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The Cordova
VOLUME IT. NUMBER 510. CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY,
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" British Are Being Heavily Attacked East of the Suez Canal
BERLIN, Aug. 5.—A new battle developed today near Po
zieres after the British had been repulsed in fighting along a
wide front from north of Ovillers to Fourneaux woods.
LONDON, Aug. 5.—The Turks in their attack at Roumania
have a thousand Austro-German infantry and a large number
at Boudin ,and are puiting up a desperate fight. The Turkish
flank is under fire from the allied warships in the bay of Tina,
and as the hottest weather of years prevails, there is consider
able suffering from the heat in the ranks of the enemy’s army.
BERLIN, Aug. 5.—The Russian detachments which pene
trated the German positions across the river Sereth, near Rath
eye, were driven into retreat. The Russians, however, are mak
ing a stand near Meidzygory and Tchistopady, on Sounduk
river.
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PETROGRAD, Aug. 5.—The Russians have crossed the
river Sereth, south of Brody, in the region of Peniakitchisto
pady, and have consolidated their captured positions, being in
excellent shape to put up a strong fight against the enemy.
LONDON, Aug. 5.—The Turkish attacks on British posi
tions in Egypt, east of the Suez canal, are no surprise to the
British. For many months German engineers have been dig
|ing wells for the use of troops close to. the. Mediterranean.
The coasts exist under sand, but are too brackish for the Euro
pean troops at Roumania, where the fighting is progressing,
and the Turks must bring every drop of water they use a dis
tance of ten miles,
LONDON, Aug. 5.—The war office officially announces
that the British positions near Romania, east of Port Said, are
being attacked by 14,000 Turks along an eight mile front, but
Ihe Turks have been repulsed, on the main German second line
system on a front of two thousand yards, north of the Pozieres,
and the Somme front has been captured by the British.
PARIS, Aug. 5.—The French Verdun front has been re
captured at Thiaumont by heroic work held against the violent
German counter attacks. The French are also in possession of
most of the village of Fleury, repulsing the German attacks, in
which the latter lost heavily.
BERLIN, Aug. 5.—An official statement has been issued
by the war office, in which the recapture of Fleury, near Ver
dun, is reported, and the situation is the same as before the suc
cessf.d attack of the French troops.
BERLIN, Aug. 5.—The Teuton troops have regained all
the territory lost in the region of Rudya and Miryuskaia, and
have also gained some ground in the Carpathians, in the region
of Kopilas.
* TRIP TO PEAK
SEATTLE, Aug. 5. — Fifty men and
women, members of the Mountaineers
of Seattle, Tacoma and Everett, de
parted from Seattle today on the tenth
annual outing of the organization, the
* objective being the flank and peak
of Mount Baker. They departed in
special cars attached to a Great Nor
thern train for Bellingham, where
they were transferred to the Belling
ham & Northern railway for Glacier,
at which place they were expected to
arrive late in the afternoon.
From Glacier the party will walk
to the first camp, just outside of the
town. From this until August 27 the
Mountaineers will be in the wilder
ness, but will at no time be in unex
plored country, for every step they
take will have been previously tra
versed by scouts. Every camp site
has been marked, and wood and water
and sleeping ground provided for.
Provisions have been sent ahead on
pack horses, and cached in convenient
places.
A pack train will accompany the
walkers, carrying their sleeping bags
and other necessary impedlmentia,
each member being permitted to con
tribute 35 pounds of burden to the
horses. The remainder must be car
ried on the back of the walker. On
the second day the walk will be 12
miles, and the next day move to a
two day camp will be made. Mount
Shuksan, 9,038 feet, and Mount Baker, ;
10,750 feet, are to be climbed the sec
ond week out.
Each night there will be a camp fire |
and retirement and rising at certain
hours are to be insisted upon. A
semi-military organization is in con
trol. On the ice fields and in the
climbing the strictest obedience to
the officers is enforced to prevent J
accidents. No drudgery is to fall
upon any member of the expedition,
- lor a cook outfit as wel las the pack
train goes along. Long experience
has enabled the commissary to de
termine exactly how much of eacli j
article of food must be taken along, j
There is to be no hunting except
with the camera, and no firearms will
be permitted. Those who have ob- j
tained county licenses may fish. The
return from a point near Bellingham
to Seattle will be made by train.
NEW STYLES OR U. S.
COINS NOW IN FORCE.
Some months ago the United States
treasury department announced that
from the first of July the new designs
on the halves, quarters and dimes in
the coinage of the United States
would be changed, and would take ef
fect the first of July. They apply to
silver coins that have had no change
pf designs since 1891.
The new half dollar bears a full
length figure of Liberty, with a back
ground of the American flag flying
In the breeze. The goddess is de
scribed as “striding toward the dawn
of a new day.” She carries laurel and
oak branches, symbols of civil and
military glory. On the reverse side is
an eagle on a mountain crag. Grow
ing from a cleft in the rock is a sap
ling of mountain pine, one symbol of
America.
The quarter touches “preparedness.”
Liberty, a full length figure’ is shown
stepping toward the country's gate
* way, bearing upraised a shield from
which th6 covering is being drawn.
The right hand bears an olive branch
of peace. Above the head is the word
“Liberty,” and below the feet “1916."
The reverse bears a figure of an eagle
in full flight, and the inscription,
“United States of America” and “E
Pluribus Unum.”
■ Both the half dollar and the quar
ter bear the phrase “In God We
Trust.”
The design of the dime is simple.
Liberty with a winged cap is shown
on one side of the coin. On the re
verse is a design of a bundle of rods,
symbol of unity, and a battle axe.
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CHAIRMAN BULL
CHICAGO, Aug. 5. — Raymond
Robins, chairman of the Progressive
national committee, today came out in
an announcement of his support of
| Charles Evans Hughes for the presi
dency. He said it was manifest that
the Progressive party was dead, and
asserted that wise and sincere Pro
gressives should join the Republicans
^ 'll the struggle for social and Indus
I trial justice in the city, state and na
tion's politics.
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DECISION RENDERED
IN FAVOR GROSVOLD.
A decision has been rendered by
the court in the case of Grosvold vs.
Whelpley, which was tried several
days ago. The decision gives posses
sion of Little Konuiji island, the ob
ject of the dispute, to Grosvold.
The action was instituted some
months ago and has been fought
through various stages from the com
missioner's court at Unga, through the
commissioner's court at Valdez and to
the district court. The action was
for an injunction to restrain Whelp
ley from removing foxes from the is
land, and this injunction was grant
ed and made permanent.
The action grew out of the fact
that Whelpley for some years oper
ated a fox ranch on the island. About
two years ago Grosvold obtained a
lease on the island from the govern
ment, and took possession. Since that
time Whelpley has continued to take
the foxes from the island, claiming
them as his property, and has secured
a number of the animals with which
the island was stocked. Some months
ago Grosvold applied for a restraining
order to the It. S. commissioner at TTn
ga, but the commissioner was not au
thorized to issue such an order. The
case came to the commissioner's court
at Valdez, then to the district court,
culminating in the decision rendered
Thursday.
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PRESIDENT OF STANFORD
HONORS DR. SUZZALLO.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
Aug. 5. — Dr. Henry Suzzallo, Stan
ford, '99, president of the university,
appears in a list made up by President
Ray Lyman Wilbur, of Leland Stan
ford Junior university, of Stanford's
ten greatest graduates. The list is
published in the San Francisco Ex
aminer, which takes the liberty of ex
panding it by the addition of Presi
dent Wilbur himself. The ten chosen
by Dr. Wilbur are: Herbert C. Hoo
ver, '95, mining engineer, head of the
Belgian relief commission for Ameri
ca; Ralph Arnold, '95, geologist mem
ber of the board of trustees of Stan
ford; Jackson E. Reynolds, ’96, attor
ney for the Central* Railroad Company
of New Jersey; Myron A. Folsom, ’96,
general counsel for the Western Un
ion Life Insurance Company, Spokane;
Caspar VV. Hodgson, '96, publisher,
Yonkers, N. Y.; B. A. Spalding, '96,
surgeon and professor- in Stanford me
dical school, San Francisco; David
Sneddon, '97, state public school com
missioner of Massachusetts; Will Ir
win, ’99, journalist; Henry Suzzallo,
'99, president of the University of
Washington; Royall C. Victor, attor
ney at law, New York City.
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LYNCH BROTHERS WILL
DRILL AT ELLAMAR.
Pat Lynch, of the diamond drill
firm of Lynch Brothers, returned on
one of the recent boats from the west
ward, where he has been for the past
month on a business trip. Mr. Lynch
reports that during his absence he
secured a large contract from the
Ellamar copper mines company and
will drill several thousand feet of
test holes. The work will be done
with one machine and will start as
soon as a crew of men can be se
cured.—Juneau Empire.
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Order your letter heads and enve
lopes now.
611 STREET CAE
STRIKE
NEW YORK, Aug. 5. — Practical^
all of the surface car lines of Mar
hattan, Bronx and Queens are tied ui
and only a few Btreet cars guarded b;
policemen are moving today. Six bun
ilred conductors and motorinen struck
but thus far the elevated and subwa;
lines are unaffected.
NEW YORK, Aug. 5. — The stree
lar strike is apparently gaining head
way. Many cars that started in to rui
this morning are no longer In service
I'he Staten Island carmen organlzec
today, and presented their demands
I'he police charged a crowd of a thou
mud gathered about a stalled Thin
ivenue car, and many persons weri
ilubbed in the effort to open up th<
thoroughfare.
NEW YORK, Aug. 5. — The police
laim that half of the normal numbei
>f street cars are running this after
toon, while the strike leaders asser
that two-thirds of railway employee!
lave quit their Jobs.
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PROF. GEORGESON GIVEN
TITLE OF DOCTOR
Prof. C. C. Georgeson, head of th<
experimental stations in Alaska fo
Ihe department of agriculture, will bi
known as such no longer. He is nov
known as Doctor Georgeson, havini
been granted a degree of doctor o
science by the University of Michl
gan recently in recognition of hi
good work in the scientific branch o
kgriculture.
Dr. Georgeson expects to leave with
In the next week for a trip to the in
ter<or of about Bix weeks’ duration
During his absence he will inspect thi
work beinv done at the governmen
experimental stations at Rampart am
Tanana.
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FORMER COffbOVAN BUYS
RESIDENCE AT VALDE2
H. W. Kirby, formerly of the loca
cable office, has purchased a moderi
five room house on Broadway avenu*
Valdez, and will at once move to hi
new home, upon which he will mak
some Improvements. This is th
house that Thos. 8. Scott, of Cordovi
built at Valdez several year* ago.
VALDEZ
' VALDEZ, Aug. 5. — (’. J. Todd has
• received the appointment as postmas
i ter at Valdez, to succeed J. D. Jeffer
' | son, resigned. The notification of his
• | appointment was received here nearly
. I a week ago, but owing to the absence
! of Mr. Todd he did not receive it un
I til yesterday morning. Mr. Todd will
| file the necessary bond within a few
; | days, and as soon as the bond is ac
. I cepted, probably in a month, he will
i take over the office.
. | Mr. Jefferson, the retiring postmas
| | ter, has not signified what business
. j he will engage in after he leaves the
■ j postoffice. He has been one of the
I j best postmasters Valdez has ev^r had.
« and he will leave the office with the
i ! best wishes of the entire population.
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MANY PROMINENT PEOPLE
■ ON BOARD MARIPOSA
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j Among the excursionists aboard the
; j Mariposa, now in port, and who made
i ' the trip to the glaciers were Mrs, E.
| I,. Newhouse, wife of the manager of
j the American Smelting Company, w ith
j her family; A. E. Cliff, general super-'
! lntendent of the Illinois Central Rail- j
road, with his family; Miss Celia j
Foley and Miss Julia Foley, sisters
of the general manager of the Illinois
Central Railroad; Mrs. W. K. Bennett,
wife of the general manager of the
Guggenheim affiliations: Miss E. Na
gel, daughter of the celebrated New
York surgeon; C. H. Whitelaw, gen
eral manager and vice-president of the ;
Northwest Fisheries Co., with his j
wife; J. F. Cormody, purchasing agent
for the Northwest Fisheries Co., and
S. D. Wlarriner, president of the;
Southern Florida Railroad, with his
wife.
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CANDIDATE HUGHES LEAVES
TONIGHT FOR SPEAKING TOUR.
NEW YORK, Aug. 5. — Charles E.
Hughes is here, preparing to leave
• on his presidential tour to the Pacific
coast at 9:35 o’clock tonight.
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, DEATH RATE CONTINUES HIGH
FROM PARALYSIS.
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3 NEW YORK. Aug. 5. — There is no
b decrease in the paralysis epidemic.
, and today’s record shows forty-one
deaths and 168 new cases.
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FAIRBANKS, Aug. 5. — The last
hundred tourists of the season leave
here today to connect with the steam
er Umatilla at St. Michael for the out
side. They will go via southwestern
Alaska ports, stopping at Seward, Val
dez and Cordova.
REPUBLICANS" ARE AFTEf
MAINE
NEW YORK, Aug. 5. — “Special
consideration will be given to the
campaign in Maine,” reads a statement
by Chairman Wilcox. "The commit
tee is thoroughly impressed with the
desirability of carrying Maine in the
September elections and will exert
every effort in conjunction with the
national committee to that end.”
To this Senator Weeks, of Massa
chusetts, chairman of the senatorial
committee, added that between Aug
list HI and September 10 the Republi
can senators and twenty-five represen
tatives woulij be sent into the Maine
campaign.
The most important business trans
■acted by the campaign committee, it
was announced, was the appointment
of a sub committee consisting of Geo.
W. Perkins, Everett Colby, Herbert
Parson, Alvah II. Martin and Charles
B. Warren to co-ordinate the labors
of the campaign, senatorial and con
gressional committees.
Much progress in arranging the
itinerary of Mr. Hughes, western trip
was made by the campaign committee
it was stated.
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CARRANZA HAS'OWN IDEA
AS TO SCOPE OF COMMISSION.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. — Presi
dent Carrania apparently rejects the
request of the state department foi
the broadening of the scope of the
joint commission to adjust the Mexi
can differences.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. — Carran
Ka's note has been made public ant
while not entirely satisfactory i
opens the way for a discussion of th<
differences by the commissioners ai
Wilson desires.
WIFE OF FORMER
Mrs John G. Brady, wife of former
I Governor Brady of Alaska, and her
! daughter. Miss Mary Brady, will short
ly return to Alaska, Mrs. Brady has
been appointed superintendent of the
government school at Sitka. to suc
ceed Dr. E. O. Campbell, and Miss
Brady will be one of her assistants.
The school will open about September
1, and Mrs. Brady and her daughter
will be there in time to begin their
duties with the opening of the school.
Governor Brady, who returned from
China, where he installed an indus
trial missionary establishment, is now
jn New York.
Mrs. Brady came to Alaska origin
ally as a missionary teacher at Sitka.
It was there that she met Rev. John G.
Brady, at that time a missionary
clergyman, who was also conducting
a mercantile establishment. They
were married and prospered, and the
missionary preacher was appointed
governor of Alaska by President Mc
Kinley in 1897. He served two terms.
Eater he became associated with H.
D. Reynolds in the famous Reynolds
Alaska Development Company. When
that company went to the rocks it
took the modest fortune of the former
governor with it.
Mrs. Brady is now returning to Alas
ka with the same brave heart that
brought her here in the first place
to resume work where she began it
many years ago. Hundreds of friends
will give her welcome.
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FRANK KANE RESIGNS AS
PROFESSOR OF JOURNALISM.
SEATTLE, Aug. 5. — Frank Kane,
since 1913 head of the department of
journalism at the University of Wash
ington, has resigned the chair of jour
nalism to enter the advertising ser
vice of the Packard Motor Car Com
I pany of Detroit. Mr. Kane will leave
for his new field this week.
In his new work Mr. Kane will be
' called on to produce some advertising
copy outside the field of display adver
tising and to edit similar copy pro
duced by others. He will be stationed
at the headquarters offices.
Personal circumstances alone in
fluenced Mr. Kane In his decision to
accept the Packard offer. The untver
Bcity already is negotiating for a suc
cessor to him.
400,000 MEN 10
00 ON STRIKE
NEW YORK, Aur. 5. — Five-sixths
of the ballots cast by the em
ployees of two hundred and twenty
five railroad systems have been count
ed and the result shows a ratio of
ninety to one in favor of going on a
strike. The count will be completed
Monday, when a joint conference with
the railroad employees will be held.
MONTH'S CRUISE
TO BEGIN ON
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 5. — Naval
training for civilians on the Pacific
coast is to begin next Thursday, when
the ships of the Pacific coast reserve
fleet appear at stations where the na
val volunteers are to rendezvous pre
paratory to the month's cruise in the
Pacific as far south as Magdalena hay.
The cruise was inaugurated by the na
val department at Washington tpr the
purpose of affording civilians an op
portunity of fitting themselves for na
val duty in time of need and is along
the same lines as that given at the
army military training camps.
Several ships of the reserve fleet:
under Rear Admiral William F. Fuli
am, have been ordered to appear at
the following ports ready for the
cruise: The Pittsburg at San Diego,
Maryland at San Francisco, South Da
kota at Portland, Colorado at Seat
tle and the West Virginia at any other
designated port where needed. Ad
miral Fullam will be commander in
chief of the civilian cruise and will
direct the studies of the volunteers.
The ships are to join the Pittsburg
off San Diego not later than August
19, or sooner, when the real training
begins. The fleet will proceed south
ward until Magdalena bay, on the
coast of Lower California, is reached,
where naval target practice will be
held. On September 5 the return voy
age Is to begin, which will make the
cruise end about September 15.
Immediately following this cruise
and in connection with it there
will be held in the main Pacific coast
ports a mobilization of motor boats
with the view of offering their owners
a course of training that will fit them
for patrol duty in case of war with an
enemy. The boats are to be inspected
and the owners shown how they can
perfor mthe necessary duties The in
structions include scouting, searching,
patrolling, signalling, manoeuvring by
signals, defense of naval district, study
of coast and piloting, besides other
minor studies.
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COURT HOUSE REPAIRS
NEARING COMPLETION.
The repairs to the court house at
Valdez are rapidly nearing completion
.and make that hoary old bastlle a
thing of beauty and a source of In
spiration to the legal luminaries who
are wont to dispense justice within
its walls.
The old foundation has been re
moved, and a new foundation of ce
ment blocks reaching below the frost
line have replaced the wooden blocks
This is a timely improvement, as
the old blocks were rotted so badly
in many Instances as to cease to per
form the uses for which they were in
tended. The halls have been newly
papered and repainted, and the stairs
and anteroom also redecorated. The
court room has been lined with
grained beaver board, and the upper
part with ivory enameled beaver
board, making a pleasing combination
Cluster lights will be Installed, with
inverted shades, toning down the light
effects and bring out the beauty of
the walls and ceiling.
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Printing neatly done at the Times,
office.