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ITALIAN SHIP
PARIS. Jan. 10.—An Italian steam
er. bound from the United States to
BrindtBi. struck a floating mine in
the Adriatic sea last Friday, result
ing in the destruction of the vessel,
with large loss of life. The name oi
the steamer was not made public, and
the information is secured through a
press dispatch from Rome. The boat
was employed by the Italian govern
CRAZED BY LIQUOR MOB CAUSES MILLION!
DOLLAR FIRE-1 KILLED, 100 WOUNDED
ment to bring reservists from the
United States, and had on board sev
eral hundred Montenegrins, who were
returning to fight against the Aus
j trians. Two hundred of the returning
Montenegrins were killed when the
I vessel struck the mine. Many of the
crew and the reservists were saved
by the Italian warship which was in
the vicinity, but too far away to reach
those who could not swim.
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| W. K. Terrill, the Tolovana freight
er, was an arrival from the interior
on yesterday’s train.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Jan. 10. —
Riot, murder and arson held sway in
this city Saturday night, when' the
striking laborers of the Republic Iron
and Steel Company, and the Youngs
town Sheet & Tube Company went
on the rampage, and scenes of inde
scribable disorder followed. The men
are on strike for increased wages, and
heretofore have been conducting
themselves in an orderly manner, so
that the authorities were not pre
pared for the outburst which hap
pened at at time when the streets
of the city were packed with the Sat
urday evening marketers.
The strikers were assisted in their
work of destruction by all the rough
er element of the community. As near
as can be learned the trouble started
in a saloon. The place was crowded
with drinking men, in various stages
of intoxication, when an altercation
arose between the bartenders and
some of the strikers, because they
had no money to pay for further li
quor. The liquor was refused them,
and they in isted they should have
:, and on a continued refusal, a fight
started which ended in a general me
lee, the saloon being sacked, Rnd af
terwards set on fire.
The rioters then started out and
attacked other saloons in a slinilai
manner, drinking the liquor and bran
dishing the bottles in wild carousals,
as they plunged and staggered
through the streets. The appearance
of the police and fire department only
added to the disosder, and soon al
most the whole of East Youngstown
was a wild mass of raging, cursing
and shrieking men. The police seemed
helpless before the mob, and in an
effort to disperse the rioters shots
] were fired in the air. Tills did not
j affect the men, and the police were
almost swept away in a mad charge,
which continued to gain headway and
aid was summoned from surrounding
cities. The flames spread from build
ing to building, and the most serious
conflagration in the history of the
town resulted. The fire is still burn
ing, but is now under control, and the
police, with the aid of hundreds of
deputies, are preserving order. One
rioter was killed and about a hundred
wounded from the firing by the po
licemen. The property loss from the
fire is conservatively estimated at
one million dollars. Besides the po
lice and the deputies, several com
panics of state militia are now on
the scene, and all danger of further
trouble has passed. Not a single
vullding remains in the business sec
tion of East Youngstown.
SHORT ON BOTTLER-LONG
. ON BOOZE
LONDON, Jan. 10. — The real ex
cuse for the recent advance of six
cents a bottle made by the whisky and
spirit distillers Is the alarm lag short
! age of bottles. H«gh prices are paid
Tor bottles of the poorest quality.
Manufacturers are told to trouble no
longer about the shapes of the bot
tles, whether square or fancy, but
pimply to send bottles.
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Mrs. Harry Cleveland, of Fair
banks, arrived in Cordova on vester
!day's train. She is on her way to the
States.
! POSTMASTER AT SEWARD IS
CONFIRMED.
William E. Root, of Cordova, who
was recently named by President
Wilson as postmaster at Seward, has
been confirmed by the United States j
Senate for this appointment. He will
succeed Phil J. Hickey, Jr., as soon as j
his commission arrives. 1
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W. E. Taylor, of Eatouche. has gone
I to Kennecott, where he will accept
a position at the Bonanza mine.
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All the news all the time in the1
| Daily Times.
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HUNGARY FACES
SHORTAGE OF
ZURICH. Switzerland, Jan. 10—All
fforts to prevent the extortionate
irices of foodstuffs in Hungary hav
ng fo far itiled. the government has
iow determined to prohibit entirely
he export, even to Austria, of any
.rticles of food which are scarce, and
las also fixed miximum prices that
.re to be Imposed throughout Hun
gry, according to reliable advices
•eceived here. Hocal authorities are
o be empowered to seize with mili
ary force all stocks of grain and
ither provisions that are being kept
>r higher prices.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. — The
United States has sent a note to the
British foreign office, vigorously pro
testing against the interference of the
British admiralty with the passage of
mails between America and neutral
countries. The administration has
been engaged in the preparation oi
the message for the past two weeks,
and the entire legal force of the state
department has been devoting its
time to examining the legal status oi
the matter. The chief trouble has
been with the mail addressed to Hol
land and the Scandinavian countries
Many packages have been removed
by the British warships, on the
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ground that the contents wepe really
Intended for reforwarding to Her
many, and that they contained con
traband of war. Heretofore the Eng
lish have confined their attention to
the parcel post, hut the last ships'
stopped had all their classes of mall
examined. The note declares that the
British action is utterly without pre
cedent, and that none of the accepted
principles of international law can be
construed as to authorize such an ex
traordinary procedure. The message]
insists that such violations of neutral \
rights must cease, and demands that j
mail packages seized heretofore be I
returned.
Special by Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 10. From what is
filtering through the official channels :
at Petrograd, it is believed that a big
battle is being fought in the Austrian
province of Bukowina. The fighting
is centering around Cernowitz, the
capital, which has changed hands sev
eral times in the present war and is
now held by the Austrians. The Rus
sians have continued their strong of
fensive, and are steadily gaining
ground, as the Austrians had not an-1
j tieipated such a move in force against
j their positions. The Russians are
•ushing forward fresh supplies of
roops from Odessa, and it is now
tpparent that the Russian strategy
vas not directed at the Bulgarians
jvhen she concentrated her troops at
:he Black sea port, but that the pres
ent movement along the southern bat
;le line was being prepared for. Von
Uackensen, the German general who
;wept through Serbia with his Austro
iennans, has been hurried to the Bu -
iowina front to help stem the ad
ancing wave of Russians, who have
10 far repulsed every effort of the
Vustrians to check them.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. — Thr
state department announced ffiriallj
today that advices had been receiver
from the Berlin foreign office, noti
fying the United States that anothei
phase of the Lusitania controversj
had been settled in favor of this
country’s contention on the matter. Ir
regard to the sinking of passengei
and freight vessels by submarines, th<
question of assuring the safety oi
non-combatants had been agreed on
but what constututed an assurer
safety was a question on which thr
two countries widely differed. Ger
many asked the United States t<
agree that the placing of the non
combatants in life boats would b(
considered an assurance of safety
Lansing, for the administration, re
fused to accede to this proposition
and insisted that this was not suffi
cient. Germany now admits th<
strength of the American contentloi
in regard to the placing of non-com
batants in the life boats. The stati
department is much gratified witl
this victory, and it is now felt tha
the final solution of the entire sub
marine question with Germany Is no
far off.
W. H. Seagrave, superintendent o
the Bonanza mine, accompanied b;
bis uncle. W. J. Seagrave, left fo
Kennecott on yesterday’s train.
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1 “A great railroad begins at Cordova
i and ends in the foothills of the Wran
i gell range — great, not In mileage, j
| equipment or schedule, but for ob
stacles overcome, and the grit, ener
gy determination and vision of the,
builders and operators," said J, L.
Harper, who has a force of men em-l
ployed in developing the copper pro-:
perty of the Lakinaw Mines Company, I
• near Long Lake, in close proximity to I
[the Copper River railway. "Thesoj
! men pushed aside the dog pack and
! the double ender and pioneered their!
' way to the interior with a modern |
, railroad, bringing opportunity to the
1 mine owner and the prospector by |
opening the door to the outside smelt-1
ing centers.
"What is the answer?”
“You will hear it in almost every1
1 prospector’s cabin, roadhouse, saloon.,
or wherever a hot stove is on duty, |
in Alaska. The answer takes many!
forms and variations, but it generally
boils down to a condemnation of thej
■ (Juggenheims. The Guggs or Guggles^
have tied up the country; their field
' engineers have put the "siwash" mark
1 on all the meritorious properties of
‘ the district until they can, some
1 time In the distant future, be gob
1 bled up by the Guggenhelms; the
freight rates are too high and the
’ railroad refuses to build branch lines
• to the new properties. These com
plaints and others of similar Import
make tin the answer.
• ‘This widespread sentiment seems
, to give little concern to the alleged
• offenders—-they say nothin". Metho
dically. determinedly, they go aheud
developing and moving ore from the
most marvellous copper mines the
world has ever seen. The hurt to the
district and to Cordova as the gate
way to the district comes from the
reports circulated in the States —
reports directly traceable to this sen
timent. New capital is frequently ad
vised or warned that it is a waste of
time and money to acquire or develop
mines along the Copper River rail
road — that ores, if offered, would not
be hauled, or if hauled, would only
be transported at confiscatory rates.
These reports are often believed.
"An examination of the facts con
vinces one that so much error and
prejudice could not have gained such
wide currency unless abetted and
‘peddled’ by interests with axes to
grind — political, no doubt, for ‘bait
ing’ the Guggenheims in Alaska seems
to be considered good vote getting po
litics.
"What are the facts?
"The service — freight and passen
ger — of the Copper River & North
western railroad, considering the dif
ficulties of operation, the country the
road traverses and the population it
serves (a mere handful- is as effic
ient as that of the great majority
of roads of the States. The well
travelled person is not slow to see
this. The schedules are reasonably
certain, the trainmen are competent
and courteous and the rates aro not
out of proportion to other Alaska
prices.
“i fin-t that few who complain of
everbl'ant oro rates know in fact
what the rates are. 1 have not round
one entering complaint who ever of
fered ore to the road for haulage or
who has ore ready to offer. When
shown a tariff sheet a few explain
that the printed tariff is a blind to
cover discriminations and rebates in
favor of the Guggles. To these it is a
waste of time to point out that the
rates embrace a joint tariff under
the scrutiny and control of the In
terstate Commerce Commission, and
that discrinimations or favors of any
sort between shippers are not toler
ated.
"It is near to an 1600 mile haul from ;
interior railroad points to the smel
ter at Tacoma. The joint tariff now
in effect provides a minimum charge
from interior railroad points to Ta
coma of $11 a ton of ore not exceeding
In value $25 a ton. The rate moves
upward according to the ton value
of the ore: Forty dollar ore pays $14
a ton; $50 ore pays $17 a ton; $65
ore pays $20.50 a ton; $80 ore pays
$22.50 a ton; $200 ore pays $24.50 a
ton; $300 ore pays $29.10 a ton; $400!
ore pays $31.40 a ton; $500 ore and
upward pays $33.70 a ton. These rates |
apply to Chitina. Kotsina, Strelna,
Chokosna. Moose Lake. Long Lake,
Porphyry. McCarthy and Kennecott.
The minimum rate from Alagnlk to
Tacomo is $5.75 a ton; from Brem
ner $9.85 a ton.
“0? course low grade ores cannot
be moved against these rates. And
if they could there is no smelter
market place for such ores on the
outside. Mining men who enter this
district know well enough that onlyj
the high grade ores or mechanically!
dressed ores can take the haul to1
the outside. This obviously, is no
country over which to transport low |
grade ores for long distances to a
market place.
"The district tapped by the Copper
River railroad is fortunately one in
which the ore is generally high grade.
In any of the southern mining camps
a 20 per cent copper ore would be a
high grade. In the Copper River
district it is not so considered. But
even so, and against the present
transportation rates to the smelter,
note the potential value of a vein
or deposit lying anywhere within 20
miles of the railroad. Such an ore
carries 400 pounds of copper to the
ton. worth, at the present market,
gross, $92. Under exceptionally ad
verse conditions it would not cost
over $20 a ton to double ender or bob
sled the ore to the railroad In the
winter season. It would cost $24.50
to the smelter — a total transporta
tion cost, mine to sinetter, of $44.50.
The mining cost and treatment charge
would not exceed $10 a ton, leaving a
net to the owner of $37.50 a ton, or
$1,875 a car load. If the ore averaged
10 per cent or less hand sorting or
mechanical dressing would cheaply
produce a product that would stand
a tariff much higher than the one now
in effect, and make good to the own-j
ers.
"The trouble does not appear to be 1
so much exorbitant rates or the gen- 1
oral cussedness of the Guggenbeiras
as it seems to be a lack of dynamite
and dynamic force on the part of
prospectors and mine owners in mov- i
ing the ore to the railroad.”
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. — The ad
vocates of woman suffrage received a
rude shock Saturday when the Sen
ate committee reported favorably on
a bill providing for an amendment to
the constitution prohibiting woman
suffrage. The purport of the measure
s not yet fully understood by the
women at the suffrage headquarters
iere. and considerable mystery seems
:o surround the measure. The women
leclared that the bill had no chance
>f being enacted into law, as they felt
hat there were sufficient congross
nen in the House favorable to their
•ause to prevent the bill from getting
he necessary votes.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS NOTICE.
The installation of the officers of
Cordova Ixtdge, No. 3. will take place
ruesday evening. January 11. at 8:30
>. m., at Masonic Hall.
All members, visiting mem be-s a d
’amities requested to be present.
C. I*. MICKELSON. C. C.
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NOTICE TO FIREMEN.
A meeting of the Cordova Flrt v
>artment will he held c Thu" - vy
■venlng, and a full attendance of *1.
nemhers is requested.
The steamer Northwe tern is
cheduled to leave Seattle tonight for
Southwestern Alaska.