has represented the territory
since 1908 and was re-elected last
November, hence should be in a po
sition to know how the people feel.
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ROYAL DECREE1SSULD CALLING
AODITIONALTROQPSINITALY
ROME, Jan. 30—By royal decree, issued today, all Italian
soldiers born in 1888 belonging to the field artillery, and' also
the Alpine troops and all soldiers between tin* ages of twenty
one and twenty-four belonging to the Alpine corps, have been
called for service. This calling out of additional trops is taken
to indicate that it will not be long before Italy is also engaged
in the great European struggle.
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IN DUNKIRK FROM AIRSHIPS
DUNKIRK, Jan. 30—German aeroplanes made another
raid on this city last night. The aviators, six in number, drop
ped about fifty bombs int othe city, doing considerable damage
to property, the damage being confined principally to private
houses. So far as known no casualties occurred.
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1 LONDON, Jan. 30—The Germans made a sharp attack up
• on the position of the allies near Cuinchy, in Northern France
; today, but were compelled to retreat after suffering heavy
. losses. More than two hundred German dead were counted in
s front of the trenches occupied by the British. The casualties
among the British were very small. 4 f
EVANS DUE HERE
EARLY MONDAY MORNING
The steamer Evans left Juneau at
10 o’clock this morning and should
roach here between 1 and 2 o’clock
Monday morning. She will only go to
the westward as far as Seward on this
trip.
M. FINKELSTEIN WILL
RETURN NEXT STEAMER
M. Finkelstein has written Jack
Sapiro that he will return to Cordova
on the steamer Alameda, leaving Seat
tle on Monday. He reports that there
are a large number of people on the
Pacific coast awaiting the selection of
the railroad route and as soon as the
announcement is made will come
north.
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The Agitation Continue*.
The Times is In receipt of a com
munication from McCarthy, re the
saloon question there, in answer to
the one recently appearing In this
paper from a Chltina "subscriber,”
which will be published on Monday.
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J. Laurie will be an outgoing pas
vengcr for Seattle on the steamer
Mariposa.
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, So will I Feb. 8th,
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Today'* Uew* in today** Dally Times
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LONDON, Jan. JO—Tin* struggle between the Russians and
the Austrians for the possession of the passes in the (Carpathian
mountains has brought the Austro German forces so close to tin
Roumanian border that the war spirit nmnng the Roumanians
is rapidly being fanned into Maine, which is almost certain to
result in Roumania joining in the struggle within a very short
time.
LONDON, Jan. JO—The new Russian invasion of Esat
Prussia seems to have assumed an outflanking movement. The
Russians have begun a series of slight western advances along
a fifty mile front front Tilsit south almost to Angerburg. This
front is now only fifty miles east of the German fortress of
Koenigaburg.
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PETROGRAO, Jan. 30—Official reports stale that the
Turkish right wing which invaded Azerbaijan, has been routed
by the Russians, who have again advanced and re-occupied
Tabriz, in Persia. The Turks are reported to be retreating
southward.
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HYDRflUUC IE A
ARE ROHR
Mr. Frank Snow, of the Valde:
Creek Mining Company, who arrlvei
here on the Mariposa yesterday, is nu
thority for the statement that thi
members of the company force wil
soon come north with a large quanti
ty of supplies, a keystone drill, ail
compressor and oilier machinery foi
^ the season's work.
Several of the party are expectei
to leave Seattle on the Alameda, sail
ing on the first of next month, union?
them being W. T. Soule and Mrs
Soule, Newal Sias, E. Allen and Mrs
Allen, and several men who were witli
the company last season. Fred
Bryant, the mining superintendent foi
the company is now in Seattle, and
will come north in about a month
bringing with him life remainder ol
the crew that will be employed this
season.
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RELIEF TENTS 01
TRAIL
Travel over the Rohn glacier route
to the Chisana will be made safer by
the establishment of a series of reliel
tents, to be placed at intervals along
the new trail to the Chisana. “Rroncc
Bill” Spencer left McCarthy for the
interior camp a few days ago, taking
with him three tents to be used foi
this purpose. They will be placed ai
intervals of eight miles, and will afford
a refuge for travelrs in the event ol
meeting with stormy weather in mak
Ing the crossing. The tents were
donated by the citizens of McCarthy
GOVERNMENT
NEW YORK, Jan. 30— Amos Pin
chot, a brother of Gifford Pinchot, the
noted exponent of conservation, testi
fled today before the federal Industrie
relations committee today. During
his testimony Mr. Pinchot declared
that the government ownershop and
operation of all mines and other natu
ral resources was the only doctrine
which contained any hope for alleviat
ing the industrial evils prevailing
today.
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PRESIDENT WILL
GO WEST VIA
SEATTLE
WASHINC5TON, Jan. 30— It was an
nounced officially this morning tha
President Wilson will go west to at
tend the San Francisco evpositioi
shortly after the adjournment of con
gress. His present ilinerary, whicl
will be followed unless something un
forseen arises, contemplates makim
the westward journey via Seattle
while the return journey will be mad
over the southern route.
McCarthy, Jan. 30—The party
taken into custody on suspicion of
being connected with the murder of
Schornborn, in the Chisana, and
brought here Thursday, is one James
Kingston, of Dawson, an alleged con
fidence man. Where the arrest was
made or any partlclars in connection
with the case are being kept closely
guarded by the deputy marshal, who
refuses to give out any information.
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APPROVES PUNS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30—Secretary
of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, in dis
cussing the naval program today, said
that the construction of the naval ves
sels provided for should be carried
gis problem in the North Sea, the
European war, stating that the strate
igc problem in the North Sea, the
scene of the present naval conflict, a
comparatively small body of water,
was entirely different from those con
fronting the United States with i s
creat coast line and its distance from
other nations with whom war might
arise.
STEEL GOMMOU
TAKES BIG
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NEW YORK, Jun. 30—The govern
ors of the stock exchange have fixed
a new minmum price share for the
common stock of the United S ates
Steel Corporation, below which figure
hrokerjs forbidden, to make trades.
With the passing of the divideud on
the common stock by the board of
directors of the corporation, a few
days ago, the stock took a big slump,
the price having dropped $10 per
share within the past week.
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DENY REPORTED
SHOOTING OF
TILLS
Eh PASO. Texas, Jan. 30 It is semi
officially reported here that the Mexi
can General Villa was shot three
times and seriously wounded last night
by Colonel Rodoffo Fierra, a memeber
of the general's personal bodyguard.
JUAREZ. Mex., Jan. 30—Officials
here deny the report that General
Villa was shot last night by a member
of his bodyguard.
Eh PASO. Texas. Jan. 30—A tele
gram from General Villa, dated at
Augus Calient les, was received here
this afternoon, and denies the story
received here this morning that he
had been shot.