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The Cordovci dily Times
VOLT ME III, NUMBER 171 CORDOVA, ALASKA, TT L JANUARY 29, 101 s. PRICE TEN CENTS
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA
ARE MUCH DISTURBED
BY INTERNAL STRIFE
UNDATED.—The unrest among the
working people of Germany remains
unquieted. The political conflict be
tween the Pan-Germans and the non
militarists is undiminished, and con
cern for the international security of
Germany appears in the message
■which the kaiser sent in answer to
birthday congratulations from the
reichstag.
The reichstag is reported to have
refused a vote of confidence in the
government, mainly through the ef
forts of the Socialists.
Efforts to agitate a general strike in
Berlin Monday are declared to have
been a failure. Leaflets calling the
strike were distributed widely but the
workmen of only a few factories re
sponded.
Unrest in Austria-Hungary.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 29.—Newspapers
here emphasize the importance of the
disorders in Vienna and Cracow. The
claim is made that unrest is spreading
throughout Austria-Hungary, and it is
declared that the dual empire already
ihas offered to negotiate a separate
1 'peace with Russia, regardless of the
| action of Germany.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Complete
surveys of the entire Pacific coast and
a careful study of ocean currents were
recommended in a bulletin on “The
Neglected Waters of the Pacific
Coast," issued today by the ('oast and
Geodetic survey.
For 21 years no systematic survey
of water areas adjacent to California,
Oregon and Washington has been
made on account of lack of vessels.
Approximately 64 per cent of the wa
ters around the Philippine Islands has
been surveyed in the twenty years that
the islands have been a dependency
of this country, while only 27 per cent
of California waters, 14 per cent of
Oregon waters and 44 per cent of
Washington waters have been survey
ed in the seventy years that they have
been a part of the continental United
States.
Inadequacy of present charts and
surveys and peculiarities of configura
tion and currents were said to have
been responsible for many costly
wrecks, notably the loss of the “Valen
cia" in 1906 with 134 persons. It would
require twenty years to complete the
necessary surveys along the coast, but
it was said benefits would be available
within a year after the work was be
gun. The cost for a vessel and twenty
years' operation was estimated at $2,
300,000.
Not only consideration for lives and
property, but the need of preparing for
maritime expansion dictates the neces
sity for beginning the survey im
mediately, in the opinion of the sur
vey. The bulletin concludes:
“The end of the present world con
flict will see the merchant fleet which
we are now building released from
the restrictions imposed by our needs
for trans-Atlantic transport, sailing the
seven seas in a struggle Jo regain the
pre-eminence which was ours in the
old days of the clipper ships, only to
be destroyed by the upheaval of the
Civil war.
“In this maritime expansion the Pa
cific coast will have a full share. And
with the coming of new ships there
will come new commanders; men un
familiar with the special conditions af
fecting navigation. ^It has already
been stated that the present compar
ative immunity of shipping in places
is due less to the facilities furnished
by our surveys and charts than to the
intimate local knowledge of conditions
possessed by the present masters, who
have gained it only by years of ex
perience.
“Strangers lacking this local knowl
edge must navigate ey the chart, and
unless the charts are perfected and
the currents known, the inevitable re
sult will be a marked increase in the
number of disasters occurring, an in
crease out of all proportion to .the
increase in the number of vessels.
“We have already waited too long,
the Pacific coast has been woefully
neglected, and years of work are re
quired to complete this important task.
It is vital for the safety of the travel
ing public, our commercial interests
and our navy that there be no further
delay in recognizing the needs and
providing adequate facilities for push
ing the work.”
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GENERAL PERSHING USES
PRIVATE CABLE TO LONDON
(By United Press)
LONDON, Jan. 29.—Gen. Pershing
has a private telegraph-cable wire di
rect from his headquarters in Prance
to the office in London of Gen. Bart
lett, American commander in England.
Seven seconds is the average time for
putting a flash message through.
Gen. Pershing’s first official mes
sage was a greeting to Ambassador
Page.
CONGRESS IS SHOCKED AT
MAIL DISCLOSURES
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Delays in
the delivery of mail for troops in
Prance are to be investigated
under a house resplution just
introduced. The statement is made
that there have been shocking delays
of letters and packages sent to the
American troops abroad.
ACCIDENT CAUSES LOSS
AT BIG POWDER PLANT
(By Associated Pres*)
WILMINGTON, Del.. Jan. 29.—Fire
at the Carney’s Point works of the Du
pont Powder company last night des
troyed half a million pounds of powder
and a portion of the plant. The loss
is estimated at a quarter of a million
dollars. There was no loss of life.
The blaze was accidental, and there
is no suspicion of enemy agencies.
ALASKA LEGISLATION
INTRODUCED OK SULZER
Charles A. Sulzer, delegate from
Alaska, has introduced in the house
of representatives two measures deal
ing with Alaska affairs, one dated
January 7 and the other January 10.
The first provides that the provisions
of the federal farm-loan act, and act
of congress approved July 17, 1916, be,
and hereby are, extended to include
the Territory of Alaska, and the feder
al farm loan board is hereby author
ized to formulate plans for carrying
the provisions of this act into effect.
The second bill provides that the
provisions of the act of May 14, 1898
(thirtieth statutes at large, page 409),
extending the homestead laws to Alas
ka, and the act of March 3, 1903 (thir
ty-second statutes at large, page 1028),
amendatory thereof, creating eighty
rod reserved spaces between entries
and claims along the shores of navi
gable or other waters in the Territory
of Alaska, are hereby repealed, and
the shore spaces created by said acts
are hereby restored to the public do
main, but nothing herein shall prevent
the President from withdrawing such
shore lands as may be deemed neces
sary or advisable in the public inter
est.
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THIS SPRING
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29—Secretary
of War Baker’s assertion that the|
United States would have an army of i
half a million men in France this
spring, and a million and a half ready
to go before the close of the year, re
mained the topic of central interest at
the capitol today.
An outline of the preparations has
been revealed, but many carefully
guarded facts are withheld as confi-j
dential.
MS SHOOT-LIB
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(By Associated Press)
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 29.—The Red!
Guard has won complete control of
Helsingfors. The Finnish revolution
ary officials made their escape, and
their hiding place is unknown.
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SLAM AT NEW YORK
DREW SENATOR’S FIRE
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Fred H.j
Colvin, witness before the senate mili
| tary probe, said he worked in New
York but lived in East Orange, New
Jersey, because "nobody lives in New
York, if he can help it.”
*T move that observation be strick
en from the record,” said Senator
Wadsworth, who lives in New York
■and likes it.
OPENING UP OF SIBERIA
DELAYED Blf BDLSHEVIKI
SEATTLE, Jan. 29.—Overthrow of
recognized government in Russia has
halted efforts to stimulate trade be
tween the natives and settlers of the
northeastern stretches of Siberia fring.
ing the Bering sea and the Arctic
Ocean and the merchants of Nome,
Alaska, and Seattle.
“There is a second pioneer Alaska
lying across the Bering sea in Siberia,”
asserts J. L. McPherson, secretary of
the Alaska bureau of the Seattle cham
ber of commerce, who has taken a1
leading part in the commercial move
Iment.
V\ hue little authentic information
is available regarding the provinces
of Kamchatka and Yakutsk, which are
in the northeastern portion of Siberia,
we do know that there are mines and
furs and fish across there and that
the best place for the Siberian miners
and trappers and fishermen to trade is
Nome,” he continued. ‘‘The Russian j
ports are all too far aw'ay.”
Specific aims of the campaign were
to induce the Russian government to
establish a custom house at East Cape, j
a Siberian point on Bering Straits, 150
miles from Nome or to throw open
the Siberian coast from Cape Navarin
to the Kolyma river to free and un
restricted trade, excepting liquors.
At present the most northerly Si- j
berian custom house is 1,500 miles j
southwest of Nome at Petropavlosk. I
the capital of Kamchatka province,
situated near the southern end of the
Kamchatka peninsula.
Only a few small trading boats ply j
between this edge of Asia and far
western America, as the distance to
the custom house from the American j
ports is too great to permit the ves
sels to engage in the business profit
ably as their fuel capacity is necessar
ily very small. As the trade is not
overly large and as the ice prevents i
the boats operating in winter, the
trade does not warrant the use of i
larger vessels.
Nicholas Pogiavlonsky, Russian con.
sul general of Seattle, favors the move
ment and in August, 1916, cabled thei
Petrograd government recommending
that the northeast Siberian coast be
thrown open to Americans and stating
the supplies the Americans w'ere wait-j
ing to send them. No answer has been I
received to the consul general’s cable.!
(By Associated Press)
§ LONDON, Jan. 29.—An official bulle
tin says that fifteen German airplanes
raided England last night. Five of
these reached London, and one raider
was destroyed, the crew of three being
kerned to death. The British ma
chines were undamaged.
The raid, which had been expected,
came at 8 o’clock. Anti-aircraft guns
fired intermittently for more than five
hjjurs
Many Casualties.
^LONDON, Jan. 29.—The official re
port states that forty-seven persons
were killed and many hundred wound
ed In last night’s air raid.
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(By Associated Pres»,
MARQUETTE, Mich., .Tan. 29.—An
fcxplosion and fire today destroyed the
alcohol-refining plant, primary build
ing and series of condensers of the
Pioneer Iron Furnace company. The
damage is estimated at $500,000. No
lives were lost.
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DISCUSS HEALTH MATTERS.
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(By Associated Press)
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Jail. 29—Dis
cussion of technical subjects incident
to their profession form only a part of
the program of the midwinter meet
ing of the Montana Veterinary asso
ciation, which is being held here.
‘state municipal and county health
work as it effects the veterinarian’s
profession will be considered at to
nijght’s session, when Dr. R. R. Friz
ZjLL former city and county physician
fit "Great Falls, wilt discuss municipal
and county health work; William
Shea, city milk inspector at Great
Falls, will tell of his work, and I G.
Arthur of Great Falls will speak on
the state inspection of butter fac
tories.
MINERS OF NORTHWEST
TO MEET IN SPOKANE
(By Associated Press)
SPOKANE, Jan. 29.—Men promi
nent in mining circles of the North
western states and provinces will
sneak at the Northwest mining con
vention, to be held here February 11
to 16, according to a tentative pro
gram announced by officers of the
Northwest Mining Men’s association,
under whose auspices the convention
Is to be held.
Mineral exhibits from this section of
the United States, and from British
Columbia are to be a prominent fea
ture of the convention it is expected.
William Sloan, minister of mines for
British Columbia, and Charles Heb
berd, federal food administrator for
Washington, will appear on the
program February 13, and the
afternoon session will be under the
direction of Francis A. Thompson,
dean of the school of mines at Wash
ington State college, Pullman; Dr.
K. C. Holland, president of Washing
ton State college, amt H. C. Meyers,
president of Spokane university, will
speak at the forenoon session. In the
afternoon A. M. Meldrum. chancellor
of Spokane university and Henry
Landes. Washington State geologist,
will be among the speakers.
Former United States Senator
Reorge Turner, president of the Wash
ington State Metal Miners’ association,
will deliver an address February 15,
and Stanley A. Easton, president of
the Idaho Mining Men’s association,
das been asked to speak. C. W. Good
ale, vice president of the American In
stitute of Mining Engineers, and a
number of other active mining men
are also on the program for the same
lay.
The annual banquet of the mining
men will be held on evening of Feb
■uary 14, and a smoker, with an address
RUSSIAN PRINCESSES
ARE IN SYMPATHY WITH
BOLSHEVIK] MOVEMENT
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29—Profes
sor Edward Ross of the University of
Wisconsin, formerly of Standford uni
versity, who has just returned from
Russia, says that the Bolsheviki move
ment is not fostered by German
agencies.
Interviewed Trotzky.
He spent five months in the country
and talked with all classes of people,,
He also interviewed Foreign Minister
Trotzky.
Professor Ross reports that the
former Grand Duchesses Tatiana and
Olga, daughters of the deposed czar,
have espoused the Bolsheviki cause,
and are frequently in attendance at
radical meetings in Tobolosk. He says
that the Bolsheviki movement is pure
ly for and by the people.
liy Governor Moses Alexander, of
Idaho, will be held on the evening of
February 15.
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MOTHER OF EIGHTEEN CELE
BRATES 44TH BIRTHDAY
(By United Press)
FISHER, Minn., Jan. 29.—Gathering
her sixteen living children around her,
Mrs. Peder Anderson today celebrated
her forty-fourth birthday.
Two other children are dead. Ander
son owns 237 acres of land, and farms
it without help outside of his family
circle. Marie, the youngest, is just
a month old. The oldest, a son, is
just past 21.
VIOLENT ITALIAN ATTACK
REPORTED BY BERLIN
(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, Jan. 29.—An official com
munication says that the Italians
launched a violent attack yesterday on
the northern mountain front between
the Asiago and Brenta rivers.
GERMANY’S PEACE TERMS
CAUSE B0LSHE1I SPLIT
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 29.—A Petrograd dis-j
patch says that the Bolsheviki is split
upon the question of peace. A ma
jority is against the German peace
terms, and favors a holy war.
niiitniikim
IF IMEIGIEEM
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—The war
department charges Germany with vio
lating the terms of the Russian truce,
by withdrawing troops from the east
ern front and transferring them to the
western front.
VICTORY LOAF DESIGNED
By FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29— A new
“Victory bread” has been prescribed
by the food administration, which must
be sold at the prices now prevailing,
(or white bread. This order has been
made in reply to the report that bak
ers were preparing to raise the prices
Of the ground substitutes used, under
the plea that they cost more than
white flour.
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OLD FASHIONED PARTY.
The children of the Presbyterian
Sunday school will give a party to
their friends and parents in Eagle hall. I
Friday evening at 7:20 o’clock. Fol-'
lowing the games refreshments will be
served.
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PRICES FOR FISH.
SEATTLE, Jan 29—Fish prices at
noon January 29 were as follows:
Halibut, 27 1-4 cents; sable, 6 cents.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 —The sen
ate committee on interstate commerce
today decided to report an amend
ment to the administration railway
bill to provide that the government
shall relinquish control of the rail
roads within a year after the end of
the war.
Several members of the committee
refused to vote for the amendment,
and plan to attack it when it conies
up in the senate.
PATRIOTISM i RELIGION
WILL BE INTERMINGLED
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SEATTLE, Jan. 29.—Both peace and
war topics will bo discussed at the an
nual meeting of the Methodist church
district superintendents' association of
the Portland Ar a which began a three
day session this afternoon. Pastors
and officials from Oregon and Wash
ington. are here in numbers-.
Rev. George A. Landen of Seattle
is president of the association. Dr C
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J. Larsen of Portland vice president,
find Rev. H. F. Pemberton of The
Dalles, Ore., secretary and treasurer
Among the speakers and the topics
they will discuss are: Dr. C. G. Doney.
‘president College of Puget Sound, Ta
coma, “The College of the Portfand
Area After the War.” Dr. H. J Tal
bott, president of the Kimball Schoof
of Theology of Salem, Ore.. “Trained?
Recruits Needed;” Dr. H. O. Perry, of
Moscow, Idaho, “The Relation of our
■Methodist Literature to the Activities
of the Church;” J. M. Canse, Belling
ham, “The Conference of 1919—A Sug
gestion of Program,” and Rev. J. C
Harrison, Olympia, “Evangelism.'
Others who will take part in the pro
gram are Bishop Matt S. Hughes of
Portland, Ore.; Dr. U. F. Hawkb
Spokane: Dr. James Moore, Eugene.
Ore.; Rev. Ludwig Gaiser, Spo
kane: Dr. N. M. Hones, Walla Walfn
and Dr. Joshua Stanfield. Pot Gan o'.
Ore.
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REASON FOR DELAY
IN RECEIPT OF SUPPLIES
The Cordova Power company re
ceived word in today’s mail from the
American District Steam Heating com
pany, of North Tonawanda, N'. Y.
which explains the acute situation
throughout the United States brought
about by war conditions. This com
pany is one of the largest of its kind
in the East and the following excerpt
from their letter explains the delay
experienced by many of the business
houses in receiving desired equipment
and supplies:
“We have just received orders from
the government to close our offices
and plant from tomorrow (January 18>
until Wednesday, January 23. This
order applies to all maufacturing
plants and office buildings east of the
Mississippi river and is for the pur
pose of saving fuel so much needed
by people who are suffering in their
homes, etc., for the lack o^ fuel.”